CH 62

Fortunately, we arrived at Tojoin-san’s house within ten minutes, just some time after Fujise and Sei-chan got into the car.

Although it seems that Tojoin-san and Fujise didn’t seem to have teased us enough yet…

At least Fujise lost interest in teasing us the moment we arrived at her place.

“A-Amazing.”

Fujise couldn’t help but sigh in admiration looking at the house from the limousine.

In addition to Fujise, Rinke and Sei-chan also had their eyes rolling at the sight.

Outside the window was a mansion the size I had never ever seen before in my entire life.

No, I might have seen a mansion this big in a manga or something, but it’s definitely not something that would exist in real life.

Well, I guess I am in a manga world after all, so seeing something like this makes sense…

I had read the original story beforehand, so I knew Tojoin’s house was plenty big, but when I actually saw the real thing with my own eyes, it was so amazing that I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Give me a minute, I’m opening the gate.”

“G-Gate..”

The limousine stopped as we were waiting for the gates to open up.

So that means that the mansion has enough garden space to fit an entire limousine inside.

That’s really amazing.

The gate that was larger than our school gate opened up, as the limousine slowly entered the mansion’s grounds.

As we approached the mansion, the limo finally stopped and so we got out.

The mansion was so big that you can’t help but look up at it from this angle, and the entrance door is so grand that it could just as easily be called a doorway to heaven.

“Tojoin-san really is an ojou-sama after all.”

Fujise muttered to herself in a daze.

“Oh? On the contrary, what did you think I was then?”

“No, I knew you were an Ojou-sama. Just… not one of this scale.”

“This house isn’t too big for me though. But I guess it’s probably huge for a normal person.”

“EHH?! You have a house bigger than this?”

“I have villa’s overseas that are several times the size of this thing.”

“I can’t even imagine such a thing…”

A few times larger than this… The normal-like Fujise can’t hope to imagine such a thing in reality.

“Have you finished admiring the exterior? Let’s go in already.”

Tojoin-san said, we followed behind her as she walked towards the door.

That’s when I walked next to Sei-chan and somehow our eyes met in the process.

“…!”

Sei-chan’s face immediately turned red and looked away from me.

She had been teased repeatedly about marrying me, so it’s no surprise that she’s acting like this all of a sudden.

I was so embarrassed that I wanted to avert my gaze too.

But Sei-chan’s embarrassed face is just too cute.

I went straight into the place and found a very luxurious and spacious house.

I saw a doorway that was way too wide, a ceiling that was also way too high and even chandeliers hanging from them.

Tojoin-san seemed to be the only one that was unfazed by all of this and just went straight in through the entrance.

“What shall we do now? We can immediately go and practice cooking? Or I can show you around for a while.”

“Y-Yeah, sure… Can you show us around?”

The purpose of today was for Fujise to practice her cooking skills.

Fujise can’t cook at all.

It’s so bad that you’d vomit right after trying it out.

I still remember when Sei-chan asked me to help her out, and I thought to myself, “What kind of punishment is this?”

It’s because what I taste test will most likely be extremely poisonous. There’s a good chance I’ll immediately pass out after trying it.

So when T Sei-chan told me about the punishment game they had set up, I immediately proposed to her that she should make Tojoin-san help Fujise to cook.

Just helping Fujise with her cooking is punishment enough, but for Tojoin-san, to help her own love rival in such a thing, with something that could be a huge advantage.

And so, I suggested the idea to Sei-chan, and she immediately went through with it.

Tojoin-san said it would be humiliating, but she would do it nonetheless.

So, we are going to teach Fujise how to cook today.

Tojoin-san showed us around the extremely large mansion.

All the while, we glanced around looking at everything nearby.

It’s because there were butlers and maids that bowed to us as soon as we walked by them.

Tojoin-san seems to have gotten used to it, but I guess we couldn’t help but get carried away at this sight.

I was walking down the hallway when a man casually walked by.

Wait, isn’t that man…?

“Father!?”

Tojoin-san, who was walking in front of the pack, started screaming. 

“Eh, That’s Tojoin-san’s father?”

Fujise muttered to herself… That’s the thought that came to everyone’s mind at the same time as well.

The president of a company so large, that it’s assets exceed a trillion. Mitsuki Tojoin.

He looked so young that it’s hard to believe that he’s actually over 40. His black slick hair was short enough to show off his ears cunningly.

He had a well defined face and a pair of eyes that glowed as bright as Tojoin-san.

No, it should be the other way round. Tojoin-san’s eyes looked like his.

We, including Tojoin-san, became more and more nervous as he approached us in a suit with a blank expression.

“Morning, Kaori. How have you been?”

