⚠️This story is a what if story where Fuyunotsurugi got caught by the Government of Time. This is not happening in the canon 2flheimverse lore.⚠️

「Operation: Memories Scanning, Completed. Memories from various timelines, restored. Memories from outside the citadel, restored. The host's retained memory is currently at about 1.05%. Total memories are around 1120 years in length.」

“Classify the memories into 3 categories, sad, normal, happy.”

「Command received, classifying memories…」

「...」

「Classifying memories finished. From 100% memories, categorizing Sad memories 68%, Normal memories 22%, and Happy memories 10%」

“Hmm… Don’t you think we should remove her memories about Kitsunegasaki first?”

“Oh, you’re correct, it would be a problem if she remembered him.”

“Delete all memories about Kitsunegasaki.”

「Command received. Deleting memories about Kitsunegasaki…」

「...」

「Deleting completed, 5% of memories about Kitsunegasaki was deleted.」

“That’s great. How many memories should we return to her?”

“Hmm… Let’s return all memories about her human life. And then let’s sort all the sad memories… Don’t you think 50% of all the sad memories are enough?”

“Let’s make it 65%, just because.” He laughed.

“Well, if you said so.” The other man shrugged.

“Return memories outside the citadel to the host.”

「Command received. Now returning 0,016% memories to the host.」

In front of the men wearing black suits, there was a big tube. Inside of it, a girl was confined in the tube. Her limbs were tied with chains. There were also countless wires that were linked to her head. The wires started to pulse slowly. She wasn’t conscious, but it was clearly seen that she was feeling uncomfortable.

「Procedure completed. 0,016% memories was restored.」

“Sort memories, from the worst. Return 65% of the memories to the host.”

「Command received. Sad memories will be sorted according to how potent they will inflict trauma towards the host…」

「...」

「...」

「Sorting completed, the worst 65% of sad memories will be returned, from the least worse to the worst」

The girl inside the tube once again seems to be twitching as if her body was electrocuted. Tears were streaming on her face before she finally was trashing and screaming. The people outside the tube can’t hear her voice, but the agony in her face was clearly seen.

After a whole hour, her body seemed to be exhausted from all the trashing. She lost consciousness. 

「Procedure halted. The host has lost consciousness. 7% of the procedure has been finished. The procedure will be resumed after the host wakes up.」

“Oh well… that would be a long time for the procedure to finish.”

“Why don’t we take a break first, we’ll check this specimen again later.”

“Well yeah, sure. But what should we do with this Touken Danshi?” He pointed to Kitsunegasaki, who was chained to a chair.

“What else? We should dispose of him, right? Let’s just forge another Kitsunegasaki, it wasn’t a big deal.”

“Should we do it now?”

“Let’s do that after we finish our lunch. Let him say goodbye to his girlfriend first… She won’t remember him though… Oh, she was never able to remember him to begin with.”

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Tears streamed down my face. It was my fault… I failed to save her, and I just guided her to her doom. Bloods dripped from my clenched fist. My nails ripped apart my palm, but that pain wouldn’t compare to the pain of my failure, to her pain…

「Restarting procedure… Current progress on 15%...」

I wanted to scream for them to stop. She didn’t deserve this. All of these were never her fault. She was also a victim of the system. They should’ve compensated her… Not this… 

But my soundless scream meant nothing for them… Begging wouldn’t change a thing. I can’t fix anything. Nothing would be able to fix this after I messed up. That inspection from the Government made them find out about her. They found her files on my system…

Sorry… Sorry… I couldn’t save you… Sorry, I can’t keep my promises… But regrets always come late. And now, there’s no point in regretting…

The door to the room opened. 

“Wow, I’m full. That was one hell of a meal.”

“Yeah, now you do your job, you have trash to take out.”

“Right, let me finish this.”

I’m sorry… Fuyu…

⚠️This story is a what if story where Fuyunotsurugi got caught by the Government of Time. This is not happening in the canon 2flheimverse lore.⚠️

If this is a normal world, I would be freaked out already. But in front of me, I see myself, she's a bit different than me, but I can't deny it, she has my face. "Who are you?" my voice trembled as I asked. "I'm you, isn't it obvious?" the other me chuckled. I keep silent. Now that I see it, her build is a bit different than mine. Let’s just say, she looks like she’s used to battles, even if I don’t see any scar on her body. 

Seeing me keep my silence, she continued, “Hmm, I don’t think you would forget your first honmaru, right? I live there.” She explained as she opened her arms. “T-the malfunctioned one?” I asked. She snapped her fingers, “Exactly! Yes, I was ‘another you’ that was trapped in that Honmaru.” She looked happy when I told her that I remember it. 

“Hey, I didn't complain when I got trapped there. I accepted it. So you will accept this too, right?” She unsheathed her short sword. “Wh-what are you doing?” I stuttered as I stepped back. “I’m just taking back my place! This Honmaru should be rightfully mine, not yours!” she smiled and suddenly her smile faded, “Now I’m taking what’s mine.” She slowly walks closer. “W-wait! What will happen to my Touken Danshi, then?” I don’t know why, but that’s the first thing that I worried about. 

“You don’t need to worry. I know things that you don’t know, so I can do a better job than you,” she smirked. Anguish washed over me, but I can’t deny it, it was my fault that she’s trapped in that Honmaru. So I just closed my eyes as her dagger swung down.

