Chapter 1: Become the monkey of Nobuna!
Sagara Yoshiharu, second-year high school student, was panicking.
By the time he realized it, for some reason he was standing right in the middle of a battlefield during the Warring States Period [1] .
"Wait. Why is this happening? Where am I?"
The sound of horse hooves roaring!
The sound of guns roaring!
The desperate shouts of foot soldiers with long spears!
No matter how you look at it, this was the Warring States Period.
The location can be found out later, but it's in the N?bi Plain [2] .
"Woah, amazing! It's even more intense than the movie 'The Seven Samurai!'"
But this wasn't the time to be excited.
Yoshiharu, who had suddenly appeared in the middle of the battlefield wearing his school uniform, was wrongly identified as "a new enemy" by the foot soldiers of both sides, resulting in them thrusting their spears towards him.
"Oh. Woah. Wai. Wait. I said wait!"
Lightly, lightly, quickly, quickly.
Dodging from the left, dodging from the right, while avoiding the thrusts from the long spears, Yoshiharu ran towards the thick woods.
Yoshiharu had received the nickname of "Ball-avoiding Yoshi" in his dodgeball class and was good at running away.
His height, weight and athletic abilities were average, but his ability to dodge the balls thrown at him had been exceptional from a young age.
By the way, while he's good at avoiding the balls that come flying at him, he's unfortunately bad at hitting his opponent with the ball, so he wasn't invited to join the dodgeball club.
"Restless bastard, I'll turn you into dengaku on sticks [3] !"
"I am telling you guys to stop!"
Swoosh
Swoosh
Swoosh
Simultaneously, five spears were thrust towards him!
"Wooooooooooo?"
Instinctively he bent backwards with evasive movements seen in The Matrix (present time)!
The area around his waist let out a slight cracking sound.
"Amazing! He's like a monkey!"
"I'm trying to tell you that I have nothing to do with this! Your enemies are on that side!"
Shouldering his bag, he once more ran up the hill's slope.
"Hahaha. What a realistic lucid dream. Woah, there's blood coming from my cheek."
"Wait!"
While running, Yoshiharu thought.
This isn't even worth stating, but it's a dream.
A dream.
A dream.
It's a dream.
I can only remember up till the way home from school, but what probably happened after that was that I had gone into my room and started playing "Lord Oda Nobunaga's Ambition" where I must have drifted off to sleep mid way.
That's probably why I am viewing this Warring States place in my dream.
However, unlike in "Lord Oda Nobunaga's Ambition", you cannot do the super, certain kill technique of making small-fry foot soldiers fly away in this dream.
Just like in the dodgeball of reality, all I can do is continue to barely avoid the enemy attacks, huh.
Yoshiharu thought this was a pretty realistic dream.
"A bit more and I can hide within the woods!"
He was naïve.
Whoosh.
Whoosh.
From inside those woods, this time arrows came flying out.
5, 10, 20.
The arrowhead was made of metal, so he would be instantly killed if it pierced his chest.
More like, no matter where it pierced his body, it seemed like it would be really painful.
"You serious? Woaaaaaah!?!?"
This was the first time that his life was in danger since he was born.
He can't think of it as a dream.
Even if it's a dream, if he gets hit by even one arrow, then without doubt he'll faint in agony.
In the usually careless head of Yoshiharu, this time, his adrenaline was at full throttle.
Lightly
Lightly
Now
Jump!
One after another, he avoided all the arrows fired towards him by a hair's breadth.
During that time, in some parts of his body, his joints were screaming but he ignored it.
"Look! The technique of the God of Ball Avoiding!"
At the same time as having been thrown into this Warring States place, for some reason Yoshiharu, who was good at dodging balls since childhood, found that his body coincidentally showed the best adaptability.
Though with that said, it more or less seemed like he would leak in his pants.
"He really is a monkey!"
"I can't hit him!"
The archers who said that came flying from inside the woods and raced down the slope of the hill, trying to surround Yoshiharu and take his head.
"Why are you only targeting me?"
Yoshiharu did a U-turn in the middle of the hill.
Uooooooooooooooh, aaaaaaaaaaaaah, while giving out a scream that didn't form any coherent words, he ran downward this time, east towards the river bank.
Since the archers were clad in armor and helmets, they couldn't catch up to the light bodied Yoshiharu.
"For you to show your back to the enemy, what a coward."
"That's why I said I am not an enemy! I am a normal citizen!"
If I pass through this river, I should be able to get away from the battlefield-----.
Splash splash splash
Running into the river and pushing against the current, he reached the other bank.
He murmured, once humans become aware of death, amazing stamina boils forth.
