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Volume 4 Chapter 2 Part 10

Inuchiyo said:

「Nobuna-sama and Yoshiharu are here! 」

And she raised her bamboo spear.

「M…M…M…My Nobuna-sama, uwahhhhh~! 」

「With this, Nobuna-sama will definitely be happy. 100 points! 」

Katsuie and Nagahide had gathered the presents and blessings from both Kyoto and Sakai.

「As expected from Gorilla.. no, Sagara-senpai! To be able to have Nobuna-sama’s favor, I, Akechi Juubei Mitsuhide admit defeat! Nobuna-sama, you must be happy from now on! Promise me that! 」

Mitsuhide set aside her work cooking takoyaki to send them her blessings.

「The wedding ceremony will be held at the western church, and I will be the one leading the ceremony, even though I am not the reverend father! 」

Frois laughed and declared. Once she saw Yoshiharu with his eyes locked onto Frois’s gigantic breasts, Nobuna felt disgusted and aimed a kick at him wordlessly.

「As expected from Japan’s number one beauty, so strong and distinguished. It’s normal for Yoshiharu-sama to fall in love with someone like you, Nobuna-sama Nobuna-sama isn’t an opponent that I, Takenaka Hanbei can win against, so I must resign myself to only being the mistress of Yoshiharu-sama. *Sob* *Sob*! 」

「That may not be enough. After all, the Yoshiharu-shama’s perversion is totally shocking. Maybe he will claim me as his second mistress too? 」

「Ahhh, you brat! if you dare to touch our eternal idol, Goemon-chan, we will definitely kill you! 」

「Sh…Shiat up, you guysh! 」

「Ahhh, here it is! Boss’s famous stuttering!!! 」

「From now on, I have to start monitoring Onii-sama to make sure he isn’t acting all perverted to any other girls but Nobuna-sama. With this job I, Nene, am going to be the biggest contributor to Nobuna-sama’s happinness. 」

Next, Nagamasa and Nobuna’s brother, Nobusumi, Motoyasu and Imagawa Yoshimoto had all sent her their blessings.

「The dishes for this occasion have been prepared with a lot of work being put into them. As the head of the chefs, I, Imai Sogyu can guarantee their taste and quality. Everyone, please dig in, and never forget about this wedding! 」

And lastly, the officiator for today was the bride’s godfather, Saito Dosan, who had rushed here all the way from Mino.

「Good, good, Nobuna-dono. I, Saito Dosan thought I would not get to see my goddaughter putting on her wedding dress…but right now, I’m the happiest godfather in all of Japan! 」

With a face mixed with the happiness and sadness of marrying off his daughter, his voice seems a little weepy as he completely transformed into 「 Dosan the Buddha」.

However, there was still one more person to go: Tsuchida Gozen, Nobuna’s biological mother, who had seldom even met with her daughter until now.

「Kichi, I’m sorry for being so hard on you all this time! Your mother didn’t want a princess like you to swing around swords, but to be a normal princess and attain your happiness as a woman for yourself. Seeing you being so fixated on conquering the world, I had to be so cold to you. But now, with Sagara-dono protecting you, your mother will not worry anymore. Let us mother and child go back to living happily, like we should be! 」

Tsuchida Gozen’s face was streaked with tears of joy.

「Looks like we’ve gathered up quite a crowd, huh? 」

While whistling in amazement, Yoshiharu lifted Nobuna up.

「Let’s go to the western church now, Nobuna. But, from now on, I should probably call you ‘Kichi’ as well, I think. 」

Just being simply called 「Kichi」 by Yoshiharu made Nobuna feel a terribly sweet pain in the deepest part of her chest.

(Why isn’t Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide here though? it is such a magnificent occasion! If this goes on, I really will marry Yoshiharu, and she won’t even get to see it!)

