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My ass hurts...

It is such a pain that it can already be burned.

I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, received "shiatsu" from Kofi Narita, the new caregiver, and now I'm in my room, but I couldn't even sit on too much butt pain, which was a commonplace situation against Yoshiji Otani in front of me.

"Damn! That ghost... punch him in the ass as much as you want... and what if he bleeds!

"Well, calm down.

And if those words get into Lord Kofi's ear, they'll really crack your butt. "

"Shit! Yoshiji! Which side is your Lord on!

"Ha! This, do it! If that makes Hideyoshi serve Hideyoshi and that Hideyoshi become a fine lord, I drink tears and watch over it.

They must have caught him trying to escape, not withstanding Lord Kofi's harsh archery. I thought you deserved it... "

"Guru..."

No words to give back to Yoshiji, who laughs off lavishly, I slipped my lips.

Indeed, Kofi's archaeology is just as harsh as hell, and it continues to be thoroughly beaten from the ground up, not only by martial arts such as swords and spears, but also by the reading and writing of books, by the military analogy of ancient warfare, and by being led to songs and tea water.

The same boys Reisei Kimura, Gideo Ono and Sukeuchi Horiuchi have also arched them together, but depending on the content, Chihime and Akashi Regina also participate. Obviously, however, the treatment of men and women was different, and it was as harsh as a ghost incarnation on men, but it didn't happen because it was as gentle on women as it was on small animals. But if it's something to argue with, it's more than doubled back... and with a bag bamboo knife...

That said, if I consider all such rigorous auditions to be workouts for me to stand on the Toyotomi's back in the future, it is something I would rather be pleased to receive, and I also continue to come to a serious audition of merit.

In other words, the reason I keep putting Osaka Castle's escape plan into action was something completely different from the harshness of its auditorium.

Is it... a little too dressed to create a bright future for one woman...

More specifically,

That's to get the future Chihiko out of Osaka Castle.

In other words, for the inevitable greatest part of the future, even women and children were forced to tap the way out of Osaka Castle's main circle into the head of a certain man.

The man's name...

Naku Horiuchi.

I don't know why it's so long...

Because in historical fact, Naku Horiuchi is responsible for taking Chihime out of Osaka Castle. Besides, he can absorb anything he wants about the castle, because it has characteristics, and I believe he can always use that power when the time comes.

Yes, in historical fact, Thousand Princesses, safely escaped outside the castle at his hands, would then remarry to another great name and live happily ever after.

Assuming that would happen, I would have let Osaka Castle's escape from Honmaru into my body from now on.

But if Osaka Castle is going to have a tragic end, as history suggests, are you training the escape of a thousand princesses whose lives will be saved...

That was nothing more than that because I'm in this day and age.

I realize that I'm just being present here and that historical facts are becoming distorted. In particular, it was a huge shock to me that Sansei Ishida survived changing his name to Soyo.

The possibility that we can even keep people alive who deserve to die.

That is no exaggeration when it comes to the power I have gained by "knowing history".

At the same time, however, we believe that it must also take into account the conflicting consequences of "the possibility that those who deserve to live may die".

If, as it were, I would leave myself to the course of the times to live as a puppet of the stallions and the housekeepers of Osaka Castle, the result would probably be nothing more than a historical fact, and a thousand princesses would not lose their lives in the line of Osaka.

But I am firmly determined to work with my own hands to change the fate of the Toyotomi family.

Because of course, I am not going to turn down the princesses and the ladies in the castle, including a thousand princesses. However, when it becomes a different flow from historical facts, it is impossible to imagine that life and death will be decided according to historical facts.

So at least I want to do the best I can right now...

To let a thousand princesses escape...

Not to deprive her of her glorious future...

It was an escape operation for the future that the body could not do after it had grown, that is, it could only be done now.

I can't even speak of such an idea, but it's a terrible place. Of course I can't tell Chihime herself even if her mouth is torn.

I'm too shy...

It's just that lately, only honorary student Reisei Kimura seems to have some idea, but even if I get some suspicion, I'm going to continue to do the best I can for the future.

I turned the subject away, as if to ignore Yoshiji, who was still smiling.

"Enough! Still, it's too late to believe. Did something happen between you and your mother?

