Chronicles of The Hardships of Komachi in The Sengoku Era

A preaching from Nobunaga came around the time I finished eating tempura, as if I had foreseen it.

The contents should not come to the designated location as soon as possible.

Quickly, Shizuko heads to Nobunaga's designated location. arrived at the designated location in about five minutes of the

Nobunaga seemed to come first and wait, and he was sitting on a dry stump.

"Oh, I'm sorry I'm late"

Running to Nobunaga early, Shizuko bowed her head and said so.

But Nobunaga didn't care, and a glance at her showed her around with her chin.

Sit around there, Shizuko, understood to mean, sits choosing a place that will be lower in height than Nobunaga.

If you look closely, Nobunaga was alone. Of course, there were no Horsemen or warlords under his command.

Despite having them at the end of my eyes and nose.

"Answer my question without lying or falsehood, only with truth."

There was sharpness in the tone. No, not just the tone, but the eyes, the face, even the atmosphere at the end.

A sharp Japanese sword-like hegemony seeps out of his whole body. Shizuko, struck by Nobunaga's atmosphere, stretches her spine unconsciously.

(also, could this be the original Nobunaga......?

Shizuko, who well saw the sentence 'Nobunaga's subordination had atrophied even though he was just near him' in the literature and elsewhere, thought it was an exaggeration until now.

But now, sitting in front of Nobunaga, I finally find out those literature are not exaggerations or anything.

Honestly, I was in the mood to escape right now.

Shizuko, you're not from this world.

That was a question closer to certainty than a question.

Shizuko, suddenly poked at the core, was also drinkin 'by Nobunaga's atmosphere combined with turning her head white.

"... ugh!

"Let's be more precise. You are not born of this turmoil. Neither is Nanban. More different...... should I say something different? Anyway, you didn't get raw in this book."

"Oh, uh..."

"The best word you can say is either yes or no. Don't worry, I won't snap your neck unless you're lying."

That, on the contrary, was a word you could take if you lied.

Being paying people, and above all Nobunaga seemed convinced that Shizuko would say yes.

"... Yes"

She noticed.

Nobunaga has not presented any evidence or anything, but Nobunaga has gained the certainty to the idea, because Shizuko thought.

In fact, Nobunaga did not react in any way to Shizuko's response. It just seemed natural.

"Hmm, still."

"Um... I don't know, when did you notice who I was?

Shizuko asks roughly to Nobunaga, who is putting his hand on his chin.

I was paying close attention to the area, and behaved as much as possible like a warring man.

But the only person who thought so seemed to be Shizuko himself.

"I can't imagine how much money and effort it would have taken to give you that much knowledge. With that in mind, it's impossible to leave you alone. And you have too little influence on the lads. An attitude that cannot be described as important or contemptuous of the teachings of the Buddha. Extremely indifferent to gold, I would pour in gold like a fool for the teaching of the technology I have"

"Uh..."

"Don't you get it? You are strange to exist. The technology itself doesn't ask for anything in return and doesn't even spare a moment for showing the depth of care that doesn't tell you when, where, or from whom you asked for a teacher."

"Well, that's so the Hall can help..."

"Even so."

Nobunaga trumpetes Shizuko's excuses.

"For once, you have not asked me for anything in return. Everything you want is good for me. I don't see your own interests."

Nobunaga said he couldn't find his greed in what Shizuko was asking for.

Whether you are a minister who served your lord for many years in the Warring States, it is natural to get rewarded if you have a handle on it.

Failure to do so will result in disobedience, betrayal, and a servant naturally happens to another master. The reverse is true.

If I didn't do a lot of work, I'd be confused and kicked out.

But Shizuko is not greedy, he is not difficult, he is not a jerk.

Do what you are commanded to do silently. And there's nothing to be proud of about success.

He has accomplished many things during only two years of service, but if Nobunaga doesn't reward him, he won't say anything.

There Nobunaga learned a kind of fear.

