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Shinchang Okhei cut the talk there once he spoke of the occasion of meeting the shocking Tortoise princess.

And as he rubbed his cheek,

"My left cheek from Lord Turtle then... I still feel painful"

He's pointing a nostalgic smile at us.

Me, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and the daughter of Hideyoshi Takani, a samurai of Thousand Princesses listening together, kept her mouth fully open to the actions of Princess Tortoise at an early age.

And I managed to get my mind back on it, and I asked one thing before Shinchang continued talking.

"By the way, to Lord Shinchang, were you married before welcoming Lord Gana to your room?

Xinchang answered the query with a gentle eye.

"Oh... to be exact, before we got married... i.e. it had a pardon for the dowry"

Oh my... that fact was my first ear.

I remember reading in some book that Okhei Shinchang didn't have a side room, but if what Shinchang is saying is true, it would mean he has a wife apart from Princess Turtle.

I decided to frown and ask Shinchang about it.

"Then you mean the side room of Lord Shinchang, right? How is he now?

Xinchang smiles with tender eyes at the inquiry.

But...

Behind those eyes, with deep pity, I feel chest pain.

And Xinchang answered the answer to that pity in a gentle tone, no different than earlier.

"My wife is no longer in this world..."

As me and my inner daughter circled their eyes again, Shinchang began to talk about the continuation of earlier conversations.

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Mr. Okhei was a small luxury tribe more native to the back of the mountains of the Three Rivers Country than he was formerly.

Though it was divided into several systems, Okhei Nobunaga (Okudara Tatsuya), the main muscle, and Okhei Jeongchang (later Okhei Shinchang), were at the centre, and all the other systems called the "Seven Kingdoms Five Old" as their own heavy ministers.

In doing so, we have joined the bloodline without internal division.

The Okhei family then attempted to further strengthen the clan's connection by conjugating Sadako, his son, and his daughter, Oufu, one of its chief ministers, the Hijin Okhei family.

He was a free-range, caring girl born and raised in the mountains.

And Jeongchang was a man who was older than her, but greater and gentler, but still with a core.

It's just that these two people had the opposite personality, so maybe they were getting along well.

It was no exaggeration to say that they had been amiable from an early age and that ties between their families represented a strong Shihei family.

But...

The times impelled such a family of them to make a choice that put them on the brink of survival.

Their territory, Shingen Takeda's Takeda family, and Jiakang Tokugawa's Tokugawa family, were just halfway between them.

And in the mountains and their ability to sew the mountains and move on was something they wanted to get, but not to get, for the Takeda family as a guide to the invasion and for the Tokugawa family as a defenseman who took advantage of the land.

In particular, the oppression from the Takeda family, whose chances of further ascending into the former turtle year increased in intensity.

This land was ruled by three families, Okinahei, Nagashino Kannuma and Tianfeng Kannuma, known as the Yamagasanpo Tripartite People (Yama), in cooperation with each other as leading fans, but Shingen skilfully entered these three houses.

And finally...

The Okhei family joined Shingen Takeda under his umbrella...

………

……

It was the first two years of the former tortoise.

"No!! Never!! You should live with Lord Kyuhachiro (Okinahei Jeongchang) and the writer (by the way)!!

Running through the mansion and running away is shouting. Many Okhei adults were chasing it with sweat on their foreheads.

"Ooh!! Wait!!

People try to catch her somehow, shouting out loud, but there's no way they're going to catch a muffin just like that.

And she finally flew out of the mansion, and vanished to the other side of the mountain.

"I'm in trouble... Shingen Takeda said the deadline for offering the hostages is approaching..."

The reason she is running away from the adults is that Ofu is to be taken hostage to the Takeda family as the main room of Okiping Jeongchang.

While the adults were in trouble with her as if she were a beast living in the mountains, only Okhei Jeongchang, still fifteen years old with a weak crown, calmly.

"Now, that's what I'm going to do with you."

And he went again unto the mountains of winter.

Stepping out of the mansion, he freezes from his feet due to the harshness of winter.

"We need to find him soon..."

Jeongchang, who shrugged like this, hurried to a certain place.

In fact, at this time, Jeongchang had an imagination of where Ofu had gone.

