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Volume 5 Chapter 5 Part 14

Niwa Nagahide’s usual gentle smile was gone, replaced with a serious, strict expression as she blocked Nobuna’s path. Grasping the hilt of her sword, she asked Nobuna one more question:

「Who do you think the soldiers shed blood for in this Anegawa? For you, and they only have one life! The people who died here today had parents and siblings they wanted to come back to as well! But they have chosen to give up their precious lives for you without hesitation, because they also believed in your dream of conquering the world! But now, Nobuna-sama, you are actually going to… 」

But her last words died in her throat, as she didn’t dare to squeeze them out, because Nagahide herself understood that if she continued on, she would be telling Nobuna to forsake her human heart, to kill the part of her that was still just a normal girl. That