"My grandfather is rather…weird regarding family and traditions. He's not a bad man, but he's rather focused. He is also soone who believed that family honor cos before personal interests."
"As such, he is willing to do anything if it cos to gaining sothing for our family. That includes making deals that would…be less than ideal. I am not calling him a bad man at all. He's a little more driven by family interest than anyone else."
"This includes him doing whatever he can for the next family head. Even if it includes selling his granddaughter into a marriage she did not ask for."
Amane listened to Bambi's words and she was able to guess what was going on.
It helped that she knew what the chairman was cooking and about his deal with Elder Clent. Now it was clear what Elder Clent wanted.
He wanted Bambi to marry the Siren so that he would have a solid and legal connection with Chairman Frank. It would ensure that the Siren would be protected in the future as Bambi's legal husband and the chairman would help the Clent family's heir to beco the next chairman.
It was not a bad deal when you look at things like this. But the leading participant in this deal had already run away.
"Hmm, I see. So that's what is going on? So, how do you want Yoko to help exactly? She cannot go against the Chairman and your grandfather for no apparent reason. What are you asking of her now?"
Sakura's words might sound harsh but she did have a point.
There was not much 'Yoko Tsurugi' could do for Bambi Clent openly. She had just stepped into the social world and in front of the normal eyes, she was still 'green.'
People were not going to take her words seriously, or even pay her any respect if she tried to interfere with things.
"I…marriage. I want Yoko Tsurugi to get married."
Bambi hesitantly opened her mouth and suggested this. The reaction she got to her words was harsh and quick.
"Are you serious? Have you lost your mind Bambi Clent? No way. There is no way Yoko will be getting married right now. Do you even know how old she is? And you are asking her to marry the chairman's son who may or may not even exist?"
Sakura could not hold her temper back.
She was angrier at the fact that Bambi had suggested that Yoko get married instead of asking them to kidnap her or sothing. Sakura was not willing to lose Yoko like this. And especially not to Bambi Clent of all people.
"I…no, that was not what I ant. I was not asking Yoko to get married to the chairman's son. I was asking Yoko to get married to so that we both have legal grounds to refuse the marriage. It would give Yoko the right to interfere with my family as well."
That sounded like…a decent idea to Amane.
Frankly, she had zero interest in getting married and settling down. But she could also see the benefit of getting married like this.
"No way. This is as bad as you suggesting for Yoko to get married to the Chairman's son. There will be no marriage taking place here, period. We will not be discussing this topic again."
Sakura forcefully shut this topic down but Amane was the one to interfere this ti.
"No, I think Bambi has a point. We don't need to go as far as a marriage, but maybe getting engaged is a good idea for now. It will give legal grounds to interfere with Clent family and we can just break it off once we no longer need this connection."
Sakura could only watch with clenched teeth as Amane agreed to this deal. Her heart aches and her insides crawled with jealousy. She could not believe that this was happening to her of all people.
"I…cannot agree to this deal."
"I know Sakura, but this is not your decision to make. This is sothing between myself and Bambi. So, Bambi, what do you say? Do you want to get engaged with ?"
Amane held her hand out and Bambi looked at her with a wide-eyed look that asked if Amane was serious about this.
"Yeah, I am serious. Now take my hand if you agree with ."
This ti, Bambi did not hesitate and held Amane's hand. With this, a deal had been made and it was ti to get to work.
"First thing first, do you both know what the chairman's son is?"
Amane asked the two once things had cald down and Sakura had snapped out of her shocked state.
They both negatively shook their head. They both only know that the chairman's son died a long ti ago and nothing else about the situation.
"Well, I saw that creature the chairman calls his 'son' and it's a Siren. It's currently being held beneath this building and the Chairman is looking after it. But now, it's ti for us to free that Siren and let it head into the open."
Amane made a dramatic pose when she said that. But her two admirers did not comnt on her exaggerated gesture.
The two females in front of him were in too much of a shock to say anything. They had not expected a Siren to be involved in all this.
"You an to say that my grandfather had sold and married to a Siren of all things? Aren't those things viscous and aggressive? What would have happened to ?"
Sakura was right to be worried about her future with the Siren. She could have been maid or even killed if the creature found her not to be his taste. It was a rather dangerous situation for her.
The re thought made Bambi shiver in fright.
"So, what are we going to do now, Yoko? You have a plan to free that Siren, right? Tell us all about it."
Sakura needed to only look at Yoko's face to recognize the expression on it. Yoko had a plan to deal with the chairman as well as the Siren here.
"I left Hibi back so that it could look around and tell us about any security faults. So far, I have found a lot of them we can use to our advantage. We will sneak the Siren out of its prison tonight after the dinner party."
Amane had a solid plan in place now. She had most of the details figured out inside her mind as well.
She only needed her people to play the right role so that she could get the maximum advantage she could get out of everything.
"How do you plan on even doing that? You will need to distract everyone sohow and I don't think we have enough of a reason to make everyone look away from what we are doing."
Sakura had a point. Everyone would be too vigilant for the next few days since the main eting was over.
Now they no longer needed to play nice and everyone would try to push for advantage. That was the kind of place their current world was.
"Ah, don't you worry about that? After all, we are about to give these people not only a big shock but also a cause to worry. The news of an engagent between myself and Bambi should be enough to keep everyone occupied for the ti being."
Sakura's mood soured as soon as she heard Yoko say this. Now she could not even protest this engagent.
She could only look at Bambi with eyes filled with jealousy and annoyance. But Bambi seed unaware of the looks Sakura was shooting her with.
In the end, Sakura could only look away first with her fist clenched tightly. She could endure all this for Yoko's sake. This engagent was only temporary after all.
"Fine, so we will distract everyone with the news of your engagent while we sneak out the Siren. This operation would be carried out tonight since we need to head back ho tomorrow. Is there anything else anyone needs to say?"
Bambi did not have anything to say but Yoko seed to have sothing she wanted to tell Bambi.
"Bambi, pack your bag and et us when we head ho. You will head ho with us for now. I don't think it's safe for you to return ho until your grandfather kicks the bucket."
Yoko Tsurugi's words dree out a sudden yelp of laughter out of Bambi. No one had been this frank to her before. And no one had insulted her grandfather like this before either.
"I…ah sure. I will go and pack my bags right now. I will et you outside the gate soon."
Amane nodded and picked up the glass lying on the table. She took a sniff and then looked at Sakura with a knowing glance.
"Next ti, don't be so obvious with your tricks."
But since Amane did not say anything serious, Sakura was let off freely even after spiking Bambi's drink.
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