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Volume 1 Chapter 4 Part 1

Chapter 4: Yoshiharu’s first errand

One week has passed since Yoshiharu had come to the Five Leaf Aralia tenements. That week went by in the blink of an eye.

As usual, he was made fun of by the Nobukatsu group, he had a hard time answering the questions Nene asked him and worked hard trying to futilely prove to everyone that he was in fact a human and not a monkey. The hedge made out of the Five Leaf Aralias growing between his and Inuchiyo’s residences has pretty much been depleted at this point, and both of their houses were completely visible to each other right now.

During that time, in order to provision himself with the essential equipment required for battle, he had sold the roots in the town surrounding the castle, and using those funds he had bought a used helmet. After he finished his business, when he returns back to his home, old man Asano came to him after a short while and said:

「Let me teach you on how to handle a spear, kid. 」

And ever since then, he was helping him practice his spearmanship.

All in all, it can be said that he was pretty busy throughout those seven days. He didn’t even had any time to be homesick.

However, in this one week, as if completely forgetting about Yoshiharu’s existence, Nobuna had neglected him.

(This is bad. No, it can’t be that I have really been forgotten…..I’m sure that she’s just busy with her duties… yeah, that must be it.)

However, the morning of the day when the nape of his neck started feeling a chill, Inuchiyo appeared next to Yoshiharu’s pillow.

「Nobuna-sama is calling for you. 」

She murmured that while sighing.

Yoshiharu pushed back the crumpled futon and jumped up from the bed vigorously.

「I was waiting for it! It’s finally time for battle? 」
「It’s true that we’re currently in the middle of preparations for another battle. However, you’re going to have another type of job to do. 」

「It’s here! My first job! What’s it gonna be? A plan to pull out the enemy general out of hiding? Or do I have to practice in the foot soldier’s drill? Or could it be the procurement of a new shipment of Arquebuses? 」

「…..You’ll understand everything once you’ll come with me. 」

Yoshiharu changed to the clothes which looked like a foot soldier warrior’s clothes he got from old man Asano, and for the first time entered a room that apparently belonged to Nobuna in the main citadel of the castle.

Of course, since it’s a Sengoku era building, it was a Japanese style room, the only exception being that the large tatami mats on the floor there were tiger skins and panda skins lined up. Nobuna was sitting in the middle of them on the chief seat with an unpleasant look on her face as she stared at the big barbarian-made globe that was placed on the nearby table.

(It’s quite a personal room.)

Yoshiharu murmured to himself in his mind. But still, why did Nobuna looked displeased while eating a sweet looking Uirou?

「…….I have brought Sagara Yoshiharu as requested, Nobuna-sama. 」

「De aruka. Inuchiyo, Come here, Monkey. 」

While her knees were on the ground, Inuchiyu dragged herself forward while making noise until she reached a place just beside Nobuna. Yoshiharu who tried to copy her, slipped as soon as he tried to drag his knees along the floor. He rolled forward vigorously, until he stopped just a short distance away from Nobuna. Their lips were quite close to coming in contact with one another, but with a small shriek she reversed her body a bit before that and drew out the sword that her servant was already holding.
「Don’t scare me like that! You’re really a rude monkey! I know it was sudden, but I’ll still behead you! 」

「It was an accident! 」

「Hah! Even though you’re just a monkey in human clothing, you tried to assault my lips so brazenly?! You are my retainer, and one of the lowest possible position at that, so know your place! Goodness gracious, just how filthy a single monkey can be? 」

「W-Who would want to kiss an un-cute girl like you! 」

「Hm? Kiss? What’s that about a kiss? Are you planning to deceive me with your monkey language again? 」

「Ha! Although you’re cheekily keeping a globe as a decoration, you sure don’t know barbarian words. Listen well. 「Kiss」 in barbarian language means kissing, kissing! Bringing your lips together like this… 」

Before Yoshiharu could finish speaking, an open palm was already making its way towards his cheek.

「It hurts! 」

「What are you doing?! Didn’t our lips nearly come into contact?! How filthy! How obscene! Ah, geez, I think that some of your monkey stench has rubbed off on my lips already! 」

Without even needing to hear the command from her, Inuchiyo has already brought out a cotton hand towel and softly rubbed it on Nobuna’s faint, pale lips.

「I can’t take this! I am at my limit! I won’t let you live! In conclusion, I will just have to behead you for your rudeness right here, right now! 」

(Aren’t there any other conclusions in your brain?!)

Yoshiharu thought to himself.

「Like I said, I don’t want to kiss an un-cute girl like you! Who in their right mind would even do that?! That’s what I have been trying to tell you! 」

「What’s with that?! No, what’s wrong with you?! who do you think you are?! How
dare you insult the gracious and clever number 1 cutie of Owari?! 」

「To call you Number 1 cutie of Owari is going a bit overboard, don’t you think! Did you even search? Did you search for all the cute girls in Owari and compete with them? In the first place, are you even number 1 when it comes to personality? 」

「It seems like a monkey can’t understand the beauty of humans after all. Yes, it’s beheading for you. Wait, don’t make me say the same things over and over again. 」

「You’re way too self-conscious! 」

It seems like this woman’s temper flares uncontrollably upon seeing his face and her blood starts boiling! That being said, he did talk a bit too casually to her just now.

Both of their eyes were burning with hatred, hostility and irritation towards each other, and they faced each other with their noses almost touching and quarrelled intensely with spit flying from their mouths.

(Nobuna-sama’s and Yoshiharu-san’s lips seem to be stuck together…)

Inuchiyo murmured to herself.

「You keep coming up with ways to find new faults with me! What should I say to make you
happy? Should I say: I want to kiss you, Nobuna-sama? Is that what you want?! 」

「Huh? What are you saying?! Even though you’re a sorrowful monkey who doesn’t even know the difference between a sour and sweet persimmon? That is really creepy, so you’re not going to weasel your way out of a beheading this time! 」

「Hey, wait, isn’t it that no matter how the situation proceeds, I’m just going to end up losing my head?! What an ill-natured attitude you have! 」

「It means that your existence itself pisses me off! Even though you’re being blessed with eaten and uneaten thrown away rations from me, your ego is too big! 」

「Uwah, you’re a bad natured woman through and through! Even though you know it’s thrown
away rations…..! 」

「Be grateful just by the fact that you’re not being turned into a monkey stew! Although that might be a bad idea, because your meat will likely smell and doesn’t seem eatable! 」

「Shut up and give me more payment! I have eaten all the Aralia leaves in the garden, and now we have no more! 」

「There’s no way I am paying you for being a freeloader. Work to earn your pay! 」

「I am full of working spirit! It’s precisely because you haven’t given me any work until now! 」

「Nobuna-sama. Let’s talk about the work for Yoshiharu-san. 」
Inuchiyo who couldn’t bear it any more, restrained the two who kept on verbally fighting with no end in sight. While coughing in an obviously forced manner, Nobuna and Yoshiharu sat back on their cushions.

「That’s right, let’s do that. 」

Nobuna thrusted an uirou like the one she was still eating to Inuchiyo who gobbled it gratefully.

「So tasty… *munch* *munch*… 」

「Inuchiyo! As always, nice way of eating! I’ll give you one more! 」

「*Om nom nom!* 」

「Yeah, that’s so cute~~ 」

(Could Inuchiyo perhaps be fed like a pet using Uirou as a bait?)