Oda Nobuna no Yabou - Volume 11 - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – The Rematch at Kizugawaguchi (Part 2) 

The Murakami Navy pirates that was convinced of their victory were boiling in excitement but soon change their expression. 

Before they noticed, to protect the Oniyadomaru with its bow that was beginning to steadily sink, the six tekkousen advanced slowly and finished their new formation. 

The six ships drew an arc centered on the Oniyadomaru and slowly built a circular defensive formation. 

Each iron armored ship turned to a sideways position and took out their loaded cannons to aim them outside. 

It was a circle of certain death that could fire its cannons in every direction for 360 degrees. 

In the slightest chance that the Murakami Navy were to focus all its effort to sink the Oniyadomaru alone, Hanbei will exquisitely reverse the situation. 

The Oniyadomaru became protected in the center of the circular formation and the magnet stones couldn’t reach it anymore. 

“That’s the ring formation!” 

Yoshiharu leaned forward unconsciously. 

“Ring formation?” 

“Kobayakawa-san. That is the formation which should be devised in the 20th century to protect a flagship from airplane aerial bombardment. Why is this formation in the Sengoku era...... I can’t believe it!” 

“Yoshiharu. Perhaps someone among the Oda clan could predict that you would try to sink the iron ship using magnets.” 

“In this era of Japan, there should be no one who would think something like a magnet to sink a ship like that. Is there somebody who can follow the way I think to that extent?” 

“Previously Kuroda Kanbei, studied a Namban knowledge called electromagnetic science from a Namban scholar in Kyushu. She should also be familiar with the properties of magnets.” 

“Wha-, then she is-!?” 

“But, Kuroda Kanbei most probably had her hands full in designing the iron armored ship, the cannon and inventing the column formation. Kuroda Kanbei may certainly be a quick witted fellow but her biggest flaw is she is ignorant of the subtleties of another person’s heart. So it’s probably the Oda clan’s most prominent strategist. It’s most likely that Takenaka Hanbei devised this ring formation after predicting your thoughts. And that Takenaka Hanbei that could go this far is also a proof of the deep trust that was built between you two.” 

“The Oda clan that was able to ally with both strategists. Kuroda Kanbei and Takenaka Hanbei, as expected they are truly a fearsome combination.” Takakage murmured. 

“Takenaka Hanbei’s true role was just to be traditional onmyoji strategist that was destined to vanish. But it seems that by meeting a person like you that came from the future, her talent further bloomed even more than before.” 

Takakage understood her army had already lost. 

The Murakami Navy that was beginning to fall apart from the cannonballs fired by the tekkousen that were in a ring formation. 

“That’s why battles never bore me!” Murakami Takeyoshi roared while rowing the oar to move the small Hayafune avoiding cannonballs to protect Takakage. 

One section of the Murakami Navy’s fleet had started burn. 

Fanned by the wind, the flames were spreading through them one by one. 

Takakage and Yoshiharu hadn’t thought about any measures to counter the fire that is spreading in the fleet. 

By imitating the iron armored ship’s iron, there might be a way to defend against the fire. 

However the Mori Clan and the Murakami Navy didn’t have the technology to attach the iron to a ship. 

“Kobayakawa-san. Wait a sec. Takenaka Hanbei should have died during the siege of Miki Castle right? So why is it, that that Takenaka Hanbei is alive? This is so different from the history I know!” 

“Sagara Yoshiharu, you saved Takenaka Hanbei from her destiny. You changed her fate to let her live.” 

“Me!!??” 

“There were various twists and turns, and various people put all their effort for the sake of saving Takenaka Hanbei who was fated to die. However, she would have certainly died if you hadn’t put all of your effort to save her. So you can proudly say that your devotion and passion saved Takenaka Hanbei.” 

As Yoshiharu heard Takakage’s shocking words, a sharp pain ran through his head again. 

“I, why did I do such a thing. To change history recklessly-” 

“You once said that you would protect me. So it might be the same reason. No, there isn’t any reason. You are such a man by nature. If a Princess Knight fell injured in front of you, you can’t help but protect them. Your body will probably move before you notice.” 

“...I... Wait what? Takenaka Hanbei is a Princess Knight?” 

“Yes. She once served the Saitou clan, but when she met you she left the Saitou clan and until this very moment is serving the Oda clan as a strategist. But rather than being a strategist directly under Oda Nobuna, she became Sagara Yoshiharu’s strategist.” 

“....Takenaka Hanbei...” 

The plan that Yoshiharu and Takakage thought up using the T formation and magnet to attack and sink the Oniyadomaru, was now broken. 

Just because that Takenaka Hanbei was alive. 

“Wait, you said Hanbei is an onmyoji strategist, right, Kobayakawa-san? But if she is an onmyoji, the 8 gates of the Stone Sentinel maze should have been used right? But instead, this ring formation that is a future battle formation that was developed to respond to aerial warfare was used.” 

“Well, Yoshiharu. Takenaka Hanbei who you gave another chance to live might have abandoned the onmyoji beliefs and let it perish quietly, and she probably decided to advance to the future as long as she lives.” 

“Did I just lead the Murakami Navy to its defeat?” 

“Don’t worry about it, kid. You just saved a Princess Knight called Takenaka Hanbei. That’s the way of life of a man should be, so that’s that.” 

“Guys, retreat! Leave this area of the sea at full speed! Don't die!” Murakami commanded the fleet that was beginning to fall apart. 

Kikkawa Motoharu who served as a body double, was seated safely in a different Hayafune. 

But, as long as it remained in this area of the ocean, its destruction was certain. 

“...Sorry, Kobayakawa-san. The present me has lost his memory, but it seems the past I lived in this world hasn't been erased. No, I already changed history itself.... for that reason, we lost.” 

“Its fine, Yoshiharu. You are a good man. That’s why, I...” 

“This might be the end.” Takakage quietly put her body in Yoshiharu’s embrace. 

But on this battlefield where the Murakami Navy was facing a terrible crisis and collapsing, Takakage wasn’t shaking. 

“But if I am defeated by you, I am satisfied.” 

The words didn’t come out. 

Yoshiharu embraced Takakage’s shoulders with all his might. 

In this sea where the people and ships fought each other intensely, a group of small dolphins were jumping. 

“Heh. It's a fin-less black porpoise. Among us pirates, we call that a zegondou. It kind of resembles Takamoto.” 

Takeyoshi cheered. 

Strange. In a blazing battlefield where we just lost, I feel like I had hugged a girl like this. Yoshiharu realized. 

At that time, my power wasn’t enough to protect that girl, I had a feeling that I couldn’t express in words, even if I have lost my memory now, it has been stuck in the corner of my head all this time, and it never left me at all. 

“Don’t worry, kid. You didn’t let the 2 Ojous die. If you’re the boy that changed history, then change it once again! As long as we are alive, we can fight against the Kuki navy again and again!” 

Even after suffering the first crushing defeat of his entire life, somehow he wasn’t even slightly agitated at all that the fleet that he taken cared of was almost completely annihilated. 

But, the flames that were fanned by the strong wind were now approaching the Hayafune that Yoshiharu was aboard. 

Whether Takakage and Yoshiharu could somehow survive, it would be tough. 

“Yoshiharu. Because a large number of our ships are crowded together, once one burned the others burst into flames one by one. After losing the ‘Battle of Red Cliffs’ [xxv] because of fires, did Cao Cao see such a scene?” 

“It’s all right Kobayakawa-san. I will protect Kobayakawa-san to the end. In addition, the Oda army doesn’t know which ship Kobayakawa-san and Murakami-san are riding on. And even if they find our location and know that the 2 of you guys are on this boat, Murakami-san can steer the ship out of the way of the cannons.” 

Ah. Because I am rowing the oar the best I can. When a bow and arrow flies at Ojou, boy, defend Ojou!” 

“Understood, Murakami-san! But I wish I could put Kobayakawa-san on the back of the dolphin.” 

But I was going to become a shield to protect Kobayakawa-san from arrows, even before I heard you, Yoshiharu was going to say. 

At that time, a sharp pain assaulted Yoshiharu’s head again. 

“Ugh...at a time like this. Again. I feel I’m going to remember something.” 

“Yosh-, Yoshiharu. Are you alright?” 

“I’m-, I’m alright! Please hold onto me.” 

After narrowly avoided sinking, Takenaka Hanbei was revealing the trick to Nobuna in the Oniyadomaru’s tower which was in a safe zone protected by the iron armored fleet. 

“*sob sob* The iron armored fleet made a huge circle centered on the flagship, the Oniyadomaru. It’s a formation that can fire cannons in all directions. I suppose you can call it a ring formation. The Oniyadomaru can’t be reached by the magnet attacks anymore when it is protected in the center of the ring formation.” 

“The single column that Harima devised is to utilize the maximum firepower of the cannons, it isn't surprising that Yoshiharu saw right through it and prepared something beforehand, but you prepared a trick beyond that. As one would expect of you.” 

“Yes. I didn’t serve Yoshiharu-san for a long time for nothing. Even if Yoshiharu-san is familiar with the Sengoku Era, I thought about obtaining knowledge of the future battles beyond that point. In order to break the iron armored ships that boast of being invincible on the sea, Yoshiharu-san who came from the future would surely aim at the Oniyadomaru that is at the head of the single column.” 

“So you are saying that he would surely use magnets?” 

“A bold idea that defies usual battle tactics is characteristic of Yoshiharu-san. When I previously created the 8 Gates Stone Sentinel Maze trap, Yoshiharu-san beat the stone maze by the ridiculous means of destroying the maze itself. He would certainly use magnets. Even if he can’t raise a sufficient stock of it in Japan, he would just send ships to Ryukyu and Ming dynasty to gather them. Mori had a fleet for that reason. *sob sob *” 

Kazumasu who had been listening to Hanbei’s lecture let out a cry of admiration, “To read Yoshi’s mind to that extent, it’s like you’re already a married couple”. Pachi~ A vein in Nobuna’s temple twitched. 

“Dearuka. you do beat Harima in the number of days serving Yoshiharu, Hanbei.” 

