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Celebration 11 (1606) On the evening of March 22 -

That was already the time when the sun was on the verge of setting on the horizon.

"Lord Hideyoshi! I can see you! That's what we have in Castle Ghana!

And, as an example, speaking loudly to me was Chongchang Itakura. He is the second son of Director Kyoto and Katsushi Itakura.

"Oh! Is that Castle Ghana!

I couldn't get what I saw in Sawayama, I accidentally raised my admiration for seeing a castle in the sunset.

Kana Castle is a castle built since Oda Nobunaga broke down Gifu Castle, which once listed "Tenshita Buwu," a new castle made just four years ago from now.

Whereas its Gifu Castle is the so-called "Mountain Castle", built on a mountain monument, Qana Castle is a "Heijo" built on a flat ground. Sometimes it was built along Nakayama Road, surrounded precisely by the flatlands themselves, where the castle stands, making the castle extra float beautifully into the sunset.

In terms of defense, it would be significantly inferior to Gifu Castle, but if you think about it carefully, it would not be possible first of all that Mino's stronghold would be besieged in almost heavenly determined present circumstances.

That said, a minimum defense would be possible in that the territory of this castle was only said to have been carried out by Tokugawa Jiayang himself, with stonewalls piled up and slightly higher than the surrounding area. Furthermore, although not visible from here, there seems to be a trick in the moat, the handicap moat, which seems to have just enough defense to fight in case it becomes a cage castle battle.

Furthermore, it was also said that Gifu Castle's weakness was "securing water resources". It is Jinhua Mountain, where Gifu Castle was built, a mountain of rocks, with no solid water source. I mean, there's no spring water. As a result, wells seemed to have to be built in a limited number of locations in order to secure water.

If even poison is served in that well, however robust the castle may be, it will be the end of a part.

Now in the battle of Sekigahara earlier, it is also said that the attacker Hideyoshi Ikeda was originally the castle owner of Gifu Castle and because he knew this weakness, the castle owner Hideyoshin Oda had to leave the castle to fight.

In that sense, Kana Castle is built along the Arada River and draws its water into the inner moat, so it doesn't seem to worry about water.

And I was surprised that there was a big city spread beneath the Castle of Ghana.

Originally, the land of Ghana had apparently developed as an important accommodation town on Middle Mountain Road, and it is good to see in the distance that the castle and city are united.

In the case of Gifu Castle, it would seem that the distance between Honmaru and the castle town was very far apart and it had to be said that it was difficult for the lord to see the city directly.

Considering that, I had imagined on my own that this castle, with its extraordinary proximity to the lords and townspeople, would be superior to Gifu Castle in the sense of creating a new world.

During such a tour, as the castle gradually approached, a great heavenly guard was seen.

When this happens, my excitement reaches its climax.

"Ooh!! Is that the heavenly guard of Castle Ghana!

When I screamed out of the blue, Chong-chang said so that I could bathe in cold water.

"Ha! Lord Hideyoshi! There are no heavenly guards in Castle Ghana!

At that moment, my previous excitement cools like a lie and frowns.

"But isn't it heavenly guardianship you're seeing over there?

"Sure, that was heavenly guard."

"Was there?

I don't think the magnificent three-storey building built in front of me is heavenly guard, but Chongchang says it was as if it were a thing of the past.

And Chong-chang was good at answering me like that.

"Those are the two circles of Castle Ghana. They moved everything that was the heavenly guard of Gifu Castle to Qana Castle.

They say, "Third floor."

"Oh my... So what's the heavenly guard of Castle Ghana now...?

"There is no such thing!

"Oh... was it..."

One dream I had was to see a magnificent heavenly guard that looked like a sunset, but even this day it seems unlikely to come true.

I'm pretty sure I was just a little depressed, but still staring into the streets of Sunset Ghana, I was leaping my mind into a new unknown castle.

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- One, one, one, one!!

Cross through the main gates of Castle Ghana, through the three circles and the stables, without going to the two circles, the bridge leading to the main circle was erected.

