―――俺が武田だ。

強き家に生まれ、強き男たらんと己を鍛え、強き武田の大将となった、それが俺だ。

戦国最強を誇る騎馬軍団、懐刀たる隻眼の軍師、そして我が弟。その全てがあの女……、女か本当に。いやそも人かあれは？　そいつの前に今、崩れ去ってゆく。

ひとつ、啄木鳥が策を見抜き。
ふたつ、夜陰に乗じ山を下り。
みっつ、霧の陰に軍を配し。
よっつ、兵貴神速の車懸り。
いつつ、鶴の双翼食い破る。
むっつ、股肱之臣の命を屠り。
ななつ、首へと迫る白の煌めき。

これほどに打ち破られ、これほどに打ちのめされた。
我が生涯最大の危機に、命を分けたは一扇の軍配、
代々の武田の男が背負い受け継いできた覚悟。

俺が重荷と思い、煩わしくさえ感じていた武田の血が最後の最後で俺を支えた。

人は好きと嫌いにかかわらず、その身に責を背負わなければならない時が必ず来る。
それがおまえに訪れるというのなら、俺を支えたあいつらのように、俺がおまえを支えよう。

それこそが武田の、いや……、

―――俺の誇りだ。

I am Takeda. I was born into a powerful family, I trained myself to become strong, and became the commander of the powerful Takeda clan. That's who I am. I commanded the strongest cavalry in the Warring States. I had my trusted one-eyed military strategist, and I had my younger brother. But all of that...destroyed by one woman. Wait. Was...she really a woman? Was she even human? Whatever the case, she changed everything.

First, the woodpecker saw through the plan. Second, she descended the mountains under cover of night. Third, she positioned her army in the fog. Fourth, she used her soldiers' speed to her advantage. Fifth, she tore apart the wings of the crane. Sixth, she sacrificed the lives of her most loyal retainers. Seventh, the white glimmer descended upon my neck.

Not once had I ever been so defeated, so utterly crushed, as I was in this moment. As I was faced with the greatest crisis of my life, everything hinged on the single sweep of my battle fan. Every generation of Takeda men had prepared for this moment. The blood of the Takeda clan, which I considered a burden and even a nuisance, supported me in the end. Whether one likes it or not, there will inevitably come a time when one must bear responsibility for everything one shoulders.

If that time comes for you, I will support you as those who supported me did. That is the pride of the Takeda clan, or rather...my pride.