Shinnosuke, the young boy who always wore an innocent smile, felt a barely perceptible flash of tension in his eyes when he heard the news that Okuraigai Takatora was marching troops toward Kasuga Castle.
Yet this tension vanished in an instant, and Shinnosuke quickly regained his composure. He turned his head to look at his father, Hiroshi Nohara.
Hiroshi's expression had turned unusually grim, as if he had just swallowed a whole bitter melon. His brows were tightly knit and his lips pressed firmly together, clearly filled with deep anxiety and unease at the news.
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