Chapter 342: The Reason I Am Stubborn
Translator: Reflet
Editor: ryunakama
They were sitting in the living room of the condominium after returning. Aoba happened to be in the house when they got back, and Sakura was sitting on the sofa without any real restraints. Taiyou was firmly holding Shrokiyami, making her sit on his lap. Aoba was sitting by Akiha’s side, tending to her injuries.
“You alright?”
“Yeah, darn skippy!”
“You sure?”
“Yes, yes. Look here.”
Akiha squeezed the hand that was currently being treated in an attempt to show that she was fine, but all that did was make a little more blood co out.
“Blood is coming out.”
“But I’m fine.”
“Your face is contorted.”
“Oh really now?”
Akiha patted her face down with her other hand.
“Co now, don’t make the situation worse.”
Aoba grabbed Akiha’s hand and stopped her before continuing her work.
“But you know, I had no choice but to do it. Taiyou was out of it, and it wasn’t like I could leave things the way they were.”
“That…may be true, but still…”
Aoba made a mixed expression. She had heard the explanation of what had occurred, but still couldn’t quite find herself agreeing with it.
“Plus there was this, so you know, I kinda thought it would be alright.”
“Still, don’t be so reckless.”
“Well what would you have done, Aoba?”
“Huh?”
“What would you have done if you were in that situation and you knew she was about to bite her tongue?”
“I—-”
“In your case, you probably would have done the sa thing that Atsuko-san and the others did.”
“…Maybe so.”
“Then we ain’t different!”
Akiha grinned. After Akiha had ntioned her mothers, Aoba could no longer say anything. This was because recently, she had begun to feel that she resembled her mothers.
Now, this wasn’t necessarily always a good thing for her. What she had in common with them was that they were all in so sort of harem, but she also had them as an example of what not to do in so cases. On one hand, there was much to learn from them, but on the other hand she would have to take extra care once she was a mother.
“It’s fine, it’s fine.”
Akiha said in a jovial tone, hitting Aoba’s shoulders as she spoke.
“If such a ti ever cos, I’ll be there to stop you.”
“Akiha…”
“Sooo…”
Being her best friend, Akiha knew Aoba’s troubles very well, including how they ca to be and how to compromise with her. So whenever things got rough, she was there to straighten it out.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
“Yep yep, it’s gonna be aaall right.”
As he looked at them conversing, Taiyou spoke to Sakura.
“So, this is the second ti I’ve restrained you, isn’t it?”
“Quite the interesting history we’ve had.”
“My apologies for the last ti.”
“Hmm?”
“A lot of stuff was going down, and I kind of left you there longer than I intended to.”
“It wasn’t a big deal, so don’t worry about it. And for whatever reason, I’m not tied up this ti?”
“We’re quite close in proximity, so I won’t let you escape no matter what. I can deal with you.”
“Quite the confidence.”
“Plus I just want to show off as a man. There are three brides right here with us, so I need to prove to them that I’m more than capable.”
“Capable of bullying a fragile woman?”
Taiyou pointed repeatedly at Akiha.
“There’s at least one person who’s totally down for that.”
“Right, I hadn’t considered that factor.”
Sakura sighed.
“Now then, I suppose we should get down to business.”
“Indeed. I do enjoy our occasional banter, but I suppose this is the ti to get serious.”
“It isn’t hard to stop all of this from happening.”
“…Really?”
“Yes.”
Sakura nodded. Her face was entirely serious.
“But how long can you keep this up?”
“What do you an?”
“I am a woman of the Juunishima family, and a daughter of a mistress at that. This will probably continue from the next occasion to the next. Will you stop this every single ti?”
“Well…”
Taiyou was at a loss for words. It was clear as day that he couldn’t just keep butting in whenever her family tried to get her married. But that wasn’t all.
He had essentially succeeded this ti around because of a sneak attack. If he were to return Sakura back to her place, they would be on guard and try to ensure that none of this happened again.
“But why are you so insistent on this anyway?”
“…Because Juurokuya asked to.”
“…Ahh.”
Sakura showed understanding.
“Is that what the issue is. Well it is true that she has the sa face as New Moon-sama, after all.”
“Huh?”
“Perhaps it is the sa as it was for those three sisters? You wish to maybe make every girl who has the sa face yours?”
“Wow, really?”
Akiha was surprised.
“No, c’mon. Heck, I didn’t even fall in love with Kotone and the others for that reason. It was because their souls were all connected and I could sense that.”
He said, turning to Sakura.
“So that isn’t the case for Juurokuya. They don’t even resemble each other anyway.”
“They don’t?”
“No, they do not.”
Taiyou nodded. He could sense a difference between them that was a bit difficult to put into words.
“Then why are you so insistent on doing all this for Juuryokuya?”
“Insistent?”
“Yes, insistent.”
“Am I really?”
“There isn’t really any other way to interpret this, now is there?”
“Well actually…”
A voice ca from the door. It was Kohaku, who had just returned, hand on her hip and with her usual unique, all-knowing smirk.
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