The fear of the winter mountain in the first place should be known by her more than any adult, and it's hard to imagine that it has disappeared to the back of the mountain.

And he didn't know where to play well with her and fight well, except there.

That's behind the main hall of a nearby temple.

Are you still here?

Ooh there was getting smaller and nodding.

And when I saw that he was Jeong-chang, I questioned him.

"... did Lord Kyuyaro also come to tell you to take Ofu hostage to Takeda?

Jeongchang smiled at Nicoli and sat beside her.

"Do you like writers?

Kokuri nods to Jeongchang's inquiry.

Jeongchang saw how it went and went on further.

"You want to live with me all the time?

"Yeah..."

I answered that with a voice that was going to disappear.

Against her, Jeongchang was gentle with her head.

"I want to live with you all the time, too."

"If so!!

And Jeong-chang whispered the words of Jeong-chang, who strengthened his eyes to say something.

"So, ooh. Only for a while. Can you live under Shingen Takeda for a while?

"How often is that?!?

"... come on... I don't know that either. But it seems Shingen has promised his father.

After breaking the Three Rivers and surrendering Tokugawa Jiayang, he appeases the writer's territory and frees the hostages... "

"So how much time is that!?

"It won't be tomorrow today... but if Shingen Takeda cares about it, just say that Jiayang Tokugawa will not have a year of things, Father said"

"So in a year you can live with Lord Kyuyaro again!?

"Oh. After the war, we can live together again."

Having said that, Jeongchang stares straight at Oufu. Ooh, who was staring back into his eyes, said in a tone somewhere like he'd given up.

"Promise... after the war, you will live with Lord Kyuhachiro again."

"Oh, it's a promise. We'll spend time together again in this temple."

In the cold winter sky, only the back of the main hall of this temple was surrounded by some warmth reminiscent of spring.

But...

They had no reason to know that the promises they had made could not be fulfilled...

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Former Turtle 3 years (1572) September Kofi -

That was about a year and a half after Ofu was taken hostage by the Takeda family.

Takeda family owner Shingen Takeda assembled many heavy ministers and declared them high.

It was the great decree of Shingen Ueno, which was awaited.

"My bow is not drawn for my greed!

It's all for the peace of the people!!

This Shingen will put down his own hammer on the fool who will wage war for his hegemony!!

Everyone!! When you have to move on!!

No flag shield!! Shit, check it out!!

- Ooh, ooh, ooh!

Everyone in the Takeda family was waiting for this time.

It was only at this time that we finally sealed the movement of our beloved enemy, Kenshin Uesugi, that we had a great opportunity.

In future generations, the curtain of Operation Westward was finally cut and dropped.

At this time, the total strength of the Takeda army was approximately 25,000.

Shingen's main unit, 22,000, went from Kofi to Surugawa and invaded Tokugawa territory's far river.

Near Shingen on the one hand, Changjing et al., Yamagata Prefecture, who commanded an army of "Red Preparedness for Terror", began marching from Shinano to Sanhe with the help of the Yamagata tripartite crowd.

Yamagata Prefecture from the north, Shingen from the east, and Tokugawa Jiayang, who completely turned into a bag rat, will repeat their defeat after their defeat.

And in just one day, Shingen, who defeated most of the castles in Far River Country, advances his army with the momentum of a dashed bamboo.

When the forces of one mountain province also took full control of the northern part of the Three Rivers, they joined Shingen's army in the siege of Nimata Castle in Far River Country.

At last Tokugawa Jiayang's progress is extreme in the battle of Ichisaka, the battle of Nimata Castle and successive defeats.

And finally...

Former Turtle 3 years (1572) December -

In Tokugawa Jiayang's life, he later celebrated the battle of Triangahara, arguably the biggest and worst defeat ever.

To Shingen Takeda's military technique, Jiayang Tokugawa was completely intraoperative, and what a devastating defeat he suffered in just a moment (two hours).

Jiayang returned alive to Hamamatsu Castle in his castle.

Needless to say, the look on Jia Kang's face when he had triumphed after the Sister River match just two years ago was as different as heaven and earth.

If Takeda Army 30,000 marches on like this, there will be no Hamamatsu Castle.

Everyone thought Shingen would attack Hamamatsu Castle during the year just like this in order to give guidance to Jiayang...

