Chapter 765. 「 Why is Yukino-chi taking over the center?! 」
Err .
「 No, I know that Yukino-chi has that kind of personality so I can get a bit of the reason, but you know, Megu-chan, what’s up with you?! I thought you two spite each other? Why are you two sitting next to each other looking like you’re having fun?
Nei asks .
Nei only knows Megu’s falling to the bottom of despair and declared that she’ll become my slave .
「 I mean, Megu-chan, I thought that you’re in the gloomy mode tonight?! Kana-chan did corner you if I recall correctly 」
「 That’s 」
I’m trying to explain it, but then, I suddenly realized .
Nei should know everything that happened in school as she’s watching through the cameras .
She went with Margo-san to send Kana-senpai off, but,
They can’t use the built-in monitoring system in Margo-san’s car while they’re with Kana-senpai, but,
They should be able to use it on the way home .
They picked up Michi and Kudou Haruka on the way,
But they should be able to use earphones to hear what’s happening in the mansion on the way back .
No, someone should’ve told Nei on her way back to the mansion about Yukino and Megu reconciliation . Katsuko-nee or Nagisa should’ve contacted her .
Yet .
She shows that she doesn’t know anything other than what happened in school…
Then…
「 I’m home 」
「 Hello 」
「 Looks like we’ve reached just when everyone’s eating 」
Margo-san, Shou-neechan, and Rei-chan appear at the entrance of the dining room .
「 While I was parking in the garage, Shou-oneesan and Rei-chan arrived just in time 」
Margo-san said .
「 I parked my car at the entrance . I would head to Kakka’s mansion later anyway 」
To send off Yoshiko-san, Misuzu, and Ruriko .
「 Welcome back, desuno! The hot pot is still boiling, eat up a lot! 」
Agnes smiles at the three .
「 Ladies, you can sit here 」
Nagisa carries small bowls to the seat next to Kudou Haruka .
Shou-neechan looked at Haruka .
「 What’s with that? Are you going to a show? 」
Hmm .
Well, she’s wearing a Karate uniform and her hairstyle’s cut in an interesting way . Then, she still has the wrapping cloth in her neck .
「 Uhm, I’m going to make a living with Karate, and so I thought of staying like this all the time 」
Haruka said with a serious face .
「 By that, you mean abandoning your womanhood? 」
「 No, I didn’t . I’m still a woman no matter how you look at it 」
「 Indeed . A woman . If you ask me, you feel more of a female entertainer 」
「 Entertainment is a craft, but I will live through martial arts . I’m going to show the guts of the Japanese spirit in America! 」
「 I see . Well, good luck 」
Shou-neechan gave up on her .
「 Oh, you’ve accepted Margo-san’s martial arts talk 」
Rei-chan talks to Haruka .
Seems like Rei-chan heard that Margo-san invited Kudou Haruka to her martial arts team .
「 Yes . Now that it has come to this, I’ll do it . I’ll become a star . A shining star in America . I’ll do my best in becoming the “Japanese Karate Princess” I’ll get hold of the stars 」
She’s beyond prepared, she’s proud .
「 I’m worried about you the most though 」
Rei-chan laughs .
「 What? 」
「 I mean, compared to Margo-san and Edie, I think that you won’t become the Karate princess unless you grow stronger 」
「 That’s why I’m living in here starting today! 」
「 Oh, I see 」
Shou-neesan understood .
「 But, you’re joining in the fights with only Karate? 」
「 Yes . I’ve been a Karate practitioner for a long time 」
「 No, what Shou-oneesama’s saying is that it won’t be a match against Kudou style 」
Rei-chan said .
「 I won’t use that! 」
Haruka asserts .
「 Did you not learn at least the basics from Kudou-san? 」
Shou-neechan asks .
「 I forgot about it! Not from that man! 」
Oh well, Haruka’s got antipathy against Kudou-papa .
「 Really? Let me warn you beforehand, if you’re participating in American martial arts tournament, then you should learn Kudou style 」
「 Indeed . They should’ve matched with a lot of Karate users before . It won’t make a lot of impact if you’re just a “women’s Karate champion in Japan” 」
Shou-neechan and Rei-chan said .
