"... so I thought... people's faces, if you don't look at them for a while, you won't know."

In the morning...... from my sister Sho's cruiser, I came back in Ferrari.

Suburbs of Los Angeles… This is the mansion my sister Minaho rents.

At that poolside table, we finished breakfast and had tea.

Sister Minaho, Ning, Meg, Mana, Edie... and Sister Xiang and me.

Sister Shang is dressed from last night's red dress to the sporty outfit of the t-shirt and shortbread that was inside the cruiser.

"Were you so shocked about your father?

Meg asks me.

"... yeah"

I told Sister Xiang… I was telling everyone about the fate of my breakup with my father.

I didn't tell Meg and Mana because it was just before I left for Los Angeles.

Or... it took me a while to sort my mind out.

To Ning... I spoke on the boat after I left Hawaii.

Edie is... you know what I mean? Nico is laughing.

"Missing in April... it's August now, isn't it? About, four months. Yet... the first time I've seen my father's face in a long time, it was something different."

"... Different?

"Yeah, Meg... I don't know what to say, you said your face was warped, you said it was Daldal... anyway, it wasn't like my father's face in my memory. Before, I should have had more... spine stretches, as a shan, and a face or something refreshing. Always nagging, on the back of the cat...... it feels like all I have to say is' sorry 'and' is that right 'and' thank you '"

I wasn't... angry.

What about my father that day?

"No, of course... he's my father. He's my father. My face is. But... it's like someone else." Who is this guy? The atmosphere was so different. "

Yes, rather than my father... I felt like I met my father's ghost.

"A salaried man escaped from his workplace... in a land he had no idea of, and worked for. That's also because... he was diving into a workplace where he would hire people with little possession, no place to stay, and no guarantee of identity. You're going to be crazy."

That's what Sister Minaho says.

"Well, a new job in a land you don't know after forty is a tight one."

Ning tells me.

"It's an unfamiliar task, and I guess someone younger than me yells at me. What I've been doing with my life, my pride has been a mess."

It's... I don't even know.

"But... if I were a parent. In front of the kid, I wanted you to hold on. In front of my Minaho sister and my lawyer...... I can't believe I'm showing such an outrageous attitude"

Just humble...... keep your heart shut.

I kept leaning down, only looking inside myself.

I didn't see anything at all about me being a child......

"I now look at it with an objective eye... I think. I wonder if your father would have lost you.

... Sister Minaho?

"Because you... are completely different from when your father disappeared"

... me?

"I... always have been me."

"Yes, your heart has always been you. But you... you've changed a lot."

My outer surface... has changed?

"Yeah. I used to not be that grand with my spine stretched out. You always seemed uncomfortable, and you were talking in a little voice."

Oh... if you say so.

"Even my hair is decent now. That day, the outfit wasn't a student outfit, it was a suit for me, was it?

If you want to see your father because of this...

By entering the Black Forest house for an adopted child, don't let your father worry......

He said I should go in a fine suit... my sister Keko.

"Your father is the one...... 'Is this really your own son?' I think he was surprised. And I think you've embarrassed me."

... embarrassed?

"The missing self... is even in a miserable situation. I've abandoned you to Tokyo, and I'm sure your father would have imagined you were in a miserable state."

... That would be right.

My father... left me only one bank ledger.

My son, who had just become a high school student... had no balance left to live on his own in the future.

Even in that house, I didn't know how long I could stay...

My father and his divorced mother... could have added a lot of difficulty.

My father doesn't have any relatives.

Mother's lovers...... they all hate their mothers. And then there's me.

The company the father worked for has to do with his mother's home...

... that is.

I didn't have a single person in the world I could count on.

As it was... my life was almost packed.

"Finally, I couldn't help myself and you talked to the school. So, the school... talked to an institution like that... so I happened to find a serious person who would take you on as an adopted child. As your father, I think that's all you've ever known."

Sister Minaho...... says so.

"If you can accept the adoption... your future expenses will all be paid for by the adopter, and he says he will abandon all Yoshida houses and property remaining in Tokyo. I also sent transportation and accommodation to Tokyo... and as for your father, 'That would be nice. Now my son's problem came with a piece. I'm not heartbroken by what I've abandoned to Tokyo anymore. I was lucky. Lucky for me'... that's just how I felt, I came back to Tokyo with Hoi Hoi... maybe"

... right... right.

"That's how it was... I mishandled it. Talking to your father... you could have used the lawyer's teacher's office or the rented conference room at the public facility. But I... I used a first-rate hotel coffee room the same way I always do."

The customers Sister Minaho usually deals with... are all famous people in the financial world.

So I chose a place where I would meet with those people.