It was the white dog who greeted us first as we crept through the castle gate that separated the main circle from the stables.

I don't know much about the dog breed, but it's a so-called Japanese dog, and it would be a firewood dog or something like that in future generations.

I felt loved in my creaking eyes, and I barked at us, and it never seemed to feel intimidating, because I felt that way somehow because I was waving my tail so hard, without sticking my fangs out.

"All right, all right! You don't have to bark because you're a good girl."

And I'm waving my tongue and tail at the back of the dog with joy.

"Hideyoshi! Stay away from me! It would be tough if they bit me!

Hearing the dog bark, Chihime, who is quite a hip-puller, draws attention to me with her knees trembling.

Smiling at such a thousand princesses, I continue to speak to her with tenderness on the back of a white dog.

"Thousand! You don't have to be scared like that! You're so nostalgic!

"No, sir! Thousands are afraid of dogs!

I heard a loud voice coming from the front as I felt the irresistible love for that attitude of a thousand princesses who were only fitting their upper body with a waist.

"Yay! Please excuse me for this!

Hey! Wind! You are in the Honourable Minister Toyota! It would be rude!

- Whoa!

Perhaps the white dog's name is "Kai". And it must be my husband who just spoke up.

When the man called me, I ran happily to the man, waving my tail.

And the man who gently stroked the furrowed, bowed his head to us once more.

"Welcome. It's hiding in Kana Castle, in Shinchang Okiping."

The old man, who seems serious from anywhere, says Okping Shinchang.

It was Nagashima's match that made his name famous.

At a time when a coalition of Takeda Katsushi and Nobunaga Oda and Jiayang Tokugawa were engaged in fierce strife, Nagashiki Castle, an important stronghold for the Takeda family, was defended by the Okhei family at the time.

The castle owner at that time is Okipei Jeongchang, later Okipei Shinchang, the person.

With the death of Shingen Takeda, the Okinawa family leads into Jiayang Tokugawa, but Seiyu Takeda, who learned about it, led tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Nagashiki Castle.

It was Nagashiki Castle, which was defended by only about five hundred soldiers, but also had the brilliant command of Okipei Jeongchang and a request for reinforcements to the death of Toriju Keungmen, who was brilliantly successful in defending Nagashiki Castle.

In the match between Nagashiro and Shiragahara, they deserve to be called first, and can be questioned from numerous rewards, such as Nobunaga Oda's worship of the word "Shin" and the permanent relief of the Okinawa clan and minister descendants due to the Tokugawa family.

Even then, as the son-in-law of Jiayang Tokugawa, he was treated exceptionally, but he was the one who supported Jiayang's heavenly removal on many occasions to meet his expectations.

Definitely one of my admirers, of course.

I shouted out loud by accident.

"Ooh!! Was it Shinchang Okhei! I was near you when I was in Kyoto, but I'm sorry I didn't get to see you!

So glad to see you like this today!!

As much as my delight, Princess Kofi and others were slightly drawn, but I smiled at Shinchang without worrying about the people around me.

"Lord Shinchang! Could you tell us about Nagashino's match tonight?

I don't know what kind of battle it was!

and asked with a bright voice.

There shouldn't be such an opportunity to hear from that party about the Great War under heaven.

Of the two reasons I decided to make this Castle of Ghana the Inn of the Day, this was the first.

Me staring at Shinchang with shining eyes.

But...

Something unexpected happened at this time.

It's...

- Uuuuuu!! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

And when I wondered whether the calf roared and barked, what a bite it had been to me.

"Wow!!

When he lifted his hand with an accidental buttock, the callus bit him in the arm.

Fortunately, however, he bit the sleeve part of his kimono, and his fangs don't seem to be eating into his arms.

Still, the surroundings panicked a lot.

The men of the Okhei family, who rushed to the noise, can't even get close to the too much sword screen of the calf.

Chihime and others have begun to cry hard.

In the meantime, Princess Kofi made her face look like a ghost and raised her voice out loud.

