Sengoku Warlords All-Out Showdown in the Ryokan-Asakaga Army Arc
This is not an official translation.
There may be typos or errors.
Hisahide: Welcome. It’s finally our turn.
Kanbei: I’m glad you came, Mai
Mai: Excuse me for intruding…
The room we were invited into by the members of the shogunate was exceptionally luxurious.
Saizo: Uwaaaaaaa. What do I do? I’m so nervous I can’t stop shaking. Someone punch me and knock me out.
Mai: D-Do you want to be okay, Saizo-kun?
Saizo: Huh? You remember my name…? That can’t be possible, so maybe I’ve already fainted and this is just a dream.
Mai: It’s reality! Get a hold of yourself.
Saizo: H-Hwaa
Hisahide: Saizo is always like this, so you don’t have to worry about him.
Mai: Y-Yes
Yoshiteru: Mai, sit down
Mai: Thank you very much Excuse me.
Prompted to do so, I sat down on the tatami and found myself glancing around the splendid room.
(It’s so luxurious… The vases, the hanging scrolls, even the furnishings are refined)
(Moreover, everything imaginable is here—just as expected of the Shogun-sama’s room)
Hisahide: We’ve prepared sweets and sake too, so take your time and relax.
Mai: Yes It’s a very lovely room The atmosphere is so refined and elegant, isn’t it
Kanbei: It seems this is a special room that ordinary guests aren’t allowed to stay in.
Hisahide: Of course There’s a Shogun here after all.
Mai: That’s true The vases, the hanging scrolls, and the decorations are all beautiful I truly thought it was impressive.
Saizo: Ah That was arranged by Rikyu-san especially for today.
Saizo: It’s amazing… If I think about accidentally breaking something, I wouldn’t dare touch anything carelessly.
Mai: So these were chosen by Rikyu-san
(As expected of a famous tea master His sense of taste is excellent)
Rikyu: Be grateful Being surrounded by items approved by the discerning eye of a famous tea master who can silence even a crying child is a rare experience.
Hisahide: It would’ve been perfect if you hadn’t said that yourself.
Mai: But it’s true They’re all wonderful pieces Ah Um What about that bolt of fabric over there
I spotted the bolts of fabric stacked in one corner of the room and naturally found my eyes drawn to them.
Kanbei: I heard you work as a seamstress As a token of goodwill I had rare fabrics gathered from all across Hinomoto.
Mai: Eh Are they for me?
Hisahide: We wanted to make you happy.
(Incredible… Every single one is truly high quality Just as they said they’re all rare fabrics)
(This kikyo pattern is so vivid and the details are so carefully done… And the colors of this fabric are beautiful)
Before I knew it I was completely absorbed in the beautiful fabrics when—
Yoshiteru: Look over here.
Yoshiteru-sama grabbed my wrist and I felt my heart skip a beat at the crystal-like eyes peering into mine.
Yoshiteru: You can look at the fabrics later.
Mai: S-Sorry I got carried away.
Yoshiteru: If you understand, that's fine.
His perfectly groomed hands and beautiful face finally move away, and I let out a small sigh of relief.
(I can’t let this distract me—I need to focus on my exchanges with everyone.)
Rikyu: With all these fine items here, the one that moves you the most is a bolt of cloth, huh.
Saizo: You must really love your work as a seamstress if you can get that absorbed in a bolt of cloth.
Saizo: ...It’s wonderful to have something you can devote yourself to that much.
Mai: That’s right. Designing and making the things people wear… has always been my dream.
Rikyu: If you come to our place, we’ve got so many fine and rare bolts of cloth they’re practically rotting away.
Rikyu: Mai. Don’t you want to try living a life where you can have anything you desire?
Rikyu: Spend tomorrow and the day after with us and make it a done deal.
Rikyu: Days like heaven are waiting for you.
(Heaven!? I have a feeling if I give in to this temptation, my life will be over...!)
Mai: I’ll pass.
Hisahide: Rikyu, stop it. You shouldn’t force her.
(Thank goodness, Hisahide-san is reasonable—)
Hisahide: Come to my room later, just the two of us. Shall we make some travel memories together?
(——Not at all! There’s far too much allure in that sidelong glance… I can’t meet his eyes.)
Kanbei: Oh my. Saizo seems to have sensed something indecent and frozen up.
Kanbei: Mai, who do you want to spend the night with?
Kanbei: Of course, I’d like you to include not only Rikyu and Hisahide, but also Saizo, Yoshiteru, and myself among your options.
Mai: Even if you say that...!
Saizo: Eek, someone like me isn’t worth choosing. I’m sorry.
(If it’s Yoshiteru-sama, he might be able to bring this situation under control―)
Yoshiteru: If you spend one night with me, will the others finally give up?
(What on earth is everyone here talking about!?)
Mai: I won’t be spending a night with Yoshiteru-sama—or with anyone else!
Yoshiteru: Why?
Mai: There’s no “why”—we’re not even lovers.
Rikyu: Once you’ve done what needs to be done, it’s all the same, isn’t it?
Mai: We haven’t even deepened our relationship, so there’s no way it’d be the same!
Hisahide: That’s precisely why I thought it would be nice to take my time getting to know you better.
Mai: That’s not what I mean… I want us to do something where we can truly get to know each other.
Kanbei: I see. For example?
(If you ask me for an example...)
At his question, I desperately rack my brain for a good idea.
Mai: In that case—
After leaving the elegant room, I found myself standing in the inn’s kitchen together with Yoshiteru-sama and the others.
Saizo: Ugh… I’m sorry someone like me is even stepping into the kitchen.
