| | 828 | * **22 Tiger, Morning:** |
| | 829 | * Koharu knocks on my door -- Daishiro has arrived. |
| | 830 | * Daishiro: |
| | 831 | * Dragon. |
| | 832 | * Build of a malnourished duelist. |
| | 833 | * Met Hida Yumi on the road and brought a letter from her. |
| | 834 | * Written on flyer of play by a Hida called The Three Comrades. |
| | 835 | * Yumi says she has clan business to take care off. |
| | 836 | * Doesn't like the Agasha or Lion very much. |
| | 837 | * Tonbo Sata charges Kamenosuke with keeping peace. |
| | 838 | * Writing letters to family in Kakita lands to send with Midori. |
| | 839 | * Nagataka follows Isaki and Yutaka around the garden: |
| | 840 | * Hoping Nadeshiko's spirit is still present. |
| | 841 | * Sword training with Taniko, Keiko and Murasake: |
| | 842 | * Told Murasake about possibility of marrying Satoshi. |
| | 843 | * Walk in garden with Tatsume: |
| | 844 | * Tatsume would like a swift resolution to the spiritual matter. |
| | 845 | |
| | 846 | * **22 Tiger, Afternoon:** |
| | 847 | * Umi found one-legged ronin, Gempachi, who has a wooden prosthetic leg. |
| | 848 | * Asked Umi to get Gempachi to show his leg to the best wood carver in town. |
| | 849 | * Owe Gempachi a favour. |
| | 850 | * Nagataka talks to earth spirit in a cave. |
| | 851 | * Spirit knows older earth spirit who enchanted Sister Fu. |
| | 852 | * Older earth spirit was an avatar of the Earth Dragon, is now turned to rock. |
| | 853 | * Yodo plays Biwa for us and confides in us that Sister Fu doesn't want to be a monk. |
| | 854 | * Meeting between Nicheren and Daishiro: |
| | 855 | * Nicheren, Shungesai and Miu arrive first. |
| | 856 | * Daishiro comes alone. |
| | 857 | * Nicheren's tale: |
| | 858 | * Phoenix and Lion instructed to take tower in Dragon lands. |
| | 859 | * Commander was Tamori Yue -- Nicheren had known her when they were younger. |
| | 860 | * Nicheren had narrow victory. Only Nicheren and Miu remained alive. |
| | 861 | * Yue told him she had recently learned that his father might be in Inconsiderate River Village. |
| | 862 | * Went to Inconsiderate River Village and trapped by bird people. |
| | 863 | * Nicheren's story seems a little flat. |
| | 864 | * Lecturing Daishiro on etiquette and not bringing the Dragon into disrepute. |
| | 865 | |
| | 866 | * **22 Tiger, Evening:** |
| | 867 | * Nagataka returns: |
| | 868 | * We discuss Sister Fu. |
| | 869 | * Sister Fu was adopted into the order as an orphan. |
| | 870 | * Ishie speaks with Master of Earth |
| | 871 | * Kamenosuke listens to Yodo playing biwa outside. |
| | 872 | * Yutaka and Isaki are standing together in a window. |
| | 873 | * Standing very close together in Yutaka's quarters. |
| | 874 | * Wrote letter to Yutaka: |
| | 875 | * If he dishonours Nadeshiko, Kamenosuke will kill him. |
| | 876 | |