But... for some reason Shingen Takeda, who won big at Miyagahara, never moved quickly.

Former Tortoise 4 (1573) January -

The march of the Takeda army has finally resumed.

But the march was as slow as it had been in the previous year, totally lurking breath.

Against Noda Castle, which was caged with only four hundred soldiers, 30,000 Takeda troops spent roughly half a month turning down the water and dropping it.

And...

Ex-Turtle 4 (1573) April -

Takeda's army, which had advanced so far toward Upper Lo, suddenly withdrew from the Mitsugawa, where the invasion had begun, while the reason also lay low.

But there was also one man who couldn't have been blind to this strange move of the Takeda army.

It goes without saying, of course, that it is Nobunaga Oda.

He had already sensed earlier in the year that the Takeda Army was moving strangely, and he had swept away all the problems that had creaked into Kichinai and had begun to get his hands on it so that his forces could be concentrated in Takeda Army.

And on the occasion of Takeda's withdrawal, he sent a messenger against Tokugawa Jiayang, who was having a moment of disappointment at Hamamatsu Castle.

The letter that the messenger brought to Jia Kang.

It was an instruction from Nobunaga to Jiayou.

- Find Shingen Takeda...

and…

"But! Speaking of Shingen Takeda, if you're used to the use of sneaking, you can't send an intermediate here!

Jiayang is well aware that what Nobunaga ordered this once will never be covered.

Still puzzled by that too difficult order.

But Nobunaga's messenger went on without sympathy for his pale face.

"Nobunaga said.

If you want to know about Takeda, you can draw in Takeda's minister... "

"But! Shingen Takeda's regiment is stiff, and there are no more defeated generals!

Even colder gazed at the depravity of the household's self.

"Nobunaga said.

My friend, Lord Jiro Tokugawa, said that he would definitely do it.

It is thus expected of Nobunaga that he will call himself the 'general of the defeated' …

If you ask me about it, how disappointed is Nobunaga? "

"Guru... but..."

Jiayang, who has no words to say back, bites his thumbnails too hard.

It was Tadashi Sakai, one of his neighbors, who advised against such family well-being.

"My lord... may I say in fear, how about Okhei or something?

"Oping..."

Jiayang to take into account in the next prophecy. Faithful to such a household health, the next person gave a strong theory.

"The former Lord Ao Pingneng was under His Highness's umbrella, but he has succumbed to the threat of Shingen Takeda and is only hostile to His Highness.

At last, if anything happens to the Takeda Army, as Lord Oda reads, it's not strange that we might be able to come back to you again!

"But... what can I do..."

It was a family health that still did not break the bitter expression, but to him, the Nobunaga messenger said pale.

"Nobunaga said.

Don't hesitate to use what you can use… "

"What you can use..."

And Nobunaga's messenger said in a completely temperatureless tone.

"Nobunaga said...

What Lord Tokugawa can use.

Your own territory.

Your own minister.

And... "

"And..."

Jia Kang drank gokuri and spit.

Nobunaga's messenger was the last to say so in the same tone.

"Nobunaga said.

Saburo, Jiro Tokugawa. You can use your own daughter... "

"That's my daughter..."

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It was four years ago, in May.

One of Okazaki Castle's rooms was surrounded by a bright atmosphere at no time, the opposite of the rain pattern outside.

It was brought from Princess Turtle's yet midsummer sun-like smile.

"My father called me to Hamamatsu Castle!

Besides, your mother is with you!

I can't be happier! Hehe! "

"This! Turtle! It's not so shaky!

She was the mother of Princess Tortoise, Princess Se Na, who did so, but it seems that she is also floating somewhat.

That's because I had one hunch for her.

It's...

Marriage of Princess Turtle...

She's thirteen, too. It is not strange to be married in these times.

As a mother, I do miss letting go of my beloved daughter, whom I have raised dearly. Nevertheless, Princess Setami did not believe in her daughter's bright future, and she was still floating about it.

Because Princess Se Na took it personally.

- The only place worthy of the daughter-in-law of the Tokugawa family is Shinzhong Oda, whose engagement with Princess Matsushi of the Takeda family has been dissolved

and…

And

- Nobuyasu Oda will make your daughter happy.