However, the other bank wasn't outside the battlefield or anything like that, but was instead a stronghold where armor clad warriors who seemed to be of a higher social status were assembled.
Beneath the curtain, he met the general sitting elegantly on a chair.
"Whaaaaaaaat????"
The banner had two lines in the circle.
The great feudal Lord of Suruga. This banner represents the strongest power of Tokaido region, Imagawa Yoshimoto [4] , realized Yoshiharu.
"It can't be, this place is Imagawa Yoshimoto's headquarters?"
However, he immediately realized his mistake.
The general who should be Imagawa Yoshimoto was for some reason a girl.
Not to mention, her big eyes were glittering, she was quite a bishoujo.
"Ara. Who are you? You're wearing a strange armor."
As expected of Imagawa Yoshimoto with a magnificent and elegant noble's hobby.
Even though it's the battlefield, she's wearing 12 layers of clothing.
It feels like she's completely in the middle of proceeding to the capital.
Is what Yoshiharu thought.
Aah.
Because I played Warring States games too much, I am seeing a dream of Imagawa Yoshimoto having changed to a female military commander, huh.
Well, maybe because a lot of military commanders are shown as girls in the recent Warring States games.
In that case, this is the first choice!
Yoshiharu bows down to Imagawa Yoshimoto's feet and instantly shouted.
"Please make me your vassal!"
"No!"
"An immediate reply?"
"Why should I, the great Feudal Lord of the historical Imagawa house, employ a suspicious person like you? Motoyasu-san, finish him!"
"Understood~"
Immediately, an armor clad warrior protecting the headquarters came rushing forth, and drew a katana.
It was a somewhat short built, glasses-wearing child commander who looked like she was misfortunate.
Motoyasu-san…..which means, Matsudaira Motoyasu, the Tokugawa Ieyasu [5] of later? Yoshiharu doubted his eyes.
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The big raccoon who would one day consolidate Japan, the super famous scheming commander.
However, the one calling himself Matsudaira Motoyasu in this era was still supposed to be working as an errand boy for Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Now that you mention it, this child somewhat looks like a little raccoon……
(This place may be a meeting place for cosplay historic girls.)
However, he didn't have time to look at 'Cute Matsudaira Motoyasu'.
Glare
Towards the nape of his neck, a sword was coming down.
"By the orders of Yoshimoto-sama, I will have your neck~"
"Wait, Motoyasu, wait wait! I am saying that I am not your enemy!"
"I am Yoshimoto-sama's servant due to a reason. Allow me to earn some points."
Swoosh!!!
"Oh?"
He panicked.
Just barely, he avoided it, a serious matrix dodge.
That's dangerous, I was about to piss myself, is what Yoshiharu's heart is screaming.
"Ara~? Yoshimoto-sama~ He dodged it~"
"This body movement, there's no doubt that it's a wild wave (Ninja) the Oda set free! Draw out 2, 3 swords and finish him!"
"Yes~"
It's no good, it's impossible to work for Imagawa Yoshimoto is what Yoshiharu resigned himself to.
He once again came back to the river bank.
"Awawa. Please wait. I will be scolded by Yoshimoto-sama."
While waving about the katana, Matsudaira Motoyasu shouted that in a cute voice.
I have to shake her off.
However, unexpectedly, Motoyasu's feet were fast, and it felt like he would be caught by the time he crossed the river.
"It's time for your neck to fall!"
"Dammit, I don't want this sort of bad ending! Isn't there a weapon, weapon…"
Yoshiharu strengthened his resolve and turned to face Matsudaira Motoyasu.
I am reluctant to fight a cute girl but------
If I am going to be taken down with one strike like this then it's better to fight and die!
Even if this is not a dream but reality!
He tried to snatch a spear from the arm of a foot soldier who had collapsed nearby.
However, the foot soldier must have already died. Since the finger was stiff, he couldn't remove the spear.
"Eiya! You're full of openings!
"S-Shit!"
"Boy, it's dangerous!"
He was covered by someone.
A short built Imagawan foot soldier came and took Yoshiharu's body under his arms and started running like that...
It seems like I was saved from a dangerous spot.
"Wait!"
With a cheerful smile, Motoyasu followed them, but the foot soldier didn't wait.
This time, he got carried inside the forest safely where no foot soldiers were lying in wait.
The short built foot soldier dropped Yoshiharu down with a sigh of "Fui", and sat down with his back to a large tree trunk.
Yoshiharu bowed his head and gave his thanks.
"T-Thank you. Why did you save me?"
"Kid, you're a shinobi of the Oda right? That body movement isn't ordinary."
"Eh?"
"I worked for the Imagawa lord but, that person hates poor shaped men. I didn't think I could be promoted."
Indeed, even though the foot soldier was young, his face looked like that of a wrinkled monkey.