“I-, I-,I didn’t do such a thing like beating Kanbei-san! But surely right now, Kanbei-san that is at Sumiyoshi’s port is now saying ‘Magnet! Iron is attracted to magnets is the basis of electromagnetic science! Simeon who is a strategist who studied Namban science! I let my rival Takenaka Hanbei become famous again!’ and will be downhearted! If possible, I didn’t want to use it. So I stayed hidden until the last moment. Sob. Sob.” 

“Oh, I see. But the flags of the “First class black official” that filled Sumiyoshi’s port until a while ago have all gone away.” 

What kind of revenge will be done to her by Kanbei later, Hanbei was frightened. 

“But when did you made the ring formation? We and the Murakami Navy's guys weren't aware.” 

“While originally tekkousen fleet would arrange itself into a single column formation, there was no need to stand still and it could slowly advance. When the Oniyadomaru that was at the head was sinking and stopped advancing, only the following iron armored fleet would continue advancing forward at the speed of a turtle. At this time, I was able to spread the following fleet to the left and right to construct the ring formation. In the eyes of the Murakami Navy, it looks like the single column formation is collapsing. But I only made it look like the tekkousen fleet was falling into chaos in order to slowly encircle the Oniyadomaru.” 

“So they were hit with a surprise attack on both sides. That really saved us. Even though you lost your onmyoji powers, Hanbei is still a peerless genius strategist.” 

“Yoshiharu-san deserves the credit, I was taught to advance to the future by Yoshiharu-san.” 

“Hanbei, I don’t believe that Yoshiharu will die in this war.” 

“Yes. Because there is a person who can’t read the mood who gave up their work in Harima to kidnap Yoshiharu-san. They will surely take advantage of the situation to bring him back.” 

“Is that ...possibly?” 

“Yes. A serious source of chaos was produced, but we can’t deal with an urgent situation without making sacrifices” Hanbei nodded. 

The Murakami Navy’s fleet made a quick turn, and began to escape from the iron-armored ships. 

A violent sea sprayed broke and soaked Yoshiharu and Takakage’s bodies. 

In addition to the aggressive turning, whenever a cannonball landed in the sea, a wave rose up. The hull was seriously slanting. 

When Yoshiharu and Takakage embraced each other to support their bodies and to not fall from the deck into the sea- 

“Is that the hated Sagara Yoshiharu over there!? You shall not escape, I will murder you!” 

From the neighboring ship which was in flames, a Princess Knight unsheathed her katana and jumped into the air, landing in front of Yoshiharu and Takakage. 

Disheveled long black hair and the short sleeved kimono that had discarded its armor to jump from ship to ship, her whole body was releasing a terrible blood lust as she glared at Yoshiharu with a bloodcurdling gaze. 

“Y, you?” 

This girl with a wide forehead and a seemingly unyielding spirit, Yoshiharu surely remembered her. 

Where did we meet? 

“Did you really forgotten about me! It is I, one of the Oda clan vassal, lord of Omi’s Sakamoto castle, commander of the Tamba region, Koretou Hyuga no Kami! [xxvi] Akechi Juubei Mitsuhide! Desu~!” 

“Akechi, Mitsuhide!?” 

Akechi Mitsuhide, the rebel that killed Nobunaga in Honn?-ji? 

“Somehow, I had an image of a middle-aged salary-man exhausted from the harassment he received from his bullying boss, but it was a beautiful raven-haired Japanese girl?” 

“Hu hu hu, Leaving Harima without Nobuna-sama’s permission was the right choice. Because I predicted that the schemer Kobayakawa Takakage would summon the leader of the Harima front, Kikkawa Motoharu, to serve as her body double! However, this is the end!” 

“This is reckless Akechi-san! Won’t you be punished for violating a military command? But first of all, how did you find us in the middle of this large fleet?” 

“Fuhuhuh. I brought a dog with a useful nose!” 

Mitsuhide put on a refreshing smile, and lifted a small child wearing a tiger headdress by the neck. 

It seems that there was another figure hidden behind Mitsuhide’s back, another animal, no, another Princess Knight had boarded. 

“....sniff, sniff, its Yoshiharu’s smell, no doubt.” 

“It’s a tiger!? No wait, it’s a little girl that has been eaten by a tiger costume! Don’t bring kids to the battlefield!” 

“....Mu. Not a tiger. Maeda Inuchiyo. In addition, Inuchiyo is an adult.” 

“Hahahaha. This handy fellow is able to pick up Sagara-senpai’s scent even from far away, it was the right decision to take her from the Himeji camp, as expected of the wise Juubei!” 

“...I have been completely forgotten by Yoshiharu. Annoyed. The memories of our intense nights have been trashed.” 

“Tch. Tiger girl-chan? What intense night memories!?” 

“...That white, syrupy sticky medicine was so hot. My body flushes remembering it.” 

“Don’t say confusing things in front of Kobayakawa-san!” 

Inuchiyo became moody, “Tsun. You snuck in as expected. But, until Yoshiharu is captured, no pirate boats will come near.” Carrying her scarlet spear, she jumped onto the ship that was trying to come close to Takakage’s ship. 

“So agile. But why would 'Inu'chiyo be eaten by a tiger?” 

“This irresponsible senpai must be silenced, while you have this fiancee called Juubei, you committed infidelity with your master Nobuna-sama, and then you throw it all away and flee to the Mori clan! Your crime deserves certain death! No more excuses, give me your life!” 

“Eh? Wait a minute Akechi-san. You were engaged with whom!? What are you talking about!?” 

“That’s right. Sagara Yoshiharu’s lover should have only been Oda Nobuna.” 

Takakage who was protected behind Yoshiharu babbled it out unconsciously. 

“Kobayakawa-san. While I don’t remember any story like that, but if there is a major eyewitness then it must be true. But, this is the first time I have heard about being engaged to Akechi Mitsuhide.” 

“All of those stories are in the past. Yoshiharu’s present lover is me.” 

“....Ko-, Kobayakawa-san....” 

SNAP. 

The figures of Yoshiharu and Takakage who were about to enter a world for themselves in front of her, blew away Mitsuhide’s last bit of reasoning. 

“MUUKIII!!! How dare you two play with a maiden’s heart!” 

“Akechi-san, calm down!” 

“Who is this ‘Akechi-san’? Although I was able to endure it because the person you had an affair with was Nobuna-sama, but now my patience has already fallen out.” 

“Please wait! I can’t apologize if you don’t explain it step by step!” 

“Sagara Senpai, my hatred for you is 100 times bigger than my beauty! You die!” 

Mitsuhide again entered a sword stance, and rushed in the direction of Takakage who stood behind Yoshiharu. 

“Such swordsmanship with violently shaking footing!” Takakage exclaimed without thinking. 

“I can’t evade on such a narrow ship, it’s too dangerous! Kobayakawa-san will be skewered if I dodge!” 

“Regret that you are on a ship, it means nothing to meeeeeeee!” 

“Boy, protect Ojou somehow!” Murakami Takeyoshi shouted while he was rowing at full strength to evade the cannonballs. 

Yoshiharu protected Takakage unconsciously, and leaned towards Mitsuhide with outstretched arms. 

He was prepared for his body to be pierced with the sword. No, his body moved without thinking before his mind was ready. 

“Akechi-san! Just stab me! Ignore Kobayakawa-san!” 

It was the same as that time when I drank from the cup for Murakami-san's “ritual”, there is another person inside of me, a man totally different from the fellow who spent his days going to high school, who can put his life on the line without thinking to protect a girl. Yoshiharu was surprised by himself. 

“Yoshiharu!” 

Takakage. 

“....Sagara Senpai...!” 

As for Mitsuhide who was in a sword stance, she also rushed towards Yoshiharu’s chest. 

“... Senpai is still Sagara senpai.” 

Behind the Hayafune, the roar of a cannonball exploding resounded. 

Mitsuhide tossed her sword and jumped into Yoshiharu’s arms. 

“Akechi-san!?” 

“Juubei loves Senpai!” 

Just like that, she pressed her lips to Yoshiharu’s lips. 

Takakage who was almost shaken off the Hayafune by the encroaching blasts and waves, raised her voice in an “eh?” without thinking at that moment. 

Yoshiharu couldn’t dodge something that was beyond his expectations. 

That Mitsuhide was in the midst of the enemy, in front of Kobayakawa Takakage, with Murakami Takeyoshi riding the same boat, everything was forgotten. She wanted Yoshiharu – this Yoshiharu, nothing had changed from the Yoshiharu that entered the service of the Oda clan, the moment she realized it was the same man, something that had been damned up in Mitsuhide this whole time overflowed. 

“Yoshiharu. You don't want to return to the dream world?” 

While being kissed it was whispered, and in the crown of Yoshiharu’s head a shock like he had been struck by lightning ran through him. 

This voice- 

These words- 

I, at that time, I felt like when I was wandering between life and death, I was called back by the voice of my mom. 

That- 

At that time, the person who pulled me back into this world- 

Wasn’t mom- 

“Do you still want give it a try in the dream world? You need to keep your promise to protect Nobuna-sama.” 

Mitsuhide recognized the reality that was hard to accept. 

She spoke the words she must never speak. 

The words, the words that were necessary to wake Yoshiharu again, she realized it instinctively. 

Sagara Yoshiharu – at that moment that these words were whispered in his ear. 

Came back. 

Everything was remembered. 

“Sagara Yoshiharu, pledge your allegiance to me as your Lord, and swear fealty to me.” 

Tenka Fubu, that night my heart was stolen by the girl that continued to fight alone and dreamed of rushing into the world beyond the sea. 

I also want to..... let me be your light and forever protect you.” 

That night when the sickly crybaby onmyoji swore her loyalty to me. 

“But, I have sworn to myself and made my resolve, since I came to this era because of you, I will never do anything to make you sad. I swear.” 

In order to rescue Nobuna who is cornered in the Battle of Kanegasaki, I personally volunteered for the sacrificial duty, ready to die and made Nobuna cry huge tears.” 

“Yoshiharu did his very best. He is a courageous and strong child.” 

When I fell wounded on the battlefield, and was at death’s doorstep, that night I was saved by the warm words and soft skin of someone. 

“Will ‘Sanda Craws’ come again during next year's Christmas?” 

