hter. I.
Hearing her father say that, Sakurako-san looked down mournfully.
Umu, scandalous?
Am I wrong? My daughter allowed this man to defile her body
How old is Sakurako-kun this year?
Old Kaan replies in a low tone.
that’s.
What? You don’t even know how old your daughter is, Noriaki-kun?
no, she’s in high school from this spring so, well.
This man had no interest in his child at all.
It’s sixteen. Sakurako’s 16-years-old
Sakurako-san’s mother, who had been watching quietly so far, speaks up.
Thank you, Satoko-kun. I see, Kanou Sakurako-kun is 16. Then, she’s a minor. Shouldn’t the parents be responsible for the scandals that a minor has caused?
Old Kaan told Kanou Noriaki.
At least, I think that you’re quite guilty of being negligent of your daughter, don’t you agree?
i didn’t do anything! I haven’t done anything wrong!
Kanou-san replies reflexively.
That’s why I’m saying that you’re guilty of doing nothing
A sin of not doing anything.
Why do you think Sakurako-kun did it?
I don’t know
Do you not understand? This would not happen for a girl of her age unless she’s brood over too much
Old Kaan looked at Sakurako-san;
Sakurako-kun, tell us what you came to the hotel for today
That’s.
Katsuko-nee’s still hugging Sakurako-san’s body from behind.
Mariko’s holding Sakurako-san’s hand.
Feeling the warmth of their skin, Sakurako-san;
Yes. I came here because I thought I wanted to experience what prostitution is
She looked at old Kaan and replied honestly.
So, your partner was this boy?
Yes. I sold my body for six hours with the rate of 1000 yen per hour
Sakurako, have you gone mad?
Kanou Noriaki shouts, but.
Dear, that’s enough!
Sakurako-san’s mother told her husband.
Don’t bring shame to yourself any more than this
Shame? Me?
Yes, you’re being shameful Noriaki-kun. So, quiet down
Old Kaan told Noriaki-san.
Then.
Sakurako-kun, you know who this boy is, don’t you?
He continues questioning Sakurako-san.
Yes. I’ve met him during the garden party in Kouzuki-sama’s mansion and we acquainted with each other
Hmm, meaning, it wasn’t your first meeting. You were acquainted with each other
Indeed
Sakurako-san and I aren’t that close, but.
But we’re no total strangers.
Sakurako-kun, how do you define prostitution?
I believe that it’s an act of selling one’s body for money
Sakurako-san replied to old Kaan.
Then why do you think women sell their body for money?
That’s.
Most of the women who do prostitution for livelihood earn income from the act. One can earn several times than what a normal person would earn in a day with just a few hours of work
Old Kaan looked straight into Sakurako-san’s eye and said.
There are some sexual predators who aren’t financially deprived but feel dark pleasure in prostitution and selling their bodies. That doesn’t mean that they’ll sell themselves for 100 or 200 yen. Do you know why?
No, I don’t
Old Kaan laughed.
For those women, the amount of money they sell their bodies for is their Value. It’s their appraised value
They appraise themselves using money.
They don’t think that their body is worth thousands of yen. They don’t believe it’s worth 100,000 yen, but they do believe that it’s worth at least tens of thousands. That’s why they don’t do prostitution unless they can earn an amount of money they believe is their worth. That’s because, behind the act of prostitution, they hide their desire to have others recognize their value I see.
By the way, Sakurako-kun, are you tight on money?
No, that’s not the case
Hmm, so you’re different from most prostitutes who are in poverty that they had to sell their bodies
Old Kaan said with a smile.
If so, Sakurako-kun, do you think that your body and intercourse with you is only worth a thousand an hour?
That’s.
Sakurako-san looked at me.
If it were Kuromori-sama, I thought that amount would be fine
If you had to sell your body to a stranger, then how much would you sell it for? If you have to deal with a man you met for the first time.
I couldn’t possibly do it with that kind of man
Sakurako-san replied immediately.
No matter how many thousands or millions of yen is offered, I will not have sex with a stranger
The old man smiled.
Then that’s the worth you feel for yourself, Sakurako-kun. You believe that you, your body, and your sex is priceless. Meaning.
Yeah.
Sakurako-kun isn’t a prostitute. What you did with this boy today was just a play
I realized that myself after doing it with Kuromori-sama. What I’ve done wasn’t prostitution
Sakurako-san said while looking down.
Obviously. Besides, Sakurako-kun is a young and charming woman, you can’t sell yourself for a thousand per hour
But, I received 6000 yen from Kuromori-sama
She speaks apologetically.
Use that money to buy ice cream and eat with everyone. Misuzu-kun, my Momoko, Mariko-kun, and the other girls.Sakurako-kun, treat those people who were worried about you
Kaan-san said with a smile.
Boy, you won’t ask her to return the money this late, would you?
