Chapter 993.: 993.
「 Please wait! 」
Torii-san?
「 I’m coming with you . Also 」
Torii-san sends Jii-chan a glance, but…
「 Mariko-san, don’t mind him for now 」
Misuzu smiled .
「 Oh well . I think that Danna-sama’s okay bringing Mariko-san along, right? 」
「 Yeah, you can come with us, Torii-san . However, we’re the ones talking to Kurama-san . You’ll stay quiet 」
If Torii-san lets her emotions take over and talk to the Kurama sisters, it’ll become chaotic .
「 You might talk about the hidden assets of the Kurama house carelessly that it might give them false hopes . We should not talk about it until we confirm that it’s real 」
Especially Misato-san, the elder, she’s quite sensitive .
Once she finds out that “as expected, there’s nothing,” she might die from hopelessness .
「 I know that even if you don’t tell me 」
Torii-san got offended .
But you know, it’s Torii-san’s trait to speak some controversial statements because she can’t read the mood .
「 I’ll be watching her, Sensei 」
Yomi told me .
I see . Yomi can monitor her mind and just stop Torii-san when she’s about to say something unnecessary using the Miko power .
I think giving an order saying “Don’t talk about that for now,” won’t break Torii-san’s mind .
「 Anyway, let’s go 」
Misuzu said .
「 Ah, wait for a second 」
I finish the Hayashi rice and salad on my plate and drink water .
「 Ruriko, Yomi, Yoshiko-san, the food was delicious . Thanks for the meal . If there are any leftovers, I’ll eat them so save it 」
I told the girls who are in charge of cooking this lunch .
「 Yes . I’ll leave some for Nei-oneesama and Tsukiko-oneesama just in case, but in case the two hasn’t returned yet, then please consume them, Onii-sama 」
Nei and Tsukiko, are in the middle of altering Tendou Otome .
They probably ate lunch in that building already .
Minaho-neesan’s over there, and Shou-neechan’s probably in another building for Kouzuki SS, but still…
Minaho-neesan’s giving Tokuda-san a lecture as candidates for Black Forest’s prostitutes .
Shou-neechan’s got a job of checking out the movement of Kansai Yakuza .
Ruriko didn’t mention her name just now probably because Minaho-neesan called and said that she doesn’t need lunch .
「 We delivered the same meal to Katsuko-oneesama and them 」
Katsukiko-nee and the Anjou sisters also had Hayashi Rice for lunch .
「 What about the Kurama sisters? 」
I asked .
「 The intention is to bring them food later…
Oh, Ruriko prioritizes feeding our young group .
Once we’re done, she intends to deliver food to the Kurama sisters .
「 Everything’s prepared on that wagon over there 」
Oh, there are plates, a rice cooker, and a pot with Hayashi rice in there .
「 Then, I’ll bring it 」
Edie said and head to the wagon .
「 Ah, I know all of it 」
Yomi comes after Edie . Yomi was in charge of cooking too and so she prepared the wagon together with Ruriko .
「 Okay, then, let’s go 」
I stood up .
「 Huh, Papa? Another job? 」
Agnes noticed and called me out .
「 Yeah, I’m sorry that we can’t play but I still have a lot to do 」
I smiled at Agnes .
「 Look after Mao-chan, Haiji, Eri, and Rie, okay? Be kind to them 」
「 Mana-chan, Luna, and Koyomi-chan will help out, nobody will be lonely 」
「 Get along 」
「 Yes, desuno! 」
Yeah, just as Jii-chan mentioned earlier . Agnes is a flower .
A flower that only needs to be there and sparkle brightly .
Mana and Luna can help out with the minor details .
「 Darling, everything’s okay 」
Edie and Yomi are pushing the wagon .
「 Look after them . I’m entrusting it all to you 」
Jii-chan, who is in the same table as Ruriko and Yoshiko-san, looked at me and smiled .
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We walk down the corridor for a while, then…
「 Mariko-san, as for earlier… 」
Misuzu speaks .
「 It is as you guessed, Grandfather knows something 」
Huh?
Oh, when Torii-san sent Jii-chan a look earlier…
She’s thinking of asking Jii-chan directly .
「 Grandfather was strangely talkative just now . At times like this, Grandfather is hiding something 」
Misuzu said .
「 Does that mean that Jii-chan knows about Kurama Misato-san’s fiance not abandoning her even though she’s in debt? 」
「 Yes, Danna-sama . I think that Grandfather knows it all 」
But…
「 According to Rei-chan, Shou-neechan’s still investigating, right? 」
Misato-san’s fiance’s family, Kenmochi house .
