We had to change before going to work.
Returning to the dining room and;
Rei-chan and Kinoshita-san aren’t there.
Michi and Kuromia-san remain.
Uhm, Kuromori-sama
Kuromiya-san saw me and came over.
Can I ask something?
What is it?
I replied with a smile.
Why is it that Kuromori-sama works on pastries?
Huh?
Looking at it, the monitor in the dining room shows the feed in the bakery.
Oh, Michi must’ve made Kuromiya-san watch us work on the pastries.
It’s so we can live wherever we go in this world
I replied.
If we can make good pastry, then wherever we go, I can go and support the family
Recently, I understood why Katsuko-nee wants to open a bakery.
For someone who had a hopeless life as a prostitute, Katsuko-nee asked what her dream is.
But, Kuromori-sama is Misuzu-sama’s fiance
Kuromiya-san said.
Someday, you’ll take a key position in the Kouzuki group. I would understand it if you were studying management through the bakery, but what I don’t understand is why would you make the pastry yourself Yeah, if it’s management, then it’s faster to hire someone good at baking.
That’s how a young lady of the nobility thinks.
You don’t seem to understand how this world works
I replied.
Currently, our family is under Kouzuki house’s, Jii-chan’s protection. With the Kouzuki housekeeping us safe, hostile forces are kept away
Jii-chan has influence over the political and business circles.
We can move forward without taking down influential people.
But, we can’t confine ourselves in that place in the future
Jii-chan is old.
If ever Jii-chan dies, Misuzu and Ruriko are still young.
They won’t make it on the transfer of power of the Kouzuki house.
Of course, Jii-chan’s planning ahead too, but we can’t just idle around
Jii-chan must be asking Kaan-san or other family heads to take care of Misuzu and Ruriko.
Many people will help out to prevent the extermination of the Kouzuki house’s bloodline.
Even Shiba-san who’s entrusted to take care of the Kouzuki group can’t abandon Misuzu and the girls.
Even so.
Even so, we need to assume the worst things.
I said.
The worst?
The possibility of the Japanese government coming after us to take us down
Kuromori house is still a crime syndicate.
The police are even watching over the mansion from the outside.
There could also be people thinking of crushing the Kouzuki house and us
No way, that can’t be. Kouzuki house is the cornerstone of the nobility in Japan
Kuromiya-san said.
Just because it’s a house with a tradition of hundreds o years doesn’t mean that it can’t collapse. You don’t know what people with ill intentions and power will do
I said.
That’s why we consider the worst outcome and we’re ready to leave Japan and live in a different country
The bakery is just another skill in our survival.
Kuromiya-san, you might’ve come to us thinking that you want to keep the Kuromiya arts safe, but.
We’re only under the Kouzuki house’s protection.
A young lady who’s only seen the world of the nobility from childhood.
She believes that the power of the Kouzuki house is absolute.
However, there’s no absolute power in this world.
That’s wrong. We’re not as safe as Kuromiya-san assumes us to be. We have a lot of enemies, and we’re always desperate for our survival. We also consider that there’s a traitor in the Kouzuki house and wants to disperse us apart Kouzuki house has a lot of troublesome branch families.
Someone among them could join hands with someone powerful, take over the main household, and try to take out the Kuromori house.
Naturally, we’re careful not to let that happen, but, you never know what’s ahead of you
Kuromiya-san felt chills from what I told her.
We’re taking a fighting pose constantly because if we don’t, our whole family will be taken out. We live in that kind of world
I.
We hold the will to protect, to fight to the death, to survive
I tell her my belief.
Kuromiya house is much more stable. This place is a frontline
I tell her with a smile.
Staying with us puts you at high risk, please understand that
1324. Farewell to the Spear Discomfort
Staying with us puts you at high risk, please understand that
I said. Kuromiya-san;
Kuromori-sama, you assume that you had to escape abroad and so you’re ready for that?
She’s quite surprised.
Yes, that’s right
But that’s.well, Kuromori-sama is Kouzuki house’s.
Oh, her head’s on a short circuit.
I mean, that’s inevitable. Don’t be too surprised, that’s how life is
I said.
That’s true for me, for Misuzu. Everyone is tossed around by fate without their consent. Even so, we make the best choices to reach our happiness. Aren’t you the same, Kuromiya-san?
I look at Kuromiya-san’s eyes as I talk.
You thought that if things continue this way, you won’t be able to pass down the Kuromiya style of spear fighting to your descendant, it’s against your will, and yet, that’s the situation. And so, you desperately went for me, asking for the Kouzuki house to shelter you by becoming my concubine, right? All that work for a revival She’s also trying to fight her fate in her way.
That’s no work, it’s foul move
I see Sakurako when I turned around.
What’s wrong, Sakurako?
I haven’t seen her after dinner, but.
I had a small conversation with Shie
Oh, Shiranui Shie-san, her bodyguard that’s been with her since childhood
In this mansion, she’s not a bodyguard, but a seamstress, but.
She must still be feeling down.
Then, I’ve also come to see myself after talking to Shie
Sakurako?
I’ve been too dependent on Kuromori-sama, Misuzu-sama, and everyone’s kindness
Sakurako said.
Just like how Shie’s given the role of a seamstress, I also noticed that I need to be useful to Kuromori-sama and the family
That’s.
Everyone who’s living in this mansion has their role and they’re doing the best that they can. Nobody spends their time just idling around while others are working.
Not really.
Yukino never does any housework.or so I’d like to say, but.
Yukino’s job is to appear on TV once a week
When it comes to the TV broadcast, she’s supporting the new members, Eri, Rie, and Mitama.
She’s not just getting arrogant and doing nothing.
I must also find a role that I can fulfill as soon as possible
Sakurako told me.
Then, Sakurako turned to Kuromiya-san.
Kuromiya-san, do you understand? If you want to be in this family, then you need to accomplish a goal with your role. You’re mistaken to think that you can stay here without doing anything, just doing what you please with your spear She speaks clearly.
i.No, Kurumi and I will serve Kuromori-sama as his concubines, is that not enough?
Kuromiya-san looks at Sakurako.
You really don’t understand
Sakurako sighed.
Kuormiya-sama, you’re the only one who benefits from becoming Kuromori-sama’s concubine. There are only disadvantages for Kuromori-sama and Kouzuki house
Why? I’m.
Kuromiy-san is confident in her appearance and in her lineage.
Kurumi and I have sworn to serve Kuromori-sama for the rest of our lives! We won’t let any other man have their way with our body. We’ll do the deed if he desires, and we’ll bear Kuromori-sama’s child. I swear all those as the instructor of the Kuromiya style of spear fighting!
Kuromiya-san insisted.
But of course, I’m a concubine so it can’t be public. I can’t defy Misuzu-sama, Kuromori-sama’s legal wife. I will never be a hindrance to everyone else
Kuromiya-san wants to be my concubine to protect her spear fighting style.
And she’s thinking of passing down the Kuromiya surname and the spear techniques to the child born from us, making the child the successor of the Kuromiya style.