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Volume 2 Chapter 1 Part 5

「Ah, is that so? Then show it to me! Take off your bra right now! And now that I think about it, why is someone in the Sengoku era wearing such a bra-like cloth? Isn’t it strange? 」

「Oi oi oi oi, wait, what are you trying to do now. Monkey! You id…id… idiotic monkey, what’s with your fingers!? Know your place! 」

「Shut up!! If not for your instructions, Nene would not be around me all day long, keeping me from finding myself a girlfriend! You were making me desperate enough already as you were, but that made things even worse! 」

「Sto-Stop! What? Have you really turned into a monkey!? 」

「Yeah, that’s right! I’m a monkey! Because I’ve not been near girls for so long, I have turned into a monkey! *KII! KIII! UKIKI!!!!!!!!!!*

「Ahhhh!? Inuchiyo! Do something about that rabid monkey! 」

「…Yoshiharu-san, please control yourself. 」

*Pinch*

She wasn’t sure if it was out of embarassement or because of the beautiful chest of Nobuna making him lose control of himself, but whatever the case may be, Yoshiharu actually tried to assault his master right now. But due to Inuchiyo delivering a timely pinch to his cheeks, Yoshiharu went all 「OUCH!!!!!!! 」and he finally regained his senses.

After returning to his senses, all Yoshiharu could see was Nobuna boiling with anger kicking his head using all her strength.

「You…. moronic…..idiotic…..monkey~!! I will definitely behead you today, and then we’ll see if you still dare to offend your superiors when your head is going to be rolling on the ground! 」

「Wait… wait I said! Don’t raise your legs too high, or I’ll be able to see everything! 」

「Ah~! Where are you looking, you idiotic monkey?! haven’t you learned your lesson!? You pervert, you ero-maniacal monkey! 」

「Didn’t I tell you to stop!? 」

The alliance meeting was temporarily thrown aside, and the hall became a stage of the chaotic battle between the master and her servant. Motoyasu was completely ignored by them.

「Uhm… don’t tell me, are the two of them act like this all the time? 」

She asked Inuchiyo timidly.

「Yes. Not even the gods or the specialty of Aoshuu will be able to stop them once they’ll start quarreling with one another. 」

Such a remarkable display of courage, Monkey-kun. To offend Kichi-nee-san to that degree, and still have your head firmly on your shoulders… 」

「Do bear in mind that they’re just playing around. The relationship between the two of themis actually quite good, 」

「Sagara Yoshiharu… I feel like he’s a man most worthy of respect. 」

The positive impression of Yoshiharu has been firmly implanted into Motoyasu’s mind.
Just when the establishment of the alliance between these two childhood friends (actually, their relationship is more of a master and her pet tanuki) was going on smoothly, someone unexpected arrived at the gates of Aoshuu.

When he was asked to reveal whom he was, the visitor identified himself as the man whom Inuchiyo and Yoshiharu saw back in the city when he was attracting all the girls at the miso shop with his stylish but disgusting face.

It was actually quite rare for Nobuna to have such unexpected guests, but when her aides ran into the hall and reported the name of the guest, Nobuna replied to them with:

「Bring him over immediately. 」

Nobuna’s big eyes glittered, and her heart hammered with excitement.

Her excitement is so great that Nobuna even forget about the other three people in the hall. Inuchiyo, Sagara and Motoyasu retreat to a corner to allow the new guest to come in.

After a while, this uninvited guest appears in the great hall.

In this Sengoku era, Yoshiharu’s position can be considered quite high already, but this person before him is even higher on the social hierarchy than he is. With long and smooth black hair, long eyelashes that would not lose to those of a girl and snow white skin, this young warrior was handsome to a somewhat mysterious degree.

With a pretty face that makes people easily mistake him for a real beauty, this handsome man even had Motoyasu and Inuchiyo, the pair of Nobuna’s loyal pets, letting out sighs of admiration when they saw him.

