「 If we’re throwing her out, we have to erase all her mories about us 」
Minaho-neesan looks down on Tendou Oto and said.
「 Also, her mories of Tokuda Sonoko-san should be erased too 」
Sonoko-san’s shocked.
Tendou Oto who can’t speak and can’t move groans desperately.
「 I an, we have no choice, do we? They’ve been childhood friends but their lives are going to different paths now 」
Minaho-neesan said.
「 I think it’s okay for Tokuda-san to rember Tendou Oto-san. But for Tendou-san, I think that it’s better if she can’t rember Tokuda-san 」
Sonoko-san isn’t just a childhood friend, she is Tendou Oto’s love.
Sonoko-san betrayed her Father and asked for our help.
If we release her like this, she’ll use every possible way to take Sonoko-san back from us.
Sonoko-san;
「 Right. Kuromori-san is right 」
Hearing that, Tendou Oto’s shocked.
「 Sorry, Oto-chan. But I think that we need to part ways. I’ll rember you. I’ll never forget about Oto-chan. So Oto-chan, please forget 」
Becoming a prostitute of Black Forest ans belonging to the underground society.
Sonoko-san should already know that Minaho-neesan’s brothel entertains the big-shots of the political and business circles.
If Tendou Oto makes a move on Sonoko-san, it’ll only cause trouble to the guests.
And on the other side, Tendou Oto’s life will be in danger.
「 I’m going my own way. Oto-chan, you need to find yours
Sonoko-san speaks to Oto flooded with emotions.
However.
「 Wait, are you sure about this? 」
Torii-san speaks.
「 Can you decide to erase people’s mories that easy? 」
That’s...
「 If we can’t erase her mory, the other option is killing her 」
Tsukiko says with a smile.
「 Huh, why? Why do you always jump to the extres! Shouldn’t you convince her and make her swear that she will never talk about this to other people? No, I don’t know whether she’ll keep it or not but still, shouldn’t you ask her will first? Especially in cases like this! 」
She screams sowhat agitated.
「 This is just weird. You shut her up and decide her fate without her input. This is wrong 」
That’s...
「 I don’t think we need to hear her input at all 」
I said.
「 I’m the one taking responsibility for this. Tendou Oto herself isn’t at fault. After all, we forced her to this 」
「 Indeed, we gave Tokuda-san the choice. She will be our accomplice hereafter. She will carry the sins in regards to Tendou-san with us 」
Minaho-neesan said.
「 Yes. I don’t mind 」
Sonoko-san replies.
「 I an, I don’t know who you are but you really are annoying. You’re unrelated to this and yet you speak so bossily 」
Kurosawa-san who listens to our conversation shows her displeasure towards Torii-san.
「 Excuse her. She’s a young lady who’s in the middle of learning about the world. I apologize if she rubs you the wrong way 」
Minaho-neesan tells Kurosawa-san.
「 No, not that I mind 」
Kurosawa-san knows that Minaho-neesan’s the boss of the brothel so she won’t say any more than that.
Therefore.
I should’ve given a warning that we’re bringing Torii-san to this room.
「 Torii-san, we’re not people from the surface. We’re on the other side, the so-called cri syndicate. We’re people who live violating the laws of this country 」
I looked at Torii-san in the eyes and speak to her frankly.
「 However, we’re not just a cri syndicate. The people we deal with are the big-shots of the country, people from nobility 」
「 Among the custors is Kouzuki-sama, and most of the heads of the nobility Torii-sama knows 」
Kuromori tower was a secret social club for the n of nobility before Shirasaka Sousuke hijacked it.
The heads of the family close to Jii-chan’s age all co to Kuromori tower.
We have the client list of those days.
So of them are dead or retired, but most of them are heads of the clan, like Jii-chan.
So custors ca to the mansion during Shirasaka’s age. Nagisa and Katsuko-nee’s custors from before. I saw them during Misuzu and Ruriko’s dance presentation.