And Yoshiji said something that I don't even know about, even if it doesn't hit me, it's not far away.

"Only on my brother-in-law, there is no such thing as a mess with the temple! haha!

And he laughed joyfully.

In that temple room, I didn't even know it was his training ground or anything like dew...

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Then it was that time when I was chatting with Yoshiji for a while.

Finally, the time has come for me to wait...

I was wondering if there were signs of people outside the

"Dear Hideyoshi! Sawaemenza Maida, I'm here right now. May I come inside?!?

And I heard a nostalgic clear voice.

"Oh! Faithful! Come on, get in here!

I tried to roll over and come to the front of the room, trying to welcome the prosperity.

And when he opened it slowly, there was a young man waiting for him.

When I first met him, and that serene face that makes no difference.

Beautiful attitude with stretched spine that doesn't change anything.

The moment I saw him, my eyeballs were already feverish.

"Sagamenza Maida, Sagamenza Sakimura Maida, for the sake of Nobuyasu. By the life of my lord, I have returned from Kudushan!

Whoa, whoa!

I jumped at him without waiting for Happy Village to finish.

"Well back!! I... I..."

And I was speechless beyond that.

The moment he jumped into his chest, all sorts of emotions overflowed from his body and didn't stop.

That might be like when you had your first reunion in years with your living broken up brother or father, to paraphrase.

It's a mess of relief, loneliness, joy, loneliness and all sorts of emotions.

Yukimura was just quiet, serene, gentle on my back, whimpering me with such overflowing waves of emotion.

Until this reunion, things happened.

Sometimes when I ran my horse out of the castle to the land of Kangahara to plot a truce, I was caught up in battle. When he fled the battlefield with his life, he was attacked by a werewolf at that place of escape, and he also saw the young man who helped him die. And after returning to the castle, he met directly with Jiayang Tokugawa and received intimidation that could be described as a declaration of war.

It has crept through numerous training grounds that would never be experienced in the original world in just a few periods of time.

And by that shrub, my heart, which was too used to peace, was exhausted and shredded until this time was now celebrated.

Still, I have lived this far with the utmost vain in order to create a world where all the people in the Sun Book can live in abundance for those who have hope in the Toyotomi family and as future heavenly men.

Of course, there is still no fruit of what has been accomplished for the people and those who admire the rich.

However, I have done all I can to train myself and instruct you to build a school or ship so that one day you will not get out of Osaka Castle.

I am well aware that it is still less than just one year old. I'm going to know a lot about how long and rugged my life is still ahead of me.

But even though it was my will that came in this era, this past year, shortly after I was thrown from warm water into hot water, was physical and mental, even if there was support around me.

And now I was reunited with Happy Village in front of me, and I thought that a good moment had come when I didn't have to put up that void. Then the turbidity of the emotions pushed in as if the weir had been cut.

Why should there not be a void in front of him...

It was strange even for me.

But maybe it was because I think of him as a 'friend I can forgive my heart for'.

We've only spent a few hours since we met.

Age is away, too.

It could be a one-sided thought from this one.

Still, he is the first person I have ever revealed a secret to, an irreplaceable person who has believed my story and acknowledged my existence.

I finally got to see him again like that.

And from now on, I can stand up to the headwinds to protect the Toyotomi family with him.

I may have been careless, but I couldn't wait to be happy about it.

And I was thankful and relieved that he was safe in the midst of being dictated to the life and death of a person by my "being that must not be."

Such intricate thoughtful whimpers continued for some time afterwards.

And when I calmed down a little, I stepped away from Happy Village and said in front of Yoshiji, who was on my side, and three Misty Hidden Talents who showed up at some point, in a mixed tear.

"As you can see, I'm weak right now.

Such a pitiful man to tear in reunion with one friend.

Because it's me, I won't be able to pull the Toyotomi family as hard as my father.

So I will continue to live with the support of all sorts of people. And it will be to meet and break up with various people.

And breaking up with each and every one of them is an irreplaceable favour to me.

While I can't return the great favors I receive from you, I want you to forgive me for what I can only express in words of gratitude.

It is equally true of those who are famous, and of those who are not. "

I'll cut the story there.

