Chapter 542
「 OK . I know the room 」
Margo-san comes back from the front desk .
「 Did they tell you right away? 」
Nei asks .
「 Yeah, it’s a room reserved on Shou-oneesan’s name, they told me right away 」
Margo-san replied .
I see, if Shou-neechan used Kouzuki security service’s name or Kouzuki house’s name in the reservation, it might become a problem later .
Therefore, she used her name as an individual to reserve a room .
「 Besides, it’s safer here than I thought 」
She smiled and looked at the lobby .
「 What do you mean? 」
「That plainclothes police, and SP, various security guards are watching here and there 」
From Margo-san’s eyes, it’s obvious who’s a regular guest of the hotel and a person from that industry .
「 Furthermore, those scary people hold each other back, so they have a stringent defense . It’s quite an impressive view . In addition to that, it’s not just the Japanese 」
「 Oh, there are Russians too 」
「 People from other countries are coming too . There are neighboring countries that want to dig into the economic cooperation between Japan and Russia . People from any country can come in if it’s in the name of cultural exchange, like tonight 」
I see .
The prime minister of Japan, the big shots of Russia, people from other countries, and Jii-chan . People from the political and financial world of Japan will come .
If each of them has a bodyguard and a security firm, it can’t be helped that the stance of the bodyguards is strict .
「 The security is mostly done by Japan’s police but, won’t that show that Kouzuki security service doesn’t have significant influence? 」
Jii-chan’s coming so as his bodyguard, Kouzuki security service should be dispatched .
Shou-neechan’s heading towards Green Mountain Studio .
Chief Yazawa should be coming to give directions .
Jii-chan has his personal bodyguard, Ootoku-san, and Choumoto-san with him .
「 Thanks for the wait! 」
Nagisa comes back from the toilet with Mao-chan .
「 Okay, let’s go then 」
Nei stands up from the sofa .
「 This way . I’ve studied the hotel’s structure beforehand 」
As expected of Margo-san, she’s reliable at times like this .
「 Let’s go, Megu 」
I held my hand out to Megu .
「 Thanks, Yoshi-kun 」
She grabs my hand and stands up .
Edie comes running and grabs my other hand .
「 Ah, Edie-chan’s unfair! Mao wants to hold hands too! 」
Mao-chan follows angrily .
Edie grins then take Mao-chan’s hand .
「 I want Papa, not Edie-chan 」
Mao-chan’s still angry .
「 I don’t mind, take my side instead Mao-chan 」
Megu lets go of my hand and goes to Mana .
「 Thanks, Megu-oneechan! 」
In the end, Mao-chan and Edie take both my sides .
Megu and Mana hold hands .
「 Let’s go to the back of the first floor, everyone’s in the annex 」
Margo-san said .
The hotel has three buildings, Main building, annex building, and the new building .
The venue for tonight’s party is the main building .
We’re currently in the new building .
「 Why did we not take a room in the main building? 」
I told Margo-san my question .
All of the buildings are connected on the first and second floors only by a few corridors .
It’s easier to move if we’re in the same building .
「 It’s not that we didn’t but we can’t, I guess? 」
Margo-san smiles .
「 They’ll use the rooms in the main building for their confidential meetings, so I think that they’ve gained control of the rooms as the waiting room . Besides, perhaps, the people from Russia will stay in 」
Oh, their security is strict .
「 If we use the power of Kouzuki security service, then we can also pick Misuzu-chan’s waiting room in the main building, but we would gather attention from various people if we do 」
Is that so?
「 Well, there’s another reason 」
What?
「 Anyway, you’ll see when we get to the room 」
Margo-san laughs .
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We go from the lobby of the annex to the elevator to the upper floors .
We’re an organization, rich in international colors, and filled with pretty girls .
Just walking through the hotel gathers a lot of attention .
That’s enough to make an alibi .
「 Okay, we’re getting off here 」
We get off the elevator on the 12th floor .
「 Then, this way 」
There are hardly people on this corridor .
We walk in the corridor .
「 Hotels have a capacity per room, right? Is it okay to have these much adults in? 」
Megu asks .
「 It’s okay . There’s capacity on people staying in the hotel, but they won’t mind people dropping off, right? 」
Nei replies with a bright smile .
「 Yes, it’s this room 」
Margo-san stops .
Huh, it’s an average room .
Ah, they mentioned renting two rooms, so I guess it’s okay .
But, Margo-san, Nei, Mao-chan, Mana, Megu, Edie, and I will stay in here .