“As long as you are a good kid, but if you really burn Mount Hiei, there won't be any rewards.” 

That winter day when I exchanged a kiss with my master for the first time. 

“UWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” 

That night when I was stricken by my powerlessness and continued to run carrying the small girl that was awaiting death on my back. 

And then. 

“Even if death tears us apart, my heart will forever be together with you Yoshiharu. My companion in this life will only be you.” 

That’s right. 

While the whole world watched, we kissed. 

Even if we lost our lives in that moment, there were no regrets because we were together. 

At that time, the Amano-Iwato which was connected to the future was open overhead. 

However, only one person can pass through it. 

But I did not go back. 

Because it was wrong to leave Nobuna. 

Surrounded by the enemy siege, Nobuna had already been shot in the leg, there was no place to flee. 

It was already impossible for Nobuna to climb the Amano-Iwato without any help” 

“Nobuna. Live. Even if I disappear, you can still live. Don’t look back. Advance forward. I love you.” 

“...I love you...” 

“This is the first and last thing this mouth will speak. Don’t forget. You are not alone.” 

“Yoshiharu, danger!” 

Until the end, I became Nobuna’s shield, and with an arrow in my back, I sensed that I was hit by two more. 

Then my sight went black. 

.... 

.... 

Why did I forget that.” 

I am the Oda vassal, lord of Omi’s Nagahama castle, the commander of the Chuugoku region, that’s me, Sagara Yoshiharu! 

No, more than that, I met Oda Nobuna in this world, served and loved Nobuna this much. 

When I was told to drink a cup of sake by old-man Murakami, the reason my courage surged suddenly and I could choose a cup, rather than my own power, it was my devotion to protect Nobuna. 

I can’t do anything alone. I’m powerless, I’m timid and I’m not good at fighting. I’m really just an ordinary high school student. 

But for Nobuna’s sake, I changed. 

For her sake, I am bestowed with inexhaustible courage. 

Yeah. 

Why did I forget about it!? 

Why did I suspected that this world is just a dream? 

“It is not a dream!” 

Yes, it is not a dream. 

“This is the real world!” 

Why did I suspect that it was a dream? 

Everything is real. 

I am alive. 

Moreover, I am not alone. 

I lived as Sagara Yoshiharu, came across paths with Nobuna and ran for her sake and almost always lost my life many times and each time, I was rescued by my comrades and continued to live. 

The voice of my mom who called me back when I was half dead in the Retreat of Kanegasaki, it was Juubei-chan’s voice, Yoshiharu realized it for first time. 

And this time when I lost my memory, I was forcibly pulled back by Juubei-chan again. 

The reality that Mitsuhide loved him so much, Yoshiharu was finally prepared to accept it head on. 

It might pave a way to the catastrophic Honn?-ji Incident. 

But the present Yoshiharu was aboard the Murakami Navy’s ship with the schemer Kobayakawa Takakage. 

Yoshiharu realized that he was completely torn between the Oda clan and the Mori clan. 

“Juubei-chan! When we have a match with the Mori in this Kizugawaguchi, Nobuna didn’t die in the battle in Honbyo Temple right!? She is alive right!?” 

“Senpai? That’s right, Nobuna-sama is alive! At last, you remembered? muchuu~” 

“You, why are you trying to kiss me? Wait a sec, stop it! We’re still on the Murakami Navy’s ship!” 

“Oh God, Buddha, Hachiman Daibosatsu [xxvii] , and Neko-sama! Senpai has at last understood Juubei’s love and a miracle occurred! I won’t let go anymore!” 

“Wait wait wait!” 

“I won’t wait! Do you still think you can still be bound with your master, you nitwit man! Senpai’s wife is this Juubei! Even if senpai is obsessed with Nobuna-sama, Juubei will comfort Senpai without fail! Even if it takes years!” 

“Eh, Juubei-chan? This is Strange. That Juubei-chan who shouldn’t be able to recognize my relationship with Nobuna now recognizes it. What happened to make this messed up situation after I lost my memory?” 

“Juubei’s love will overwrite Senpai’s heart! Now, we must go back to the Oda clan!” 

“Then stop trying to kiss my face! Don’t give me a hickey! I’ll get killed by Nobuna!” 

“So noisy and fussy! I can’t stand it anymore! While it’s mortifying to say it, Juubei yearns for Senpai! I’ll turn a blind eye to Kobayakawa Takakage, so come with me quietly! And then we’ll get married!” 

“I refuse! And how the heck will we go?” 

“For such a time, I carried hourokuyaki on my back. We will blow up together!” 

“Uwaa! When Juubei-chan broods, her personality runs out of control aahhh!” 

“Oi boy, because I have my hands full running from the cannons I can't rescue you,” Murakami Takeyoshi yelled at a loss. 

This man, despite his rugged looks, was naive when it came to relationships between a man and woman. 

“I’m completely useless when it comes to bloody battles between men and women. What do you want, Ojou? If we interfere with this girl poorly, she’ll seriously blow us up! Her eyes are serious!” 

“....Yoshiharu....” 

Ah, it’s like that. 

“Kobayakawa-san is right behind me.” 

Yoshiharu regained all his memories of the Oda clan, but he didn’t lose the memories he spent with Kobayakawa and the Mori clan. 

I decided not to make any excuse. 

No, I just can’t. 

I want to protect Kobayakawa-san who has been burden with the Mori clan after losing her older brother, in truth I made an oath, those were all my true feelings. 

Even now, the feeling of wanting to protect Kobayakawa-san had not changed in any way. 

However, I already met Nobuna, but because I had no memory, it’s not only friendship that bloomed between me and Kobayakawa-san, she already took a small part of my heart. 

I could never do such treacherous thing like leaving Nobuna behind. Yoshiharu wanted to explain, but what was done is done. 

Yoshiharu can’t choose either of it anymore. 

He can’t abandon either the Mori or Oda. 

A man who once exchanged a promise to protect a girl, even if he will die he can’t make reasons to not keep it. If I break it, then I die as a man. What should I do? What should I do!? 

In this way Yoshiharu can’t choose either them, the one who is left behind will have their heart crushed. 

But. 

“....Yoshiharu.... You betrayed me. Not only did you have Oda Nobuna as your lover, but it also seems you have enticed Akechi Mitsuhide....and now your face says you want to go back to the Oda clan.” 

In an emotionless voice, Takakage murmured. 

“Hmph. What is it with this woman? He is not betraying or turning traitor, rather you’re the one who is trying to steal Senpai! You are one in the wrong!” 

“Ju-, Juubei-chan, calm down a little!” 

“Although Juubei is so compassionate and tolerant, the only one I can recognize as Senpai’s adulterous lover, is only my master Nobuna-sama.” 

“Juubei-chan, don’t look down on love triangles! The Oda clan will descend into bloodshed!” 

“....The rumors of being the number one womanizer might be true. 

Sagara Yoshiharu.” 

Kobayakawa-san is going to kill me. Yoshiharu prepared himself. 

Rather than dying valiantly in a battlefield protecting Nobuna, it seems like this will be my last moment. 

However. 

The action that Takakage took in regard to Yoshiharu was unexpected. 

She forcibly pushed Yoshiharu off the ship. 

Because it was such a calm movement, Yoshiharu and Mitsuhide were caught off guard. 

“Eh? Kobayakawa-san, why...?” 

“Eh, senpai? I’ll rescue you now!” 

Mitsuhide quickly jumped into the sea and held Yoshiharu underwater. 

“Ko- Kobayakawa-san.” 

“Life is a dream...idiot. You weren’t my Aniki.” 

“Kobayakawa-san. What are you saying?” 

“The person I was looking for was Aniki. You are different from Aniki. Unless you are my Aniki, you aren’t a vassal of the Mori clan. A man of Oda. In the first place, my Aniki didn’t have such a habit of careless infidelity. I’m disappointed in you.” 

That wasn’t it, Kobayakawa-san should be saying I’m a man different from her older brother while being embarrassed, even though it was the same words, the meaning was different- 

“I don’t want to see your face anymore. Go back to the Oda clan.” 

For the sake of the me who can’t choose between the Oda Clan and the Mori clan, Takakage adopted this attitude to send me back to the Oda clan, Yoshiharu realized while drifting in the sea. 

Bad acting, Kobayakawa-san. I saw through it. Because... 

To part forever with Kobayakawa-san in this way, was too sad, Yoshiharu thought. 

So, while in the middle of drowning, he screamed with every last bit of his power. 

“Kobayakawa-san! Somehow I’ll meet you again!” 

There was no answer. No, the boat Takakage had boarded had already gone forward, and he couldn’t hear her voice anymore. 

“I will protect Kobayakawa-san! I will never forget that promise! Even if I have regained my memory of the Oda clan, even if I come back to the Oda clan, I won’t throw away the promise we exchanged!” 

“After all I....I...” 

“Senpai. Please do not cry. She can’t hear you anymore.” 

Floating in the sea and being rocked by the waves, Yoshiharu kept shouting as Mitsuhide hugged him from behind. 

Takakage’s figure became smaller and smaller. 

The Murakami Navy’s fleet had fled. 

Even when Yoshiharu was feeling like immersing himself in the sadness of parting with Takakage forever... 

Reality is harsh. 

Yoshiharu and Juubei were still alone in the sea. 

The Murakami Navy’s fleet had left the area at top speed, because its movement is slow, the iron armored fleet had been slowly advancing the whole time. 

Because Kobayakawa Takakage and Murakami Takeyoshi had become targets for the cannons, there wasn’t any time to prepare a way to send Yoshiharu safely to the Oda people. 

In other words. 

“Ah, we have been left behind in the Osaka bay!? Achoo! Juubei-chan, my body has gotten cold. If you don’t take off my armor, I’ll drown!” 

“Juubei is the same too! The waves are so high, I can barely loosen it without drowning. So I can release my hand, please tread water by yourself!” 

“Bad. To tread water while wearing armor is impossible.” 

“Oh, this future monkey is useless! It can’t be helped, we now will share the same fate! Death! I, it’s getting colder...in this situation we can’t put our skin against each other...ahhh. That time when Senpai was warmed by this soft skin in the cave, a bond of everlasting love was born between among the two of us? “ 

“You know. My energy is being drained steadily. Us?” 

