## Chapter 235 – After The Great East Japan Earthquake (6)
Why was Yui the one to greet Takuya?
The answer was simple.
“Nozomi, your sister is currently in the family head’s room, talking with the head. And please take a look at this investment proposal I’ve made. This one’s a bit tricky…”
“Okay.”
Yui was now one of the people closest to Takuya in this family.
To explain a little about how things came to be this way.
After the earthquake, there were significant changes in the Tohom family.
First of all, not only were many of their main residences destroyed, but they also spent a huge amount of money building shelters.
As a result, the Tohom family had to tighten their belts, and the first thing to be cut back was, of course, the Tohom clan’s extravagance.
This was devastating news for Yui, who had just given birth to a child and was hoping to live happily.
Seeing her like this, Elder Yuzuke, while unable to provide her with significant financial support, encouraged her to have various [experiences].
Not extravagant ones, but real experiences.
And investing was one of those experiences.
“Did you really earn this yourself?”
“I did it based on information a friend gave me, but it turned out pretty well, right?”
Surprisingly, she had a talent for investing.
To be precise, it was thanks to the information she got from her high-class friends.
In investing, having good friends and knowing how to filter their information was also a skill.
Yui had a great talent in this area.
Thanks to this, Takuya promised to restore her former wealth and hired her.
As a result, she had now become a career woman who even submitted her own investment proposals.
She had also lost much of her former arrogance.
Well, in fact, this was more due to…
“Mommy! Brother!”
…her daughter.
“Rina, I told you Mommy would take you in…”
“But I want to see Takuya Brother quickly!”
“…Okay.”
When Yui’s daughter, Rina, who had the same hime cut as Yui, approached, Takuya smiled and welcomed her.
“Brother!!”
She was also his daughter, after all.
Takuya looked at his daughter, or rather, his niece, and stroked her head.
On the surface, she wasn’t Takuya’s daughter, so it was only natural.
After messing up Rina’s hair, he picked up the light child and went straight into the newly built mansion.
Before, the impression was strongly Japanese, but the new building had a strong Western style.
He heard that it was to start with a new mindset, so they made it Western style.
‘What is this, the Meiji Restoration?’
Anyway, as they went inside, what they saw was…
“Brother, it’s been a while.”
A boy who looked about the same age as Rina, no, it was my son, Mamoru.
The difference between him and Rina was that his expression was very blank.
It seemed that it was because he had completed Nozomi’s difficult successor training.
“Yeah. How’s your Kushimoto studies going?”
Takuya looked at his son, no, his younger brother, with a dignified older brother expression that he didn’t usually show.
At Takuya’s expression, a small smile appeared on Mamoru’s lips.
Even if he was expressionless, he was still a child.
After stroking Mamoru’s head in a similar way to Rina, he picked him up with his other arm.
“B-Brother!”
At my actions, Mamoru looked surprised and used both his usual title, “Brother,” and “Brother.”
Well, not paying much attention, I picked up both of them and followed the guidance of the old butler, who had been my guide from the start, towards the room where Elder Yuzuke and Nozomi were.
After walking for a while.
Takuya arrived at what was called a reception room, a very Western-style room.
Takuya put Rina and Mamoru down and knocked.
—Knock knock.
After a moment of silence.
[Come in.]
At the Elder’s words, Takuya opened the door and went inside.
Inside, he saw Nozomi and Elder Yuzuke sitting on a plush sofa, looking at various documents.
“Grandpa!”
“Oh, Rina, yes. Did you go to greet your brother well?”
“Yes!”
“Hehe, yes, yes. Our Rina is so kind.”
Watching Rina, who had finished a warm hug with her grandfather, Takuya sat down next to Nozomi as usual, and Mamoru (whom the Elder had forced to sit) sat next to Elder Yuzuke, while Rina sat on my lap.
Yui had returned to the company to deal with urgent paperwork.
And so, we gathered and chatted over tea, and after a brief catch-up, Elder Yuzuke spoke to Rina and Mamoru.
“Mamoru, Rina, we adults have something to talk about. Please go out for a while.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll go back to studying.”