「 I’ve never t Torii-sama’s father or grandfather though 」
Minaho-neesan laughs.
Torii house isn’t nobility. They’re a postwar upstart, and so none of them ca to the Kuromori tower.
「 So what? 」
Torii-san gets annoyed as she’s poked on her insecurity.
「 That ans that we can’t make a mistake. We’re not allowed to make naive decisions. A slight failure can involve our precious custors 」
Minaho-neesan.
「 Torii-sama’s Grandfather is of nobility, and so you should know about the weight of the honor of the family, don’t you? 」
She stirs her up
「 Let’s say that Tendou Oto is let go for so reason, and then, she talks about what she discovered for the past few days, about us...It’ll beco a huge problem 」
Therefore, I hurriedly interject.
「 She hid in Mizushima house for several days and went to Torii-san’s school as a bodyguard. She also grasped most information from the party yesterday. That includes Kouzuki house 」
「 Letting the other party know which room is connected to which in the head mansion will be troubleso 」
Michi said.
「 Therefore, if you ask us, we’re going to erase all of her mories for the past few days. If we can’t do that, then the other option is her death. Besides, the fact that Tokuda Sonoko-san and Kurosawa Naoko-san is with us has to stay a top-secret, and so we have to erase her mories. It’s a necessity. Even if we have to force it to her 」
「 Therefore, if we do what Torii-sama says and ask for Tendou-san’s agreent that we’re going to erase her mories, it will no longer be a high-handed work, but that’s just torture 」
Minaho-neesan said.
「 Don’t you feel sorry for her? It’s much faster if we ignore her will, make a decision, and do it imdiately 」
「 Uuu 」
Torii-san groans.
Minaho-neesan looked at Sonoko.
「 This will be your last eting, give her a good look. You’ll beco a stranger to her soon 」
Sonoko-san looks at Tendou Oto.
Tendou Oto looks at Sonoko-san like a cat that is about to be abandoned.
She wants Sonoko-san’s embrace.
She wants her to speak kindly to her.
「 Oto-chan. Thank you for everything you’ve done so far 」
However, Sonoko-san.
「 Thank you for saying that you love . But, I can only see Oto-chan as a friend. Ever since we t, today, and tomorrow 」
Tendou Oto’s eyes turn cloudy.
「 Goodbye. I’m sorry, that’s all I can say 」
Sonoko-san said and cried.
「 Kurosawa-san, do you have anything to say to Tendou-san? 」
Minaho-neesan calls out to Kurosawa-san, one of the subjects of Tendou Oto’s bullying.
「 Goodbye. I hated you all this ti. You show favoritism on Tokuda-san, fill yourself up, and when the three girls were bullying or her, you didn’t co to save us 」
Kurosawa-san speaks filled with spite.
「 You keep on saying that you saved Sonoko, but your father and his group raped Tokuda-san while you were gone. You never saved Tokuda-san 」
The last few words struck Tendou Oto.
「 You speak like you’re the boss and yet you can’t do anything, that’s what you are! Dammit! 」
Then.
「 That’s enough! You can stop now 」
Minaho-neesan said.
「 Then, Kou, can you ask Tsukiko-san to do it? 」
Minaho-neesan doesn’t give the order Tsukiko herself.
She thinks that I should be the one to manage Tsukiko’s Miko power.
Torii-san’s watching too.
No, I’m sure that Shou-neechan’s watching through the caras too.
If the other scene happened, she’ll report to Jii-chan.
Miko power isn’t a property of the Kuromori house.
We have to be thorough to show that it’s used because of my relationship with the Takakura sisters
「 Yeah, Tsukiko 」
I turned to Tsukiko...
「 W-Wait! 」
Torii-san speaks to .
「 Shouldn’t she speak her goodbyes too? 」
Tendou Oto to Sonoko-san and Kurosawa-san?
「 Huh, why? 」
I asked.
