She still holds her side but she no longer writhes from pain .
「 Just because the pain decreased doesn’t mean you can move . The damage still remains in your body 」
Edie tells her .
「 If you force yourself now, it will be dangerous for you 」
「 Haaaa, haaaa, haaaa 」
She’s calmed down but her tears and snot still flowing .
「 Otome, you’re a hopeless frog in a well 」
Edie said .
「 Compared to ordinary people, you’re somewhat strong . But, your martial arts aren’t great . You haven’t learned seriously 」
「 Uuuuu 」
She wants to retort but Tendou Otome can do nothing but groan .
「 Oh right, you also learned martial arts at least . But, Otome, you weren’t serious in learning . The school of techniques you have is all plastered together from the best parts, you don’t know the foundation at all . That’s why you can’t gather up the right experience 」
She thinks that the martial arts flair is nothing and so she only learned the flashy techniques .
She uses Qi skills .
But, her foundation is overwhelmingly lacking .
「 Furthermore, you’re naive to think that your skill is good enough to get through this world and so you lack daily training . That’s why you are useless 」
Then, Edie looked at Haiji-san .
「 Haiji learned the foundation from the Academy . Don’t look down on academic training . It’s multiple people taking a long time to build all the theories . Each of the high-level techniques is different but the foundation isn’t . Human bodies have an identical framework . Haiji only received the training from the academy but she continues to train everything that she learned there . Therefore, she can master a new skill in such a short time . Her body is sharp and flexible .
Haiji-san’s proud that she graduated from the Academy .
And it has also become her insecurity .
Haiji-san has no connections with the elites nor any first-class bodyguard companies .
Therefore, she had no place to learn but the Academy .
「 During your exhibition match at the party Haiji, that “German Ninja Arts” that you used was something you made, right? 」
Edie asks Haiji-san .
Oh right, that one .
That strange technique where she takes out a blade on her toe and fights with kicks .
「 Yes, I’m sorry 」
Haiji-san apologized .
「 Don’t . You thought that you have to show your appeal by learning a special technique you can use, right? 」
「 Yes, I’m half Japanese and European after all . I thought that saying that I mastered ninja arts from Japan would increase my chances in getting hired in Europe but I grew up in Europe so I don’t know any ninja arts 」
Thus, she called it German ninja arts .
In the end, Haiji-san couldn’t find an employer in Europe .
That she became a bodyguard of Torii-san in Japan instead .
I see . She wrote that she can use German ninja arts in her resume, and so…
She had to show off that skill during her fight with Anjou Kinuka-san as Torii-san’s watching .
「 Haiji’s German ninja arts were ill-prepared . It’s not a skill where you thought every corner, and so none of it makes sense 」
Yeah, during her fight with Kinuka-san, there was that strange atmosphere .
Kinuka-san’s cat claws also looked somewhat stumped .
Although, Anjou arts is an old-fashioned martial art passed down to generations of the bodyguards of Kurama house .
The sisters don’t cooperate with other bodyguards either .
「 Otome saw Haiji’s German ninja arts and thought that the ill-prepared skill means that she’s not skilled 」
Therefore, she had confidence that she’s stronger .
「 But I saw through her poor skills and understood that Haiji habitually trains her body with the basics . I thought that she could grow stronger as she has an honest personality, all she needed is a senior figure . That’s why 」
I see . So that’s why Edie…
That’s why she wants Haiji-san in our family .
Haiji-san’s arrogant on the outside because she’s impatient due to her having no connections .
She saw that the real Haiji-san is an honest and earnest girl .
No .
「 I also got it somehow . Haiji-san’s speaks harshly with Torii-san but she makes sure to stand behind her Master 」
She’s enthusiastic about her appeal but she’s not desperate .
She wanted to get a higher class employer among the daughters of nobility at the party .
That’s because Torii-san is in that weird position where she’s not actually a daughter of nobility .
「 Yeah, I sensed that she’s not a bad girl . It’s just that she’s ignorant of the ways of the world . 」
Despite Shou-neechan, who graduated from the regular course in the academy, being present .
She started a business of referring graduates of the academy’s short-term course to the nobility .
「 But, I didn’t sense any displeasure with Haiji-san . She’s a troublesome girl, but I saw her as an interesting and cute girl 」
Torii-san, Kanou-san, and Kaan Momoko-neechan .
Also, Anjou Mitama and Kinuka .
「 T-Thank you 」
Haiji-san blushed as she thanked me .
「 Then, what did you feel with Otome-chan? 」
Nei?
I look at Tendou Otome who’s still lying down and unable to speak yet .
「 Tendou-san has nothing but unpleasant emotions 」
I speak honestly .
「 When she came with us to rescue Sonoko-san and others in the Karaoke bar, I thought that she sees them as friends, but it’s different . 」
I…
「 Tendou-san’s kindness is imposed on the other party . She doesn’t care what the other party wants nor what they think . She only forces them to do what she tells them to do 」
「 I thought so too 」
Nei said .
「 Therefore, Otome-chan thinks that all of the daughters of Yakuza are her followers and that she has to protect all of them 」
「 Yeah and those girls are using that attitude of Tendou-san back at her 」
Especially the blonde, red-haired, and perm-haired girls .
「 Or, it becomes an unwelcome favor, just like Sonoko-chan 」
Nei looked at Sonoko-san .
「 Sonoko-san, you should be clear with her . Tell Otome-chan that you can’t be together with her 」
Sonoko-san .
