Around 4 p.m., the return ship had already docked at the port.
By the ti they arrived, a large group of people was already waiting outside.
"Kaguya-sama."
Hayasaka Nao had known about this trip in advance and had been waiting at the port early.
"You really do keep up with things, Aunt Nao."
Kaguya had originally hoped that no one would find out about what happened during this weekend trip.
But now, it seed impossible to keep it a secret.
"The tropolitan Police Departnt contacted us as soon as the incident occurred," Hayasaka Nao said, visibly relieved after confirming Kaguya's safety.
Yesterday's police notification had given her quite a scare.
If it weren't for the need to avoid unnecessary communication and prevent alarming the drug traffickers, she would have insisted on intervening imdiately.
"I never expected that a simple vacation would turn into sothing like this," Nao sighed, feeling a headache coming on.
Letting Kaguya relax on a weekend getaway was fine, but running into drug traffickers was beyond unfortunate.
Even she hadn't anticipated such a scenario.
"Kaguya-sama, next ti you go out, we may need to arrange a higher level of security to ensure you won't encounter such incidents again."
"Aunt Nao, that won't be necessary."
"This isn't about inconvenience, it's about your safety."
Seeing Nao's serious expression, Kaguya had no choice but to sigh in resignation.
She truly regarded Nao as family.
She didn't mind her concerns—after all, it was only natural for an elder to worry.
Perhaps, she should have a conversation with Nao.
Kaguya was beginning to think it was necessary.
"Nagi-sama!"
A loud voice rang out, and an elderly butler with white hair and a beard rushed over.
At the sight of the always-composed Nagi and Maria stepping back several paces, Kaguya couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Nagi-sama, you must take with you next ti you go out!"
"No way! If I bring you along, I won't be able to have any fun!"
Her firm rejection left the old butler completely frozen in place.
"Oh my~ You really caused a commotion this ti, dragging into all this."
"Huh?"
Nagi scowled at the approaching figure, displeased.
Klaus was already an eyesore, and now this woman was here too.
She had an irritating tendency to notice things she shouldn't.
And worse—she was a blabbermouth.
For that reason, Nagi didn't want her knowing too much.
"So, why are you here, Sakuya?"
"Why do you think?"
Aizawa Sakuya crossed her arms, looking down at Nagi with a reproachful expression.
"You made such a huge ss that Grandpa had to contact personally."
"If he hadn't told , I wouldn't have believed you'd stir up this much trouble."
Sakuya had always been aware of Nagi's antics.
She would occasionally visit and check on her, keeping an eye on her unstable tendencies.
But this ti?
She had just returned from a trip abroad, only to receive a call from her grandfather.
He told her that Nagi had transferred to another school and even dragged Isumi along with her.
When she heard the news, Sakuya could already picture Tachibana Wataru crying under his blanket.
But she set that aside for now.
The bigger issue was Nagi and Isumi.
Sakuya couldn't understand why Nagi-sama suddenly wanted to transfer schools or why she managed to convince Isumi to go with her.
More importantly, why did Grandpa approve it?
And to top it off, Nagi chose an island for her weekend vacation—one with drug traffickers lurking about.
She couldn't believe Nagi's luck.
Of all the places she could have gone, she sohow ended up in the middle of a cri scene.
"Also, we need to have a serious talk about the two of you."
Sakuya was determined to get answers.
She needed to know what had been going on with Nagi lately.
Why had she transferred schools?
Why had she dragged Isumi with her?
And why had Grandpa agreed to it?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt like sothing was off, like there was an important secret hidden behind all this.
"Sis, why are you here?"
While the others were being greeted by their families, Sonoko was no exception.
The person who had co to pick her up was her older sister, Suzuki Ayako.
"What do you an, why?"
Ayako rolled her eyes at her sister.
"You have no idea, the business and political worlds have been in chaos for the past two days."
"Several high-profile young ladies, who influence the future of Japan's economy, ran into drug traffickers on a weekend trip. If anything had happened to you, it would've been a disaster."
"Sis, you're exaggerating. Even if sothing happened to us, it wouldn't be that big of a deal."
"Exaggerating?"
Ayako scoffed.
"Let break it down for you."
"The Shinomiya family just completed their internal restructuring, and Shinomiya Kaguya is now the confird future heir."
"The Shinomiya conglorate controls industries spanning heavy industry, light industry, and even food production."
"If sothing happened to Kaguya, the Shijo family would imdiately make a move, and the resulting conflict could shake the entire business world."
"And then there's the Sanzenin family, they just officially recognized Nagi as the heir a few days ago."
"If anything happened to her, it would throw the entire Sanzenin empire into turmoil."
"Then there's the Fujiwara family. They're in politics, her grandfather is a forr Pri Minister, and her other grandfather is still in the Cabinet. Her father and uncle are current provincial ministers, and her mother is the head of the diplomatic corps."
"If sothing happened to Fujiwara, do you really think it wouldn't cause a massive stir?"
"For the past two days, the business and political sectors have been in complete disarray because of you all."
"Dad told that the top brass at the tropolitan Police Departnt received multiple calls from the Cabinet, and they've been in etings ever since."
"...Wait, it was that serious?"
For the first ti, Sonoko truly grasped just how much influence their group wielded.
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