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“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 he 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, he told Gerald that his men had reported back to him earlier on. Following that, he 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 he 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, he figured that since he was already involved in all this, he 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 him 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 he 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 he 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 he quickly began waving his hand the second he 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 her neck, Gerald believed that Takuya—being the head of the family—should have a similar accessory on him 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 he had gotten to know the family, he could take his time investigating…

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As Gerald and Takuya continued drinking their tea, the Hanyus were already hard at work back at their headquarters. After all, despite investigating throughout the night, none of them were able to find any relevant clues.

Regardless, two men could be seen standing in the Hanyu headquarters’ hall, their heads lowered. One of them went by Hanyu Saburo, and he was the one who had attacked Fujiko the other night. As for the other man, he was a core disciple of the Hanyu family—who had been sent out to investigate the night before—called Hanyu Ryugu…

Seated on the main seat before them was Hanyu Suijin, the head of the Hanyu family. Though he had yet to hear what they had to report, he could already guess what their findings would be since he hadn’t received any news from them up till this point. Still, he was prompted to ask, “So, what’s the situation like?”

“Well… I headed there immediately after Saburo notified me about all this. Unfortunately, though we searched the entire hotel and also the area around it, we weren’t able to find any traces of them at all… I’m assuming they must have left by now…” replied Ryugu as he fought the urge to tremble in fear.

“Rubbish!” roared Suijin as he slammed his fist onto the table. ‘WW-with all due respect, master, that person from Weston is extremely powerful! Just so you know, he sent me flying with barely any effort! Regardless, while investigating, we found that two individuals from Weston had checked into the hotel… Unfortunately, neither of them seems to be the one who had beat me up,” muttered Saburo.

“Seem? Didn’t you get a good look at his face?” replied Suijin.

“Unfortunately, it was a little too dark when he showed himself… I do, however, remember what he sounds like. With that said, I’d definitely recognize him by voice!” declared Saburo as he shook his head.

“Like that’s going to change anything! Whatever the case is, we’ve already spent three long years planning for this…! As long as we get our hands on Fujiko, we’ll surely be able to get the Futabas to become affiliated with us! Still, to think that we’d fail when we were so close to succeeding! Not only have we lost our best opportunity to strike, but our operation will definitely face even more issues now since the Futabas will undoubtedly be on guard! Hell, they may even try looking for trouble with us because of all this!” growled Suijin, getting increasingly angry the more he spoke. By the end of it, the tip of his armrest—that he had been grabbing onto this entire time—ended up crumbling to pieces due to how hard his grip had become…!

Hearing that, Saburo and Ryugu went silent. While it was true that their mission had only failed because of Gerald’s intervention, a failure was a failure. With that in mind, both of them knew that in the end, they would still be held responsible for all this.

Understanding that, Ryugu—who didn’t want Saburo to drag him into this—thought for a while before saying, “…Umm… Maybe it would help if we issued an order all over Japan to locate this person…? I, for one, feel that there’s a pretty good chance that we’ll succeed if we go with that. After all, he’s incredibly strong and he’s a non-native as well…”

“I already did that before you two returned! Who do you think I am? Regardless, just… go get some rest first… I’ll tell you when we need to make a move again. Also, remember to keep an eye on the Futabas whenever possible. Our best bet now would be to send some of our men over to find out who that Westoner truly is to the Futabas!” grumbled Suijin as he waved a hand wearily.

Nodding in response, the duo then turned to leave…

Fast forward to two days later, Gerald was still staying with the Futabas. Though Takuya had made it a point to update Gerald on the latest news he received on a daily basis, Gerald wasn’t really interested in all that. After all, he was more concerned about how he was going to bring up the topic of the Seadom tribe with them.

Regardless, while eating together with the Takuyas that afternoon, Gerald couldn’t help but look at Fujiko’s pendant again…

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Knowing that he’d never be able to find out if they truly were descendants of the Seadom tribe—hence failing to learn about the secrets of Yearning Island—if he didn’t take the initiative to ask, after eating for a while, Gerald casually said, “You know, that pendant of yours seems rather special, Miss Fujiko.”

“Oh? You mean this?” asked Fujiko as she pointed at her necklace.

