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Volume 4 Chapter 4 Part 7

「Setting a new condition subconsciously!? Control yourself a little, woman! if this goes on, our efforts at the 「Retreat at Kanegasaki」 will be wasted! 」

Gosei interrupted them without a trace of fear:

「Inferior women will never enter the main hall of Mount Hiei’s temple! on this I will never compromise! If you don’t like it, feel free to cut off my head, but can you lasses really do it? Uwahahahaha! 」

He then laughed maniacally while looking at Nobuna and Yoshiharu’s couple quarrel.

「Though I can understand Nobuna-sama’s feelings, it won’t be good if the negotiations break down, 8 points. 」

「They are the monks of the holy Mount Hiei, but to enforce a rule like prohibiting women from entering it, they are totally treating us like fools! Even if they are disarmed now, they might rise up and become our enemy again using the reasoning of refusing to adhere to the rules established by the creatures they deem to be unclean. We should just burn them all after all! 」

「Actually, this incident was caused by the Azai and Asakura clans using this rule of Mount Hiei for their own gains. So, as long as this rule exist, Mount Hiei will very likely be the base for any anti-Nobuna forces… But, burning them isn’t good… *Sob*Sob*. 」

「….These monks, they dare say Inuchiyo’s tiger hat is unclean… unforgivable! 」

「These monks seem to be quite stubborn~, and Kichi-nee-san is also known for her stubbornness~ How troubling~ 」

「There’s a saying between merchants: ‘For profits, it’s okay even if the conditions are disadvantageous’. Right now, peace is our most important objective. The last condition is too forceful, so maybe we should change it after all? 」

「Both in Europe and Japan, why does the religious world treat women as if they were really unclean? Maybe it’s because women possess breasts? The expression of Gosei when he is looking at my breasts seems to say ‘The servant of demons!’, and he looks full of fear and hatred, to the point where it makes me so scared… *Shiver*Shiver* 」

「They know nothing about us yet have the audacity to treat women as unclean. These bastard monks don’t even have the respect to let us kill them in a proper battle! Since this is so troublesome, allow me to poison them all! 」

「T…Th…Though I don’t really understand the situation, what is everyone doing now? Uhh…Uhhhhhhh….. 」

The opinions on what to do with the monks of Mount Hiei seemed to be totally divided between the participants of the meeting. And to the wary Gosei, Hisahide’s special skill of seduction was useless as well.

Yoshiharu, who was knowledgeable about the Sengoku era from his strategy games was also troubled by the rule of prohibiting women to enter Mount Hiei.

If there were no cute girls or big-breasted girls in the world, even the perverted Yoshiharu might not survive a day, so he could not comprehend the ancient views that women were unclean at all.

Nobuna, whose perfectionist mindset had surpassed others by 300 years could not suppress her feelings of wanting to both disarm Mount Hiei and, at the same time, remove the rule that prohibited women to enter the mountain at all.

「If…If that’s the case, we won’t get anywhere if Gosei dislikes women. So, why don’t the beauties of the Oda clan serve them to let them change their impression on us? 」

Katsuie actually voiced her ridiculous idea, and Yoshiharu was instantly excited, replying:

「Good idea, everyone can cosplay as bunny girls, mikos and maids to serve those monks! That way I can have some good eye candy too! 」

But Nobuna rejected that idea loudly with a:

「Huh? Mikos? Maids!? Won’t that be conquering the world using seduction!? If we really do it, the images of self-respecting female warriors everywhere will be tarnished beyond repair! 」

「Uwahhh…. I’m so sorry, so sorry Nobuna-sama! I…I…I… didn’t mean to suggest things like conquering the world by using seduction! 」

With teary eyes, Katsuie seemed about ready to burst into tears as Yoshiharu continued saying.

「….This isn’t good. Nobuna, don’t worry about the rule! They will remove it by themselves around the Meiji era, so…! 」

「Meiji? And when exactly is that going to be? 」

「Umm, around 300 years from now. 」

「Huh? Are you an idiot!? Do I look like I can I wait for 300 years? I want to destroy this stupid rule now! 」

「Uwahhh, aren’t you being too greedy!? 」

Gosei, who had been silently sitting to the side, stood up. He was most likely afraid that the female warriors present would turn him into a hostage if this situation was allowed to continue.

