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Volume 3 Chapter 7 Part 1

Chapter 7: Retreat at Kanegasaki

「Nii-sama! While you’re supposed to be guarding Kyoto, you must never flirt around with girls! That’s why Nene will observe you all the way! 」

「Why did you come to Kyoto…? 」

Yoshiharu grumbled unhappily, but Nene simply said:「Nobuna-sama sent me here to keep an eye on you, Nii-sama 」, not caring about his obvious displeasure at all.

Both Yoshiharu and Nene were staying temporarily at Taesumi-dera.

Because Saito Dosan had trained here when he was a child, this place gave Nobuna a feeling of ease. As for Nobuna herself, she had led her troops to attack Wakasa, leaving Yoshiharu behind in Kyoto to finally enjoy his long awaited vacation.

「*Cough* *cough*… I’ve been troubling you guys. Sorry about this. 」

Takenaka Hanbei had a high fever and has been bedridden ever since the battle at Kiyomizu-dera.

Nobuna left with the words: 「I will clean up the mess in Wakasa in a flash, so stay here and accompany Hanbei as she recovers. 」 and left her godfather Saito Dosan guarding Mino and Owari. She herself brought Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide, Akechi Mitsuhide, Matsudaira Motoyasu, Maeda Inuchiyo and Matsunaga Hisashide along with her and left for Wakasa in the north.

It has been a month since Imagawa Yoshimoto officially accepted the position of the Shogun, which allowed Kyoto’s 「Imagawa Shogunate」 with headquaters at Nijo Castle to replace the Ashikaga Shogunate. Daimyos from different provinces had sent messengers with their well-wishes and congratulations to the head of the newly-established Imagawa Shogunate, though most probably realized she was honestly just Nobuna’s puppet. If any nobles resisted, however, especially those near Kyoto, they would be giving Nobuna a reason to attack them.

But only Echizen’s daimyo Asakura Yoshikage and Echizen’s neighbouring province of Wakasa did not send messengers. In light of this, Nobuna’s order was to 「Attack Wakasa! 」and so she set out together with 30000 troops marching towards the north.

「But why must I guard Kyoto? I don’t fit in at all with the Kyoto nobles, who have more rules than a cow has hairs on its tail. You should give this job to Juubei. 」

「Hehe. This job is just temporary. Once Mitsuhide comes back, it will be changed, obviously. 」

「Well that’s certainly a relief! 」

「This time, Mitsuhide is in charge of leading the way for the troops. She had once been the guest of the Asakura clan of Echizen, so she should be knowledgeable about Wakasa and its terrain. 」

Hanbei said with a laugh as she drank the porridge Yoshiharu fed her personally.

「Really? Juubei must be nearly omnipotent… Looks like I can’t relax any longer. 」

「Nii-sama has not been resting well ever since the battle at Okehazama, so Nobuna-sama wants you to rest properly as well every once in a while. 」

「Yes, your wounds have yet to heal completely, so it’d be better if you rested some more, Sagara-shama. 」

Nene and Goemon, these two lolis were lying down on the tatami mat lazily, enjoying their time of relaxation.

(That Goemon who was always on the roofs claiming how she preferred to stay in the shadows is actually sleeping on the tatami, what a rare sight this is)…

Yoshiharu thought.

「But Hanbei, is your body really okay? Your condition doesn’t look like it improved since you collapsed at Kiyomizu-dera, so I’m a bit worried about you. 」

「It’s okay. I asked the famous doctor Manase Dosan-sensei to come and take a look at me, so I should be much better in a few days. 」

「Dosan? If I’m not wrong, that’s the geezer that called himself Belchior in Kiyomizu-dera when Frois came to save us…」

Just when Yoshiharu was recalling…

「Ho~ho~ho! Here I am, here I am. It’s time for a body inspection. 」

The one known as the famous doctor, Manase Belchior Dosan laughed and came up to Yoshiharu’s side.

「I’m the doctor of the previous Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Manase Dosan. After giving Frois-chan’s body an inspection last year, I became a Christian. Now I’m baptized and called Belchior. 」

This Manase Belchior looked like the energetic sort. He had a long white beard, and he even wore a white dojo suit, altogether giving him a rather honest appearance. Though he should be long past 60, his back was straight and he looked extremely spirited for his age.