Then, Misuzu, Ruriko, Michi, Minaho-neesan, Katsuko-nee, and Agnes should be here .
Isn’t this a bit too narrow?
If Mao-chan, Agnes, and Edie run around to play, then…
Margo-san pushes the room’s doorbell .
Then .
Click .
The door of the room opens .
「 Norma-san? 」
I shouted unconsciously .
She’s Kudou-papa’s assistant together with Tony-san .
「 Noma! 」
Norma-san replied to me angrily .
Speaking of which, she’s actually a permanent employee of Kouzuki security service .
Kudou-papa said that they’re transferred, or training, I forgot .
She was working under chief Yazawa during our fight with Cesario Viola .
「 Come inside 」
Norma-san welcomes us while puffing angrily .
We enter the room .
It’s a standard hotel room where two beds are lined up .
It’s not that wide .
Instead of that .
Misuzu and others aren’t here .
「 Margo-san? 」
I look at Margo-san’s face .
「 Don’t mind it, wait for a second 」
Norma-san . Noma-san I mean picks up the phone .
Then .
「 They’ve arrived just now, yes . Certainly 」
She puts the phone down right away .
「 Which room? 」
Norma-san didn’t reply in words but instead wrote in a paper and showed it to Margo-san .
「 Roger that 」
「 Please tear this and throw it in the toilet 」
Norma-san said and smiled at Margo-san .
「 Well then, please use this room as the waiting room for Kouzuki security service until tomorrow morning . Seki-san told me 」
「 Yay! 」
Norma-san’s happy .
「 Let’s go now 」
Margo-san heads out of the room .
「 E-Excuse us! 」
I don’t get it, but for now, I bow my head to Norma-san and leave the room .
We head to the elevator again .
Margo-san pushed both the top and bottom buttons for some reason .
「 She’s the only one who knows my face and is also free right now 」
Margo-san mutters .
Norma-san stayed in front of our school from inside the car with Kudou-papa, she also knows information about us, Kuromori .
The elevator comes .
It’s an elevator heading up .
The door opens, and there were people on board .
「 Ah, sorry, we were going down 」
Margo-san tells the people inside .
The door closes .
The next elevator comes, it’s going down . There are no people .
「 Ah, don’t get in 」
Margo-san stops us from getting in .
We passed on that elevator, and she pressed the up and down buttons again .
An upwards elevator comes .
There’s nobody inside .
「 Okay, get in everyone 」
Margo-san commands, we get in .
「 It’s absurd at a glance, but they’d think of us as amateurs if we don’t do it like this 」
Margo-san said then pushed 5 buttons in the elevator .
Three above the floor and two below .
The elevator door closes, and it goes up .
It stopped at the first floor, we didn’t get off . No guest boarded in .
The door closed again, and the elevator goes up .
We stopped on the next button .
「 Okay, hurry up and get off 」
Margo-san urges us to hurry .
I try to hold the elevator doors so we can all get off quickly;
「 Don’t press it 」
She scolded me .
In the end, everyone jumped off the elevator .
「 If you do that, they can guess which floor we get off using the time the door was open, don’t you think? 」
Margo-san tells me .
Were they thinking that far
「 It’s pretty obvious to the guards of the hotel even if we do that . There are surveillance cameras after all 」
「 Hotel security and the police too 」
Nei adds .
It’s natural that the police receives information from the hotel .
「 But, well, it’s better than not doing anything 」
Nagisa said .
I think that’s right .
Even if it looks absurd, it’s better not to neglect efforts to be cautious .
This is for the sake of the family’s safety .
「 This way 」
Margo-san takes the lead when we walk in the corridor .
Then, at the corner, two men in black clothes stand, blocking the hallway .
I put my guard up .
「 Oh, they’re okay, let them through 」
I hear a strange voice from behind the men in black clothes .
That’s Jii-chan’s aide, the head of Kouzuki security service . Yazawa-san .
「 Thank you for coming all the way to meet us 」
Nagisa greets on our behalf .
She’s the eldest among us, and the two men see Margo-san as our bodyguard .
「 Ojou-sama and everyone’s waiting inside, please come this way 」
Chief Yazawa beckons us .
◇ ◇ ◇
「 We’ve been waiting, Danna-sama! 」
This time, we arrived in the room where Misuzu and others are .
Michi’s here too .
This room is so wide you can’t compare standard room we went in earlier .
Or should I say that there are no beds here, only desks, chairs, and sofa?
