Katsuko-nee says bluntly.
But.
No, Yukino, stay here until the people from Kouzuki SS comes
I said.
What? No way
Yukino rejects.
I said it earlier, Endou might be planning something Kenji? I’ll be fine. That guy can’t do anything alone
Well, that’s true, but.
But, what if he’s not alone?
I have to think of that possibility.
That guy can’t get help from anyone this late. Kenji got no backing from anyone anymore
Endou’s uncle lost his position as a city councilor. His father’s company went bankrupt, and they ran away.
Endou has no power backing him up.
Even if his backing disappears, some other people may try to use him, right? Like Iwakura-san?
Yukino glares at me.
She’s your underling, right?
Yukino’s deceived by Iwakura-san too.
She was made to swallow marble chocolate, tricking her that it was a contraceptive.
Not really, she’s Minaho-neesan’s loose pet
I can only say it like that.
Iwakura-san being behind Enodu is just my intuition, only one of the possibilities. It’s possible that there are other elements involved. Anyway, someone might be using Endou’s hatred of me to attack Kuromori That has nothing to do with me, right?
Yukino looks at me with a displeased face.
Yeah, you may not be, but, you don’t want to get caught in between, right? Why me? That child in your stomach is mine. If anything happens to your body, I’d feel sad
Yukino thinks for a moment.
Right, don’t want that to happen Right? So stay with us until Kouzuki SS picks you up
I said.
If the enemy takes some action, I think they’ll come when there are still a lot of students in the school
Like taking us down while the crowd is watching.
They can hold a lot of hostages.
That would restrict our movements.
Tomorrow is Sunday so if they’re about to move, it would be after-school.
I feel like they’ll start before the defense system is turned on.
If that’s the case, why can’t they just do it while in the middle of classes, while all of the students are in school?
Yukino asked.
It’s Sunday, so once the fourth class is over, the students without club activities will go home in haste.
Well, that’s true, but if the enemy were Iwakura-san, she’d wait until after-shool Why? Well, you see, Iwakura-san’s the student council president What about it? The student council president herself won’t do anything like interfering with the class Is that so? She picked me up while in class back then Back then, it was under Minaho-neesan’s order. But if Iwakura-san crushes down the classes with her own ideas and she kept it a secret to Minaho-neesan, Minaho-neesan will get angry that it’ll be harsh for her later Either way, once exposed, Yuzuki will get angry at her, right? Well yeah, but Iwakura-san’s the type who wants Minaho-neesan to look after her so she won’t do anything that would make Minaho-neesan abandon her. She only wants to do something that would get Minaho-neesan angry. She won’t do anything beyond that line That’s what I think. In the first place, it was Minaho-neesan who made Iwakura-san the student council president. Therefore, she won’t do anything that would cause inconvenience to the students, I think
The target is only me, or my family alone.
Iwakura-san will wait for after-school.
I mean, I think she’ll refrain from attacking until I’m done with my bread project, which was spearheaded by Minaho-neesan. In short, something’s coming up once we’re done selling bread
I think that’s a strong possibility.
In that case, shouldn’t I get away from you?
Yukino grins.
I’d rather not be with someone I know will get attacked
I.
If you’re confident that you can protect yourself alone, sure
I said
I have Edie with me. Nei is a tactics advisor too. Also, Nikita will be with us for a while
Our defense is enough.
Hah! You seem to be good at coaxing, must be Yuzuki’s influence
Yukino looks at me.
Got it. If you’re going that far to say that, then I’ll stay here even if I don’t want to!
Yukino sits back on the chair.
I really don’t want to, okay?
Hmm.
For now, it helps that Yukino’s somewhere I could reach.
If she gets away from us and gets kidnapped by the enemy, it would be a serious matter.
We kidnapped Shirasaka Sousuke and used him as hostage towards Shirasaka house effectively, we know how fearful that is.
It really as Yukino-san says. You’ve become strong
Katsuko-nee looks at me and said.
Yeah. I’ll leave this case to you. I’ll be going by now
Saying that she holds her bag and stands up.
Then.
Hey wait, are you just leaving?
Yukino tells Katsuko-nee.
Stay over here too
Katsuko-nee.
I leave everything to him when it comes to school. I only give him support, but I don’t help out. That’s what I decided on Hmm, that’s an excuse, you’re an idiot
Yukino and Katsuko-nee glare at each other.
Well, Yukino-san’s an outsider so you wouldn’t know Yes, I don’t know, I don’t care either, but I just want to make it a bit fair for him
Yukino?
I know how dirty of a woman you are ever since May. You’re quite cunning. Aren’t you feeling quite better just because he’s an idiot? What do you want to say?
Katsuko-nee glares at Yukino.
Look, I was listening to you two while you were making bread earlier. Aren’t you just substituting a lot of misplaced logic? No, that’s not true, Yukino
I get in between the two.
You really are an idiot. Getting fooled from just that I don’t have that intention however
Katsuko-nee said.
So what? Could it be that you’re waiting for him to see through the contradiction?
Yukino laughs.
If that’s the case then you’re expecting too much from him. You’re a much more harsh woman than I thought. This guy’s stupidity is endless. When you have some thoughts, he won’t understand it unless you tell him clearly. His brain is smaller than a cricket’s!
Yukino, what did you notice?
Is there something I didn’t realize here?
Leave us alone. It’s our problem
Katsuko-nee said calmly.
I can’t allow that, his existence is my lifeline here
Yukino?
Yuzuki only allows me to live for his sake, right? I know that
Yukino looks at me.
After the show was over last night, I felt thankful to Yuzuki for the first time. I announced that I was pregnant last night. Yuzuki told me to do that
Minaho-neesan did?
She ordered Yukino to announce it.
Well, I thought that it’s the usual orders to hurt me, but when I did it, I was wrong. When I announced on television that I was pregnant with the child of the man who raped me, and I can no longer abort, that the only path for me was to give birth, the people’s view of me has surely changed Yukino said. I was no longer the insensitive daughter of a sex criminal, the world now sees me as a victim of sex crime. The attitude of the staff has changed completely. They’re all kind to me now
Yukino snorts.
I thought that I would be humiliated in front of the television, but Yuzuki’s shown me a way to survive. I’ve resolved myself and will work hard. I don’t think that Yuzuki or Kouzuki SS will continue their protection all the time It won’t continue all the time, huh? Once that old man from Kouzuki house dies, their regime will change, I can’t tell whether you people would let me live for long while fooling all the people
Right, Jii-chan’s old.
Kouzuki house will not always protect us.
If Jii-chan, the center of Kouzuki dies before Misuzu becomes an adult.
Shiba-san, the new head of Kouzuki group may rebel against Misuzu.
No, it’s possible that Shiba-san is overthrown by a coup from the branch family.