Tianzheng ten years in July, Antu castle
Lately, I wake up in the middle of the night.
In the quiet room, Shizukuishi conveys her cheeks caught in the unexpected feeling of loneliness.
He brutally wiped his eyes and stood up.When you realize it's still midnight far from sunrise from the surrounding situation, walk down the hallway with the hatch open.
I feel unconscious, so I can't sleep anymore today.I know I have important business tomorrow, but I can't sleep.
Climb up to Tensei and open the door to look out.A gentle moonlight lit the castle as the dark world spread.
When I fell in love with such a fantastic sight, I was surprised to hear a voice from the side.
"Already... awake?"
"... a pine..."
"Yes, that's correct"
Soon there was a pine next to him, with a gentle smile.The smile reminds me of my father's face and looks up at the sky in a delusional way.
"Since when... have you been here?"
"From the beginning, right? These days... it's dangerous for you to let go! "
She glanced at her, laughing at a prank.
"... what kind of taste is that?"
Come on ~, what do you think? Fufu
While concealing your mouth, your cheeks are unexpectedly relaxed as you smile funny.Hah... what a big deal. Pine.
"I can't help but... do it alone.Matsushi, matsushi, matsushi "
Fufu, thank you very much.
The conversation with Pine was a very pleasant time.Speaking out of time, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, sometimes angry.
A stupid and fun everyday occasion.
Soon your strong body will loosen up and calm time will flow for the first time in a long time.Everyone treats me like a swollen object, and Pine laughs at me as usual.
That alone made me feel kind of stupid, and I said something extra.
I liked you, too, chicken.
The voice of your heart that you've been hiding until now is falling into thin air.A stroke of silence came and immediately returned to me, trying to hide my mouth with my hands, but the pine hands gently wrapped my hands.
"My lord... we are here tonight to see the moon alone.Nobody's listening.Could you just tell me what's inside your chest? "
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The gentle tone of the pine comes inside me moisturizing.The words... didn't come out.The pine gaze reminds me of my dead father and naturally fills me with tears.
Pine compassion warmly enveloped my weak heart.
So... this is just a secret between the pines and the two of us.
"Chicken poop, but it was hiccups...He was more gentle and dusty than anyone.Such a person was crucified. "
"Yes"
"In these days, soft things were beaten up by the weather, and I melted the feces.... and now I'm not the one who rolled the soft stuff... "
"You're Akechi Tokubei-sama...."
"I see....."
Just remembering the death of Jubei, the emotions of that day come back to life.The day I hated the world beyond salvation.About those who wanted to become pillars for their masters.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.Akagomoro... I didn't want to.I don't want to meet you anymore. "
Reach into your pocket and take out a sentence.Now he's dead, a message from his mother.
Sure, we didn't get along at first.I was unable to understand my mother's hostility unilaterally.
Still, I wanted to get along through the sentences.Initially, it was a one-way ticket, but gradually replied.
I can't stand how to write that unique "Three Wizards" nowadays.The groom and his struggling daily routine will not return how to reply.
--Ahh... why...?
"Why do you keep stroking me from all this stuff... I... wanted me to... go even more!"
Your thoughts are overflowing, but dropping to zero without stopping.There was a child who had lost his parents, not the Oda family.
How long has it been... the two shadows that were illuminated by the gentle moonlight were one at a time.
Your trembling body feels the warmth of pine mercy, holding it tightly.Strangely enough, the tremors are gradually healing.
"When a man dies, he dies when he loses his life.When the will entrusted to him is lost.Those who are left behind must live.It is up to the actions of those who have been left to add value to the lives of their loved ones.If you are truly dear, you must not die.Live and survive and connect their will to future generations.In this way, people's lives... will go about. "
... the pine tone seeps through your body as if you were reading it.
"Good... good words... whose words?"
A question that comes naturally from the mouth while keeping your body in the pine.The pine that heard it chuckled with jokes.
"Fufu... that's what you said. That day... on the day I first met you, you spoke to us. "
Pines slowly stroke their heads with gentle hands.Over and over again... slowly.
"The village was raided and I had to protect the survivors.I don't have time to grieve, and I do my duty as the leader's daughter.That's all I was thinking about.Still, many of my compatriots died in the mountains, and I was in pain and sadness...Every time I saw a life that fell out of my hands, I was tormented by helplessness and cursed the irrationality of the world... I wanted to die. "
"That's when you saved me.What I have done is not in vain, and what my dead compatriots have done is not in vain.Your Highness taught me to live and survive and be happy for my brothers and sisters. "
Once I've separated the conversation, Pine looks me in the eye.Beautiful, clear eyes, straight through me.
"Your path is not wrong.That's what Lieutenant General Gifu said.The beekeepers pushed his back.Lieutenant General Gifu has shown us the way forward.Thank you very much.Please tell me... how you really feel about your chest. "
The words of the pine are cut out, and the words of everyone are reflected in the brain one after the other.The will they entrusted to them when they lost their lives.It's up to me to waste it.
--Ah... yes... I'm...
"I don't want to see gentle things being taunted.I don't want Rifujin to give a shit about life.... there's nothing I can do about it... and I can't help it... me! You want to tickle me! "
Face down, your true feelings are overflowing.The fathers, the beekeepers, and the Tokubei were killed by those who thought only of their own interests.
Born unto man, he that hath no heart spreadeth in the world.Reasonably take lives, take money, and even sell human dignity.I do not reflect on it, nor do I regret it.
Those people... those bastards... me! I want to help.
Pine did not criticize me, but just gently hugged me down as I cried.
"You spoke of your ideals in Hakone.In Kyoto, I learned the reality.Still, that feeling... if the wish doesn't go away, then it's real.A noble wish that no one can purify.It's okay. You're not wrong.Your desire for beauty is not wrong.Proceed, Master Three.I... will support the three wizards until the end. "
"Ah... ahhhh... ahhhhhh!!!"
"It's okay. I'll always be there."
The two of them hugged each other vigorously as they cried.All I see is the moon that illuminates the night sky.
--Ah... I see... I... I was thinking... that my wish... wasn't wrong.
The next morning, a large number of ministers stood in the hall in Anjitsu Castle.Each of them is waiting for the birth of a new master now or now.
"The Three Wizards' Ooh! Goshinaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"
Haha!!
Face down with the voice of a surname.Take a step while watching the scenery. Go one step further.
Sitting slowly in the chair, I called out to the laying ministers.
"Fine. Give me your chestnut."
Haha!!
At that moment, the gaze of all the people in the hall penetrated me at once.I'm trying to find out. Sincerely, whether I am your vessel or not.
But it's okay now. I'm ready.
This is the beginning of my dream.
"Yu is the Oda family's main three wizards."
The three wizards succeeded the Oda family, and the gathered ministers swear loyalty.There is a shadow approaching a man as he leaves the hall unobstructed from the finished one.
"Misuke, can you give me a minute?"
"... Tokugawa Hall"