"And that lawyer teacher too...... Kazuki was chosen, because he was a super first-rate teacher. In your father's image, I thought there was going to be a more common-law attorney like the one the bureau counselor would introduce you to?

Hey, I see...

"I'll give it to you, you and me... because you showed up dressed up"

Yeah, I was in a suit... and Sister Minaho was in a suit of expensive branded goods because she was meeting my father.

"What do you mean? Yo's father... Yo showed up dressed in a worn out outfit... and there was a school teacher and a lawyer who came by to introduce him to the bureau."

Ning is confused.

"And a house called Black Forest that's trying to adopt him... he wouldn't be extremely poor, but it wouldn't be that big a house... I guess he was thinking"

Sister Minaho says.

"But... because this man appeared fine. And my lawyer and I felt that the Kuromori family was a very wealthy house... and I was so surprised."

"Huh... what?!

I don't think Ning knows.

"... because it's about me."

I... answered.

"To a child like me... to a child I've thrown away... I don't understand and I'm not convinced that luck will come that far"

"Yeah. I broke up with this guy... in the same four months, and he says he's suffering at the bottom of society, but his son is getting lucky stories coming down. Why is this different? I'm not convinced... I guess that's what happened."

So against the Minaho sisters...... it makes me so humble.

Ignore me.

"But if your father was a person of inferior character... I'd be angry, so I'd crush your adoption story, wind up a lot of money from me... and that's the kind of bad work that would come into play. And yet your father didn't do that..."

Sister Minaho will follow you......

"No, I'm not. Whatever you did, you abandoned me and disappeared... as guilt first. So I just didn't say that."

I... think so.

Here's where Gone...... If they argue 'What the Father Who Left His Child Says', I have no choice but to reply.

That lawyer had quite a penetration... and even Sister Minaho is compelling.

I no longer have to shut up and accept the story of my adoption... it gets more and more humiliating.

"No... Because you're your brother's father, aren't you? Even though you're a parent...... then, in the end, you're not thinking about your brother. Come on!

Mana gets angry.

"If you think about it... you won't abandon me and disappear in the first place"

I... laugh bitterly.

"Yeah. From start to finish...... that's who he was. Me and that guy have blood connections... but not 'parents and kids'. It wasn't even" family. "

"... Yoshi-kun"

Meg holds my shoulder.

"So this was good. To that guy...... and the fact that Sister Minaho didn't have to take care of her re-employment...... and the fact that she didn't have to give out the 'deposit' that she was asking her lawyer teacher to... I'm glad I didn't have to give him anything."

Yoshida's house and land... and the bank ledger my father left me returned.

I don't owe you anything anymore.

Clearly...... I can break up.

"Oh no... you look cute. Your brother is pathetic!

Mana is... crying.

Mana also has a... abandoned past to her family.

"But I... I've noticed one thing."

Sister Minaho looks at me.

"That dark, dizzy... leaning over with your cat back... closing your heart and staying in a closing cage inside you... only talking to Boso in a small voice, if you look at your father..."

Yeah, it was horrible...... how's my dad doing? What's he like?

It was pathetic. It was lame.

As much as I wanted to turn away... it was dark.

"I remember you back in the day...... you just came into high school"

... Me?

"That's what happened... you"

Sister Minaho laughs nicely.

"That's now... so grand... so splendid."

Me... Was that it?

Oh, yeah... I am.

"You are abandoned by your father, left alone... your father abandoned you and fled Tokyo alone... So, as I saw in the mirror... I think we're both in the same condition. I closed my heart in solitude..."

...... yeah.

As I endured that dark night... alone...

My father, too, was so far away from Tokyo... I knew he was alone and in pain.

"You've overcome so many things from such a terrible situation… So I have you now. I'm proud of you. Now that I know... I'm glad I could talk to your father."

That's what Sister Minaho told me.

"No, my... it's not something I could have done on my own. It's all because of everyone. Because everyone was there... because they led me out, and I was able to crawl out of that dark hell. This is everyone's power. I'm the one... thanking everyone. Thanks...... guys!!!

... right.

If I hadn't met the 'family'...

I'm still in that dark mud.

... like my father.

"Sister Minaho...... thanks. He was in such a terrible state... he called me."

I thank Sister Minaho...

"No... I was just trying to use you back then. I'm the one who saved you, thank you."

That's what Sister Minaho told me.

"Oh, well, stop... because if you keep going any further, the 'thank you' tournament won't stop!

Ning enters between me and Sister Minaho.

"Hmm, but hey... I miss it now! Yeah, I did. Hey. Yo, in the beginning...... talk to me and you're always thrilled! Yeah, you had a dopey habit, didn't you? When did you heal?

What... me?

... Was I?

...... oh.

If you told me so... I might have.

