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6 Years of Celebration (1601) End of May -
Because of Shinzo Maida, Yukimura Maida was now standing on a wooden bridge leading to Honmaru in Osaka Castle.
The families who had already accompanied him had broken up in front of the mansion under the castle and had come to thank Hideyoshi Toyotomi and the temple for their pardons, who would be alone in Osaka Castle, and to greet them with their devotion.
It's a strange thing because it hasn't been a year since Yukimura left this castle for Ueda Castle, and I feel so nostalgic about it.
"Hmm... well, how are you all doing..."
And, to no one, Yukimura looked up at the temple that stood in front of him and said:
The rain, which continued until yesterday, has risen completely since this morning, and the light of the sun peeking from sunny weather already reminds me of summer.
I couldn't even tell if the sweat was on my forehead because of this sunshine, or if the beating of my loud chest was making me do so.
The view is completely different in Osaka Castle, more than a decade ago when we first looked up, and in Osaka Castle, which we are now looking up in this way.
Of course that's not due to the change in the castle, if you describe it in a nutshell, it would be "what you're carrying is different".
Sometimes he was entrusted with the future of Maida by his father Chang Xiao. At the same time, however, beginning with his late stepfather Yoshi Otani, he was relieved of his dwelling by the generosity of various people, and a strong sense of responsibility had sprung up that he had to defend the future of the Toyotomi family with all his body and spirit.
Of course, I still don't know how much I can do.
But the thoughts entrusted to him were made in his heart, and from now on, he was firmly determined to protect Hideyoshi Toyotomi with his life at stake.
And...
Refrain from the back of it, and about the starch...
As usual, when I think of her, my chest gets a lot more painful, and at the same time an incomparable loneliness strikes me.
It's deep in her eyes, the solitude she sought for herself and what can be described as back-bellied, yet as intense as a toddler, because it evokes courtship.
For Yukimura, she was also to be protected, hoping that the day would only come when she would be free from that loneliness.
As we patrol like that, the wooden bridge comes to an end, and in front of us we see a large gate showing the boundary between the main circle and the two circles. The gate was wide open and I felt like it was welcoming the return of Happy Village with pleasure.
But Yukimura's legs stopped in front of him.
"If you go around here..."
There must be a tough, bloody battle ahead that can be said to be the opposite of that majestic and beautiful gate. Even the heroes of the future have a slight hesitation in taking a step into it.
"All right! Let's go!
Still, he turned the thoughts he held in his chest into courage and stepped inside the gate.
In this little step he was prepared to stand alongside him, and he was in great spirits.
"You're the same guy with the same shiny face."
... and, as he crept through the gate, suddenly, with the voice of a woman, he was annoyed by the unspeakable evil.
It was a pleasant village with a serene face, but in the heart, I look to the Lord of his voice.
Then the woman stood with her arms together with the gate behind her back.
A clear, conspicuous beauty, whose tall stretch is slightly lower than that of Happy Village, but much higher than that of the women of the world.
At first glance at the woman, Happy Village instantly figured out who it was, and she accidentally stepped back and went out the gate.
"Duh, why is Lord Kofi here!?
Didn't you go into the Kamakura temple after His Highness died!?
I'm in.
"Then why!?
Happy Village, which is usually nothing but a rare thing, but in front of a woman named Kofi, she is unable to remain calm and her voice is raised.
That should be it, too.
Because for Yukimura, she was the worst woman in the world, not to be forgotten.
To figure out why, go back to when you joined Hideyoshi Otahara's attack on Odawara Castle.
At this time, Yukimura attacked Shinobu, along with his father-in-law Yoshisei Otani, using Sansei Ishida as his general commander.
But the widows of Ninja Castle finally held up to the fall of Odawara Castle when they scattered the Ishida army of the great army.
One of us who was protecting that ninja castle was this woman named Kofi Narita, and Hideyoshi, who fell in love with her martial arts and beauty, was the owner of so much instrumentation that she welcomed her as a sideroom at a later date.
Even after coming into Osaka Castle, she flirted with Hideyoshi's horseback, Happy Village, on something, like a running cat.
Kofi answered in a grumpy manner when he saw how Yukimura was alert to touching her like a swelling.