「 But, not Kudou style! 」
「 If that’s the case, get yourself a good teacher . A unique martial artist with original moves . There’s not that many as strong as him . He’s stronger than Haruka’s father 」
Edie smiled .
「 Who is it? 」
「 That one kicks out enemies at high speed through its unique rhythm of action . And it takes everyone down . It’s unbeatable . That man is quite strong, it literally is a different dimension style 」
Could that be?
「 That man is the natural enemy of Kinoshita-san, you met her, right? 」
「 What? That man is on par with that lady? 」
「 Not really, I mean, the different dimension man is much stronger . Although, for some reason, that man falls to Kinoshita’s level whenever they fight 」
Shou-neesan sighed .
I knew it, isn’t that Dai Grepher?
「 If I train under that man, will I become stronger? 」
Haruka’s nostrils are expanding .
「 I think you’ll become stronger . After all, he likes girls like you 」
「 I mean, he’d definitely be delighted if you present him a high school girl 」
Shou-neechan and Rei-chan looked at each other .
Old man Dai Grepher’s known as a pedophile along with his strength .
「 Wait, you’re not pushing me to someone crazy, right?! Is he a pervert? 」
「 Hmm . I don’t think that he’d be real harm . Isn’t that right, Reika? 」
「 Yes . He would never make a move for real 」
His motto is “YES, LOLITA! NO TOUCH!” after all .
「 But, his gaze makes you feel like he’s licking you all over, it’s disgusting 」
「 Yeah, his gaze is definitely disgusting . It’s the eyes of a degenerate after all 」
Rei-chan, you’re exaggerating .
「 I’ve tried to beat him up with all my strength time and time again 」
「 Oh right, Reika joined in right after graduating in high school, and so a lot of people look at you 」
「 But, I couldn’t hit him at all . He avoids all my attacks with his weird looking movements . Then, he would say “Reika-kun, your movements are all right today as well” 」
「 That was when Reika’s still wearing male clothing, right? 」
Shou-neechan entered Kouzuki SS after graduating in Europe…
She doesn’t know Rei-chan’s days as a newcomer .
「 That’s right . Well, thanks to that, I became faster in my attacks . I never failed on thinking that I want to hit him at least once back then . But, ever since I started dressing up as the British Gentleman, he stopped coming . He got interested in other girls instead 」
I see .
「 But, that man is skilled 」
Edie laughs .
「 But if you master that Man’s skills, it would be too disgusting that nobody would come close to you anymore . Especially when you’re showing up in martial arts tournament, right? 」
「 That guy moves strangely, but he also speaks strangely whenever fighting, remember “Nyohohoho?” 」
Shou-neechan said .
Yeah, he definitely sounds strange .
Even Kinoshita-san got disgusted by it .
「 Ah, I think he was mimicking Iwata Tesugoro’s Yohohoho 」
Nei replied .
「 Who? 」
I asked .
「 You don’t know him, Yo-chan?! He’s a legendary pitcher! He’s at his 90s by this year already 」
W-What?
「 Yoshinobu-kun, Nei’s joking, don’t take it seriously 」
Margo-san smiles .
Then .
「 Sorry to disturb the meal but, Yoshinobu-kun, Nei, Misuzu-san and Edie, could you come with me to the room next door? 」
Margo-san said .
The dining room fell into silence .
「 Oh, it’s nothing big . I just want to finish up something while we’re all eating, it won’t take that much time . We’ll be back right away 」
Margo-san smiled .
「 Do I not have to go? 」
Minaho-neesan asks .
「 There’s no need, Ojou-sama . You already know about it 」
Katsuko-nee said .
Oh, so it’s that?
「 Okay, let’s go right now 」
Misuzu stands up .
「 Hey, what is this?! What’s the story? 」
Nei doesn’t seem to know .
「 You should go . I’ll look after Michi-chan 」
Nagisa came to my seat and said .
「 Master 」
She’s feeling down earlier,
Michi clings to me like a kitten begging for milk, but,
She seems lonely .
「 I’ll be back right away 」
I pat Michi’s glossy hair .
「 Okay . Let’s switch 」
I stand up, and Nagisa sits on my chair .