"Me!! I don't want to bite you, you dog bastard!! Give me a hand job on this occasion!!

Declaring so, she put her hand on the knife she put on her hips, but when I saw it, I desperately stopped her.

"Stop!! If the Toyotomi in the castle of Lord Tokugawa were found to have pulled out a knife, it would be important!!

"But! Lord Hideyoshi!!

While Princess Kofi was biting her lips with her hands on the knife, the Okhei family men, including Shinchang Okhei, desperately tried to pull the calf apart, but the calf didn't try to get away from my sleeve inside.

- But why is a dog so nostalgic...

I was not surprised by the sudden leopard white dog calf.

- Is there any way to know why...

While I was on tour, I came up with one thing.

- Yeah, that's all I got!

That's how I decided to do it.

i.e.…

I stared into his eyes.

He tested the power of discerning the person through his eyes, which could be my special abilities, on one or eight dogs.

Then…

Out of those eyes comes unspeakable pity and hatred...

But in time, hatred will never be directed at me.

I don't know what...

Something bigger...

That doesn't make me feel like a hate directed at the world, society or anything like that...

If you peek a little deeper, you're going to see even more, but if you stare too much, you could bite me in the face.

I had no choice but to look away and wave my arms away.

But the callus never shows any signs of letting go.

It was then...

"Kai!!! Don't refrain!!!

When I thought a high voice stuck around my ear, you were surprised by that too loud, why let go of my sleeve and sit on the spot with your spine stretched out.

"Damn... with so many men, what a body...

This is why creatures like men don't feel sorry for them!

With that said, one middle-aged woman approaching once upon a time. From kimono, he would surely be a man of noble stature.

Thick painted makeup and the smell of incense on your nose as you can see in the evening...

The more… the "tough" word fits, the sharper the blade that seems to hurt the more you touch it.

I was sure the moment I saw that face.

- This is someone you shouldn't be involved with!

and…

Then Xinchang said in a calm voice to the woman.

"Thank you for your help. After all, don't rely on the Lord."

I'm sure of that word, the woman who turned her face toward Shinchang. I intuited the trick.

Oh no! Lord Shinchang!! They do it!!

But...

At that moment...

Oh, my God, that night fork-like look changed and turned into a lit face that was going to melt.

"When Lord Shinchang tells me that, it lights up. Ha-ha-ha, I'm glad you're frightened!

He has a sweet voice like a raw daughter.

- Hey, hey, hey!

Honestly, I can only say it's disgusting. Of course, I couldn't say that in my mouth, and I was nauseous in my heart.

And against the people of the Toyotomi family, the men of the Tokugawa family, including our offering, Shigezo Itakura, and even Chongchang, who is in good hands, all have serious faces and bow their heads.

Furthermore, even the white dog's calf, which was so disturbing, must have continued to sit in a good position, tying his mouth to a single letter.

- Are the men of Tokugawa and even the dogs afraid... who are they...? This woman...

And it was then that the woman turned her gaze back on us by changing her original harsh expression.

What a fearful thousand princesses are putting their feet forward.

I turned to her back,

"Thousand! Stop it! Don't get any closer!

And I called it in a low voice.

Instead of stopping her legs, Chihime ran small along the way and slowly approached the woman.

And Chihime said something shocking.

"Auntie...? Are you your aunt?

- My aunt... doesn't mean...

Then the woman smiled at Nicole and said to the thousand princesses. And that was the answer I expected.

"Hehe, Thousand Ya! That's right, my thousand aunts, the tortoises. Nice to see you!

The sister of Hideyoshi Tokugawa, the father of Chihime, that is to Chihime and to me, a bloody person who is an aunt...

- Is this the Turtle Princess?!

As soon as I was so sure, when I stood up, I shouted to the rich people who had refrained behind me.

"This woman is the son of Lord Tokugawa Jiayang, in the main room of Lord Shinchang Okhei, in front of Kana (about Princess Turtle)!

Everybody! Thank you!

People were surprised by the salute orders that were not even issued at Tokugawa Jiayang's mansion, but they all bowed their heads according to it.