「Wa…Wa…Wait, even I don’t know if I want to marry you and be your wife, and you didn’t say anything about liking me or anything! There are also lots of procedures and things that we didn’t do yet. I, know nothing about men.. . Of…Of course it’s not that I’m not willing to marry you… b-but… i-i-It’s just that I want some time to prepare my own heart… so… 」

「「「*TSK!* *TSK!* *TSK!*」」」

「「「CHE! 」 」 」

「「「DAMN!!!! 」 」 」

The whole crowd gave Nobuna a piece of their annoyed minds.
「It’s impossible for me to ha…ha…hate you, but… Umm…Uhh… to marry all of a sudden, it’s too fast….! 」

「I see, there’s no helping it then. You’ve given up, huh? As expected from a top rank girl who has her eyes on the entire world. Then, as replacement, super beauty Juubei, are you willing to marry me? 」

「Ehhh? Is that really okay? Of course I’m okay with it, Sagara-senpai. Yay! I did it!!! 」

At the western style music that signified the start of the wedding, the overly excited Mitsuhide held onto Yoshiharu’s hand and the two of them escaped outside.

「Juubei! Why can you never read the atmosphere? And what’s with your happy expression! Isn’t Yoshiharu your rival!? W-Wait!!!!! Yoshiharu is… YOSHIHARU BELONGS TO ME!!!!!!!! 」

*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*

「Everyone, run! Nobuna’s gone crazy and started shooting her arquebus everywhere! 」

「「「Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! 」」」

「「「Wah! Wah! Wah! 」 」 」

(Why… Why had things become like this…? Somehow… things don’t feel right…)

* * *

「…A dream…? Danjo?「

「Yes. 」

Matsunaga Hisahide, who was kneeling at Nobuna’s side answered her.

Nobuna woke up and saw the dark ceiling of Honno-ji temple above her.

「The medicine that ended Nobuna-sama’s nightmare and gave you sweet dreams was very effective. Your temperature is going down and now, you have finally woken up. What a miracle it is. 」

「….Dearu ka. 」

「What a happy smile. it’s a cute smiling face that I’ve never seen you make before, Nobuna-sama. Just what were you dreaming about? 」

Nobuna could not answer Hisahide’s question. She tried her best to suppress the urge to cry from the deepest parts of her body, but with that, the wound on her abdomen started to hurt again. But, what pained her beyond belief wasn’t the wound on her abdomen, but her chest instead.

「….Dream, it was just a dream, it wasn’t real… 」

With just the force needed to squeeze these words out, Nobuna was already exhausted.

Hisahide felt that Nobuna’s heart, though she had woken up from her dream, was starting to break again.

Nobuna’s face was deathly pale. The happiness that she had never felt before… that joyous mood… in that dream, from the bottom of her heart, she felt happy to be alive, and had for the first time thanked the God and Buddha whom she had never believed in before.

But all of that… was just a dream…So….

(So this is what I really want in my heart… Such a small, and ordinary… but impossible to fulfil dream.)

And it’s impossibe to fulfill because… because Sagara Yoshiharu is already…..

「Hmmm, Nobuna-sama, your wound is starting to open up again. Please drink this medicine. 」

Hisahide fed the freshly boiled medicine to Nobuna. It held a strong fragrance, and it was a medicine that was sweet like honey.

「It’s a drug that can lighten one’s mood mysteriously. 」

「Ah… 」

Just from drinking a sip of it, Nobuna’s consciousness started to blur once more.

「Like dreaming, yet not sleeping, it is a drug that can let you experience sweet dreams even when awake. When I was betrayed and my mind was caught up with some detestable matters from the past, when every day was terrible, I often drank this too. 」

「….Danjo… My head is dizzy, the things in the room… I can’t see them clearly… Upside down…. everything looks like it’s upside down… 」

「Hmmm, that’s because the medicine is too strong for first timers, but it’s not a problem. Even if the world has become your enemy, I will stand by Nobuna-sama’s side, and protect you from anyone who might want to hurt you, so you don’t have to worry about anything. 」

「Ahh, Ahh… Danjo… Am I dreaming… or am I awake… I… can’t seem… to distinguish… 」

Lifting the frightened and shivering Nobuna, Hisahide used her well-developed bosom as a pillow and lulled Nobuna back to sleep, as if she was taking care of a baby. And just like a child lying down on her mother’s breasts, Nobuna gradually quieted down.

「Don’t be afraid, my cute child… Nobuna-sama, have you ever heard of the story of ‘The Duke of Zhou’? 」

「What…. who… is that? 」