「 I an, won’t she regret it if she didn’t say her goodbye now? 」
「 No, but Tendou Oto will forget all of it anyway 」
All the events so far and this mont.
「 But, even if she forgets it... 」
Torii-san looks at Sonoko-san.
「 Don’t you feel the sa way? Don’t you feel bad that you can’t hear her voice, her goodbyes? You don’t like it? You’ll regret it, right? 」
Sonoko-san.
「 No... 」
She speaks mournfully.
「 That’s a lie! That can’t be! 」
Torii-san can’t agree with it.
「 What’s with this?! Are you stupid?! 」
Kurosawa-san glared at Torii-san.
「 You’re the one who feels that way, aren’t you? It’s not us! You’re just a spectator here! 」
「 I’m!!! 」
Torii-san tries to retort but...
「 Okay, please go to sleep. Take a deep sleep 」
Tsukiko takes down Tendou Oto’s consciousness.
She gently closed her eyes and lose strength.
「 H-Hey! Didn’t I say wait?! 」
Torii-san tries to protest half-cryingly, but...
「 I’m sorry, but I’m only doing Kou-sama’s orders 」
Tsukiko smiled. She’s not dealing with her.
「 It takes ti to remove mories and alter them and so I had her fall asleep. Once she wakes up, she will be different from who she was before 」
She needs to be ticulous and careful to make sure that it doesn’t break her soul.
「 Hey! Wake up! This is too much! 」
「 That’s enough, shut up 」
I told Torii-san.
「 Not everything that you disagree on has a solution. Why do you not get it? 」
「 Because! 」
Then.
Sonoko-san touched the unconscious Tendou Oto’s cheeks.
「 Actually, I like you too. Oto-chan. I an that as a friend, but still, I like the self-confident, cheerful, and energetic Oto-chan. I... 」
「 Huh? 」
Torii-san’s surprised.
「 Thank you for keeping safe all this ti. I really thank you 」
Sonoko-san’s tears drop on Tendou Oto’s face.
「 I did say that I hate her earlier, but not that much 」
Kurosawa-san mutters.
「 What the hell?! What’s with you!? Why did you not say that when she was still conscious?! 」
Torii-san barks.
I...
「 They can say it because she’s unconscious! They couldn’t tell her. Why do you not get it?! 」
I shouted back at Torii-san.
◇ ◇ ◇
Sonoko-san, Kurosawa-san, and Minaho-neesan head to another room for more prostitution briefing.
Tendou Oto remains here.
Michi, Tsukiko, Torii-san, and I head to the room next door.
「 My power might be needed even in this room 」
Tsukiko said.
Right, we don’t know how Rie and Eri would react if they discover that their father died.
Therefore, Tsukiko’s coming with us and she just let Tendou Oto sleep.
Heading outside to the corridor, Kinoshita-san from Kouzuki SS is waiting for us.
「 Are you done here? Then let’s go to the next one 」
She’s cheerful and takes everything at her pace, that helps.
Michi’s always expressionless, Tsukiko’s always smiling.
And Torii-san’s in a gloomy mood right now.
「 Uhm, Kuromori-sama 」
While we head to the elevator hall...
Torii-san speaks to with a displeased look.
「 What? 」
「 Are you going to erase my mories in the end? 」
Oh, she’s angry.
「 Or do you intend to kill ? 」
Now then, what do I answer her?
Edie smoothens the conversation at tis like this, but...
No wait, I’m relying too much on her.
「 I haven’t decided yet 」
I replied honestly.
「 If we erase Torii-san’s mories, Momoko-neechan will get really angry 」
Kaan Momoko-neechan knows about the Miko power.
She explicitly warned us not to use the Miko power on Torii-san, her protegee.
「 Even so, killing you will make her angrier 」
「 That’s obvious! 」
Torii-san speaks angrily.
「 But, I discovered a lot of your secrets! I have to report all of them to Momoko-oneesama 」
Err.