「 Don’t make that face, Michi-chan 」
「 Yes 」
She’s depressed about her mother, and so,
I think that Nagisa’s warm motherly feeling would heal Michi better than me .
「 Then, thanks . I’m heading out 」
I head out of the dining room together with Margo-san .
◇ ◇ ◇
We enter Minaho-neesan’s monitoring room in front of the dining room .
This was the room where Minaho-neesan summoned Megu last night .
This room is soundproofed, and so our conversation won’t go outside .
「 There we go! 」
Edie closed the door and locked it .
Misuzu remains silent .
Nei;
「 Oh, by the way, Yo-chan, I talked it out with Kana-chan, and you’ve got to look forward to Ai-chan . We cooked up quite an exciting plan 」
「 Nei 」
Margo-san calls her out .
「 Huh, what? 」
「 “That one isn’t going well so stop it,” that is the goal of our conversation here 」
Edie, who closed the door, tells Nei .
「 Why?! I-I was only doing it for Yo-chan to enjoy 」
「 Then, shouldn’t you talk it out with Yoshinobu-kun first? 」
Margo-san said .
「 But you know, it won’t be fun if it’s not a surprise 」
「 Are all Nei’s plans just surprises? 」
「 That’s right . It’s Darling, and so he won’t mind even if it’s a surprise, but ordinary people would get angry . Like “Why did you decide without asking me” 」
Nei sends me a glance .
「 But, if I ask Yo-chan, he’d just say “Stop that” or “I don’t need it,” it’s a plan I took time to make and so I don’t want it to be gone 」
Yeah, if she did consult me beforehand,
I won’t go with the plan to rape Kana-senpai at all .
Since it’s me, I’d most likely stop in the middle of the plan .
「 It’s Nei who thinks that it’s fun . Not Darling 」
Edie said .
「 Right . I think you’re going a bit overkill . You two 」
Margo-san looked at Nei and Misuzu .
「 Yes, I’m very sorry 」
Misuzu bows her head to Margo-san .
「 We’ve been short-sighted 」
Oh .
Unlike Nei, Misuzu;
She saw Yukino freeing Megu up .
「 Wait, why are you going that way now Mii-chan?! Also, Edie?! I handed over the seat with Yo-chan and yet… 」
「 That’s because you don’t want to be the one cornering Megumi, do you? 」
「 T-That’s true, but, Edie, weren’t you allied with Mii-chan and me? You’re with us making plans, so shouldn’t you also be responsible for this?! Now, why are you with Margo-oneechan now?! Shouldn’t you be getting scolded together with us!? 」
Nei’s also overdoing it .
That’s why she knows why she’s being scolded .
「 In short, it was Ya-chan and Misuzu’s plan on using Kana-senpai and cornering Megu to let her say that she’s my slave? 」
I asked .
「 Ugh, gununu . I-I don’t know anything about that 」
Nei tries to whistle and gloss it over .
「 Nei-oneesama, it’s useless . It looks like they know everything 」
Misuzu tells Nei .
Nei;
「 Edie, you traitor! 」
She blames Edie .
「 Nope . I did carry out Nei and Misuzu’s schemes, but I’ve been on Margo’s side from the beginning 」
「 What?! A spy?! 」
Nei’s surprised .
「 Not really, Nei 」
Margo-san said .
「 Edie stays with Yoshinobu-kun to make sure that he could press on the brakes before Nei and Misuzu’s plan turn grave 」
Now that you mentioned it .
Edie’s clinging to me a lot .
「 Your schemes didn’t go well . But, it didn’t become a problem thanks to Edie and Mana-chan . Nagisa-san, Katsuko-san, and I requested the two beforehand 」
Margo-san said .
It’s not just Edie but also Mana .
Yeah, she was paying attention to a lot of things .
「 The three of us tried not to give any direct assistance if possible . We’d like Minaho to make minimal intervention, but if we didn’t move, Minaho would’ve intervened like usual . Well, even so, it’s Minaho who always give Yoshinobu-kun and Megumi-chan preferential treatment 」
Yeah .
The other members of the senior group let us free, but,
Minaho-neesan’s the one trying to make contact at each critical point .
