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September in this era is much cooler than in the previous month. Because of the lunar calendar, of course, some would depend on a simple month date, because it would be October if it were fixed to the A.D.
But am I to blame for feeling clearly cooler than October of the time I was before...
But this place was different now.
- It's hot...
No, would it be better to describe it as "hot"?
Anyway, there's so much heat that I don't think September is raising my temperature.
But there are a lot of guys on the spot, and they're not getting hot at their temperature.
There are only four people there, one of whom is a woman.
Maori Huiyuan,
Katori Kazuyuan,
a starch,
And I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
Maori Huiyuan's impression of the first encounter was that she seemed "weak". Would a good way of putting it would be "humans seem big" or a bad way of putting it would be "weak on pushes from around" or something like that...
It is only with great understanding that it is not as I could have said, which is a boy, both physically and mentally.
But I'm "for now" the person in the best position.
If you don't come with some rigorous evaluation of the other person, there is always a danger that you might be swallowed by the atmosphere, so it's my effort to hold the feelings alone to a great extent.
Well, I suppose the starry temple beside me is making me stare like Nobu...
Now, I'm not raising my temperature because I put Maori Huiyuan himself in front of me in a history textbook.
Because his plea was exactly as I had painted it.
"I would like to ask His Royal Highness to mediate in harmony with His Highness in the inner province."
That's what it is.
Where I was about to give up half the time, this development!
This isn't the kind of man whose breasts don't get hot!
I was so excited on my own like that, I was desperate to keep myself contained from putting it on the table somehow.
Letter of harmony…
There were only two major conditions.
First, Maori Huiyuan leaves Osaka Castle to give up the defense of the West Maru to Tokugawa Jiayang. That would mean, I might say, the surrender of the West Army.
And the other condition is that the rewards and punishments that follow are based on the permission of excellence, after discussion between the elders.
In essence, Tokugawa Jiayang, the "winner", will decide the prize and punishment at his discretion. But the fact that it includes "Hideyoshi's Ink" is a mistake.
In this way, it is only a position to maintain that excellence is above family well-being.
My excitement had reached its climax with great content. Of course, there's no way I can think of anything like this, it was sent out of Huiyuan in front of me.
But did Huiyuan, with this serene face, really think of this content himself...
I was skeptical about that.
That's because they felt like a temper to "admit to losing, but I'll reward you with one arrow".
Someone who would have such a temper in this battle… I could only think of one.
Yes, it is Sansei Ishida.
But he shouldn't have broken a tough posture to the end that there could be no harmony or anything else. I wonder why he had such a "admit to losing" condition...
Would it have been because of the loyal heart of "defending Hideyoshi Toyotomi's position" until the end, if something had happened to him in advance?
Now that he's not close, I don't know to that heart.
Maybe it was something he thought of in the first place, not sure...
While I'm touring like that, I'm going to write a letter from Kiryu and Yuan Huiyuan. His excellence is questionable in the way he writes letters so that they even flow. I wonder if he has done these jobs since Hideyoshi... and his half-life struggles seem to come from the deep wrinkles of the hand he writes.
If history stays the same, he will struggle even further.
I couldn't help but sigh.
"And which one of you... is going to have a hard time"
"Ha? I don't know, thank you."
He looks at me with a strange look on his face, both in and around him, as he was told.
- Shit... I'm talking about something extra again.
"... and the late father always spoke!
Although I tried to figure out what to say, in the subtle air, the two letters were finally completed. Needless to say, one is delivered to Ishida Metallurgical Department and one to Tokugawa Jiayang.
Next to Maori Huiyuan's flower pot in the west, write my flower pot. Perhaps they made me practice many times before I came to this age... it's called working memory, and the brush runs on its own.
And...
"We're done!
It's finally finished. I've been waiting for a letter of East-West harmony. All we have to do is get it to the person who's supposed to deliver this.
Three more days… I can't go back. With the thought that this was where the battle was going, I ordered Kirikitori to turn to me with exasperation.
"All right! And ex-which! Take this to Ishida Metallurgical Department and Tokugawanai Prefecture!
Even though he tightened his serious expression to the feverish order, he bowed his head to me and told me forcefully.
"Yes, I did. I will do this for my life. As for, I think we'll be at your disposal in three days, so please wait for the good news."
- Hmm...? Wait...
- It'll take three days. So...?
- No, no, no, no! Wait a minute! Then the battle for Sekigahara will begin!
I accidentally tried to take a seat with my brief and called the original.
"Slightly! And ex-which! Wait! Lord, I said 'three days' now, but accomplish it in 'two days'! This is an order from Hideyoshi!
My orders are stuffed with feathers, and I put my face up to it.
"But... it's too late today, so if you leave first thing tomorrow morning, given the speed of the horse, you can't do it at all."
"Guru..."
"Hideyoshi... whether it takes two or three days, I don't think it's going to change much."
My mouth is pinched as the starch greets my "selfishness".