「Uwahahaha! It’s about time for me to go. If you want to force us to remove our rule of prohibiting women from entering Mount Hiei, we might as well get burnt to ashes! Come at us then! 」

At that time.

Someone unexpected… The sister Frois tugged at Gosei’s sleeves with all her might and refused to let go of him.

「Please wait! Please talk again with Nobuna-sama! If this goes on, Mount Hiei will….! 」

「Ohhhh!? A priestess from the evil sects of the western world? But, these shockingly big breasts of yours… Ahhhh, don’t touch me, DON’T TOUCH ME! My power… My power will be sucked away! 」

Gosei kept shouting, 「Ohhhh, let me go, let me go you devil! 」 and seemed to dislike Frois a great deal. Sweat started flowing down his face while Frois’ calls for listening to reason seemed to have the exact opposite effect to what she was hoping for.

Just when Nobuna was preparing to give up…

「Ohohohohoho! Nobuna-sama, you seem troubled. For a time like this, please ask for this esteemed Seii Taishogun to lend you her helping hand! 」

The Seii Taishogun everyone had completely forgotten even existed – Imagawa Yoshimoto – elegantly appeared wearing sandals commonly worn by mikos.

Nobuna stared at Yoshimoto, her face immediately clouding with impatience.

「Huh? When did you changed into such extravagant clothing? And why do you call yourself esteemed?! You are now my puppet, yet you still put on such pompous airs as if you were really the Shogun! The audacity! 」

「Ararararara, since I’ve become the Seii Taishogun, calling myself esteemed is obvious! Actually, I wanted to call myself venerable, but since I don’t want to give Himiko-sama trouble, I will have to endure with just esteemed! 」

「You are really messed up in your usage of keigo! 」

「Yes, that’s it! At such a time, we can only rely on Himiko-sama’s decree! 」

Yoshiharu slapped his own leg when an idea suddenly came to him.

「At such a time, even if all we have is this Imagawa Yoshimoto, it’s better than nothing! 」

Mitsuhide agreed with him as well.

Niwa Nagahide smiled and said:

「As a missionary candidate, this is brilliant. 80 points. 」

「There’s no helping it… though I’m not expecting much of it. 」

Nobuna reluctantly agreed.

「You guys can just wait here! I will use my godly negotiation skills to get the decree we need! Ohohohoho! 」

Imagawa Yoshimoto believed firmly that she could complete the historic task of getting the royal decree by herself.

* * *

At the Imperial Palace.

「What!? That Suruga’s puppet shogun came to see Himiko-sama without an appointment!? 」

Early in the morning, Kampaku Konoe Sakihisa rushed over to the palace as soon as he received the report, his eyes rolling in surprise.

Most surprising however was that Konoe Sakihisa was the one who planned the whole scenario of forcing the Oda clan into a corner.

Sakihisa was the one behind Azai Hisamasa suddenly breaking off the alliance with the Oda clan, having sent him a secret letter saying, 「Oda Nobuna wants to destroy this world of statuses and had threatened that she will destroy the Imperial Palace and Himiko-sama as well」. This exact letter was actually the start of the whole conspiracy.

Using the same method, persuading Mount Hiei using its relations with the Imperial Palace went easily.

As for the Rokoku and Miyoshi clans, they had both received a letter simply stating, 「The Oda army is currently trapped in Mount Hiei, now is the time to act!」. But he never would have expected that Sugitani Zenjuubo could have failed his assassination attempt.

If that useless fellow had only succeeded, the Oda clan would be totally destroyed by now! Now he has even disappeared in shame, and Sakihisa felt a fool for trusting the ninjas in the first place!

「No, definitely not. I don’t know why Himiko-sama trusts that Oda Nobuna so much, but I must never let that Suruga puppet Shogun and Himiko-sama meet….! 」