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Celebrating 12 years (1607) on the night of November 17th -

The people in the back walked away, and it was time for me to go to sleep.

There were signs of people there.

Footsteps alone tell who that is.

He spoke quietly from me.

"Komura...?

"Yes, and there are ten of us."

Those are Yukimura Maida and the Ten Brave Men.

It will be the last time I can be me.

Then there's definitely something I need to tell you.

That's...

"If anything happens to me..."

Yeah, I cut it out.

Neither Yukimura nor the Ten Brave Men utter a word.

Only the lights made a tiny noise in the room.

And I said.

"Happy Village. Let Daisuke, the son of the Lord, be the adopted son of the temple. And the successor of Toyotomi shall be Daisuke, and he shall appoint you as his guardian."

Daisuke Maida is the son of Yukimura and Yasuyun, the daughter of Yoshihei Otani.

It is also a trail for Yukimura.

Still, I took him as my seven-year-old heir. It is also a means to keep Komura Maida connected to Osaka Castle.

I mean, I...

He nominated Yukimura Maida as his substantive successor.

Silence persists for a while.

And he finally opened his mouth.

"My pleasure."

My heart settled in the same cool voice as usual.

And one last thing I had to say.

"It should also be noted that the temple is to be sent to the nursing home and Ochi to Edo Castle. Even if they disagree, always pull them away from Osaka Castle with the power of the Lord. You got it."

A different quality of silence flows from earlier.

There is only one reason to keep the Temple and the Chihime away from Osaka Castle and so on.

That means, of course, that the destruction of Toyotomi by Tokugawa becomes a reality.

- I don't want them involved.

That was my consideration.

But if you return the back, it means pushing Yukimura and his young son to the front of the confrontation with Tokugawa.

In other words, it was a very cruel order to order Osaka Castle and Fate together for Toyotomi's sake.

But Yukimura didn't change anything.

"It's my pleasure. Then it's too late for the night, so please excuse me at this. Please strike back at the disease, thank you in advance"

Words that even flow.

I feel a total unblemished strength.

It looks terribly cold at first glance, but I can tell. His sincerity...

"Thank you, Yukimura"

Take my word for it and exit from the face of the Ten Brave Men first.

And Yukimura, who remained until the end, left only one word behind.

"Dear Hideyoshi. I believe that my" friends "are unbeatable to disease and so on."

Yes...

He believes in me.

Never beat a disease, he said.

So he shook his head vertically at no matter how irrational the order was.

- You can't lose!

There's a fire in my heart.

If you meditate on your eyes, there will probably be pain in hell awaiting you.

But I'm never gonna lose.

I swear to God, I fell asleep.

But...

That was far from my imagination...

"but ahhhhhhh!! Ouch! Painful!! Ahhhhh!!

The next morning, from the moment I woke up, I was struck by high fever and severe pain.

Those who have had blisters in the past have taken turns wiping my sweat and putting water in my mouth, but I don't want to get rid of the pain.

- Just kill me...

I was desperately trying to fly my consciousness, meditating on my eyes, even if it wasn't supposed to happen.

But severe pain will not relentlessly awaken my eyes and allow me to lose consciousness.

Already his voice withered, and the tears that came out of his eyes were dry.

"Ahhh......"

Ask for help with a slightly leaking groan, but no one will respond.

Instructions for treatment by prestigious doctors proud of the school are flying from outside, but they were all nothing more than blades.

I don't know how long it's been.

When I realized it was night, and it was morning, and night again.

And finally...

We're finally here...

The moment you lose consciousness...

The open eyes are dry and the vision is blurred.

Only faint air was coming in and out of my mouth.

His health was taken away so much that he could not even be exposed to severe pain.

Running pain is more than a sign of my gradual loss of consciousness.

- All you have to do is close your eyes slowly.

I can hear you sobbing outside.

And this is probably what the doctor outside says.

- Tonight is the mountain field.

and…

I don't want to lose the disease. I'm going to think that stronger than anyone else.

