Chapter 224 – Youran Epilogue (1/2)
Chapter 223 - Queen and King and Princess Chapter 225: Aoba / The Bride’s Home
Translator: Ranzan
「Whoa…」
「Is this…」
「Is a traditional Japanese restaurant?」
As soon as the entered the room, the Hasegawa sisters looked around the place with a sense of wonder.
A warm lighting with an interior design that had a traditional look using mostly wood.
From an open window they could hear a tilting bamboo fill with water and tip with a clonk, clonk along with the murmuring of a small stream.
It was a place that surely had the image of a traditional Japanese restaurant, at least as far as the kimono-wearing hostess had show them.
「I see, quite the place.」
「It’s nice that it’s so quiet.」
While the three sisters gazed around in wonder, Kohaku and Aoba who followed them were the opposite, calmly taking it in.
Those two seemed like they walked into a local, clean family restaurant instead.
The sisters were shocked.
「Nice and quiet?」
「Why are you two so relaxed about this?」
「It’s a traditional Japanese restaurant! Traditional!」
The three sisters continued with their chorus of voices. They were all very surprised at the other two’s reaction, but the other two had their own reasons for their lack of interest.
「After living for around 90 years, you don’t get as impressed that much anymore.」
「My mother always liked placed like this, so my father always took us to restaurants like this.」
「「「I see!」」」
「Well, it’s a nice place. It’s the type of place you three could get used to from now.」
Finally, the twin tail Youran entered the room.
Youran exchanged a look with the hostess and she left, closing the sliding door.
In the room was only those women…the wives of Taiyou.
「Sit down.」
Youran said as she sat at the end of the table, while the others took their individual seats.
They left the head of the table open, and each sat down.
「First, I want to say I am extremely delighted to be invited here…」
「Could you stop with the jokes?」
Youran spurted out.
「Heh heh heh, sorry about that.」
「Um, why did you bring us all here?」
Aoba asked with a searching tone.
「It’s like a meet-and-greet, we’re all going to be his girls after all, so we should be doing this together, right?」
「Are you okay with doing this?」
「What are you trying to do by having this celebration?」
「A few things…well, first is…」
Kohaku put her pointer finger up.
「…the fact that our husband now has seven wives.」
Kohaku began the statement, which Youran finished.
「You said it already, my family’s great grandmother had 49 people.
That’s the type of family I was born into. A woman with a whole bunch of women, hard to think about nowadays. Hard to even imagine.」
「I see, since she was a distinguished woman she already had that ability, right?」
「Yes.」
Youran nodded, while Kohaku stuck out her middle finger too and also asked:
「Let me ask you this, are you going to challenge his first and most legitimate wife?!」
「「「Kohaku-san!」」」
The three sisters looked at Kohaku with an expression of shock. What is she saying, their faces seemed to say.
As Kohaku’s rude question, Youran responded with a cool and calm face.
「There’s no reason for me to do that.」
Youran answered nonchalantly.
There’s no intention for her to do that, was Kohaku’s response of seeming trust.
「I see.」
「Yes, but if he’s going to ditch all of his other wives but one, I think the result may be different.」
「「「Taiyou-san won’t do that!」」」
The three sisters shouted in unison.
「He won’t do that, but really…」
Youran said, and looked at the others.
「He’d be happy if we all got along together.」
From that, it was the first time that Youran had a sullen look about her.
「Back then you said it, what he always said to you. That he would make you all happy, he would make everyone happy.」
「Yes, Natsuno-kun always said that.」
「If that’s so, then we should get along to make him happy, right?」
「Heh heh heh.」
Kohaku laughed deep in her throat, as Youran responded, puzzled.
「What’s with that laugh?」
「If we get along, then husband will be happy, yes, that’s true. But, do you know why that’s so?」
「Why what’s so?」