## Chapter 159 – Proposal (3)
After the deal was done, Takuya left the room.
Yuzuke let out a deep sigh.
He was exhausted from engaging in such an energetic negotiation after so long.
No. To be precise, it was because he had to deal with such a murderous kid.
‘I knew he was a bad seed from the start, but I didn’t expect him to be this much.’
More accurately, it might have been because it had been a long time since he had seen someone so murderous and greedy.
At first, he was just a guy who was good at sex, but he took notice of his special abilities and even pulled out the unreasonable card of adoption to scout him into the family.
Why did he do such a thing knowing it was an unreasonable card?
It was exactly as he had explained to Takuya earlier.
Yuzuke believed that the family’s role would be almost lost in the next generation. If not the next generation, then at least by his grandchildren’s generation, the impact would definitely be felt.
Perhaps even the local elites would barely maintain their power. It wouldn’t be uncommon for small and medium-sized families to be completely destroyed.
‘No. It’s probably already happening.’
Yuzuke didn’t have the ability to see all the changes in this vast country, but at least in Miyagi Prefecture, it was a different story.
He could already feel Miyagi Prefecture changing.
That’s why Yuzuke originally planned to leave a vast fortune to his children before he died, and even if he died and the family collapsed, he would make sure they had enough to live on.
But Takuya’s appearance changed everything.
His extraordinary abilities, along with the burning desire in his eyes.
Yuzuke knew that kind of desire well.
It was the greedy desire for power, the desire to rise.
Even though he seemed to hate it on the surface.
‘It probably won’t be easy to handle him.’
Although Yuzuke hadn’t met as many people as politicians, he had a good eye, having built up a family.
That’s why he clearly understood what kind of person the being in front of him was.
‘He’s good to get help from occasionally, but too difficult to keep.’
He was a beast.
A beast with side effects that could tear you apart if you let your guard down for even a moment.
But he was also a beast with that much charm.
Trying to tame that beast by force was the act of a fool.
The more you try to tame him, the more fiercely he would resist.
‘Even if it costs him his life.’
But conversely, if you don’t bind him and give him food and shelter while letting him roam free, you might gain his favor.
If things go well, the Tohomu family might even be able to take another step up.
It didn’t matter if it failed. Yuzuke didn’t think the family would last long anyway.
It would just be a big blow to his heart.
Well, thanks to that, his daughters-in-law and Yui, who were forced into the cuckoo’s nest, became pitiful, but it couldn’t be helped.
This was for the sake of the family.
Of course, he didn’t intend to just let it go.
He was planning to compensate them accordingly.
‘I should put my first daughter-in-law in charge of the family’s industrial sector to restore her authority, and my second daughter-in-law in charge of external activities. I should also scold that lacking second son. As for Yui… I guess I’ll just give her some pocket money.’
Yuzuke thought so again, reconfirming the compensation for his daughters-in-law and daughter, and thought about the deal he had made with Takuya.
And so, he had to work energetically until late at night for the first time in a long time.
It’s a secret that he was groggy the next day.
***
A few days after receiving the offer from Grandpa Yuzuke.
I officially became an adopted son of the Tohomu family.
Or rather, my other identity did.
What does that mean?
I have three moms, and now I have three identities.
It’s only natural. In the first place, parental consent is legally required for adoption.
But there was no way my two moms, who love me so, so, so much, would let me go.
I didn’t even bring it up, by the way.
Honestly, I don’t know what kind of reaction I’d get.
But at least I could predict that if I brought up the adoption story, our house would be turned upside down, and something very big would happen.
Anyway, for that reason, I decided to create a third identity.
You might ask if it’s okay to increase your identities like this, but Japan doesn’t have a resident registration card like Korea.
They use things like driver’s licenses to verify identity.
And there are quite a few people who quietly disappear in Japan. So, it wasn’t difficult to create one.
So, it’s okay to increase my identities.
‘Of course, when I grow up, I’ll have to transfer the identity of that fake Mori Takuya (adult version).’
Takuya thought to himself, becoming Tohom Takuya, one of his identities.
