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Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part 6

「Wahahaha! Since I’ve decided on the path I’m going to go down from now on, I should return immediately to usurp the throne and obtain this world for myself with my own hands! 」

(Oh…my… God…!)

The ambitious one, the first example of the 8th Grader Syndrome to ever appear in the history of Japan, who was plotting to ally himself with the barbarian from the west in order to destroy the ruling Shogunate… Date Masamune!

(Did… Did I just give some funny confidence or delusions to this annoying version of the young Date Masamune? Using her Demonic Eye to conquer Oshu? If it really works, then history will just go haywire! And isn’t this era a bit too early for her to be making her mark on history anyway?!)

Just when Yoshiharu was hugging his head and feeling that a headache was coming his way, Bontenmaru jumped down from Yoshiharu’s lap and ran out from the church with her black cape billowing behind her.

「Which Demon Lord will be the one to change this country!? Is it going to be Oda Nobuna, The Demon Lord of the Sixth Heaven, or me, Beast of Revelations, Masamune of the Demonic Eye?! Frois, Sagara, next time we meet, this country will definitely be mine! 」

Even when she was leaving, she did not forget to leave behind such dangerous words.

「…I might have just committed a hell of a mistake… Haha, hahaha… 」

「No. What Yoshiharu-san said was great. I will not be ashamed of my breasts anymore, and I will work even harder than I ever did before! 」

「Ahh, yes. As for me, I won’t care about those lies from Nobuna anymore! Eh…? Wait! I still have that competition with Juubei over who will end up managing the kitchens in Gifu Castle to worry about! Damn it! 」

「A competition? 」

「Yes, and because of that whole Bontenmaru mess, I had forgotten all about it! Damn… Compared to that job, I can’t help but care more about Nobuna’s first love! Though I actually don’t care much about that either! 」

「What kind of competition is it going to be? 」

At the same time Frois open her mouth to ask, the doors of the church were opened violently by a bunch of mercenaries carrying katanas or tanegashimas; no matter how you look at them, they were not friendly visitors who came here to pray.

「Oi, oi, oi! What is this?! This can’t do, no way~! 」

「We must have this barbarian priestess hurry and leave our Sakai for good! 」

「Destroy this Namban-ji! Burn it to the ground! 」

「If you don’t hurry and run, little priestess, don’t blame us if you end up getting buried under the ruins of this place! 」

「Who are you guys? 」

Yoshiharu asked while covering Frois by standing in front of her with his arms spread out. Suddenly, the head of the mercenaries who spoke with a Kansai dialect walked out in front of all the rest, while the kumquat accessories on her head were making loud clanking sounds…

「Eh, isn’t that… Juubei? 」

「Ugh. Gorilla?! How dare you come to destroy this Nanban-ji before me! As expected, I can’t underestimate you and your wicked schemes! 」

「Oi! Why do you have to destroy this Namban-ji? Sakai is different from Kyoto that is always noisy with all the nobles around, so foreign missionaries should not be controlled by the authorities, right?! 」

「Hmph. Of course it’s because this concerns our competition! Though I hold no grudge against this Namban-ji, for the sake of Nobuna-sama’s dream of Tenka Fubu, no matter how many sacrifices are needed to be made, they need to made, and there’s no helping it! 」

「Damn, don’t tell me you are also engaging in some shady under the table activities while no one’s looking?! 」

「I probably should not have told you so much… Everyone, it’s showtime! 」

「Understood! 」

Among these mercenaries, there were many who were bald.

「After Kyoto, will this place be filled with destruction again? 」

The scared Frois held tightly onto the cross in front of her chest while chanting,

「Lord… Please forgive these men their sins, for they do not know what they are doing… 」

Yoshiharu then asked Mitsuhide:

「Even if it’s for the competition, you can’t just do this kind of thing, okay!? Use your damn brain for once, Juubei! 」

「Though it’s true that the competition is very important to me, fulfilling Nobuna-sama’s dream is much more important than that. Unless…don’t tell me you’ve already found a special cuisine that the Kaigi Gunshu will surely buy off of you?! 」
「Ehh… No…not really… B-but, I will definitely find a way to beat you! 」

「Looks like you have not found it yet then. As expected, a monkey’s intelligence can only do so much. 」

Although they had disguised themselves, you could tell at a glance that a large number of these mercenaries were actually monks. Among them, there was a monk that looked like the leader of all the rest, wearing a bamboo hat while standing quietly behind Mitsuhide. Though his looks were concealed by that bamboo hat, from how the huge tanegashima in his hand that was covered in scuffs and notches, he seemed to have experience from lots of battles.

(It seems like Mitsuhide might have been deceived by Tsuda Sogyu… That idiot… )

Yoshiharu realized.

「Gorilla-senpai, I did not intend to turn this into such a raid… but unfortunately, the situation is calling for it now. If I cannot fulfill the conditions necessary to crown Imagawa Yoshimoto as the Shogun, our trip to the capital will just create more enemies for Nobuna-sama in the future. Since there isn’t any better way to go about this, please just shut up and watch. 」

Though Mitsuhide was normally serious and a bit stubborn, once she focused her mind on something, she would just ignore the situation around her and blindly chase her objective until it was fulfilled.

「Juubei, no! Nobuna is supportive of the western barbarians! If you do anything to hurt them, she will be angry with you! 」

「I already understand that. that is why I, Juubei will bear all responsibility for everything that happens here. 」

「Ahh, as expected, there is no way I can reason with a stubborn mule like you. 」

「Barbarian priestess, I’m sorry, but this is my job. At the very least I can guarantee your safety, so please leave Sakai quickly. 」
The mercenaries were approaching the defenseless Frois, but even though she was shaking in fear, she puffed up her chest proudly and, with a determined tone, she said:

「No. I won’t leave! 」

「W-What did you say? 」

「Just now, I heard of Nobuna-sama from Yoshiharu-san. To unite this Zipangu that has been ravaged by war, and to create a Japan that would be comparable to Portugal and Spain… for such a dream, Nobuna-sama had given up on ever receiving motherly love, but even so, she decided to fight on go down the path that she believes in! 」

「Y-You wretched Gorilla! Just what kind of nonsense did you fill the head of this foreigner with?! 」

「For Zipangu to have such an impressive queen, this has indeed piqued my interest. That’s why I have decided that I definitely need to see what kind of human Nobuna-sama is with my own eyes! For the sake of the people of Zipangu, I have things I definitely must tell the future queen of this nation! So I will not leave this place, my last stronghold… 」

At this moment, the believers and visitors who should have left returned after hearing the fuss inside. Especially…

「We will definitely not forgive them for trying to hurt Frois-oneechan! 」

「「「Yes!!! 」」」

The small kids who had been coming here to learn everyday surrounded Frois while hurling a bunch of words at Mitsuhide and her gang.

「Ugh, to be glared at by these children, I defimitely must look like a bad guy in their eyes. 」

Mitsuhide tilted her head while mumbling in frustration.

「And I have heard that Sakai is a free city like Italy’s Venice. Even if we are of different armies or situations, you can’t just come here and make a mess just because you feel like it! 」

「Uuuu, uhhhh. This priestess… Her breasts… her breasts are so huge… What is with this indescribable sense of defeat suddenly creeping into my heart?! 」

「Do you see that, Frois-chan? Your hot body has very high destructive power against Japanese girls! Exactly like I told you! 」

Yoshiharu interjected in.

「Ha, haha… Is that so? 」

Frois expression was clearly saying that she had doubts about it.