Time-travelled To Japan's Sengoku Era Volume 1 Chapter 31

“Sakura, why are you here?” Harun.o.bu was surprised to find her in the camp, especially when he saw her appearance. She was wearing the clothes of a samurai, with a ribbon tied across her forehead and her pant legs tied up; she was holding a big stick on her shoulder, like a strange female samurai. The two generals beside Harun.o.bu were the two who’d quarreled in Tsutsujigasaki. The old one was called Amari Torayasu, and the young one was Bannba n.o.buharu. They also laughed aloud when they saw her appearance. Harun.o.bu quickly asked them to go back to their work, and he ordered n.o.bushige, saying, “Sakura doesn’t know the rules; how about you? Why do you bring her here?” “Don’t blame your brother. It was I who asked him to come here. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself. You didn’t tell me you were going to start a war.” Sakura stood ahead and hit the earth with her long stick. “I know, females are not allowed to enter the camp. But I don’t want to follow you to war, so you don’t need to worry.” “I am not joking. Do you know why the two generals didn’t ask me to send you back? They regarded you as coming here to serve me.” Harun.o.bu was trying to explain it to her, but he couldn’t finish his words. “So you are afraid that someone may think that you need a woman on the road to the war front? Anyway, the camp has only men, so needing a woman is understandable,” Sakura said. “You. . . ” Harun.o.bu didn’t know if he should be irritated by her boldness. Seeing his brother was still there, he took her to another side. Realizing he was nervous, Sakura couldn’t help laughing. “You still laugh?” he rebuked. Sakura turned her head to find n.o.bushige had already left. She then said to him secretly, “I don’t want you to fight with Suwa Yorishige, so I come here to tell you a better method. You told me you will protect me, so you don’t want the war, right?” Harun.o.bu was softened by her sweet att.i.tude. He took out a handkerchief to wipe off his sweat. “Please forgive me for making some secret movements. In fact, I already knew about the situation of you and Suwa through n.o.bushige.” She pretended to be a little shameful, and continued, “I know there is a city named Tagato. The leader was Suwa’s brother, who was always longing for Suwa. You can go to him for help. If Yorishige saw you had his brother’s force, and he cared about Nene and his little son, he would treat the negotiation with n.o.bukata seriously.” Harun.o.bu was stunned by her words. “Hey? Did I miss something?” “No. . . I am too surprised that you have the same idea as me.” “Really? . . .So, the two of us have a mutual affinity.” She was embarra.s.sed by him. How could she tell him that she was from the future? But when he heard the word “mutual affinity,” he suddenly reached out his arms to pull her to his chest, and started to kiss her. Her body was stiff but she didn’t reject his kiss. He released her after a long time. When Sakura became sober, she was so shy and her face was hot. How she wanted to hide somewhere! The man was so opportunistic. “I have decided to go to the city of Tagato. So you can come back now. The inner compound needs its chief. Believe me, I will be back soon. I won’t let you wait for a long time.” He was playing with her bangs softly. “No, if anything happened on the way there, you’d face the war immediately. I am not relieved. Besides, you should have a trustworthy family officer of Tagato like Itagaki n.o.bukata.” Sakura shook her head. Harun.o.bu gave her a smile and said, “I can’t tell you my choice. But I promise you, even if there will be a war, it won’t be a big battle. Go back at ease.” So, he still wanted a war? Sakura was wondering when she walked back to Tsutsujigasaki. She remembered the historical records about this Suwa strategy. It mentioned Harun.o.bu got the support of the city of Tagato, however, the war still happened. Was a fight the only way to solve any problem in this ancient era? “Yiu, where are you? Let me pray you will come out to me. . . ” She was sitting before the door of her room, looking at the heavens. If she prayed with a sincere heart, would the heavens help her?