"So, in the middle of the confusion of this battle, I thought of shifting sides to the Oda. Hey, kid, would you introduce me to the Oda lord?"
So this is the battle between Oda Nobunaga [6] and Imagawa Yoshimoto, huh….is what Yoshiharu muttered.
"How about it?"
"Thanks for saving me but I am not a shinobi of the Oda."
"Am I wrong?"
"I am Sagara Yoshiharu. I am just a Koukousei." (In this case, the reading is for a high school student)
"Koukousee? Even I, in order to get promoted, will do filial piety [7] ."
"No no, um….that's right! I am not a warrior!"
"Even I am a son of a farmer. However, right now it's a chaotic world. If you can get achievements in battle, you can get promoted. My dream is to become the lord of a feudal domain!"
"A lord of a feudal domain…."
"Yeah. As a man, having been born into this world, I can't think of a life without wishing for a feudal domain of my own! Because, if you become the lord of a castle, you'll be popular with the ladies!"
Yoshiharu, without thinking, clasped this monkey faced foot soldier's hand and shouted "That's right!".
Without knowing it, he came from the peaceful current era Japan to the Warring States era (?). After that, it's taking a country! Having castles! And then, gathering cute girls from the lower town of the castle and being popular with the ladies!
That's a man's resourcefulness!
The people in the current era who have forgotten both their wild nature and their ambitions, did you hear that?
"Old man, we sure do get along!"
"I also think that! You too, do you like girls as much as I do?"
"Yeah, I don't have a real girlfriend, but within my mind it's always a harem!"
"Riaru? Haaremu? [8] What's that?"
"You look like a good guy, and you saved my life! I'll gamble on your dream, Old man! Let's try going together to Oda!"
"Ooh, thanks kid! In that case, become my Otoutobun [9] !"
"I will! However, in case you become a Feudal Lord----the cute girls are going to be split 50-50 between us!"
"I promise."
The two lecherous men stood up while still clasping hands and faced the road going west.
Due to knowledge drilled into him from Warring States games, the map of Warring States Japan was more or less engraved in Yoshiharu's mind.
This was probably the border of Owari and Mikawa. Since the Lord of Mikawa, Matsudaira Motoyasu, was, according to history, a vassal of Imagawa Yoshimoto, if they head towards the east to Mikawa, it would be Imagawa territory, and if they head towards west to Owari, it would be Oda territory.
He didn't have high hopes of getting employment in the Oda army, but he somehow felt that things would go well.
Imagawa Yoshimoto is a Feudal Lord from a house boasting a lineage, but Oda Nobunaga is a progressive Feudal Lord who, if there was a capable retainer, whether it's a foot soldier or a farmer, selected them. (Everything stated above is knowledge Yoshiharu learned from Sengoku games.)
However, it was the moment when they got out of the woods.
"Fugu?"
The short built foot soldier was suddenly crouching while pressing his chest.
"What's wrong, foot soldier old man?"
"…I was hit by a stray bullet… I wasn't lucky…"
"W-What did you say?"
At once, the area around the chest was dyed in crimson blood color.
Seriously? Do humans die so quickly?
Yoshiharu's face quickly became pale.
While shaking, he laid the foot soldier on the side of the road, at the side of a Buddhist statue.
"…..Kid. This is it for me. You should go by yourself."
"I can't leave you behind, Old man!"
"You never know when those with ambitions will die. This is the norm for the chaotic world of the Warring States….I will give my companion to you, fulfill my dream of being a feudal lord and being popular with the ladies."
"Old man….!"
"….I am not so old to be called an old man…."
It seemed his heart was already going to stop.
The foot soldier's eyelids slowly start closing.
"T-That's right. What's your name, Old man? Once I get promoted, I'll make a huge grave for you!"
"….My name is…..Kinoshita……Toukichirou……."
"Eh? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh?"
"……Farewell, kid. Live, for the ambition of becoming popular."
Wai. Wait. Wait a bit. By Kinoshita Toukichirou----isn't it Toyotomi Hideyoshi [10] !!!!!
Working for Oda Nobunaga, a farmer's son, the man who rose up to conquer Japan.
Isn't he a hero among heroes who got the greatest promotion in Japanese history??!
Thinking about it, short built and a monkey face---- and his friendliness, there was no mistaking the fact that it was Hideyoshi.
"Old man, don't die! If you die, Japanese history will be wrecked! If you don't work for Oda Nobunaga, then---."
"…….Who is Oda Nobunaga? …….The name of the Lord of the Oda is…..Nobu…..na…."
He passed away.
