Inari wants to live in peace

In April 1912, Ieyasu Tokugawa became very ill and was unable to get up from the futon.

Since General Kanagi has resigned and succeeded to the next generation, it is no problem to maintain the Edo shogunate, but I was still unable to calm down.

Above all, if a friend I've known for a long time has fallen asleep and is told that he won't be alive much longer, he won't be around or standing.

I heard such a story from an official of the shogunate and stood up at once, even though it was still early in the morning.

He then headed for the Tokugawa Shogun's mansion, which was built in Edo.

When I arrived at Ieyasu's mansion around 8: 00 in the morning, there were many other visitors besides me, and the outside of the gate was crowded.

When I was wondering what had happened to me, Hanako-san, who had grown to be the best doctor in Edo, stood in front of the gate.

She found me, smiled, met me lightly and approached us quietly.

Hanako is my friend, as is Ieyasu.

Except for the monthly routine check-ups, however, we don't face each other that often.

Rather, Cherry Blossoms and Kikuharu, who entered into a sister-in-law's contract, met more often because they were caregivers.

(Speaking of which, I heard that Sakura-san had a lower back pain recently.

The orange infantry is young enough not to make you feel your age, but the physical decline seems to be serious.)

I suddenly wanted to see my old friend, Tokugawa, because I came to see him.

"Inari, please come here."

Hanako-san seemed to have been waiting for him, taking the lead and proceeding.

I looked at it and answered nothing, avoiding the crowded front gate with a large number of spectators, circled along the wall and headed towards the back gate, passing the guard face-to-face into the premises.

Hanako-san stops and looks back as she walks through the unpopular and well-maintained Japanese garden.

And as he lowered his head, he quietly called out.

"I've been waiting for you to come here."

When I saw Hanako smiling happily with her wrinkled face, I felt very envious.

"But Hanako-san is getting older."

"Thanks to you, you're still active after 60."

I didn't change at all, as if time had stopped.

Growing up like a human, old, and dying.There is a clear departure from this sequence.

I think that the sparkle of a person's life for a moment, which is never within reach, and the loneliness that eventually disappears.

Honda passed away a short while ago and Nobunaga's remains returned home last year, making it painful enough to tighten her chest.

The breakup with the wolf, a family member, was also sad enough to cry at first, but now we can see her off with a smile with our children.

Hanako-san, Sakura-san, and orange infantry are also quite close, but because they are too far apart, they are kept at a moderate distance.

Honda-san's roots are serious about shit, and since he is a type of person who respects himself as Inari God, it was hard to say that he is a friend who can laugh and forgive each other.

But Ieyasu is different.

We often worked together and often met face to face for advice.

What will happen to me if he dies, the closest he is to me, so much to support each other?I knew that farewell would come one day, but it was a different matter if I could take it personally.

Anyway, now I'm guided by Ieyasu's attending physician, Hanako, and I'm going up from the Japanese garden into the mansion.

Walking in the hallway as it is, I am about to meet him.

But what kind of words did you use?

Normally, it comes to mind instantly, even on the spot, but today, no matter how hard you work your head, it remains pure white.

Does it mean that there is no word?

While doing so, I arrived in a room on the doorstep, further down the hallway of the Mansion.

It seems that this is the bedroom where Ieyasu is healing.

"I'm Hanako, the attending physician. Inari God has come."

"I've been expecting you. Please come in."

I heard the voice of an attendant looking after Ieyasu from the other side of the tree.

And soon, it can be opened quietly from that side.

The truth is, there were a bunch of barrels, but now it's a bedroom just across the wall from the hallway because I murmured it was a waste of structure.

The spacious tatami mat room was lined with hobby furniture and medical equipment, and a completely old Ieyasu was lying on the futon in the middle.

There were caregivers and doctors gathered around and watched carefully for any abnormalities.

Look at that. There must have been a lot of spectators outside the house.I wondered what had happened to those people.

"I heard that Inari God is coming in a hurry, and today I apologize for the visit."

I see. I nodded and looked at Ieyasu, who was a little pale.

Then he put me in sight, smiled and barely opened his mouth.

"I'd like to talk to Inari God a little bit.Everybody stay back for a while. "

"Yes, sir."

Everyone, including the attendant, the doctor, and Hanako-san, bowed in the back.

I didn't leave the room separately, I just took a distance to the wall of the large bedroom.I'm standing by alert so I can deal with anything from there.

Ieyasu is a super important person, so I am troubled if anything happens.

The current medical condition seems to be relatively stable, but it is a situation that does not allow us to predict when our condition will deteriorate.

Anyway, I get close to his pillow.

"Whispering sounds good enough for my fox ears, so it's okay."

"Haha, thank you."

After caring about Ieyasu, he lowered his hips on a pre-laid cushion.

And when I thought about what I had said at first, he spoke to me first.

"I'm sorry I fell asleep on the floor in the middle of reform."

I didn't expect to be apologized for all of a sudden.

Even from my point of view, Ieyasu is doing well and has already handed over to the second generation.

Now Hidetada is working hard to make this country a better place.

I know it well, as well as the people.So I open my mouth in a hurry.

"Ieyasu doesn't have to apologize ─ ─"

However, Ieyasu still spit out regret as if I were wearing it while I was talking.

"Above all, I'm really sorry that I left you alone."

The moment I hear it from his mouth, I completely lose my words.

Originally, you should be worried about a sick person who doesn't have to apologize, but it never comes out of your mouth.

Ieyasu, an old friend and best friend, leaves the world behind.

It was a clear conclusion, but I definitely didn't want to accept it.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm just... sorry."

Unfortunately, it sucks, but I didn't want him to cum.I want him still alive.

Without blame or forgiveness, I just say I'm sorry.

That's right.

But no matter how much life-extending treatment you give, one day people will die.That is inevitable.

A remark that came entirely from my selfishness, he had already embraced his destiny with a smile and still cared about me.

"Inari, thank you for meeting me."

I didn't meet him for anything.

At that time, Ieyasu came to see me.

But even if I hadn't met him at that time, I'd have met him sooner or later with a fateful attraction.

It's intuitive, but it's the same place to go no matter what action you take.

That's what I think.

"Thank you for bringing Taipei to Japan."

"I don't want to thank you. It's all for me."

I never wanted to become a general and unite the world.

But it was an inevitable path to a comfortable and peaceful life like the future.

As long as it's over, it's not all good, but now it's a reasonably satisfactory result.

Even if I retire and hide in comfort, I will never score a hundred points because there are some unacceptable things, such as being appointed to an unexplained position such as the Emperor of God, and I am still the supreme ruler of Japan.

Still, as long as Japan is peaceful, it will not be pulled out to the front stage.

Regardless of the circumstances, Ieyasu thanked me many times and told me various memories.

It was kind of like it was the first time in a long time that I had such a nostalgic time.

A few days after I went to see him, it was April 17th.

Ieyasu's medical condition got worse and she didn't go home.

Hanako-san, who had been treating her closely until the last time, said she had a tumor in her stomach or esophagus.

But I was stunned all the time and barely got into my head.

I had no idea what I had done at the solemn national funeral, and at some point all the funerals were over.

The fact that Ieyasu, who had been makeup after his death, smiled peacefully in a horizontal coffin, not a sitting coffin, was clearly remembered and could not be forgotten even if he wanted to.

And the night I burned the body clean and put some of the remains into the grave, I returned home in the back of the sanctuary, and I went straight to the bedroom without eating or taking a bath, and even the wolves who were worried about me kept away.

He buried his face in the pillow and cried all night long, no matter who he was.

It was just raining hard, so it was good that no one would hear you out loud.

That was the only luck in my misfortune.