You Also Made a Prophecy

All right, there was nothing wrong with Takeda Shingen's letter. The real problem was Uesugi Kenshin.

After all, Takeda Shingen had made himself perfectly clear. Lin Yun and the others had indeed been sent by Takeda Shingen—or rather, they were people he had recommended.

But...

What was she supposed to do? This was so awkward.

Uesugi Kenshin's little face had turned bright red, and she looked incredibly cute.

After all, she had just charged at Lin Yun and fought him without a word because of a "misunderstanding." From a matter of etiquette, that was hard to justify. If she'd been one of those wily old men with thick skin, she might have laughed it off and moved on.

But for someone like Uesugi Kenshin, who was clever but, more often than not, rather straightforward, it was... not just awkward, but mortifying.

"I don't know what you got so worked up about, but could we have a proper conversation now?" Lin Yun didn't know Uesugi Kenshin could get embarrassed like this, but he had a feeling that if things kept going this way, she might suddenly pounce on him.

"Ah—oh, I'm terribly sorry. Please, sit down. Please." Only then did Uesugi Kenshin realize how rude she had been, leaving Lin Yun and the others standing there. They were still on their feet even now.

Only then did the Uesugi retainers around them return to their places on the floor.

Everything had happened so quickly that Uesugi Kenshin had already reached Lin Yun and swung her sword before the retainers had time to react.

Some of the quicker ones had already drawn their swords, preparing to charge at Lin Yun.

But when they saw the letter Lin Yun had taken out, and Uesugi Kenshin's somewhat... peculiar expression, they realized there seemed to