In Yoshiharu's arms, Kinoshita Toukichirou, who later became Hashiba Hideyoshi, a feudal lord of the Warring States who went on to conquer the whole of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and formed the Toyotomi administration, the first generation hero had died while still a foot soldier.
While laying Toukichirou's corpse down beside the Buddhist statue, Yoshiharu was trembling.
This is different from the history I learned in the game.
"W….What's the meaning of this? What's happening?"
Is it a dream after all?
He pinched his cheeks. It hurts!
The cut he got from the spear once again split, and blood started dripping down.
"I see. Kinoshita has died……may he rest in peace."
Behind his back, the lisping voice of a little girl was heard.
Without thinking, he turned back. A shinobi was standing there, wearing a chain mail and ninja outfit that was entirely black.
The shinobi girl was like a kitten, slender and short, her voice was also lisped.
If it was present age then she would probably be around elementary school 5th year, huh, is what Yoshiharu thought.
Her mouth was concealed with a mask but her eyes alone were exposed.
Her pupils were a crimson color that would make you shiver, and her eyelashes were surprisingly long.
"My name is Hachisuka Goemon. From now on, instead of Kinoshita, I will serve wyou [11] ."
Her expression was like that of a Shinobi, but the end was a flittery.
"No, sorry, I am bad with long sentences."
"Are you a friend of Toukichirou-san?"
"I am a companion. The foot soldier Kinoshita is the trunk, and I the shinobi stay in the shadow of that tree. So we join wour forces and try and get promoted together, that was the promise."
"So 30 characters is your limit, huh."
Beneath the mask, the child ninja, Goemon's face became red.
"S-Shut up. What is your name?"
"Sagara Yoshiharu."
"Then, from now on I will lead your vassals the Kawanamishuu and work for Sagara."
"It's fine, but I am penniless and don't even have a home. I can't give you a salary."
"It will be fine if you serve the Oda clan. They have good salaries."
"No. If it was Old Man Toukichirou, he would have been able to serve, but I don't know anything about this world."
Fufufu, Goemon let out a laugh like a shinobi beneath the ninja mask.
"Sagara, I will have one hair of yours."
Pluck.
Goemon plucked out one hair from Yoshiharu's head, brought out a straw doll from inside her chest, and started stuffing the hair inside it.
"W-What's that? Are you going to curse me?"
"It's the contract for becoming our master."
"It's a strange contract, even though it's fine if you just have my stamp [12] on it."
"I'll have Sagara get promoted as my trunk without fail. That was the pwomise with Kinoshita, right?"
"Yeah, that was the promise with the old man-----got it, I'll serve under the Oda clan!"
In reality, the reading of Toukichirou was sharper.
According to history, the Oda family of Owari, which was only a small feudal lord, after this would conquer Japan.
However, what would become of the Oda clan that lacked the future hero Toukichirou, even Yoshiharu didn't know.
History had been changed.
Even then, instead of Toukichirou who had fallen midway in the supreme(?) motive of getting promoted under the Lord who would hold the country, I, who had cultivated my (subtle) knowledge in Sengoku games, decided to use it while I could.
And also, if I can live on, then someday I will be able to find the way back to my old world.
"Sagara, the battle is still continuing. It would be better to march while holding the spear with the flag of the Oda clan."
"Yeah. I haven't used a spear before, but let's try it!"
"Fufun, it seems that at least you'll meet Kinoshita's expectations. Even though you're young, you're quite a person."
"I may be just an idiot, you know?"
"Fufu, same here."
Goemon made hand seals, and the leaves around her body scattered around, at the same time, she disappeared.
So it's a game after all?
No, the corpse of Old Man Toukichirou is way too real.
This is definitely reality.
If you lose in battle, death awaits.
If that's the case..... then this isn't the time to be frightened and shouting "Before I realized it, I had time slipped into the Warring States era."
"Old Man, your dream, I'll succeed it! This is a battle for revenge, uoooooooooooh!"
As Yoshiharu took up Toukichirou's armor and weapon, he pushed his adrenaline to full throttle, readied the spear, and went back to where the battle was unfolding in the N?bi Plains.
In the battlefield there was a battle of attack and defense unfolding.
Yoshiharu had the Oda flag standing on his back, and he brandished a spear for the first time as he assaulted the Imagawa military's foot soldiers.
However, no matter how much they were the enemies that killed Toukichirou, he couldn't kill enemies whom he didn't have any hatred for. The realistic nature was completely different from the scenes in games. The faces of the foot soldiers were clearly visible from the eyelashes to the mouths.
These guys are really living beings! Is what Yoshiharu couldn't scream out.
(There's no doubt. It seems I really came to the Warring States era. However, why-----)
Yeah, like this!
I'll think about that once I survive this!
"Uraaaaaaaaa!"