“Hehe, yes. Our Mamoru is so mature.”
“Ugh! Then, Rina will study too!”
“Hehehe, yes, yes.”
After sending the children away, Nozomi, who had been playing the role of a mother, leaned her head on my shoulder.
It seemed she had waited until the children left.
Takuya didn’t refuse Nozomi’s actions.
Elder Yuzuke also watched the scene with satisfaction.
Of course, that was only for a moment.
It was time for our family’s ‘real’ meeting.
“When will we do this month’s [cleaning] work?”
A word that, at first glance, might not make sense.
It was like a code we had set up among ourselves.
The exact term was.
[Brainwashing] or [Hypnosis].
“Hmm, this month will be difficult, so let’s start next month.”
“I understand. I’ll prepare as usual, so you can do it there.”
“Thank you as always.”
“It’s for the family.”
The cleaning work, or rather, the work of filtering out spies and creating spies in reverse.
The Tohom family had achieved rapid growth after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
It was natural. From the beginning, he was a person with considerable influence in Miyagi Prefecture, but he also emphasized the dangers of nuclear power and earthquakes in various ways and built several shelters.
Takuya ‘deliberately’ let that fact spread little by little as rumors.
In addition, he sent Elder Yuzuke to local newspapers and news to be interviewed, saying it was nothing special.
As a result, the Tohom family naturally gained almost absolute support in Miyagi Prefecture.
In the process, Elder Yuzuke subtly had people join the Salvation Church and pray.
Anyway, the power of the Tohom family, which had grown so quickly in such a short time, naturally led to checks from other surrounding families.
So, Takuya had no choice but to start the cleaning work on the Tohom family’s butlers and maids every three to five months.
From what he had found out, that was the limit of general hypnosis.
Anyway, after finishing the discussion about cleaning, Takuya asked about the progress of various businesses.
The stock company that Takuya himself had established was still doing well.
Since he only invested in blue-chip stocks, it was only natural.
Besides that, there were also meetings with politicians, harmony with other local leaders, and connections between businesses.
Elder Yuzuke, despite his old age, was more active than young people.
Well, it was natural.
‘First, the purge, second, they became a wreck.’
The sons of the Tohom family had all messed up.
The first son, displeased with his wife’s family activities, caused a few disturbances and then ruined his own business, and Elder Yuzuke, furious, sent him to Siberia in Russia.
The second son, after getting divorced, was living the life of a workaholic, completely dazed by Aiko’s changed appearance.
But why a wreck?
Well, because he was just working with a pale face. What else would you call that?
Anyway, in this state, Elder Yuzuke was now entrusting the family’s internal affairs to his daughter-in-law, Nozomi, whom he trusted more than his sons, while he focused on external activities.
It was a real mess, but what could he do? It had already happened.
Anyway, after settling the family’s major and minor affairs and hearing the reports, Takuya nodded in satisfaction.
He didn’t understand everything, but having done this for several years, he could tell that the atmosphere was very good.
Well, after hearing all the reports about the business, Takuya got up from his seat.
Now that he had heard everything about the family’s business, there was somewhere else he had to go.
“Are you going to see Aiko?”
Nozomi, who had gotten up at the same time as Takuya and was adjusting his collar, asked.
Takuya nodded in affirmation.
Now that he had finished the most important family matters, he was planning to go see the next most important person.
At Takuya’s answer, Nozomi nodded and said.
“I’ll be waiting for you tonight♥”
*Chu*
Nozomi’s kiss on his cheek made her look like a perfect wife.
Takuya nodded, said goodbye to his siblings, and, guided by a knight, headed to where Aiko was.
Takuya arrived at a quiet church in the suburbs, got out of the car, and then.
He went inside the church.
Inside the church, instead of the statues and stained glass that would normally be in a church, there were dragon-shaped statues and stained glass everywhere.
Takuya took a moment to look at the familiar scenery.
Then, he looked at a woman in the center of the church, no.
“Have you come, my God♥”
He smiled wryly as he looked at Aiko, who had now become the saintess of the Salvation Church.