“Mor-Morning Father. Yeah, I’m fine.”

Tojoin-san who looked nervous at seeing her father, smiled stiffly.

We, who stood behind her, straightened our backs like we’ve never done so before.

He raised his eyebrow for a moment and quickly turned his head to us.

“Are these people your friends?”

“Y-Yes, these are my friends and I have invited them here today.”

“I see, Nice to meet you. I am Mitsuki Tojoin. Father of Kaori.”

“Nice to meet you, I’m Shiho Fujise.”

Fujise took the lead and the rest of us followed suit with our greetings as well.

Rinke and Sei-chan both greeted him respectively with me following so last.

“Tsukasa Hisamura.”

“You are Hisamura-kun?”

“Eh?”

He knows my name? Why?

“Thank you for everything you’ve done.”

“E-Ehh? N-No… What did I do?”

“The other day, I was told by Kaori that you were the one that told her to call me.”

“Ah, you’re talking about that.”

I didn’t expect that Tojoin-san would tell him about me.

Tojoin-san told me that she owed me a lot. But honestly, I don’t think I did much at all.

“I just wanted to thank you for everything. So, thank you.”

“No, no. I didn’t do anything that big.”

“It’s a big deal from our point of view. In the meantime, have this, a token of my gratitude.”

I received a piece of paper that he pulled out from his pocket.

What on earth is this…?

Eh, a check?

“I’d say you can have any amount you want, but I’m sorry, the limit is ten billion yen.” [TLN: That’s ten million in USD.]

“Eh, eh… EHHH?!”

I had no idea what he was talking about all of a sudden.

Ten billion as in… TEN BILLION YEN?!

NO NO NO NO NO?!?!

“I can’t accept this, no way can I accept such a large amount!”

“Really? There’s a small villa in Karuizawa that’s just about the size of this house, would you want to have that then?” [TLN: Karuizawa is known as a place for villas and one of the higher end districts in Japan.]

“No thank you!”

As small as this house?

This is too big of a house!

“I see, I can’t seem to think of something that you’d like, but I would like to send a gift to you at some point in the future.”

“Just the thought of it is enough.”

“No, that is definitely not enough. You melted the ice between our family after all.”

He then proceeded to look and smile at Tojoin-san gently.

Tojoin-san looked away with slightly red ears.

“F-Father, why did you come here today?”

“I heard that they were a part of the few people you invited that weren’t Yuuichi, so I came by to take a look.”

“P-Please don’t embarrass me in front of all of them.”

“I’m sorry, I was just so curious that I decided to push work aside for a while.”

“IS THAT ALRIGHT?!”

Ahh, so that’s why I could hear a vibrating-like sound from his inner pocket…

It’s probably a work-related call. Is it really fine to ignore that?

“I’d better get going Kaori. For dinner next week, will you be cooking for me?”

“Y-Yes, I’m still practicing, but I’ll put my skills to good use.”

“Just the fact that Kaori is cooking for me makes it worth more than any fine meal I’ve ever had.”

“Kuu… T-Thank you.”

We were looking at a very unusual sight.

A sight where Kaori Tojoin was shrinking back and making muffled noises.

Tojoin-san who had the look of an ojou-sama has now cracked into the picture of a really lovely girl.

“Also Kaori, are you not going to change the way that you call me?”

“Eh? T-That’s…”

“I see…”

He lowered his eyelids a little, which made him look a little sad and depressed.

When Tojoin-san saw this, her face instantly went red, with a look that she made up her mind.

“Good luck with your work, DAD!”

“Ah-Ah, Thank you Kaori.”

In return to Tojoin-san’s words, he gave a really gentle smile.

“You guys go ahead and take your time.”

“A-Ah, yeah. Thank you.”

He said and left.

A few seconds passed after he left.

“You seem to get along quite well with your father, Tojoin.”

“!?”

The first person to utter those words was surprisingly, Sei-chan.

Actually, it wasn’t that was surprising since she was teased so much in the limousine 

“Shi-Shimda-san.”

“No, I didn’t mean anything bad by it. It’s nice to see you guys get along. I hope that the both of you proceed to get along just as well in the near future.”

Sei-chan seems to be trying extremely hard to keep the grin from showing on her face.

I can’t stop the corners of my mouth from curving up slightly too.

“That’s right. It’s good that you and your Dad get along so well.”

“Right, that’s so wonderful.”

“I’m so happy that I was able to help Tojoin-san get along with her Dad.”

“You did well, Hisamura. It seems that it was thanks to you that Tojoin and her Dad got along.”

“……”

After that, Sei-chan and I continued to tease Tojoin-san until we reached the kitchen. Tojoin-san had a bright red face by the time we got there.