Pure Love ✕ Insult Complex Chapter 1344. School Festival A Part 5 Shanghai

Chapter 1344. School Festival A Part 5 Shanghai

「 Sit appropriately 」

I entered the emergency broadcast reserve room.

Nei, Megu, Edie, and I vs Is.h.i.+gami siblings and Kurose Anju-san

「 P-Please, Norio-sama, Mizuki-sama

Kurose-san prepares the pipe chair for the Is.h.i.+gami siblings.

And since she’s a bodyguard, she remains standing.

On the other hand, Edie sits down.

「 You’re a bodyguard, yet why are you taking a seat? 」

Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki scolds Edie.

「 I’m officially not a bodyguard. Besides, Darling isn’t from the n.o.bility so the rules about bodyguards don’t matter 」

Edie laughs.

「 Besides, I can do my job just fine even when sitting. If it’s just your group 」

The door to the reserve broadcast room is heavy.

I also locked the door as soon as I closed it.

We’re now in a locked room.

「 Mizuki-sama, please don’t speak excessively 」

Kurose-san said.

「 I’m here to keep Mizuki-sama safe but I don’t think I can beat her 」

She knows Edie’s true strength.

「 Anju, are you accepting loss even before the fight? 」

Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki speaks to her subordinate in displeasure.

「 I-I’m very sorry, but… 」

「 That’s not it! Get yourself together!! 」

Then.

「 You’re the one who should get yourself together 」

Edie speaks in a low tone.

Then, Is.h.i.+gami Norio.

「 This is courtesy so I’ll tolerate that you have a weapon in you. But you can’t show your weapon in front of me even as a joke, because if you do, I’ll have to take you down 」

「 Y-You’re rude! I’m a member of the Is.h.i.+gami house! 」

Is.h.i.+gami Norio reacts excessively.

Oh, he has something in him.

「 Right, you have your name. That’s why you’re not accustomed to your weapon, right? You can’t even use a taser 」

「!!! 」

Is.h.i.+gami Norio trembles.

「 Don’t use a holster on your armpit, the suit’s line gives it away. Also, that size shows that it’s not a real gun, but just a taser that shoots a wire needle. 」

Edie said.

「 Norio-sama, please control yourself. In case of emergencies, I’ll be busy keeping Mizuki-sama safe 」

Kurose-san told Is.h.i.+gami Norio.

She’s the bodyguard of the little sister, Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki.

So, her priority is the little sister.

「 Don’t be ridiculous, you’re a subordinate of the Is.h.i.+gami house, you’re going to keep Mizuki and me safe even if you put your life in the line 」

「 I will indeed put my life in the line. However 」

「 Doing something about that is your job! 」

Oh, these siblings are no good.

They can’t see the situation.

「 Don’t worry, I won’t kill you 」

Edie laughs.

「 But if you make a move to pull out the taser, I’ll break your shoulder and arm. I’ll give you the warning in advance 」

「 That’s no threat. Edie’s going to do that for real 」

Nei says from behind.

「 Please control yourself, Norio-sama 」

Kurose-san told the elder once again.

She sure has it rough.

「 So, what’s the topic? 」

I feel sorry for her so I get to the main topic.

「 You two have something you want to tell me, and that’s why you came all the way here, didn’t you? 」

Is.h.i.+gami Norio.

「 Indeed. We have something to tell you 」

「 It’s about Kuromiya house’s Motoko-san! 」

Is.h.i.+gami siblings glared at me.

I thought so.

「 Let me get this straight! Return Motoko-san to the Kuromiya house right away! 」

I…

「 Why? 」

I speak in a low tone.

「 W-Why?! You! Motoko-san is the daughter of the Kuromiya house!! 」

「 Isn’t it natural that she returns to the Kuromiya house!! 」

Hmm.

「 Nono, that’s not what I’m asking. 」

I ask once again.

「 What privilege do you have to come and tell me that? 」

Is.h.i.+gami house thinks that they’re relatives with the Kuromiya house, but…

Still, it’s weird that they’re meddling with the matters of the Kuromiya house.