"Huh! So it's like a bad thing to be in Osaka Castle, Straw, which was the sideroom of the late His Highness Tai Chi!? Really?!? Yuanjiro"
For the reward of coming face to face all the time, Yukimura, who made his face bluer,
"No, no! There is no annihilation either!
And he hastily denied it.
Kofi, who saw the condition with his white eyes, answered the question of Yukimura in a still grumpy manner.
"Well, it doesn't matter what the Lord thinks.
Wasabi was called to the temple. "
"To the starch!?
Kofi gave it back with a cold smile against Happy Village, whose voice becomes louder by accident.
"Ha! He's as easy to understand as ever.
I didn't expect you to blush with other stomach things in front of your stomach called strawberries!
"Please wait! What is that..."
He was a happy village desperately trying to deny something, but in the meantime Kofi turned his back twirling, turning back toward Osaka Castle.
"Talk to me later about the pile.
I have to do my job. "
"Work!?
When Happy Village asked her words unintentionally, leaving her flirting with Kofi as always, she smiled nimmari at him only in the face.
"It's time for shiatsu."
Then several boys rushed towards the gate from the side of Osaka Castle, in its footsteps, found out. You haven't noticed Kofi and Yukimura yet, I hear a loud bright voice.
- Hideyoshi! You did it!! Escape successful!!
- Haha!! I wouldn't be scared if they didn't catch that ghost too!
- That's great! Dear Hideyoshi! In the gap where Lord Kofi went out, what was the operational decision... you thought!!
- It would be! Name it, Operation Laundry While the Ghost Is Here! Success Bye!! Haha!!
And that voice grows louder.
"All right!! Everybody! Recommended!!
- Whoa!
Hearing the boys' joyful and bright voice, Yukimura was surrounded by wonder and relief.
He realized once again how full of happiness the world the children could run around in good health.
"We have to protect..."
Now he was made aware of something important by the fact that it was a word that came out naturally, with no feelings at all.
It's not under the burdensome responsibility you have imposed on yourself to "protect," it's the attitude you pursue yourself to "protect" that lightens your mind and body.
In front of Yukimura, immersed in such sentimental feelings, the sight of an annoying cry had already been played out.
"Who's the ghost?" You disrespectful!!
Exactly what it's worth to be kicking the boys' asses in the shape of a ghost and stopping that move.
For such merit, Hideyoshi protests in tears.
"Huh! Why are you here?!?
"Ha!! Don't even know what to do to attract your enemies, come out here!!
You can't win a fight like that!!
Hideyoshi maligned by pointing at Kofi for laughing high.
"It's sloppy! Hikaru!!
But Kofi gave it back, even to its evil, smiling niggardly.
"Remember! A 'hickey' is a compliment!!
Come on! Time to pee!!
When Kofi declares so, he relentlessly punches the bag bamboo knife he took out, and how he escapes, into the boys' asses.
Then Hideyoshi, finally realizing the existence of Happy Village, appealed to Happy Village in tears.
"Yay! There you are, isn't it faithful!
Protect me from ghosts!! Please! "
But...
"I can't. I thought you needed to give up everything..."
And the earlier determination feels like where the wind blows, Yukimura who refuses instantly.
Look at him like that. Hideyoshi,
"This, hiccup!
and made a miserable evil.
………
……
"You're back often. Welcome back, Genjiro."
"I'm back now, Master Yoshino"
Yukimura, who entered Osaka Castle, decided to greet the starch in the back, before Hideyoshi, who was "busy".
Entering the room with the smell of luscious incense, it was a pleasant village that was distracted by the sights of the boys, but suddenly its body and mind tighten.
Oh... you're back...
And the smell of this room made him realize it once again.
And the starch in front of me...
Its likely attraction to be inhaled hasn't changed at all. But is it my fault that I feel like the carving around my eyes has only gotten a little deeper...
The temple inquires with a gentle expression against Yukimura, who may bow his head.
"Hehe, Yuanjiro... remember?
"What can I do for you?
Against Yukimura, who returned the inquiry in response to the inquiry, and the nearest starch.
Against that proximity of hers, as before, denied that her body would move.
At last, the starch, with his face straight next to him, whispered softly to Yukimura's left ear.
"I want you to call me Tea..."
