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It was 15 years ago.

There was some news coming in at Akizuki Hall.

It's...

- Kanbai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Kyushu are leading the army towards peace!!

It was.

But for Autumn Moon Seeds, who were more oblivious to events in the center than the original, the intrusion was nothing more than other personnel. Moreover, it is new to my memory that in the previous year an army of its Toyotomi army fought and lost the Shimazu army in the name of the rescue of the Great Friends.

Above all, I am confident that he has taken a vast territory with his own hands. "Hideyoshi Toyotomi is not afraid enough," he said. He did not feel the imminent threat as a threat or anything like that.

But his proximity, Well-being was different.

Sometimes, unlike the seed that always stood at the head of the battlefield, he was always at the forefront of diplomacy, knowing more about the public than the seed. For this reason, he had already fully understood the seriousness of China, Shikoku and Kanbai Hideyoshi, who had been in their hands, not only in Kiuchi, but also in leading the army himself.

And he was ostensibly a "Messenger of Reconciliation," but the fact was that he took his feet in the name of "enemy inspection" to Sekiko, where he had travelled to Hiroshima.

Such a smooth returned to the Akizuki Hall. And he asked for a quick look at the seed.

The seeds that were eagerly awaiting the return of soon came to him.

"Haha! How'd it go? I hear Kanbai's face resembles that of a monkey. Was that true?

At this time, the seeds felt as light as listening to a souvenir story after going to the Mustang Mountain.

But when he showed his blue face to the seed, he opened his mouth heavily.

That first voice...

"My lord, you will not surrender..."

That was the thing.

It's not him who jokes from time to time.

The expression of the seed was also sassy blue when the word "surrender" came out of him like that. But it was only a mighty word that came out of its mouth.

"Huh! I can't even tell you how to surrender before you've fought!

"If that's about it, make as many fools as you want! But if you want to protect this Tsukima... Akizuki, don't fight! And if you surrender now, Kanbai promises you 300,000 stones of relief before and after the building! Please think about it!

For the Akizuki family, Keishuang is a common thing without anyone having to put it in their mouth, such as being loyal to contending with one or two.

That's what he says.

The seed questioned the reason even though it was half-hearted.

Then, Hideyoshi Kanbai's formation was reported so that hot water flowed.

"Kanbai Hideyoshi's army, its number roughly 200,000. Follow all the great names of the West, and now Maori and so on are out buying their vanguard. Next to Sekibai is Kuroda Kurobei, the Heavenly Wisdom Admiral. Furthermore, Kiyoshi Kato, Fukushima Normal, Yukio Asano and his children's fierce generals are in the service. Exactly the great march under heaven. It is self-evident that if we become enemies of that army, we will be butchered by chance!

The content is clear. Even if it was a seed that was negligent about the world, it was enough to make me shiver just because I imagined it.

But after hearing it, the seed contained something uninteresting in its face. And he commanded toward Shun .

"Enough, you'll be tired today. Stay back and rest."

Its content was like labor, but the tone had no discouragement, and it seemed to be pushing back on the matter of . There is no way that you can understand the fact that seeds have been dating from a very young age, Shin .

He said absurdly how his voice was as he advanced on his knees.

"My lord, this is important to our family! Not if it's a relaxing break!

"It's important, so it's not an immediate decision to make on this occasion. Why don't we gather the ministers tomorrow and we'll all talk about it?"

If that's the case, I'll have to pull 23597; too. He left the scene behind, biting his remorse at the unbridgeable temperature difference with his master.

And the next day...

When Akizuki Seed called the heavy ministers to Akizuki Hall, they decided to discuss their future responses. Naturally that also includes the nearby Huilichang . "This is the greatest opportunity to persuade His Highness," he decided in his stomach, and glanced at his reputation ready for immortality.

But...

And when he saw the faces gathered on the spot, he was dismayed.

What a bunch of young, bloody young men there, and none of the ancient senators were alone.

Smooth 23597; had an unpleasant hunch just looking at their faces, but the hunch was brilliantly centered.

- Hideyoshi Sekibai and other things are not enough to fear!

- We have Kojiyama Castle in Kojiyama, the spiritual peak!

- Even 'Thunder God' couldn't have dropped this castle, not even monkey time could have dropped it!

Such radical opinions happen to completely dominate the air on the spot.

Still, only one person, , said, "Don't look sweetly at Sekiko!," he said loudly, desperately trying to contain what could be termed the outrage.

No matter what adversity you fall into, the soul of Tsukima will not yield.

Smooth 23597; also penetrated it in the place of reputation within this fellow.

People turn their white eyes to what he says and does so that they can bathe in cold water. It penetrates relentlessly into the heart of , but he only continued to complain to one person, the Autumn Moon seed of our Lord, who keeps watching the scene in silence.

That is above all to protect the land of this autumn and moon.

To avoid turning Tsukima into a battlefield.

And to protect the Autumn Moon Seed and the future of the Autumn Moon House...

This reputation was the battle of the heavens for him.

No matter how many times he was made to curse, he tried to crawl up and pierce his point.

- Don't lose! Crawl up!!

I kept casting that spell on my chest many times.

And how long has it been?

My voice is already dead, and if I notice it, I have a severe pain running down my throat.

It wasn't just him, it was exactly the same with the young heavy ministers who were fighting him.