And when I got in the right position, I lowered my head gently.

And he tried to say hello in a serious voice.

"Be the first to see you!! Auntie!!

Toyotomi Right Minister Hideyoshi!!

I apologize for the delay in greeting you, here!

"Well! There are many things to be afraid of, such as asking Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi to bow his head.

Heh heh, and he's a cute thousand husbands, so wow and Lord Hideyoshi are the same with his family.

Take it easy, please. "

"Ha!! Thank you for your words!

Auntie!!

I bow my head even deeper.

Then Princess Turtle changed her smile toward me and Princess Thousand and changed her face again to look like a night fork.

"What are you keeping quiet!!

You will also be tired of traveling!! Take your guest's luggage and show them around the castle!!

When she threw the thunder around her, Princess Turtle herself joined hands with Princess Thousand and headed straight for the castle.

And I walk out toward the castle with my face still stiffened. Then Princess Kofi came to that side.

"Lord Hideyoshi, are you hurt?

"Oh, it doesn't matter"

She was princess Kofi with a relieved look on my response, but the next moment she frowned and asked me questions.

"But what the hell is wrong with you?

Doesn't that sound like Lord Hideyoshi?

I lowered my voice and answered.

"Uhm... to accomplish the purpose of stopping by this Castle of Ghana."

"What do you mean?

Princess Kofi also walks and whispers to me. I answered Princess Kofi like that.

"To establish a good relationship with Princess Turtle."

"What's the point in getting along with Tokugawa Jiayang's daughter?

"I can't go into much detail... but if there's one thing I can say..."

When I cut the conversation there, I whispered more and said blush.

"Bridging with a certain person..."

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"Welcome!

I was a little confused that the welcome at Honmaru in Castle Ghana had more wild voices than I thought.

That simply represents that there are many men in the castle, but from what I have certainly looked over, it appears that there are few "samurai" beings.

As strange as it was, when we were allowed into the big room, Princess Turtle and Shinchang Okiping also left the scene and waited on the spot for a while.

... and there came to my side the inner daughter, a samurai of a thousand princesses.

"Dear Hideyoshi! Did you hear that?

"What?

I was going to ask him half the time that he had come to tell me something that wasn't Roku again. Then she answered, whispering in a small voice.

"Hey, isn't this castle low on samurai?

I asked you why!

Apparently, it's because of you before Ghana!

"What do you mean?

"Sounds like it's been since this year, but what an instruction in front of Ghana that as many as twelve samurai were put in jail.

Tomorrow, we and the frightened ladies will leave the castle at once!

That talk... I've seen it in something.

Princess Tortoise executed twelve samurai and said the tomb was in Ghana.

I just thought that when Princess Turtle and Shinchang Okhei were still young, I took care of a samurai who used color eyes on Shinchang.

But according to what my now inner daughter tells me, those twelve are still alive.

It's rude talking to Okhei Shinchang, but would as many as twelve samurai use colors or something on an old man just now...

Obviously there must be other reasons...

Unlike the one I mentioned earlier, I asked my daughter seriously.

"Why? Why were you imprisoned?

"That's right... no one knows anything about it...

You can't just go to jail... "

"Well... unfortunately..."

"You surprisingly like Hideyoshi too!

All right! Then I'll explore it!

Yeah, she's got her nose rough, she's got her eyes shining.

I nodded and said with a tight face.

"But be careful. If you find out you're searching poorly, you're in danger."

"Well! I can't believe Hideyoshi showed me around!

Already! If Chihime gets jealous again, I'm scared, so don't!

Having said that, he seemed very happy, not because he worried about himself, but because he was ordered to do such a loving job as an inside detective.

That may also be because she is a Maida clan who has been using intelligence to cross the warring world.

Thousand princesses on the other hand said, "I'd be scared if I was jealous"...

He was sitting in his dreams, relaxing next to me.

White dog "Kaji" and Princess Turtle...

I was waiting for the feast to begin, with a feeling of another wave.