Jii-chan smiles.
but, if Kurama Kaku group loses the hotels and restaurants, their only revenue now. 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 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
then.
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 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.
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 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.