Chapter 306 – Inside and Outside (2/2)

「I guess you’re right.」

「I told you I wouldn’t.」

「Sure.」

She said it almost as if Taiyou was a child.

It had been a while since Youran had joined the Juunishimas. She had always been with Taiyou.

This girl who was given the great name of Shingetsu no Kami of the Juunishima, as she was number two in the rulers of over a million people in Juunishima, and was a ruler.

Of course she had a massive amount of work.

She was the type of woman that was completely focused on her work, so much so that she would get sucked into it, and since she was so serious about the work she wouldn’t let it go, she had hit her limit trying to perform both roles.

It was basically a simple story.

「You should let some other people take over for you.」

「They can’t decide those things unless they’re me.」

「Really? Not even other Juunishima family members?」

「Members?」

「Like Sakura?」

「…Why would you mention her?」

「She’s your sister, though from a different mother.」

He said, and she froze up, angry.

「You’re not going to say anything?」

「No, but I can’t trust her at all.」

「Because she could become an enemy?」

「She’s ALREADY an enemy.」

「Youran…」

「She’s an enemy.」

She turned her face away.

She turned almost as if looking away in complete objection to him.

He sighed a bit and put his hand under her chin and turned it to him.

「Hey, what are you trying to do?」

「You said that you’d make me the king of Juunishima before.」

「…why do you bring that up?」

「If so, then listen to my order, and give more of the work over to Sakura.」

「But…」

「Youran.」

He took on a stronger tone, and looked straight at her.

「Give her the work to do.」

「…no matter what?」

「Yes, at least so that you don’t pass out from exhaustion, I know you’re overworked, and it makes me anxious.」

「Okay, if you say so…」

She said in a pleading way.

He silently sighed again.

Even though it sounded like he was asking too much from her, it was also clear that she didn’t understand why.

But she still responded as if she did.

「At least, to be honest, I need you to give some things to others to do so you don’t get hurt.」

「Why?」

「Don’t you understand that something bad will happen to you if you don’t?」

「…something bad?」

Youran seemed to wince, and then he said, worried,

「It happens all the time. Like the father that works so hard, when he comes home his own kid asks the mom 『Who’s this old man?』… that’s the course you’re on right now.」

「No way!」

「If it happens in our family, think about it. Whenever one of the wives has a kid, they’re going to ask it about you, right? Kotone, Suzune, Kazane, Kohaku, Aoba, Akiha…all of them.」

「I don’t know anything about those new wives.」

「Ok, then what if Aoba has kids…」

「Um…」

「We all raise the kids together. The kids look at all the wives as her mother. But then they’ll see you as some unknown woman.」

「No they won’t!」

Youran sat straight up.

Taiyou didn’t want to have to say all this, and now Youran’s face was pale.

「And in addition…」

「What?」

「You can spend more time with whoever you give the extra work to.」

Hearing this, her pale face suddenly turned red.