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Volume 4 Chapter 4 Part 10

「This… this is impossible! Why did Tsuchimikado lose to this hamster-like lass!? 」

Gosei, having failed in his last bit of defiance, was slowly surrounded by Nobuna and the rest.

「Uwahhhh! Is the main hall fated to never escape the taint of these unclean women!? Such despair! Guanyin, please punish these unclean women right now! I beg you, I’m begging you, if you hear my wish, please save this monk from the evil claws of these impure women! 」

Gosei, feeling that his life was in danger, dropped his metal rod on the group and started shouting as his big body shook uncontrollably.

Gosei showed his true cowardly nature, becoming like a fish on the chopping board for Nobuna and her female warriors while the fury in the eyes of Nobuna and the rest was burning fiercer and fiercer .

Especially angry was Shibata Katsuie, the one whom Gosei challenged to a duel, only to retreat to Mount Hiei every time she was winning . Katsuie was even starting to grind her teeth in anger. Enveloped by the killing intent of these female warriors, Gosei coughed and quickly whimpered:

「* Cough*. If that’s the case, I’m going off now! 」

Just as he stood up and prepared to make another despicable retreat…

*PAK!!!*

「Uwahhhh!?「

Nobuna’s flying kick landed right on Gosei’s abdomen, the ends of her feet digging itself nearly into his liver.

「Who are the women deserving punishment!? Where are we unclean? Say it out loud for all of us to hear, you bastard monk! 」

「Exactly! The unclean one here is you, planning to assassinate us during the peace agreement ceremony! You still think of yourself as Mount Hiei’s monk after defying Himiko-sama’s decree!? Do you even know the meaning of the word ‘shame’!? 」

*BLAM!!!*

The shining forehead of the furious Mitsuhide sent a kick right at Gousei’s crotch without any mercy.

「Ohhhhhhh!? 」

Gosei could not withstand the fertility-destroying impact and writhed on the ground in pain.

「S-Spare me! I know that I have made a mistake! Strong women aren’t unclean, I won’t say that again, I promise! So please, spare my life! 」

「Do you think we will let you run away just because you said that!? 」

「Everyone, how about we treat this fellow as a sandbag and beat him up till he stops twitching! 」

「Ohohohoho! Compared to shooting arrows, I’m much better in soccer! 」

「This might not be an appropriate action for a conqueror of the world, but right now I feel incredibly in the mood for something like that! 」

「Understood, Nobuna-sama! Eat this! Shibata Special Face Stomp! 」

「UWAHHHHHH! 」

Using all her strength, Katsuie mercilessly rained stomp after stomp on Gosei, who was lying prone on the ground.

「Ehhh, so they are this violent!? Sa…Save me, Yoshiharu-sama! 」

Nobuna’s initial kick was already fatal, and Juubei’s kick to every man’s weak point without hesitation was enough to make any spectator cringe in pain…. But, compared to them, Katsuie’s stomping was… No matter what, it’s too much, right? Looking at Gosei’s pathetic state, Yoshiharu couldn’t help but shiver with fear too.

The monks and soldiers of the Azai and Asakura clans were saying:

「So even that Gosei cannot fight back against them, huh? 」

「Now that I look at him, he doesn’t look like someone who is even remotely deserving of our pity. 」

「 Somehow, it seems oddly satisfying to looks at him being brutalized like that, actually. 」

「He lost every time he dueled with Shibata Katsuie, so this punishment serves him right! 」

「To think that women are weak, what a big mistake… 」

「It’s better if we leave these women alone.

These were the comments that the other soldiers were muttering while shivering and watching Gosei’s abuse.

「Hanbei-chan, Hanbei-chan, please go and stop them. 」

「But…It’s scary… *Sob*Sob* 」

「Hoo, the esteemed monk Ikyu-sama once said, ‘ Women are the treasure of Buddhism, because Sakyamuni and Siddhattha were both born from women’, so guys who use illogical reasoning like prohibiting women from entering someplace will never win against us! 」

Matsunaga Hisahide held no intention of stopping them either.

