When Taketoki's wife Asaji heard everything from him, she told Taketoki that Kuniharu would definitely kill him threatening the position of the lord if Kuniharu was to know the prediction of the old woman, and she encouraged Taketoki to kill Kuniharu before being killed, which made his heart waver.
武時から一部始終を聞いた妻・浅茅は、老婆の予言を国春が知れば、城主の地位を脅かすものとして武時を殺すに違いない、そうなる前に彼を殺せとそそのかし、武時の心は揺れ動く。