Yukimura, who felt a burning fever in her face, can't even utter words.
Once again the temple, just a little further away, sees such a happy village and smiles somewhere happy,
"As always, Yuanjiro is.
Hehe, then... "
And I was about to say, I kept my hands quiet over Happy Village's left hand.
"Please tell me about Hideyoshi."
At that time...
Yukimura stared at the face of the temple, which now lost much of its surprise words and could not even take a decent peek until earlier.
Because…
For his gripping hand was hot as it burned.
There's only one thought I can feel from that.
Plead.
And from her eyes she stared, wrapped in a similar flaming glow.
In fact, Komura has never met a more noble woman before.
Happy Village was in awe of a woman named Yodo, who stretched her spine no matter what the stage was and did not change her expression.
But I don't know...
Isn't the woman in front of you now a pathetic widow herself, preceded by her husband by leaving her still young son?
Happy Village's Known Temple is not one to show such weakness. Therefore, this figure may be the 'phantom'.
But even its weakness creates a strange charm that is likely to draw in.
And Yukimura thought she could be drawn to the charm now.
That is, to her plea, I wanted to respond wholeheartedly to her thoughts as one mother: "I want you to protect my beloved son".
I can hear words from the mouth of nature and Happy Village.
"I'll take care of it, Yoshino..."
"Yuanjiro... what are the straw and Osaka castles like in the future that he looks like..."
"It's..."
The words of Happy Village mean.
It was because it was clear that the end of the Toyotomi family would never be bright if we looked at the current situation, even if it was not a brilliant one who knew the future.
"Straw's 'dream' is that I want her to see a happy future."
"It's the same as the servant."
"And... if it comes true... if it's forgiven... and wretched..."
To that extent, the words of the temple stopped, and the eyes staring at the face of Happy Village began to reflect a slightly different colour than before. If there is a scab there, it is a colour like a prisoner who wishes to be liberated.
And the temperature of both hands placed on Yukimura's left hand is even higher.
"Wasabi..."
Still a mouthwatering stare, and Yukimura staring without distracting his eyes.
When the heartbeat of the two high breasts grew so loud that it could be heard from the side...
"Ho ho!!!
Along with a deliberate cough, Happy Village pulled in the left hand on which the starch's hand was placed.
And when I look at the owner of that cough, there's the reward of being the "shiatsu" of the excellence at the castle gate until earlier, and the young woman holding back behind it.
Seeing how it was, the heat on Yukimura's face cooled and froze at once.
The woman holding back behind it... her name is Yasuki...
She was staring at Yukimura and the temple with a youthful expression, the main room of Yukimura.
"Whew! Yasuki!! How did you get here!?
And when Happy Village's voice raised unexpectedly, the woman who had refrained behind him came forward and answered quietly.
"If you're in the mansion, I'll leave it to the others. Wataru wants to say hello to the temple about her husband, and that's why we're here."
Yasuki's voice is cold...
Usually she was gentle and serene, but from that voice color and full of anger, when it came to women, I could instantly understand even the very neglected Happy Village.
"Oh yeah! Now that we're done talking, take your time with each other on the stomach!
And when Yukimura thanked the temple, she immediately tried to leave the scene.
Then Yasuki snapped without looking at Yukimura.
"You."
"Hey, what?
"Are you sure this is not a relationship between you and Lord Hideyoshi's mother?
"Don't be silly."
"Kuku... right? If you are such an impotent..."
"If...?
"Father, in the name of the Otani prison... kuku"
"Oh, no need to worry about that! Now, if you'll excuse me!
Yukimura tried to escape and left the scene behind.
………
……
"You're a man who can't help but tighten.
Why did Lord Hideyoshi expect such a man to be on his side... "
And, Kofi sighed and said to Happy Village, he dropped his shoulder and sighed this one too.
"I have no words to give back..."
Now they were headed to Hideyoshi's room. "Shiatsu" Hideyoshi wants to say hello to Yukimura.
Kofi, a brilliant breeder, was walking down the hallway with him in the name of guiding Happy Village because "uncomfortable" was behind Osaka Castle with the Temple and Chihime et al.
"I tell you, both Lord Hideyoshi and the Temple have broken quite a few bones in this Lord's pardon."
