Ikémen Sengoku: Transcriptioned Romances Across Time (Masamune)

Masamune Date Eternal Route Epilogue

Mai: "This is Aoba?" We passed through a town loudly celebrating the return of their lord — and were greeted by a truly picturesque castle.

Masamune: "Your mouth's hanging open, kitten." Masamune gave my jaw a teasing nudge. But how else was I supposed to react to such a beautiful sight? 

Following our successful escape (?) from Nobunaga, we'd regrouped with Yojiro and Masamune's other vassals on the road. Then we all made the journey back to Ōshū, Masamune's province, together.

Mai: "You really rule all this land—?"

Masamune: "Thought I was making it up?" He laughed, raising a provocative eyebrow. "Well? It's a good province, isn't it?"

Mai: "It is. It definitely is." Everyone is overjoyed to have Masamune back. It's in every face. He's truly loved. Wherever he goes.  I felt such pride at that. 

And starting today, I'm one of Aoba's happy residents! I'm hoping I can build the same kind of bonds here I had with the guys at Azuchi.  I'd gotten along fine with Masamune's vassals so far. And besides, I had an ace up my sleeve — I loved Masamune at least as much as everyone here.

The gates are opening!  At the head of the party to welcome him back was a familiar, friendly face—

Kojuro: "There you are, my lord. You're finally back."

Masamune: "Kojuro! Good to see you again. Thanks for holding down the fort!"

Kojuro: "I'm pretty sure it would fall apart without me, my lord, so there's no need for thanks."

Masamune: "Sounds like I trained you well."  . . . Huh? What's Kojuro doing over there? I could have sworn he was with us!

I looked around, but indeed, he wasn't. Come to think of it, I hadn't seen him in a while. I asked Masamune about it— 

". . . Oh yeah. So, those preparations I told you about? I sent Kojuro back early after our little skirmish with Kenshin."

Mai: "I see. Still, I figured since he's your head vassal, you'd have wanted him at your side."

Masamune: "Kojuro's not just my head vassal, he's my castellan. Not that different from a chatelaine, if you think about it!"

Kojuro: "Please don't."

Mai: "Kojuro, you were a chatelaine this whole time and you never told me?!  . . . I should have asked you for lessons!" Kojuro effortlessly slipped from the good-natured smirk he had for Masamune to a more calm, polite smile.

Kojuro: "Lesson one, always give a proper greeting. Welcome, Princess, to Aoba Castle."

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The three of us settled down in Masamune's artistically decorated room. No wonder he'd liked my art so much! Kojuro prepared the tea; Masamune mentioned he had something important he wanted to tell him.

Kojuro: ". . . While I'm sure there's many things to talk about, what was this one in particular?"

Masamune: "I'll get to that. I need to make sure Mai's okay with things first."

Mai: "What do you need my okay on?"

Masamune: "I haven't told anyone else where you come from. But I wanted Kojuro at least to know." Oh, I see. That makes sense. Especially someone that close to him.   

Mai: "That's okay with me!" Together, we revealed how I'd come from the future. I explained everything I could about time-travel and how it had happened.