The Lightning Tree Page #3

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Stronger.

Try blowing into it.

I will definitely come to see you.

Sukejirou.

Invade!

Yes!

Seta, what is the matter?

Do not fall back!

Splendid!

I am defeated.

What is wrong with you?

I told you not to go easy on,

did I not?

For Seta me,

even if my opponent is Dono,

I would never go easy on you.

Summer must have come to

Seta Village as well.

You have been going to the mountain

a lot recently, right?

Yeah.

I am making charcoal.

That is the only thing

I know how to make.

A goblin! A goblin!

What is the matter...?

Hey dear.

Oh.

Tae-sama, this...

Thank you. Is it alright?

You are giving me so much.

We have forever been in the care

of the village headman.

It looks delicious.

Please eat it too,

O-Yuu-sama.

Hmm? What is the matter?

This is, this is...

We are very thankful.

Thank you very much.

Oh dear, O-Matsu-chan.

Thank you.

There, there, there.

How nice.

The two of them were

childhood sweethearts.

O-Sute-san has got a bag leg

ever since he was young.

Hmm~

People cannot become man and wife

if they are not childhood sweethearts?

There is not such a thing.

If Yuu has someone you love,

the two of you can become like them too.

Even for someone like me?

That is of course.

I see...

Father, you seem to be

in good humor.

It has been a long time.

Raise your head.

You look good.

You have grown to bear so much

semblance to your mother.

I do not know whether to be delighted

by those words.

What I could remember...

...is only the dreadful face

of Mother, who was cast aside by you...

...and ended up going deranged, Father.

What could you

have wanted to convey to me?

Yeah.

The Lord of Tokugawa family in Kii Province,

Lord Harufusa does not have any son.

And then, he is looking for

a groom for Princess Kiku.

That means I would become

the Lord of Tokugawa family in Kii Province?

The Tokugawa family in Kii Province is the noble family

that beget us with the eighth shogun, Lord Yoshimune.

If one can become a lord

that could be called a wise ruler,

the path to becoming the shogun

might even open up.

You will partake in it, will you not?

For the great happiness that

my Lord is feeling...

...even words fail to express it.

For the sake of

serving under Sir Narimichi,

I shall have to leave

Edo together with him.

For that reason, my wish to meet

Brother and Mother again...

...would probably not be granted.

Most importantly,

I am concerned about Yuu...

He indeed wrote that

Dono would be going to Kii Province?

Do not keep your way

of speaking so insolently.

But, Dono said that

he would definitely come back.

What will become of you

if you are ever so infatuated with Dono?

He promised that

he would come to see me!

Bear in mind your social position!

There is not a single chance that

Dono, who is going to...

...Tokugawa family in Kii Province,

would come to see you.

Yuu!

Mother.

What is the difference

between Dono and me?

What is social position?

It is the fate that

you have ever since you were born.

What is fate?

Something human strength

cannot even fight against.

It is unchangeable.

What will happen if one disobeys fate?

That...

...even I do not know.

O-Yuu-san will calm her heart

till the festival comes.

Yuu.

Do take care of yourself.

Tomorrow the festival will begin.

Please go with everyone.

Sukejirou.

Entrust...

...your life to me.

Why...

do have to, sir...

This life we have to part,

but for just a glance...

I want to see Yuu.

I have to see her and

properly bid her farewell.

Please.

Dono...

How is it?

I am terribly sorry.

His figure is nowhere to be found.

Capture him no matter what.

Bring him alive to me.

Today, women will wear masks...

...to become a different person.

All the villagers have been looking

forward to this day.

Please hang on, sir!

Yuu.

This is the place where

I feel the most calm.

I fixed it little by little.

All by yourself?

Yeah.

I also make

charcoal using the furnace.

The sakura that...

Yuu!

I...

...came to part with you.

You are going

to be with the Princess?

Why?

Because of fate.

If I go to Kii Province,

I could not meet you any longer.

If I kidnap you...

...and the two of us could stay together...

Then let us do just that.

Kidnap me.

There is no way I could.

I see.

Yuu.

Do stay.

Stay by me.

You are asking me to stay with you

after you said you would part with me?

I do not understand.

I am suffering...

...because of you.

Yuu.

No need to

bid me farewell whatsoever.

Just go back.

Go back to Edo.

If it were to be me,

I would kidnap Dono.

I fear not anything.

Like Father,

I could become a criminal.

Do not say that.

Do not say anything.

I just say what I want to say!

Let go.

I said let go!

Yuu...

Let us run away.

The two of us...

Yuu.

I...

...want you, Dono.

What would you do

if anything happens to Dono?

No matter what blame there is,

I have prepared myself to take all of them.

I did not think in the least.

...that goblin in Edo was a woman.

I shall...

...take responsibility for everything.

Do not forget...

...those words.

Yes.

The two of us could set off from here.

Where are we going?

The deeper place...

...where there is ocean.

Keep going where we can.

Till our lives give up on us.

Together...

Narimichi and his daughter are here.

What?

There are ruffians.

Father.

Father!

Rai!

Father!

This is so unsightly.

Though we made a deal with each other,

you betrayed me yet again.

Father!

Do not come!

You are Father?

Laughable.

A scoundrel like you...

Why did you not follow

my order to kill her that time?

Why did you betray me?

The life that you should

have taken away twenty years ago,

together with you,

I will clean everything up at once.

Father!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Father.

You rascals!

Fa... Father.

Rai.

I...

...stole your life away from you.

I...

I was happy because

I was brought up by Father.

I do not resent you or anything.

Sorry.

Father.

Why did you save me?

I...

...did not save you or anything.

It was you...

..who rescued me.

Rai.

Smile for me.

Father.

Why must they kill him?

Why would you villagers

have conflicts?

Why would you samurai kill people?

I do not understand.

Father...

Let's go back to the mountain.

I want to go back.

Where is Yuu?

She is resting inside.

You must not move yet.

I do not care.

Dono.

Dono.

Dono!

Dono.

Please give up on Yuu.

No matter what,

you are not going to give up on her?

I do not care about matters

like becoming the Lord any longer.

You must not

disobey Kubou-sama's order!

Do you know what would happen

if you go against him?

You are more than

prepared for that, are you not?

That is right!

I have no other way.

Enokido.

Pardon me.

Enokido!

Dono.

When I met Dono...

...for the first time,

you were four years old.

It is so nostalgic.

Please...

...become an excellent lord.

Seta!

You must serve...

...by Dono's side...

...forever!

Enokido-sama!

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