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Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part 2

「Ara. And who might you be? That is some strange armor you are wearing. 」

As expected of someone who was supposed to be Imagawa Yoshimoto, her voice sounded really elegant, as befitting of someone with a noble’s status. And the same could be said about her clothes. Even though they were currently on a battlefield, she looked as if she was wearing the 12 layers of clothing on herself, which gave Yoshiharu the impression as if she was on her way to the capital

(Ah…! )

Yoshiharu then had an epiphany. The reason why he was seeing Imagawa Yoshimoto as a girl right now was probably because he played too much of 「Nobunaga’s Ambition」before he fell asleep, and that caused his mind to display a distorted version of the character in his dream… either that, or maybe it was because portraying famous historical military commanders as beautiful girls was a popular trend in most of the strategy games with a Sengoku period setting.

In that case, there was only one thing that he could do in this situation.

Yoshiharu bowed down to Imagawa Yoshimoto, going as low as to touch her feet with his forehead, and then he instantly shouted:

「My Lord! I beseech thee to accept me as one of your retainers! 」

「I refuse! 」

「An immediate shutdown?! 」

「Yes! Why should I, the great daimyo of the prestigious Imagawa clan employ a suspicious person like you? Motoyasu-san, off with his head! 」

「Understood, My Lord! 」

Immediately after the order was given, a warrior wearing full set of armor, most likely a samurai responsible for guarding Imagawa Yoshimoto’s headquarters, came rushing forth, and drew her katana at Yoshiharu.

She was a somewhat short built, glasses-wearing child commander who looked like she was rather timid.

(Motoyasu-san…..wait, does she mean Matsudaira Motoyasu, the one who later became Tokugawa Ieyasu?!)

Yoshiharu couldn’t believe his eyes.

Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the super famous scheming, tanuki-like daimyou who would one day unite all of Japan under his rule and become the Shogun. However, since he, or rather she was known as Matsudaira Motoyasu, it means that the time this dream is based in is still the one in which he was supposed to be working as an vassal of Imagawa Yoshimoto… and now that you mention it, upon closer inspection, this girl did look like a little tanuki.

(Maybe this place is actually a hangout spot for girls who like to cosplay historical figures?)

However, Yoshiharu didn’t have the time to be admiring the figure of the little cute Matsudaira Motoyasu, because there was a sword which was making its way towards his neck at a terrifying speed.

「By the orders of Yoshimoto-sama, I will have your head! 」

「Wait, Motoyasu, please wait! I’m saying that I’m not your enemy! 」

「I am a servant of Yoshimoto-sama, and her word is everything to me! Now stand still so that I can earn some affection points with her! 」

With a sound of cutting through the wind, Matsudaira Motoyasu continued to swing her sword at Yoshiharu’s neck.

「Ah! 」

Yoshiharu panicked, but even so, he managed to barely avoid the sword decapitating him on the spot with some seriously sick matrix-style dodge.

(Damn, that was too close for comfort! I almost pissed myself there!)

That’s what Yoshiharu was screaming in his heart.

「Ara~? Yoshimoto-sama~, he managed to dodge my slash. 」

「This body movement… there’s no doubt about it! He must be one of the ninjas working under the Oda clan’s employment! Use 2 or 3 swords if you must, but make sure that you definitely finish him off! 」

「Yes, my Lady! 」

(Oh crap, it’s not good! The way things are, I can kiss the scenario of working for Imagawa Yoshimoto goodbye!)

Yoshiharu thought, but even in this hopeless situation, he refused to simply resign himself to his fate. He turned back on his heel and once again made his way towards the river bank.

「Awawa. Please wait! If I won’t claim your head, Lord Yoshimoto is going to scold me again! 」

While furiously waving her katana around, Matsudaira Motoyasu shouted that at him that in a cute voice. It was adorable to hear, but it didn’t change the fact that he still needed to shake her off somehow if he wanted to escape with his life intact.

However, unexpectedly, Motoyasu was quite fast for someone of her small stature, to the point where she would probably caught up to Yoshiharu the moment he’d start making his way through the river again.

「It’s time for your head to fall! 」

(Dammit, I don’t want this sort of bad ending! Isn’t there anything I can use as a weapon?! I mean really, anything at all?! )

Yoshiharu strengthened his resolve and turned back to face Matsudaira Motoyasu. He was reluctant to fight and possibly hurt such a cute girl but, but if he’s going to be decapitated with a single strike of her sword, then trying to resist was certainly a better fate than just accepting his death and dying without doing anything, even if this is not a dream, but reality after all.

He tried to snatch a spear from the hand of one of the foot soldiers who had collapsed onto the ground nearby, but that soldier must’ve already died, because his fingers were cold and stiff, and he couldn’t remove the spear from them no matter how hard he tried.

「Eiya! You’re full of openings! 」

「S-Shit! 」

「Boy, look out! it’s dangerous! 」

Yoshiharu was about to be killed, but then he was saved by a short foot soldier of the Imagawa clan who came seemingly out of nowhere and grabbed his body under his arms, dragging him out of harm’s way and then running with all his might. For the time being, it looked like Yoshiharu was saved from that really dangerous situation.

「Wait! 」

Motoyasu tried to follow them while shouting in a high-pitched voice, but despite her desperate please, the foot soldier didn’t wait for her.

This time, Yoshiharu got carried inside the forest where no foot soldiers were lying in wait safely. After a while, the foot soldier dropped Yoshiharu to the ground with a sigh and then he sat down with his back to a large tree trunk.

Yoshiharu bowed his head and gave him his heartfelt thanks.
「T-Thank you for saving me. But… why did you do it? 」

「Kid, you’re a shinobi of the Oda clan, right? You must be, because those movements of yours sure weren’t ordinary. 」

「Eh? 」

「I worked for Lord Imagawa, but the biggest problem with her is that she hates men who are in poor shape, so I probably wouldn’t get promoted under her no matter how hard I’d try. 」

Indeed, even though the foot soldier was young, his face looked like that of a wrinkled monkey.

「So, in the middle of the confusion caused by the battle, I thought of shifting sides to the Oda. With that said, would you introduce me to Lord Oda, kid? You owe me at least that much for saving your life, you know? 」

(So this is the battle between Oda Nobunaga and Imagawa Yoshimoto, huh?)

Yoshiharu thought to himself.

「So, how about it? 」

「Look, thanks for saving me back there, but the thing is… I’m not a shinobi working for the Oda clan. 」

「You’re not? So I was wrong? 」

「I’m Sagara Yoshiharu. I’m just a high school student. 」

「High… school? I see, so in order to get promoted to the higher ranks, a high level of education is required, huh? 」

「No, that’s not what I… what I’m trying to say is that I’m not a warrior! 」

「I’m not a warrior as well. I’m just a son of a common farmer. However, the world we live in right now is a chaotic one, so if only you work hard and earn a name for yourself on the battlefield, then surely you’ll be able to get promoted to a higher social standing. As for me, my dream is to become the lord of my own feudal domain! 」

「A lord of a feudal domain….? 」

「Yeah. As a man, having been born into this world, I can’t think of a life without wishing for a feudal domain of my own! Because, if you become the lord of your own domain, there’s no way that you won’t be popular with the ladies! 」

Without even thinking about it, Yoshiharu clasped this monkey faced foot soldier’s hand and shouted:

「That’s right! That’s exactly right! 」

Apparently he’s been somehow transported from the modern day, peaceful Japan to the Sengoku period, and that could only mean one thing: conquering the country! Building castles! And then gathering cute girls from the lower town of the castle and being popular with the ladies!