And I thought I was relieved somewhere.

Of course, Princess Turtle of the day had no idea that she could say anything from her father about her marriage, and her heart was dancing just because she could talk face to face with her father.

And finally...

The day of the visit to Hamamatsu Castle between Princess Turtle and Princess Setami arrived.

Long rain already in the season. The rain keeps falling this same day. Still, they left Okazaki Castle with their breasts bouncing.

………

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"Father! It's in the turtle! Thank you for calling today!!

The bright voice of Princess Turtle echoed among the castle owners of Hamamatsu Castle.

At the end of that gaze, her father, Jiayang Tokugawa.

The housekeeper smiled, too.

"Um, the turtle should be fine.

Show me your face. "

and urged Princess Turtle to raise her head.

Princess Tortoise, who honestly responds to the demands of the housekeeper, looked at him with a full grin.

Jiayang also nods happily, saying "Yeah, yeah," to that look.

At first glance, it was a very natural smiling exchange of parents and children, but only Princess Se Na, who had a good understanding, had somehow noticed the giddy nature of Jia Kang.

And so that he might reveal what the unnaturalness was, he asked.

"My lord, thank you very much for what you've done, isn't it?

To sharp pointers like Princess Se's blade, Jia Kang hardens her expression a little from her smile until then.

And Tadashi Sakai pinched his mouth in the corner of the room where he was trying to say something.

"My lord, may I say it from those who do?

"No, good. Let's talk out of my mouth."

When Jia Kang said so and controlled loyalty, he turned to Princess Turtle and Princess Se Nang and told them in a serious tone.

"Turtle."

"Ha! Father!

"This father has decided where to marry the Lord."

"What...!? Do you have it in your wife's place?!?

In previous conversations, Princess Seta couldn't stop laughing inside that the conversation was unfolding exactly as she thought it would.

But...

The moment the daughter-in-law is told...

Princess Se Na's time will stop...

What is that dowry...

"Turtle. The Lord decides to have Okhei Jeong-chang marry him"

To this word, the Tortoise princess's smile until then has completely disappeared.

The same was true, of course, of Princess Se Na.

Were these two reactions woven? Jia Kang...

"Nice! A turtle."

And he pressed for precautions.

The turtle princess looked at her neighbor's mother without being able to open her mouth much.

Her mother, Princess Se Na...

He awoke from consternation, and was shaking his body and mind in his next emotion.

What is that emotion...

It was anger.

"Jiro Tokugawa Saburo!!

At that point, which is from Matsuhei's country samurai, do you mean to defile the straw bloodstream of the famous man of the service of General Akiri's family!!

In this overly disrespectful statement, Jiayang's complexion changed red as she looked at it.

"If you think of what to say, disrespect ten million!!

"Which one of you is disrespectful!!

Which mouth says your precious daughter is a traitor who has fallen back on her enemies, and makes the wife of a weak luxury who is likely to disappear if blown away!!

In the first place, Okhei is not under Takeda's umbrella!

"Yes! It's a wedding to draw it in here!!

My agony is not pinched by the Lord!!

I have to protect Tokugawa!

Keep the lives of the many ministers and those in the house who lean on Tokugawa!!

"One of them is saying turtle!!

Now it's like a tortoise is a sacrifice to draw enemies to your side!!

The tortoise is called a tool of the lord!!

You're going to make your daughter happy for your own sake!!

Then the dog and animal still have more love!!

Princess Semina won't pull a step for her daughter's happiness.

Nor could the other family member pull this place to survive the crisis in your home. If Takeda defeats you and you are abandoned by Oda, that is the end of Tokugawa.

Nobunaga's instruction to "find Shingen Takeda" must be successful at all costs. To do so, I had to stop redeeming my daughter's happiness.

Not only in the room to the curse of both, but also the maids and surnames who refrained outside, cooled their liver again, sighing and watching the whereabouts on the spot.

It was in the midst of a constant stare between the two...

"Please stop!!! Father!

Princess Turtle's dry screams echoed in the room.

Suddenly surprised by a loud noise, he opened his eyes to Jiayang and Princess Se Na.

Without holding such parents' gaze, Princess Turtle raised her cheeks with excitement and asked Jia Kang a question.