「 Privilege? Do you not know that the Is.h.i.+gami house is controlling the audits of the n.o.ble families 」

「 Yes! You should know that Is.h.i.+gami house does that 」

Nope, I don’t know.

I never heard of them from Misuzu or Ruriko either.

I never read about them from reports of Kouzuki SS either.

「 Our duty is to maintain the order of the n.o.ble families 」

「 It’s a serious matter that the Kuromiya house disowned Motoko-san! Motoko-san must immediately apologize to the Kuromiya house, to their family head, and ask them to revert their disinheritance! 」

「 That’s right! We will accompany Motoko-san to Kuromiya-sama and apologize! We’re the auditors of the n.o.ble families after all! 」

The Is.h.i.+gami siblings insist on their claims, but…

Hmmm.

Kurose Anju-san’s making a troubled face behind them.

Meaning, they were lying.

「 Even if you talk about the world of n.o.bility, it only troubles me. Why don’t you go to Misuzu instead? 」

I reject them.

「 D-D-D-Don’t be ridiculous! T-Talking to Kouzuki Misuzu-sama is… 」

Huh?

「 That’s right! We can’t talk directly to Kouzuki-sama!! 」

Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki said.

「 So, you…you’re the one to talk to Kouzuki Misuzu-sama and return Motoko-san to the Kuromiya house! 」

「 You’re the one who should do that! You don’t get it?! 」

What the h.e.l.l?

「 Look, I’m not interested in the n.o.bility, and I let Misuzu take care of things so I don’t get what you’re talking about 」

Just how much do these people know?

About our relations.h.i.+p with Motoko.

They seem to know that the Kuromiya house has disowned Motoko.

Well, they’re a relative so it’s not weird for them to know.

Also, about the fact that Motoko’s at our place.

However.

They shouldn’t know that Motoko and Kurumi had become my woman.

「 What, you don’t know? 」

「 You do know that among the n.o.bility, Kaan house, Kouzuki house, and the Kanou house are the three leading families, right? 」

「 Well, I know that much 」

The three young ladies of the Kozuki house and Sakurako of the Kanou house are living in our house after all.

「 Motoko-san’s Kuromiya house and our Is.h.i.+gami house are only second to the three big families. Our statuses are quite high among the n.o.bility 」

「 We’re not like the Kurama and Mizus.h.i.+ma house that Kouzukis-sama recently disposed of! 」

Err.

Kurama house’s Arisu and Mizus.h.i.+ma house’s Karen is also in our home.

「 Do you get it? Kuromiya and Is.h.i.+gami house respect the wishes of the Kanou and Kouzuki house, but they don’t just follow whatever they say. We’re families with the power independent of the three great families! 」

「 That’s why it’s a problem. Motoko-san’s living in the Kouzuki house when she was disowned 」

「 That’ll make the Kuromiya house have a huge debt on the Kouzuki house! 」

Oh, I get it.

They’re different from the Kurama and Mizus.h.i.+ma house and have low status.

Kuromiya house has their honor.

So, to have the disowned Motoko sheltered by the Kouzuki house makes it uncomfortable for other families.

「 That means, that we have to settle the disowning of Motoko-san right away 」

「 Motoko-san should apologize to the head of the family and return to the Kuromiya house 」

The Is.h.i.+gami siblings continue their convenient claims.

「 But, Motoko got her permission to live in the Kouzuki house from Jii-chan, from the head of the Kouzuki house 」

I lead them to that conclusion.

They believe that Motoko’s not living in our mansion but in the main mansion of the Kouzuki house.

「 We already know that. That’s why! 」

「 And that’s why someone has to talk to Kouzuki-sama and send Motoko-san back to the Kuromiya house! 」

「 Then, that role 」

「 Is yours to fulfill!! 」

Me?

「 We’re not allowed to express our opinions to Misuzu-sama and Kouzuki Kakka! 」

「 That’s right, so you have to do it! That’s an order! Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki orders you! 」

「 Is.h.i.+gami Norio orders you! Do something to let Motoko-san return to the Kuromiya house! Do it as soon as possible. 」

「 As soon as possible! 」

「 Do you get it? 」

Nope, I won’t.

