The Lost Writings of Miyamoto Musashi

"Excuse me?"

"Oh, you haven't left yet.You can join me as I going to the Temple to relax after writing a lot."

"That seems acceptable."

Apparently,Cadence and her husband,Shining Armor, after I heard his names in the scuttle,has not left the courting room.So why not take them to the nearby hill temple to experience our religion.

"I also have some questions for you too."

"You can ask on the way.Wait here first.I need to take off my armor."

With that,I rushed to my room and carefully took off my armor piece by piece.After 10 minutes,I was in my robes and had my weapons on.

Not to keep them waiting,I rushed back.Good,they didn't touch anything.

"Well,I'm back."

"What's with the weapons?"

"Samurai code of honor.Let's get going shall we."

We left the tenshu quite quickly.Good thing,the roads are quite well upgraded.

"So how long did you took to build this place?"

"At least  9 months."

"9 months!?How is that possible?"

"Simple. I teached the builders to be fast and efficent."

"Wow.You got this place quite fast."

By now,we should  be at the gates to the tenshu after the ponies batering ,talking and shouting at the nearby marketplace.

"So what questions do you want asked?"

"When did you..um.. behead Sombra?"

"A year ago I think."

"That's roughly the same time Discord had escaped."I heard Shining Armor mutter to himself for a while before asking again."How did you get here?"

"I travelled here by foot."

"What are you exactly?"

"I am a man."I know it is a weird answer but I have to give something.

"Where did you come from?"

"The Land of the Rising sun.Japan.Or as the nanban called it.Earth."

"So how this "Japan" looks like?"

"One of the most beautiful and peaceful places in the world.Filled with shrines and temples

And castles filling the majestic views,inspiring many great works by artisans.Especially 富士山,that is where

it inspired artists and poets and has been the site for pilgrimage for centuries."

"Wow.That is the place I really want to visit when I'm free."

"So can you tell me about your guards?"

"No.They are Samurai."

"Ok. Your samurai."

"Samurai are fierce warriors who  study under bushido.They accept death and fears of nothing,knowing they are fighting for their lord.They can use any weapon in battle,decimating any untrained units in battle."

"Looks like your 'clan' really defend itself or even attack any enemies of yours."

"Oh,we're here."

We arrived at the step of stairs leading up to the torii and the entrance of the temple.

"Let's get climbing."

*After 5 minutes of climbing*

"You dishonourable fools." I shouted.Apparently,Cadence and Shining Armor didn't have the honor to even climb up a single step,they used what they called "majick" to transport themselves to the top of the stairs in an instant.

"Hey!I don't want to climb up stairs if I want."

"Any way.Welcome to Ishiyama Hongan-Ji.Firstly,please perform temizu and don't forget to bow respectfully before entering.

*After 2 minutes of explaining and doing the ritual*

After that was over, we entered the temple to see the main prayer hall,the Buddha statue in front of it,the rock garden and noh theatre at the sides and some monks having a conversation.

"Ok.You are free to explore the temple.Here,these monks can serve as your guides.Don't worry.They can still speak the old language.I'm just going to the meditation room to think."

With that,I left them with their guides while I went to the mediation room to meditate.

*5 hours later*

"Er.My Lord.I think you stop now.Your friends can have gone back to New Osaka castle for dinner."

The sudden talk knocked me out of my meditative state.It was one of the monks gently  getting me out of my meditation.

"Oh yes.I'm coming out."I was meditating so long that time files past the mountains like a hawk.

Indeed,they are gone.They must have gone back to the tenshu like the monk said.

"Thank you for letting visit your temple."I was already at the gates of the temple.

"Good bye and Safe Travels"the monk was sending me my way.

Now I was alone,travelling back to the city I built when I first came here.I preferred to take the long route back to the castle as it is more scenic.As I passed the rice farms,I saw many rice crops almost ready to be harvested.This was my idea to grow this and profitted well from it too as this is a very rare exotic plant here.As I reached the gate house,one of the samurai assigned there recognied me.

"My Lord.It seems you have visited our new temple here."

"It seems I have.Can I ask you to open the gates?"

"Right on it.My Lord."

The gates opened to a majestic city ,a city I built which stands firm.A city I made prosper.