Pure love ✕ Insult Complex - Chapter 872.

Chapter 872.: 872.
「 Then, you are to tell everyone in the courtyard the results later 」





Jii-chan told Mizushima Karen-san .

Karen-san will tell the young ladies in the party today that she has become Kouzuki houses’, or rather, Misuzu’s servant .

That means taking away her status as the young lady of nobility, of Mizushima house .

「 Certainly 」

Karen-san bows her head .

「 Umu, then, you can stay for the room you were in before 」

Everyone’s still enjoying the party .

It will be for the best if Mizushima Karen-san reports that at the end of the party .

She can do it together with Agnes’ debut .

「 Yes, excuse me 」

「 I will send you off . It’s on Agnes-chan’s room, right? 」

Katsuko-nee said .

「 Yes, please do, Katsuko-kun 」

「 Yes . Then, let’s go 」

Katsuko-nee smiles and leads Mizushima Karen-san out of the room .

The people remaining in the room are;

Jii-chan, and his two bodyguards .

Kurama sisters .

Minaho-neesan and me .

「 Leave the room, you two 」

Jii-chan told Ootoku-san and Choumoto-san .

「 Kyouko-kun already left . There’s no danger in this room 」

「 Certainly, excuse us 」

Ootoku-san and Choumoto-san left the room .

As soon as the door closed .

「 So, what do you think? 」

Jii-chan asks me suddenly .

「 I might’ve done something futile 」

About what?

「 About nobility . I want to protect nobility, but I just decreased the number by one . Furthermore, most families are going the path of their own destruction 」

Jii-chan sighs .

「 You saw Mizushima’s naive attitude, didn’t you? Thinking that I will never crush down nobility, so he’s under the impression that no matter how much of a scandal he makes, I will come to rescue his house 」

Yeah, he was underestimating Jii-chan .

He doesn’t understand how much of a trouble it caused when he sent over a spy from Kansai Yakuza to the main house of Kouzuki clan .

Also, he’s not even thinking of what the other families of the young ladies who came to this party would do .

「 Therefore, I had no choice but to demote her as a vassal instead of keeping her under Kouzuki house’s custody 」

Jii-chan speaks bitterly .

「 From the conversation earlier, Mizushima Karen is still decent . That kid can still fix herself . However, if she returns to her father and grandfather, then she will grow spoiled and become a troublesome adult 」

No, that girl…

I think that Karen-san is a decent girl .

She’s courteous, has a strong sense of responsibility, and is smart .

Just because the parents were a disaster, the children don’t necessarily become the same .

「 She needs to separate from Mizushima house and serve Misuzu until she’s 20, trained with the education on nobility . Unless I do that, Mizushima house’s asset will remain, but they’ll no longer have the pride of nobility . That only means that their house perished 」


Jii-chan .

Oh, I see .

Jii-chan’s pretending to talk to me, but he’s talking to the Kurama sisters .

「 Kurama house is the same . He ignored our advice and fell for the funding of the foreigners, demolishing the traditional Kurama Kaku, and tried to construct a high-rise hotel, and yet, asking for help because the foreigners deceived him? It’s ridiculous 」

「 I-I’m very sorry! 」

Arisu-san, the younger of the sisters, bowed her head .





「 I’m not talking to you . I’m having a talk with him 」

Jii-chan scolds Arisu-san .

「 I-I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! 」

Misato-san, the elder apologizes while crying .

「 Mizushima house sent in some lawless people into my house, and so they lost their business group . Their daughter, who will succeed in the house, is now a servant of Kouzuki house . Other families will not show consent unless I give that much punishment . Also, it’s natural to provide such a strict attitude, so this absurdity never happens again 」

Jii-chan said .

「 Then, how do we punish Kurama house? Kurama house manages the Kurama Kaku group because the only one with worth is Kurama Kaku . The building and garden has history and tradition has its worth, and that is why the group’s other hotel and traditional restaurants were able to hold their high dignity 」

Worth and dignity .

「 And now that precious Kurama Kaku is lost, what remains in the group are ordinary hotels and restaurants you can find anywhere . The high-rise hotel building can complete itself in the former site of Kurama Kaku, but still, it doesn’t have the quality that the old Kurama Kaku had 」

They can construct a high-grade hotel, but the old one is something they can never take back .