But Yoshiharu can never forget how this man and his subordinates treated Nobuna with such a pretentious attitude, and so he was the first one to ask him:

「And who the hell are you supposed to be? 」

He blurted it out uncontrollably, because the urge to do so was just too strong.
「Oh, forgive me for not introducing myself as soon as I’ve arrived, that was so rude of me. My name is Azai Nagamasa, and I have traveled here all the way from Odani Castle. 」

Using a soft tone, the black-haired samurai introduced himself gracefully.

「I wanted to have a meeting with Oda Nobuna-sama, and it is for this reason I came to Owari and visited Aoshuu while remaining incognito. Please do forgive my intrusion. 」

With a dignified look and beautiful moves, there could be no doubt that he was a daimyo from the Omi province. It might be because of how he obviously wanted to portray himself as a handsome prince with his graceful gestures, but Yoshiharu was feeling anxious and restless when he looked at him.

「Damn. With this kind of confident attitude, It’s like he is trying to show off his status to others on purpose. 」

「Be silent, Monkey. Azai Nagamasa isn’t a daimyo who just controls the Omi province, he is also someone who I want to include in the list of my alliances in the future. 」

「Oh, so that’s it….huh? 」

Azai Nagamasa. According to Yoshiharu’s Sengoku era games knowledge, Azai Nagamasa controls the region of Kansai (The northen part of the Omi province), in other words, a big province. Yoshiharu remembered that the reason Oda Nobunaga was able to advance towards Kyo after obtaining Mino is precisely because of the alliance with Azai Nagamasa. The need to do that is because Kansai is a region that Nobuna has to pass when advancing from Mino to Kyo.

But after using all his brain juice, Yoshiharu managed to remember another thing about him.

(Azai Nagamasa…, isn’t he the one that Oda Nobunaga killed in the end for some reason?)

He started to be more and more suspicious towards this gigolo samurai who was smiling so confidently in front of him.
Maybe it was just a coincidence, but Yoshiharu recalled that back at the town’s teashop, Nagamasa’s opinion on Nobuna was something like this:「Girls who think they can do anything in this Sengoku era are pathetic. They are nothing more but tools to be used by men. 」

The dignified gentlemen right in front of him was able to say such a thing without batting an eye. If Yoshiharu wasn’t there to hear it together with Inuchiyo, then he probably wouldn’t believe anyone who’d claim that someone like him made such an outrageous statement.

Basically, this guy in front of them has other plans in his heart. Compared to Motoyasu who is like a tanuki but respects Nobuna from the bottom of her heart, this guy is just planning on using Nobuna as a stepping stone for his own fame and glory.

(Thinking about it from such an angle, it’d probably be better not to let Nobuna have too many dealings with this guy.)

Yoshiharu thought to himself. He thought like that half because he was actually worrying for Nobuna, and half because of some unknown anger towards Nagamasa.

「Why are you in such a daze, idiotic monkey? Because of this, we can attack Mino peacefully now. At least show that you are happy a bit because of it. 」

「I see. Omi and Mino are the provinces that neighbor each other, so to use a metaphor, it’s like the pheasant from 「The Tale of Momotaro」has appeared before us? 」

「Yes, that’s exactly what I meant to say. 」

「Nobuna-sama, with all due respect, but I’m not a pheasant. 」

Azai Nagamasa said lightly with a hint of sourness in his voice. After that, while pressing his hand to his chest and with a gentle tone, he exclaimed:

「My childhood name is Saruyashamaru. If you like it, you can feel free to call me Monkey, Nobuna-sama. 」

Yishiharu stood up in a rage, and protested to Azai’Nagamasa’s words

「Wait just a minute! Your character overlaps with mine! I’m the Monkey here! 」

Even though every time Nobuna called him Monkey he always argued back by screaming 「I’m a human, god damn it! 」 , once there was an impostor in front of him, Yoshiharu felt the need to now emphasize that he is the monkey of Nobuna’s group.