Spring vacation.

Yucho was back at home.

As Yu string dressed in a change of clothes walks along the edge.....

"Tsukimi sake? Father."

"Oh, the moon was beautiful tonight."

Yustring's father answered with a glass in his hand.

Kazuya Takase.

The glass glass contains clear ice and golden liquor.

Quarter, he is dressed in Japanese clothes, sitting on the edge and drinking.....

It seemed strange.

"If it's Tsukimi sake, isn't it Japanese sake?

Yucho sat next to Waya and said so.

Then Kazuya returned in a slightly recalcitrant tone.

"Isn't that nice?I like this one better. "

Say so, pour alcohol into the other glass you had prepared.

And I handed it to Yu String.

"You like this one better, don't you?... you certainly liked it straight, right?

"Drinking alcohol with my son, who's been in high school for two years in a month... he's a bad father."

Yucho joked and said such a thing.....

He took the glass and put the liquor in his mouth.

Then take the chopsticks and pick the stew in front of you.

I chewed the potatoes and smiled bitterly after swallowing them.

"For whiskey dishes, what is a stew?"

"I was told to consume leftovers if I wanted to drink it...."

"Hahaha....."

A mother pressed the leftovers of dinner against her father came to mind.

It's not that Kazuya will never be able to raise her head to her wife, Kaiyu, but rather Kaiyu is able to make up Kazuya.....

I can't seem to insist on this at a time like this.

"I hear you sent Elisha an engagement ring.I heard from Tenjo-san. "

Waya laughs bitterly after saying so.

"You sent me something pretty good.... it's been hard, isn't it?

"No, well... I was wondering if I could still give it to you as an engagement ring."

"Hmm, well... feelings are important, but the quality and effort of gifts can be an indicator of feelings."

Waya narrowed her eyes.

Then ask Yu Chong.

"By the way, just in case... you know you're going to buy a formal engagement ring as a Takase River house, right?

"Well... of course.Alisa would also like to choose her own engagement ring.I... sent it as a proposal. "

When Yuji answered that, Waya nodded satisfactorily.

"If you know what I mean, that's fine.... even if the next successor of Takase River, even though it is a famous brand, it is not very good to send the existing products to my fiancée. "

The ring that Yuji sent to Aisha is by no means cheap.

Rather, it is too expensive given that high school students bought it for a part-time job.

However, the Takase River family is an inexpensive category.

"I don't know what that means....."

"Dissatisfied?"

"No, well, yeah.The higher the price, the better. "

When Yushi answered in that way, Waya began to speak in a tone that she would teach.

"A very important engagement ring for my most important fiancée...."

"Will a man who sends us cheap money at an engagement ring help us fund ourselves?Will you invest?Isn't it inconvenient for the next successor... to think so?I know. "

When Yushi said so to block the words of Waya, Waya raised her mouth with joy.

"You know very well.The gold slice is the edge slice.No one will follow or help anyone who won't make a profit. "

"Isn't there a relationship in the world that you can't buy with money?

When Yu String says that in half rebellion and half joke.....

Waya shrugged her shoulders in a soothing manner.

"Surprised. Do you want to cultivate deep love and friendship with politicians, investors, the media, bureaucratic aunts?Well, I won't stop it. "

"Oh, no... is that just about money?"

When Yu String said that with a bitter smile, Waya slapped Yu String in the back in a good mood.

"That's good. Friendship and love are noble because they can't be cut off with money, and can be relied upon in times of need.Take care of yourself. "

"You don't have to tell me."

Yucho replied shortly and put his mouth on the glass.

As I roll my liquor over my tongue... I think of Elyssa.

"My most important opponent is Elizabeth."

"Suddenly in love, what's wrong?

"How far did Dad know?

Earlier, Yucho asked his father while lowering the tone.

Waya still smiles, but her eyes calmly return to Yu String.

"What did you know?

"About the home environment in Alisa"

Slightly.

Just a little... air.

"Aisha's home environment is not very good.My aunt is violent. "

"... hmm, is that true?

"Don't get confused.You can't know what I know. "

Yu String cut back with a calm voice.

"To the next successor of the Takase River.Of course... you checked everything in advance, didn't you?It's easy to use a good temple. "

The person who will be the wife of the next successor of the Takase River must not have “problems.”

Height to Weight, Three Sizes, Illness or Not, Education, Personality, Ideas, Religion, Past, and Relationships....

I should have looked into it thoroughly.

Waya and her grandfather, Zongchon, can't be unaware that even Yu Chong can easily be perceived.

"You know, you didn't do anything, you didn't tell me anything."

Yustring said so in a blaming tone.

Then Kazuya....

"Nothing. I thought you'd understand without telling me."

I quickly admitted that I knew and kept quiet.

And I smiled bitterly.