"Father... does Father say that if you marry my wife, you can protect Tokugawa's house...?

Jiayang answered the turtle princess's query by letting her voice down.

"Oh..."

A short answer of just two letters.

But Princess Turtle was enough.

She told Jia Kang that she would have a full smile on her face again.

"Father... Waswa was first ordained something from Father.

I'm so happy about that.

I will do my best for my father and for the Tokugawa family. "

Princess Turtle, who was hungry for love from her father. Even though I knew the ordeal that would await me, the joy that my father relied on me for the first time was a great, irreplaceable joy for her.

Seeing such a healthy girlfriend, Princess Setami was not pitied.

An unexpected tear tells Princess Se Na's cheek.

Seeing my mother like that, Princess Turtle nearly smiled.

"Mother, please don't cry. This is how my father counts on me for my wrinkles, and that's all I'm happy about.

And I'm sure the wrinkles will make you happy.

So don't cry anymore "

"But... but..."

Princess Se Na regretted it. All I can think of is the use of the innocent heart of my daughter, who was separated from her father because of herself and who wanted the warmth of her family more than anyone else, in such a way that her father's family well-being deceived her daughter.

This wasn't supposed to happen...

I want my daughter to grab the shape of 'Family Happiness' that I didn't get.

That was Princess Se Na's "dream".

That's why I married a little extravaganza who doesn't know what's going to happen tomorrow. If I do it badly, once I marry him, I can't deny the possibility that both my family and I will be victorious.

I can't grasp happiness...

To such despair, Princess Se Na could not even raise her face.

And...

Princess Turtle did one favor to Jiayang.

It's her 'dream' …

"Father, I have one favor to ask you.

This evening we will surround you with your father and mother and three strawberries. "

It's a really small, and still irreplaceable, 'dream' of 'family reunification' -

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Ex-Turtle 4 (1573) June -

"A greater territorial relief than ever before," "The princess of the Okhei family and the minister of the Tokugawa family's spectrum, the wedding of the Honta family" more...

"The eldest daughter of Tokugawa Jiayang, Princess Tortoise, was admitted to the Okhei family"...

With these three conditions, the Okhei family's mind finally moved greatly.

And...

One piece of information was brought to Tokugawa Jiayang by Okinawa, Okinawa.

It's...

- Shingen Takeda's death.

was…

This led the Okhei family to join the Tokugawa family under its umbrella again.

But...

The moment of tragedy created by this was imminent.

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It was in September of New Year's Eve.

Seung-yu Takeda, who succeeded Shingen Takeda in the Okhei family, who turned to Jiakang Tokugawa, could not have allowed it.

"Father!! Isn't this not what you promised!!

Didn't you say that when the battle was over, Odo would be sent back to the maker!!

It was usually a calm Okhei Jeongchang, but all this time it was an awesome sword screen, approaching his own father, Ding-neng Okhei.

The quorum returned to his son's words with a painful face.

"Uhm... this is a mess too. Be patient, Jeong Chang."

"No!! Why... why..."

Here Jeongchang cuts his words and grabs his father's breasts hard.

And he stared at his father with a tearful face, and cried out.

"Why do you have to be executed!!

And...

Sept. 21, New Year's Day (1573) -

From Nagashiki Castle, where the Okinawa family was entrusted with defense by Tokugawa Jiayang, the territory of the Phoenix Temple is just a few places...

The execution of the three hostages, beginning with Ouhu, who were sent as hostages by the Okhei family, was to be carried out.

Jeongchang couldn't fit in on the spot.

Of course, it was like jumping into an enemy formation, sometimes physically impossible, but not very much in terms of mood, but not being able to witness the death of a beloved pardon.

Ofu looks around.

There's no sign of that person she looked for there...

And you finally gave up, and she looks up into the sky and says she screamed high...

"Oh!! If there is something to come!!

Ooh, I want to be born a dog bastard!!

Being a shallow creature even with people!!

Always fooling others and only thinking about falling into others, be a stupid creature!!

If so, I want to be a bird beast that runs freely through the wild mountains!!

That is your 'dream'!!

Immediately after that...

Your execution has been carried out...

Only sixteen short lifetimes were pity flirted with by the turmoil.