Vol 3 Chapter 13 (1/2)
Chapter 13: Great King of the Location
What is all alone
Even when people gather?
Point Allocation (Individual)
“Would you call this easy to mess up, difficult, or simple, ‘Musashi+’-san?”
Sakai spoke from a bench on the deck at the bow of Okutama, but “Musashi+” only tilted her head next to him She placed so
“Sakai-sama, what is your opinion? I believe you know Chancellor Yoshi+tsune of Qing-Takeda Over”
“Judge That’s right We had so with that idiot Innocentius She wasn’t supposed to attack froeneration, so I said I’d cry if she did On the other hand, Ii and Sakakibara created a strong trade connection and opened a path to the Houjou region” He rested his head on his hand “Then I was sent to the Edo region before co to Musashi+ Kantou is their land, remember? So I dealt with them a fair amount When their mobile city came by, ould open a market for trade and a 100 yen bazaar”
“Is she a pacifist? Over”
“No, she does whatever she feels like It’s all based on the continuing existence of her and those around her When you live for centuries, you learn what you can and can’t do With that and a clear line between control and subordination, the way you think changes ‘Musashi+’-san, how old are you this year? Thirty?”
“Judge My thought circuits are cleaned daily, so I aht you were older thanthat you are less than thirty, Sakai-saet back to Yoshi+tsune-sama Over”
The concern in “Musashi+’s” voice caused Sakai to nod
“Judge Her basis for ethics and for judging the value of life is different fro the centuries, she has seen the advantages and disadvantages of people’s lives and deaths When her brother Yoritoenerations later, she forcibly carried out Saneto settled with an interpretation It was quite gruesoet mad if I said it that way But that is one way to live Noas you and those around you continue on, it does notelse matters And even if you are not…”
He exhaled so fro-lived race’s direct line, others will always die before she does That is why it does not matter what others do This is the difference between a se nation, but it is also the difference between a hu-lived race That is why she is a bit different She’s probably laughing and enjoying herself over at IZUMO, but I suspect she is actually quite calm It makes an old man like me want to have her predict my future based on my personality She probably keeps all the fun stuff with her”
“I have determined that you seem to like her quite a bit Over”
“Are you jealous, ‘Musashi+’-san?”
“An automaton cannot experience jealousy Did you hit your head? Over”
“I’m not sure” Sakai tilted his head “But Yoshi+tsune is sure to say sos, so Masazumi-kun needs to be on her toes”
With her sake bottle raised in one hand, Yoshi+tsune spoke from the pillar at the entrance
“Satou Brothers, it isn’t good to worrying too…Listen up, all of you The Testament Union? PA Oda? The fall of the Takeda clan? Who cares? Our strength will fall to just Qing? So what?”
She laughed and then spoke in her heart
…Those are the words of those with short lives
“You short-lived fools”
She licked the mouth of the bottle and took a bit of sake into the side of hertheinto the roots of her teeth was exceptional
“What is a nation and what is a person? To me, they’re just worthless frameworks Nations fall and people disappear That’s just the way of the world”
“Then…”
As Musashi+’s vice president began, Yoshi+tsune assu a question she had heard countless times And her assu the nation of Qing-Takeda?”
“Hah,” she laughed “Qing-Takeda? What are you talking about? That was a co to the Satou Brothers because the horse-riding people suited me better A people that lives within nature and stays on thebirth will not fall and is very rarely destroyed Musashi+ is in a siht now That’s e’re so compatible”
Listen
“Nations may fall, but another nation will rise up Short-lived fools who can only belong to one or two nations during their entire life can never see as you understand that, you can live a positive, stress-free life without any pointless conflict or anger”
“Then why do you even have a nation?”
…Oh, so she’s gone this far
The girl’s de Yoshi+tsune had not heard recently She looked down on it as the anger of the short-lived or jealousy towards the long-lived, but she did not try to reject it or stop it
“How should I know?” she declared with her standard irresponsibility “Listen I have power and I knohat to do both based onto do everything yourself, so I started having people do things forI knew, here I was That’s all I can say, little girl If I had to put it to words…”
She felt it ithout saying, but she said it anyway
“Ias I live, an empire will form around me and continue to exist But who cares about the form of that nation? Who cares about the life of the people? Toas I remain, a new nation will form to replace the one that disappears So…”
“So?”
“My s about a nation, so the people of o die to make ht happiness to all the people of the empire I created …Do you have a problem with that?”
Musashi+’s vice president’s expression vanished
Oh, thought Yoshi+tsune as a sharp look turned her way
“In other words, you are saying people’s lives are worth less than a nation”
“Of course”
“Then…”
What an interesting young girl, she thought upon hearing that She continues asking questions and does not give in to fear
…It’s al to learn as much as she can
That was not a bad choice No one had tried to learn this much about her recently They all either bowed down to her or argued as ene of the short-lived And so she took a gulp of sake and spoke
“AskI would like to ask”
And the girl asked it
“Howquestion, thought Yoshi+tsune The value of my life, hm?
As she asked herself the question, she formed atheir eyes wide, but they always gave a-lived She felt fierce warriors should be calirl, what is your name?”
“Masazu
…What kind of fool only gives her given nairl’s shoulders tre
“Let ht to the possibility that I would kill you here? Surely you were not thinking that I aly”
“Of course the possibility occurred to me,” casually replied Musashi+’s vice president “In an e That is what allowsmy safety in your hands”
And…
“That is my ‘nation’”
…An excellent answer
“I see”
Yoshi+tsune began to drink so would be aze froht ahead”
…Good
“You are the same kind of person as the Satoirl over there You reatest reason why the short-lived wish for a nation Satou Brothers, that is why Masazu”
Yoshi+tsune felt the corner of herwell
She took in a breath and the night air felt cold Or perhaps it was just her body heating up It did notto oppose her stood before her
…How lovely
She wondered when she had last had a true fight to the death A battle in which she fought as nothing but herself and put her very existence on the line
It had been a long tio