When everyone's throat was crushed, there were naturally fewer words.

It was then that the original tranquility finally began to prevail.

And the seeds that remained silent rose up before.

Everyone bows their heads simultaneously to the way it looks. And I waited for his word.

The seeds slowly began to open their mouths to meet the expectations of such heavy ministers.

But...

It did not live up to the expectations that Smooth 23597; had slightly. On the contrary, it was what drove him into the abyss of despair.

"Here's one book"

Everyone's face rose on the stew. Of course, Smooth 23597; became it, but what popped into its eyes was the appearance of a species with horrible and ruthless eyes directed at itself.

"This was delivered to me this morning... open, who do you think it came from?

Conditions without discouragement. That's exactly the same tone as yesterday...

And it came to pass in the inquiry that the name of one man came to pass.

It's...

Wisdom Admiral, Kuroda Kurobei...

And when the seed opened the book, in anticipation of the blueness of his face, he began to read out its contents.

"This was addressed to Hideyoshi Sekibai by his minister, Takahiro Kuroda Kurobei. Here's what it says there.

"If we are to surrender to Lord Sekibai, let us appease 300,000 stones of the two countries before and after the building. But if you refuse, I will not forgive you."

So once cut, the seed came closer to the slowly sweating smooth .

And he went on to look down at the smooth .

"This is what it says even more." Shall we also give the land of thirty thousand stones to Huilichang for the prince who surrendered? This will give the Akizuki family 330,000 stones. It's not a bad story. I have already included this in my Lord Huili u, so you should consult him thoroughly '… "

"My lord! With regard to that matter, I clearly refuse it from your mouth!

"It's a free 23597! So why didn't your Lord tell me about this yesterday! It doesn't seem strange to suspect that Seiko and your Lord are connected behind it!

"My lord! That is not possible!! It's only about Autumn Moon..." "Enough!

The seed turned his back on him as he cut the story of Smooth 23597; en route.

And the seed made one decision exalted.

"Everyone! Let us support the battle!! We will not yield to whatever opponent we are! Let me show you Tsukima's soul!

- Oops!!

Vigorous young people standing up and speaking up at the same time. At its center, the seeds beyond forty emitted an unknown glow of liberation 23597;

Smooth 23597; had to admit that such seeds had at some point gone out of his reach.

He always kept chasing after the back of the seed. And one day he was eager to be the one to reach out to the seeds.

But...

At this moment, it was finally realized that it was an unfulfilled 'dream'.

He cannot stand alone. You can't even do it.

Soon there was no one in that room. Even the seeds of our Lord left him and walked away.

The sun, which was high, leaned, and the area was stained with orange.

It was in that.

- Don't lose! Crawl up!!

The voice of one boy echoed in his heart.

Hurry up and look around. But there was no one there but him.

And he desperately tried to remember whose that familiar voice belonged.

- Don't lose! Crawl up!!

A voice that sounds again.

So he realized.

That voice...

The boy on the day of his arrival, the Autumn Moon seed.

That's right... this is the kind of thing you lose...

When unspoken determination aroused the mind of , he rose.

And still fluttering in his footsteps, he returns to his room. That was to take the brush.

Go back to your room and get a quick brush. Smooth . Running the brush as running water, he finally completed a single letter.

Its destination is… Autumn Moon Seed.

When I put the brush down and raised my face, the sky was already stained purple.

But let's move on to him now. The colour of the sky was not as if it were by will.

As he lifted his hips, he immediately left the room.

Time is around the end of March.

Despite the blooming season, I tremble in the cold air as the night book descends.

In the meantime, when he left the mansion, he proceeded without hesitation to his feet.

Qingming (Seimei) autumn moon. Relying on the river lights of the Wild Bird River illuminated by the moon, Smooth go.

Is all the untrained you want to keep in your chest?

But there was no darkness (ku) and confusion, no glare, and with a calm heart he was moving forward on his feet.

He thinks. The way Autumn Moon came and went.

That's how he finally got there.

At the foot of a small rocky mountain he could not climb alone.

He puts his hands on the rock.

And he goes up, and up, and with his hands on a small indentation.

My mind is going to be disturbed by thoughts I can't reach.

Besides, I don't have any friends to grab that hand like the day I'm here.

But still, he kept reaching for it.

Believe me, it's the only way to get there.

That's how he finally got to the big stone on the top by himself.

Fix your disturbed breath and lift your face up.

Then what popped into my eyes was the view of the autumn moon.

I miss the landscape I'm supposed to be familiar with, and the intolerable sadness covers my chest because there's an untrained left in him that I can't get to.

But when he sat quietly on the spot, tolerating even that, he took the letter he had just written up from his nostalgia.

And putting that just a moment ago was the last consideration of all his mind.

He looks up at the void. Cloudy flowers diminish the moon in the night sky. But that much light was enough for him now.

No, rather maybe that much light was just right.

With that light, like a dream, that's not going to arrive.

"My lord... you can't beat that. Even without this body my soul will always try to crawl up! Until then..."

So he cried out. He snapped at the end.

"Goodbye..."

The dull sound of piercing the belly of a short knife echoes the silence (smudging) of the night.

It revealed that one loyal minister had left the world with his soul.

Huilichang 23597;, aged thirty-seven.

The man who gave everything to Autumn Moon scattered his life on stone.