That's when one smile comes up behind my brain after another.

Yodoji and Chihime, as well as Rushui Kuroda, Souyoshi Ishida, Kiyosei Kato, Shinshin Horiuchi, Minoru Akashi, Hiroshi Kwai, Kitakitori and Yuan...

Besides, the appearance of boys and girls like Reisei Kimura, Gideo Ono, Naku Horiuchi, Akashi Regina...

Don't forget, some bruises. Next to it is the figure of Kwon Wai and the Zao 'er.

And... from afar, Yoshihei Otani...

I can't thank you enough, people who support me...

I bowed my head to each of them in my head.

And as I finished my recap, I went on.

"And one day, when I've grown up to be able to reward the favor I've been given, I'll always return those favors.

I don't know what form it will take.

That could be different for each and every one of us.

But if there's only one thing we have in common, I want to reward you with the help of your dreams.

I wish I could make a day for everyone to live happily ever after with a smile.

So...

Maida Left Gate Sayuki Village Hall, Otani University Sukeyoji Hall, Misty Hidden Talent Hall...

I want you to continue to lend me the power of the Lord. Please, this is the right way. "

And I bowed my head to the three of them deeply.

"What a waste... what a waste... Master Hideyoshi, please raise your head"

Raising his fearful head at Yoshiji's trembling voice, all three of them seem to have felt something, staring at me with a strange look on their face.

Then, Yukimura bowed her head and began to talk blurry.

"The 'dream' of it lies in making all the people in this Osaka Castle happy.

But now, I have heard Hideyoshi's words and I am convinced.

If it risked his life to serve Hideyoshi, he said the 'dream' would always come true.

By Hideyoshi's hand, I was convinced that the dream would necessarily come true!

Please forgive Hideyoshi for saving this life to make this little dream come true. "

Then Yoshiji, too,

"That is the same as my brother-in-law! I will deposit this life with Hideyoshi! Please, allow Hideyoshi to create the landscape of Tenshita Tahei that my father dreamed of!

And I bowed my head. And the talent was silent, but if I saw that gentle smile, I could easily imagine that he felt the same way again.

The heat and humidity of early summer seem to cause discomfort in all times.

But now this room, wherever you look around the country, must be the most steamy room. But its burning fervour will be pleasant because the higher the temperature, the stronger the bond of subordination.

I took the three hands,

"Nice to meet you!

and once again raised their voices, Yukimura, Yoshiji, and Jizo aligned their voices,

"Ha!!

He answered briefly and forcefully.

Afterwards, Yoshiji's mouth told Happy Village what happened after the battle of Sekigahara.

It was Yukimura, who had heard it with little change of expression, but tears were still spilling out of his eyes where Sansei Ishida had escaped death and entered the Buddha Gate and changed his name to Soyo.

The only person will know what that tear means, but the feeling that Yukimura thinks strongly of Zongyong came through painfully, and I cried unexpectedly, too.

As we talk endlessly like this, we immediately welcome evening time.

That night, Yukimura and Yoshiji also decided to have a meal together.

I also invited him to the talent store, but he didn't like such a place, and because he refused so much, he had no choice but to join the two of us.

I immediately told the maid outside the room that they were going to join the meal.

"Shall we come slowly, then? If you make me wait too long, my mother and Chihiko will be scared."

And stood up. Yukimura's in tune with it.

"It's my pleasure. Well, let's come."

And when he replies and stands up, Yoshiji becomes it, too, and stands up to leave the room with him.

And when I went outside the room, which was full of enthusiasm, the hallway was unexpectedly cool and I shook up unexpectedly.

◇ ◇

I also feel like I can tell that summer is approaching by the fact that the book of the night is going down late.

While the sun had not yet set, as the time showed to be the usual time of evening, when we entered the room where we would eat, there were already appearances of the temple and the thousand princesses there.

"Thank you for waiting, Mother! And I brought you both!

And when I report well to the temple, she narrows her eyes and seems happy,

"Oh, you've come a lot. Come on in."

And he urged the Koukumuras to take their seats.

Yukimura, who took his seat, headed for Chihime.

"Thousand princesses. Sorry for the delay in greeting you. Masada Left Gateway Sashin Fukumura, will be serving at Osaka Castle as of today.

