Arisu-san desperately pleads.
You can’t fill in for your father, can you? Using his daughters for persuasion by tears
Yeah, I think that’s the case.
If you were Kurama, what would you do?
Jii-chan asks me.
Well, Jii-chan’s the only man who can lend me money, so I’d try all that I can to get a chance to meet you, but it’s meaningless if it’s not personal. I think that using his daughters in Misuzu’s party is just plain wrong. Also. What? Just say it
I.
Kurama house never talked about severing himself at all Severing himself?
Arisu-san asks.
That’s right. Don’t just say If this goes on, everyone will be in trouble, please help us, but instead, show that it was worth saving and make suggestions Worth? That’s right. Kurama-san, and also your father should know that Jii-chan has enough fortunes and he’s acquainted with various influential people, do you think that he would just save you for the sake of it?
That’s the reason why they only say, Please help us.
But you know, Jii-chan’s Kouzuki group is a money-making business, so why would they go out of their way to make such a deal? However, Kurama Kaku group is.
Arisu-san tries to argue, but.
The original Kurama Kaku is already broken, but you still manage other hotels and restaurants, don’t you? As mentioned earlier, Kurama Kaku is gone, and so the other facilities lost its worth
Arisu-san looks at me angrily.
So you say. Jii-chan sees it as an opportunity to strike a bargain.
I looked at her in the eye and said.
Bargain?
Misato-san and Arisu-san are surprised.
Geez, they’re really pampered.
They couldn’t even think of that.
Kurama house has no money, so they have no choice but to tell them. Jii-chan says that they’re worth nothing, but still, a few hotels and restaurants should have fair value. It’s never zero. Kouzuki group manages hotels and restaurants, don’t they?
I asked Jii-chan.
Naturally, it’s in our business Then, if they say please buy our hotel and restaurants, instead of please lend us money, would Jii-chan talk to Kurama-san? No. I’ll let someone else do the talk. But I will not ignore it. If it’s the best traditional hotel in the area, then it is tied to a get rich quick scheme
Jii-chan smiles.
but, if Kurama Kaku group loses the hotels and restaurants, their only revenue now. yes, Kurama Kaku group can no longer maintain itself
Misato-san and Arisu-san said.
No, look, that’s no longer the standard here
I said.
What do you mean?
Arisu-san speaks angrily. I.
I mean, it’s too late for Kurama Kaku group
In the end, these sisters could become the head of Kurama house, and they’ll still think that the Kurama Kaku group will remain if Jii-chan moved.
But.
Your father still has relations with the foreign investors while asking for my assistance
Jii-chan said.
If they were to borrow funds from me, then they will complete the construction of the hotel on where Kurama Kaku stood. And when the hotel is completed, the management group can recover. If that happens, another foreign investor will sponsor funds to expand the business. That means he only sees me as a makeshift. He has no intention of listening to my advice hereafter, and he intends to betray us that’s.father. Our father isn’t.
Kurama sisters hesitate.
It can’t be helped. Your father wants to escape from the nobility after all
Escape from nobility?
As long as he’s in nobility, he will receive instructions from Kaan, me, or the other old nobles. We only want to give advice, but to him, it’s nothing but grumblings from old men. He wants to leave nobility, and become an ordinary businessman, testing his strength to his heart’s content Jii-chan’s eyes turn gloomy. Most young men who become heads of the family think the same way as Kurama-kun. Unable to notice that they’re a frog in a well, raised in this relaxed life as nobility, ignoring the advice of us, the old people, and behave stupidly. However, in most cases, the servants can stop their head. Kurama-kun’s incident was unfortunate. To think that there were no loyal retainers to stop him from the inside Oh, I see. You mean, he doesn’t just want to make profits from building a new high-rise hotel but, he doesn’t want to continue protecting the Kurama Kaku, which he inherited from his ancestors?
I asked. Jii-chan;
Perhaps. He thought that he can break away from his fate if he completely destroys the building. What a foolish man. It’s inherited from the ancestors, and that is why he has a wealthy life as nobility, and yet.
Kurama-san’s father wanted to destroy the history of Kurama Kaku.
Wanting to escape his blood as nobility.
Despite all that, when he reached a problem with money, he relies on nobility, asking for Jii-chan’s help.
That’s the reason why I cannot forgive Kurama-kun. He didn’t listen to our advice, and now that his house is collapsing, his business is reaching bankruptcy, and so, he will never receive any help. This will happen again unless we do this Jii-chan and the nobilities inherit property from their ancestors.
And to not let the young heads throw it away without a care.
This is to send a message that if they have it their way, there will be no help.
I also loved that old Kurama Kaku. It had the memories our late Grandfather, but.
Kurama Arisu-san looks at Jii-chan.
Why does the old have to stay? We can understand how Father feels! We’re at the new age, shouldn’t we need to make everything new?
Jii-chan.
Someone as young as you may not understand. However, there’s one fact remains. You can rebuild an excellent hotel, but Kurama Kaku is still worth more. That will never be overruled Why? A new hotel is father’s hard work, it could surpass the worth of Kurama Kaku, couldn’t it?
Arisu-san said.
Impossible. The attribution of old is enough for it’s worth
Jii-chan answered flatly.
Anything is lost someday. People die. Objects break. There’s nothing in this universe that lasts forever. No, even the universe itself will end eventually
Jii-chan looks at me.
Do you know entropy? No
It’s my first time hearing that word.
Matter changes to energy. If it is transformed into heat, it is lost. You can eat kilograms of food every day, but your weight doesn’t change drastically. Then, where did the weight of the food go? The answer is that it is converted to energy Jii-chan said. Do you understand? Each time humans eat, the energy produced vanishes to the universe. Heat energy. Anything burned down vanishes. No, just sitting in this chair or the touch of the wind creates frictional energy. A heated matter diminishes. And all the matter in this world will become energy and disappear. Ever since the birth of the universe, matter keeps on vanishing, turning light. And someday, everything will gradually disappear Jii-chan said. That Kurama Kaku had a century of history with it. Arts and crafts from the time were gathered in that building and garden, and it lived for a century. Do you not understand the worth of that?
Kurama Arisu-san gulped.
Anything is lost someday. Transient. Therefore, shouldn’t we teach the young ones about the old ones? Especially those entrusted by their ancestors. Us, nobility.
Jii-chan sighed.
No, Kurama Kaku is lost. Kurama house which dropped the old that they should protect, is no longer nobility
then.
i’m very sorry!
Kurama Misato-san left her chair and prostrates herself before Jii-chan.
She’s crying intensely.
O-Onee-sama?
Arisu-san puts her knee on the floor as well.