In response to that, "It's very different in that day! Because the battle will start!!" I just want to raise my voice and argue.
But I can't talk about the future right now.
Like when I went against faithfulness before, I would lose my voice, and of course that's not all. It's like exposing my identity if I do that. Because that's all we have to avoid.
- Don't stay... don't stay whatever you do...
Such vain thoughts and frustration with my place began to wind up a small vortex in my mind.
In the end, it doesn't change.
No matter how much you know about the future, no matter how old the contents are...
I am ashamed of myself for thinking that if I treat the adults around me well, I can do something about it.
History will probably remain the same. Because I'm powerless...
And one day, both this kind mother and her only "friend," Shinzuki Maida, will die with this Osaka Castle.
That's the decided fate, and it just goes as the biography of the characters in the history books that I don't love.
And I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi...
I just have to accept my destiny... because it's already been decided...
All that remains is what remains...
"No... I don't like that..."
Unexpectedly, my feelings leak about my mouth.
"Hideyoshi...?
Surrounded by wonders, you'll no longer be staring at me worried.
But I wasn't cool enough to care about my eyes like that.
"I will try to change my fate with my own hands!!
Yelling like that, I ran out on the spot with two letters without thinking.
"Hideyuki!! Somebody!! You must not let His Highness go! What are you blurring about? Get Hideyoshi quickly!!
You can hear the tall screams of the starch like a leopard from your back.
I ran down a wide hallway in Osaka Castle anyway.
I don't even know where the entrance or exit is. And even if we find an entrance or an exit, we could be caught by a seven-handed group of people defending there.
But before I thought about it with my head, the vortex of emotion in my heart grew so big that it became a rough turbulence that it was just overflowing, it swept all over me.
There are tears. He may be drooling.
But you can't stop this leg.
Because I've already made up my mind.
- I move my destiny myself...
… and.
It was then.
A tall old man appeared in front of me without sound...
The old man smiles like the sun on his shitty face and invites me.
"Pick up (Hideyoshi's childhood name). Come here, come here!
He's wearing a white kimono like a dying outfit. Seeing its unusual appearance, the higher emotions of the earlier days cool off, as they were exposed to cold water.
"Who's Grandpa?
In that inquiry the old man put an obviously grumpy colour on his face.
"Silly! Turn to my father. What's that saying?!
"Father... no way..."
An old man who sees my surprise and smiles full face again as if satisfied.
"Kakaka! Surprised!? Yes, I'm Hideyoshi Tai!
Is this a dream...? Are you a ghost?
I lost my words to too many events and my body doesn't move.
But when he looked at me like that, now the old man went on with a serious look to blame.
"Aren't we running out of time anymore? Just come here."
Yes... there's no time to stop and think.
I followed that little back like the old man told me.
And that leg stops in front of a certain room wall.
When the old man turns to me, he whispers like he tells a secret story.
"Well, it's a secret passage and you can go outside.
Many times I stole the eyes of Kazama (Hideyoshi's main room, Ninaga) and Sakichi (Ishida Sansei), and I started out here in the city of Osaka. Come on, let's go!
I'm confused, my legs are dull.
Are you sure you want me to believe these words? Is this old man really Hideyoshi Toyotomi in the first place?
Such confusion had completely stopped my thinking.
Then the old man, now with an angry look on his face, yelled at me to push my back.
"Yes! Your Lord is not manly! Just move on! Run hard anyway! Your hard work will always be watched by Heaven."
Yeah, I don't have time to get lost anymore.
I have to run so hard to change my destiny.
I never pushed the wall. As soon as the walls were pushed in, both the chirps… and the blunt noise, we saw a passage leading to the back. I ran all the way down the aisle.
I didn't revive, but there's already no sign of the old man earlier.
Was that really Hideyoshi Toyotomi... I was thinking about that even as I ran. But soon, "I don't care about that" switches my mind. Because bright light has jumped in, proving it's been outside for a long time.
And...
"I've been waiting for you. Master Hideyoshi, let's go."
Waiting ahead was Misty Hidden Talent.
"Talent... why?
"Come on? I don't know why either. However, an odd old man told me to wait for Hideyoshi here with a horse…"
I was sure then.
After all, that old man must have been my father, Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
Did you even come out worried about me from beyond the distant sky… I look up casually at the dusk-dyed sky.
That's when a little wind swept off my back.
"What are you doing! Get out of the castle now!
And it's just a strong, gentle breeze.
- I know, Father...
I don't speak up, but I reply in my heart.
And I look at the talented guy and I snort,
"All right! I'll be there in a minute! The goal is Ogaki Castle, where Ishida Metallurgy is located!
And commanded forcefully.
The leaning autumn sunset was gently stretching a long shadow towards us everywhere.
5 Years of Celebration (1600) September 12 -
That day marked the beginning of a long battle between me and my fate.
And the phantom of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who appeared on this day, never appeared before me when I was ready.