"Oh, brother... there was no such thing as a creepy habit."

Mana says.

"Well, by the time I got to know Mana, she was already cured!

"No, Sister Ning...... it's not!

Meg says... with a strange face.

"I've been a classmate with Yoshi-kun since this past April... but I didn't have the habit of being a dork with Yoshi-kun!

... Yep.

Meg, that's simply......

Have you completely forgotten about me at the time...

By then, I wasn't interested in me at all... am I impressed?

Either way, I guess.

Maybe...... it's both.

"But I did... when I was in school, I was a little dark and I didn't talk to everyone. Since when do you look so good?

"Oh, Meg... I'm not dressed up, am I?

"You look great. Looking at Yoshi-kun... I can't stop being thrilled"

... that.

"Yeah, your brother looks great. Me, too, I think. When we first met, my hair was weird... but now, it's decent."

That's... missouri's hobby.

"Always, because we all take care of Yo...... while we get better and better!

In Ning's words, Sister Minaho laughs... couscous.

"Ning... you haven't noticed"

"... Huh?

"When you're in the mansion... you divide his hair right every morning, don't you? Then, after that, Emmi is fixing it to the left."

... Mm-hmm.

I... kept my mouth shut.

"Seeing that, Ning fixes her hair again... and then when I see Hye Mi, I fix her hair again. You guys are fixing his hair over and over all day."

Yes... what is it?

"What, I didn't even notice!

"Ah, so am I... Sister Ning, Yoshi-kun's hair, were you splitting it?

"No... because when I saw Yo, it was a habit to fix my hair"

"Me too."

The seller time for lunch break bread, batted by two......

I'm wearing a cooking hat.

Neither, I don't touch my hair.

"I knew. I mean, missouri sister, she has the same habit. When I see your brother, first I touch your brother's hair."

Even with Mizuzu, this is how my hair has to be... I'm very committed to it.

"Don't you Micchan or Luli?!

"Michi and Luli are the types who want to be touched, not from themselves..."

That's right. Mana is right.

They're gonna stick to me for a second.

And I have the 'touch me' eye.

"What about Mana like that?

"I... am a woman who can give her a minute."

Mana answers Ning's question.

Mana can touch or be touched... and make me like her.

Get in my sight... I'm waiting for my voice to hang.

"Atashi jumps when he sees Darling"

Yeah, Edie...... that's what you are.

My body... don't break with Pokin in time.

By the way, all of a sudden you show up... 'Dad, please have sex...!' That's Anise.

"What about Sister Gramm? Although I have the image that Sister G is fixing Yo's hair or something?

Ning asks.

"Sister Keiko... it's only in the morning or when we go out. I don't touch my hair every time I meet you, like Ya or Meg."

"Oh, well... that's why I have a strong impression!

Ning is... convinced.

"What about you? Brother, you stay at your house once a week, right?

Mana asks.

"... in the morning, if my hair is weird, he'll hand me a hairbrush."

"... Hand it to me?

"I mean look in the mirror yourself and fix it. Because I also educate Mao to do as much as possible about herself... Me too"

"That's right, Mother......!

Meg admires it.

"Me too. Because I respect this child's autonomy. I don't talk about hair or fashion."

Sister Minaho said that.

"No-ha-hoo. By the way... how was it this morning?!

Ning sees Nihihi and Sister Xiang.

"Wow, I'm better... I had my hair combed"

Shy, Sister Xiang answers.

"What about Yo's hair?

"... next time be sure!

... Huh?

"Sister Shang... my hair, you wanted to fix it?

"'Cause... a woman's opinion on a man's hair... thought they might think it was business..."

Become Sidromodoro...... Sister Sho.

"No, I... I don't care about that"

"Ugh, yeah... ok"

With a bright red face, tell me.

"Speaking of which, how's Ray? Brother?"

Mana asks......

Um, Ray...

"Ray, I'm still into sex right now... and, look, you're a very physical sister, right?

"Yeah."

"So... always, because you'll be in a hurry to get up and get ready. We can't afford to fix each other's hair."

Even in the morning, until the hour is critical...... because we are having sex.

The women... silence themselves with the scene.

"... Me too, that's what I'll do next!

"No! Ning, sister!

Ning and Meg stare at each other.

◇ ◇ ◇

After this afternoon... Kyoko came to visit.

Miss Cordelia and... take Mr. Golby, who looks grumpy.

"What's going on?

Sister Minaho asks Kyoko.

"No... this kid really wants to hold Ning, cry to Cordelia"

"Uh, no! Me!"

Ning rebels against Kyoko's words.

"Liar. I made him give up on that... because this kid's been a little too oita lately... trying to punish me. Edie, you there?"