「 But, Grandfather probably already finished his investigation through Yazawa-san 」
Oh right, Shou-neechan’s not the current head of the on-site division, but…
Yazawa-san, the former chief, and the appearing president has the top elite unites and Michi’s father in his hand .
He can make investigations without Shou-neechan knowing .
「 If that’s the case, why are we not asking Kouzuki-sama? 」
Torii-san asks .
「 No . That’s because Grandfather entrusted the case to Danna-sama 」
That’s right .
「 That means doing the investigation oneself . Of course, that means it’s okay to use all of the resources of Kouzuki house, including Kouzuki SS 」
「 It means becoming a man who can freely take control of the Kouzuki house 」
Edie smiles .
「 Grandfather is giving Danna-sama a test . He’s fond of him . Even now, he’s looking forward to seeing what kind of conclusion Danna-sama will have 」
This is another trial?
「 So, do we assume that this is all part of Jii-chan’s plot? 」
Besides, to think that the Kurama house would be drowning in debt and become bankrupt .
I wonder what Jii-chan’s aim is?
「 That’s not true . Grandfather truly loves the old building of Kurama Kaku 」
The ancestral house of the Kurama house is filled with precious history .
Jii-chan and the nobility have been using that as a gathering place from before .
「 The current head of the Kurama house opposed Grandfather and the other heads of nobility, and destroyed the Kurama Kaku with the reason of building a new high-rise hotel, and he grieved at heart for that 」
Right, the current head of the Kurama house; Misato-san and Arisu-san’s father, destroyed the Kurama Kaku and turned the land into a vacant plot .
「 He destroyed the Kurama Kaku before Grandfather could make a substantial action . It’s already lost, and so there’s nothing they can do about it 」
Misuzu said .
「 And now, the foreign investment funds is pulled back while the high-rise hotel construction is on the way, and Kurama house reached bankrupt 」
The hotel construction already started .
And because the construction stopped due to the lack of funds, Kurama house is in a tough spot .
If the hotel isn’t finished, they can’t recover the investment they spent .
「 Does Kenmochi house have no funds? If they finish the hotel, they can manage somehow, right? 」
Edie asks Misuzu .
「 We won’t know until we have the report from Kouzuki SS’ investigation . However, I think that Kenmochi house doesn’t have that good financial state . Mariko-san, don’t you agree? 」
「 I don’t buy any of the stocks Kenmochi house company owns . From what I heard, it’s not good at all 」
Oh right, she’s into stocks if I recall correctly .
「 And the incident with the Kurama house, it’s widely known that teaming with a foreign investor to build a new hotel has angered Kouzuki-sama and others . Even if they’re engaged, Kenmochi house is unlikely to help Kurama house with the resolve that Kouzuki house will not look at them kindly 」
If they move poorly, then not just Kouzuki house, but also all the other noble houses will get angry .
「 Wait a second, is the Kenmochi house from nobility? 」
I had to confirm .
「 Kenmochi house is in the complicated side 」
Misuzu said .
「 Sure, Kenmochi house is nobility . But, Kenmochi-san, the one engaged to Kurama Misato-san, is from a branch family of that clan 」
「 To be precise, he’s from a branch family, of a branch family, of another branch family 」
Torii-san?
「 If I recall, he’s the second son of the son-in-law of the youngest daughter of the seventh son of the 5th generation head of Kenmochi house 」
Oh, they’re all Kenmochi but just a subsidiary line .
「 If I recall, Kenmochi Yuugo-san’s grandfather is in silk goods trade business, and it succeeded, and so he’s currently in the Kenmochi group 」
「 Their founding age is hardly far from our Torii electronics 」
That means, they’re a company that became big since the postwar period .
They inherited the noble blood from Kenmochi house but they’re only a new upstart in business .
「 The contents of their business is covered, or should I say that when their company became big, they used the name of the head house, and so they have a bad relationship with the main family of Kenmochi house 」
Torii-san said .
「 However, Yuugo-sama’s family business is prohibited from using the Kenmochi name at all, and so they are operating nationwide as “Sword Hub” 」
Oh, I know “Sword Hub” They’re a mass marketer of suits for gentlemen for the whole country .
I see . It’s Kenmochi, so it’s “Sword Have”
「 Then that means, they’re trying to tie themselves with the Kurama house to make connections with nobility apart from the main Kenmochi family? 」
The main family hates them, and so they won’t introduce them to other nobility .
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