「Geezer, you look so young! 」

「I have my ways for achieving longevity, you see. At the current pace, I expect to live up to a ripe old age of 100 years. 」

「Ways for achieving longevity? And what would that be? 」

「Ho~ho~ho. The trick is to touch the skin of young girls and suck the ‘miasma’ from them… This is a top-secret level information, so be sure not to share it with anyone else, okay? 」

This geezer was just too suspicious… Though Yoshiharu couldn’t help but frown, Hanbei did not seem to be on guard against him at all, saying:

「At least doctors won’t bully people. 」

As expected of the #1 doctor in Japan, to get the Shikigami wielding, “test people by throwing daggers at them 」 Hanbei to let down her guard was quite an achievement.

「Ho~ho~ho. What a cute child. Is it here, or here? Does it hurt here, perhaps? 」

Manase Belchior squinted his eyes and sat down at Hanbei’s side, and suddenly, with a shout of 「Hei ya! 」, he stripped Hanbei of her pyjamas and used his thin fingers to touch Hanbei’s body all over. Once he saw Hanbei’s white skin and cute breasts, Yoshiharu’s blood shot out from his nose like a geyser all of a sudden.

「Ahhhhh! Ma-Manase-sensei? 」

「Ho~ho~ho. It’s just a simple checkup. Good,good. So cute, so cute! 」

「Oi, oi, you perverted geezer! 」

「What are you doing? I can’t suck any 「miasma 」by touching a man’s body, Ho~ho~ho. 」

Not knowing where his anger came from, Yoshiharu took the nearest blunt object in his reach and swung it at the famous doctor’s head.

「Ahhhh. Have mercy, have mercy! 」

「Hurry and stop, Sagara-sama. 」

「Nii-sama, he is the famous doctor! 」

「Correct. I do not have any ulterior motives. I’m just letting my patient cool down her fever by stripping her clothes. As for why I’m touching the patient’s skin, um…that…is…is a touching inspection method from the western countries! 」

(Touching inspection… It seems barely reasonable to me.)

Yoshiharu stopped his assault on the doctor.

「Th-though it’s a bit embarrassing, Manase-sensei is the #1 doctor in the country, and he has knowledge of the western world’s newest medical techniques, and with him being a Christian, he must be a serious doctor. Ah, but Yoshiharu-san, please don’t stare at me so much…please. 」

「Ahhh, S-so…I’m really sorry! 」

Yoshiharu turned away from Hanbei in a hurry.

「I’m saved… 」

Manase Belchior let out a sigh of relief and put his doctor face on again.

「Ho~ho~ho. Brat, you should thank me. With that, you should have had your fill of the wonderful sight, right? 」

「I keep getting the thought that this geezer only became a doctor so he could touch young girls’ bodies… 」

「Hanbei-chan. Leave your clothes off for a while and lie down. Reveal your body and let the heat be dispersed out. 」

「I-I got it… B-but…it’s…so embarrassing… 」

「Come, come. Don’t be shy, take your small hands away from your breasts… 」

「…I don’t want to. Sensei, your hands seem perverted… Uhhh… 」

「Take them away, take them away. Ho~ho~ho. 」

Hanbei grabbed one of her nearby daggers and threw it at Belchior’s head, and the geezer fell down to the ground face first.

Yoshiharu did not know, but actually this perversely skilled Manase Belchior had written down a guide on how to improve your skills in bed with Matsunaga Hisashide.

Matsunaga Hisashide had once said, 「Beauty is a woman’s strongest weapon. Oh, how good would it be to be forever young…」 and at that time, Manase said, 「Ho ~ho~ho. There is a secret for women to be forever young. When they are having sex with another, they should suck the ‘miasma’ from them. 」 and taught Hisahide many unspeakable sex techniques. Of course, at that time, the geezer had said while drooling, 「Ho~ho~ho. The secret arts can’t be learned with simple words. Come, Danjo-chan. Let me teach you personally with my body.」 But, with Hisashide’s rebuff of 「I hate old geezers」, he was fed sulfur mustard poison and thrown away with the rest of the rubbish at Tamon Mountain Castle, numb and paralyzed.