After three days of sail, the ship finally docked in the harbour of Matsunoki. During those three days, Tamie got to know Byakuya better and became friends with him. She presented him to her group, and they all got along well. So, when they set foot in Kenshin, Byakuya turned to his new friends with a smile:
“Let’s go to my order building. There are many spare rooms and if it goes well, you might get permission from Matsumoto-sama, my magister, to settle down there while you stay. But if he does not permit you to stay, you will have to leave not only the Order building but the whole town”.
“Or rather, we’ll go and ask the Prefect what this all means,” Shiba politely smiled, for he was not a man to easily give up on his jobs only because some land-lords and order magisters desired so.