Best regards, "

And I bowed my head.

Is Chihime sitting beside me nervous, blushing her face bright red and shaking her head vertically? For talking to me so often, I barely open my mouth to unfamiliar opponents. I also showed it in front of Sansei Ishida last year because it was an act, so I was saying the words out loud, but that was pretty nervous too.

Starch turned his soft gaze towards Chihime and gave him a gentle smile,

"So it's time to start eating"

I said to everyone. But when I saw only one seat next to Happy Village was empty, I...

"Can anyone else come? Mother."

and ask the temple of stardom. In response to that inquiry, the temple raised its voice only slightly,

"Yeah, I'm planning on doing that, but you seem a little behind, so let's get started already. Why don't you take your time tonight and listen to the story of Yukimura's claustrophy?"

And I said, I took the chopsticks. I was only thinking, "I guess I'll be late anyway because my job has accumulated like a mountain," and I ate up a meal like a boy with momentum.

... and then...

"It's not a good way to eat. Do I need to put this on after dinner?

And the voice I could hear but most unwanted to hear came into my ear relentlessly.

My caregiver, once named "Ghost" … I wondered if Kofi Narita had come into the room and sat down on the rest of the empty seats.

"Buffoo!!!

And when I accidentally stuck a stiff meal in my throat, I coughed hard.

"Gehoggyhoggy...! Mother! Why is that!? A delightful evening..."

And I tried to protest against my mother's starch, but the reward blocks it.

"Did you say that having strawberries makes it less fun?

"Yes, no! Oh, that's not true! Or that with Lord Kofi, it would be an even more gorgeous evening!

"All right! Well done. So, do you want me to scratch you too?"

Thousand princesses whisper their little hands at me with coughing tears in my eyes.

"Dear Hideyoshi. Are you all right, sir?

"Thank you, Thousand. It's okay, let's keep eating."

I was so nervous that I resumed eating in such a small number of people that I had no idea what it tasted like to cook in the corner.

I don't know what kind of grooming awaits me if I'm going to say something bad...

I wonder why the starch also called Kofi...

To answer my question like that, the starch said to everyone around the corner where the meal was one paragraph away.

"When I heard Yuanjiro and Yoshiji were coming here, I also made a quick call to Lord Kofi.

At last, thank you in advance.

Regards, Hideyoshi.

Then you can count on it. "

The three people whose names were given to the words squeeze their mouths tight and nod.

The star who saw it had a delightful expression with his eyes narrowed.

Oh... Lord Yodo, my mother called for reward for thinking of me...

As if my gratitude were a sign of nature and attitude, I was unconsciously deeply thankful for the temple.

I cannot confirm the face of the temple, but I could easily imagine that I would probably be sending a merciful gaze with a hint of warmth wrapping me around.

Did the temple hate the atmosphere surrounded by such a mother's kindness too much for embarrassment, and immediately shifted the topic to the time when Happy Village was closed?

The temple smiles.

Happy Village is in trouble.

Kofi's laughing.

Yoshiji is talking about something...

Thousand princesses seem to enjoy themselves.

It was a happy time.

And my tongue already had the taste of a meal back. If you include the remaining bite of food in your mouth,

"Oh... yummy"

And it was by far the most delicious meal I've ever had in Osaka Castle, to the point where I accidentally leaked it.

Soon outside, it's totally dark.

The warm light in the room rises in the dark for some time after this.

Come on, happy times are just beginning. Greater happiness must be waiting for us from now on. I thought it was unfounded.

But...

My expectations will be brilliant.

That is, the happy time this reunion has brought will completely cease to appear after this evening's time.

The fate of too cruel darkness was definitely crawling to me one step at a time, but I couldn't possibly have realised it now, such as the fate of approaching without making a sound.

But perhaps there is no such thing as an indelible fate in the world.

That place, which is supposed to be in the abyss of despair and under the light of hope, which makes me think so, was in the right place to bear precisely its fruit by the seeping effort of the blood of the two men.

The success or failure of this place will greatly determine the fate of Osaka Castle in the future.

And toward that place, where flowers had yet to even open, Yukimura Maida had decided to visit the day after this to reunite with one of those two men.