"I feel the signs of Kyoko and he's hiding"

Edie is a master at feeling 'chi'.

And I don't like Kyoko and the others.

Or... all the lesbians.

"Hey, can you bring me in? I was going to ask her to make this Nikita Gorbachev a kotempan."

... to Edie?

"Han! I know what that girl is capable of...... sister! I was with her until I arrived in Los Angeles!

Golby answers in fluent Japanese.

"Use halfway moves, the color you can't do. Don't be a black girl! You're not my opponent.

Fluffy, milky blonde hair, blue eyes.

Amazingly white skin.

Today, I'm wearing something... like a white rider suit that fits my body.

Whoever sees it knows it's Russian...... she's a slutty beautiful girl......

This guy has a bad mouth, anyway. Bad mess.

"Ma, I'll admit you're adorable there. But, Cordelia, the kid your sister let go of the collection, right? That's all there is to it… polishing coal doesn't make it a gem! More than that... this one... Ning is fantastic. Hey, sis... I'm here because of you! After all, let's take this Ning home! This is the person you deserve to fit in your sister's jewelry box. Wow!

Against Ning... laughing indiscreetly.

"I don't like it. I've told you so many times!

Fight, Ning.

"Ugh! Some guy tricked me...... he looks so cute! If only I had your sister's forgiveness, I would always give you true joy......!

Yeah......

Mr. Golby is seventeen... although Ning is older.

But for this lesbian supremacist lady... she doesn't have anything to do with that.

The sequence of the world is… The Lord, Miss Cordelia, Himself Other Women.

The man... thinks he should be extinct from the world.

"It was a pleasant trip with you... only one person, though it was a reminder of the smell..."

You're talking about me.

By the way, on a ten-day itinerary... Mr. Golby never spoke to me of a man.

When we need to talk, we only talk through Ning or Edie.

Besides, don't let me know... always in English...

This is because I watch Ray fight on TV... even though Mr. Golby knows he speaks Japanese well.

Instead, because I have high Japanese proficiency...... I guess I was promoted to Ray's rival.

That's what I'm talking about in Japanese now... Kyoko and Miss Cordelia are forcing me to.

So deliberately... say something that sticks up to me.

"I don't know... you're a bad boy."

Kyoko laughs.

"Well... I knew I'd have to break this tall nose once."

Mr. Golby's owner...... Miss Cordelia says the same.

"Oops, Cordelia, even your sister, you said that! I don't like it! I wonder how neither of you know how I feel!

Mr. Golby... says so.

"You're my sweet little cat... but I'm reflecting on whether you raised a little too much without the public knowing. So this time, I sent him to Japan."

"Sister... I went to Japan and found my strength! There doesn't seem to be a single person in that island country with the strength to beat me. That Reihua girl is better as a Japanese...... Kukukuku...... I've been out of my hands for a long time to make an equal fight with that one! Honestly, it's hard to deal with the lower levels!

I'm not here, even Ray's bad mouth...... I'll tell you.

"So... you can beat Edie easily, huh? She's sixteen years younger than you. No way... you don't lose to younger kids, do you?

Miss Cordelia... stirs.

"Isn't it obvious... as I said earlier, I, on the road to LA, have lost track of her strength"

"Heh... so what if we lose?

Kyoko laughs... nigga.

"You can't lose...... Kukuku...... what kind of joke is that, sister Kyoko? Ahahahahaha, that's funny... isn't it?

Kyoko... look at me.

"Hey, why don't you make a bet? Edie vs. this girl."

... Huh?

"Right... if this kid wins, Ning gets taken. If Edie wins..."

"... I'll give you this girl"

said Miss Cordelia.

"I can't do that"

I said.

"Oh, wise thing...... you stink man. Sounds like you know the difference between me and that girl."

Mr. Golby says...

"It's not. My 'family' is not a good place to bet. You can't bet on Ning."

I'll be straight...... see Mr. Golby.

"And then, my Edie... is many times stronger than Mr. Golby."

Mr. Golby's cheeks quiver.

"Ah, I knew this stinking man... sounds like a bottomless dumb dog......!!!

... Anyway, Kyoko and the others want Edie and Golby to fight.

I don't know why...

"Whatever... that color black girl, take me. Because I will kill you instantly............!!!

Ni and...... laugh.

I...

"Really... Mr. Golby, you seem to have a bad eye"

……

"Edie would have been there earlier......!

... right.

There's no way Edie won't protect us from our family...

Kill the signs... I was just hiding in this place.

"… O.K., Darling"

From behind the tree...... it appears sooooooooooooooooo.

While Ning was attracting Mr. Golby's awareness... the evacuation of Mana and Meg is also over.

"... don't kill me"

I ordered Edie.