Yoshi-kun.I
Megu’s trembling.
It’s okay.I’m here with you
I kiss Megu.
.I’m home
The glass door opened with a rattling sound.And Megu calls out.
Footsteps can be heard from the house A middle aged man and woman with an age around fifty shows up.
.Megumi
Megumi bows to the two.
I’m sorry for staying overnight yesterday.Father, Mother
Megu’s parents.doesn’t look like Megu at all.
That’s obvious however. Megu’s foster parents have a third of their hair white. They look like decent people. They must’ve been back just from work. He’s still wearing a necktie on his gray suit. A shabby worn out suit. It feels like he’s wearing an
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from a bargain sale for very long. The mother is just a usual simple mother. Short hair and no makeup. She looks at Megu in worry.
I’m Kuromori.the one who contacted you the other day
Yuzuki-sensei greeted Megu’s foster parents
You?
Yes.I’m the current head of Kuromori
Sensei answered with her usual cold eyes.
Well.whatever it is, let’s talk inside.dear
Megu’s foster mother talked to her husband.
yes.we should. Kuromori-san.please come in
.Excuse me
Sensei took off her shoes.
Uhm.This person?
Megu’s foster mother looks at me
.Megumi’s friend?
.I
Yes. I’m Megumi-san’s classmate. And.A person of Kuromorihouse
Megumi’s foster parents might not know the name Kuromorias a crime syndicate.
That’s why I answered like that.
He’s not a suspicious guy.He came with us to help Megumi-san carry her luggage
Sensei explains.
I see.if we’re going out of this house We have to take Megumi’s luggage.
It’s okay, father, mother.he’s a trustworthy person
Megu told her foster parents with serious eyes
Understood.please come in
I took off my shoes as well
This way.
The room next to the door is the living room
There’s a low table in the Japanese style room. Megu’s foster mother puts out a floor cushion. When everyone sits on a 8.42 square meter room4, it’s narrow. There’s a Kokeshi, and a wooden bear on the cupboard. There’s a simple calendar on the wall. Somehow, this looks like Showa era. When tea was distributed to everyone, the foster father started the talk.
Megumi.Are you sure that they’re the people you stayed with before?
Yes father. There’s no doubt. I’ve been indebt with Kuromori-san before I came to this house. I was small back then but I remember it well Megumi-san’s mother.Keiko-san has been kind with me. I think that this is the time to repay the kindness she has given me
Sensei talks to Megu’s foster mother.
I think that you already know this but.Megumi’s real father, Shirasaka Sousuke will make her a prostitute. I will never allow that to happen. I will take custody of Megumi. And, I’ll protect her at a place where Shirasaka house cannot reach But.Kuromori-san. Weren’t you managing the prostitution organization with Sousuke-san?
Megu’s foster father seems to hold clear distrust.
I’ve already stopped the operation of the prostitution organization already. At the same time, I’ve already banished Shirasaka Sousuke from our organization. We’re currently separated completely from Shirasaka Sousuke Sensei answered clearly.
.You say that but.I cannot trust you
The foster father declared so.
To be honest.I don’t want to hand Megumi to Sousuke-san. There’s no parent who wants to make their treasured daughter a prostitute. But.Kuromori-san and Sousuke-san are in the same prostitution organization, weren’t you? There’s no guarantee that if I leave Megumi to you, she won’t become a prostitute For normal people.There’s no difference between Shirasaka Sousuke and Sensei.
Both of them were managers of the prostitution organization Kuromori. It must be unreasonable to trust them.
.Shirasaka Sousuke has already been caught in a trap
Sensei declared with cold eyes.
He’s captured by our people in Australia. His trouble with the gangs will be found out soon. Shirasaka Sousuke will lose his position certainly. Shirasaka house will banish him
Megu’s foster mother is startled.
If that happens.Megumi-san will be taken over by the head of Shirasaka house. For the head of Shirasaka house, Megumi-san is Shirasaka Sousuke’s shameful child. She’ll be likely to be hidden from the world. I think that she’ll be separated from Yamamine-sama too. I think that she’ll be entrusted to someone in the province that’s under Shirasaka house and she’ll be kept there until she dies That’s better than her being a prostitute!
Megu’s foster mother shouted.
Megumi-san should be the one to decide which is better and what life she’ll live. Megumi-san.what do you want to do?
Sensei looks at Megu.
Megu.spoke to her foster parents.
Father, Mother.Megumi will be going to Kuromori-san
Megu bowed to her parents.
I don’t want to live being dragged around by Shirasaka house anymore. Megumi wants to leave Shirasaka house no matter what result it gives me
Her foster parents look at each other.
But.Megumi
The foster mother tries to persuade Megu somehow.
But, Megu is.
I’m sorry, Mother.I’ve already decided. Megumi right now has been living, obediently following fate. But, not anymore. I’ll fight my own fate. I want to be happy!
.Megumi
I will get out of this house without your permission. If I ran away from home.that way, the head of Shirasaka house won’t be blaming father
.I see
Her parents would be suffering. If they handed Megumi to Sensei, Yamamine house would be erased by the head of Shirasaka house.
Megumi-san.you don’t get it. If you do that, Shirasaka house won’t be forgiving Yamamine-san. I think that they will attach various false charges and make Yamamine-san suffer
Sensei said.
.That’s
Megu is at loss.
.Therefore, I will take Megumi-san by force. Please report to the head of Shirasaka house Megumi-san has been kidnapped by Kuromori We have already restricted Shirasaka Sousuke so it’s okay to tell the head of the house .Sensei
I understood the feeling of Yamamine-san not being able to oppose Shirasaka house. Yamamine-san’s brother, kinsmen.are all working on companies related to Shirasaka house. I can understand that you cannot betray Shirasaka house by all means Sensei.said with a strong tone
.No, I
Megu’s foster father tries to object but he can’t speak.
Kuromori house is a genuine criminal organization. Because we’ve committed such crimes multiple times, Shirasaka house will surely believe Yamamine-san’s report
Kuromorikidnapped Katsuko-nee and Nagisa-san.
And.turned them to prostitutes. It’s not just the two of them. A lot of women.
.The young lady has been kidnapped by a crime syndicate. Yamamine-san’s a victim.not our a cooperator. Please contact Shirasaka house at the moment we bring Megumi-san out of this house. And, there would be no more worry about the sparks falling to Yamamine-san .In exchange.
Kuromoriwill confront the head of Shirasaka house.
.Then, Kuromori-san and Megumi
There is no need to worry.We are prepared to fight Shirasaka house. We’ve already taken a hold of Shirasaka Sousuke himself
Saying that, Sensei took out her phone.
She pushed the call button.
.Katsuko, Phase 3
That’s the only line she told over the phone.
With this, Shirasaka Sousuke on Australia will be imprisoned to a place we only know. We will negotiate with Shirasaka house in exchange for Shirasaka Sousuke!
.That’s unreasonable. Kuromori-san doesn’t know the terror of Shirasaka house!
Megu’s foster father muttered.
I agree that it’s unreasonable. And, Yamamine-san should know this too.we’re a group of people who knows true hell
Sensei.smiles coldly