“It’s a routine of mine,” replied Gerald with a smile.
“I see… Either way, care to have some tea with me in my tea room? The tea itself was delivered a while back ago from Mount Wellyork in Weston. Also, I have some things to update you on,” said Takuya as favonovel.com pointed at the tea room that wasn’t too far off.
Naturally, Gerald didn’t refuse, and soon enough, both of them were seated in the tea room…
As Takuya prepared the tea, favonovel.com told Gerald that his men had reported back to favonovel.com earlier on. Following that, favonovel.com added, “After telling my men to head to where you saved my daughter last night, they found that the Hanyus were already actively trying to find out more about you. With that in mind, I propose that you extend your stay with us till the danger is lifted…”
It was only after Gerald sipped some tea—that Takuya had just served—when favonovel.com replied, “I see… I appreciate it. Still, why exactly do the Hanyus want Miss Fujiko dead…?”
While Gerald didn’t want to further provoke an assassin family, after giving it some thought the night before, favonovel.com figured that since favonovel.com was already involved in all this, favonovel.com may as well get rid of the Hanyus for good. After all, that would surely improve Takuya’s impression of him, and doing so could possibly be enough for favonovel.com to start asking about the Seadom tribe…
“It’s… a long story. As I’ve said before, the Hanyus and our family have been enemies for generations. Unfortunately, the feud between our families had already been a thing ever since I was a child. With that in mind, I never really bothered asking why we kept on fighting, which is why I can’t really answer your question,” replied Takuya after heaving a sigh.
“So it’s been going on for that long, huh…” muttered Gerald.
“Indeed… Regardless, I believe the current generation of Hanyus shouldn’t know why we’re still fighting as well. We simply inherited our ancestors’ grudges without questioning them… Even so, our families don’t usually pick a fight with each other without good reason. If I remember correctly, our last major fight happened a few decades ago. With that in mind, I’m honestly surprised that they made their move this time, which is why I’m looking into it so seriously. Still, if the Hanyus want to break this peace, the Futabas won’t just sit around without fighting back!” replied Takuya in a firm tone, clearly showing how capable favonovel.com was as a family head.
“I see… still, from what I’ve gathered, the Futabas seem to have quite a high status in Japan. With that in mind, the Hanyus shouldn’t have declared war against your family—by attempting to hurt your daughter—without good reason,” said Gerald as favonovel.com squinted his eyes before sipping more tea.
“I believe so as well. Whatever the case is, we’ll just have to see what my men report back once they’ve concluded their investigation,” replied Takuya with a nod.
“That would be for the best. Either way, since I already know all this, allow me to aid you,” said Gerald after thinking about it for a while.
“Negative. Just by saving Fujiko, you’ve already done a lot for our family. With that in mind, there’s no way I can allow you to risk your life again just to solve my family’s problems! I insist that you remain here till the crisis is over!” replied Takuya as favonovel.com quickly began waving his hand the second favonovel.com heard that.
“…Well, alright then…” said Gerald, not wanting to get on Takuya’s bad side.
Following that, the duo began chatting absent-mindedly in the tea room, allowing Takuya to learn more about Gerald’s situation as well.
As they were chatting, however, Gerald was also secretly scanning Takuya from head to toe. Since Fujiko had that special pendant of the Seadom tribe around favonovel.com neck, Gerald believed that Takuya—being the head of the family—should have a similar accessory on favonovel.com as well.
Unfortunately, even after looking for quite a while, Gerald failed to find anything related to the Seadom tribe on him. Even so, Gerald wasn’t discouraged. After all, now that favonovel.com had gotten to know the family, favonovel.com could take his time investigating…