He was at his limit with just rotating the spear thoughtlessly and trying to prevent the enemies from approaching him.
The enemy foot soldiers were wearing armor, and for Yoshiharu, who had no knowledge of spears, it didn't seem like he would be able to kill them.
The spears or swords the enemy thrust at him were avoided by using the technique of the 'Ball-avoiding Yoshi'.
Even then, his breathing gradually grew heavier, and he took small wounds here and there.
If he didn't have this special technique, Yoshiharu would have become a corpse in the blink of an eye.
For one hour, this jostling continued on the grasslands.
"Haa haa haa……!"
Yoshiharu was occupied with just protecting his body, so he couldn't even kill one enemy. He didn't have any intention of killing the enemy, but the war situation became advantageous for the Oda military.
"Everyone, gather courage! One more push remaining!"
Riding on the horse was an armor-clad person, that person pushed forth to the front line and gave a shout.
Suddenly, it was the attack of the cavalry unit which saw the chance of crushing the enemy front lines.
"Foot soldiers! Someone return to the headquarters, and protect the Lord!"
However, the foot soldiers were dreaming of taking at least one neck of the enemy and no one returned to the headquarters.
I don't like offering an enemy's neck, and it seems that the victory is decided to be that of the Oda military----
Yoshiharu had an idea.
(Let's head to the headquarters!)
While running on his feet, he glanced at the one giving the cavalry orders.
Clad in magnificent armor and a helmet, it was once again a girl.
(Imagawa Yoshimoto, Matsudaira Motoyasu too, and this military commander of the Oda clan is a girl as well. Just what is occurring in this world?)
He naturally didn't have the luxury to think, while holding the spear, he headed to the Oda military's headquarters.
It was a really chaotic battle, they had already sent the guards who protect the general to the front lines, therefore the headquarters was virtually empty.
However.
In there, from somewhere, suddenly the Imagawa's suicide unit assaulted them.
Oda Nobunaga is in a dangerous situation!
(Uooooooh? Continuing from Old Man Toukichirou, if even Oda Nobunaga dies, Japanese history would be impossible to correct!)
Toyotomi conquers Japan in the end but it was because his Lord Oda Nobunaga had more or less consolidated the Warring States. If both of them fell together, Tokugawa Ieyasu (Matsudaira Motoyasu) who snatched it after Toyotomi would also not be able to unify Japan. Ieyasu continued to serve these two, and waiting for the death of his master, he only snatched the whole of Japan at the end.
No one can consolidate this chaotic world. If that happened, then he didn't know what would happen to Japan, but since he liked Sengoku games, he didn't like the idea.
And above all else, the hot breath of the real Warring States era made Yoshiharu's blood boil.
The one who was apparently General Oda Nobunaga was surrounded on all sides by Imagawa's suicide unit. Yoshiharu, despite being somewhat weak-kneed, resolutely charged in.
He knocked down the spear that came flying towards the helmet of the general with his own.
(I was able to save Nobunaga's life by a hair's breadth! Someone like me? That moment, history moved!)
Amazing. I intervened in history!
Although he was moved, they were still surrounded by enemies. There's no time to face the general's, Nobunaga's, face. In order to protect the general, he'll become a wall and block their way.
"In order to serve the Oda clan, the ronin samurai, Sagara Yoshiharu appears!"
"It's a new Oda soldier!"
"It's just one person! Finish him first!"
In order to defeat the general, they have to remove Yoshiharu who had become a wall.
The Imagawa soldiers simultaneously attacked Yoshiharu.
"Ora ora ora ora ora!"
Yoshiharu was impatient. Not only was the headquarters small, the enemy numbers were too many.
This is bad! If they get any closer, I won't be able to avoid the swords.
My dodging ability that I trained in dodgeball is for long & medium distance attacks. It's not meant for short ranged attacks from a radius of under 1 meter!
"If you come closer, you won't surviveeee! Uoryaaaaaaa!"
While shouting in a loud voice, Yoshiharu randomly rotated the spear.
However---
"This guy's an amateur!"
"Cover him from all sides and stab him with spears all at once!"
"Damn, I was found out, huh!"
Well, you would be found out.
That moment, accompanied by explosion sounds, a smokescreen spread from around their legs.
While vision was obscured by a white smoke,
"Guoh!"
"Uwah"
"Fugya"
Screams started to come out from the Imagawa soldiers.
And then, the smoke was blown away by the wind, and Yoshiharu's vision cleared----
The Imagawa soldiers who attacked the headquarters had all fainted and were lying near Yoshiharu's feet.
(I see. Goemon did it, huh.)
I have heard that it's more difficult to have the opponent faint in battle than to kill him.