「 To be nobility means you are to inherit property from your ancestors and to protect it for the next generation . In Kurama house’s case, that “Kurama Kaku” is the one they inherit and must defend . Losing that means Kurama house no longer belongs to nobility . They are no longer a clan I must help 」

Jii-chan said . The Kurama sisters trembled .

「 Truly unfortunate, to think that one of the traditional nobility would die out like that 」

Jii-chan will revive Mizushima house in Karen-san’s generation, and…

The business group will be split and sold off, but, Karen-san is promised that she will inherit the mansion and properties of Mizushima house from the ancestral era .

However, for Kurama house’s case .

Without anything to inherit, they’re declared as dead .

「 K-Kouzuki-sama! T-That’s too much!! 」

「 Aaaaaah! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Aaaaa!!! 」

The siblings lost control .

「 You’re too noisy, I’m not talking to you! 」

Jii-chan’s behavior is freezing .

「 Uuuuu 」

The little sister trembled in fear .

However, the elder speaks while crying .

「 I-I’m sorry . W-We do know that we can no longer save K-Kurama house, b-but… 」

Kurama Misato speaks while shedding tears .

「 We may be paying for our mistakes, but, I-I cannot let the people working in Kurama Kaku group be left out in the cold 」

「 Onee-sama? 」

「 I-It may be rude to ask but, please, could you save the Kurama Kaku group? If things go on, then they will reach bankruptcy . If that happens, perhaps, the workers will not receive any retirement money 」

Hearing Kurama Misato-san say that, Jii-chan…

「 Shouldn’t it be your father who asks that? 」

That’s right .

It shouldn’t be the high-school student daughter but the head of Kurama house .

The man managing the Kurama Kaku group is the father .

「 H-However, U-Uhm, Kouzuki-sama is no longer answering father’s calls 」

「 Obviously . Why would I go out of my way to save a man who I know will only ask for a loan of money? 」

「 T-Therefore, Onee-sama and I are acting on behalf of father 」

Arisu-san desperately pleads .

「 You can’t fill in for your father, can you? Using his daughters for persuasion by tears 」

Yeah, I think that’s the case .

「 If you were Kurama, what would you do? 」

Jii-chan asks me .

「 Well, Jii-chan’s the only man who can lend me money, so I’d try all that I can to get a chance to meet you, but it’s meaningless if it’s not personal . I think that using his daughters in Misuzu’s party is just plain wrong . Also… 」

「 What? Just say it 」

I…

「 Kurama house never talked about severing himself at all 」

「 Severing himself? 」

Arisu-san asks .





「 That’s right . Don’t just say “If this goes on, everyone will be in trouble, please help us,” but instead, show that it was worth saving and make suggestions 」

「 Worth? 」

「 That’s right . Kurama-san, and also your father should know that Jii-chan has enough fortunes and he’s acquainted with various influential people, do you think that he would just save you for the sake of it? 」

That’s the reason why they only say, “Please help us . ”

「 But you know, Jii-chan’s Kouzuki group is a money-making business, so why would they go out of their way to make such a deal? 」

「 However, Kurama Kaku group is… 」

Arisu-san tries to argue, but…

「 The original Kurama Kaku is already broken, but you still manage other hotels and restaurants, don’t you? 」

「 As mentioned earlier, Kurama Kaku is gone, and so the other facilities lost its worth 」

Arisu-san looks at me angrily .

「 So you say . Jii-chan sees it as an opportunity to strike a bargain .

I looked at her in the eye and said .

「 Bargain? 」

Misato-san and Arisu-san are surprised .

Geez, they’re really pampered .

They couldn’t even think of that .

「 Kurama house has no money, so they have no choice but to tell them . Jii-chan says that they’re worth nothing, but still, a few hotels and restaurants should have fair value . It’s never zero . Kouzuki group manages hotels and restaurants, don’t they? 」

I asked Jii-chan .

「 Naturally, it’s in our business 」

「 Then, if they say “please buy our hotel and restaurants,” instead of “please lend us money,” would Jii-chan talk to Kurama-san? 」

「 No . I’ll let someone else do the talk . But I will not ignore it . If it’s the best traditional hotel in the area, then it is tied to a get rich quick scheme 」

Jii-chan smiles .

「 B-But, i-if Kurama Kaku group loses the hotels and restaurants, their only revenue now… 」

「 Y-Yes, Kurama Kaku group can no longer maintain itself 」

Misato-san and Arisu-san said .

