Chapter 1004.: 1004.
「 And, I too will become Kuromori-sama’s slave 」
Yoshiko-san suddenly declares .
「 So, what will you do? 」
Jii-chan looked at me with a smile .
I…
「 Yoshiko-san, you’re mistaken . You’re too hasty . Don’t think like that 」
I speak strongly .
「 Kuromori-sama?! 」
Yoshiko-san’s surprised .
Behind her, the Kurama sisters and Torii-san are also surprised .
「 You see, everyone has a different situation, you must take a look at your situation and act accordingly 」
I said .
「 What Jii-chan mentioned earlier, about belonging to the nobility; he doesn’t mean that you need to be all of it . Jii-chan’s status, by that I mean as from someone in the Kouzuki house, the noble of nobilities, and he’s the head of the clan 」
I look straight into Yoshiko-san’s eyes .
If one wants the other party to receive what you tell them, then look in their eyes and not away .
「 Kouzuki house also has a branch family, right? Yoshiko-san should know that . Like, Kouzuki Souji . Does that guy live the same way Jii-chan just talked about? Do you feel that he’s protecting the nobility? He’s not 」
That guy thinks of only himself .
Well, although he understands that he needs to keep the Kouzuki house safe for himself .
But, he doesn’t have that seriousness of a head like Jii-chan .
「 I’m not judging that he’s irresponsible . After all, he’s from a branch family, he doesn’t need to think about leading the Kouzuki house at all 」
If everyone has the same tension as the head of the family, then it would be awkward .
「 However, I am Grandfather’s daughter . The daughter of the head house 」
Yoshiko-san looks at me with a straight face .
「 Yes . But, you’re different from Misuzu and Ruriko 」
I speak flatly .
Someone needs to make it clear with Yoshiko-san .
「 Misuzu and Ruriko is raised as the daughter of the head house, the clan, and all the other nobility watch them as the successors of the Kouzuki house . Meanwhile, Yoshiko-san’s been Ruriko’s attendant, nobody knew that you were Jii-chan’s granddaughter, do they? It’s only been half a year since you’re recognized as the daughter of the head house 」
「 That’s true, that’s why I am the same as Misuzu-sama and Ruriko-sama… 」
「 No, you’re not the same! 」
I said .
「 Listen . Yoshiko-san, you sure are Jii-chan’s granddaughter . But, that doesn’t mean that someone thinks that Yoshiko-san will surpass Misuzu or Ruriko with a turnaround homerun and become the successor of the Kouzuki house 」
That’s right .
「 If there were, they’re only some stupidly ambitious people 」
I know the internal conditions of Kouzuki house nowadays .
Back then, there were fights between Misuzu faction and Ruriko faction, but…
Seeing that Misuzu and Ruriko get along, they can’t pick fights anymore .
Misuzu made public that I’m her fiance and those who push their son to her have disappeared .
As for Ruriko, her father’s suddenly died and so the faction is shut down .
Now that it has come to that, they’re in an atmosphere where they wait who will Jii-chan name as his successor .
Yes .
Yoshiko-san, the third daughter of the head house has suddenly appeared, but…
Nobody sees Yoshiko-san as a third competitor .
「 It’s natural . Yoshiko-san has been Ruriko’s attendant and got along ever since they were young, nobody would think that she would get rid of Ruriko and try to become a successor 」
They see Yoshiko-san as Ruriko’s ally or someone with a lower status .
Everyone knows that she doesn’t have the personality where she’ll name herself into the succession race voluntarily .
She’s a well-behaved docile girl .
「 I mean, even if Yoshiko-san does that, nobody will support it . Everyone knows that Yoshiko-san was Ruriko’s loyal servant . Even if they’re both Jii-chan’s granddaughters now, they won’t think that the servant would overthrow their lord 」
Yoshiko-san stares at me .
「 That means, you’re different from Misuzu and Ruriko . Yoshiko-san doesn’t have to think the same way as Jii-chan mentioned earlier, the way the heads of nobility think . Yoshiko-san, doing that will only cause trouble to people 」
Tears form in Yoshiko-san’s eyes .
「 All I want to be is someone who can stand equal to Misuzu-sama and Ruriko-sama 」
「 I can understand that . But, that’s not what you should do . You have a different situation 」
Yoshiko-san can’t become like Misuzu or Ruriko .
「 Just like those who came from the branch families, Yoshiko-san has to take a step back from the frontline where Jii-chan and the girls are standing 」
I said .
「 That’s right . Everything Jii-chan mentioned earlier is absurd, isn’t it? The thought that they’re the ones who move Japan and so they’re allowed to break the law just a bit . If a normal person hears that, they will get angry . They know the law but they have no intention of getting arrested or put into the court… 」
There’s a limit for such ridiculousness .
「 But, if you’re in Jii-chan’s place, that’s what you say . You’re the head of a noble house after all . He’s the boss of the Kouzuki house . If you don’t have the same resolve, you can’t do anything 」
The ideology of Kenmochi that Michi mentioned where they can do anything as long as it’s within the confines of the law can’t fight off the world .
You need to be bold enough to say “do something about the law . ”
That’s how much Jii-chan’s carrying .
「 If you’re in Jii-chan’s place, you can make such reckless remarks . If someone from the branch family says that, I’m going to beat them up 」
「 I’m going to kick them out before you could 」
Jii-chan replied .