If there isn't a great difference in strength, you don't have time to be considerate.
(Which means that child ninja, even though she's a lisping shorty, is actually really strong?)
As Yoshiharu gaped with his mouth open, he heard the sound of horse hooves closing in.
"My Lord, it's a huge win for our allies! Were you alright?"
It was the brave girl commander who had led the cavalry to an assault on the front lines a bit earlier.
She was around the same age as Yoshiharu. Yoshiharu thought the girl with eyes that radiated a strong will could be quite pretty.
(Hm?)
The part around the chest was strangely quite expanded.
(Hu-Huge tits…..???)
Without thinking he stared at her breasts, the girl commander on the horse seemed to notice his perverted gaze and let out a shout "Kyaa?"
"W-What's with you, bastard? E-E-Even though you're just a foot soldier, you dare stare at my breasts!?"
"Ah, sorry! Since it was the first time I saw a girl in reality with such huge tits, I…."
Blush.
The mannish girl commander was shaking with rage and removed her sword while her face blushed red.
From the corners of her eyes, which had previously shown feelings of victory, tears of shame started coming out.
"I-Insolent bastard! I will have your head!"
"Eek! Sorry!"
It was in that moment that Yoshiharu, without thinking, turned the other way and started to flee.
The general who had been sitting on the chair of the headquarters, however, spoke up.
"Stop, Riku! No matter what, that guy saved my life, so I have to give him a reward."
"What? Is that the truth?"
"Yes. He saved me as I was about to get stabbed by a spear. And also, I couldn't really see it, but he used a strange technique and defeated the Imagawa force."
"…..W-Was that so. B-By your will."
That's right. The Oda clan's general was in the headquarters.
That was dangerous, I was able to protect him.
Oda Nobunaga.
In the chaotic world of the Warring states, in the ruthless battle of demons, the man who pushingly consolidated the states, the one called a Demon King and a dictator----.
No matter what, there's no way that even Nobunaga becomes a girl----
"Nobunaga-sama, please hire me as a foot soldier!"
Bam
At the same time as he raised his head, his face was kicked by the sole of the straw sandal coming at him.
"Fugya?"
"Huh? Who's Nobunaga? My name is Nobuna. No-bu-na."
"Eeeeeh?"
"What's wrong with you? Aren't you really an idiot for making a mistake in the name of the general you're trying to work under."
While having his face stepped on, he looked up to the figure of this poison-tongued general.
The brown hair was done in a clumsy manner like a bamboo whisk [13] .
She wasn't wearing any armor or a helmet.
Her cheeks and forehead were black with soot. With one sleeve of her bath robe exposed, a long sword and a short sword tied with a straw rope, a flint bag and a gourd hanging from her waist, and also, on the hakama [14] covering her waist and legs, a tiger skin tied like a loincloth.
On her left shoulder was a hawk that looked like it had been domesticated. It seemed recklessly fierce.
And also, on her right shoulder was an imported arquebus of the barbarians----a black gun.
Can't call it a delinquent, nor an eccentric, eye-catching person, nor some original clothes.
Without a doubt, this was "Owari's Fool", Oda Nobunaga's fashion in his younger days----is what Yoshiharu thought.
However.
"What are you staring at like an idiot? I am Oda Nobuna! The Feudal Lord Protector of Owari, the head of the Oda clan!"
Once again, Yoshiharu found the mistake.
This is the second.
First, the name is a bit different.
Second, she seems to have a quick temper and seems selfish, but----this high pitched voice, this small waist, the slightly swelling chest----once again, she was a girl.
If she didn't have those eccentric, eye-catching clothes, she may have been, in a way, cute, but with a dirty appearance like this, her original face can't be recognized, is what Yoshiharu thought.
However, only those two glaring eyes, glittering and overflowing with life, may be a bit beautiful.
"Hey. What's your name?"
Guni
The muzzle of the arquebus was jabbed in his mouth.
If I don't answer then she'll really shoot! Is what he realized.
However, the muzzle got in the way, and his mouth didn't move properly.
"Sa……ga………fugafuga……..ha………ru"
"Got it. "Sa……..(omitted)……..ru". Your name is Saru!" [15]
"You're wrong, Fugafuga, remove this please!"
"You're noisy!"
Doga! He was kicked.
"You're wearing strange clothes that I have never seen before, and earlier, without even doing anything, just by waving your spear around you defeated the Imagawa soldiers. No matter how you think of it, that isn't human. That's why, you're Saru!"
That's so seriously absurd, Yoshiharu wanted to object.
"Don't joke around with me, I am a human! No, rather, since I have come from the future, I'm maybe closer to God, you know? I saved your life, be a bit more thankful to me."
