Nobunaga the Fool - ep14

Now with Ichihime being married off and with the growing tension with the west things are going to start taking a dark turn. Although to transition into this the first half of the episode largely focus in on the interaction between Ichihime and Caesar. It is natural that she would be spiteful of Caesar since he did kill her father, and she only did it out of a sense of duty. However Caesar doesn't want to physical possess her but what Ichihime to be his loving wife. Which leads him slowly winning her over but it seem like he has a long road ahead of him, but this relationship is going to be key to Nobunaga's survival later on.

The assault by the west is started by Charlemange and Hannibal. That before they begin their assault they combine their Shinki's power to create more favorable conditions to better suit their Shinki's elements. Since Hannibal uses the power of water and Charlemange uses wind combine they create a field of ice. This allow them not to just freeze the lake to create a home field advantage but also allows for taking of hostages. That the first on to fall victim to their power of ice is Hideyasu when they completely encase it in ice. The second are his people, but the expected that he would just surrender his Shinki once his people lives were threatened.

Thought they didn't expect that he was prepare to throw away his peoples lives. Then when Nobunaga was about to strike back with fire against their ice. Jeanne gets in Nobunaga's way and with her bleeding heart she sacrifice her Shinki for their freedom. However she gets her wish but not in the way she intended, since they were freed of this moral coil. That with this betrayal Jeanne pass her shinki to Nobunaga before she is captured by Hannibal. However Nobunaga intents to save Jeanne but is force to stop because Hannibal threatened her life. Then Charlemange capitalizes on Nobunaga's weakness.

When everything looks hopeless Caesar helps Nobunaga because of Ichihime. That Caesar was hesitant to help Nobunaga because it would mean point his sword at King Arthur. However he change his mind when he was give an ultimatum by Ichihime to choose between his service to his lord or his wife. That in the end he choose love over duty, but in the end if both die before they can make it back his betrayal will never be known. Then things are made worse with the appearance of Uesugi Kenshin tear the enemy apart. This results in Charlemagne sacrificing his life to send Hannibal back into space, However ironical she is kill by on of the members of the round. Now the question is how will Nobunaga act now that they have captured Jeanne.