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