Disclaimer: Sorry for the late update, there were... things I had to do. All credit goes to Nanami Shingo and フクロウ. Here's part two!

約束

Promise

Part Two

Kasane x Nobunaga

"A-amazing..."

It was an overwhelming victory to Kasane.

The men realized the wide gap of their abilities and after the first blow they quickly changed their attitude and began to profusely apologize.

After begging to spare their lives, they left money at the scene and proceeded to flee for their lives. Kasane tried to tell them that she didn't need it, but the men squealed as if they saw some sort of monster and ran away.

"U~n. No matter how you look at it, they are the bad guys here, but now it looks like I did something wrong instead…"

It wasn't her intention, yet somehow she ended up imitating a bandit. Well, it would be great if they learned their lesson and never do anything bad again.

"...Hm?"

When she turned her head, there awaited the sparkling and shining eyes of children.

"Y-you're incredible, Onee-san! Which warrior clan do you belong to!?"

"Wow~! Even though you're a woman, you took care of them by yourself! Amazing~ You're amazing~!"

Gorouza and Inuchiyo looked up at Kasane with looks of admiration.

Even the heartless Kuranosuke also looked at her with twinkling eyes.

Seeing how the three completely changed their attitudes from before, Ikeda sent suspicious stares at her.

Whether he was always a cautious person to begin with, she believed there plenty of other different reactions he could have shown.

Kasane wryly smiled.

Still, though they are small, having the people who had always looked after her glance up at her with reverence wasn't a bad feeling.

In fact, to the kid-loving Kasane, seeing these cute forms of everyone was an unbearable development.

The innocent gaze of children. Kasane was absolutely moonstruck by these charming creatures.

She declined their praises and ruffled their heads.

Already, without any circumspection, Gorouza, Inuchiyo, and Kuranosuke fully accepted Kasane.

Oh no…. they're super cute! !

As if remembering her younger brother's, Kasane's heart swelled with joy.

To think that everyone were so adorable back then made her unconsciously grin widely.

Nobunaga stared fixedly at her.

"Woman, state who you are! You claimed to be an acquaintance of my father."

He ousted the three fools from Kasane and scowled at her.

"U~m…"

Despite her misinterpretation, Kasane truly did not know anything about Nobunaga's father.

"Ehehe…. Sorry, it seems that I've made a mistake."

"What!?"

Nobunaga's eyebrow raised at her idiotic reply.

Maybe she should have said something like, 'I come from the near future and got to know all you guys when you're a little more grown up, you know~."

...No, in this type of situation no one is going to believe that sort of unnatural story.

"Oh, please excuse us, I am Kippoushi-sama's attendant, Gorouza. And these people are called Inuchiyo, Kuranosuke, and Katsusaburou."*

"T-thanks, well, for saving us woman!"

"...I should also give my thanks."

Receiving their replies, Kasane giggled. As expected, even when small they really haven't changed much from their adult counterparts.

"Don't you have any companions?"

"U~m… Looks like I got separated from them."

"Isn't that terrible!? If you would like, in payment for saving our lives, shall we lend a hand in searching for them?"

"No! No need, no need! I'll be fine!:

She definitely couldn't say that it was them that she got separated from.

"...Anyway it's dangerous for children like you to be by yourself like this, you know? There could be people like before that's still loitering around now…"

"Hmph! Even if you weren't there, I would have handled them myself!"

Snorting, Nobunaga swaggered. Somehow, he especially hasn't changed one bit.

"However I'm glad I was here. I'm happy that I was able to protect everyone."

With her usual glowing smile, she ruffled his head.

It's was a bit strange that she was actually the one ruffling his head (well in his case, he mostly grabs her head and messes up her hair).

Nobunaga's head burned under her hand.

"Stop treating me like a little kid!"

With a slap, he brushed her hand away.

"Young Lord, that's not the way to do it. She saved us so at least give our thanks…"

"That's right Waka! This person is okay! It's not nice to be mean!"

"...Kippoushi-sama. As the heir, you show should express gratitude or else…"

"...Kippoushi-sama…"

Everyone reproached and sent criticizing glances at Nobunaga for his behavior to Kasane. In response, Nobunaga progressively began to lose his cool.

"Who do you think your master it! It's me! And that thing! You've immediately bonded with that frivolously smiling woman! ! ...That's enough!"

Taking serious offense, Nobunaga sprinted away.

Everyone immediately panicked at his and tried to follow after him.

"Please wait for us, Young Lord!"

"As if you fools can catch up to me!"

Nobunaga had the geographical advantage and a better physical ability than the others.

While Kasane may be physically stronger than him now, she didn't have the advantageous position. Before she could follow after him, the vegetation around the area go in her way.

"Kippoushi-sama… ! !"

And so Nobunaga disappeared from sight.

The four kids became horribly alarmed at this development.

"W-what should we do… If something happens to the Young Lord when he's alone… ! !"

"T-this isn't good at all…"

"Where's Waka~...?"

"We better find one of the possible places where he could have gone off to as soon as possible or…"

As everyone consulted each other, Ikeda looked back at her.

"I apologize for Kippoushi-sama's rude behavior…. Usually we would have properly invited to the castle and present our gratitude, but due to the current situation, you will have to excuse us."

Even as a child, Ikeda had a calm judgement in these circumstances. He bowed his head at her.

Kasane frantically shook her head and told him it's fine.

"You don't need to thank me! ...Tono-sama… whoops wrong one. I'll also help you look for Kippoushi-kun."

"However we cannot keep inconveniencing you…"

"Children shouldn't need to worry anything about inconvenience!"

Kasane gently stroked his head.

That's when Ikeda became childlike as he shyly asked, "P-please stop." while shrinking down in a cute manner.

"Well then, let's split up and look! Let's go to the places where Waka will be!"

Inuchiyo declared. All together, they scattered.

TBC

*He also adds in that Inuchiyo and the others are the same as him. Meaning their job.

Well then, I'll start working on the third part. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable day.