No way, I gave that to Sakurako-san already
I said.
I see. You gave it. That wasn’t the price for buying Sakurako-kun’s body?
Why would I buy a cute girl like Sakurako with money?
I said.
I’m thankful to you for that. If you had paid her the amount of money with the market price for a high school prostitute, then Sakurako-kun might’ve seen herself as a formal prostitute. However, thanks to your ridiculous price of a thousand per hour, it all ended up playing around.
The fact is, even if the payment is 1000, prostitution is still prostitution.
But since the old Kaan, a man of influence says that it’s just a play, then it will become the truth.
At least, that’s how Sakurako-san’s heart will be saved.
If a young lady of the nobility becomes a prostitute, then it would be a big problem. However, what happened today was just a sexual act between a woman of age interested in sex with a man. That’s a problem on its own, but it’s not much. I won’t ask a young man and woman to not have sex. When I was at this boy’s age, I wasn’t a virgin anymore either. Kouzuki, and the Sakurako-kun’s late grandfather too Old Kaan said.
I want you to be careful about pregnancy but I’m not going to say anything about your prostitution play. There’s no reason for me, a stranger, to complain about your sex life. As long as you keep it from the public eye
Misuzu’s peeing fetish and Ruriko’s filming fetish as well.
As long as the public doesn’t know, then it doesn’t matter what kind of sex they do inside home.
The young ladies of nobility are also free in their private life.
We will disregard Sakurako-kun’s problem this time. Is there anyone to object?
Old Kaan looked around the room.
Nobody did.
There seem to be no protests
None. As expected of Grandfather, excellent decision
Momoko-neechan smiled at Kaan-san.
As long as it doesn’t damage the honor of the Kanou house then I do not mind
Kanou Noriaki said.
Sakurako-san’s mother looks gloomy.
Now let’s continue with our deliberation with Noriaki-kun
me?
Kanou Noriaki’s surprised.
Haven’t I mentioned? You have sinned. Your sin is neglecting supervision on Sakurako-kun
Kaan-san looked at Noriaki-san.
A detailed report from the Takahashi house regarding the breaking off their engagement with Sakurako-kun has reached Kouzuki and me
The Takahashi house, who had their heir engaged with Sakurako-san reported to Sakurako-san the reason for breaking off the engagement.
The Kouzuki and Kaan house are the families that tie the nobility together.
The same report has reached Kaan-san’s ears too.
How Sakurako-kun came to be, and in that process, how Noriaki-kun hurt a woman, treated her poorly, and even sent her to her death. I know it all
Kanou Noriaki had an affair with a college student working partime hostess on a bar in Ginza.
She gave birth to Sakurako-san.
Then, as soon as the child was born, Sakurako-san’s birth mother was kicked out.
Sakurako-san’s birth mother became a prostitute and died.
i wasn’t the one to let her die! I paid that woman a decent amount
That sum can only be called small change from our society’s common sense. Compensation money had to be at least ten times of what you gave her
I see. They only paid her about two million yen.
but, we paid for all the expenses for childbirth before giving her compensation money
You impregnated her so isn’t it natural that you’ll pay for all that?
Old Kaan retorts sharply
No, back then, Noriaki-kun wasn’t yet the head of the Kanou house so that Kanou paid it off
The late head paid for all the expenses.
Why didn’t he talk to Kouzuki or me about it. That’s stand-offish of him. No, he probably was so ashamed that he couldn’t consult with us. He has a tall pride as the head of the Kanou house. It’s too high that he failed repeatedly
It seems that Sakurako-san’s grandfather’s generation was their house has fallen even if they have the same status as the Kouzuki and Kaan house.
If he was still alive then I would’ve punched him, but.
The three heads of the big three, old Kaan, Jii-chan, and the previous head of the Kanou house had a close relationship.
Despite that, the previous head of the Kanou house never consulted Kaan-san about the affair his son had committed.
He didn’t discuss it with them.
He’s dead already so no matter how much he regrets it, he can’t do anything. Sakurako-kun, sorry. If only Kouzuki and I have noticed it sooner
Then, Kaan-san was unable to guess what’s happening at his friend’s house.
No, Kaan-sama and Kouzuki-sama have always taken care of me. There’s nobody in the Kanou house that’s not grateful to you both
The Kanou house whose family has fallen to hard times still managed to maintain their appearance as a noble family.
That’s because Kaan and Kouzuki house have been securing them in various ways.
Family matters are family matters, but your personal life is different. You were his granddaughter, so as his friend, we have to look after the late Kanou’s grandchild
Then, Kaan-san looked at Kanou Noriaki.
Coincidentally, as one that unites the noble families, we also must bring punishment to keep the pride of the nobility
Punishment.
Neither Kouzuki nor I am going to punish you for the past sins this late
The past sin of letting Sakurako-san’s birth mother died.