But more than that, the desire to "meditate my eyes quickly" was all that covered me.

You might never wake up again.

... and that was then.

My consciousness is coming back to me.

"Hideyoshi! What a loser!!

It was' nostalgia 'that I felt the moment I heard that voice.

And as my body temperature rose, the pain began to run as soon as it faded.

"Haaaaaa!!

"Don't go wild! Your body will get tired if you break out!

The voice owner desperately suppresses my shoulders.

The hands are soft and gentle.

And I remembered.

Her name is...

"Bruises!!

"Hideyoshi!! Now it's your turn to help Hideyoshi!!

When an electric shock ran all the way to my spine, I burst into tears from my end point eyes.

And the words came back to my mouth.

"Bruises! I'm going to lie to you, so don't come near me!

"It's all right! Because I've had blisters before!

"But..."

"Please, Hideyoshi! You can't fit in. Drink this!

It's 'special medicine water'. Something that will nourish you.

It's that pill you gave me right after the Battle of Sekigahara.

I looked bitter when I drank out of what I was offered in one breath

"Oh, I miss you...... you're still bitter"

My vision returns little by little to the warmth of the medicine that creeps through my body and her tenderness.

Then in front of me was a bruised face that grew to be a beautiful woman, even though it was left unbearable.

"You've got a beautiful stomach..."

"Hehe, what do you say at a time like this? If you say so, Hideyoshi has become a man."

"Ha... thanks...... Grr!!

Even if it's medicinal water, it's not like they're special effects.

The excitement of reuniting in a bruised and unexpected way was only making me forget the pain, and with a little relaxation, the relentless intense pain immediately struck me.

"Uh-oh!!

"Hideyoshi! Drink this!! It's a medicine that cools the fever and relieves the pain!

The bruises blend the herbs into a nearby broth and let the hot water fall into my mouth.

But the severe pain refused to do so.

"Guha!!

All the drugs in my mouth are spit out, and they attack me again relentlessly to skip my consciousness.

Until earlier I wanted that, but now I didn't want to lose consciousness at all costs.

But my will and power alone can't help it.

Then the bruises squeezed his face tight and told me.

"Bruises protect it!!

She kept her face close to me when she put medicine in her mouth for a long time.

And...

"Ngu!?

How dare you talk to me and make me include medicine.

I'm still in a lot of pain.

Keep that under control, until I swallow the pills, bruises that don't let go of my overlapping lips.

Exactly that was a fight.

A bruise is risking my life to fight my disease.

- Then you can't let me lose. Ooh!!

- Gokun!

Try to shove it down your hot throat so you can burn it and swallow the medicine.

My stomach, similarly vulnerable to the disease, refuses the medicine and pushes it back to my throat, but I keep blocking my throat mouth in the mood.

And although it finally fits in my stomach, there is no way to relieve my fever or severe pain.

Still, the bruises,

"This herb is something I've grown so dearly, it's bound to work!

And I kept taking my pills over my lips over and over again.

When I finally calm down I wipe my whole body of sweat and pus and put on my new kimono.

That was repeated by her and her entourage.

But to the disease that strikes, the power of those who resist and other minor things.

When I lost consciousness and fell asleep in her struggle...

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- Is this...?

I woke up. When I looked around, it was in the dark.

And a floating feeling that obviously doesn't seem real.

Without the pain that should be, the white bubbles that were covering my entire body are disappearing beautifully.

- Well... this is the afterlife...

That's what I concluded.

Of course I don't like to die, and I have untrained.

But when this happened, I was sometimes' ready ', and I was surprisingly calm myself.

And...

It was the mysterious Hood girl who showed up before me.

She reincarnated me into Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

- Long time no see.

I spoke calmly.

She nods silently.

After a while I approached her.

And with his hands on her hood, which was worn deep in his eyes, he told her her her name.

- A thousand...

I took the hood. She...

He was a princess who grew up more than he is now.