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Celebrating the 17th (1612) May 9th Sun Fu City -
One of Honmaru's rooms was surrounded by a different atmosphere.
By the bureau of Tea, the side rooms of Jiayang and the princesses were gathered there and kept waiting. Thousand princesses were also in the corner of the room, with the orchid of the samurai.
Usually even the men's forbidden corner is now lined up in front of the room with tenacious soldiers.
People were frightened by the emergency, and some of the girls were crying too hard of fear.
Then as Chihime approached her, she spoke with a gentle rub on her back.
"It's okay. I'm sure Hideyoshi will come and help you."
"More than a hiccup?
"Yes, Hideyoshi is a very strong man! You're sure to help us all!
"Yeah...... thanks, sister"
A girl who cries and smiles at the powerful words of a thousand princesses.
When Chihime smiled satisfactorily again, she returned to where she had been, with the expression of "what kind" on her face.
But......
And the orchid, which sat beside her for the most part, could not speak.
- It was the 'army of its brilliant lords' that created this situation...
And...
Thus there was also the odd activity of a thousand princesses, and people kept waiting without much confusion.
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A line of Tokugawa Jiakang finally arrived at Sunfu Castle on the evening of the same day.
His soldiers, who were in the thousands, have no longer reduced their numbers to hundreds.
And Jiayang, who had taken off his heavy armor, appeared in muddy clothing, so disturbed that at first glance it was indistinguishable from him.
The famous neighbors who had already heard of the strangeness of Sunfu Castle had sent reinforcements, but they still totalled less than 10,000. Compared to the 50,000 Toyotomi troops that surrounded the castle, there is no choice but to be cut off as' widows'.
Because of this, Jiayang had to enter the makeshift formation, even though he was a castle owner, without even being able to enter the castle.
To the tiredness of the journey and the unpleasant situation, Jiayang sat down on the chair with a face like a crushed bitter worm.
Against him like that, the honesty with the chair down spoke in a relaxed tone.
"No, humans. If you care, you can do anything."
Jiayang creased between his eyebrows to a thoughtless word of honesty that seemed unlikely to be a word under very critical circumstances.
"Huh! What are you talking about? You don't have eyes for the Lord! Eyes on things!
"Ha...? And now you can clearly see your belly hurting, wrinkling your shitty face even more."
"Huh! Lord, are you selling me fights!?
"No, I don't mean to. But isn't it Lord who knows what's going on?
"What do you mean?
In response to the faint tone of honesty, Jia Kang asks in a frustrating and quick tone.
Honesty continued in a blurry tone as if nothing had happened.
"Toyotomi is not 'castle attacking'. Isn't it just 'surrounding the castle'?"
"What!?
"This means that Lord Hideyoshi is not thinking about dropping the castle or anything."
The moment he heard the word of honesty, Jiayang felt sharp pain as if he had been stretched out on his cheek strongly.
"Then what does Hideyoshi want from me...?
Doubts that come to mind as a matter of course.
Then Honesty told him the cruel facts with an unusual and harsh look.
"Whatever, be a prisoner."
"Prisoner...... so...? Who the hell is going to be a 'prisoner'?!?
Against Jiayang, who opened his eyes wide, Honesty pierced his silence with a sharp glance.
But it was the silence that led Jia Hang to one answer.
"Are you saying... that I..." Tokugawa Jiayang "is the prisoner...?
Stunning and shocking, it starts to distort right in front of you.
Honesty rushed to support where he was about to fall.
"Am I... Am I going to be a 'prisoner'?
Jia Kang clings to the arm of honesty and asks with a face like a toddler twisting at his parents.
Zhengxin said softly releasing Jiayang's hand, holding on to his two arms.
"I can't hold on! You've been tattooed no matter what adversity you're in! Now is the time to endure! When the time comes, I'm sure..."
"I'm sure... what?
Against Jiayang, who urged him to stay ahead of the words, Honesty once again told him the cruel fact in a low voice, when he could put much more effort into his belly.
"When the time comes, I'm sure Hideyoshi will be able to help!
- My son comes to help himself, the parent...
That cruel fact meant two 'defeats'.
One is "Competition with Toyotomi Hideyoshi".
And the other was "Battle with Hideyoshi Tokugawa".
The moment I was reminded of the facts of those defeats, Jiayang's complexion completely lost its color.
I didn't feel like what I'd been piling up was going to collapse with a rash of noise.
The great sense of loss flows from nature and his eyes into tears.
But he was puzzled by the questions that had come to mind.
- I lost 'what'...?
I mean, he noticed.
That what he will now lose will in no way detract from the value of Tokugawa Jiayang's life.
Instead, he felt his mind clear by losing what was falling off.
- I... what the hell have I been piling up...?
It was then. Now the clear voice of the late Honda genuine echoed directly into my head.
- Let it be 'glory'.
- Glory......
- The Great Father didn't like letting go of the 'glory' that he had been piled up, so he must have been solidified.
- You think I'm stubborn...?
- Oh, I'm so proud of you.
- What? What do you mean!?
The pure words then disappeared like illusions.
And I answered the sincerity of his words with a tear in front of me, Honda Honshi.
"Doesn't the Great Lord have a son who will transcend himself? Don't you have grandchildren? Aren't you just happy to be able to hand them everything? That's why I can't do it..."
Jiayang opened her eyes wide.
Losing my beloved eldest son was a grief of honesty that had never been heard before.
And never before has it been a strong saying.
"Haven't the lord come this far without any effort, without any humiliation? Its glory will never be abandoned, nor will it be forgotten by people. So let's finally get this over with. I'm also kind enough to give you the weight you carry next."
"Weight on your back..."
"Yes, the weight of 'the heir to Tai Chi'"
Honesty told in a relaxed tone as usual. But his expression showed an unrelenting determination to "this is the last job for me".
And Jia Kang's mind came off.
He finally realized that he really mistook what he was supposed to throw away.
No, the expression 'throw away' is an error and should be 'handed over'.
"I didn't have to abandon 'love' from the start..."
Blood returns to Jia Kang's face.
Then it turned into a look that even made me feel the mistletoe like a young leaf.
It was right after that. The voice of the lowest surname rang from outside the curtain.
"Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent me a messenger to welcome you! Come to Surugawa Bay, we have a message for you!
"Uhm."
Jia Kang answered briefly, taking his seat with a light figure.
And I said a word to honesty.
"Thanks. Then I'll come"
Honesty kept staring in tears at Jia Kang's back as he walked out of the curtain with a powerful foothold.
But the tears are not 'tears of repentance'.
It was "Tears of Delight."
On the eve of May 9, the 17th year of celebration -
Otomo, Tokugawa Jiayang, entered the Toyokuni Maru as a "prisoner".
After the meeting between General Tokugawa Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he was to be handed over to the Shogun's side.