“Aaaa. We seemed to have entered a current. We are steadily getting farther away from the iron armored fleet. It is already the end! We are being sent into the rough Kii sea!” 

“There was a scene like this in a disaster movie I saw long ago. Abandon me Juubei and live on. Doesn’t it look like you can swim to the iron armored ship if you are alone?” 

“Not now Senpai! It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Juubei was born into this world for the sake of taking care of this unreliable senpai! Since I am replacing Senpai’s mother, you can act as a spoiled child as much as you like. Especially, now that you have had such a sad farewell with Kobayakawa Takakage, will being wrapped in Juubei’s love be effective?” 

“I, I can’t say anything.......since now I have realized that that phantom of my mother in the Retreat of Kanegasaki was actually Juubei-chan.......when I think about it I have been continually taken care of by Juubei-chan......when I remember my time in the Oda house, I was too dim.....I’m sorry.” 

“Urp. One of my legs was cold and cramped! Well, we are together to the last, Senpai. If I release my hold, I’ll drag you into the sea and kill you! A forced double suicide.....urp. Gurgle, gurgle.” 

“Ju-Juubei-chan, hold on! Damn, while I learned to tread water from old man Murakami’s pirate training, I don’t remember how to swim, a failure of a lifetime!” 

“Guh. Then, senpai, are the two of us going to drown together? Is that why you are hugging me? Release me! Let go ugh!” 

“If possible, I wanted to return and live under Nobuna.....do you think I have the personality to do that? If I abandon Juubei-chan here?” 

“...I didn’t think. Even if you have lost your memory, Senpai is Senpai. But the Senpai I hadn’t seen for a while got suntanned and became strong. Your body has become athletic-like.” 

“Ah. It is because of the pirate training. I can tread water....glub.” 

“Your last moments are not with Nobuna-sama but together with Juubei, I’m sorry. Senpai.” 

“Good. If I had met Juubei before Nobuna, I surely.” 

“You also said that to Kobayakawa Takakage didn’t you? You are truly the greatest womanizer.” 

“What did you say? How...? Well, I might have thought it. There are too many girls in the warring states who are shouldering a harsh destiny, I can’t help but want to help them....glub.” 

“Glub, glub....Senpai....it seems like it is already useless. A word is enough, please say, I love you...kuh, blug.” 

“That is...I already to Nobuna.” 

“It doesn’t matter if I’m the second or third. Juubei, Senpai....love you! Juubei also can’t help protecting the lonely Senpai who was sent to the Sengoku Era from the future! I don’t need to be Senpai’s number one! If a human can be reborn again, next time besides Senpai...glub.” 

“J-Juubei! Hold on!” 

“Senpai. Senpai already knew Juubei’s dark future right? Because the eyes that senpai stares at Juubei with are always too pitiful and bitter...are you fond of Juubei....I misunderstood....it wasn’t like that, the reason is that the worst future awaits Juubei....but you pitied this pathetic Juubei..... Senpai... really, a cruel guy.....” 

It wasn’t like that, Yoshiharu wanted to cry. 

“No, Juubei-chan! The future I know is completely dark! A fact that is too cruel! But what you decide hasn’t been determined. The history of this country, the history of this star, everything can be changed. So as to not tell you all about the dark future, I was waiting.” 

“....Still.... that’s right..... Since Juubei has a habit of acting recklessly....” 

“So, it may have looked like I left you to die. But I decided that I would absolutely rescue you! Fate isn’t decided! If we put in all our effort, the future can be changed! Hanbei who should have died in the middle of the siege of Miki Castle was saved by the effort of all my comrades in the Oda clan!” 

“Senpai, I’m glad.... in the end.... please say the words. Then, Juubei will be saved.” 

“Juubei-chan. For everything until now, thank you. You rescued me many times. I, you....” 

Before he could finish saying the words, both of their bodies sank under the sea. 

Yoshiharu was prepared to die, and hugged onto Mitsuhide’s thin shoulders as he sank. 

In Yoshiharu’s vision as he looked up to the water’s surface from under the water, the big head of a tiger that was advancing on the surface of the sea suddenly appeared. 

W, what is that? The entrance to the afterlife? 

Inuchiyo’s headdress, did that girl also drown, Yoshiharu realized. 

“...Hold onto this.” 

The tiger headdress was floating instead of a boat, Inuchiyo was sitting on the headdress and thrust the vermilion spear into the water. 

“...The headgear is convenient. At such a time it becomes a substitute boat.” 

The Rematch of Kizugawaguchi ended in an overwhelming victory for the Oda clan- 

Control of the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, from the Osaka Bay to the Harima Nada was transferred from the Mori clan to the Oda clan. 

And Sagara Yoshiharu and Akechi Mitsuhide who had been floating around the sea clinging to the tiger headdress Inuchiyo was riding, were discovered by one of the small Hayafunes that was flying the Oda flag. 

Nobuna’s sister-in law, Gamo Ujisato, had steered the ship for Yoshiharu’s sake. 

“I found you. The devil’s luck is strong in you Sagara Yoshiharu. With this I can apologize to onee-sama finally.” 

The tekkousen fleet that was led by Nobuna returned to the Sumiyoshi port that Kanbei was defending triumphant. 

Sagara Yoshiharu, who regained his memory in the middle of the sea battle, returned to the Oda clan at this time. 

When the reinforcements that were called from the Saika clan and the Murakami Navy were repelled by the tekkousen, the isolated Honbyo Temple completely surrendered to the Oda clan. They accepted the conditions of the Nobuna side called the Osaka withdrawal, and disarmed. 

From the start, after the opening of the Amano-Iwato, the Honbyo Temple followers had already lost their will to fight. 

A letter received from Honbyo Temple's Kyonya told the surprising truth. 

“Just before the cat ears and tail fell off older sister, in truth, Kyonya’s cat ears fell off too. I recognized the opportunity to steal the seat of the head of the household from older sister and make war with the Oda clan, while hiding that fact the whole time. That is to say, it was a deception.” 

In other words, Kyonya and the followers had already lost a reason to fight Oda Nobuna. 

When Hanbei and Zenki severed the dragon pulse which flowed through the country, the spiritual power given by the cat demon’s bloodline to Honbyo Temple was lost. 

Even though Honbyo temple was a developing religion, the source of the Honbyo Temple’s spiritual power was carried by the household in the form of the living god, a remnant of the old world where people and monsters lived together. 

“Nobuna-sama, when you caused a miracle using the Three Sacred Treasures that were older than onmyoji, and refused to take the world for yourself with the Three Sacred Treasures. You showed the way to live as a human being to the end. All the followers can’t go to cat heaven even if they die, if there is a heaven, then it is in the middle of this hell-like present world – they learned this.” 

I also have to thank Saika Magoichi who showed the followers the horrifying new era of war with her own actions, the letter ended with those words. 

In the banquet hall of Sumiyoshi Castle’s tower, the honors ceremony was quickly performed. 

In the castle, the Oda clan ashigeru, Sakai townsfolk, and local fisherman, all celebrated the Oda Clan’s great victory! 

Sagara Yoshiharu returned! There was an uproar over the good news. 

Besides Nobuna’s hand was the Namban globe. 

Almost all of the Oda clan’s chief vassals had gathered in the hall. 

“The one who gets the most credit for this battle, is certainly this Juubei. While this foolish Senpai fled to the Mori clan, I found myself at the climax of the conflict, Kihihi!” 

“...In addition, I also saved Yoshiharu. My headdress is supreme.” 

“While it is intolerable that Onee-sama and that saru are together again, with this I can finally sleep soundly.” 

While they acted on their own, Akechi Mitsuhide, Maeda Inuchiyo, and Gamo Ujisato received the credit for rescuing Yoshiharu. 

“Mhmm. If not for me leading the Kuki Navy we personally would not have been able to win.” 

“That's right. The iron armored ship, cannon, single column, and finally the ring formation that suddenly ordered by strategist-dono. Us pirates of the Kuki Navy mastered an entirely new field of weapons and tactics that didn’t exist in this world until now. Our reputation has exceeded the Murakami Navy!” 

“That’s right, I and the Kuki Navy have become Japan’s greatest pirates. Right? It was worth me damaging my skin from the effort.” 

“I feel relieved too, now the search for a husband can begin. I’m not asking for much. First he needs to be a beautiful virgin teen, have long white legs, beautiful deep black hair, eloquent speech, be a noble of the Fujiwara clan lineage, with a six pack, I don’t care anymore!” 

“.....Finding a husband for Kuki is going to be difficult. So I don’t become like that, I’m going to have to get a husband early.” 

“What do you mean Hime-sama!?” 

The commanders who lead the iron armored fleet to a huge victory, Takigawa Kazumasu and Kuki Yoshiaki. 

“I was a lucky person to participate in the most unique naval battle in history. By the way, the reward will be thirty years’ worth of Yatsuhashi cracknels [xxviii] . Munch munch.” 

The one who was struck by the idea of equipping the iron armored ships with cannons, paired with Gamo Ujisato in developing the cannon and had the significant achievement of operating them in an actual fight, the knight Giovanna. 

“....sniff....sniff, sniff, sniff....I let Takenaka Hanbei become famous again....half a year of Simeon’s great effort....WAAAAAH!” 

“Sob, sob. I only lent a little assistance, this victory is Kanbei’s achievement.” 

“Don’t placate me! Didn’t Simeon learned about latest electromagnetism studies under the Namban scholar William Gilbert who visited Kyushu? And yet, despite this, I didn’t realize that magnets would be the iron’s weak point!” 

“Originally I didn’t know about these things either. It’s because I heard the stories about electromagnetism from Kanbei-san, I assumed that Yoshiharu-san would make anti-armor measures....I just happened to notice. Sob, sob.” 

Kuroda Kanbei who developed the iron armored ships, cannons, and came up with the idea of the single column formation was depressed and was grinding the head of Takenaka Hanbei who was being covered in praise “as expected of the present Koumei [xxix] ” for unleashing the secret ring formation at the last moment. 