⚠️This story is a what if story where Fuyunotsurugi got caught by the Government of Time. This is not happening in the canon 2flheimverse lore.⚠️

My name is Shiromi Matou. Ah, but that name kind of has a weird resonance to me. Anyway, just call me Fuyu instead. Now, I’m the master of 2flheimr Honmaru, after taking back what is rightfully mine. 

Now I have Saniwa’s ability, and honestly, managing a Honmaru isn’t that hard. Well, I guess, building one to be as big as this one would be a hassle, but alas, now it’s mine. 

There were a few changes that I made when I became the Saniwa here. I replaced some of the swords with ones that I got from the Government representative. Some of them are Kikkou Sadamune, Yamanbagiri Chougi, Kogitsunemaru, and Hasekiri Hasebe. Those guys are enough to control things in this Honmaru. 

I might take back this Honmaru, but I’m yet to take back my previous life. Oh, I wonder what it feels like to meet my parents once again! But don’t worry, the Gov already promised me that I can take back my body!

Now I’ll just enjoy my time as the acting Saniwa in 2flheimr. Until the Gov contact me again, I’m sure I’ll be even doing a better job than the previous Saniwa.

⚠️This story is a what if story where Fuyunotsurugi got caught by the Government of Time. This is not happening in the canon 2flheimverse lore.⚠️

Our Honmaru has changed… 

It has been quite a while since Master changed. She suddenly changed her appearance. Her usual light-silver hair turned black, one of her eye colors changed, and her overall demeanor has changed.

Her face might look the same… but I know… she was a different person. She wasn’t our Master. Our Master usually interacts with us a lot, she herself would take a look at our Honmaru’s condition…

But now… ‘The Master’ always cooped inside her room. Only her attendant stayed with her. Although, I have my own suspicions… I don’t think Kikkou-san actually stayed with her. Since that day, I never saw Kikkou-san anymore. He was supposed to be the closest to our Master… and supposedly, he stayed with the Master all the time. But I doubted it.

One day, Honebami-nii-san even approached me, and told me quietly to not ask questions. I wanted to ask why, but I held myself back when I saw the grave look in his eyes. I guess, all the Honmaru’s residents also know about this rule. No one said a word about the Master’s change.

Our Honmaru is still thriving. If you’re not part of our Honmaru, you’d still look at us as a great Honmaru under a great Saniwa’s care. But now, everyone is on edge. It’s hard to make jokes. It’s hard to not be wary of each other.

If my suspicion is right, I think, even some Touken Danshi is also swapped with foreign Touken Danshi. I saw some of them go into The Master’s room. It’s weird indeed…

In those days, a weird thing happened. Suddenly, some personnel from the Government came to our Honmaru. That had never happened before. Usually, Konnosuke would relay the messages. The government usually never meddles with Honmaru’s individual affairs.

That man came to the Master and said to her, “You’ve done your duty well. We will give you the compensation we talked about before.”

The Master smiled widely and nodded. She immediately followed him.

“Wait for me, I’ll be back!”

And that… was the last words we heard from the Master.

⚠️This story is an epilog of what if story where Fuyunotsurugi got caught by the Government of Time. This is not happening in the canon 2flheimverse lore.⚠️

Is remembering your past life a gift or a curse? Is it because they want to give me a second chance to fix my past mistakes? Or because they want me to not repeat the same mistake as I did in the past?

But I wasn’t even a human in my past life, I was merely a tool, a sword, that was given a soul. So, is this life a gift for me? But, then, why do my past life memories keep haunting me like a curse?

At first, my memories were fragmented. When I become an adult, I can connect the dots and realize my dreams are not just a dream, but memories from my past life. In my past life, I was Kitsunegasaki, a Touken Danshi that worked for the Government of Time. 

In this life, my name is Kozaki Ao (狐崎 青), a regular human being who live in the modern world. I have a proper job as an editor for a publishing company. In this life, my life was a little bit uneventful compared to my last one. 

But this time… I guess some snowball from my past life finally reached this life. Someone submitted a manuscript about a story that reminds me of my past, with my one and only regret, a girl named Fuyu. 

That story was wrapped in such a way that you wouldn’t think it actually ended up tragic. It was a picture book for children. I quickly checked the sender, and I was sure when I saw the name on the envelope.

Shiromi Mafuyu. 

There’s no doubt about it. It turns out, this life was a second chance for me to fix my mistakes. This encounter was probably not a mere coincidence.

I know her, but it doesn’t mean that she knows me. But in this life, I want to make a promise that I can fulfill. At least, in this life, I want to see her happy.

After that, I found a new spirit in my mediocre life. I published her writings, and after 5 years, I made her one of the renowned writers, even overseas. I orchestrated everything behind the stage, and in these 5 years, I never met her even once. 

But I guess fate never goes as planned. 

Today, I came to the company early as usual. I was in the elevator to go up my floor, but then, when the elevator stopped on my floor, I saw her outside the door.

My heart skipped a beat, but I acted like nothing happened and went out of the elevator. She just casually bowed a bit and entered the elevator. 

Just a moment before the elevator closed, I heard her say quietly, “Did you think I don’t remember?”