"Was it... thank goodness"
With that said, Happy Village's expression tightened and turned into something harsh.
Kofi also looked serious,
"I think you have to put that in your heart a lot."
And he stabbed a nail in Yukimura.
"You are right"
Yukimura tightens her mouth tightly. Kofi slackened his mouth slightly and snapped at the strong atmosphere with a thick core that was completely unreliable to the previous atmosphere.
"I see... but then again..."
Yukimura asked for some convincing expression.
"My name is still...?
No, I was just wondering.
Happy Village had a bad feeling at this point, but he was terrified.
"What is that question...?
Then Kofi said with a sharp gaze at Yukimura.
Who the hell is Lord Hideyoshi?
Happy Village had a hunch for the words and was ready for his heart, but still, when he heard a lot, he could not contain the highs in his chest. Perhaps it was the usual workout occasions that still managed to maintain a serene look.
"Let Hideyoshi be Hideyoshi... nothing else is possible"
And he said things like he had spoken in the past.
It was worth the same sharp gaze on him like that, but he distracts his gaze and crushes it in a gentle tone.
"Well... you did"
"Apparently, I misled you," Yukimura said, lowering his chest softly, pulling out the shoulder strength that had left him in. But I didn't miss the moment.
"It's something that creates a big gap when you survive a difficult situation, Yuanjiro.
Lord... you know something?
Yukimura's eyebrows tickle at the words. But he still kept cutting his chisels.
"Come on... I don't know anything about it."
and answered praiseworthy without changing his voice color or expression. Then Kofi shrugged his shoulders to see if he really gave up pursuit this time.
"Was it... okay.
Whatever Lord Hideyoshi was, it doesn't make any difference. "
"Ha... what's that?
Kofi loosens his mouth again. The look was somewhere sunny, yet full of extraordinary determination, and Komura accidentally opened her eyes.
"Shiatsu... it is. Wawa makes Lord Hideyoshi the best man in the sun."
The best man in Nippon… Komura was overwhelmed by words that could be described as magnificent.
"Oh my... that's another big thing..."
"Haha! Hey, Genjiro! I would have thought the frivolous words were bullshit!
"There is no annihilation!
"Good, good! I also think Wawa is nothing more than 'now' bullshit.
I can't help but think of that sweetness as a dream story, such as clinging to a man no less than the Tokugawachi Prefecture!
But... "
So the word-cut reward is far-eyed to miss somewhere.
And he spoke the continuation of the word, in her hot breasts.
"But I think that's what rewards the late Royal Highness Tai.
Besides, if my son doesn't outgrow his father, the house won't grow.
You may laugh at the Lord, but you are also a member of the Toyotomi family.
With that pride, I want to make this dream come true. "
The words resonated strongly in Yukimura's chest.
And at the same time, he felt a strong sense of intimacy, saying, "Oh, this man is just like that."
Yes...
Those who fell in love with a rare hero named Hideyoshi Toyotomi...
Until now, my impression of her was that she was a "selfish cat out of hand," and not only Happy Village but Hideyoshi Tai had a lot of difficulty handling it.
The only thing that made Yukimura think of her like that was a funny little hateful smile.
But ironically now that her husband, Hideyoshi, had died, the shadow of that smile had disappeared on her.
And what was floating in its place was a Rin, full of determination to "strengthen the Toyotomi family," which became a framework to further tighten Yukimura's feelings.
"Come on, we're here."
and Kofi stopped in front of Hideyoshi's waiting room.
"Will Lord Kofi not be with you?
"Wrinkles excuse me here. Lord Hideyoshi will grow up like a cat in front of you."
"Really? Well, thank you very much for coming."
and Komura bowed her head slightly against Kofi.
Then Kofi, against such a happy village,
"This is Lord Hideyoshi with us... no, let's freshly serve Toyotomi!
He turned a dazzling smile like he'd never seen before.
Here, for the Toyotomi, the "spear" and "shield" became one light of hope.
Future phoenix, Yukimura Maida, into an unrivalled 'shield' bouncing off any difficult enemy.
And Kofi Narita, Princess of the Wave Cut, to "Spear," which gives the strength to cut open the rough waves of any difficulty.
It was the moment when the two of them united their thoughts that would support Hideyoshi in a long battle.