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”You may take this piece of advice from a son to a father: If you don't put a leash on this woman like you should have, she might not last very long” The temperature on Kazuya's finger was scorching hot but no one except for Nagisa was feeling it.

”AH!!” The heat snapped Nagisa back to her senses as she backed up onto the feet of the lawyer who was standing behind them. A red mark on her forehead could be seen but with Kazuya's finger not actually touching Nagisa's forehead, Shishio couldn't figure out what had happened.

There was one thing that was certain after this, Kazuya and Nagisa would never get along. Kazuya had already declared that although he was initially interested in Shishio, because of his wife, he would rather not go through the trouble. Though Shishio still had the option to take this to court and force Kazuya to spend time with him if he claimed that Kyouko was depriving him of his right, it would be useless since Kazuya already said what he thought about it.

There was nothing more he could do about the current situation between the two. If he persisted and forced Kazuya, he would have to suffer through with his peers knowing that he was forcing the child and was merely using him to strike back at the disadvantage their family had suffered. Although it would indeed be a blow towards Kyouko, an even greater deal of damage to their already ill reputation was unavoidable.

Shishio couldn't help but be displeased with Nagisa. He thought that this temperamental woman could help him mess with Kyouko's mentality because of their history. It turned out that she was the reason he would fail his main purpose for coming today. He was racking his brain trying to think about a solution but nothing was coming up.

”Take her back to the house. She is not feeling well” he ordered the lawyer to take the shuddering woman back.

”But sir…” The lawyer didn't want to leave him by himself. This is still enemy territory after all.

”It's fine. I'll be with my son” The situation was such that Shishio could only take the risk. The Kouzuki clan was known as a righteous clan so no matter how much they hated him, he believed that they wouldn't do anything to him because of their own moral restraint. This was also something he could do to show them that he was serious about interacting with Kazuya.

”Y-yes… We will head back once we have escorted the madam back” The lawyer politely bowed and had the escorts take Nagisa back to their vehicle.

Nagisa didn't fight it as she wanted to leave right away. She didn't make much of a fuss as she hung her head in shame as her legs continued quivering as they assisted her.

”Why are you still here?” Kazuya turned towards Shishio to ask. He didn't have any respect for this man nor did he have any intentions of calling him his father.

”I know I may be late but I really do want to get to know my own son” Shishio didn't want to budge. In his estimation, the first step was going to be the hardest so he had to play his cards right. Making himself as an example, Shishio would first lure this boy in with benefits. Only after he accepted can he begin to slowly mold this boy to his own liking.

”You've had me investigated right? You should know plenty enough about me then” Kazuya also didn't want to make things easy for Shishio. ”You should already know how busy my schedule already is so why would I complicate things especially when I know that I will NEVER get along with that filthy old bag you call your wife”

”I see…” how could Shishio not understand after being repeatedly given so many hints. ”I believe that I will be able to show you more than enough sincerity soon enough. Why don't we start from scratch?”

Kazuya didn't expect that the very first person who would be chasing him around so relentlessly like this would be a man. He wasn't a stranger to annoying people who wanted to cling to him because of his status as the summoned hero in Edea so this really felt strange to him. The worst part about this was that he had already decided to play along.

”Let's start with what you said earlier” Kazuya went straight to the point. ”I want to test just how much your words really count for. I do despise traitors after all” Kazuya took out his cell phone and showed Shishio the screen that had his bank account details in it.

”I understand” Shishio was elated. As he had predicted, Kazuya took the bait and wanted to test how trustworthy he was through suffering losses. If he was really willing and was able to show it then it wouldn't be much trouble taking this kid's affection away from his mother. ”I really don't know how much I owe in child support but I'll definitely show you my sincerity”

”Secondly, Sundays are off limits. So are the times I have my own business to attend to” Kazuya slowly discussed the schedule with Shishio. He treated it like his father needed to book appointments with him akin to a client but Shishio couldn't have it any other way.

As proud of a man Shishio is, Kyouko listened in and was surprised that he was being so cooperative. Was this proud and prideful man really succumbing to the demands of his son? Why? She was worried because she couldn't find any other reason other than Kurogane Shishio being really interested in taking her son away from her.

”You're fine with this right?” Shishio turned towards Kyouko after finally settling a schedule with Kazuya.

”I've never restricted MY son to do what he wants as long as it's within reason. Just know that if something untoward happens to him in your care…” Kyouko directed the same look her son gave Nagisa towards Shishio who couldn't help but feel a cold chill. ”No amount of wealth and influence can save you from my wrath” she warned. She was like a tiger protecting her cub. Thankfully, Shishio did not harbor any ill will towards Kazuya or he would have needed to back off just because of the threat he perceived from his mother.