「 I’m sorry that it’s just a junior suite 」
Misuzu said .
「 Junior suite? 」
「 Yeah, usually, Ojou-sama should be using the best rooms but, in today’s situation, we have to endure with this 」
Chief Tanizawa said .
「 There’s a much better room than this? 」
I asked .
「 Let’s see, this is the fourth, or fifth best, I think 」
Is that so?
「 Well, we also have a junior suite on the other door . This is an adjoined room so you can come and go through that door over there . This is for family use . This suite’s capacity is for two people 」
If you rent two suite rooms, four people can stay together, is that it?
「 Where’s Katsuko-nee and Ruriko? 」
I asked .
「 They started preparations on the bedroom . Katsuko-oneesama’s with her 」
Misuzu replied .
「 Oh, Katsuko won’t be enough for preparations, well then, should I also help out with Misuzu-chan’s preparations? 」
Nagisa asks with a smile .
「 Thank you, Nagisa-oneesama 」
Misuzu smiles .
The door to the other room opens, and Minaho-neesan comes in .
「 Oh, you’re here already 」
「 Yeah, we’re here . Minaho-neesan, did you arrive earlier than time? 」
「 No, we just arrived 15 minutes ago . Shou-san and Kouzuki security service escorted us . The police also followed but, oh, Shou-san heads to the next scene 」
Green Mountain Studio .
「 Nobody will use this room so you can take a rest . If you want something, then you can call for room service 」
Minaho-neesan points at the junior suite next door .
「 Oh, I’ll tell the men in black outside . There’s another room in this floor which is used as my waiting room so the hotel guys can bring things there and our people will transfer it here 」
Chief Yazawa said .
Anyway, their security for Misuzu and Ruriko is solid .
「 These two junior suites are rented under the name of a company that has nothing to do with us at all . We’re Russians who arrived in Japan to attend today’s party 」
They’re even going that far .
「 If anything happens, don’t use your cellphones, use the hotel’s extension phone . The phones can only connect on the other room 」
So that’s why Norma-san called here via an extension phone .
She knows which room she has to call .
「 Then, let’s go over there! Megu-chan, take Agnes and Mao-chan 」
「! 」
Agnes looks at me .
She wants to say “come too, Papa” but she’s cautious of chief Yazawa .
To Agnes, there’s one outsider .
「 It looks like he needs to talk to Onii-chan so let’s go to where Onee-chan is for now . Okay? 」
Mana talks to Agnes .
「 Okay 」
Agnes holds Mana’s hand and goes to the next room .
「 Mao too, goes with Onee-chan . Be kind go Agnes-chan 」
「 Okay, Mama! 」
「 Megumi-chan, Nei-chan, I’ll leave them to you 」
Megu and Nei go with Mao-chan to the next room .
On the other hand, Edie sits down on the sofa calmly .
She feels that it’s natural for her to be here .
「 What about her? 」
Chief Yazawa looks at Edie .
「 She joined us in the end . She’s no harm . She doesn’t understand Japanese yet 」
Margo-san replied
. 「 Oh what? Kyouko left her? 」
Chief Yazawa knows that Edie has moved with us during the fight with Cesario Viola .
「 Not really, She’s staying . That’s better for her 」
「 Why? 」
Chief Yazawa asks Margo-san .
「 Her preference is different from Kyouko-san and them 」
「 I see now . Then it’s inevitable 」
Chief Yazawa seems to know Kyouko-san for long too .
「 Now then, I will discuss what will happen tonight once more 」
The people remaining in the room are Misuzu, Minaho-neesan, Margo-san, Nagisa and me .
Chief Yazawa begins to talk with only Edie ignoring him .
「 To be honest, I was surprised when I received Seki’s report . 」
Chief Yazawa looked at me .
「 I don’t think I can praise that kind of plan however 」
He sighed .
「 I don’t want to do anything such as deceiving Kakka 」
「 You’re not deceiving him! It’s a surprise! 」
Misuzu tells chief Yazawa .
Jii-chan doesn’t know that Misuzu and Ruriko will appear in the party tonight .
Shou-neechan had a meeting with Chief Yazawa to discuss the surprise plan without reporting to Jii-chan .
「 You say that but, it’s my first time doing something I keep secret from Kakka 」
Chief Yazawa is a loyal subordinate of Jii-chan .
「 If so, it might better if Yazawa-san doesn’t know anything . Ruriko and I will take all the blame from Grandfather 」
Misuzu said .
