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Volume 1 Chapter 6 Part 13

「There’s no helping it, huh? If you don’t wanna die, surrender right now. 」

「Who would surrender to a bunch of Owari monkeys like you?! If you want me to surrender, I might as well die! 」

「Ahhh, is that so? Well, if that is what you want, then I will just cut off your head here and no and be done with it. 」

「Ahhhh, no, I don’t wanna die~! Please don’t kill me~! 」

「Ugh, oh for crying out loud, what do you actually want?! Make up your damn mind and decide, and do it fast while I’m still patient! 」

「Wait, Katsuie, don’t kill her just yet! We can still use her, so it would be a shame if you just killed her like that here! 」

Yoshiharu stopped Katsuie from ending Imagawa Yoshimoto’s life by grabbing onto her from behind.

Because she wanted to use this long overdue occasion to enjoy the battle to the fullest, she moved out of Nobuna’s camp so fast that she didn’t even have the time to put on her usual armor. Thanks to that, her chest area was not protected by anything, causing Yoshiharu to inadvertently grab onto Katsuie’s breasts, to which she reacted in quite an obvious way:

「NYAAaaaHHHHH!!!! 」

By emitting a scream that sounded like something halfway between a maidenly shriek and a cat’s meowing voice.

「I get that you want nothing more than to behead her, but that would be too pitiful! I understand that her character royally sucks, but if I allowed you to kill such a beautiful girl, I just know that I would regret it for the rest of my life! So please, whatever you do, just don’t kill her, Katsuie! 」
「Uwah, Uwahh, Uwahhhhhh….! St..St…St..Stop it… Release meeeeee! I won’t…. I won’t kill her, ok? I promise not to kill her, so stop groping my breasts already!!!! U-Ugh, a m-man’s fingers touching me so obscenely…. I-it’s… it’s so… SO DISGUSTING!!!!!!! 」

「Ohhh, uhm… okay. As long as you get it, Katsuie. 」

A somewhat confused Yoshiharu finally let go of Katsuie’s chest, and the crying girl fell onto Imagawa Yoshimoto’s lap. Yoshimoto, while giving Katsuie’s a lap pillow against her will, tilted her small head and looked at the guy who just saved her life as if she didn’t know what in the world was happening right now.

「Who are you exactly? 」

「I am just an Oda clan’s humble foot soldier, Sagara Yoshiharu. Imagawa Yoshimoto, end this battle right now. If you want to avoid getting yourself executed by Nobuna in her impulsiveness, surrendering yourself to her right now is your best option. 」

「…..Th…There is no other way, huh? W-Well, I guess I will just let you guys off the hook then. Hmpf!」

Yoshimoto mumbled quietly and then turned her face away from Yoshiharu.

(Great, she’s yet another pretty girl ruined by her own sharp tongue.)

Yoshiharu started regretting saving Imagawa Yoshimoto a little, but after taking a closer look at her, he had to admit that he was really a beauty

(Though it’s just on the exterior, same as with Nobuna).

And just like that, the battle of Okehazama ended after not lasting for even 30 minutes. At the same time, when the news of Imagawa Yoshimoto’s surrender to Oda Nobuna started spreading, the Imagawa clan’s warriors stripped off their armor and ran away towards the direction of the Suruga province.

Also, strangely enough, the skies above Okezahama have become sunny once again after the battle ended.

It’s a good thing that they were able to get the blessings from the gods of the Atsuta shrine on their side, but on the other hand, everything that happened since they left the shrine might actually be the result of the annoyed gods who were trying to get back at Nobuna for saying so many blasphemous things against them.

Nobuna formed her new base at Okehazama. While sitting on her bench listening to the different news coming from all around the country, she was giving out rewards to her retainers who conducted themselves especially well in the last battle.

「We have gotten lots of military funds, weapons, and armor. There was quite a large amount of food that we managed to snatch from Imagawa’s army as well. 」

「Matsudaira Motoyasu seems to have retreated to Mikawa. After Imagawa Yoshimoto was destroyed in that battle, she seems to be preparing for announcing the Mikawa province as an independent province. 」

「Now that the Imagawa clan has lost its fangs, the leaderless Suruga province has been swiftly conquered by the tiger of Kai, Takeda Shingen. 」

Though there were good news, there were bad ones that were reported too.

Even though they have defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto and her army, in the end they did not get any of Imagawa’s land, so they did not actually gain a lot from this battle. But, the fact that The Fool of Owari defeated Hokkaido’s Strongest Bow quickly became known across the whole of Japan, so it can be said that this was the best reward that Nobuna could have received.

Now there will be no one in this country who can call Nobuna a fool anymore. But compared to this, what is more important now is that Yoshiharu and Inuchiyo returned to Nobuna’s side, covered in wounds and injuries as they were. Now, whenever Nobuna is going to be at her limit, they will be there for her.

「Inuchiyo, I will forget about that incident with Kanjuuro. You can return to the Oda clan now! 」

「As you wish, Nobuna-sama. 」

「In this battle, you have done a really good job. As a reward, you will have a yearly supply of Uiroumochi. 」

「Oh my… whatever am I going to do with so much food?! 」

Imagining being buried by a whole mountain of Uiroumochi, Inuchiyo put her hands on her almost flat chest and started to pant heavily.

At Inuchiyo’s back, Nobukatsu who was in the attire of Oiran was holding on to his butt while relying on his team of ladies to support him, moaning all the time. His attire is very messy, while his face looked even thinner than usual.

「Ara, Kanjuurou, you are there? What’s with the attire? What happened to you? 」

「Ahhh… Nobuna nee-sama…. Don’t worry about me today, please….. *Sob sob sob*! 」

「Huh? Hmmm… oookay? If you say so. 」

Nobukatsu slowly walked out of the tent without saying anything else.

But one who contributed the most to Nubuna’s victory was at the same time the guy who was destined to be executed and banished.

Nobuna’s eyes turned to the rude person who was sitting cross-legged beside Inuchiyo.

「Now then, Monkey. 」

「Give me my reward. 」

「I haven’t said anything yet, have I!? Why did you come back!? If you weren’t lucky and met Inuchiyo, wouldn’t you be dead by now? 」

「You are really noisy. I don’t care about being fired by you. No matter how many times you’re going to banish me, I’m just going to come back to pester you even more. 」

「That’s why I asked… Why? 」

「Because without me, the great Yoshiharu-sama, you will be impatient and impulsive with your every action and decision, and I just cannot stand it! 」

「SHUT THE HELL UP! Just because you managed to do something good for once doesn’t give you the right to be arrogant about it, you know?! 」

「Besides, even if I serve some daimyo other than the Oda clan, honestly my brain won’t be of much use. For example, the Southern clans in Mutsu. If you were to ask me what’s goig to happen with them now, then I honestly have no idea. So, it’s… it’s not like I want to be together with you, don’t you dare to have some wrong ideas about it! 」

「Hmph! There’s no helping it, huh. Though it’d be interesting to see you die, I can just keep you beside me and torture you to death! Like, take a piece of silk and wrap it around your neck, slowly applying more strength to it until…….. Hehehe! 」

「Just how much of a sadist are you, actually?! Are you getting your sick kicks when you treat others with nothing but violence?! 」

「Your luck ends right here, Monkey. Next time you go against me, I promise I will suffocate you with my bare hands! Prepare to be sent to hell by me personally! 」

「Yeah, sure, try it if you can! 」

「*Sigh* Here they go again. 」

Katsuie started to sigh again.

「Uhm… 」

「Nobuna-sama. I do understand your feelings of wanting to play with Monkey, but we still have a lot of official business to take care of. Can you please hurry up? 」