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"Now that I've disclosed my thoughts .. .
you're dead. But I change my mind."

Motonobu marries Tsukiyama-doro, a daughter of Sekiguchi

Yoshihiro, the key vassal of Imagawa Yoshimoto. After the birth

Mikawa for a short visit. However, this permission turns out

to be a terrible scheme by Imagawa Yoshimoto to discover the

kill Motonobu if Motonobu does not return to Sunpu after the

visit. Will Motonobu defect from Imagawa and stay in Mikawa,
or will he go back to Sunpu and remain there as a hostage ... ?

the decision?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter on Relinquishing Pain
No. 8: Neyasu Samehan.7
No. 9: Crisis—The Tree at Risk.53
No. 10: Complete Absence.99
Chapter on Relinquishing Factions
A Mountain Is a Problem. But a Horse Is, Too.115
l: Monkey and Pull.147
3: Sand and Flower.163

Part 1.287
Glossary.308
Creator Profiles.310
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