"My father would probably grieve, but I heard my mother also won over my father by pushing him down." "History repeats itself, huh."
Arisa remains with the Mitsuya surname. Marika, due to entering her house into the Twenty-Eight Clans upon engagement, takes the Togami surname, while Izumi keeps the Mutsuzuka surname. The same applies to those following: Akane (Ichijo), Mio (Itsuwa), and Mayumi (Saegusa). As for Efia, due to relative circumstances, she took the name Akechi.
Eimi, who inherited the secret art of the Goldie family, "Magic Bullet Tazram," actually shared a heritage with Efia, who had inherited a more refined Ancient Magic version of "Magic Bullet Tazram" from a distant ancestor. In terms of diversity, the latter held the upper hand, but this was heavily influenced by the circumstances of the Goldie family. The Goldie family was lauded as a prestigious mage family in Great Britain, but after World War II, a branch family faction colluded with another branch to drive the main family out of Britain under false charges. The branch family member in question possessed greater skill than the main family's candidate for next head. Driven by greed over the existence of "Magic Bullet Tazram," which was held as insurance in case the main line died out, that person's father triggered internal family strife as a result. The fatal flaw here was that what was passed down to the branch family was only "half" of the main family's technique. The current Goldie family's secret art, "Magic Bullet Tazram," was completed as a result of incorporating modern magic techniques to supplement the missing half.
The truth about "Magic Bullet Tazram"—which seemed far too "childish" to be called a secret art of a prestigious Ancient Magic family—came to light through notes written by her ancestor that Efia brought during her first meeting. Those notes were preserved with state-preservation magic, and only Yugen knows that a new magic was birthed from them.
That aside, upon seeing Efia's appearance, Gozo performed a DNA test and confirmed her as a relative of the Goldie family. Immediately after, he summoned the Akechi family, leading to a meeting between Efia and Eimi. Eimi and her parents were astonished upon seeing Efia's form, and this fact was immediately reported to the Goldie family. After all, the descendant of the ousted main Goldie family had entered the fiancée hierarchy of the Kagurazaka family. Eimi's grandmother—the aunt of the current Goldie family head—naturally held her head in distress. However, since Eimi had already applied to be a fiancée candidate for the next head of the Yotsuba family, causing a needless disturbance here would sour relations not only with the Yotsuba family, but also with the Kamiizumi and Kagurazaka families.
"Were you fine with it, Amy? Becoming Tatsuya's fiancée?" "Well, I did have romantic feelings, but with Honoka around, I wondered what I should do.'
Eimi herself felt indebted to Tatsuya for his help during the Nine Schools Competition two years ago, and while encouraging Honoka's romantic feelings, Eimi herself fell in love with Tatsuya as well. However, just as she was often troubled thinking it would be a betrayal to Honoka, she heard that Tatsuya was accepting fiancée applications as the next head of the Yotsuba family. To express apologies for the past internal family strife, her grandmother instructed her to become Tatsuya's fiancée. As a result, Eimi couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Tatsuya, who ended up taking multiple fiancées.
"That younger sister of hers enrolled in First High, right?" "That's right... She immediately found a promising boy and said she's raring to make a move on him." "What's his name?" "She said it was Jiro Yaguruma... Hey, Yugen. Isn't that boy..." "He's the child of a servant from my former family home. Looks like spring has come for him too..."
Currently, Jiro is under Shina's thumb, viewed favorably by a daughter of the Yaguruma main house, and has now been targeted by Himeri's younger sister as well. This, too, must be a trial for Jiro. While one wouldn't want to see cherry blossoms stained in blood, there's nothing to do but root for Jiro to do his best. Incidentally, for the past few days, Jiro has reportedly been dragged by Shina into sharing the same bed, and whenever Jiro wakes up in the morning, Shina is straddling on top of him... While it's confirmed they haven't crossed the line, it might just be a matter of time.
"As Shina's older brother, as long as he doesn't get Shina pregnant while in school, and manages to get along well with other women, I don't intend to complain... Why do you have such a dissatisfied look, Himeri?" "Because I'm ready anytime, and even though I intentionally seduce you, you won't attack me." "Hey now..."
Himeri's current attire was nightwear, but she intentionally opened the top buttons near her neck, making a gesture that emphasized her chest visible through the fabric. While he didn't want to be thought of as unprincipled, being called spineless was also somewhat vexing. In the end, unable to resist the temptation, he succumbed and accepted Himeri's seduction.
The reason Sun Meiling was brought up in the first half was partly because I simply realized "Oh right, I forgot to mention her," but it also serves to show a glimpse of the various changes happening on the Great Asian Alliance side as well.
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