As the Tokugawa clan's messenger, Nobuyuki heads to Aizu to inform the Uesugi clan of their punishment following the battle of Sekigahara. He meets Kanetsugu Naoe, who refuses to accept the severe, and almost cruel, demands, but Nobuyuki refuses to budge too. On the other hand, while Yukimura escaped the death penalty, he was leading an empty life, without being able to find the "meaning of his life" that Nobuyuki had asked him to reconsider. But one night, things start to get noisy in his vicinity.
If I had been at the council, he'd never 
have gotten away with mere exile!
لو كنتُ في المجلس، لما أفلتَ بمجرَّد نفي
Wenn ich bei der Sitzung gewesen wäre,
wäre er nicht so einfach davon gekommen!
Si hubiera estado en el juicio,
Si hubiera estado en el juicio,
Si j’avais été présent,
il ne s’en serait pas si bien sorti !
Se fossi stato al consiglio, non se la 
sarebbe cavata con un mero esilio!
Se eu estivesse na assembleia, ele não 
teria se safado com um simples exílio!