“Guuh. This time it was Hanbei whose head was stroked by Sagara Yoshiharu and was praised! No matter how you look at it Simeon’s achievements were bigger, but Sagara Yoshiharu favors you.” 

“Sob. T, that isn’t it. Didn’t Kanbei-san not get patted because Kanbei-san said “Don’t touch!” and kicked Yoshiharu-san in the jaw?” 

“Simeon is no longer a child, it would be a disgrace to have my head stroked! But the war between the two of us has just begun! Someday I will surely obtain the position of the greatest strategist in the world! Look out soon, Takenaka Hanbei!” 

“Yes. Do your best! Sob.” 

“Aargh, why do your eyes looks like they are full of compassion?” 

“The two strategists” Hanbei and Kanbei were as close as ever. 

“Following Osaka’s Honbyo Temple, Harima’s Miki Castles also surrendered. The Mori army has begun to withdraw from Harima. With this, the Oda clan can shift from defense to offense. It has finally become possible to march to Saigoku. Full marks.” 

“Nagahide. I understand that Kikkawa Motoharu who was in the Harima front went out to sea to serve as a body double for Kobayakawa Takakage, but why was Ukita Naoie missing from the front? Wasn’t Harima virtually lost?” 

“Katsuie-dono. It’s Ukita Naoie’s nature. When it was expected that the Murakami Navy would be defeated in the naval battle, it seems the Ukita Navy went to rescue the escaping Murakami Navy. Even if he stayed on the land and maintained the Harima front, if the Mori’s Twin Rivers, Kobayakawa and Kikkawa were defeated in the naval battle, since he attached himself to the Mori people he would have no choice but be destroyed.” 

“Hmm. He is a schemer. But that frivolous, traitorous, loose-tongued monkey should have predicted all of our tactics in front of Kobayakawa, why would Ukita guess that the Oda would win?” 

“Well, to that. Maybe, he wanted to bet on both the Mori clan and the Oda clan and wanted to sell a favor to both sides.” 

“Is that so? He saved Kobayakawa and Kikkawa from being routed on the sea, although Oda obtained Miki Castle and was able to subjugate Harima. I see.~ That guy skillfully did a favor to both sides, that man is as unreliable as the monkey.” 

Niwa Nagahide and Shibata Katsuie also hurried from the Harima front to Sumiyoshi, and had relieved faces for the first time in a long while. 

“Hime. In the first place with Miki Castle, the soldiers of the Sagara Corps that were surrounding the castle obeyed “Do not starve the soldiers to death”. And when a starving castle defender came out of the castle, because they were fed and struck by our benevolence, it seems they were going to surrender anyways. The surrender was delayed for six months, because Sagara-dono transferred to the Mori clan, now that Sagara-dono has returned to the Oda clan, the opportunity to surrender finally came. While I am still in the middle of finalizing the negotiations for the Mori’s surrender, such a strange siege, there is no example in history. Sagara-dono’s actions swayed the heart of the soldiers without attacking the castle, full marks.” 

“Dearuka. Now that we have captured the cornerstone of the Saigoku suppression, we can move to Chuugoku that Mori rules – it seems the time has come to cut the northern San'in and southern San'yo districts. But....” 

legged at a farther seat. 

“...Ah” 

If possible, Yoshiharu didn’t want to fight Kobayakawa Takakage. 

Even if his memory of the Oda clan was recovered, he didn’t lose his memory of serving the Mori clan. 

Nobuna understood Yoshiharu’s true feelings well. 

Because Yoshiharu is like that, my heart was stolen. 

“Let’s think about that later. We have to celebrate now.” 

In any case, Nobuna and Yoshiharu had their reunion after half a year. 

“....(Please)” 

Sen no Rikyuu made tea and handed a tea set to Yoshiharu. 

Nobuna and Yoshiharu were smiling. 

“Welcome back, Yoshiharu.” 

“Ahh. I’m home. I thought you would sob the moment we reunited, you have become stronger.” 

“Well I admit – but my tears didn’t dry up. I have to endure my tears, until the time that the two of us are alone together.” 

“Nobuna. I lost my memory, and understood. When I came to this world as an ordinary high school student, how I instantly became a man accustomed to the Sengoku Era – how I was able to have the courage – it is because I met you. The moment I looked at you, I changed.” 

Nobuna nodded silently. 

“Y, you know. Even if I speak such embarrassing words, you won’t shout? Not even ‘The welcome home kiss’?” 

“It is possible already. Rather, in front of the retainers I have to endure it! What is a welcome home kiss~!?” 

“Haha. Still, it’s better for Nobuna to get angry like that. You laugh, cry, and make noise, that expression suits you.” 

“Ugh, you are noisy...idiot.” 

I thought that would flare up intensely, but they are both calm, Katsuie tilted her head, Nagahide gave a bitter smile. “Now is the time to ‘hold back’. When this honors ceremony is over and it’s just the two of them, they’ll both flare up so it’s needless to worry.” 

“If anything, the relationship between the two of them is already like a married couple that have been together for years. That they can have such a harmonized conversation, they understand each other completely, it’s proof of their unwavering trust, sob sob.” The strategist Hanbei seemed to be analyzing it. 

“Yoshiharu? Because it was you, I believed you would return anyway. In the end, you couldn’t forget me after all.” 

“Haha. Thank you for bombarding me with your cannon relentlessly. You were extremely trusting of me Nobuna.” 

“Huh? ‘Dodgeball Yoshiharu’ you aren’t a guy who will die in battle from a cannonball, it was a clear decision since you are that kind of man. “ 

“Even saying such hateful things, you have a smiling face. Your feelings for me, I gratefully received them.” 

“W, what. When I haven’t seen you for a while, I can’t be flexible like that. It can’t possibly with you and Kobayakawa Takakage – t, th, this, th, th, child making, a, a, a, to have become an adult....in, in that case, for your sin of treason, decapitation!” 

“Wwwwwwe didn’t do such things! B, because my memory disappeared, w, with Kobayakawa-san, w, we were about to kiss, but something that was infesting my heart disturbed me and we couldn’t do it after all. Somehow, the shadow of an oni-like woman is always watching me from the corner of my mind....” 

“Fu~. I, it is the effect of the spell I put on you. I prayed every night that you would never be able to flirt with a girl or you would undergo a punishment of agony until you were half-dead for the rest of your life! It is a safety net!” 

“Careless, I want you to stop the punishment~. Wasn’t it you who said you wanted to bear my child?” 

“Ch. I I I I didn’t say it! W-w-w-what are you saying in front of all of the retainers!? If I give you a bit of leeway, it’s not cute!” 

“Is that so? When I lost my memory and was in the Mori clan, I think I returned to being an innocent high school student.” 

“You have completely returned to being a saru, no, you have an even nastier composure than before! How dare you say such heretical statements regarding your master! This transformation!” 

“Sorry, sorry. I recovered from my habit of saying too much. Hey, it’s wasteful to throw tea sets.” 

Both of them already look so happy, oh if I could be let into that circle a little....no I am alright sob sob, Hanbei was moved to tears 

“However the one who directly rescued you was Juubei, but I exhausted all of the money of the Oda clan to build the iron armored ship and cannon to help you, idiot. Even in the whole world there is no one who thinks of their vassal so much, thank me.” 

“It’s different. I wasn’t rescued by you. I came to save you!” 

“S, stop that! S, such a thing, say that when we are alone, idiot!” 

“I’m not going anywhere, Nobuna. I’m sorry. I promise.” 

“...All right.” 

Sagara-dono who spent half a year in the Mori clan, became slightly more mature, Nagahide nodded. 

“For onee-sama, Sagara Yoshiharu is an indispensable person. Onee-sama who lives isolated without believing in Buddha or God, she seems so much happier now.” Gamo Ujisato said. 

Finally she accepted the love of the couple. 

And, in the face of the drawn out flirting between master and servant being displayed in public, Mitsuhide had been silently maintaining her pistol for some reason. 

“That’s right, Nobuna. Where is Nobusumi? Without seeing the figure of that guy laughing his “Wahahaha” while eating uiro-mochi, it somehow doesn’t feel like I have returned to the Oda clan.” 

“Kanjuurou just arrived at Sumiyoshi a short while ago. He should be coming soon.” 

“There wasn’t that type of cute boy in the Murakami Navy. To the left and right there were only sweltering muscle men.” 

“Wait a moment. You couldn’t possibly have been used as a plaything for the pirate’s unmanageable lust on the ship, and awoken to homosexuality?” 

“That’s not it idiot! The world’s number one ladies’ man won’t awaken to homosexuality! There weren’t any men with such tastes in the Murakami Navy anyways! However, Kikkawa-san liked that kind of stuff.” 

“I wonder. When you first came to this world, when you suddenly met Kanjuurou who was cross-dressing, you might have awakened?” 

“At that time, when I saw Nobusumi’s changed face I asked, “Do you have an older sister?” And I was correct! In fact, that guy’s older sister was the most beautiful girl in the world!” 

“....S, Such a thing, are you really telling the truth....?” 

“You seem so shy and embarrassed while saying that. Thank you for the meal.” 

“H, hey I didn’t say that....idiot.” 

The two of you are becoming annoying, three points, Nagahide cleared her throat. 

“Hey hey. Older sister, Saru, everybody, long time no see! Though I was on vacation for a while, Oda Nobuna’s younger brother the supreme uiro-mochi noble, Tsuda Nobusumi is now here!” 

The delicate boy who it felt like had grown a little taller, Tsuda Nobusumi, nickname Kanjuurou, rushed in to the large hall while laughing cheerfully. 

Her real younger brother who came from the same parents, while his features are very similar to Nobuna, but his happy-go-lucky personality was the exact opposite of Nobuna. 

Possibly due to Nobuna’s preference, most of the Oda clan’s chief retainers were Princess Knights, and male generals were rare. 

For Yoshiharu, he was his trusted best friend. 

“Gee. When the riot happened in Ise Nagashima I already thought it was hopeless, but when Saru and older sister opened the Amano-Iwato and showed off their kiss, the cat sect girls discarded their weapons. Such a strange battle. I was really saved that time, hahaha!” 

“Ah? When I didn’t see Nobusumi, he became quite manly.” 

