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Volume 1 Chapter 5 Part 6

「Eek, Katsuie didn’t use honorifics with me? K-Katsuie, your eyes even seem strangely glazed?! 」

It seems Katsuie is the type who’s weak to alcohol, and starts picking fights with those around her when she’s drunk.

「It pains me to say it, but ever since Monkey came here, Nobuna-sama might have gotten more cheerful! Ever since her father, Nobuhide-sama’s funeral, it felt like she would crush anyone who dared to approach her, and once she started acting like a fool around people, she didn’t open her heart up to anyone, so I thought she’d never shed tears for Nobusumi’s sake… b-beautiful… those tears of hers were most beautiful… e-even I initially had my doubts and thought that Nobuna-sama might actually be a fool… idiot! Oh what a big idiot I was! It is I, Shibata Katsuie, who was the true fool here! 」

「Tears? Wasn’t it just some dirt that may have entered her eyes and was coming out at that exact moment? 」

Yoshiharu commented. Katsuie smacked him on the head for it. At the same time she didn’t forget to strangle Nobusumi with her other arm.

「I-I have decided that from now onwards, I will do everything in my power and go beyond my limits as a servant to work for Nobuna-sama’s sake! This is for the sake of my pride as a warrior. Suddenly, it seems like a path opened in front of my eyes! Kukuku….. that being said, I wish I could be just a little bit smarter… 」

「Well, it’s cause all the nutrients you take go to your breasts, so it’s not your fault that you’re a little bit dumb. 」

The drunk Katsuie once again hit the loud mouthed Yoshiharu in the head. Nene egged Katsuie further by saying 「Here, please have some more. 」 and she kept on refilling her cup wth the unrefined sake while Katsuie kept on downing it in one gulp.

(Oh! The drunk Katsuie’s voluptuous breasts are a mild shade of pink…..I-I-It’s irresistible!!!).

Even while being kicked by her, Yoshiharu stull had such thoughts in his head as he tried to control his heavy breathing. In comparison to that, Nobusumi .who was clutched by the neck by the superhuman strength of Katsuie was far from those same sentiments, since he could not even breathe properly. Barely being able to hold himself together, his neck soon gave a crunching sound.

「Eeek. Forgive me, Katsuie~~!!! 」

「SHUT! UP! It’s all your fault because you kept on planning rebellions! If it went on any longer, then even I would eventually be hated by Nobuna-sama! When it comes to trust points, yours are even lower than Monkey’s in my eyes! 」

「K-Katsuie, haven’t you drank too much? Eeek?!!! 」

「Starting tomorrow, I will train you day in and day out! At the very least, be energetic enough to not die from the practice! 」

「Calm down, everyone. 」

Nene and Yoshiharu came in between the two and separated them.

「Monkey-kun. We will bear the responsibility for what happened with Inuchiyo and call her back, so rest assured. She will come back here. 」

「I am counting on you.「

「Leave it to me. Monkey-kun. I will never forget the things you have done for me! I will definitely repay the debt! That is what it means to be a noble. From now, I will act alongside you in battle! 」

「What are you saying now?, if you don’t follow Nobuna-sama’s orders and work under me, then I will be the one who’s going to get in trouble, you know? 」
Katsuie murmured it while she collapsed onto Yoshiharu’s thighs. Right now, she looked no different than any other sulking woman who had way too much to drink than she should have.

「Nobusumi. You seem to be really bad when it comes to battles though….? 」

「I may indeed be weak, but the cute girls from all over Owari work for me as my personal guard unit! Depending on the situation, they may be very useful. 」

「*Tsk!* As expected of a younger, good looking brother… damn it, if this guy hogs all the girls, to himself, then there won’t be any left for me to be popular! 」

「Hahaha. Monkey-kun, be more cheerful! One day, when you are able to become a human, you may be able to get yourself a girl! Although my personal guard unit has 100 girls in it, so good luck with that! 」

He may want 100 girls in quantity but if that means to compromise in quantity, then he will be satisfied if the most beautiful girl in Japan is going to end up with him. While he thought about that while nodding his head, Nene hit Yoshiharu on the head.

「Geez. For a half human like you, it is still to early to be thinking about playing with girls, Maonkey-sama! 」

「Why? 」

After that, as if having remembered about it, the dead-drunk Katsuie brought out the now completely cold Miso Udon, and once again started entangling with Yoshiharu while mumbling:

「Take this! You monkey, are saying that you can’t eat my Miso Udon? 」

(Man, I am sick of Nagoya specialties!)

While he was thinking that, Yoshiharu’s cheeks were stuffed with the cold and stretched Miso Udon.
By the time all 4 of them had finished making their ruckus, the night had already approached.

While Nene and the rest were able to fall asleep without any issues and were now snoring soundly, for some reason Yoshiharu was the only one of the bunch who still had his mind so clear that he couldn’t fall asleep even if he wanted to.

He pulled himself up from his futon and left the Five Leaf Aralia tenements without waking the others up, and then he made his way towards the inner citadel of the Kiyosu castle.

(Since it is already so late at night, I guess Nobuna, who managed to patch things up with Nobusumi must already be fast asleep… N-No, it’s not like I am thinking about Nobuna or anything! She’s not on my mind at all!)

These were the thoughts that Yoshiharu was having in his mind right now.

Fortunately for him, he ran into Nobuna just as he was making his way up the road on the hill. She was wearing a yukata, which must’ve been her equivalent of a pajama, and she didn’t look anything like the 「Demon Lord Nobuna」whom he saw earlier today. Right now, she looked just like a normal girl with a displeased look on her face.

「Oh. Great timing. I was about to go fetch you. 」

「O-Oh really? 」

「Yes. Now come with me. 」

And just like that, he was brought into Nobuna’s personal room in the main citadel.

(The two of us, alone in the same room when it’s already this late at night…. Could it be… no, it can’t be……?)

With his chest throbbing due to weird expectations, Yoshiharu entered Nobuna’s room and sat on the seat that was offered to him, while Nobuna sat on the porch outside and was gazing at the moon that was shining in the sky above them while affectionately holding the globe that she picked up from the table.
She was doing that for quite some time, almost as if she had forgotten that Yoshiharu was in the room with her, even though she was supposedly the one who wanted to come and get him.

That pure white skin of hers was glistening under the moon’s light. It was probably because of its influence, but Yoshiharu simply couldn’t turn his eyes away from the profile of her face, her long eyelashes and her glistening eyes, which still had that fierce spark in them. He was just sitting there looking at her without saying anything.

(As long as she keeps her mouth shut, I think there may not be anyone as beautiful as her in
the entirety of Japan……)

It seems the Oda clan has a whole lineage of beautiful girls and handsome boys. That’s why Nobukatsu’s face was so handsome despite him lacking in all the other areas, but the beauty oozing out from Nobuna right now is at a completely different level from the rest of the humans around her.

After another while of staring, Yoshiharu got curious as to what she could possibly be looking at. It also seemed like she was humming the lyrics of a Noh song which was popular at that time to herself:

Mankind’s 50 years, compared to the age of Lower Heaven,
is nothing but a fleeting dream.
Living but one life,
is there anything that will not decay?

(I think I have heard this somewhere before… but I think that 20 years is too short in comparison to heaven?)

「H-Hey, Nobuna. You said you wanted to fetch me yourself, right? So, what did you want from me? 」