5 Years of Celebration (1600) October 2 -
Rushui Kuroda, Kiyosei Kato and Hiroshi Gui left Osaka Castle to the west, and Yoshiji Otani was traveling east with Hideyoshi Toyotomi's letter.
Autumn is getting deeper completely and the trees are starting to color beautifully. Beautiful blue sky with no clouds that day.
In the beautiful season, the horse he was crossing also seemed pleasant and hurried ahead.
But when he got to a certain place, Yoshiji loosened his horse's reins.
On your right is a small high mountain.
There's no one left in front of you now, Sekikan.
"That's a quiet one..."
He lay down his face and groaned blushly.
Yes, this was where the first formation he laid in the battle of Sekigahara was.
About twenty days ago, this place was filled with self-inflicted soldiers, and, combined with the heat, it was surrounded by an unusual fervour.
But now, there's not a single soldier, and the cold air covering the neighborhood, which kept the winter coming up close.
Yoshiji didn't think of it, and shuddered when he shrugged.
And I looked up at the mountain on my right.
Matsuo Mountain.
Close your eyes and you'll still feel like you did yesterday.
And from the top of the mountain, the view was vividly remembered.
"Father..."
In his head comes the figure of Yoshihei Otani, his father.
That's the last thing he saw, lots of white fabric all over his body, a figure of his father in armor from above.
Without looking at the consequences of the war in Sekigahara, what words would my scattered father, who would have been a warrior on the battlefield, say to himself now if he had lived...
So I have to immerse myself in sentiment.
"Don't stop..."
He thought he would scold him that way, and accidentally laughed bitterly.
Because for him, delivering a letter to the intended person is his first service to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the current master, and he has yet to achieve anything.
"I don't even have to report it to my father yet.
Not if you're immersed in sentiment in this place. "
So he muttered to himself, and when he was in the mood, he kicked the belly of the horse again, and hurried ahead.
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Just around the same time, the western circle of Osaka Castle was overflowing with far more humans than the reluctant Honmaru.
Regardless, people are coming for Tokugawa Jiayang, their current master in the West Maru.
It was even the figure of a merchant, a nobleman and even a Gentile, who had joined Ishida's side in pleading for absolution, the famous men who had shown their goodbyes and gratitude to go to every realm to take up duty, and even trying to sell their charm to the champions of a new era.
Just so you know, my body is one and my time is limited.
There was no reason to meet all of them, and the number of people held captive grew from next to next.
Among them was the appearance of a certain young man of great fame.
He came to plead for the life of his father, his flesh and blood, but his admiration of Jiayang was still far from over three days away.
And before the young man, Masaru Honda and his offering, who seemed busy, passed quickly.
A young man there cries out desperately for this opportunity to be missed.
"Slightly, this is Lord Jung-ja Honda! Wait! There's a ritual I'd like to ask you to do!
Though I stopped my foot in that voice, I didn't fix it until I turned, keeping my face to the side, and purity answered.
"Isn't this the Nagato Palace? What can I do for the awkward?
As you can see from the awkward, if you hurry up, you can stay like this. "
When the young man called Nagatomo approached him like that, he said, keeping his head down.
"No, this is the one, I'm sorry I stopped you while you were busy.
Please, there is nothing else in this matter but to the Tokugawachi Prefecture!
"Oh..."
The innocence of careless replies.
Because he received this plea of hand, not once or twice, but every time he was stopped and, in the most plausible terms, he was bothered to cloud the spot.
Can't young people afford to be concerned about such purity...
He continued desperately bowing his head.
"Please, my father's life is at stake. Could you please make arrangements so that you can hurry?"
Seeing the desperate attitude of that young man, purity sighs one,
"Nagato-kun, raise your head. If your lord sees you bowing your head to the Lord of the Great Names, it would be awkward to reprimand you."
And as he did so, he urged the youth.
To that word, a young man who looked up his head sorry.
Purity looked him in the eye.
Its eyes of seriousness itself contain the sincere desire of the Son who thinks of the Father.
But purity went on without moving into its eyes.
"Lord Nagato, I already want to know about your father's forgiveness.
Of course it will be in the ears of your lord. "
A delightful colour comes to the face of the young man who heard the words.
But purity went on so that I could bathe in something cold on it.
"On top of that, my lord is thinking about Shannon.
Awkward people will work for you once again, so please wait until you decide. "
A young man whose head was bowed again to that word.
"Thank you for saying this! With that word in my heart, I'm waiting for you for a while now.
I'm sorry I stopped you. "
And it was to express gratitude out loud.