"First. I can't think of weird existences like you as a human like me. Second. I am a rationalist and don't believe in gods, Buddha, or strange things. That's why, this is my decision! You're an existence below human!"
"That's sophistry!"
"But, meh, your appearance resembles human males. You sure do run your mouth in human-like words. You're a species between monkeys and humans, in other words, Saru! Only Saru is possible!"
Funfun, while snorting through her dirtied nose due to the dust, Nobunaga….no, Nobuna thrust her index finger on Yoshiharu's forehead.
"But for you to save me, aren't you a Saru who shows promise. As your reward, I'll allow you to be kept as my pet, you know?"
Furthermore, the final-blow kick comes flying towards his face.
Yoshiharu avoided it nimbly.
Earlier he was hit by a very unexpected attack.
Once he knew that a kick was coming to the face, he was somehow able to avoid it.
Having her certain attack dodged, in a reversal of the expected roles for the situation, Nobuna got angry.
"Hey, why are you running away? Stay put and get kicked by me! Or are you an animal?"
"Uooooooh, what's with this woman? Shut up, I am a human."
"Wh….what an impertinent Saru! Calling your master a woman?"
"My name is Sagara Yoshiharu! Who would become your pet?!"
"Pet? What's that, monkey language?"
"I am saying that I won't become your domesticated monkey! Just employ me as your foot soldier!"
The two came face to face, bellowing.
"What an insolent bastard to be talking back to the princess! Let's behead him," the female commander suggested to Nobuna after descending from the horse.
"You think so, Riku? Indeed, it would be easy to behead him, but he may be a rare monkey who descended from the heavens. At any rate, he can speak the human language. I have decided, I am domesticating him."
"What if I don't want to be domesticated!?" Yoshiharu yelled.
"Princess, this man once again raised his voice at you! Let's behead him after all!"
"It's fine. We lost a lot of pages in a useless battle----and also, I wanted a male's hands, right?"
"……Yeah. That's true. Indeed, right now the princess needs a male's hands."
"Take this Saru, depart immediately, Riku."
"By your command. I, Shibata Katsuie [16] , will continue to protect the Princess!"
I see. This girl with huge boobs is the fierce Shibata Katsuie who served Nobunaga…indeed, in regards to athletic ability she does seem to be of a peerless quality…, Yoshiharu thought.
It seems that Riku is the nickname of Shibata Katsuie.
However, they were talking about needing a male's hands...can it be that they want me to "carry the seeds of the Oda clan" and live the life of a stud horse? That may be possible...but wait, I don't want to do that with this filthy looking kid!
While Yoshiharu was indulging himself in his perverted delusions, someone threw a rope around his neck.
The end of the rope was given to Nobuna, who then mounted her favorite horse.
"You can run. Since you're a Saru, you should be good in a foot race."
"Wait! Uguuuuuuuuu, the rope is tightening!"
"He really talks a lot, let's behead him," Shibata called.
"No, Riku. Since he's my domesticated monkey, if you behead him I'll get angry."
"You guys, don't run on the horses! My neck, my neeeeeeeck! Uooooh! Even though you're wearing a getup like a monkey, Nobuna, have a looooook!"
While running behind Nobuna and Shibata's horses with all his might, Yoshiharu thought.
Aah…… it was a "Planet of Monkeys" [17] …
While running on the slope, bound by the rope, he tried shouting "Goemon, help me!" but Goemon didn't show up at all.
She may not appear when Nobuna and the others are present.
"Because the Imagawa military hindered us, we were completely late. Hey, Saru, immediately scoop out the water of the lake."
"Huh?"
Even his breathing had become faint, Yoshiharu laid down on the foot path of the pond in the mountain.
Nobuna who had just descended from her horse gave a kick to the lying Yoshiharu's butt.
"Cough Cough Cough"
Shibata Katsuie had arranged the foot soldiers surrounding the pond and seemed to have secured it so that the villagers who had gathered would not come near Nobuna.
Yoshiharu asked Nobuna, "Hey, why do you want me to scoop up water from the pond? Are you thirsty or something?"
"You're an idiot. You really are a Saru. Don't I have a gourd on my waist so that I can drink water any time any place? Can't you see?"
"I can see! What's idiotic is that fashion sense of yours!"
"So you're once again using that monkey language to try and trick me. Take the gourd. It's pretty heavy walking with it hanging on my waist.
"Alright."
Bam bam bam. In rapid succession, he was hit by three gourds thrown at his face.
"If you lose even one of them, your head will fly."
I will make you pay, woman, some day. Yoshiharu bared his fangs and barked.
"Hey hey, start scooping out water immediately."
"Once I scoop the water for you, promise me that you'll hire me. Not as a pet, but as a foot soldier."