That’s her personality, and so it can’t be helped,
「 Margo-oneechan, I thought that you’re leaving this case all to us? 」
Nei speaks in a depressed tone .
「 I did . We didn’t do anything at all . Nothing but watching over the situation 」
Margo-san said .
「 We asked Edie and Mana-chan to be the brakes, and it was the two of them who made the decisions . We didn’t give them any other instructions, also 」
A moment of silence . Then Margo-san tells Nei .
「 In the end, it was Yukino-san who saved Megumi-chan . We didn’t do anything . Yukino-san’s the one who pulled Megumi-chan out 」
「 Yukino-chi?! 」
Nei’s speechless .
「 Yes . We planned to shrink down Megumi-san and keep her in check . But it seems that our idea was wrong 」
Misuzu said .
「 Wait a second!? But, 80% of Megu-chan’s problems is herself, right? That girl doesn’t understand anything that we try to explain to her, and she’s throwing out the harmony of the family . That’s why we had no choice but to… 」
「 Indeed, Megumi is indeed hard to convince . But, you’re also biased 」
Edie said .
「 Megumi and Nei think differently . That includes the way you accept information . Your rules in your living are different, as well . 」
「 Right . That’s not bad . People live in various ways, and so their outlook should also be different 」
Margo-san tells Nei .
「 And the problem, in this case, is that Nei and Misuzu were both living in the same rules . Therefore, you two have the same opinion . And you two communicate well because your rules are the same 」
「 But, Megumi-chan lives under a different rule than Nei and Misuzu . No matter how many times you teach her with your logic, she won’t understand 」
「 But, everyone other than Megu-chan understood how we think 」
Nei said . Misuzu;
「 But it doesn’t get through Megumi-san herself, and so it’s useless 」
「 Oh, Nei’s thought of “why can’t you understand” whenever approaching Megumi-chan keeps on escalating, but 」
「 Megumi gets angry as “why do I have to keep hearing this again and again?” 」
「 In short, Nei thinks “why do you not understand” on Megumi-chan, but 」
「 Megumi also thinks “why do you not understand” to Nei 」
And as they both don’t understand each other, their emotions and expression escalate .
「 And yet, I think that Megu declaring herself as a slave did for the better 」
I think .
「 No, but we wanted Megumi-chan first recognize the reality, and look at her relationship with Yo-chan and the family again 」
Nei said .
「 I get why . But, demoting her from being my fiance only makes Megu feel desperate . I mean 」
I look for the words .
「 Megu knows what Ya-chan’s talking about . The reason behind it . She thinks that it’s fair . But, she can’t be convinced in her heart 」
「 Heart? 」
「 That’s right . She can’t accept it in her heart, and so the unpleasant emotion accumulates, and it refuses the logic 」
「 Yet, you all just push the reasoning that Megumi-chan doesn’t understand . That she doesn’t accept the logic 」
Margo-san said .
「 Furthermore, Minaho initiated this pressure on her 」
「 Yeah, I’m glad that Minaho wasn’t in a hurry . If Minaho herself rushed it, Megumi might’ve committed suicide already 」
「 That won’t happen . Minaho-neesan’s weak to Megu 」
I said .
「 Besides, Minaho-neesan knows moderation 」
Then, I turned around to Misuzu and Nei .
「 Ya-chan and Misuzu, you two are too smart . If you’re presented with the logic that says “this is for the best,” then you’d understand right away, but Megu or I am slow thinkers, we don’t get that right away . We don’t have Ya-chan’s comprehension speed 」
「 Sorry, Danna-sama 」
Misuzu apologized .
「 No, of course, Megu is also at fault . Megu didn’t grow up within the family for the four months . Ya-chan’s right, she’s throwing out the harmony of the family 」
But .
「 But . That doesn’t mean that your approach is right . That only makes Megu reject it all, and if you leave her alone like that, she might commit suicide in despair 」
「 That’s 」
Megu hangs her head .
「 No, it’s also my fault for not understanding what’s happening and just watching it . Sorry . I’m not smart, and so I only realized what’s going on . We don’t know what’s going on at the moment . I’ve been thinking so desperately on what can I do for Megu at that place back then, but 」 」
My power to understand is only so much,
I see .