Yoshiharu himself did not have the courage to stop Nobuna and the rest who had been amassing their fury ever since the 「Retreat at Kanegasaki」.

But then, someone courageously stepped forward.

「No…Nobuna-sama! Violence isn’t good! If you continue on, Gosei-sama is just going to die while being too pitiful to look at! 」

This courageous girl used her own body and shielded the battered Gosei, trying her best to stop Nobuna and her gang’s violence. And this girl was…

「….Frois? This fellow is the monk who had always been harming you missionaries. He is your enemy, isn’t he? Then why are you stopping us and try to save him? 」

Christian missionary Louis Frois.

「Nobuna-sama, Jesus once taught us to ‘love your enemy’. Gosei-sama has already admitted his mistake to you, and has thoroughly repented for his past actions… Though it’s a fact that we missionaries did indeed have lots of trouble because of him, I’m afraid that Gosei-sama also had his fair share of troubles as he suffered through cruel training and held severe misunderstandings about women. So I beg you, please be merciful towards him. 」

「Well, since you said so… What about you guys? 」

「If that’s the case, Mitsuhide too will forgive him. 」

「Thank you very much, everyone! 」

Frois helped Gosei up and revealed a light smile. Gosei, finally able to straighten his back with support from Frois’s shoulder….

「Bu….Buddha-sama….! Uwahh! 」

Started sobbing like a little child while hugging Frois’s legs.

「You don’t give up even on a useless guy like me, you are the real Guanyin-sama! Thank you so much! Thank you so much…! Who could have predicted that the Guanyin-sama who helps all mortals will descent on this world in a guise of a western barbarian girl?! 」

「….Eh? Uhm…? 」

「I heard Guanyin-sama had 33 different forms, so maybe this western missionary girl form is your 34th form!? Ohh, ohh, what glittering blonde hair… That sparkling blue eyes…What an appropriate appearance for Guanyin-sama! And those big breasts that are full of motherly instinct! The mother I have never met must definitely be like you! 」

「….Eh? Ehhh? 」

「From now on I, Shogakuin Gousei will forever serve you, and become a Musashibo that will protect Frois-sama! Yes… As long as I have breath left in my body…! Ahh, Guanyin-samaaaaa! 」

Gosei screamed as he continued to rub his face fiercely on Frois’s legs. The monks who were utterly disappointed by his ridiculous actions all dropped their heads and slowly dispersed…

「Wait, plea… please stop! I…I’m a sister already married to God… Who… Who can come save me!? 」

「What the hell are you doing, you lecherous monk! Get the hell away from Frois! 」

「He is becoming more and more disgusting! We should just kill him off! 」

「Ara, ara, though a troublesome enemy has become our ally… , I’m afraid it will become even more troublesome… A situation of 50 points. 」

「I can continue hitting him then? Ok! Eat this! 」

* * *

Finally, after taking some unexpected detours, Nobuna took the last step towards the signing of the peace agreement.

They had finally reversed their desperate situation.

They did not see the cowardly Azai Hisamasa during the peace agreement ceremony; he must have ran away before Nobuna had even stepped into the main hall. And as for the other person, Asakura Yoshikage, after walking out from the main hall, he finally saw Oda Nobuna herself for the first time.

Asakura Yoshikage was a young warrior with both fine looks and build, but his face always drooped and his eyes seem to swim around unfocused. The most abnormal thing though was right behind Yoshikage now; a piece of wall within the main hall was covered with pretty girls from Genji Monogatari. Surrounded by all the drawings stood the well-dressed Nobuna, idling around.

「This…!? Asakura Yoshikage, was this drawn by you!? Is this really okay, to draw such things at such a holy place? 」

「A life of guarding a castle is just too boring, so I called Hasegawa Tohaku over from Echizen to draw this. Ho, ho, ho, but you are even prettier than the drawings, the exact princess I dreamt of. Finally, I have found a beautiful and flawless girl like my mother… You’re too beautiful, so beautiful that I want to pull all your organs out and put them as specimens and always keep them at my side! 」

Asakura Yoshikage had done research on Oda Nobuna while he waited upon Mount Hiei, and he seemed to have become infatuated with her.