“Indeed. The symbols on it are rather unique compared to other pendants I’ve seen before. It makes me wonder whether this is an ancestral pendant of your family…” replied Gerald with a smile, making sure to keep his tone relaxed and natural.

Smiling faintly in response, Fujiko then said, “You have quite a keen eye… Actually, this pendant is-“

“It’s an ancestral pendant of our family, yes. However, there’s nothing really unusual about it,” interrupted Takuya before his daughter could finish her sentence.

“Ah, I see…” replied Gerald, continuing to smile. It was clear that Takuya didn’t really want to talk about it, and from all the small clues he had gathered up till this point, Gerald was pretty sure that the Futabas truly were members of the Seadom tribe.

Breathing a sigh of relief since Gerald didn’t continue prying into it, Takuya then said, “Speaking of which… I’m afraid I need your help with something…”

“Go on,” replied Gerald.

“Well, I was hoping that you could accompany Fujiko for a while after our meal. Though it’s still a bit dangerous out there and we haven’t solved our issues with the Hanyus just yet, I assure you that this is an important matter. I’m… not exactly that confident in the other masters in our family, so I can only trouble you…” muttered Takuya in a slightly embarrassed tone.

“Sure, I’m fine with that. Don’t worry about it,” replied Gerald without the slightest hesitation.

Smiling in response, Takuya then said, “I really appreciate it…!”

With that out of the way, once their meals were over, Gerald and Fujiko left the house together…

Sitting in the passenger seat, Gerald—who was honestly still staring at Fujiko’s pendant—couldn’t help but ask, “Speaking of which… Where are we headed to?”

After a brief pause, Fujiko sighed before embarrassedly muttering, “… I’m… about to partake in a blind date…”

replied Gerald, his eyes widening

father figured that our family is still too weak… With that in mind, if I got married to someone powerful, our family would surely be able to remain peaceful…It certainly doesn’t help that the Hanyus are making a move again…” explained Fujiko as she shook her head helplessly, making it clear that she

family, so she

the gist of it, Gerald was prompted to ask, “And… are you willing

At the very least, I should at least meet up with them first. After all, if I end up offending that

Futaba family’s young mistress, Fujiko’s fate was no longer hers to choose, and she had come to accept that over the years… Then again, it was good enough for her if she

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with the Kanagawas, an ancient Japanese family that owns about twenty percent of the shares from several Japanese companies, making them one of the largest associations in the

the youngest son of that family. From what Futaba had told him, Gerald also learned that Kai enjoyed abusing women with his family’s powers. From the companies’ staff to students in his university, none

Futaba knew that she didn’t really have any other choice but to go on with it. Still, she couldn’t help

her. After all, marrying a playboy like Kai was never a good thing. With that,

is by proceeding with this. I just hope that the Kanagawas will do as they promise…”

replied Gerald as he fell

solve Fujiko’s current dilemma. After all, if he succeeded, his relationship with her would surely improve. Once that happened, the probability of

to be able to find any hints about the Seadom tribe. To think that within five days, he had already come into contact with a member of the tribe! He was now extremely close to

and awkward silence later, Fujiko—who had noticed that Gerald was staring blankly

out of it, Gerald then waved his hand as

Either way, the Kanagawa manor isn’t too far off from here. Speaking of Kai, I must warn you that he has a short

replied Gerald with

car came to a halt before the gates of a

their young master had signed a marriage contract with Fujiko, the guards

feel sorry for her. After all, this

and he’s a guest of my family. He’s here to visit the Kanagawas as well,” replied Fujiko as she gestured toward Gerald who hadn’t left the

in, Mr. Crawford!” said the guards as they

response, Gerald then followed Fujiko into the Kanagawa

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that the butler had just given

hand, looked rather unnerved. After all, though she had heard rumors about Kai from her father and a few other people she knew, this was

oh my! If it isn’t the young mistress of the Futaba family! What brings you to the Kanagawa manor

thin man who had a gaunt face and a goatee. From how weak he looked to the point where an ordinary person could probably knock him out with a

none other than the young master

I’m Fujiko from the

it wasn’t for her current circumstances, Fujiko would’ve just

before replying in an indifferent tone, “So you are. Also, who is

was going to be spending most of her life with this b*stard was

And what should I call you?” asked Kai as he began walking

cigarette, Gerald simply replied, “Gerald

us some personal space. I’ll get a butler to lead you to one of the guest rooms to

truly found herself in danger or signaled for his help. Until then, he wouldn’t meddle in their affairs. Besides, as