「 No, look, that’s no longer the standard here 」

I said .

「 What do you mean?! 」

Arisu-san speaks angrily . I…

「 I mean, it’s too late for Kurama Kaku group 」

In the end, these sisters could become the head of Kurama house, and they’ll still think that the Kurama Kaku group will remain if Jii-chan moved .

But…

「 Your father still has relations with the foreign investors while asking for my assistance 」

Jii-chan said .

「 If they were to borrow funds from me, then they will complete the construction of the hotel on where Kurama Kaku stood . And when the hotel is completed, the management group can recover . If that happens, another foreign investor will sponsor funds to expand the business . That means he only sees me as a makeshift . He has no intention of listening to my advice hereafter, and he intends to betray us 」

「 T-That’s…father… 」

「 Our father isn’t… 」

Kurama sisters hesitate .

「 It can’t be helped . Your father wants to escape from the nobility after all 」

Escape from nobility?

「 As long as he’s in nobility, he will receive instructions from Kaan, me, or the other old nobles . We only want to give advice, but to him, it’s nothing but grumblings from old men . He wants to leave nobility, and become an ordinary businessman, testing his strength to his heart’s content 」

Jii-chan’s eyes turn gloomy .

「 Most young men who become heads of the family think the same way as Kurama-kun . Unable to notice that they’re a frog in a well, raised in this relaxed life as nobility, ignoring the advice of us, the old people, and behave stupidly . However, in most cases, the servants can stop their head . Kurama-kun’s incident was unfortunate . To think that there were no loyal retainers to stop him from the inside 」

Oh, I see .

「 You mean, he doesn’t just want to make profits from building a new high-rise hotel but, he doesn’t want to continue protecting the Kurama Kaku, which he inherited from his ancestors? 」

I asked . Jii-chan;

「 Perhaps… He thought that he can break away from his fate if he completely destroys the building . What a foolish man . It’s inherited from the ancestors, and that is why he has a wealthy life as nobility, and yet… 」

Kurama-san’s father wanted to destroy the history of Kurama Kaku .

Wanting to escape his blood as nobility .

Despite all that, when he reached a problem with money, he relies on nobility, asking for Jii-chan’s help .





「 That’s the reason why I cannot forgive Kurama-kun . He didn’t listen to our advice, and now that his house is collapsing, his business is reaching bankruptcy, and so, he will never receive any help . This will happen again unless we do this 」

Jii-chan and the nobilities inherit property from their ancestors .

And to not let the young heads throw it away without a care…

This is to send a message that if they have it their way, there will be no help .

「 I also loved that old Kurama Kaku . It had the memories our late Grandfather, but… 」

Kurama Arisu-san looks at Jii-chan .

「 Why does the old have to stay?! We can understand how Father feels! We’re at the new age, shouldn’t we need to make everything new? 」

Jii-chan .

「 Someone as young as you may not understand . However, there’s one fact remains . You can rebuild an excellent hotel, but Kurama Kaku is still worth more . That will never be overruled 」

「 Why?! A new hotel is father’s hard work, it could surpass the worth of Kurama Kaku, couldn’t it? 」

Arisu-san said .

「 Impossible . The attribution of “old” is enough for it’s worth 」

Jii-chan answered flatly .

「 Anything is lost someday . People die . Objects break . There’s nothing in this universe that lasts forever . No, even the universe itself will end eventually 」

Jii-chan looks at me .

「 Do you know entropy? 」

「 No 」

It’s my first time hearing that word .

「 Matter changes to energy . If it is transformed into heat, it is lost . You can eat kilograms of food every day, but your weight doesn’t change drastically . Then, where did the weight of the food go? The answer is that it is converted to energy 」

Jii-chan said .

「 Do you understand? Each time humans eat, the energy produced vanishes to the universe . Heat energy . Anything burned down vanishes . No, just sitting in this chair or the touch of the wind creates frictional energy . A heated matter diminishes . And all the matter in this world will become energy and disappear . Ever since the birth of the universe, matter keeps on vanishing, turning light . And someday, everything will gradually disappear 」

Jii-chan said .

「 That Kurama Kaku had a century of history with it . Arts and crafts from the time were gathered in that building and garden, and it lived for a century . Do you not understand the worth of that? 」

Kurama Arisu-san gulped .

「 Anything is lost someday . Transient . Therefore, shouldn’t we teach the young ones about the old ones? Especially those entrusted by their ancestors . Us, nobility…

Jii-chan sighed .