"You can tell by looking at the expression and attitude without looking in the first place.I knew at a glance that she didn't want to marry and that she was afraid of her adoptive parents.... it would be stranger not to know. "

Even the shallow strings of life experience made sense.

I can't imagine Kazuya, who has gained much more life experience than Yushi.

"You always told me to stay with the press."

"Well, yes.... I thought you'd get hurt.As you wish... even though I have brought a girl who is close to your desire, that child's reluctance to marry you... "

Yuki didn't want to get engaged in the first place, so she wouldn't hurt anything else.

But as a parent, I have a legitimate concern about my son.....

But shouldn't it still be important to tell her that her fiancé's home environment may be abused?

When Yu String tried to question me like that.....

"And I didn't think it was that important."

I didn't have any bad feelings, I said so lightly.

"The important thing is that she is the daughter of Tenjo.... no, in the first place, we don't have any reason to worry about the daughter of Tenjo.If you don't get married, it won't interfere with the deal. "

Waya personally likes Elisa at Yuki Castle, as a human being and as his son's fiancée.

But, but...

The value I find in Aisha is that she is a friend of Naoki Tenjo.....

Only in that it is very close, even if it does not fully match my son's impossible task.

"Isn't it important?"

"Of course, Tenjo-san hates Alisa more, so if you think it doesn't matter, it's a problem.... when I was asked in the first phase of the negotiation, what about my two daughters who were closer to my son, I wondered if they were licking me.I think they're going to push the needy over here. "

From Waya's point of view, it was more convenient for Tenjo Meiko, her real daughter, to have a blood connection than Aisha, who had no direct blood connection with Tenjo Naoki.

That's why I asked for Tenjo Mei at first.

... but Yu String suddenly turned to Aisha because he wanted the blonde, emerald eyes, white tits, beautiful girl "Arisa".

"But amazingly... he seems to be equally loving both.Well, what do you mean?You're clumsy, he is.However, it is convenient for us.If it's a one-sided “one-sided" feeling from Tenjo-san to Irisa-san... this is advantageous. "

Alisa is a bridge connecting the Takase River and Tenjo, and at the same time it is a chain.

Normally, such tactical marriages tie the other party, but we must also be prepared to tie the other side to some extent.....

If Naoki Tenjo values Aisha unilaterally, while Aisha does not remember the good feelings towards Naoki Tenjo and the Tenjo family, it is very convenient for the Takase River.

Because it is unlikely that Aisha will benefit Tenjo.

"Well, let me be honest with you.So... are you angry after all?

In response to the question of Waya.....

Yu String quietly shook his neck vertically.

"Do you have someone who treats your loved one as a tool... and doesn't get angry?Even if it's your real father. "

"... yes, you're right.I'm totally sorry.Of course I know how you feel. [M]I was furious when my father treated me as a tool. "

It was an apology, but at the same time, it seemed like it was saying this.

You're one of my own.

Yu String sighed quietly.

"I don't think it's about apologizing for the past, it's about the future.Let's talk constructively, Dad. "

"Hmm, what's a constructive story?

'Cause I'm the most important thing about Elizabeth.

Yu String clearly declared so.

"Important means double.I definitely don't want to let Elyssa go, and at the same time I want to make Elyssa happy.Of course, with my hands. "

"Hmm... so?

"The Takase River is the second or the only way."

That's how Yucho saw his father's face.

I used to look up, but now Yu String looks down slightly.

"So if you try to take Alisa away from me or make Alisa unhappy, I will make you disobey me with all my might."

"Rebellion... specifically?

"Let me break the house."

The smile disappeared from Waya's expression.

The two stared, no, at each other.

"That's troublesome... very troublesome.If you get caught up in a house disturbance that involves a subdivision, it's gonna be a big deal. "

"Yeah, that's right, Dad.Nothing is more foolish and unproductive than fighting between family members. "

Kazuya nodded in agreement with Yucho's words.

He touched his chin and raised his mouth slightly.

"Hmm, but... paradoxically, as long as Eilisa is around, you can't defy me."

"That's right.And if you don't want me to be your enemy, you have to treat Elyssa as your family. "

A period of silence dominated the scene.

The air that was squeezing against the pin...

"... ufufu, haha, ahahahaha!!

"Ngh, haha, ahahaha!!

The laughter eased them all at once.

Waya laughed joyfully.

"Yu Chong, I'll tell you something.I'm not a man without blood or tears.I... want your son to be happy, and I want him to be with someone I like, and I want him to be in love.And if you're my son's fiancé, of course I respect you. "

On the other hand, Yu String answers while chewing off the laughter.

"Of course, you know.... I love you, Father.More than anyone in the world. "

And they lifted the glass.

"The prosperity of the Takase River..."

Eternal parent-child bond.

The katsun, the glass and the glass touch each other.

"Cheers"