Gerald left the room, Kai simply waved his

Gerald was out of sight, Fujiko unwillingly looked at him as she said, “He’s an important guest of my family, you know? Don’t you think

simply allowing him to rest in a guest room! Besides, I hope you haven’t forgotten that you’re here to discuss our marriage. Don’t you find it inappropriate for an outsider like him to be present on

eyeing her body all over, the uneasy Fujiko then replied, “… Whatever the case is, will your family

onward, we’ll immediately fulfill all our promises! ” declared

many women from employees to university students either willingly or forcefully, all of them were different from Fujiko. After all, not only was Fujiko a natural beauty, but she was also quite buxom. Due to

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“A bit too soon, don’t

we have the wedding ceremony, the better! Just so we’re clear, the Kanagawas will only start helping the Futabas once the two of us are married. I believe you know that, right, Miss Fujiko?” said Kai,

to avoid his grasp before glaring at him in disgust, Fujiko then replied, “Self restraint, Mr. Kanagawa. Remember, we aren’t married

we’ll have dinner together and I’ll

alliance with the Futabas. He did, however, care about losing Fujiko if he failed to restrain himself for now. With that in mind, he actively began holding himself back

replied Fujiko, simply relieved that she could

that, Kai led Fujiko to a guest room, and the second she entered, he beckoned his men before whispering, “Keep an eye on that Gerald fellow. The Futabas wouldn’t send someone with her without any good reason. With that in mind, if he starts acting strangely, immediately notify me. Also, get those

henchmen who couldn’t help but look at Kai’s ruined body. They had been working for him for years now, so they were well aware that he actually needed drugs to

my future wife, you dimwit! Why the hell would I need ecstasy?!” grumbled Kai as he slapped the man who had spoken in his

when they had worked for him for so long… How annoying! “I-I got it…! I’ll prepare some right away… !” whimpered the henchman as he quickly nodded

help but smile. Since they were going to get married anyway, he figured that she was

her, he could simply dump her without any repercussions. After all, there was no way in hell that the Futabas were ever going

their hands on the drugs Kai needed. After Kai received them, he ordered the kitchen maids to prepare a

everything was ready, Kai ordered his henchmen to invite

henchmen left, Gerald

Kai instantly frowned in disgust as he growled, “… And

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for dinner, of course! Regardless, it seems that you have quite a feast prepared, but where’s the wine? Doesn’ t your family have any good wine?” replied Gerald as he sat at the

Kai’s henchmen inched closer to Kai before

arrival was going to be a joyous occasion for him,

their conversation, he simply pretended not to hear a word and

Fujiko arrived with the henchmen from before. Though she had dreaded having to be together alone with Kai again, she instantly smiled when she saw Gerald seated at the table. With that, she quickly sat beside him, immediately causing Kai’s

you sit by my side instead?” asked Kai as he actively

she knew she was going to become Kai’s wife in the

a sip of wine that one of the butlers had handed him before smiling as he turned to look at Kai and asked, “Speaking of which, I’ve heard plenty of

the most powerful families in Japan! There’s simply no way

he quickly put up a happy façade again, though anyone with the slightest insight would be able to tell that his smile was filled

to embarrass him in front of Fujiko… This

turned to look at Kai before

sure you wouldn’t believe such baseless rumors, right…? After all, I am the young master of the Kanagawa family! There’s no way I’d do those things!” mumbled Kai as he clenched his fists to hold back

the initiative to trouble him! This was the last straw! Once he and Fujiko left after dinner, he was going

so casually, Mr. Crawford. Any more and there may be consequences to bear! ” threatened Kai’s men who could already

It was just a rumor I heard… Regardless, of course I believe in him!” replied Gerald as he waved his

be the case… Otherwise, you may not be able to leave the Kanagawa family manor…” growled Kai as he squinted his eyes, now keener than ever

could easily tell what Kai was thinking simply said, “Alright, alright, the food’s getting cold! Let’s

expect. Kai, for one, was already feeling a burning

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