Ando Castle, July, 11th year of Heavenly Majesty
"Fu, don't be ridiculous ahhh!!! I'll never admit to losing!!! Never forgive the Oda family!!! I can't stop being so dazzled!!! "
A fury similar to the sound of the ground.A rage filled his entire body gradually transformed his mediocre face into a mundane figure.With a powerful clenching fist and a bright red dye all over his body, it was just like a demon.The descendants of Genji were unexpected.
Such actions by Yoshiaki spread a tense sense of tension in the Great Hall.Everyone, Oda and Maori alike, is asking about their surroundings.It doesn't matter who knows or doesn't understand the situation.Everyone could not move without paying attention to Yoshiaki's words and actions.
I was also clenching the fan and swallowing my saliva and staring at Yoshiaki.
If Yoshiaki utters disturbing words in this situation, there is a good chance that it will become a trigger.
--If that happens, there's no other way to get rid of it as soon as possible.
While assuming such a bloody assumption, I earnestly hope that "Please don't hurry".A cool bell rings from the fan that pulls to your chest.
At that moment, a man jumped out from among the family ministers.
"I... please stop already!!!" My lord!!! "
A man standing in front of Yoshiaki with his hands wide open.Looking at the man, Yoshiko couldn't help but hide her surprise.
"...... you haha"
It was Hosokawa Phantom that stood in front of Yoshiaki.
Phoenix is the name of the street where I left home.His former name was Fujitsu Hosokawa.He was the head of the Hosokawa family who supported the Ashikaga family from generation to generation, and the old curator and loyal minister who supported the fifteenth general Ashikaga.
The Hosokawa was weeping and desperately trying to quell Yoshihiko.Everyone's gaze naturally focused on the two of them.
Yoshiko was stopped by an unexpected person and unexpectedly took a step back, but when she immediately noticed that Hosokawa was the sole, she lifted her eyes and revealed her anger.
"Fuji... Fuji-kun, Fuji-kun, Fuji-kun, Fuji-kun, ahhhhh!!! Better than that, you're standing in front of me! You're in charge of the surplus!!! You dragged me to the vulgar world!!! This...... the unrighteous bowed to ashigashiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
While shaking his fingertips, Yoshiko stared at Hosokawa.His eyes were full of hatred that froze his spine.
Even if he receives such hatred from the front, Hosokawa will stand still to stop Yoshihiko without any cowardice.
"It's on the left." One is an unjust person who cannot be placed above the wind of a samurai.Everything that has brought about such a situation lies in a certain fault. "
Hosokawa turned back to me and kneeled down.
"Everything is the responsibility of the old curator."Prioritizing self-interest, he wore the authority of the Ashikaga family to the limit of violence, turning a gentle general into a doll of his own convenience.Something is... something that is irreversible. "
"...... Hosokawa"
Hosokawa speaks of everything as if he were regretting it.I accidentally called out to this pathetic figure.
Hosokawa was allowed to recover after risking his defeat in a case at Honnoji.Therefore, the position is still in jeopardy, and it is not strange to be found guilty of a single inadvertent statement.Any further remarks are too risky.
But Hosokawa shook his head to the side and rejected Sore.
Hosokawa turns her body back toward Yoshiaki.
"My lord, I'm sorry."
Yoshiko's body began to tremble as Hosokawa lowered her head deeply.A tightly clenched fist seemed to hear the sound of bones squeezing.
"......! Are you apologizing for betraying me?"
"No. I've dragged you into this worldly world."And I apologize to you, who was a kind-hearted monk, for skillfully burning my words saying, "Avenge my brother." "
".........!"
Yoshiko clogs up words. Hosokawa's eyes finally raised their faces, and deep regrets appeared in the form of large tears.
"Please, please return to your gentle appearance."Please go back to the time when you were in contact with the people of Kyoto as a servant of the Buddha, regardless of your bloodline. "
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After listening to Hosokawa's thoughts, Yoshiaki fell face down and fell silent.The attendant gently approached Yoshiaki.
The moment everyone stroked their chest while watching what was going on, Yoshiaki's right hand pushed the body of the attendant.
"Don't be ridiculous!! I'm still a Great General!" He inherited the will of his brother who had fallen in the middle of his dreams, and he appeased this troubled world, and bundled the great families of the nations to build a world of ashikaga once again.That said, it wasn't you who entrusted my wishes to me!!! You want me to turn it away because it wasn't a vessel? ... how far can you fool me!!! "
.........!