「 No, Kurama Kaku is lost . Kurama house which dropped the “old” that they should protect, is no longer nobility 」

T-Then .

「 I-I’m very sorry!!! 」

Kurama Misato-san left her chair and prostrates herself before Jii-chan .

She’s crying intensely .

「 O-Onee-sama?! 」

Arisu-san puts her knee on the floor as well .

「 Arisu, hurry and apologize to Kouzuki-sama 」

「 B-But… 」

「 No butts! 」

「 But, we can apologize to Kouzuki-sama all we want, but Kurama house is no more… 」

Then…

「 Oh? That depends on you girls though 」

Minaho-neesan starts to move .

「 Have you not seen Mizushima-san’s case? 」

She smiles at the sisters .

「 They lost their management group and everything, but they were allowed to stay as nobility . However, it depends on how Mizushima Karen-san performs 」

Jii-chan promised Karen-san to become the head of Mizushima house when she reached 20, and her nobility status will recover .

However, it only happens when she works as Misuzu’s servant and is accepted .

If Karen-san isn’t a loyal servant, the agreement will not come true .

「 D-Do you mean we should become Kouzuki house’s servants too? 」

Arisu-san, the strong-willed, asks Minaho-neesan .

「 You can’t become servants, can you? 」

Minaho-neesan laughs .

「 Kurama house’s actions were a grave sin compared to Mizushima house . Kurama Kaku is a place with precious memories from the nobility 」

And they broke that sacred ground without a care .

Ignoring Jii-chan’s warnings again and again .

「 Mizushima house lost its status as nobility for a fixed period . Karen-san’s demotion to servant will someday return to nobility status . But, Kurama house abandoned nobility themselves 」

Minaho-neesan said . Kurama sisters embraced each other’s trembling body .

「 Then, what do we do? 」

Arisu-san does her best to ask, but her voice is trembling .

「 You will accumulate secret charity 」

Jii-chan said .

Secret charity?

「 Buying Kurama Kaku Group’s fine establishments . It won’t be the Kouzuki group, but instead, other nobilities will be the first to speak . There will be no bargain . The purchase will be by its cost . If not, foreign investors will buy it . That must be avoided . I know some foreign investors trying to talk to your father at this moment 」

「 T-That’s… 」

「 I don’t mind . It’s an enterprise for profit, so, naturally, one would prefer to sell in superior terms . Ordinary businessmen think that way 」

Jii-chan no longer states the sister’s father as nobility but as an ordinary businessman .

「 Therefore, the price will be higher than the foreigners . The employees will remain employed . I guarantee that . However, it’s no longer a mutual aid from nobilities, but just business . Kouzuki group don’t intend to go further than that 」

「 H-However that will mean that Kurama Kaku group will have nothing but the inferior establishments remaining, and the money earned from selling off cannot cross us over the crisis 」

Kurama Misato tells Jii-chan .

「 I don’t care . Kouzuki group will no longer involve themselves in anything other than business 」

He speaks adamantly .

「 H-However… 」

「 It’s no use, Onee-sama 」

Arisu-san gave up .

Then .

「 Arisu-san, you’re still 13, so you might not know 」

Minaho-neesan said .

「 But, Misato-san is already 18, so I think she already understands 」

「 What about? 」

Misato-san looks up at Minaho-neesan .

「 I am Kuromori Minaho 」

Minaho-neesan introduced herself .

「 Have you heard of the organization named “Kuromori?” 」

「 I-I… . 」

Kurama sisters are dumbfounded .

「 We’re the ones who offer young and clean ladies to the people in political and business circles 」

!!!!

Misato-san’s surprised .

「 O-Onee-sama? What does she mean? 」

Oh, Arisu-san doesn’t know about prostitutes who offer sexual service .

No, maybe, she has no knowledge about sex itself .

Ruriko is a precedent in that .

「 And I’m the owner of such high-class brothel 」

Minaho-neesan smiles .

「 What do the people in that business need from us? 」

Misato-san asks with resolution .

「 No, if you have a problem with money, I think that you should sell yourself . All my clients are quite wealthy men after all 」

「 You mean, I’m going to become a prostitute? 」

Misato-san is offended .

「 I’m only talking about your choices . I’m not here to force you . I will not make any other move unless you come for me and ask me to hire you 」

Minaho-neesan speaks with composure .

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