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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 .

◇ ◇ ◇

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 .

I mean, the head family probably doesn’t want to lower their heads .

Therefore, they’re marrying into the Kurama house and get associated with other nobility through them .

Just like how Torii-san’s family tired themselves to Kanou house through marital relationship .

「 Yeah, I get the situation now 」

I think for a moment .

「 I see . Jii-chan 」

「 What’s wrong, Danna-sama? 」

Misuzu asks .

「 Torii-san, you saw Kenmochi Yuugo being intimate with Kurama Misato-san at a party last week, right? 」

「 Yes, as mentioned earlier 」

Then that means…

「 Jii-chan knows Kenmochi house is approaching Misato-san . Then, he sensed danger . So that’s why… 」

I looked at everyone .

「 He thought that it’s necessary to isolate Misato-san and Arisu-san here 」

「 What do you mean? 」

Torii-san asks me .

「 First of all, the party yesterday is only exclusive to the young ladies of nobility . That means Kenmochi Yuugo will not come to this place 」

The only men allowed to enter the party is Jii-chan and me .

「 And if it’s a party hosted by the Kouzuki main family, the noble among the nobility, then, Kurama house, a member of the nobility will have to participate unless they have a reason not to 」

The Kurama sisters think that they might be able to directly appeal to Jii-chan to save their family and so they will definitely come .

「 Then, Jii-chan scolded the Kurama sisters right in front of the other daughters of the nobility . Jii-chan is hard to please influential man, and they know that he treasures the tradition of nobility, and so they can feel his anger 」

I mean, he appeared together with me before the party started .

Then, he shouted at Torii-san who greeted him with a familiar tone, planting the image of a scary old man who you can’t reason with .

「 That’s why when Misato-san and Arisu-san are brought to a different room, everyone thought that it’s inevitable . I mean, there’s hardly anyone who asked about the Kurama sisters after the party, right? 」

They all thought that it’s inevitable for them to receive some punishment as Kurama house is just suffering the consequences .

The young ladies of nobility feel that what the Kurama house did this time is a shame to all the nobility .

「 Then, once the girls return home, they will report what happened to their father and grandfathers . Most of the heads of nobility will know his wrath and sentence . If the Kurama sisters can’t return home from the Kouzuki house, they will only see it as inevitable 」

Besides, Mizushima Karen-san is also here .

Mizushima house allowed a spy to enter the Kouzuki mansion, and let the daughters of nobility face danger .

Therefore, Karen-san can’t come home .

「 I think that this is all just a method to keep Kenmochi Yuugo from contacting Kurama Misato-san 」

Leaving the Kurama sisters here is a problem between Kouzuki and Kurama house .

Kenmochi Yuugo who isn’t from nobility is unrelated to the conversation .

Kenmochi Yuugo cannot protest against Kouzuki house .

「 I see . That’s possible 」

Misuzu nods .

「 Then that means, the part about turning Misato-sama into a prostitute is also a fake? 」

Torii-san said, but…

「 That’s unknown 」

In regards to the reopening of the brothel…

We indeed lack in prostitutes .

We can hire Tokuda Sonoko-san and Kurosawa Naoko-san but it’s still not enough .

Also, those who were prostitutes from before who received funds and support from Minaho-neesan but couldn’t find a new job to do in the end…

Like Iwakura-san, our student council president .

I think that some couldn’t leave the prostitution work are still a bit unstable .

They’re not prostitutes who can reliably increase our customers with their stability like Katsuko-nee and Nagisa .

They can’t be the ace of our brothel .

Iwakura-san’s specialty is mostly the extremely perverted fetishes .

Misato-san, there’s a problem with how weak her nerves are .

But, if a daughter of nobility were to become a prostitute .

The new Black forest will surely have a featured product .

Well, that depends on Minaho-neesan’s guidance .

「 Although, I don’t think that we should think what’s behind the scenes 」

I can sense it .

「 You know, can’t you just peek into Kouzuki-sama’s mind with your mysterious power or something? 」

Torii-san asks Yomi .