But.

For now, I know the extent of the sibling’s knowledge.

These people think that the Kuromiya house disowned Motoko and Kurumi because she appeared on Yukino’s show.

And that she’s under Kouzuki house’s care.

They don’t know that Motoko and Kurumi have become my woman already.

They can’t imagine that.

Meaning, they only know the front page information that was released to the n.o.ble families.

If that’s the case.

Another question appears.

Why did they come here?

Kuromori Kou, Kouzuki Misuzu’s partner, is Yos.h.i.+da Yos.h.i.+n.o.bu and is a student in this school.

That’s a secret.

「 What’s wrong, answer me?! 」

「 You’re to follow our orders! You hear?! 」

I…

「 Anyway, I refuse 」

I flat out said.

「 Motoko wanted to continue her Kuromiya style spear fighting so she came to Misuzu, asking for a.s.sistance from the Kouzuki house. Jii-chan and Misuzu respects Motoko’s will, so I have nothing to say about that 」

We’re going to leave it at that.

「 W-What are you talking about?! We’re ordering you! 」

「 You’re just a commoner! Do you think that you can refuse the orders of the eldest son of the Is.h.i.+gami house 」

Hmmm.

The n.o.bility sure has a variety of people.

I guess it can’t be helped that they have people who are so aware that they’re a privileged cla.s.s.

「 It’s not about obeying or disobeying. I’m not even your subordinate nor lackey in the first place! 」

I said.

「 W-What rudeness! 」

「 What an insolent man! Anju, punish this man! 」

As soon as the Is.h.i.+gami siblings say that.

「 Hawoo!!! 」

Edie releases her Qi in this small room.

「 Ngu! 」

「 W-What? 」

The Is.h.i.+gami siblings got fl.u.s.tered from the release of the strong Qi.

Oh, Kurose-san managed to hold it.

「 Calm down a bit. You two are too noisy 」

Edie laughs.

I…

「 Err, what’s the name of the guy again. The noisy guy, the one you knocked out in the corridor 」

「 Err, I think it was Koda Shakin-san 」

Megu said.

「 I think it was Koda Chamin? 」

Edie said.

「 It’s Prince Shokin! 」

Nei laughs.

「 Well, who cares. In the end, you two seem to like that guy’s technique 」

I speak to Is.h.i.+gami Norio.

「 The way you pressure people into doing what you want by just talking in a pompous, high-handed, and forceful manner. Even if the reason is wrong, you keep the att.i.tude of “I didn’t do anything wrong. You just don’t know it” to make the other party feel insecure 」

Yeah, Is.h.i.+gami Norio’s att.i.tude in this room.

Was just like Koda’s.

「 You couldn’t have come up with it, so you copied Koda’s methods, right? I don’t know how it happened, but you met Koda somewhere and fell for his techniques, right? Pus.h.i.+ng your opponent to the end, and pressing forward-thinking that everything goes your way. Just like Koda’s methods 」

「!!! 」

Is.h.i.+gami Norio fell silent.

「 Well, I get that for a son of n.o.ble like you, a man with overflowing vitality like Koda seems attractive. That’s why you wanted to keep Koda at your side and become a man who can hold people down from above like Koda. But… 」

I laughed.

「 People like Koda aren’t that rare to me. You can find noisy yet empty idiots anywhere. Their hobby is to lie with impunity and threaten people in front of them to bring them to their knees 」

「 Yeah, we can find men like them anywhere! 」

Nei said with a smile.

「 The talk about Is.h.i.+gami house being the auditor of the n.o.bility is a lie, or am I wrong? If that actually existed, then Misuzu would’ve told me about it 」

I said.

「 You two sure want to return Motoko to the Kuromiya house at all costs, was never about the order of the n.o.ble families, but it was on something else 」

「 Uuuu 」

「 Norio-oniisama 」

The Is.h.i.+gami siblings look at each other’s faces.

「 You don’t have to tell me. I can figure it out if I look it up. You know about the Kouzuki SS, the organization Kouzuki house owns, right? I’ll report your arrival here to Jii-chan and Misuzu. They will definitely do an investigation about that. We’ll figure out the truth soon enough 」

Then.

