[ That's an interesting reaction. It certainly isn't one that he's used to. So, he stares at her with general confusion and a slightly-tilted head.

Lifting up his hand, he waves it slightly to dismiss the idea that he's doing anything to sully that purity. If anything, he is much more fascinated what shade of red her blood is -- if it has the scent of Nobunaga's. ]

I greatly apologize, but I have no interest in you as a lady. The one that I want is your brother. That is something that Oichi always understood about me, and so I share it with you.

[ He lowers his hand and shrugs. ]

And the attractiveness that I find in you is as a person because you're -- and she -- shares blood with Nobunaga-kou.