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Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part 5

「…Is that so? 」

(This brat, look like she didn’t have it easy in her life until now…)

Yoshiharu noticed.

「But brat, in this Sengoku era, quarrels between parents and their children aren’t rare. It’s not just you. 」

「Not rare? Who are you trying to fool?! 」

「Listen. I will only say this once, and I want yoy to promise that you won’t reveal it to othet, okay? Nobuna has not been loved by her mother since she was little as well. Her mother has always wanted her brother Kanjuuro to take the leadership over the Oda clan. Because of that, Kanjuuro had staged revolts against his sister multiple times, and I think that every single one of them was provoked in secret by Nobuna’s mother. 」

「…Uhh. That is almost exactly the same as my situation . But why would her own mother do such a horrible thing to her? 」

「Because Nobuna’s ideas are too modern for her own good, and others can’t understand what she is talking about. Though she has been called a fool by others, that does not mean that she isn’t smart at all. It’s only because her thinking is too outside of the box, so others can’t understand her. But from the perspective of someone who came from the future, I can tell at a glance who is correct and who is in the wrong here. Without her, this Sengoku era won’t be able change by itself, and nor will there be anyone capable of bringing the change to it. Rather than acting like an ordinary person for this era’s Japan and keeping to herself, Nobuna chose to fight on for this world and the people living in it, even though she probably knew that she was going to be called a fool as a result. But she’s fine with that, because her true aim isn’t to simply conquer Japan so that she could rule over it, but to build this Japan into a country that can stand on equal ground with the barbarian countries of the west as an international trading country. Her ideas can be said to reach 100… no, I would say 300 years into the future. 」

「So Nobuna-sama had such an enormous ambition… 」

Frois exclaimed with admiration.

「Even in Europe, kings with such ambition are few and far between. Now I really would like to see Nobuna-sama herself personally. 」

While still sitting In his lap, Bontenmaru said something different.

「Oda Nobuna is really strong. Bontenmaru wants to be someone like her as well. Oi, Sagara! Do you think that someone like me can become popular in the future? 」

「Ohh. I can guarantee that. With your eyepatch and western-inspired looks, plus your delusional 8th grader antics, it’ll be hard for someone to not notice you. They might be cringe overall, but there is definitely a market for girls like you who cover one of their eyes 」

Bontenmaru’s eyes suddenly began to shine brightly, and her small body started shivering all over.

That brat’s eyes suddenly shone.

And her little body started to shiver.

「Delusional 8th grader… what are you talking about, Sagara? 」

「I’m not really sure when exactly the term was invented, but as for how it came to be, it must be because of those middle school brats who claimed that their eyes underneath their eyepatches contain immeasurable power or had demons sealed within them… Anyway, in Akihabara, this term is used to describe guys who talk to themselves and try to give themselves mystical-sounding personas and dress in a really eye-catching way. 」

「Delusional 8th grader… Hehehe, yes, that might just be me! 」

「There we go again. 」

「No, this can’t be wrong! Because I’m the one who has demonic eyes! 」

「You’re joking, right? Please tell me that you’re joking. 」

「No, I’m being serious now! So normally, my left eye which is the demonic eye is being sealed off by the eyepatch, but if I take it off, something terrible will happen… Hehehe! 」

Bontenmaru was saying all of those cringy things, but Frois at the side was explaining that it wasn’t anything remotely like a demonic eye.

「Take off that eyepatch and let him see, Bontenmaru. 」

「B-but, if I take it off, something terrible will happen…! Sagara will be afraid of Bontenmaru, and he will not want to talk to me anymore! 」

「It’s ok. Yoshiharu-san is a nime person, so I’m sure won’t think like that. Because he came from the future where people are tolerant, right? 」

「Yeah, so stop messing around and let me see. What can be so serious that you need to cover yourself with a 666 eyepatch anyway? 」

「Ah, oi! 」

Without waiting for het to give him the go-ahead, Yoshiharu grabbed Bontenmaru’s eyepatch and pulled it off of her.

Her right eye, the one without the patch, was just a normal chestnut color. As for the eye under the eyepatch, if you were just looking at its shape or its function, her left eye was the same as anyone else’s. The only noticeable difference was the color: it was as red as wine, with a crimson glow to it.

「Uuuu, uuuuwaaaah!!! Don’t look! Don’t look at it This is the demonic eye that was cursed by the gods! 」

Because she was embarrassed, Bontenmaru’s small body shivered uncontrollably. But…

「Ohhh! These are really pretty heterochromatic eyes! 」

Yoshiharu exclaimed in surprise.

「He…Heterochromatic eyes? 」

「Heterochromatic eyes are the eyes that have different colors for each eyeball. Compared to those people wearing contacts, real heterochromatic eyes are very rare! This is the first I’ve ever seen a real pair! How surprising! 」

「I-is that so? 」

「Bontenmaru, you are too perfect! As an 8th Grader Syndrome character, you are just too perfect!

「…Don’t you feel disgusted by looking at me, Sagara? 」

「Why would I feel disgusted? 」

「After seeing this eye, one will be cursed by the bastard child of the western barbarians… That’s what everyone around me always says. The only one who stands at my side is Kojuuro, my subordinate. 」

「So that’s why you hid this eye, and came up with lots of strange and weird stories to avoid showing it… 」

Frois summed Bontenmaru up.

「What a bunch of superstitious idiots! This is because of genetics, and has no relation to curses whatsoever! 」

「Really? 」

「Of course! You should be proud of it instead! You are a warrior, and this eye is your weapon! As long as your heterochromatic eyes appears on the battlefield, those superstitious enemies will just cower in fear of you and run! 」

「Ohh! Nice one, Yoshiharu! 」

Bontenmaru jumped to the floor while clapping her small hands together.

「So there is still a way for me to utilize those eyes of mine! Hehehe, under the gaze of my demonic eyes… thanks to the power of my Demonic Eye, there will come a day when I’ll be the conqueror of Oshu! 」

「Well, I’ve never seen such a happy expression from Bontenmaru before… you really are a peculiar person, Yoshiharu-san. 」

Looking at the gloomy Bontenmaru finally smiling, the moved Frois wiped her eyes while touching the small head of Bontenmaru who was mumbling 「It’s finally time to release the seal of my eyepatch! 」

But, Yoshiharu feels that something was still not right.

(Hmm?)

「Wait! Oi, brat, you said something about ‘Conquering Oshu’… Don’t tell me you aren’t a warrior from around here? 」

「Yes, that is correct. I came here to study from Oshu, and Bontenmaru is my childhood name. My real name is… Date Masamune! 」

「WHAT!!!!??? 」

Now that you mention it, there have been claims that Date Masamune’s father was actually of Portuguese descent, and the demonc eyes that he was rumored to have were just a case of Heterochromia. Yoshiharu, just like other people, dismissed it as mere rumors… but that’s right! The name of Masamune’s close aide was Katakura Kojuuro!

「I had been preparing to raise the flag of 「Dokuganryu (One-eyed Hero) Masamune, but because of what you just said, Sagara, I think I have a much better idea! 」

「Eh. Wait… Just wait a minute! 」

「From now on, I will be known as The Conquerer of Oshu: Demon-eyed Masamune! 」

「OIIIIIII!!!! 」

「Ha…Wahahahaha! Using this Demon Eye of mine, I will definitely conquer all of Oshu! And then, I will transform myself into the Beast of Revelation, and, together with the barbarian fleet, I will send this country down the path of destruction! 」

「Damn, when the hell did the topic go back there again !? What the hell have you been listening to all this time?! 」