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Volume 3 Chapter 7 Part 2

「At that time, I almost became the food of crows…. Ho~ho~ho.」

Manase sat up and laughed, while reminiscing.

「Oi, oi, geezer, the dagger is still in your head… 」

Yoshiharu looked at him while sweating, but Manase brushed it off and said:

「It’s okay if it didn’t hurt the brain. 」

And treated it in an instant, as expected from the famous doctor.

Manase sat up and laughed, while reminiscing.

Well, though he is a lolicon geezer on the outside, his medical skills are indeed the greatest in Japan… No, because he has knowledge of western medical skills, he might even be the greatest in the world.

「No matter how I look at him, he is just a perverted geezer, Sagara-sama. 」

「But like you all said, his skills are top notch… geezer, please save Hanbei! This child has been weak from birth, but I will give you any money you are going to need if it means making her feel better! 」

「Ho~ho~ho. No matter if the patient is the Shogun or a simple commoner, the medical fee will all be the same. Actually, Hanbei-chan is so cute I feel like doing it for free. Hehehe, I may even be the one who benefited the most from this, so maybe I should be the one paying you… Ow, ow, ow! 」

「Y-Yoshiharu-san…. Please don’t beat up sensei. *Cough*Cough* 」

「Oh, my bad, my bad, my body just moved on its own. 」

After making a fuss, Manase Belchior finished his inspection and gave Hanbei her prescription.

「Um…for how long must I be naked…? I’m tired of covering my breasts… 」

Hanbei said weakly. but Manase just kept nodding his head.

「This is Chinese medicine and these are western ones. Hanbei’s body is too weak, so for the treatment of your illness, nourishment is the best way to go, and be careful about your diet. Remember, the best thing that you can do for yourself right now is to eat more meat. 」

「Meat…? But it’s so smelly, and I don’t really like to eat it because of its strange taste. Also, I think it’s pitiful for the animals to be killed just so that we could eat them…. Uhhhh. 」

「No, no. Because Buddhism has taken root in this country’s heart and the nobles have forbidden people to kill animals and eat their meat, the life expectancy of the common people has been cut noticeably shorter. In the past, no matter if it was deer, pig, or fox meat, they ate it without restraint, and lived a much longer lives thanks to it. 」

「Is that so, Yoshiharu-san? 」

「Yeah. In the era I lived in, the Japanese people all eat meat, because it is the perfectly normal thing to do. Because there are no wars, men live longer and the infant death rate decreased due to the public sanitary standards having been considerably improved. Anyway, everyone’s life expectancy is definitely longer compared to the Sengoku era. And it wasn’t just the condition of their bodies either. Even the size of the breasts of girls had become much more developed. 」

「So that’s how it is… Breasts…will grow bigger in the future… 」

Hanbei snuck a peak at the breasts she covered with her hands.

「If that’s the case… 」
Hanbei said with determination in her eyes.

「I-I’ll eat more meat! But, just not squirrel and cat meat! I will definitely not eat the meat of these two if I can help it! 」

「No, no. In the future, the only meat that is being sold are pig, cow or chicken. No one will eat squirrels or cats, because that is considered barbaric. 」

「Ho~ho~ho. This won’t do, this won’t do at all. Small breasts on small girls are the way to go! As expected, Hanbei-chan, it’s better if you don’t eat meat after all. 」

「Shut up, you lolicon geezer! 」

「But, Sagara-dono. Did you really come from the future? 」

For Manase Belchior who had a strong interest in the western culture, he was obviously very curious about Yoshiharu and the things that he was saying.

「Yeah, that’s correct. I came from Japan approximately 400 years in the future from now. Don’t tell anyone about this though. 」

「I see. So there was such a story behind your success. Do you know anything about the medical knowledge of the future? 」

「…Um… My grades weren’t really good enough to study medicine or know anything about it… a-and since I’m just a high school student… I-I do know a bit of English, I guess? 」

「Oh… and by ’English’, you mean…? 」

「As in the language of the country of England. You will probably think of Spain and Portugal when we talk about western people and their culture, but England and Holland will become strong players on the international arena soon as well. 」

「I see… But, I advise you not to tell many people about how things are in the future. 」

Manase said to Yoshiharu.

「That is your last trump card. And, if history changes too much, your knowledge will become useless. 」

「I’m worried about this too. 」

Hanbei said.

「Because of Yoshiharu-san, the course of history has changed to a great extent. You didn’t just save Imagawa. Yoshimoto who should have died in Okehazama, you even saved Saito Dosan at Nagara River. You’ve admitted yourself that both of these people should have died in the last war. 」

「I see. There is a saying in Christianity: 「Everything is of God’s wil]l」. If that’s the case, then everything is predestined, and we have no way to stop things and events from playing out the way they were meant to. Even if you tried to change it, the course of history can’t and won’t be stopped. We can’t deny such a possibility. 」

「Now that you mention it… 」

Yoshiharu suddenly smacked his hands together.

「According to the history of my favorite Sengoku era strategy game, Ashikaga Yoshiteru should have died facing the Miyoshi Three and Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide. The Oda clan should have then pushed Ashikaga Yoshiteru’s little brother Yoshiaki to be the Shogun instead of Imagawa Yoshimoto. But now… 」

「… Now Ashikaga Yoshiteru is still alive, having run with her sister Yoshiaki-sama. The one who should succeed the position of Shogun Yoshiaki-sama has disappeared from the stage of history. I’m afraid that because of Imagawa Yoshimoto is still alive, history has changed to such an extent to compensate for the difference. 」

「Compensate for the history’s difference… Does anyone have such an ability, Hanbei? 」

Yoshiharu asked.

「I’m not sure myself, but this will fit with that Christian word ‘Destiny’, so ‘God’ might be the culprit here. 」

「I’m the same as Nobuna; I just can’t believe in such a thing. If there was really something like that, then there’s no meaning to me coming to this era. Assuming this ‘ destiny’ thing really exists, then it should be expecting me to complete my mission in this era and help Nobuna realize her dream. 」

「Uhhh, don’t say such difficult things, Nii-sama! Nene doesn’t understand a thing! 」

「I feel like I will bite my tongue just from listening to you, Sagara-sama. 」

Nene and Goemon began kicking up a fuss, so this topic was brought to a close.

History had begun to change more noticably though, seeing as Nobuna’s attack on Wakasa wasn’t something that Yoshiharu had seen in his version of the future, or in any of the games that he played.

「Ahh, that’s right. I thought Nobuna would be attacking Echizen’s Asakura clan now. 」

「Oh? The target isn’t Wakasa but Echizen? But if she really chooses to attack the Asakura clan, Azai Nagamasa will be caught in the middle since he holds an alliance with both the Asakura clan and Nobuna-sama right now. 」

「Correct, Goemon. In the games thanks to whom I’ve obtained my knowledge, it all went more or less like this: Just when they are moving towards the territory of Echizen, Azai Nagamasa suddenly defects to the enemy’s side and moves behind the Oda clan’s forces and cuts off their retreat back to Kyoto, plunging Nobuna’s army into an unprecedented crisis. This is the very famous event in 「The Ambition of Oda Nobunaga」, known as 「The Retreat at Kanegasaki」.

「If Azai Nagamasa really defected, then there really is no retreat! Just thinking about it scares me.「

「It’s okay, Nene. The Nobuna of this world is only attacking Wakasa. 」

「What… that is not… not good. 」