Iyo
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Muromachi Palace - Ashikaga YoshiteruThe current shogun, if you don't remember. 1561. Winter. “Your Excellency, the one we assigned to monitor Oda’s activities in Owari has sent us a letter.” “What does it say?” Mitsubuchi FujihideThe raw has it as Mibuchi Fujihide, but I assume this is a typo as his real name is Mitsubuchi Fujihide., one of the HōkōshūThey are high-ranking officials, as well as close retainers of the shogun. They are among the few who have the rights to have an…- 55.5 K • Ongoing
Imagawa Residence - Isshiki Masataka 1561. Winter. “We have been waiting for you.” “Please forgive me for my lateness in answering your summon, my lord.” Here, in the audience hall, aside from Ujizane-sama, several Suruga retainers were also there. Katsurayama Ujimoto, one person I marked as a potential trouble, was also there, sitting beside Ujizane-sama. Hisa positioned herself around a step back from me, sitting while bowing my head. “It is not something you need to concern…- 55.5 K • Ongoing
- Imagawa Residence - Isshiki Masataka 1561. Winter. The day after I invited Okuyama Chikamoto and Someya Toramasa to join the naval force, both of them came to the castle to take their vows to become retainers of Isshiki. Someya Toramasa asked my permission to bring a man named Heisuke with him, an apprentice who had been assisting him as his right-hand man to command the escort fleet for years. Of course, I agreed to that. If taking in one more person could improve Toramasa’s capabilities,…
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- Ōigawa Castle - Okuyama Chikamoto 1561. Fall. “Boss!” The moment they saw me, one of my men shouted with a loud voice before running toward me. Drawn by his voice, the others followed suit and gathered around me. “What the hell’s going on?!” “Did they release you, Boss?” One of them asked, pointing to my unbound limbs. The sign of rope marks were there, but they were otherwise clean without any scars. “That’s what I’m here for. To explain everything. And to tell…
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- Ōigawa Castle - Okuyama Chikamoto 1561. Fall. The man who was guiding me appeared to be a subordinate of the Isshiki retainer who was in charge of everything related to their port. From the faint scent of sea coming from him, I could tell that he had been out at sea until recently. “Can I ask you something?” “Please, ask away. Though, I’m afraid there won’t be much I can answer. I am just a low-rank personnel, after all.” Though his body was well-built, his answer made him sound…
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- Ōigawa Castle - Isshiki Masataka 1561. Fall. “Someya Kumakichi-sama and Someya Torakichi-sama are here.” Kojūrō’s voice echoed from outside. It took them longer than I expected to come here. I guess Kumakichi’s discussion with Mother took a while, huh? You see, the Imagawa clan had close ties with Kyōtō’s Ashikaga shogunate. In fact, they were relatives, as Imagawa was a branch of the Kira clan, one of the ‘Ashikaga Goikka’. Ashikaga Goikka itself referred to three clans:…
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- Ōigawa Castle - Isshiki Masataka 1561. Fall. Michifusa completed the task I assigned to him the other day perfectly. A man sat in the courtyard, his body tightly bound with ropes. It had been several days since we first captured him, and since that time, his appearance had turned rugged. I could see in his eyes; he was looking down on me due to my age. Well, it wasn’t a big deal. I’d received similar looks whenever I visited Imagawa Residence anyway. Standing beside him was a man. He…
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- Okazaki Castle - Matsudaira Motoyasu 1561. Fall. “Is there something you need from me, my lord?” “You’re here, Tadatsugu? Yes, there is. I need to discuss something with you.” “I see. Please excuse me, then.” Tadatsugu sat down in front of me and straightened his posture. He had probably known what it was that I wanted to talk about with him. After all, he had been serving me for so many years. “Earlier, I was speaking with Masanobu. About the unification of…
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- Okazaki Castle - Matsudaira Motoyasu 1561. Fall “What brings you here, Masanobu?” “Now that the festive atmosphere in the castle town has subsided, I figured that we would be proceeding with the talk of war. Hence I came to see you, my lord.” This man was the man I consulted the most—aside from Tadatsugu—Honda MasanobuThis is Honda Masanobu, a trusted advisor of Motoyasu's, and also someone that he thought of highly, though his other retainers thought otherwise. In history, he once…
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- Ōigawa Castle - Isshiki Masataka 1561. Fall “Was the ajiIt's a type of mackerel. to your liking?” “...Is that really the question you should be asking me now?” That was an understandable reaction, really. Though neither Isshiki nor Matsudaira held a grand ceremony, today, for all intents and purposes, was our wedding day. The merchants and the townsfolk heard about it, of course, and they flooded us with gifts and caused quite the commotion, so I guess I could call tonight’s…
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