In order to prevent further intensification of the stand off between Nobuna and her younger brother, Nobukatsu, Inuchiyo absconded from Kiyosu.
However, even then, they weren’t able to stop the internal rebellion of the Oda clan.
Just three days after Inuchiyo absconded, Nobukatsu’s chief retainer, Shibata Katsuie visited Nobuna at Kiyosu castle and gave a melancholic sigh.
Shibata Katsuie, nickname ‘Riku’.
From a young age she was known as the strongest fierce general of Owari, a girl commander who if given a spear, shows a prowess of being invincible in the whole of Japan.
However, because she has a straight forward personality, she wasn’t able to have a sense for difficult things like politics or the like.
God doesn’t bestow two gifts; she was the representative chosen.
While her position is that of Nobukatsu’s chief retainer, Katsuie was Nobuna’s fan from way back.
Although her blunt, poisoned tongued and her quirky and eccentric actions stand out, there had been rare occasions before her father, Nobuhide, died when Nobuna let out a sigh while showing a lovely smile inadvertently.
Nobuna doesn't just have pretty looks, she also has cute expressions which makes you want to adore her while playing with her cheeks.
However, after losing the one who understood her the most, Nobuhide, she obstinately closed off her heart, made her tongue sharper and started getting irritated and displeased with her retainers.
That’s why, the people around him became arrogant and thought to themselves “If it’s about sociability, wouldn’t our Lord who has established opinion about him as well be better?”and started to plan a rebellion.
Katsuie always wanted to completely remove the friction between Nobuna and Nobukatsu......but although she thinks that, she doesn’t know what she should do to accomplish that.
This time as well because Inuchiyo, Nobuna’s page, had cut down Nobukatsu’s page, once again Nobukatsu and the young samurai around him, having not learnt from their mistakes, planned a rebellion saying “This time for sure, let’s chase out that foolish daughter of Owari”.
Katsuie shouted at Nobukatsu and the people surrounding him countless times to make them desist but, it was of no use.
Conversely, the people surrounding him said:
“Katsuie-dono, didn’t you more or less run back here without fighting in the battle with Nobuna-dono before?”
“The best spear wielder of Owari was a lie, huh.”
“Could it be you had an understanding with Nobuna.”
It was the cleaning up of the blame.
(I can’t draw my sword against Nobuna-sama. This is troubling, why are there so many idiots...although I am an idiot as well to not be able to get a plan to solve this)
Although Katsuie is the chief retainer assigned to Nobukatsu, the lord of Owari is till the end, Nobuna.
To fight with Nobuna, there’s no way she could do that.
Although she says that, there’s no way she could give Nobukatsu a death penalty as well. That too will become an act of rebellion towards the Oda clan.
For Katsuie who didn’t have a personality with an underside, there was no word such as ‘Rebellion’ in her dictionary.
It’s straightforward loyalty for her.
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The Ambitions of Oda Nobuna Volume 1
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