"So... What are you? What about Oichi?" Not that his nieces were really Oda clan, but part of him didn't care especially. It was part of the caste systems he was so desperate to break. Bloodlines.

His heart sank a little. "You're youkai too?" Tch... He doesn't need to be one to be demonic... Right? So where did this inferiority complex come from? Demon, not demon, it was all just labels and titles.

"So many people keep asking what to call me, or worse calling me Your Majesty. Without any sarcasm. Do you remember the conference all the vassals and retainers had, trying to decide on a title?" Not emperor, not king, not shogun.

He sighed and laid back on the ground, "Fool or Demon King, it's not the words, it's what it represents, isn't it?"

He propped up slightly then, "Hey so, you have lovers? Recently or--?"

Obviously not Mai. But anyone else was fair game or a mystery. It might clue him into how much a fight there would be over Kitsuno or not too.