That’s why Margo-san,
They left Edie to push the brakes when needed .
She knows that Edie can judge whether the state is going just right .
「 I really am useless 」
I muttered . Then Edie took my hand .
「 You’re not . If you feel like you are, then make use of that as experience and become better 」
Edie .
「 That applies to you Misuzu and Nei as well . It’s okay to make mistakes . I mean, no human doesn’t make mistakes . Even making the same foolish mistakes because of some attempt is also natural . That’s how you experience life 」
「 That’s right . Nei . Misuzu-san . You thought that it’s for the better, weren’t you? You weren’t acting out of malice, and so, even if you fail, it’s okay . You can do better next time 」
Margo-san said .
「 However, if you make too big of a mistake, then it will leave a scar . Therefore, sorry, but we sent Edie to you to observe what you’re doing 」
The relationship between Megu and the family has to be protected from breaking down .
「 But, I still don’t understand why Megu-chan didn’t get it . What should we really do? Why is it that Megu-chan and I got both stubborn 」
Nei speaks with a serious look on her face .
Margo-san;
「 You can’t change her outlook 」
She smiled .
「 Recently, I’ve been teaching Agnes and Mao-chan chess 」
Chess?
Oh, the European Shogi .
「 And so, I taught them how to move the pieces and the rules 」
The youngest two?
「 Then, the next day; I surely thought that the two are already playing chess, no, I was sure that they can play it, but I was wrong 」
Margo-san laughed .
「 Those girls made a new game for themselves instead of following the rules I told them the day before 」
Huh?
「 I taught them about the king, queen, knights, castle, the ordinary parts in chess . But, Agnes and Mao-chan started making their new pieces 」
New pieces?
「 They named each as President, Train staff, part-timer, public hall, and such 」
W-What?
「 If I recall, they also named some as “stuffed toy,” “knife,” “Shou-oneechan’s car . ” Then, they decide the moves of each piece . For example, the “cheetah” can move forward three tiles and back by two 」
Eeeeh?!
「 When I explained that “In chess, it simulates a war, and so, one has to be gallant,” then they started using “poison gas,” “bossy commander,” or “attack” pieces, but 」
「 Oh, that one’s from the archive, “Nora Kuro” 」
I said .
Our library is filled with a huge collection of Manga which the previous prostitutes left behind .
No, I think “Norakuro” was a gift from the customers of Jii-chan’s age .
「 I see . Then, I think the anime they watched with Nei also had an effect, what’s “Reflex Gun?” 」
「 I don’t know 」
What comic, what power?
「 Anyway, the small girls made some interesting thoughts . They looked at the game and didn’t follow the established rules, but instead, they made a new set of rules and played with it 」
Margo-san said .
「 If Misuzu and Nei were given a chessboard and pieces, then I’m sure that you two would play with the rules of chess . Perhaps, you’d go decently well, and get strong over time . But 」
The two look at Margo-san .
「 You don’t know how those who made new rules feel, and you can’t imagine it either 」
Margo-san speaks harshly, but she’s smiling gently .
「 You’ll only follow the rules given and think that it is the correct way to play, and if you see someone playing with different rules, you’ll exclude them for being wrong 」
That’s .
「 You are logically correct . Reasonably correct . You play chess with chess rules . But, what will you do when someone who doesn’t know the rules comes in? You’d push your correct rules to them . But, if it’s just a game, shouldn’t you also play with other rules? Don’t you think that it’s too precious to let the children create new pieces, new rules, as they please? 」
Misuzu;
「 But, we’re a family, and the family has it’s rules 」
「 Is that really it? 」
Margo-san asks .
「 I know what’s your mistakes 」
That’s .
「 You were trying to guide Megumi-chan from above . You were forcing her to learn the lawful rules 」
「 You could say that, but 」
Nei refuses .
「 I think that you should become Megumi-chan’s friend before doing all that 」
Friend .
「 I played with Agnes and Mao-chan with the rules they made and the pieces they named . I also made a new piece for myself . I called it “my Maserati,” and it can move six forward and two perpendicular tiles . I run over them with the piece I made, but 」
Margo-san laughed .
「 Do you think that both parties can reach an understanding unless you teach them the rules? 」
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