*Somehow, this name keeps getting passed down.*
Takuya thought, looking at the ‘Mother’ section of the contract.
[Tohom Nozomi.]
*The woman I slept with to get her pregnant becomes my mother? This is some comedy. Seriously.*
For reference, my mother is listed as Nozomi.
The excuse for adopting me was that they couldn’t have children, so they were taking me in as a substitute.
So, wouldn’t I be abandoned once a child is born?
At least until Grandpa Yuzuke is alive, I won’t be treated like a second-class citizen.
*If he has any sense, he wouldn’t do that.*
Well, if Grandpa Yuzuke ever tries to treat me like a second-class citizen, he’ll have to pay the price.
Anyway, after observing his new identity, Takuya leaned back and sighed.
Now that the big issues are resolved, shall I go enjoy some mundane daily life?
Takuya thought, and then made a call.
The place he was calling was, of course.
“Ah, Haruka, I was thinking of going to your place tomorrow, is that okay? Ah, Miharu-san. Yes, yes. Ah, you don’t have to go to such lengths…”
It was Haruka and Miharu’s house.
***
It was a holiday, and Haruka’s house, which was usually quite cheerful, was especially bright today.
The reason, of course, was.
“When did Takuya-kun say he was coming?”
“…Mom, that’s the third time you’ve asked that.”
“Oh my, oh my, look at my mind. Did I boil the soup?”
It was because Takuya was coming.
Takuya was someone who had changed the lives of the two women in many ways.
Not only did he get Haruka, who was half a shut-in and half-gave up on finding a job, a proper job, but he even took responsibility for her.
From Miharu’s perspective, who was worried about Haruka, he was nothing short of a benefactor.
Of course, it was a flaw that, perhaps because he was so broad-minded, not only her daughter but even she herself had fallen into his embrace.
*But it’s still good♥*
After reminiscing about the happy memories of being held by Takuya, Miharu placed the finished soup on the table and completed setting the side dishes and cutlery.
It was a stark contrast to Miharu’s usual self, who would always tell her daughter that the meal was ready and have her put down her chopsticks.
Haruka sighed at her mother’s behavior.
Somehow, her mother seemed to be more excited about Takuya coming than she was.
Thanks to that, Haruka sighed softly at her mother’s behavior, but then smiled faintly.
Still, Haruka preferred her mother’s happy face to her gloomy one.
Just as Haruka was thinking that.
—Ding-dong.
The sound of someone ringing the doorbell echoed.
At the sound, Miharu and Haruka headed to the front door without a second thought.
And when they opened the front door, what they saw was.
“Oh, Haruka and Miharu-san, you both came out.”
A small but sturdy-looking man, that is, Takuya, was there.
More precisely.
“Takuya-kun, what are those flowers?”
“…Irises?”
Takuya was holding a deep purple iris and a deep blue iris, respectively.
They were both taken aback by Takuya’s sudden appearance with flowers, but when Takuya handed them the flowers, they realized that they were prepared for them.
At that fact, Haruka smiled sheepishly, and Miharu was slightly choked up.
Haruka knew the language of irises, perhaps because she sometimes observed flowers and plants, and Miharu had never received such flowers before.
You might ask why she had never received such flowers before, but her ex-husband was a very patriarchal and rigid man.
Of course, she had never received many gifts, let alone such flowers.
That’s why she was so touched by Takuya’s small gift.
Perhaps that’s why.
Miharu tried her best to hold back her tears, but she felt tears welling up in her eyes without her knowing.
“Oh, oh?”
Miharu was flustered by the tears that kept flowing despite her happiness, and even more flustered was.
*Huh, I thought women usually like getting flower gifts like this?!*
It had been a while since they had met, and Takuya, not wanting to go empty-handed, had bought a gift (flowers) that he had heard about from a senior in the military who was known as a romantic (he had been recommended by an employee).
*I guess you can’t trust what you hear in the military.*
Having once again realized that immutable truth, Takuya patted Miharu-san, who was crying, and went inside the house.
