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Updated: May 22, 2025
Just then a youth named Rikimatsu, one of the pages of Jiraiya, arose to speak. He was but fourteen years old, and served Jiraiya out of gratitude, for he had rescued his father from many dangers and saved his life. He begged permission to say a word to the abbot, who, seeing the lad's eager face, motioned to him with his fan to speak. "How long can our lord live," asked the youth.
"He will be dead in thirty hours," answered the abbot, with a sigh. "I'll go and procure the medicine, and if our master is still living when I come back, he will get well." Now Rikimatsu had learned magic and sorcery from the Tengus, or long-nosed elves of the mountains, and could fly high in the air with incredible swiftness.
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