「 Yoshiko-san, you think that you have to be in the same status as Misuzu and Ruriko, you’ve been working so hard for the past five months . But, Yoshiko-san, you can’t be in the same place as them . You mustn’t . Yoshiko-san, you need to find your place 」
「 My place? 」
「 Yes . Can’t you become Ruriko’s big sister without becoming a servant or my slave? 」
Instead of standing equal, Yoshiko-san should step back .
「 Don’t put yourself in a hard situation . Yoshiko-san, you can pick a life where you’re comfortable 」
「 But, still… 」
「 Yoshiko-san, it’s easiest for you when you stand behind Ruriko, isn’t it? 」
Not in front, not on the side, but behind Ruriko .
「 That’s true 」
「 Then, become her big sister . Not a servant . I think that you’re better as a big sister with that sense of distance 」
I speak frantically .
「 Instead of forcing yourself to stand equal with Misuzu and Ruriko, I think that it’s easier for you to explore the solution of a sister relationship . It’s fun, and you can become happier with that 」
「 Kuromori-sama 」
Then .
「 W-What about Kuromori-sama, what place are you talking from? 」
Torii-san asks .
「 What kind of status do you speak from? 」
My place?
「 I’m a man from behind the scenes . Kuromori house is that kind of family 」
I replied .
「 Torii-san, you mentioned your surprise with how I dealt with Kenmochi and his group, where I did an illegal act without hesitation, but you see… 」
That was…
「 That’s because Torii-san doesn’t completely understand the true nature of things 」
「 I don’t? 」
Torii-san looks at me curiously .
「 I’m a man from the underside . If Jii-chan says that he entrusts me with Kenmochi’s treatment, then he’s saying that he doesn’t care if I do anything illegal, we need to deal with the problem swiftly and remove it 」
I stare at Torii-san .
「 Isn’t it obvious? If Jii-chan wanted to deal with them normally, he wouldn’t ask me . A lawyer from the Kouzuki house or Yazawa-san from Kouzuki SS can deal with them 」
The best lawyers of the Kouzuki house were the ones who took care of my adoption into the Kuromori house .
If the lawyer Kenmochi brought is serious at fighting, then they’re the people to send in .
「 The fact that I’m sent out there means that this case needs to be completely wiped out, it doesn’t matter if I turn them into crazy people or murder them socially 」
Jii-chan told me to use all the power I have .
That’s already taking Michi’s combat prowess and Luna’s Miko power into consideration .
「 Kenmochi’s a stupid man, that’s why he doesn’t understand what’s scary about the nobility, remember? Just because he was able to slip inside the Kurama house thinks that he could do the same with the Kouzuki house . Even though the scope of Kouzuki and Kurama house is different . Kouzuki SS is associated with the top brass of Japan’s police, and yet, they didn’t even check that and brought a former police officer with him, hasn’t he? And he thought that an internet journalist can be used as a threat . That means, he’s a fool who never knew about the world, he only lived in a closed world for himself 」
Kouzuki house influences mass media and newspapers, but…
He arbitrarily thought that they do not have power over the internet .
Kouzuki SS has units that profess in information gathering over the internet .
Minaho-neesan also uses the internet to manipulate public opinion about Shirasaka Sousuke .
We’re not weak when it comes to the internet .
「 The only choice when dealing with such abysmal idiots is to take them down immediately . Letting them swim across the society will only cause trouble 」
「 People who don’t know common sense has to be removed . It’s what happens when you lack the desire to learn about the world properly 」
Jii-chan said .
「 If he wanted to threaten me, then he should’ve brought along some VIP politicians from the ruling party or the president of the economic association . Fools who have no wisdom need to be put down as soon as possible 」
「 Taking himself, a lawyer, a former policeman, and an internet journalist? It’s futile to bring such party here 」
「 That’s why I had him deal with them . Nagisa-kun, a bunch of schoolgirls and he should be enough to deal with them . Sending a lawyer to deal with them will make me a laughingstock 」
Jii-chan said .
「 That’s my place . Well, just think of it as someone who takes out the stupid people . I deal with guys who others shouldn’t deal with 」
Even yesterday, I had to deal with Tendou Sadao and his group .
Eri and Rie plus the girls, the daughters the Yakuza left behind .
「 It’s not light-duty . Even now, I’m entrusting you with such valuable role 」
Huh, Jii-chan?
「 The conversation earlier won’t be convincing unless it was you . If Misuzu or Ruriko talked about the same thing, Yoshiko will only cover her ears 」
I looked at Yoshiko-san .
「 I think so too 」
Misuzu and Ruriko, the people she wants to be equal since half a year ago .
Hearing them tell her that they’re different is a bit harsh .
「 Torii-kun too . You were with him during the negotiations and that’s why everything he says sinks into your chest 」
「 It’s frustrating to say but yes, it does 」
Torii-san .
「 I knew Kenmochi-san’s magnificent activities as a businessman and the presence of the lawyer and other adult men in the room were enough to get me agitated . I couldn’t see the situation calmly like how Kuromori-sama did . Having it all explained to me now made me understand . I see . It was the right choice to cut him off without hesitation 」
「 Yes, I also understand it well . Like, why Onii-san did it 」
「 And I felt my spine shiver 」
Huh, even the twins?
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