“Saru got tanned and well-built too.” 

“I became a member of the pirates and was built up. Was there something like that for you? 

“Yup. There was! I accomplished it! Oichi, please come in!” 

“Okay.” 

Nobusumi beckoned his wife named Oichi. 

Oichi – previously, the cross-dressing Sengoku Era commander Asai Nagamasa, the young woman who spent all her time fighting. 

Now she had discarded the life as the Sengoku commander Asai Nagamasa, and now lives with her beloved Nobusumi as Nobuna’s younger sister, Oichi. 

While she was officially with Nobusumi as an older brother and younger sister or an older sister and younger brother, this is because Nobuna took advantage of the fact that Nagamasa = Oichi when she destroyed the Asai clan that had become hostile to the Oda in a last resort due to the inevitable situation. 

The sequence of events: Asai Nagamasa first proposed a political marriage to Nobuna, when Nobuna rejected this, Nobusumi was made to cross-dress and sent to Lake Biwa as Asai Nagamasa’s wife...it was quite complicated. “When the Asai was destroyed, Nagamasa died in the fall of the castle, but sent his beloved wife Oichi back to Nobuna” was the plot Nobuna imagined and Nagamasa was allowed to live as “Oichi”, putting it simply that was the truth. 

Because there was the history where the Asai clan suddenly betrayed the Oda Clan they had allied with and attacked from behind, it wasn’t possible to spare Asai Nagamasa as Asai Nagamasa – since Asai Nagamasa was a “man” rather than a Princess Knight. 

But after that when Yoshiharu ran away to the Mori Clan, “To be honest, Oichi is a sister-in-law and is not related by blood to Nobuna and Nobusumi. Nobuna who didn’t have a true younger sister to send to the Asai clan to complete the alliance, trained a beautiful girl who she found in the town of Owari to be a younger sister-in-law.” This was the story that Takenaka Hanbei and Kuroda Kanbei prepared and diligently disseminated around the world, and they were finally able to publicize her marriage with Nobusumi to the world. 

“So now Oichi has been elevated from a sister in law to my spouse!” 

“Really? Why were you in such a hurry?” 

“It’s that. Oichi, introduce our children to Saru.” 

“Yes, Kanjuurou.” 

“Ch, children?” 

So. 

While Yoshiharu was gone, Oichi gave birth to Nobusumi’s child. 

“FA!?” 

Yoshiharu let out a stupid shout. 

“I heard you had a baby but....bastard Nobusumi!” 

Furthermore. 

“Chacha. Hatsu. Gou. All three of them are girls.” 

“It is kind of a problem, to have triplets. These children who were born of the union of the beautiful bloodlines of the Sengoku Era, the Asai clan and the Oda clan, will no doubt in the future become transcendentally beautiful girls. Hahahaha.” 

“Hie~!” 

The babies were triplets. 

Chacha on Oichi, Hatsu on Nobusumi, and Yoshiharu’s younger sister, Nene, was hugging Gou. 

“Welcome back onii-sama! Look! While you were careless, Nobusumi got ahead of you!” 

“Oh, Nene! I wanted to see you! My younger sister is still too cute!” 

While Yoshiharu was stroking Nene’s head, he unintentionally had a creepy face. 

During his time in the Mori clan, half of his lolicon chakra seemed to have opened. 

“Onii-sama needs to make a successor to the Sagara family soon too! If you are happy with Nene, I will give birth to onii-sama’s baby anytime!” 

“No, a child cannot have a child right? Why on earth was Nene giving me a flirtatious look just now....” 

“The time for Yoshiharu-san and onee-sama to get married should come soon. Although it will be difficult, when he becomes the adopted child of Konoe and assumes the office of the Kampaku, there should be a way.” 

While cradling the newborn Chacha, Oichi had a soft smile. 

I don’t think Asai Nagamasa who seemed to be a gallant noble was like that....Yoshiharu was puzzled. 

It was a completely motherly expression. 

Just seeing it, your heart is healed. 

“How do you like it Saru, my proud bride and children. Hahaha!” 

“Ah. The best. Using a future word, you have reached the pinnacle of riajuus Nobusumi! I also feel I understand the reason why the infinitely wicked Ukita Naoie became spineless due to his daughter Hideie.” 

“You think?” 

“I guess?” 

Yoshiharu had an indescribable feeling. 

If Nobuna gave birth to a baby would she also have a face like this, but when will that moment come, it’s irritating. 

“The oldest daughter Chacha especially looks like Nobuna. I wonder if Nobuna had a feeling like this when she was a baby.” 

“Ngya!” 

For some reason, Chacha opened her large eyes with a “hoe” and met Yoshiharu’s gaze, and then caught Yoshiharu’s nose and twisted it. 

“Ehhhh? For some reason I am hated by this child? Why is that?” 

“Ngyaaaa!” 

“Wait. Wait. What happened to Chacha-chan? I haven’t evolved to become a devil that is interested in babies? I don't plan to in the future either.” 

“Hey, Chacha. You shouldn’t bully Yoshiharu-san.” 

“Chacha’s temperament is similar to onee-sama’s, hahaha. When you saw Saru you wanted to bully him.” 

“To be bullied by a baby, as one would expect of onii-sama! With this brother can be tamed!” 

“Is that so, Nene?” 

“Onii-sama is the owner of the virtue of being attached to children!” 

“When you say it like that, there are many child retainers in my corps.....” 

Nobuna who was sitting quietly at the head of the table commanded, “Leave it at that. The conferral of honors will begin now.” Although she feigned indifference, her shoulder was shaking eagerly. 

She desperately wants to hug the baby, Yoshiharu noticed. 

“Hey, wait a moment Sagara Yoshiharu. Simeon is not a child! I am a princess of a respectable age! Rude!” 

“Sob, sob. Yoshiharu-san....I am not a child anymore either....I’m sorry for my childish appearance, forgive me.” 

Hanbei and Kanbei who were at a delicate age, protested against Yoshiharu. 

“Sorry, sorry. But even Goemon looks like a child. All of the ninja’s ages are unknown. Oh, wait?” 

That’s right. 

In the Sagara corps that was just like a kindergarten, wasn’t there a Princess Knight that looked like an adult? 

“That’s right, Shikanosuke Yamanaka. I completely forgot Shikanosuke AHHHHH!” 

“Tch. Yoshiharu. Where is that strange woman that wants to be bullied right now? I know she was caught by Mori.” 

“She was locked up in the Mori’s ship jail! Uwwaaa, I’m so sorry Shikanosuke! When my memory was suddenly returned, I was confused in various ways, and I was dropped underwater in the blink of an eye......I completely forgot!” 

“Hey~! That’s your vassal right? To leave her behind, how terrible!” 

“Sob. Let’s make that a condition of the bloodless surrender of Miki Castle. In return for sparing all of the soldiers of Miki Castle, the Mori people will return Yamanaka Shikanosuke-san unhurt. Because the Mori clan is faithful, they will give up their nemesis Shikanosuke-san for their castle soldiers.” 

Hanbei revealed her wisdom right away. Yoshiharu was saved from the unprecedented error of “Leaving behind your trusted retainer”. 

“Well, because it is Shikanosuke, ‘My lord left me to go to the Oda clan....what inhuman treatment. This is unbearable, pant pant’ I think she might be excited.” 

“No, no, Kanbei. Because Shikanosuke spent her childhood with too much of the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains, there was no helping it. She was originally a good child. I have to help that girl.” 

“Imprisoned in the ship jail....that has an obscene ring to it. Yoshiharu did you possibly put a collar on her. 'Now please punish me master' she urged and was left to the momentum of the situation....that guy who is the owner of that obscene body with huge breasts! If it is a ship jail, no one will come to disturb you!” 

“Don’t draw your sword! You are over-thinking! The me that turned back to an innocent high school student could never do such a thing! Oh, the present me might give in to the momentum.” 

“I’ve decided. I’m killing you now!” 

Yoshiharu still says too much, Inuchiyo muttered with an amazed look. 

After that disturbance occurred, the honor ceremony finally began. 

The Mori withdrew from Harima, and Harima finally became a united country under the Oda clan, but the opinions of the retainers were divided over whom to give Harima. 

“I am not interested in the land. I should receive a tea set. You should give Harima to Yoshi, the Chuugoku district commander. To make his own corps larger, more fiefs are needed.” 

Kazumasu who lived in the sea recommended giving Harima to Yoshiharu. 

“That is so, but Sagara-dono didn’t gain any achievements in this battle. Because he lost his memory, Sagara-dono taught the anti-iron armored ship tactics to and the Oda clan was in danger of being defeated. From that logic, Harima should be given to Takigawa Kazumasu-dono and Kuki Yoshiaki-dono who lead the iron-armored fleet magnificently.” 

Nagahide, who had the position of common sense advocate in the Oda Clan, recommended the Kazumasu master and servant with a logical reason. 

“Mitsuhide might be good. Though she abandoned the Harima front arbitrarily in her usual manner, the achievement of rescuing Saru was probably the biggest for Hime? Mitsuhide has been sending reinforcements everywhere without being able to complete her main duty of pacifying Tamba, will she soon be a daimyo with multiple prefectures? Oh, no, I’m not particularly saying to not give Harima to Saru.” 

Holding back her true feelings, Katsuie recommended Mitsuhide. 

“Everyone. In the first place, Honjo, Himeji Castle, is the possession of this black official, Simeon. Before I knew it, it was being used by Yoshiharu as he pleased, I’ll add the whole country of Harima as interest and you can return it to Simeon! After all, not just the iron armored ships, but even the cannon was designed by Simeon!” 

“Sob, sob. Because Kanbei is the retainer of Yoshiharu who is a retainer of the Oda clan, how will you leave your master Yoshiharu-san to become an independent daimyo when he is still confined as the daimyo of the northern half of Omi. You are a strategist in the first place, you have become so obsessed and dazzled by fame and land that your eyes have become clouded over with your work.” 

“Takenaka Hanbei, I won’t be compared with a false hermit like you! Simeon wants a castle! I want a country too! I want to be praised! I will hoist the flag of ‘First Class Black Official’ around the whole world!” 

“So, you have such a wicked heart, as a strategist....” 