Actually, I know what Misuzu and Ruriko’s thinking.
Misuzu and Ruriko want Torii-san to beco my woman.
I an, Kaan Momoko-neechan’s also a target.
「 Besides, the more I discover, the more I start to hate you all. You’re all sweet to your family but cold and cruel to others. I hate that 」
And she’s throwing her frustration towards .
「 The right way is to be strict with your family and be kind to others! You’re all strange 」
I...
「 I accept that we’re strange but I think that Torii-san’s wrong 」
「 What’s ‘wrong?’ 」
「 They’re my allies, my family, and that’s why I’m gentle with them compared to other people. Why do I have to be cold with my family compared to others? 」
I don’t get it.
「 You know, if you use your common sense or morals, you’ll get it, right? 」
「 No, Torii-san, your common sense might be different than mine 」
That one line annoyed her it seems.
「 Are you mocking ?! 」
Then.
「 Kou-sama and Torii-sama’s concept of “words” differ 」
Tsukiko intervenes.
「 Torii-sama’s “family[身内1]” and Kou-sama’s “family[家族2]” are different in the first place 」
That’s...
「 Yeah, our family isn’t connected by blood 」
I said.
「 Therefore, it’s never the blood that creates bonds between us. It’s our warn trust with each other that binds us 」
Torii-san’s dumbfounded.
「 That’s why I will never betray my family. I will prioritize my family more than other people. If the girls discover that I treasure so stranger more than them, then... 」
Agnes’ soul will collapse.
Mao-chan will be shocked.
The other girls too.
gu will scold for hours.
「 Isn’t it natural for one to prioritize their family first, to treasure their family? After all, without my family, I’m no longer myself 」
「 I don’t get what you’re trying to say 」
「 My family is a gathering of people who created it. We help each other. Because I have this family, I survive my life without feeling down, sulking, committing suicide. To , my family is a higher existence than myself 」
「 This is increasingly harder to understand 」
Torii-san doesn’t get it.
「 Anyway, we value trust. Everyone trusts , and I also trust my family. They have to believe that if there’s a problem, I will definitely co to help them. Err 」
I don’t know how to say this...
Argh.
「 Conveying “I love you” is a necessity 」
Michi said.
「 Master says that he loves . He tells us that every day. Master is easy to understand after all 」
It seems that my thoughts are in plain view.
「 Of course, he also loves Misuzu-oneesama. Ruriruri too. Tsukiko-sama as well. He loves the other won too. Our family is a gathering of the people Master loves 」
「 What? You just an that Kuromori-sama’s flirtatious 」
Torii-san asks Michi.
「 It’s not on that level. When Master says that he loves soone, he ans it. He loves us with all his body and soul 」
Michi.
「 That is why we also love Master back. It’s not a 50-50 relationship. It’s Master who pulls the rope first. Master shows his feelings, no, it’s not just that, he shows that he loves us with his actions and feelings, he makes us feel that “he loves us,” that respond with the sa love 」
「 I don’t get that explanation 」
Torii-san’s discontented.
Then, Kinoshita-san, who’s taking the lead, turns around.
「 Huh? You don’t get it? 」
She smiled.
「 W-What? 」
Torii-san looks puzzled.
「 It ans that Kuromori-sama likes Torii-sama, right? 」
What?
? Torii-san?
「 I an, Kuromori-san’s always answers when Torii-san’s talking 」
「 No, that’s natural 」
I said.
「 T-That’s right! K-Kaan Momoko-oneesama gave the orders to , and Kuromori-sama must guide as I give my inspection 」
Torii-san speaks in panic.
「 Nononono, I don’t know much about Kuromori-sama, but you know... 」
Kinoshita-san smiled.
「 Kuromori-sama loves won who sll like trouble, right? 」
Auuu.
I an, Kinoshita-san.
You’re the most troubleso one here.
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