Misuzu glares at her grandfather with strong eyes.
Grandfather’s already old enough
Misuzu.do you understand what you’re saying!
Nagisa whispers to Mao-chan.
Look, Mao.do that!
Okaay
Mao-chan goes in between the two and shouts!
Noo! Fighting is a no-go!
The two were dumbfounded by the intrusion of the cute little girl.
Really.your personalities are alike
Nagisa looks at the grandfather-granddaughter and said.
Strongly obstinate.always trying to stand in the superior position.yet, both of you are quick-witted.so it becomes an endless argument!
Kakkalooks at Nagisa.
Misuzu wasn’t a child like that before. She’s bright, gentle, and a docile child. This is because she went to your place. She has turned to such a audacious daughter!
Misuzu protests against her grandfather.
I’m a girl like this since a long time! I can’t show the real me to anyone until I went to Nagisa-sama’s place! Nagisa-sama and Danna-sama has accepted me as I am
The last phrase was in tearful voice.
I was finally able to say what I think freely!I’m already tired playing thegood girljust to please grandfather and the whole clan!
.Misuzu
Misuzu embraces me tightly.
This man has accepted me as I am. I’m able to expose everything in front of him. No matter what I do.as long as Misuzu is Misuzu, he will smile and embrace me! I’ll never let go of him!
I rub Misuzu’s back.
.Calm down.I’m here with you. It’ll be fine.
.Danna-sama
Nagisa speaks toKakka
Misuzu’s heart is too gentle, and she’s too smart.she’s always been acting as the daughter Kouzuki-sama and everyone around wants. Always holding down her emotions, enduring. You did well.Misuzu
.Nagisa-sama But.Kouzuki-sama knows that he’s forcing Misuzu that much. Therefore.you let her come to me
Kakkaspeaks
Yes.I thought that you could heal Misuzu’s broken heart. I trusted your power. And yet.you betrayed my expectations and handed her to a man!
Nagisa laughs.
Oh.after she met him, Misuzu’s worry in her heart have all been resolved. What Misuzu really needs isn’t awomanlike me but amanlike him!
Nagisa looks at me.
That man is just deceiving her. Furthermore, isn’t that man aKuromori!
Though he’s aKuromori.he has joined in just recently, he’s not involved in any business of Kuromori, Kouzuki-sama has already investigated that, have you not? .Ugu
It seems that it’s a bull’s-eye
Just as Nagisa said.I am not related to do with any of the main business ofKuromoriat all. Of course, I’m no male prostitute either.
He’s just a normal high school student1 A normal boy!
That ‘normal’ is a problem.for Kouzuki house!
Misuzu shouts at grandfather.
Misuzu needs this man!
Oh, we’re going back in circles.
If this continues, we can’t make any progress.
.Kouzuki-sama
Nagisa speaks with a suppressed voice.
Does it feel that frustrating that this boy has stolen Misuzu?
.Eh?
For Kouzuki house.it’s all an excuse isn’t it? Kakkajust wants to have his granddaughter under his control forever, right? And yet, Misuzu found a man you don’t know, and she’ll become independent, that’s whyKakka’sin panic!
Nagisa smiles.
.Am I such a small guy?
Humans are obsessed when it comes to their blood relative.especially when it’s their dear granddaughter!
Misuzu opens her eyes wide.
.Grandfather?
Nagisa talks to Misuzu.
Think about Kouzuki-sama’s feelings too.Misuzu has seen only one side ofKakka
.Nagisa-sama, what do you mean by that? I’ve been entertaining various famous family heads you know? That’s why I know them well. When it’s just the two of us, those kind of people speak their grumble to me.
Nagisa was once the most popular prostitute ofKuromori
Of course.I’ve heard a lot of Kouzuki-sama’s grumble too
Hey, you!
Kakka’sin panic.
Do not worry. It’s not that I will speak it from my mouth.but, Misuzu, try imagining it for a bit
Nagisa gently looks at Misuzu’s eyes.
Earlier.you said that you’ve always been in pain to keep acting as agood girlto meet the expectations of your surroundings, didn’t you?
.Yes Do you think you’re the only one who feel that pain?
Misuzu looks at Ruriko-san
.No. I’m sure that Ruriko-san feels the same. Everyone in the Kouzuki house’s bloodline!
Ruriko-san nods at what Misuzu said.
.Is it only Ruriko-san?
.Eh?
Misuzu’s surprised.
Nagisa laughs.
Kouzuki-sama as well.he’s making such a gallant face but.he also had a childhood. The eldest son of Kouzuki head house.when he was a child
Misuzu’s taken aback.
When Kouzuki-sama was young, the society is also different form now.I think that he grew up in a much harsher environment than what you have experienced.
.Grandfather?
The two granddaughters look at their grandfather
Kakka.
When I was young.there were still many old customs from the feudal perior. I was born as the eldest under the Kouzuki head family. I had two younger brothers and three younger sisters.I’ve always been eating on the same dinning room with only my father. My mother and younger siblings are eating in another room. I never had a good conversation with my siblings. The eldest son, the heir son is a special existence at that time.
Kakka.keeps talking with a bitter expression.
Even when the relatives gather.I am the only one sitting next to my father. Everyone around me are adults.
I had to keep quiet so I don’t get in the way of the adults. Despite all that, I should be dignified and majestic. You must never laugh. You must never show your expressions. You must not show what’s in your mind.My father often tells me. If you show a gap, there will be a lot of people who will try to rob Kouzuki house. The owner must be strong to be able to protect the house from such evil.
I don’t get that kind of life.
But.I understand thatKakkahas spent his boyhood in solitude.
The work of the famous house’s head doesn’t change since the old times. It’s adjusting the interests inside and outside the house. Making the vassals be relieved, gaining absolute trust from your allies.be a ruthless and formidable opponent to the enemy. Above all, fairness is required. An unfair leader will be killed by the vassals. The head who’s not meeting the expectations is pushed into confinement and is made to die in resentment. There’s a lot of them in the long history of Kouzuki family. The vassal judge those whose mind and body is weak, those who are egoistic, those who are negligent and they’re banished in the darkness. Because of that system.Kouzukihouse has remained until the present age. A thousand years.is a very long time you see.
From the aristocracy dynasty in Kyoto.a noble after Meiji Era.a leading family surviving the post war distudbance.
Kouzuki house.has preserved themselves like that?
Do you know what is theFairnesswanted by the vassals? It’s not just merely giving a suitable reward for those who do good at work. It is to give a thorough punishment to a traitor. And.If there’s a weakened enemy in front of you.you have to mercilessly slaughter. The vassals are greedy.therefore the head must show more greed than the vassals. It’s ruthless greed. Their head is an aggressive one therefore it’s possible to satisfy the greediness of the vassals.
.That means
Kakkahas to act such a personality to be the owner of Kouzuki family? No, it’s not.in case ofKakka Kakkaneeded to have a personality of a person requested by the surroundings.
In a sense.I’ve lived to suit my own convenience as I wanted. Lives of people have changed for better or for worse. To make the world and the vassal think as such.