“It’s not a wicked heart! It is a modest dream! To you who are praised as the greatest strategist, you don’t understand the sorrow of those people who are branded as second-rate!” 

“I, I’m sorry. But I can’t hand over the position of the ideal strategist. Sob, sob.” 

“Mrph! It seems that I have to settle this here!” 

Kanbei and Hanbei were arguing again without agreeing. 

“Harima is at the entrance of the Chuugoku district, the most important base in an attack on Chuugoku. I think it would be better to make it a territory under older sister’s direct control. While it is also good to increase strength the corps under each retainer, if we do not strengthen the Gokenin under her direct control, we might be tripped up from an unexpected place.” 

It was a typical opinion of the completely honest Gamo Ujisato. 

“....Hungry.” 

And Inuchiyo said that with a serious expression. 

“Everybody’s opinions don’t come together easily. Then I can take Harima, and when my children increase, it won’t be costly. Hahaha.” 

“So as we ignore Kanjuurou’s opinion, what about Yoshiharu and Juubei? What do you want?” 

Yoshiharu who had been asked shook his head. “Because I became the strategist of the Mori people, it’s fine this time, I decline.” 

“As is expected, it is a crime to leave and return to the country. If Oda Nobuna shows favoritism, the reputation in the world will become worse. Besides.” 

“Besides?” 

“I promised Kobayakawa-san. That I would always protect her. Even if that promise was exchanged when I lost my memory, a man can’t revoke a promise. Please don’t destroy the Mori Clan.” 

“Well. Wherever you are, Yoshiharu is Yoshiharu, I understand your feelings. But it is impossible to defeat the Mori Clan without trouble like Honbyo Temple. Samurai, for Samurai it is their job to fight, saying it in future language, war is the meaning of their existence. The great daimyo that rules over Chuugoku, the Mori Clan, it is impossible for them to surrender without fighting.” 

“I understand the theory, Nobuna. The Murakami Navy that Mori sent out suffered a massive blow and fled. Mori has already suffered a crushing defeat by Oda.” 

“Their land forces has not been cut down. The Murakami Navy are pirates, they are essentially a partner in an alliance with Mori. If you do not whittle down the Mori clan territory, they won’t submit to the Oda clan.” 

Hanbei began to talk. 

“Sob, sob. That is how it is, Yoshiharu-san. But because Yoshiharu-san has become the bridge between the Mori clan and the Oda clan, when Oda wins a decisive victory against their large numbers, Mori will sit down for submission conditions.” 

“I hope that is right, Hanbei-chan. Anyways, the fact is we have to take some of the Mori’s territory in battle.” 

“In addition to not leave a grudge, without letting any people die if possible. Yoshiharu-san can do it. Kanbei and I will do our best to help.” 

“All right. Anyway, the promise from Nobuna that the Mori clan will not be destroyed is the best reward for me.” 

“Dearuka. Then this time Juubei should be given the best reward. Juubei, you had the achievement of rescuing Yoshiharu. I will treat you today to a feast. I will let you pick anything as your heart’s desire.” [xxx] 

With this everything works out, perfect score, Nagahide was going to breathe a sigh of relief with everyone at that moment. 

The incident occurred. 

Akechi Mitsuhide of course couldn’t read the mood from the beginning. 

“Yes yes yes! Well then, Nobuna-sama, I will take my reward without reservation.” 

“I understand. The whole country of Harima?” 

“I don’t need Harima! The reward is Sagara Yoshiharu senpai please!” 

Don. 

Don. 

Don. 

The large hall was frozen in horror. 

“I will only say it once more, Juubei. The reward....is H a r i m a?” 

“Juubei does not need a country or money! Love, if there is love I don’t want for anything else! Give me Sagara-senpai as my groom! If I can have senpai, I will work for Nobuna for free until I die!” 

Yoshiharu immediately looked for a way out of the grand hall. 

Only at such a time was Goemon not here, he became close to tears. 

“Oh...Juubei? Yoshiharu doesn’t love you? Isn’t that your wrong impression? Yoshiharu’s lover is me. And, I also like Yoshiharu. When I opened the Amano-Iwato, even you should have already understood? There is no need to force yourself to get married with Yoshiharu.” 

“I understand that, Nobuna-sama.” 

“Okay, that’s good. This has been settled without a rude strike.” 

“Nevertheless, I have understood something more important. It is that this Juubei’s heart has been stolen by Sagara senpai!” 

Don. 

Again, the grand hall was frozen in horror. 

If Akechi talks anymore, the grand hall will become a sea of blood, zero points, Nagahide was flustered. 

“Nobuna-sama said I could pick my heart’s desire! Therefore, I will have Sagara senpai!” 

“Tch. Juubei? What did you do now with Yoshiharu, isn’t this situation worse than before!” 

“I, I am sorry! I don’t understand it well, it happened before I realized...” 

“It wasn’t like that senpai! You have to take responsibility for stealing the heart of a maiden! Anyways, Nobuna-sama and senpai are in a relationship where they can’t be married, you owe this to Juubei! Juubei is the legal wife, if Nobuna wants to pursue the womanize senpai it’s alright if you are one of his lovers! Since Juubei is a tolerant woman unlike someone, I will tolerate his infidelity!” 

“.....Yoshiharu, you......even if the matter with Kobayakawa Takakage can be overlooked since your memory was missing....this....this cannot be allowed?” 

Well, well Saru. You are done~, Katsuie looked up at the sky. 

“Nobuna-sama. Senpai’s legal wife is this Juubei. All right.” 

“.....That can’t possibly be all right? Are you selling me a fight?” 

“No. This Juubei can wrap up senpai who is lonely from being set adrift from his own world in the love he needs. Does Nobuna-sama think only she can be love senpai in this way?” 

“....Dearuka. Somehow or other, Juubei....until now it was a long relationship....if you don’t withdraw, I’ll kill you...” 

“Withdraw? At the same time you draw that sword at your hip, Juubei’s pistol will fire? The bullet is faster than a sword?” 

“Whether or not the bullet you shoot hits me, you won’t know until you try?” 

“Tch. You guys. Nobuna. Juubei-chan. Wait a second! Why is this happening!? Calm down, calm down!” 

“It is your fault! How could you make Juubei lose integrity, what did you do behind my back?” 

“That is right, senpai is awful! Because you keep promising to protect and save girls everywhere without thinking, that is the reason this happened! 

“Wait a minute Juubei. It’s not just anybody! Yoshiharu “only” loves me!” 

“No. This Juubei’s heart has been moved by his devotion. In the first place, senpai only regained his memory because this Juubei kissed him. When we get married and have a child, Senpai's heart will be Juubei’s.” 

“Mukiiii! Who did you kiss without permission! This kumquat! I will shut up this impudent mouth forever!” 

Somebody help me, this isn’t Honn?-ji, this is Sumiyoshi, Yoshiharu was sitting on the verge of fainting. 

“Sob, sob. Everyone, please be quiet. If Nobuna-sama and Yoshiharu-san get back together again, I fear the power of the anti-Oda forces will revive again. If you try to force the wedding that isn’t permitted, you will be subjected to the rumors that you are going to usurp the Yamato Gosho again. 

The wise Takenaka Hanbei, entered to separated Nobuna and Mitsuhide and presented her theory. 

The still childish Kuroda Kanbei let out a slight yawn. “What is so good about Sagara Yoshiharu, I don’t understand.” The rare chance for the black officer to prove her wisdom was ignored in this way. 

“When the Amano Iwato was opened, public opinion was divided. The faction that wanted to support the forbidden love between Nobuna and Sagara Yoshiharu was mainly girls. 'Die Sagara Yoshiharu!' The faction that was shedding tears of blood and wanted to interfere and disturb the couple, was mostly guys. The old powers such as the rural samurai and the daimyos are mostly men, they originally hated the Oda clan due to destroying their vested interests, if the couple gets back together, it will be like pouring oil on the fire.” 

The power of Honbyo Temple’s riots suddenly weakened, it’s because the fighting spirit of the female followers disappeared when they saw the Amano Iwato opening, Nobuna murmured. 

“After the follower’s rebellion faded, because Yoshiharu-san disappeared from the Oda clan, they became quiet. But, now that Yoshiharu-san has returned to the Oda clan in this way, will those that are opposed to the Oda clan riot again, it is not an exaggeration to say that we are being watched with breathless interest.” 

“...It’s impossible to take the world with only military power, I have to grab the hearts of the people. I understand.” 

“S, so, as an expedient before achieving Tenka Fubu, if you don’t mind a play, why don’t we let Yoshiharu-san marry someone other than Nobuna-sama, it might be a good plan..... no matter how much love there truthfully is, once Nobuna-sama takes the world, I think I may be able to do something.... just be patient until then.... rather I think a riot will occur again in many places if we don’t do it quickly .... if we are then attack by Takeda-san and Uesugi-san, it will be the Oda clan’s destruction... sob, sob.” 

“Hanbei? Until I take the whole world, you want me to give Yoshiharu to Juubei? After I said I won’t give up either?” 

“Ah, n no, hiiiii! No, hime. A,a,a Akechi-sama because it’s her it won’t be a play and will bring about a terrible source of evil, that is, I am a loyal retainer of Yoshiharu-san and harmless so I should be suitable right....I’m sorry, its nothing....” 

The last was said in a voice that almost seemed to vanish and nobody heard it. 

Nobuna was frowning in silence The logic is perfect and I can’t object. If Juubei hadn’t now said “I like Senpai” I would be able to accept Hanbei’s plan.....now that it has become this way, we can’t even afford to have a play wedding between Juubei and Yoshiharu. Well, I can’t finish the play. What should I do? Her frown hardened. 

Maeda Inuchiyo who had stayed completely silent until now, suddenly..... stood up. 

Oh. That Inuchiyo is incredibly brave, though that fellow is one of few words, sometimes she will give a serious statement, what kind of wise saying will you give to us this time, Yoshiharu blinked. 

Inuchiyo said it straight out. 

“....Inuchiyo will take the role. I’ll be Yoshiharu’s wife.” 

DON. 

“One more, the vassals trying to strike a deal increased.” A vein in Nobuna’s temple twitch. 