「 Yes, you’re right 」
She speaks to Tendou Otome who’s lying down on the tatami mat floor .
「 Otome-chan, you see… 」
She speaks calmly, yet serious .
「 I don’t know if it’s the right choice to become a prostitute or not . I’m still 17, and so I don’t know a lot in this world . Maybe I’m just going with the flow since I’m told that I have no other way but to become a prostitute, and I might accept this fate . I’m just a weak girl . I don’t have a strong will . I know that my life will not go as how I expect it to be . I’ll always succumb . Maybe they’re people different from Tendou-san . I might still be a girl that is dominated, but… 」
Tendou Otome gives Sonoko-san an intense look from the floor .
Her voice is faint, but her eyes show light through Sonoko-san who has weak vitality .
Even so .
「 I can’t go with Otome-chan . After all, to me, it means that I yield to Otome-chan, that Otome-chan will control my life . Nothing’s changed . Not for Otome-chan, not for me . After all, Otome-chan ignores my feelings 」
Oh .
Yomi’s using her Miko power .
It’s not that Sonoko-san’s saying whatever Yomi wants her to say .
These are the thoughts Sonoko-san’s been keeping in her mind .
The emotions she couldn’t tell Tendou Otome, her friend .
She can speak honestly now…
It’s all thanks to the assistance of Miko power .
She learned this from Tsukiko earlier .
The technique to skillfully press the other party’s mind without hurting them nor putting too much pressure .
「 Besides, no matter where we go, we can’t live with just the two of us . Otome-chan and I can’t do it . After all, Otome-chan’s body is strong but your heart is weak . I can’t support the weak Otome-chan . It will only be painful to me 」
「 So…no…ko… 」
Tendou Otome finally speaks .
She speaks in pain, in loneliness .
「 Otome, you were misunderstanding that you were protecting her 」
Edie said .
「 You thought that you’re protecting Sonoko and the other girls, but in fact, it’s your way to keep your own heart stable . In fact, you don’t protect them, and you don’t have any bond with them 」
Tendou Otome looked up at Sonoko-san in surprise .
「 Yes, you didn’t protect us . After all, Tendou Sadao’s comrades still raped me . Earlier, when Otome-chan said “I lived through hell,” I thought “Huh?” It’s Shigeyo-chan and me who lived through hell . Otome-chan doesn’t get it 」
Sonoko-san said .
「 I can’t forgive the girls who watched us in silence as the men raped us . I hate them all . Eri-chan and Rie-chan are still young so I can forgive them…I mean, those girls will become sex slaves, right? Then they’re forgiven . Naoko-chan will become a prostitute together with me so I forgive her . But, I won’t forgive the others . Those who raped us, those who watched, and father . I’ll never forgive him . They all got loose screws in their head and will die soon? Good . They all should just die! 」
Sonoko-san’s dark thoughts inside her blow out .
「 Ah… . what…about…me? 」
Tendou Otome asks in desperation .
「 I’ll never forgive you either, Otome-chan . I hate you! I hated you all this time Otome-chan!!! 」
Saying that…
Hearing that would be harsh for Tendou Otome as she holds homosexual love towards Sonoko-san .
「 I hate everyone . Nobody came to save me! I hate everyone! 」
「 But, saying that you hate everything won’t let you survive for the future 」
I said .
「 Even so, Sonoko-san . Tendou Otome’s one-sided kindness is some unwelcome favor but you still survived because she’s there, right? 」
Tendou Otome’s actions weren’t all in vain .
「 Tendou-san, whatever she does are all fruitless effort, but… She didn’t want you to get involved, and that’s why she invaded the Kouzuki house’s party alone 」
The first plan is for the daughters of Yakuza to attack the young ladies of nobility .
「 I don’t care about that 」
Sonoko-san turned her face away .
「 Oh, I see . Then, we’re going to put Tendou Otome now, you don’t mind it, do you? 」
I said .
「 Right now, she’s just a noisy girl with no use . She can’t even become a bodyguard since she lost to Haiji-san . Should we erase her memories and throw her out? 」
I looked at Yomi .
「 But, Sensei, if we erase Tendou Otome-san’s memories about Kouzuki house and us, then we will need to erase all her memories with Tokuda Sonoko-san . The reason why she is hostile to Kouzuki house is that she wants to save Tokuda-san 」
She replies .
「 This incident and Sonoko-san has carved deep in her mind . Therefore… 」
「 If we’re erasing her memories of us, we need to erase her memories of Sonoko-san as well . Sonoko-san will become our prostitute . If Tendou Otome has some memories of Sonoko-san remaining inside her, she will desperately search for her, and that’s a problem 」
I said . Sonoko-san .
「 I don’t care if Otome-chan forgets me . It doesn’t matter to me 」
「 So…no…ko 」
Tendou Otome makes a face similar to a person who received a death sentence .
「 It’s okay . We can make it so that we never met each other . It’s better if nothing happened between us 」
Sonoko-san whose mind is freed is quite extreme .
「 That’s not it 」
Edie?
「 Yes, memories of Tokuda-san in Tendou-san’s heart is carved deep inside, and it takes a big chunk 」
Yomi said .
「 If we remove all memories of Tokuda-san, Tendou-san’s ego will crumble 」
「 It means that her mind will have a seismic shift and it will collapse in itself 」
That means, she’ll turn crazy?!
「 You sure you want Otome to become like that? Do you mind? 」
Edie said . Sonoko-san…
「 I-I… 」
She looks at Tendou Otome with a pale expression .
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