That’ll help, thank you
Minaho-neesan said, then.
Let’s go
She tells us
Thank you, choir club
I bow my head to Osaki-san.
Then, I noticed.
Nei’s going to be the host of Edie’s tournament.
Speaking of which. Nei’s.
If I recall, she was in the choir club when she enrolled, right?
Uhm, has the choir club finished their presentation at the school festival yet?
I asked.
Yes, we’re done. We no longer have a turn
Osaki-san replied.
If so.
If so, I have a request
Request?
Osaki-san looks at me cautiously
Uhm, You know about Edie, the member of our bakery, the international student, right?
Yes, I know. She’s quite energetic
She’s doing martial arts, isn’t she? A guy in our class said that she won some kind of competition the other day
And she’s doing something today too, something huge in the schoolyard
You don’t know? That was a ring!
I don’t know much, but some professional fighters that Edie-san knows are also coming, and I heard that they’ll televise it
The other club members reacted.
Edie stands out a lot so everyone knows her.
If they know about the school swimsuit judo tournament, then that makes it easier.
Yes, it will be on TV this 3, and so.
I tell the choir club the idea I just came up with
Can you make that decision on your own?
Osaki-san glares at me.
No, Edie asked me earlier if I could ask the choir club a favor if I’m going here anyway. I just forgot about it
Oh right, now I remember
Rei-chan also followed up on my sloppy lie.
Edie-san and I work out in the same gym so we get along. So, I also will ask the same of everyone in the choir club, please
The choir club is weak to a famous person, Rei-chan in this case, bowing to them.
Osaki-san, why don’t we? We don’t have any plans today anyway
Yes, we even get to hear two great performances, so we should give something in return
I mean, that also means that we’re showing up on TV, right?
Let’s go! Prez!
Osaki-san;
Geez, I get it. I’ll do it, we’ll show up okay!
The choir club agreed to my suggestion.
Rei-chan took the spectators with her.
Thanks to that, we moved out of the music room without problems.
We’re going to the usual principal’s office.
This is the only place that’s always empty
The corridor to the principal’s office location is designed and built to have a flow where no students nor teacher would pass through it
Enter
Minaho-neesan unlocks the principal’s office and we entered.
Kou, get some chairs, we’ll sit down and talk
To me, the principal’s office is a familiar place.
I took some folding chairs for everyone. Kurose Anju and Erica helped out.
Minaho-neesan went to the principal’s desk.
Neither the principal’s office nor the desk is allowed for use to that strange old man whose ‘principal’ is in the title.
This is the room for the board chairman of the school, and the shadow ruler, Kuromori Minaho’s room.
Sit down
Thank you’
Yeah, Minaho-neesan’s sitting on the principal’s seat
Right in front of her are Marika, Matsumoto Maki-san, and Igarashi Izumi.
To the right are Mariko, Tsukiko, and Kurose Anju.
The left side has Erica and Matsumoto Miki-san.
Where do I sit?
Sit next to me, Kou
Minaho-neesan calls me and I carry the folding chair next to the principal’s chair.
Well, let’s do greetings first. I’m Kuormori Minaho. The head of the Kuomori house
Minaho-neesan introduces herself to Matsumoto-san
I do various businesses, some on the surface, others behind the scenes. This school belongs to me
This is an unusual situation, but the fact that Minaho-neesan just used the room as she pleased right in front of their eyes made Matsumoto-san accept the situation.
I’m also the one supporting Takahata Marika’s tuition. I think that Matsumoto-san knows that, as it’s been a month now
Due to Erica’s house problems, Marika almost had her tuition stopped, which was coming from Erica’s grandfather’s state.
Currently, Minaho-neesan’s paying for Marika’s tuition from the proceeds of taking over the blue-chip shares of the large company that Erica’s grandfather owned.
And he’s Kuromori Kou, my brother, and he’s succeeding the Kuromori house soon
Minaho-neesan introduces me once again.
He has a lot of people with power around him. You’ve seen some of them already. And, all of us, have a firm heart to do anything for him
Minaho-neesan smiles.
Seeing Margo-san’s interaction with the TV crews, and Rei-chan’s friendly attitude toward me, Matsumoto-san and the group noticed that we were out of the norm.
Furthermore, Minaho-neesan’s overwhelmingly dark atmosphere and attitude just support the existence of our power.
From here on, you’ll talk to him. What you want, what you seek, and what’s the price you can pay as compensation to him. I’m saying this beforehand, Kuromori house isn’t a charity. We’re a business, and so we don’t accept deals unless it’s equal Right, we’re.
Kuromori house’s true nature is a criminal syndicate, but, we don’t take or give one-sidedly.
We seek equivalent value.
If you can convince him, then you’ll receive all the help I can give. Whether it’s money, backing from the other side, or even something more dangerous, you can get what you see. That’s all I can promise you Minaho-neesan said and looked at me.
Then, you can take care of the rest, I’ll be watching
Yeah.
Anyway, I got to hear Matsumoto-san’s performance. I don’t know much about music, but I can tell that Maki-san’s piano and Miki-san’s violin are much better than those of the same age I said. The Matsumoto siblings and Marika listen with a serious look.
So, I don’t see it as you’re Marika’s friends so I’ll help you out, but rather, I feel that you have a Talent that’s waiting to bloom in music, so I’ll make the decision based on that That’s how Marika thinks.
She thinks that I would perceive it differently if she says I want to help a friend in need, and I want to help a friend who’s talented in music
These girls are the top in their music high school, and I’m sure they have a lot of pride in their music.
But, based on that recognition, what I want you to tell us is what kind of problem Matsumoto-san is in and what you want us to do about it
I can tell that they have great talent in music
So, what does she seek from us?
Matsumoto-san
Marika stares Matsumoto Maki-san.
It’s okay, be honest about it
Yes, Marika-oneesama and I had our problems fixed after talking to Kou-san
Erica supports her sister from the side.
You can trust Kou-san
Erica smiled gently and Matsumoto Maki-san;
I’ll talk
She prepared herself and began to talk.
It’s an embarrassing problem, currently, Miki and I might not be able to continue playing music
I knew that it was about that.
I figured it out from the grave mood of their ensembles.
Our Grandfather, was the owner of Matsushita Industry, building the drugstore chain called Matsushita Pharmacy
Oh, I know that one. Or rather, I own about 2k of their stock. Drugstore chains are quite promising companies
Mariko speaks from the side.
The Matsumoto siblings are elegant in their behavior and polite in their language so I know that they came from a rich family.
Besides, it’s hard to enter a boarding school specializing in music unless you’re a daughter from a family with money.
Matsushita pharmacy is a company that Grandfather grew in his lifetime. However, their father didn’t agree with Grandfather and started his own separate company when he was a student. It’s an IT company with the name of Under Palm I know about that company too, but I believe Under Palm was recently absorbed and merged into another large IT company