“Hey! Wait Inuchiyo! Why are you confusing the situation! Why does a child want to get married!?” 

“.....Yoshiharu, Inuchiyo is an adult. Only small. I am different from Takigawa Kazumasu.” 

Oh, if it is a dog, the men won’t be jealous so that might be good? Katsuie nods. “A fake wedding. Sixty points. But there aren’t any other plans at the moment.” Nagahide acknowledged it reluctantly. 

“Rude. I am not a child. That’s right, with the cute me, it will be no wonder if I steal Yoshi from Nobuna-chan. Everybody in the world will think ‘Even Nobuna-sama cannot resist Takigawa’s charm’ and be convinced. Fu..... I will hear your request Nobuna-chan.” 

“Hmm, if it’s Sakon I don’t have to worry about Yoshiharu being stolen, but because you are still a child it’s no good. That’s right, Leon..... though you are a little young, you are at the age where you can find a husband.” 

Bikuu! Ujisato was so pitiably scared, she hid behind a pillar. 

“E, even if it’s onee-sama’s order, it cannot work. If, if you order me to get married with that man, I will perform seppuku on the spot and die.” 

“Leon, you are Christian right? Christians cannot commit suicide.” 

“Th, then I’ll clog up my throat with uiro-mochi and die!” 

To hate it to that extent, the extremely prideful Ujisato was crying raggedly while shivering. 

It seemed to be impossible. 

“Well. Even if it is a temporary play, a wedding can be given to Kuki Yoshiaki! Once is fine! Whatever, I want to savor the feeling of being a bride uuuuuu!” 

There was one person, there was a female pirate who became excessively enthusiastic and let out a cry filled with blood, and everybody decided not to have contact with her. 

“Fuun. As one would expect of the world-renowned genius, Takenaka Hanbei. Then it is decided that until Tenka Fubu is achieved, this Juubei will be Senpai's play wife!” 

“Wait a minute Juubei! You are surely thinking of using this chance to make it real by giving birth to a baby!” 

“Yes, of course!” 

Zero points, Nagahide sighed. 

“I’m not stupid? Hahhh, we can’t do such a thing, please tell me what to do! Good grief, you are useless! Yoshiharu should be with a partner he won’t fool around with!” 

“Hmph. There isn’t such a person. Senpai gets involved with every girl Nobuna-sama. The only companion whom Senpai hasn’t laid a hand on is Nene-dono.” 

“Th, that’s right.... ugh. Now that is has come to this let’s make Kanjuurou cross-dress.” 

“Hey. Onee-sama already used that trick before. And I have Oichi and my three daughters.” 

“....Ha? If I give Kanjuurou to Yoshiharu, because he is a guy with endless sex drive he might awaken to the charms of guys. No, no. I would want to decapitate my younger brother!” 

“Hey, calm down Nobuna! You are becoming kind of strange.” 

“It’s your fault Yoshiharu! Oh, no. That’s right! Even if Yoshiharu wants to lay a hand on her, there is a girl that he can’t meddle with in the Oda clan! 

“Ha? Was there such a Princess Knight who decided to be a maiden for their whole life in this family, Hime-sama?” 

Katsuie tilted her head. 

Because they were linked with her neck, Katsuie’s huge breasts shook, and when Yoshiharu started staring, Katsuie rushed over and started hitting him silently. 

“Riku. It’s you. You keep on hating Yoshiharu and boast of being the strongest in the Oda Clan, even if Yoshiharu tries to sneak into your bedrooms you can repel him right? Until now, only Riku and Manchiyo haven’t had a suspicious relationship with Yoshiharu. But because she is a goodhearted person, Manchiyo might give in if she is thoughtlessly approached by Yoshiharu. So. The best candidate at this time is Riku who detests men, let alone Yoshiharu!” 

“Tch. Nobuna. Wait.” 

“HIIIII? Hime-sama, I’d rather you give this Katsuie the order to die!” 

“Nobuna-sama that is cruel! No matter how you look at it, Katsuie is wrong! It’s true that Senpai and that one can never have a loving relationship, but these fellows are too different! No one will believe such an absurd marriage!” 

Sob, sob. No matter how you look at it, this combination is too sudden and it stinks of being a fake, at this rate no one can be deceived, Hanbei sobbed while looking puzzled. 

“That’s right Nobuna. Besides, Kobayakawa-san will be hurt. When I regained my memory it became a dilemma for choosing between the two families by either staying with Kobayakawa-san or returning to Oda right?” 

“I understand. Then let’s do it this way. I’ll give the whole country of Harima to Yoshiharu for the achievement of the Miki Castle’s surrender. I’ve decided that I’m leaving the diplomacy and battle with Mori to Yoshiharu. If you are the opponent, if I leave it to you there is the possibility that you can get them to surrender without destroying Mori. Is that fine?” 

“O, oh. It’s good but, still a wedding with Katsuie. It is hard to give up on those breasts.” 

“HIIII? Saru, do you have a grudge against me?” 

“Fu fu! I’ve got it! Rather, why don’t we have a wedding between Sagara Yoshiharu and Kobayakawa Takakage? It seems they will agree immediately, and then we can get all of the Mori Clan’s vast territory without fighting!” 

Kanbei suggested this plan with a proud look, and Nobuna silently hurled a tea set at Kanbei. 

“Why? Why is Simeon’s plan rejected, and only Hanbei’s plans are accepted!” 

“Muu....chests are merely for decoration...” 

While Inuchiyo was sulking, she began stealing uiro-mochi from the hands of Nobusumi who sat next to her. 

“I’d rather die here than get married to the monkey!” While crying, Katsuie had changed into white clothing and was beginning the seppuku preparations, the situation was becoming increasingly urgent. 

“Ohohohoho! It seems you are in trouble again, Nobuna-san!” 

The figurehead Shogun, Imagawa Yoshimoto, was wearing a luxurious twelve-layered kimono and tottered into the hall. 

“Imagawa Yoshimoto? What did you come to do? I didn’t call for you today?” 

“Nobuna-san? There is a use for this figurehead Shogun. To make use of her is the correct answer.” 

Yoshimoto was smug for some reason. She opened a fan with the word “brilliant” written on it, and pointed at Yoshiharu. 

“Sagara Yoshiharu, I will now make you my husband!” 

“Whaaaaaat? Me? Why?” 

“Just a minute. Wait, what do you mean by that!?” 

“It. Is. A. Play. Even if he gets married with Shibata Katsuie, Sagara Yoshiharu’s status as a military commander will not rise. Wasteful, wasteful, wasteful. But if he becomes my husband-” 

Hanbei hit her knees with her hands and raised her voice. 

“That’s right. With this, Sagara Yoshiharu will become the clear person that can inherit the shogunate, and when Tenka Fubu is achieved, he can get married with Nobuna-san? I am the head of all of the samurai. Unlike the method of becoming the adopted child of Konoe and assuming the role of Kampaku, it won’t be suspected as an usurpation of the Yamato Gosho.” 

“....Yoshiharu? Your? Husband? Don’t say such absurdity. You are the leader of the samurai families? The Shogun? Your social status is too different from Yoshiharu...” 

“No. I am only a shogun in name, I have fallen as a third rate compared to the ruler of the whole country, Nobuna-san. When this figurehead Shogun surrendered to the Oda Clan and survived, everybody thought that. Well, actually this beautiful and talented noble has been consoling and helping Nobuna-san from the shadows, but that isn’t known to the common people. Furthermore! I rejected Sagara Yoshiharu's offer of becoming my samurai, and he was immediately thrown out of the Imagawa’s camp right? He offered his services before Nobuna-san. In other words, it never became a master and servant relationship with Sagara Yoshiharu!” 

You did such a thing? Nobuna scowled at Yoshiharu with a terrible look. 

“You didn’t come to me first? If it’s a girl, anyone is good?” 

“No! I was convinced that the present head of the Oda clan was a man named Oda Nobunaga! I wasn’t even aware you existed!” 

“Even in Mori, you were alright with Kobayakawa Takakage....” 

“Nobuna, calm down!” 

“Nobuna-san? Even if the social status is different, it never became a master and servant relationship, and I surrendered to the Oda clan. This marriage is just barely possible.” 

For some reason, Yoshimoto’s eyes were shining. 

“Yoshimoto-chan. Why are you like this suddenly?” 

“This is my debt for him saving me in Okehazama. I am repaying the favor, Sagara Yoshiharu. Without thinking too deeply, please accept my marriage proposal.” 

Hug, Yoshiharu who was embraced by Yoshimoto, was frozen. 

Nobuna and Mitsuhide’s gazes had become demon-like. 

“Sagara senpai. What on earth is this?” 

“....Yoshimoto. You are acting strangely lively, by any chance to Yoshiharu...” 

“Ohohoho. I am always this lively. Nobuna-san, you will get old if you think too hard right? Come Sagara Yoshiharu, we shall march to the Capital immediately and trumpet our engagement! Please prepare the guard soldiers, Nobuna-san!” 

“Tch. Yoshimoto-chan. Someone stop her!” 

“But this may be a good idea. Because it’s the figurehead Shogun that doesn’t know anything, it’s a clever scheme that no one could think of.” 

“So. If the partner is the figurehead Shogun who already fell with the Imagawa Clan, it isn’t as unreasonable, and it shouldn’t provoke anyone now. Besides, the people are under the impression that Imagawa Yoshimoto is so fat that she can’t even ride a horse. The men won’t be jealous of Yoshi.” 

While stopping Mitsuhide who was shouting that she would murder the fake shogun, Kanbei and Kazumasu nodded at each other with an “uh huh.” 

“....For some reason I’m getting very angry.... Yoshiharu, Yoshimoto. This play will only last until Tenka Fubu. If it becomes an odd thing, both of you will be quickly decapitated! When the time comes, I will become the Demon King of the Sixth Realm!” 

I understand Nobuna, please don’t glare at me with such a terrible look, Yoshiharu trembled violently. 

“Well. Sagara-shi’s women trouble, seems it will affect the destiny of this country. What on earth will happen now?” 

Goemon who had been hanging from the ceiling of the large hall the whole time, sighed while biting her tongue.