The merchant, recognizing him, calls him by his real name.
In autumn, Takeo sneaks out of the house one day and explores Hagi, where he meets a merchant who he'd saved when he was one of the Hidden.
Kenji, after informing Takeo of this, starts to train him in the arts of the Tribe. Later, Takeo meets Muto Kenji (also known as the Fox), the master of the Muto clan, who reveals to him that Takeo's father was the most skilled assassin of the Kikuta, the greatest family of the Tribe. However, Takeo is under the threat of Shigeru's uncles' sons, who try to murder him during practice every day. Takeo is slowly accepted by the household and is later adopted as Shigeru's son, under the condition that Shigeru marries Shirakawa Kaede, the most beautiful maiden in the Three Countries. At night, when Takeo is in his room, he overhears Lady Maruyama and Shigeru expressing their love for one another.Įventually, the pair reach Lord Shigeru's home in Hagi, where Takeo is received with astonishment by an old maid named Chiyo and Shigeru's ex-instructor, Ichiro. Lady Maruyama is found to have been against the persecution of the Hidden and urges Takeo to tell her about the slaughter. On the journey to Shigeru's home, the two stop at an inn where they meet Maruyama Naomi, a powerful female ruler from the Seishuu. On the road Takeo loses his voice temporarily and his hearing becomes superhuman. However he deems his name unsuitable because of its Hidden roots and renames him Takeo. Shigeru takes Tomasu with him to protect, and later adopts him. Chased by Iida's men, Tomasu is rescued by Lord Shigeru of the Otori.
Trying to escape he unhorses Iida Sadamu, leader of the Tohan, who led the slaughter of The Hidden. Tomasu, a member of The Hidden by birth, returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered. Across the Nightingale Floor is the first of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori trilogy, first published in 2002.Īcross the Nightingale Floor is set in a fictional world based on Japan during the Sengoku period, and follows the story of a sixteen-year-old boy named Tomasu and fifteen-year-old girl named Kaede.
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