"Yes, yes. If you're able to scoop it out, that is."
By needing male hands, it was for this manual work, huh. Hanging his head, Yoshiharu stood up.
Well, it's better than being told "Become a stud horse" by Nobuna in her filthy looking, monkey-like getup.
While scooping the water of the pond with a ladle, Yoshiharu inquired, "So, how much water should I be scooping out?"
"All of it. Scoop until the bottom of the pond is visible." Nobuna replied.
"Hold up! That's impossible! Just how many buckets' worth of water would that be?"
"Huh? What's a bucket? Do it like I said and do it fast."
"I don't get what you're saying! You know, humans break when they're forced to do manual labour without any meaning behind it!"
"Fuun. You really are not from this area," Nobuna remarked as she sat on her chair. As she brought her gourd to her lips, she explained in a blunt manner.
"In reality, it's a really bothersome story. There's a rumour that a Dragon God is dwelling in the 'Ojaga pond'. Because of this rumour, the villagers have been sinking maidens in the pond as sacrifices."
"You serious? They really are superstitious."
"I am. There's no way a god or Buddha is in there. These sort of things are only figments of the human imagination, in other words, illusions."
"As expected of the rationalist."
She really is the Oda Nobunaga in this world, Yoshiharu thought.
However, the medieval Japan can't see her as the revolutionary genius that she is. No matter how you look at her, she's a filthy, thin, small, delinquent monkey girl.
"Geez, with all the stupid people in this world, you'll start hating it. See over there? There's a thin girl standing beside Riku, right? She's this year's live human sacrifice."
In the direction Nobuna was pointing at, indeed there was a pale faced girl wearing Japanese clothes who was trembling.
Even from that distance, he could tell that she was quite a beauty.
The long hair was for some reason glossy and blue, indeed it was the appearance of a heroine who had a sad fate.
"Y….You said that they'll sink that girl in the pond? It's a waste!"
"That's right. That's why I will teach this village's ignorant people. That there's no Dragon God or such living in the bottom of the pond. However, for that purpose, there's a need to scoop out all the water from the pond, right? If those Imagawa didn't interfere, I would have been able to use a lot of male hands to scoop out the water."
Yoshiharu's eyes started sparkling like a gem.
Old man Toukichirou! It's come so soon; the chance to fulfill our ambition! Watch over me!
"Alright, I got it! I will get the water out of the pond. In exchange, introduce that girl to me!"
"……Huh?"
"It's a waste for her to be a sacrifice for a Dragon God. After we show the villagers the truth that the Dragon God or whatever is a superstition, then I'll have that girl become my girlfriend! Got it, that's a promise!"
"W-Wait a minute?"
Willpower! Willpower! Willpoweeeer!!!!
….
I am sure one wonders how long it took...
Goemon, who was bored at the time, did use an earth element technique and a water element technique to siphon off part of the pond and move it into the river. However, Yoshiharu did half of the pond with just his one arm.
The persistent tenacity of moving towards the goal to get the girl could only be realized in the man who Toukichirou recognized as his Otoutobun.
Finally, around the time when the night was completely dark, not even a single drop was left in Ojaga pond----.
"Amazing……this willpower, you aren't a normal Saru…." Nobuna said, awestruck.
His work was good enough for even Nobuna to admire him without thinking.
And also, Nobuna liked hard working vassals.
With the water of the pond scooped out, the superstition of the Dragon God was also cleared up.
There was nothing that existed on the exposed base of the pond other than a single large carp flopping around.
"Did everyone see? This carp is the real identity of the Dragon God you worshipped! Rituals such as human sacrifices are prohibited, from now until eternity! Those who disobey will get the death sentence!"
The villagers were all murmuring "That was surprising" and "It was as Nobuna-sama said" and returned to their houses.
And then, Yoshiharu, who had completed this ordeal splendidly with just tenacity and spirit was:
"Wheeze……Wheeze…..Wheeze……T-That girl, introduce her to me…."
"If it's about that girl, she went back to celebrate with her fiancé."
"…..Eh…..!?"
"Be happy. She said that even she was very grateful. You feel good after doing a good deed, fufufu."
Thud...
Yoshiharu died.
He laid down in the pond, and cried without a sound.
"Hey, why did you fall? I'll make you a foot soldier as the reward. It's an exceptional thing to make a Saru a foot soldier, so be grateful, you know? Hey, you listening to me, Saru?"
Fugyuru, the back of his head was stepped on.
However, Yoshiharu, whose dejection was deeper than the sea, didn't have any energy left to even give a sound.
(……Haha…Ahaha….. Fiancé ………say that from the beginning, dammit!)
He was at his limit just screaming in his heart.
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