Saizo: We’ll clean it up properly after we use it, so please forgive us, inn staff!
Mai: We got proper permission, so it’s fine.
Hisahide: ...I never imagined that your idea of “something where we can truly get to know each other” would be this.
What I suggested was that we “cook dinner together.”
Mai: I think that by doing the same task together, you can start to see all sorts of things about each other.
Kanbei: Indeed, working together does tend to reveal what a person is like.
Kanbei: Even so, I didn’t expect to be made to cook.
Rikyu: That’s interesting I don’t dislike ideas that ordinary people wouldn’t normally come up with.
Hisahide: Hey Yoshiteru Come here for a moment The straps of your apron are tied vertically.
Yoshiteru: As long as it’s tied it doesn’t matter.
Hisahide: It’s not the same.
Hisahide: There It’s done.
(Huh Hisahide-san is surprisingly quite caring toward Yoshiteru-sama.)
Mai: Then since preparations are ready, let’s start cooking.
Rikyu: I’m telling you I can’t carry anything heavier than a tea scoop.
Saizo: Hwaaa… It’s far too presumptuous for someone like me to stand and cook beside you.
Saizo: I will devote myself to collecting fish bones and vegetable scraps during cooking Or please use me as broth for the stew.
Mai: That wouldn’t mean we’re cooking together.
Mai: Let’s make it properly together, Rikyu-san and Saizo-kun too.
Saizo: U… Yes.
Rikyu: Ah, fine fine Well, since it’s a rare opportunity, I’ll enjoy myself.
Kanbei: By the way I don’t have much knowledge about cooking but would it be fine if I recreate the taste and shape of the food I usually eat.
Mai: Yes that’s right If there’s anything you don’t understand, please ask me.
Rikyu: It would be boring if it were the usual thing Since we have the chance, let’s make all the dishes dyed blue.
Hisahide: Doing something that kills people’s appetite is forbidden Saizo, can you cut the meat over there.
Saizo: U-Okay.
Saizo-kun started silently cutting the meat as instructed.
Mai: Wow Saizo-kun, you’re really good at using a knife.
Saizo: N-No way Praise is far too good for someone like me.
Mai: It’s true You’re cutting very neatly and quickly.
Saizo: Ehehe I’m useless at almost everything but I think I’m at least decent at handling blades.
(Because he’s embarrassed, his hands are moving so fast that I can’t even see them!)
Rikyu: Aren’t you cutting too much meat?
Kanbei: Saizo is a meat eater.
Hisahide: Saizo, next please cut the vegetables.
Saizo: …Yes.
(The hand cutting the vegetables is about ten times slower than when cutting meat…! His mood is clearly dropping.)
Rikyu: Hey Isn’t that pot over there already boiling Yoshiteru check the temperature.
Yoshiteru: Understood.
Yoshiteru-sama opened the pot lid and was about to casually stick his finger inside—
Mai: Ah, that’s dangerous!
I reflexively grabbed Yoshiteru-sama’s hand.
Yoshiteru: ....?
(Thank goodness, I made it in time.)
Mai: You’ll get burned if you touch the hot water directly with your finger.
Mai: If the water in the pot isn’t bubbling too much, it’s okay to wait a little longer and watch.
Yoshiteru: I see Understood.
(Although Yoshiteru-sama has an impressive aura as a Shogun, maybe his private life has quite a few clumsy sides…?)
Hisahide: That was dangerous Be careful, Yoshiteru.
Kanbei: Let’s put the pot lid far away so that Yoshiteru doesn’t accidentally touch it.
Saizo: Yoshiteru-sama, wasn’t the steam hot? If necessary, I can go and get some medicinal herbs......
Yoshiteru: I’m fine.
Rikyu: Really Yoshiteru is strangely a bit slow sometimes Let me see your hand.
Hisahide: It doesn’t look red, so it seems you’re fine That’s a relief.
The way everyone is gathered around Yoshiteru-sama makes them look like ordinary companions when they are like this.
(It seems they get along well.)
(And somehow, it’s good that they’re dividing the cooking work and seem to be enjoying making it.)
Mai: It’s done!
The evening meal we made by working together with everyone was completed.
Hisahide: It turned out looking quite delicious.
Mai: I’m sure it will be delicious Since we all worked together to make it.
Kanbei: Fufu You’re the only one who would try to have the Shogun and his close retainers cook.
Kanbei: So Do you think you can understand us now?
Mai: Of course There are still many things I don’t understand from just this…
Mai: But I can tell that all of you seem to have your own special bonds.
Hisahide: Bonds…?
Mai: Yes.
(Even while exchanging light banter, I could feel that they were looking out for each other.)
As I thought that, Rikyu-san shrugged his shoulders.
Rikyu: Hah Don’t go saying such naive things.
Mai: I’m sorry But I also wanted people from other factions to know about all of you.
(So—)
Mai: If it’s alright, why don’t we invite everyone else and serve this evening meal to them?
Yoshiteru and the others: .....!
Surprised by my bold proposal, everyone widened their eyes and exchanged looks.
(But there’s probably no other chance like this, and something might change in a good way.)
While I waited for their answer, clenching my hands, Kanbei-san and Rikyu-san suddenly smiled.
Kanbei: That’s an unexpected proposal But it’s interesting.
Rikyu: It wouldn’t be a bad idea to accept the request here and wait for an opportunity to take advantage later.
Saizo: I-I-I get nervous going out in front of a large crowd but if Rinka says so…?
…Well, I also want to know the movements of the other factions. What about you, Yoshiteru?
Yoshiteru: I don’t mind either.