No, it might be a sin to have an affair with a woman other than my wife and give birth to Sakurako, but it’s not my fault that she became a prostitute, much less die, that’s not my responsibility as I already cut off my ties with her!
Kanou Noriaki shouted.
That was her fault, and I have nothing to do with it
I think you’re a happy man to think that way. But, you’re that kind of person. Enough, I said that I don’t want to dwell on the past
Old Kaan looked at Noriaki-san.
The problem is the current one and the future
He speaks in a solemn voice.
Do you currently have the quality to carry the Kanou house on your shoulders? If we leave the Kanou house in your hands, will there be a future for your house? Those are Kouzuki and my focus
The qualities of the head of nobility.
Momoko, also Misuzu-kun. How do you appraise Noriaki-kun right now? Do you think that he should continue to be the head of the Kanou house?
Kaan-san asks the two daughters of the nobility.
I’m sorry to say but.
Momoko-neechan said.
I don’t think Kanou Noriaki-sama has the quality to be the head of a noble family
I agree
Misuzu also doubts Kanou Noriaki’s talents.
Why do you two think so?
Kaan-san asks the two.
I feel that Kanou-sama is a person who only thinks from his perspective
He can’t understand how other people feel
The two said.
Kanou-sama, you tried to attack Danna-sama just because he had sex with Sakurako-san.
Indeed, you also blame someone else for what you did to Sakurako’s birth mother
A married man had an affair with a partimer college student and had a child with her.
Furthermore, he took the child, banished the woman, never supported her, and let her die.
The relatives of Sakurako’s birth mother will surely resent you for the rest of their lives
Sakurako-san’s birth mother’s siblings, relatives, and friends.
Some of them would want to punch Kanou Noriaki in the face.
The inability to imagine that means that in Kanou-sama’s head, it’s already over
That’s why he’s able to punch Danna-sama without hesitation
Meanwhile, Sakurako was so shocked about Kanou-sama’s past that she made this commotion
Kanou-sama doesn’t seem to think that he’s responsible for this
I don’t think his way of thinking is suitable for the head of the Kanou house
Momoko-neechan and Misuzu said.
I agree
Old Kaan says.
I’ve been watching Noriaki-kun’s attitude since earlier, but even when I mentioned that Kouzuki offered this place to solve Kanou house’s problems, I never heard him speak his appreciation at all. Don’t you usually say I’m sorry for the inconvenience, or Thank you for coming with us today
Oh, Kanou Noriaki was sitting here looking so bossy since we came to this room.
You seem to think that it’s normal for me and Kouzuki to work for the Kanou house, however, what we do is protecting the entire Kanou house out of our friendship with your late father. I don’t remember being a vassal of the Kanou house
that’s.
I can only think that you’re unaware of what you’re doing. You’re crazy to have that kind of attitude in this situation. That’s not fitting for the head of the nobility
Then.
You don’t seem to understand that I came here to judge you. And you failed. Kouzuki will hear the results of my judging as well. We will have you step down as the head of the Kaan house
He gives his verdict.
please wait! Even if it’s Kaan-sama, this is tyrannous! You’re no vassals of the Kanou house, and we’re no vassals of the Kaan and Kouzuki house either! Each noble house is independent of the other! It’s the house that decides who their head is, so Kaan-sama can’t interfere!
Kanou Noriaki complains in panic.
That’s how it is in other houses, yes, but, it’s troublesome to have the current Kanou house forget how much assistance Kouzuki and I have given them
Old Kaan said.
If you’re going to oppose our intentions then we’ll cut off our support. I’ll warn the other families to reconsider their relationship with the Kanou house as well
Not just Kaan and Kouzuki house, but all of the nobility will cut off their relationship with the Kanou house.
Haha, you try to threaten us like that but Kanou house is also a family that’s equal to the Kaan and Kouzuki house! I know that you’ll never try to crush down the Kanou house!
Jii-chan and Kaan-san want to preserve the nobility as much as possible.
It would be bad to crush the Kanou house, which is a noble family above others.
Therefore, they’re receiving support even now.
Yes, Kanou house will remain. But the house is separate from you. Even without you, Kanou house will remain
I’m the eldest son of the main house! If I’m banished then the house will not be able to continue
Kanou Noriaki screams.
I wonder? I think that the branch families have already begun their action to take you down
Kaan-san said.
The branch families?
Kouzuki and I have already talked to the head of the branch families. We’ve convinced them
I see.
While Sakurako-san’s confined in the hotel.
Kaan-san had been convincing the branch family.
Have you heard of the term Oshikome?1 It’s a samurai practice that’s existed during the Kamakura period, where the samurai family destroys a bad Master’s house. That’s why the vassals agree to forcibly confine their useless master. Then, they will announce that their head is ill so a new head will take charge. It’s the last resort for the vassals to protect the house.
The house isn’t just the master and the family.
If Kanou N