His Fourth Wife [Tengen x Reader]

Chapter 1

"Well well, where was our daughter in the whole night, huh?" A familiar female voice was heard when Y/n was eating her breakfast.

"M-Mom... what are you talking about?" Y/n said while standing up from the tatami floor.

"Where were you whole night?" Said her father.

"I was in my r-room, mom, dad..." Y/n replied with a small hint of hesitation in her tone.

"Oh really? Then care to tell me why we found pillows in the place of your futon where you should have been sleeping?" Her mom asked sternly.

"I... okay... I was in the bank of the river, near the jungle in the back side of our esta-"

"That's not your estate Y/n, it's mine, your mom's and your brother's..."

"Ye-yes, dad..."

"And get ready, a man is coming to see you..." Said her mom.

"F-for?"

"For asking your hand in marriage."

"WHAT!?"

"Stop yelling before you get punishment for being a brat and disobeying your parents and now go get ready they can be any time here." Her mom said sternly.

"O-okay..." She muttered before going back to her room.

All she wanted was now to somehow escape from here and get in her master's embrace and cry out all her pain and worries. She quickly went to her room and closed the door behind her and started getting changed into the floral patterned blue coloured kimono which was kept on her futon by her mom when Y/n was doing the households.

She tied her hip-lengthed hair into a loose braid and did some makeup to hide her bruises. This was the 3rd man who was going to come this month to ask her hand in marriage. 

She went to the living room as soon as her mom called for her that the man was now there and she needs to be the one to serve him and take care of their needs.

She kept her gaze lower as she isn't allowed to look at the man's face for some reason until the marriage day... Strange right?... She didn't think about it but she rather thought... God, I know you never listen to me, but please this only this time I want you to do some miracle. I don't want to marry someone unknown but rather someone I know... Tengen-sama would also work but not any person whom I don't know...

Her thoughts continued when she heard a familiar 'clink' of crystal chunks as the breeze blew when she was in the garden and walking beside the man who came there with the marriage proposal.

She was about to look at the man but the man made her remember, "L/n...your aren't allowed to look at me until our marriage day. " The voice also seemed familiar... As if the man tried to change his voice to someone else so you don't understand his real identity, maybe?

She muttered out a small 'sorry' before showing him around. She was sure that the man was in his early twenties, was almost his master's height, wore jewelleries (she heard lots of ringing of jewelleries while she showed him around), had a mascular yet tall built and had a keen sense of fashion. She assumed all this comparing him to her master, the sound hashira.

Soon the man and his family, 3 more girls, left the mansion and asked her parents to plan the wedding soon after she turns 16. Yes the marriage has been fixed with him at last.

Soon dusk enveloped the bright sky and the night was filled with lots of stars and constellations. Her favorite once too.

She again mixed a small amount of sleeping pills in her parents' and brother's food while serving them the dinner so they can easily fall asleep and not wake up until dawn rises.

After dinner, when everyone fell into a deep slumber, Y/n wore her dress which she always wore for training. She silently made her way towards the woods, the place where she trains herself with her master helping her master her breathing style which she derived from sound breathing as she wanted to make her own breathing style she didn't wanted to copy someone's breathing style which has been already mastered by someone and is in the hashira rank.

She made her own breathing style, the breathe of star. She loved stargazing at the night time whenever she got some resting time during her training hours or some free time.

She came to the spot where she would always meet her master, sitting on the rock which was in the bank of the river which is located in the middle of the canopy forest. But this time her mater wasn't there... Instead a letter was kept on the spot where he always use to sat, a pebble on top of it so it doesn't flee away due to wind. She picked up the letter.

Dear Y/n-chan,
I got an urgent work today so I wouldn't be able to help you in your training today, my apologies... And if you want to share any type of thought you want to open up to me you can write it down on the paper left under the boulder where I usually sit. My kasugi crow would come in the midnight to pick up the letter, you just attach that letter around his foot. Once again sorry for not informing about it sooner. Best of luck with today's training and I hope that you master up your 5th form by today then we can see how you master the next form of your breathing style from the following day. Take care while you train and don't push hard on yourself. And there are some onigri in the tiffin box near the boulder, don't forget to eat them when you are taking breaks while you train.

-Yours loving master,
Tengen Uzui

She slightly frowned before taking out the empty page under the boulder. I wanted to meet him in person so I can talk to him about today's every event. I really needed him right now.

She wrote her message back.

Dear Tengen-sama,
I got your letter, it's ok that we couldn't train together today. I hope tomorrow we can meet for sure. And no, I don't have anything new to share for now. Hope your urgent work is done by today.

-Yours obedient tsugoku,
Y/n

She folded the paper and waited till midnight for his kasugai crow to show up so she can send the letter. She didn't train for today as she was way to much exhausted, mentally. She stargazed till his crow showed then went back to her home after sending back the letter with the help of his bird.

She changed back into her pjs and lied down on her futon trying to get in a comfortable position to get a good night sleep after working for all day long. But how can she sleep when she was craving someone who will understand her pain, care for her, love her?... After tossing around, she finally fell asleep when it was 53 minutes till dawn. Little did she knew that as the dawn would arise, her happiness would also start to arise.

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