Hyuga firmly grabs onto one of her arms and drags her back into the room away from Enya. When she bows to thank him he reminds her again that he's protecting her from everything as his orders are from Yoshitsune. Still, this doesn't stop the heroine from feeling butterflies in her stomach from her rescue by him. She wakes up the next day to a dog licking her lips. It's Hyuga's pet ninja dog, Pochi, back from delivering a message. She praises the dog, calling her smart. She was surprised that the dog was the one that was licking her lips.
Hyuga accuses her of suggesting that he could have done it and quickly rejects the idea of doing so. But it's his quickness to respond and the firmness of his statement is odd. And while he glares at her, he smiles back to Pochi. He holds a massive soft spot for Pochi, having found the dog abandoned in the mountains so he took care of her. Our heroine notices his soft spot for dogs and asks him if he has always been that way. His instant response was a yes, even more than people, because dogs don't lie. She concludes that someone must have back-stabbed him big time in the past. ~~~> It's time for food and Yoshitsune claims that he believes that Yoshinaka will not give in to the Taira's temptation. But Kazemasa questions Yoshitsune's belief, saying that because Yoshitsune views Yoshinaka like a cousin, he would like to think that his own family would betray him. Our heroine has her opinions too.
She shares with them her knowledge that the soldiers under Yoshinaka are uncomfortable with his actions. They don't care about overthrowing the Taira Clan but rather the throne. The soldier are losing their faith in Yoshinaka and are wishing to join Yoshitsune's army. If it happens that Yoshinaka gets lured by the words of the Taira Clan and Yorimoto finds out, Yorimoto would surely order Yoshinaka to kill himself. And if that were to happen then the soldiers would flow into Yoshitsune's army. Our heroine stares at Yoshitsune while thinking about the future for them all. When she's about to leave with Hyuga, Yoshitsune stops to thank her for her input and praises her for all her hard work working with the maids. He's never met a girl like her and he smiles. Hyuga praises her as well but only until Yoshitsune leaves.
He instantly takes back what he said while pinching her cheeks but tells her that her baked potatoes weren't bad either. He goes off about her and Yoshitune's temperament, them being submissive to others and their inability to doubt people. He doesn't say anymore on the subject but reverts back to her cooking. She must have learned how to cook from her mother. It's rare for a daughter of royalty to know how about war and politics or how to cook. When our heroine becomes sad of the thought of not being able to meet and know the faces of her parents, she asks Hyuga if it's true that Yoshitsune did not know the face of his own father.
Hyuga tells her,
He acknowledges that's why Yoshitsune hates the Taira Clan so much. There is sadness in his eyes when calls Yoshitsune's usual high spirits to be masks of his true feelings. Our heroine wants to ask Hyuga about his parents but refrains from doing so. Afterwards, she recalls her conversation with him while taking a bath. She decides it's time to get out but then she hears a splash.
It's Enya with nothing on but a hand towel and an audacious grin. He looks away to allow our heroine to dress but not without sneaking a peek at her. He tries hitting on her again but it's still not working. He admits that women are just playtime for him because he's never fallen seriously in love with anybody yet. This has our heroine thinking out loud about whether or not Hyuga was like him. That gets Enya to question whether or not she likes Hyuga. She flatly denies and Enya tells him that's good. It would be rough to be in love with Hyuga because you don't know what he's thinking. He tells her that Hyuga had a hard life as an orphan in his village. Hyuga was raised in the way of the ninja, showing amazing talent and power, and got to where he currently is at due to his own willpower. Enya then goes around describing the other ninjas as potential husbands. Hyosuke is easy to understand but an idiot. Kazemasa is boring but will probably rise the highest. And he's good in bed. He asks her who she chooses she when she refuses again he tells her she doesn't realize her own feelings for Hyuga. As usual, just ask people are talking about him Hyuga enters the bath.
Hyuga didn't hear the conversation between the two. He's there because he was worried (even though he won't admit it) because our heroine hadn't come out yet and it was getting late. Seeing that she's actually fine he turns back and leaves. Our heroine leaves a little later and finds Hyuga sleeping in the shade of a thicket away from her. He's with a happy Pochi and talks to himself.
He stares off into the night sky and continues,
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Choices I picked:
1.) I am probably not royalty
2.) Completely deny it.
(°ロ°)☝ Just so you know, I'm aiming for the Love Dovey Ending with my choices.
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