「 No, wait, I’ll go too if he scolds you 」
I’m ready for it .
「 Anyway, we need to fix Jii-chan and Ruriko’s relationship . I’ll do anything to make that happen, I don’t mind if he gets angry later . I can take all the blame 」
Chief Yazawa .
「 I know that . Shigeaki-sama’s death has made Ruriko-sama and Kakka’s relationship sour . But, it’s not going to end well if this continues for longer 」
Oh, he doesn’t know Jii-chan’s illicit love for Ruriko .
Jii-chan feels that Ruriko is the shadow of his first love .
He’s in love with Ruriko as a man .
Therefore Ruriko was isolated away from her parents and was raised from where he could reach .
If Jii-chan was ten years younger, he might’ve done Ruriko .
But, Jii-chan’s old now and his body can’t have sex anymore .
So, for Jii-chan to break off his feelings for Ruriko;
He sold Ruriko to me .
He purposely made her my sex slave .
「 It’s troublesome if Kouzuki group’s main house continues their dispute . But more than that, I’m more worried about Kakka’s health 」
Jii-chan’s health .
「 Since you begin to take care of Ruriko-sama, Kakka’s losing energy day by day . He’s forcing himself to be like usual on official business, but I knew he feels lonely when alone . He immediately got bored with the former secretary too 」
Katsuko-nee trained Jii-chan’s former secretary because he lost Ruriko .
I knew it, that secretary wasn’t enough to fill the empty hole in Jii-chan’s heart .
「 The biggest problem is that Kakka’s mind isn’t clear . The shadow of his mind affects his body . Kakka’s already at old age 」
Jii-chan’s 82 this year .
「 How is Yoshiko-sama doing? 」
Misuzu asks
「 That’s also a big problem, Misuzu-sama 」
Chief Yazawa looks at Misuzu .
「 Since Kakka has publicly announced Yoshiko-sama as his granddaughter, more people are trying to get closer to Yoshiko-sama 」
Those aiming to become successors of Kouzuki house .
「 Lately, a lot feels that Ruriko-sama’s kept away from Kakka 」
Did they misunderstand that Ruriko’s father’s death lost her right to succession?
「 Besides, Misuzu-sama has publicly announced her partner to the executives 」
Misuzu declared in front of the executives and their children that I’m her partner .
Jii-chan also acknowledged it .
In that case .
「 A lot of people have come to Kakka, offering to marry their child and relatives to Yoshiko-sama 」
Those aiming to connect their lineage to Kouzuki house’s branch family head to Yoshiko-san right away .
「 Yoshiko-sama’s very mature . Is she in trouble? 」
Misuzu asks worriedly .
「 Yes . She’s by Kakka’s side, taking care of him but, even for Kakka, he makes sure to have Yoshiko-sama with him ever since she was introduced as his granddaughter 」
Of course, even in today’s party, Jii-chan will bring Yoshiko-san .
「 However, Yoshiko-sama has always been hiding behind Ruriko-sama . It must be excruciating for her to be by Kakka’s side and gather all of the attention 」
Yeah, Misuzu and Ruriko were born and raised as the daughters of Kouzuki house .
Therefore, they’re ready, they’re mentally strong .
No matter where they go, they can keep their behavior as the lady of the house .
But, Yoshiko-san .
She’s always hidden behind Ruriko, working as an attendant .
She’s not trained to have the mentality of a daughter of Kouzuki house .
Instead, she has the humble attitude as a vassal .
「 I knew it, I think that Ruriko and I should be with her 」
Misuzu said .
「 I think it’s painful for Yoshiko-sama to stay with Grandfather alone 」
Even in today’s party, a lot of guests will come and greet Jii-chan .
I think it’s painful for Yoshiko-san to respond to them as the daughter of Kouzuki house .
Jii-chan won’t be able to support her that much either .
In the first place, Jii-chan himself is damaging Ruriko’s heart .
「 Therefore, I’d like to consult Yazawa-san about this now 」
Minaho-neesan speaks .
「 I think it’s better if we hasten your original surprise plan 」
「 You’re right . Yoshiko-sama will be bearing the full brunt once the party begins 」
Misuzu replied .
「 For now, on our side, the plan was to have Kakka arrive barely on time with the party’s start . Kakka hates going to the venue early and meeting all of the people greeting him, so he accepted the schedule I made 」
Jii-chan and Yoshiko-san will arrive at the party venue at the last moment .
At the same time, they arrive;
Misuzu and Ruriko need to start their actions too .
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