「 We swore not to do that with Kouzuki-sama 」

Yomi said with a sullen tone .

「 We’re receiving Kouzuki-sama’s protection and so we can’t be rude to him . We try not to get close to Kouzuki-sama as much as possible 」

Oh right . Earlier;

Jii-chan sat down on Yomi and Ruriko’s table .

Yomi made sure to take distance and he never looked at Jii-chan in the eye .

Tsukiko, Luna, and Koyomi-chan do the same .

Also, the girls with the Miko power from the Takakura house always look at each other’s minds .

If there’s a girl with an unstable mind, someone will always follow up .

They also report to me .

If their power goes to a rampage and their mind collapsed, it could repeat the disaster like with Yomi’s mother and Koyomi-chan’s mother .

Both of their mothers took along their husbands and a lot of people to their deaths .

Especially Yomi and the girls, they fear that our family will become affected by their rampage .

「 Jii-chan’s right, we have to do something about this on our own . Peeking into Jii-chan’s mind would be cheating, right? That’s not okay 」

I told Torii-san .

◇ ◇ ◇

Knock . Knock .

Misuzu knocks the door .

Then, she unlocks the electronic door .

「 Kurama-san, we’re coming in 」

We enter the room where the Kurama sisters and Mizushima Karen-san stays in .

「 We’ve come to bring in your meal 」

「 In here 」

Yomi and Edie push the wagon in .

Torii-san and I enter the room after them .

I closed the door, and it locked electronically .

Just like private rooms in the hotel, this has an auto-lock .

「 Misuzu-sama 」

The Kurama sisters haven’t changed since yesterday .

Misato-san looks afraid and Arisu-san, her little sister, embraces her .

Karen-san sits on the sofa facing the sisters .

「 Karen, where’s your greeting for Danna-sama? 」

Misuzu asks Karen-san .

「 Ah, I’m very sorry . Good morning, Kuromori-sama 」

Err, it’s already past noon, but oh well .

「 Yeah . You seem lively, Karen-san 」

「 Y-Yes 」

But not too much .

「 How about Kurama-san 」

I asked, but Misato-san and Arisu-san don’t respond .

The two are looking down .

「 Feel free to eat lunch 」

Misuzu said with a smile .

「 No, uhm, my sister and I have no appetite 」

Arisu-san replies for her sister, but…

「 Ruriko made this lunch . Is Kurama-san saying that you don’t find the meals Ruriko made palatable? 」

To be precise, Yomi and Yoshiko-san did it together, and Agnes and the other girls helped out too .

But, let’s not say that .

The young ladies of nobility can’t refuse the meal handmade by Kouzuki Ruriko .

「 I-I’ll take it 」

Karen-san speaks first .

「 Misato-oneesama, shall we dine in as well? 」

Arisu-san asks her sister .

「 R-Right, Arisu 」

The elder accepts .

「 Then give us a moment 」

Yomi opens the rice cooker and pot and prepares Hayashi rice on plates . 1

「 We have salad and water here 」

Edie places the meals on the room table .

「 Enjoy your meal here 」

Misuzu has the presence of a landlady right now .

「 Ah, yes 」

The three imprisoned young ladies sit down on the table .

「 Danna-sama, this way . Torii-san, please sit over there 」

Misuzu gives instructions and we take our seat .

「 We have coffee here . Do you drink coffee? 」

Oh, there’s also a coffee pot in the wagon .

「 Then, please . What about Torii-san? 」

「 I’ll take it 」

「 Got it~ 」

Edie enjoys playing as a waitress .

Yeah, Yomi’s also behaving like a servant .

「 Go ahead . Enjoy your meals . We’ll tell Ruriko your impressions later . She’s curious about it 」

Misuzu asks the three to eat their meals with the pretext that they have to tell Ruriko their impressions .

「 Y-Yes, thank you for the meal 」

Karen-san holds the spoon .

「 Let’s eat as well, Misato-oneesama 」

「 Yes, Arisu 」2

「 Thank you for the meal, Misuzu-sama 」

「 Thank you for the meal 」

The Kurama sisters also started eating .



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