Volume 3, Chapter 34 – Tokugawa’s Threat

Volume 3, Chapter 34 - Tokugawa’s Threat

Translator: Aoi

The room Lily retreated into was only faintly illuminated by the moonlight passing through the window of the room as well as the light of the adjacent room.

“Hmm?” When she turned around to look, she discovered an array of chests of all sizes, so she presumed this room was where the Tokugawa members stored their luggage.

Based on the footsteps, it seems like Mayumi is going the other way. Who exactly is within the room she came out of then?

Lily saw a ray of light beam coming from the wall at a corner of the room, so she approached it and discovered that the paper was a bit damaged there. Thus, she kneeled down and looked at the other side prudently through the hole and discovered a beautiful woman donned in a white yukata kneeling in front of the short and stout Tokugawa. The woman was in the middle of undressing him, so she guessed that she was his wife. However, compared to the aged and ugly Tokugawa, the madam appeared to be a rarely seen woman of pristine beauty just from her side countenance.

Lily’s heart skipped a beat and she turned around immediately. No matter whether she was a beauty or not, she was Tokugawa’s wife, and she had no interest in their personal life.

The madam looked so young and pretty and utterly incongruous with Tokugawa. Could she be the deceased Yasutarou’s mother? But she looks too young for that.

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Lily eyed the chests in front of her, a few of which looked pretty lavish in appearance. As the adjacent room belonged to Tokugawa, Lily felt that it was highly likely these luggage belonged to the Tokugawa couple.

As an overlord, Tokugawa’s luggage should contain some treasures, right?

Lily originally had an apathetic nature with regards to money and treasures, but after arriving in the Heian world, money and treasures became a crucial aspect of strength and a major factor to increase the chances of survival as well as the means to protect her sisters. They were also necessary items required to look for the secrets relating to her senior sister’s dormant soul.

Thus, ever since she had arrived in the Heian world, Lily’s desire for money and treasures, especially the precious and powerful ones, became increasingly stronger and invaded her body like a shuddering desire.

Hmph! Since this Tokugawa is a traitor and a tyrant who oppresses the people, there’s nothing wrong with me taking his treasures.

Lily began to go through the chests cautiously. A few of them were locked while a few were pretty heavy, but it wasn’t that much of a task for Lily to open them noiselessly.

The essence contained within a complete magatama was much purer and even though its absorption rate was the same as that of equal-weighted magatama fragments, its efficiency was ten times higher than magatama fragments.

Just when Lily was in the middle of absorbing essence after taking the treasures of Tokugawa who was within the adjacent room, she heard some odd sounds relating to the night activities of the couple from that room.

“Slap!” A heavy slap seemed to have landed on Yukiko’s body, followed by a whimper from her.

However, no matter how loud they were, Lily simply disdained to spy on the activities of other couples.

“Where’s the other half of that treasure map?! Answer me!” Tokugawa’s voice transformed from his usual humble and mature tone into a crude and brutal tone.

A treasure map?!

Although Lily wasn’t interested in the activities of the couple, a hidden treasure precious enough to make someone on the level of Tokugawa frantic wasn’t something that Lily could ignore.

Thus, she shifted closer to the hole in the wall while still absorbing the essence calmly and peeped into the adjacent room...

Inside, she saw the white-kimonoed Yukiko covering her cheeks with her palm while leaning against the floor with her other palm in a disheveled state.

The dark-skinned Tokugawa, on the other hand, looked just like a bandit in his golden silk innerwear and kicked Yukiko down to the floor with his oversized foot that was utterly unproportionate to his height and stepped on Yukiko’s slender shoulder, resulting in creaking noises, before pulling her up by her hair forcefully.

“B?i?t?c?h?! Are you still going to remain silent?! I will kill you unless you give me an answer!” Tokugawa cursed at her and roared beside Yukiko’s ears after bringing his handlebar mustache covered face closer.

Yukiko, however, replied in a calm and cold manner, “I didn’t answer you even when you used all kinds of vicious methods on me back in Okazaki Castle, so do you think I would answer you now that we’re here?”

“Hmph. I know you won’t answer me that easily. That’s the reason I went through so much trouble to bring both you and your little sister to Tsutsujigasaki Castle especially.”

“What?!” Yukiko quivered, and though she had long hardened her heart to meet death, fear filled her heart at this moment, making her look at Tokugawa with anxiety, “Tokugawa Shigemori... don’t you dare lay a hand on Yumi! If not, I shall haunt you even in death.”

“Do you know who you are trying to scare, you cowardly b?i?t?c?h?? I have slain countless demons, so a single ghost woman is nothing of note for me. Let me tell you something,” After seeing the anxiety and fear on Yukiko’s face, Tokugawa assumed his usual solemn voice again, “Brother Takeda has always been looking for a powerful woman who he can turn into a demon samurai that’ll act as his companion and aide using the sorcery spell he obtained. I sent that Mizuki Tsue to him, but unfortunate as it was, she was unable to endure the spell and died in the process as she was too weak. Your little sister, however, is different. She’s a 7th-stage Awakened kunoichi who can definitely last through Brother Takeda’s sorcery. Don’t you agree, Madam Hon’ami Yukiko?”