「 I-I understand! We’ll tell you the truth! 」

「 Hey, Mizuki! 」

「 We have no choice. Norio-oniisama, we’ve lost here 」

Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki admits defeat.

「 We were lying about Is.h.i.+gami house being the auditor of the n.o.ble families. Is.h.i.+gami house is much older than the Kuromiya house, but we don’t have much in the a.s.sets at the moment. But, as mentioned before, Kuromiya house is second to the three great families 」

So the Kuromiya house is much more wealthy compared to the Is.h.i.+gami house despite being related?

「 And Norio-oniisama is Motoko-san’s fiance candidate 」

Motoko’s fiance candidate.

「 Is.h.i.+gami house hopes to use Motoko-san’s marriage with Norio-oniisama as an opportunity to strengthen ties with the Kuromiya house. That’s why we’re in trouble 」

Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki looked at me.

「 The Kuromiya house disowned Motoko-sama and she’s leaving the house 」

If Motoko’s disowned by the family, she has no worth in marriage.

I mean, the families can’t decide on the engagement in the first place.

「 S-So please, do something! Return Motoko-san to her home! 」

Is.h.i.+gami Norio still doesn’t break his high-handed att.i.tude.

「 I refuse. Either way, I feel sorry to have Motoko marry someone like you 」

I said.

「 Y-You! Are you mocking me! 」

Is.h.i.+gami Norio gets excited, but…

「 Wait a second! That’s not the topic! 」

I stare hard at Norio.

「 I get the gist of it. But, I have doubts. Something very important 」

If I don’t take measures right away, it will become trouble soon.

「 You want to bring Motoko back from the Kouzuki house to the Kuromiya house. But, the Is.h.i.+gami house, which isn’t as powerful as them, can’t directly talk to the Kouzuki house, worse, for children like you two. Am I right? 」

Talking to Jii-chan, the head of the family aside.

Is.h.i.+gami Norio and Mizuki will get rejected.

「 Yes, that’s indeed the case 」

Is.h.i.+gami Mizuki admits.

「 We can’t appeal about this incident to Kouzuki Kakka, nor Misuzu-sama 」

「 Though we’re relatives, Is.h.i.+gami house is still a different clan from the Kuromiya house. Furthermore, I’m no longer engaged to Motoko-san 」

They have no right to talk about Motoko.

「 And so, since Kouzuki Kakka has recognized you as Misuzu-sama’s partner… 」

「 Right, you’re to talk to Kakka, and return Motoko-san to the Kuromiya house! 」

I get that.

I’m not from the n.o.bility, but I’m close to Jii-chan and Misuzu.

It’s a good method, using me to return Motoko from being disowned.

However.

「 So, who brought that plan of using me to you? 」

I asked.

「 I’m sure that you two haven’t come up with this plan, right? 」

the Is.h.i.+gami siblings can’t come up with this plan.

「 Koda-san 」

It wasn’t the siblings but Kurose Anju-san who replied.

「 Koda-san made the suggestion to Norio-sama and Mizuki-sama 」

I see.

「 Then that means, it was his plan to go to our school too? 」

「 Yes, Koda-san said that he investigated this 」

Kurose-san replies.

「 Yo-chan 」

「 Darling 」

Nei and Edie looked at me at the same time.

「 I get why Kudou-papa came 」

「 This is definitely bad, these two are just a bait 」

「 Yeah, using someone like Koda to bring these two here 」

We still have enemies out there.

Also, quite the big one.

「 What do you mean? 」

「 What do you mean by bait? 」

The Is.h.i.+gami siblings asked me.

「 It means that you were screwed over. By Koda, and the people behind Koda 」

I look at Kurose-san.

「 Do you remember anything, someone strange that’s getting involved with Koda? 」

「 No, I don’t remember anything in particular. Ah, but… 」

Kurose-san remembers something

「 Koda-san said that he got the information about Kuormori-sama’s school from an acquaintance in Shanghai 」

Shanghai?