At that dinner, everyone had their priorities to settle. Amane at her food quietly and looked at the elders in front of her.
Most of them had pale faces and their faces showed that they knew about her disappointnt with them.
But there were just as many scheming faces in the crowd as there were hopeless ones. And neither she nor Sakura had missed this happening. They even exchanged glances to point out the troubleso people in the mix.
*cough*
"Sakura, I know that you are enthusiastic to hold up your role and hand your duties over officially, but don't you think you are making decisions in a hasty? You should take a little more ti to think things through."
Everyone looked at Elder Fushi with gratitude. They all wanted a little more ti to prepare for the upcoming battle.
Not only would they have to go against Yoko and Sakura, but they also had to face the world. Many of them had made big claims about being able to control Sakura before. That was how they had gotten the support of other families.
What would happen to them and their reputation once the other families realized that Sakura was not going to be the Tsurugi family head anymore? They would be ruined.
'We cannot allow this to happen. We need to do damage control before this happens.'
That was what happened that night. Most of the elders agreed over this and they spread the word that Sakura was testing everyone's loyalty by pretending to hand her position back.
It only took a few hours before everyone knew this, including Sakura. And she felt irritated as soon as she heard this.
"You all want ti? Fine, we will give you one more day to prepare. But that is the latest I can delay this ball for you."
Sakura agreed but she did not look happy about her decision. Not that the elders cared about what she felt or did not feel.
They just wanted ti on their hands and they got that with Sakura's agreent.
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"This is ridiculous. Who would believe these people when they say that I am doing this to test soone's loyalty? As if I have the ti to be doing such a thing."
Sakura frowned as she looked up from her reports. She had begged Yoko for help, but the elder had sighed and said that Sakura should do her work.
And since Sakura did not want to fight with Yoko, she had done her work.
Sakura had co a long way since she first started working on the family head's work. Her speed was back up to an acceptable speed and her eyes also scanned the docunts faster. Her work-load was also divined equally so she had ti for herself again,
"There is no point in trying to understand what these people are thinking and planning, Sakura. It would be more profitable for you to focus on your work. Here, you missed quite a few mistakes this ti."
Amane pointed out as she looked at the contract. This made Sakura sigh and look back at Amane with a tired expression.
"You are missing the point here, Yoko. All the elders are scheming sothing once more. Are you letting them do what they want?"
Sakura asked with an angry expression. She quickly corrected the mistakes she had made, but she ended up masking out things she did not an to.
Now she had to wrist the whole letter once more.
"I know what you are thinking of Sakura. But I believe that we made the right decision this ti by letting these elders take their ti. It is more fun to crack their plans open this way. Won't you agree?"
Sakura sighed but she agreed with Yoko. fighting Yoko here would be a waste of ti for her anyway.
Once Amane saw that Sakura was on the sa page as her, she decided to head back to her room. But as soon as she opened the office door, she ca face-to-face with her parents.
Sherina Tsurugi had a determined expression on her face while Albus had a guilty one. Amane could instantly tell that these two had sothing important to tell her.
"What is it that you want to say? You better not waste my ti with unnecessary bullshit."
Amane asked as she closed the door gently and followed her parents into an empty conference room.
If soone looked at them from outside, they would have wondered what kind of deal was taking place. The tension was so thick inside that one could cut it with a knife if they wanted to.
"Look, Yoko, we have a very important thing to tell you-"
"Albus, stop beating around the bush. If you would not say it, then allow to say it. Yoko, we found a marriage partner for you. You will get married within this month. And no, you will not get a choice in this matter."
Sherina made it obvious that this was not a choice but a matter of fact. Albus had a pained expression but he agreed with his wife.
They both waited for Yoko to say sothing out in shock and ask them questions. But none of that happened. Instead, Yoko looked as if she did not care a single bit about what was happening.
"Is that all you wanted to say to ? How disappointing. My marriage is not sothing you should be concerned about. And even if you are, just know that it is sothing I will handle myself. There is no need for you to ddle in it like this."
Yoko quickly cut her parents off before they could tell her more. Her mother's expression beca even more pissed off.
"Yoko, we just told you that it is not negotiable. You will marry the man we chose for you. Or you would leave this family and be abandoned by us. So, what would you choose?"
Sherina Tsurugi left no room for Amane to decline. Her voice was hard and her eyes were looking at Amane with surety. She would follow through with what she had said.
"I see. If that's the case, then I do not have any other choice in this matter."
Sherina and Albus had a relieved expression on their faces. They knew that things would co down to this in the end.
No matter how independent Yoko tried to act, she was still a teenager and wanted her mother's and father's approval.
The family's approval and their safety might also be a factor in her decision. So, it was a given that Yoko would agree with them.
"Good, in that case-"
"You can write up a refusal to the person you found for . I will be leaving this family in two days. I hope you have a fun ti."
In the end, Yoko had the last words while leaving. Both adults kept on looking at her back this whole ti until she disappeared from their vision.
It was only after she was gone that Sherina realized what just happened. Sherina could not help but hit the wall once she realized that she had been made a fool of.
"Yoko! Just how was this girl raised? She is not filial to us at all. Albus, what are we going to do now?"
Sherina asked as she looked at Yoko's retreating. She had been counting on her daughter to carry her forward. But this no longer seed to be possible.
What was more? The party two days after was when Chen, the one they intended their daughter to marry, was going to et her.
This had been entirely Sherina's idea to get them out of debt. So, she would also have to be the one to take responsibility here.
"Don't worry, my dear wife. I am sure that we will be able to get Yoko to agree with us. And if not, then we always have our secret weapon at hand."
Sherina tensed as soon as she heard her husband's proposal. Her eyes were wide in shock and she stuttered.
"Y-You cannot be serious. Albus, you know how dangerous that powder is for humans and you want to feed it to our daughter? What if she becos brain-dead? Or worse, a fool after taking it? We cannot guarantee our success."
Sherina complained but Albus had already made up his mind.
"My wife, I will do anything for your safety. Even my daughter does not matter to if you are alive and well."
Albus promised and the atmosphere turned mushy. Amane, who had been listening in on the conversation from the next corridor gagged and quickly walked away. She decided to put a tracker there instead of physically being there.
After all, there was no need for her to listen in on a couple's gossip. It was also clear what this lovely-dovely mood would lead to. And that…Amane had no intention of listening to it.
'Well, ti to head back.'
She had just reached her ho when Amane received a disturbing ssage. It was from Sean and it only said a few words.
[Your security guy, Danta has been kidnapped. We received a complaint from his mom just a few minutes ago. I thought I should inform you about this before you got to know this news from sowhere else.]
Now this was surprising. Amane had no idea who would even try to kidnap Dante of all people and for what reason.
As far as people knew, he was an ordinary young man with no talent and no friends. So why go after him?
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