Yoshiko screamed as she looked around.In this figure, several people who were watching the process fell on their faces.Perhaps they are former curators. That's why the cry of Yoshiko hurts in my chest.
Others have similarly distorted their faces.That's not because I'm uncomfortable with Yoshiaki.I didn't pity Yoshiaki.
Yoshishi's appearance is a testimony of his sins.
He shall prevail over his own interests, and cause a cause to fall upon men, and kick the people for the good of the land.The incarnation of a dead person exposed to such irrationality.That is the righteousness of Ashikaga, and only by seeing his appearance he is afflicted by the sins he has committed.
Close your eyelids once and take a deep breath.
I was the only one who could hold this place. I wanted to prioritize the feelings of Hosokawa, who put on his own advances and retreats, but it didn't reach Yoshiko's heart, who became the incarnation of hatred.
― ― Even if you continue to do so, only both sides will be injured.This is the earliest we can get.
Then, when she opened her eyes to stop Yoshiko, Yoshiko's mouth opened quietly.
"With your mouth, no one can be saved."Neither the people that are afraid of war nor thin children can be saved.Even if I preach the sermon, my belly will not swell, and the battle will not disappear from Hinomoto.Therefore, I asked for strength.I wanted to become a strong general of Ashikaga and save the people of the capital with this hand. "
Yoshiaki laughed mockingly as she stared at her hand.
"I knew Hosokawa and the others were asking for my blood.Other than that, I didn't expect anything.... that's good. Even if it's a decoration, if you can get the power you want above all else..... "
My Lord,
Hosokawa shakes his body with his hands around his mouth.Yoshiko covered her face with her hands as she glanced sideways at it.
"Yu, I still haven't fulfilled my vows of that day."If I fall here, those who died for me will not be rewarded.I couldn't have fallen! But...... there was no power left!! "
Yoshiaki's body collapsed. With despair and regret in my heart...
I was mistaken in seeing a man called Ashikaga.
A man who sought more power than anyone else, served as the statue of the Ashikaga General that his subordinate wanted, and kept scratching his feet knowing that he could not grasp the ideal with his hand.
That was the person called Ashikaga Yoshizaki.
It is nothing but an insult to speak of labor against such a man.Don't praise the days you've scratched your feet.You mustn't admit it.
There is only one word for those who fall in the middle of their dreams.
"Raise your face, Ashikaga"
My voice echoes in the quiet hall.Perhaps he reacted to the voice, and Yoshiko's face slowly turned to the upper seat.Everyone's gaze is focused on me to match that.
And spin the continuum without moving at all.
"Go to the court and resign your duties as a general."Close the shogunate, which lasted more than 240 years, with your own hands. "
"Sir! That's too much..."
I looked at Hosokawa, who was begging for mercy after the screaming, and once again I turned to Yoshiaki.
"That is the duty that has been placed upon you, and upon those who have entrusted your wishes!"
In the words, Yoshiko gave a happy expression and fell down deeply.
Will
No one can see the face of Yoshiko when she is prone.After everyone left, there were only a few stains left.
A few days later, Ashikaga joined Konoe Sekihiro and returned to his post as a general.Herein came the end of the shogunate of Muromachi, which lasted from 1,336 to 247 years.
Yoshiaki's body was deposited at a temple managed by the Oda family, and she never used her blood again, and she spent calm days with her children.
Five years later, Yoshiko took her breath as if she were asleep.He is 51 years old. A man who lived in a troubled world wishing for peace and tranquility under the heavens, travelled to the heavens with a gentle expression on his face.
In many stories, Ashikaga is portrayed as a villain who obstructed Nobunaga's domination.A fool who wielded the authority that fell to the ground and clung miserably to the office of general. Letters, General.
It will be said from time to time, but it is certainly an assessment that has shot the target.As a result, Yoshiaki's actions were a villain who spread fire across the region.It would have been a true general who ruled the world.
But why was he hostile to Nobunaga?You fought knowing the overwhelming difference in strength.The sincerity is still a mystery.
Because Nobunaga made a fool of me? Ashikaga's pride? Because you were stupid, you didn't understand the difference in strategy?
That's an irrational idea.Having received the highest education at the time, there is no way that a man who was cornered by gathering his companions and taking measures against an opponent who could never win alone is stupid.
If so, there is only one answer.
For Yoshiaki, there was something unacceptable.There was something unacceptable that made me decide to fight, knowing that I would avenge my debts and that my chances of winning were low.
He is the only one who knows what he really means.
But I'm sure this calm death tells the whole story.