"Later...... right, there's another one. Not long before I met you, I met a strange old woman."

"Old woman...... is it?

Nobunaga nods small at Shizuko's words.

"Master Left, it's about your return from Xiao Mio Pond. All of a sudden I fell back and forth unknown, wrapped in a thick mist. Suddenly an old woman appeared in front of me as I guarded my surroundings. Ignoring my surprise, the old woman said:" The sword carries the razor. "

"" The fall of the moment "......?

"A fallen child is a child removed from an authentic lineage. I don't know exactly what the moment means, but since it is often used to describe words such as time, I thought it might be referring to the area. In other words, if the old woman's words are correct, you are most comfortable thinking that she was conceived at a time different from ours. You'd think if I told someone else this story, I'd have touched it."

In fact, you told someone. Nobunaga threw up words in a bitter laugh.

"Anyway, this solved more questions than both. I will keep your life as long as you keep your promise to me. Therefore, you will continue to show me your talent."

Shizuko nods deeply at the words, then sees Nobunaga's face.

There was Nobunaga, not a Nobunaga wrapped around a sharp blade-like atmosphere, but a Nobunaga full of charm that attracted people.

Unexpectedly, Nobunaga did not say that he had given all his knowledge.

Do the same job you've been given now.

This is a measure to avoid distrust of the area due to a sudden change in attitude towards Shizuko.

But it didn't change anything.

"You will be given the role of" Consultant to the Oda Family ". Use that knowledge for my sake."

Shizuko was given the position of "Consultant to the Oda Family".

Although the name is different, I thought it was essentially a fairy talent, but I decided to confirm it just in case.

Because in the case of Nobunaga, new positions may rarely be created.

"Dear Hall, what the hell is an Oda family counselor...?

"Basically, it's not much different from what we're doing right now. Just answer my questions and do my orders faithfully. Every time I give you the necessary authority, it's different. But... it's inadvertent to rely solely on wolves for bodyguarding in the future. Shizuko, I'll give you 500 soldiers, and a horse wrap."

"Ugh! will, yes...... accept. So... Um, is a soldier good for me?

"Ho, do you have any ideas?"

"The legion soldiers of a country called the Roman Empire in Nanban were not only experts in combat but also in urban construction… a group of experts. By doing so, we will create a unit specialized in civil architecture and other technologies, that is, to combine combat with Kurokuwa."

Kuroshima spread as a term referring to those responsible for civil engineering work from the Warring States to the Edo period.

He became integrated into the army and operated as a black crowd, engaging in strategic civil work such as building positions and building bridges.

The internment and burial of war victims as post-war treatment was also the work of the Kuroshima people. It is famous for the "Kuroku" group of the geotechnical group in Ozhang Chita County, which also raised its name in the private sector as a region of "Kuroku" as a farming tool.

Shizuko thought of creating combat engineers and making them a force to develop social life foundations such as civil engineering, water remediation, Shinda development and road maintenance everywhere.

Troops to defend themselves, of course, so I'd have trouble if I couldn't do some fighting.

But basically, "Stay away from the prince danger". If it becomes dangerous, it is an immediate retreat without considering the difference in power.

"Please allow time for scaffolding later."

"Why?"

"Niccolò Maccabelli, who was a diplomat of the Republic of Florence, a country in South Barbarian, said." The greatest thing to worry about for those who have suddenly inherited their status and everything is to consolidate their foundations first, and immediately, above all ". I've never managed hundreds of people at a time before. So first, we have to think about the management system that is the foundation."

That's all Shizuko regretted. Makabeli's name and the teachings in it were spoken cheaply.

When he turned his gaze toward Nobunaga while hiding his mouth with his hands, he had a very good grin.

But to Shizuko, the grin only seemed like an abominable grin.

"It's a good thing to talk all the time. Shizuko, you know I don't have to tell you the next thing?

