Chapter 426: Partner of Fate (1/2)

Aoba had returned to her family’s home, the Miyagi household.

Three mothers and one beloved daughter, catching up on life.

“Is that the person who injured Mio-san?”

Taiyou’s seventh bride, Sakura. Atsuko was asking about her.

“Ah…”

Aoba looked at Mio, the only one in the room wearing a maid uniform. She was taken aback by the question.

She apparently hadn’t realized it until now.

She began to panic slightly.

“That’s wrong, Atsuko-sama. The perpetrator is someone else, and it wasn’t a line of command either. They just so happened to be part of the same organization.”

“Mother?”

“Well well well, Mio-san, aren’t we the informed one here…”

“It’s to be expected.”

Nazuna said.

“Mio-san does indeed know the full details, at least about the family over there. She’s been keeping tabs on Aoba the whole time to make sure nothing happens to her.”

“It’s only to be expected.”

Mio remarked nonchalantly.

“Oh, well I guess that makes sense, yup yup.”

Atsuko nodded as well, understanding the situation.

Aoba was astonished to suddenly hear all this. Mio’s adoration for Aoba had convinced her that it was only reasonable to do such a thing; that it would in fact be crazy not to monitor her.

“But wow, my idiotic son really outdid himself this time. The madlad actually made a former enemy into his wife.”

“That’s Natsuno-kun for you.”

“Pffft, this girl just bragged about her man.”

“So what? You all brag about your husband on a regular basis.”

“Well yeah.”

“Just keeps growing, doesn’t it. So now we’re at—-”

Nazuna counted on her fingers. Aoba answered before she could finish.

“Seven.”

“Not nine?”

Atsuko asked a perfectly reasonable question.

“No, isn’t it actually ten?”

Mio asked, clearly having caught on to something.

“Well, the sisters are all one person. And Juurokuya isn’t even a bride.”

“Seems to be getting quite complicated. Guess I’ll hafta grab that dumb boy and get it straight from his mouth.”

“I will prepare a truth serum for such an event.”

“Let’s have that be the last resort.”

But she never said they wouldn’t be using it. On one hand, you had Atsuko all revved up to use the serum, whereas Nazuna appeared calm but seemed to also have a persistent nature to her.

“No, how about you just not do that.”

Aoba said with a grimace.

Atsuko would probably object, but affairs in this household, or the actions of the three female leaders, were generally decided by a parliamentary system.

With both Mio and Nazuna banding together, there was a high chance they would take the helm.

Of course none of this would likely have an effect on Taiyou by this point, nor would he allow those around him…such as Ruri and all the other brides, to be subjected to this (in more ways than one).

Still, she felt she should at least warn them.

Because there was a slim chance it might happen.

“But wow, how many people is it gonna be from now on?”

“No, you don’t need to worry about that.”

Aoba declared.

“Why?”

“Uhh…”

Aoba chose her next words carefully so that her mothers would quickly understand.

“Natsuno-kun’s main wives are seven, that’s been decided.”

“Hmm, so the rest will be concubines, in other words.”

“So that’s where you’ve decided to draw the line.”

“…”