The purity of the other, when gently graced to the youth, prompted the offering and hurried ahead.
He is being chased to post-war processing with him.
Was there any emotion about being stopped in a situation that was unfortunate even for a while?
But, as nothing happened, he looked as cool as ever and proceeded with his legs.
One of your offerings speaks to him like that.
"As was the case earlier..."
Purity answers that without stopping.
"Hmm? Is this about the Nagato guardian?
"Yes… it has already been decided that the father of Nagato-san will forgive the crime of death and stay away from the work of his son, Nagato-san..."
A fearful offering speaks purely.
Purity answered with an expression, one tone unchanged.
"What's wrong with that?
"Why didn't Lord Genuine tell you that on that occasion?
As he walked to the inquiry, purity narrowed his eyes without even looking at the face of his offering.
"On behalf of His Highness, is that what brings Shah down?
"Yes, no… that's it, I didn't say… I just wanted to let you know that I'm a little relieved…"
"That means that even though we have decided to shake it out, we won't have time for the Lord to see you to tell us about it, so wait..."
"Yes, no... that far..."
"Oh, they're desperate. So even if you have no reason to be at all convinced, you'll be unnecessarily dissatisfied. Even if it is strong, it turns into dissatisfaction with the Lord, and there is no sign of it.
If you are the Lord, which is the most compelling reason to wait because you don't have time to see him?
"This is in your best story. I'm afraid so."
Pure mouth only loosened slightly to such an offering reaction.
And he continued.
"Plus the ritual of pleading for help is fine later.
Because as much as I'm pleading, there shouldn't be anything like dying any time soon.
While you wait, it will also be time for reflection on what happened to you. "
"I see... I don't know what you're thinking..."
"Either way, I don't need to take it from here until I hear from you, and I'm not going to tell you anything extra."
"Yes, sir."
Talking that far, the Lord immersed himself in the task entrusted to him.
Anyway, it's after everything we can do to change the world.
Tokugawa Jiayang, who decides to shake it off and receives the streets of each of the great names.
Honta Genuine, who has written about its shakedown and arrangements, or is organizing them for implementation.
Hideyoshi Tokugawa receives offerings and greetings from merchants and aristocrats.
Tadashi Okubo organizes the confiscated gold from his offerings and Ishida.
Honda Masayuki assists Jiayang and Hideyoshi.
Naoto Igui and Motojo Matsuhei, who make excuses for each great name on the ground.
Honda Tadashi and Sakahara Yasushi, who are still blind to the stifling strife everywhere...
The Tokugawa family and the warlords of the Spectrum were in total exit and were chased to each job.
And that day is also around dusk.
Through the hustle and bustle of Osaka Castle, the city of Sakano is overflowing with another vibrancy.
At the time of the harvest, merchants are sometimes busy buying and selling rice and crops, but the war was over and commerce was returning to life.
In that port of Sakai there was an appearance of a young man Daimyo who wanted to plead genuinely earlier, and with a slight offering he looked to the sea plains visible from the harbour.
"Oh... it's still calming down here..."
Of course, a few of his ministers are kept at Osaka Castle so that you can call them from the Tokugawa family.
He hated people's enthusiasm and came this far.
Even so, the port of Sakami is as vibrant and full of merchants as the whole city.
Compared to Osaka Castle, which swirls with various conspiracies and desires, however, the vibrancy of the people now spreading before us was a very pleasant one.
The youth's heart is washed by the blue of the sea, which lies ahead of its vigour.
Seeing the ocean sweeping from blue to gold on autumn evenings, he thought of his homeland and had a magical face.
"Father... you mustn't hurry..."
Yes, he snapped.
But he won't even know at this time...
It's actually ten days from now that he finally has a good time with his family…
And if it were true, his father would harm himself before his eyes.
The young man's name is Shoryu Kyugi - a big name based in Ise.
And his father was known for his "pirate nickname," Jiugu Kalong.
To keep your home even after the war, Shourou, the son, came to the battle of Sekigahara as Tokugawa Fang, and Karou, the father, as Ishida Fang.
After that, his father, Kalong, who had become a general of the defeated, fled to Anshijima, off the coast of Iseto Toba, but on October 12, before Shou Long's plea for help was heard, at the urging of his minister, Goro Toyota, Rightemon, he harmed himself.
In this way, there is a cruel parting waiting on historical facts.
But Hideyoshi Toyotomi moved to stop it.
In other words, Yoshiji Otani's letter was delivered to Kalong, and the contents of the letter were ordered to be self-harmed.
In other words, it all depended on the young Yoshiji Otani to see if his disappearing fate would be saved.