"Yes, sir"

Shizuko understood that she wanted to give me a copy of the "Monarchy" put out by Niccolò Macabelli and say:

Though considered the ancestor of objective and modern political science in modern times, in warring Europe it has been added to the catalogue of forbidden books and burned down as part of the confrontational reform of the Catholic Church.

Maccabelli herself continued to be accused of being "the author of vices who preferred betrayal," and "Monarchy" was narrowly shouldered until it was re-evaluated in the eighteenth century.

It was so much a 'monarchy' full of problems for morality and religion during medieval Europe.

But neither had anything to do with Nobunaga.

"I don't need the morality of Nanban or anything. I'm common sense in Japanese books."

Then the question from Nobunaga continued.

From personal stories about what kind of clothing you usually wear, what kind of food you prefer, whether your parents or brothers are alive, whether you ever wanted to meet them, what kind of political system was laid down where you lived, what kind of control system the military is, the scale, whether the type of weapon can ever be attacked by an enemy country, how can you leave if attacked, etc., social and political content varied.

And I don't just ask for explanations.

'In democracy, if the people are dull, only dull rulers are born'

"Compulsory education is excellent in terms of giving a certain amount of knowledge, but at the same time it makes good people buried. The talented should be given a better environment '

'It's good to enact a constitution or a law, but aren't the penalties too light? Especially if the guy who fattens his private belly with the country's money should be sentenced to imprisonment and other verbal interrogations, beheading'.

"I'm not responsible for what I say. Don't let it crush you. There is no value in being incompetent, etc., which I think is fair. Rather evil. '

"No need for incompetence or anything that scorns craftsmen. And no need for proud craftsmen. What's it worth to a craftsman who doesn't brush his arms all his life? '

And so on, and what I thought was a problem, I relentlessly slash and throw away, and I state my theories.

Until then when it comes to different values and outlooks of life and death, but from Nobunaga's point of view, I guess the world of static children who can live even with incompetence and stupidity looks strange.

But it was Nobunaga who did not end the exotic world just because it was strange.

"If we can have a place where no one is paying attention, no ordinary person will lean over there, instead the sinners will live there. A cracked window theory to keep you from doing that...? Very well done."

"In my country, I had set up a security station where I needed it, and I had a few people waiting there. They were patrolling the determined range and controlling minor violations of order."

"Hmm, it's not a bad story. Quickly, let's consider it. If it works, we can use it to fight the Interceptors."

(... I'm about to get tired...... but)

Shizuko exhales a heavy sigh.

At first, I was to the point of being asked lightly about my life. However, the scope of the conversation gradually widened, so that Shizuko was allowed to explain how long he lived in Japan.

Shizuko thought for a moment that she was willing to root and pull knowledge out of herself, but when she saw Nobunaga's face, she realized the idea was a mistake.

Unyielding boy's eyes, honest smile, and exuberant curiosity. That didn't make me feel on the back, it was so full of charm that I almost fell in love unexpectedly.

Shizuko wondered if it was this kind of mood for a man to fall in love with a man.

"Senma is also a good idea. Castration reduces temper and makes it easier to handle it, and even if the enemy takes it away, it can't be used to reproduce it, and it doesn't excite you during your estrus, right? Raging horses are considered a good trend among samurai, but you can throw away such boring thoughts and such. And that was a hoof...... Hmm, those are worth considering too"

"... I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if it was time for you to return to the mansion. I think the sun will set in about a minute."

Nobunaga looks up at the sky, not to mention saying it's the first time he's noticed it since he pointed it out.

The sun was setting to the west. Nobunaga, who thought it would almost sink in about an hour or two later, pays off the dust on his butt when he stands silently.

"Sounds like it. We're going back."

"Yes!

Shizuko also rises up, exhaling in a ho. She was relieved when she was finally released while paying off the dust.

But that was a sweet idea. Nobunaga, turning to Shizuko, who stood up, said this with a grin.

"Shall we continue after we take an evening meal at the Mansion?"