Chapter 633.: 633.
「 Speaking of which, how’s school? 」
Katsuko-nee said .
Now that she mentioned it, Nei nor Edie hasn’t made a call yet .
「 I’ll try calling them 」
I take out my phone .
For now, let’s call Edie . I’m worried about Megu .
I call Edie’s phone .
「 Err, let’s look at the cameras 」
Katsuko-nee operates her laptop and opens the school monitoring system .
Purururururu, purururururu
『 THIS is Edie! Hafuuu!! 』
Why are speaking in a broken language
「 Edie, what are you doing right now? 」
『 Me? I’m running! Haa, haa, fuu 』
Running?
「 Ah, I’m projecting the image on that screen 」
Katsuko-nee said . I look at the large monitor on the dining room’s wall .
Then .
『 Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!! 』
Edie’s running
inside the track and field’s ground .
She’s wearing gym clothes for some reason .
『 Hey! Don’t run while in a call!! 』
Captain Takeshiba shouted loudly!
『 It’s Darling! I have to answer it! 』
Edie replies while speeding up .
「 Why are you running? 」
My orders were to hide and protect Megu .
『 Ah, you see! Takeshiba-senpai said, “if you’re just going to watch from the sides then start running” 』
Captain Takeshiba found her quickly .
『 But you see, this is not fun at all . This is just a long distance run on flat ground with a group of girls 』
Does Edie prefer jumping around obstacles?
『 That one from earlier was interesting . I feel like I’m jumping over barricades 』
Hurdle run, is it?
『 Also, that one is also interesting that “bang and run!”1 』
Err .
「 Do you mean “Javelin?”2 」
『 Yes, that one! 』
Hmm .
「 Edie, where’s Megu? 」
『 Megumi?! Darling’s calling!! 』
No, you don’t have to shout .
Katsuok-nee switches the camera .
Megu’s helping the other first-years cleanup .
She’s showing a sullen face, not even responding to Edie .
『 She looks angry 』
Edie said while still running .
Yeah, she’s angry that I had Edie stealthily guard her .
I didn’t tell Megu after all .
I mean, Edie wasn’t hiding at all .
『 Hey! One more lap left! Start speeding up! 』
Captain Takeshiba said . Edie .
『 OK!! 』
Byuuun!!
Edie speeds up suddenly .
This is the last lap, and yet she’s running with the momentum for a short-distance race .
Too fast .
『 GOAL!!! 』
Edie runs through the white line .
『 Captain, she broke the prefecture’s high-school student record 』
A junior member in charge of measuring time is amazed as she looks at the stopwatch .
We’re having a conversation here and yet .
As expected of Edie, not bad .
『 I asked this earlier and I will again, why are you not taking this seriously? 』
Captain Takeshiba presses a question .
『 Well, there’s no meaning on running on a flat surface 』
Still, Edie isn’t sweating at all .
『 Next time, I’d like to try that . Bang and run! 』
『 Javelin! 』
『 You just have to throw that as far as possible, right? 』
『 What else can you do with that? 』
Captain Takeshiba’s face looks confused .
『 It’s fun to hit some moving targets with that! Just like we’re hunting! 』
『 Are you a caveman? 』
『 Not caveman! American! 』
Ah, she can’t understand what captain meant from the pronunciation .
『 Captain, Edie-san is an American . She should be in the hunting race 』
The other girl standing next to captain said .
『 What the hell? 』
『 Don’t they often say that? Japanese are agricultural people . Westerners are hunting people 』
Then, Edie .
『 That’s a flawed idea . During the period when agriculture was introduced to Japan, the rest of the world are already starting with it . Rice and wheat cultures, though there’s that idea, comparing Japan’s agriculture with the West’s hunting culture is just weird 』
She said casually .
『 For rice, especially with Japonica rice which is what Japan mainly cultivates take time and labor . Therefore, Japan is called masters of growing rice . On the other hand, if you sow the wheat seeds, you don’t need to do much more work than that . That’s why there are no masters in cultivating wheat 』
Captain Takeshiba and the other girl listens to Edie’s talk .
『 That’s all influenced by the history . There’s no need for fine work, so slaves exist on the wheat culture . Slaves in ancient times, serfs in the middle ages . Wheat can be made even with low slave work . But, rice takes time and labor, slaves won’t raise productivity . Therefore Japan’s rice culture takes down slavery 』
『 But, that was during ancient times . I learned it in Japanese history 』
One of the runners said .
『 It’s said that it’s not taken down . In Japan’s case, the clans released the slaves as the core of their governance . Furthermore, the rice paddle cultivation system collapsed at an early stage that those who cleared up new rice fields became owners of that land 』
Edie explains .
『 Though they’re called a slave, compared to the ancient age, they are free to have possessions, they can also save money and buy back their freedom from their owners . But that’s just a rare case . In other times, the so-called slavery on another land means that they take away the freedom of ownership and also their liberty of marriage 』
They don’t have rights to own nor marriage .
『 Nothing is free, not even their own body and life . All of the rights are taken away by the owner . You can’t marry freely . You can’t make your own family . That’s what a slave means . In Japan, it was during the Edo period where it was assured that you can own possessions and form a family . In short, it’s not a slave 』
Ah, Megu’s listening to Edie’s talk too .
『 Hey, you dark-skinned girl 』
Captain Takeshiba speaks to Edie .
『 You’re not stupid 』
Err .
『 Uhm, Captain, Edie-chan’s smart you know 』
A classmate of ours said that . If I recall correctly .
『 Especially English, she’s fluent in it 』
Well, that’s because she’s an American .
『 No, sorry . I thought that you’re just a muscle-head 』
『 Musclehead? 』
Ede tilts her head .
『 I mean, I thought your brain is also made of muscles . Really, sorry about that 』
Captain Takeshiba apologizes .
『 You can’t survive if you can’t think 』
『 Yeah, that’s how the modern age is 』
『 I mean, . Captain, Edie-chan learns Japanese at a breakneck pace 』
That girl’s right, Edie can’t be an idiot .
『 Right, you were someone talented who wanted to study abroad . My eyes were clouded over, sorry 』
Then, Edie .
『 Ah, shit, I might be an idiot! 』
She presses her phone to her ear .
『 Sorry Darling! We were in a call! 』
Ah, no problems .
I can see and hear everything thanks to the cameras and microphones hidden there .
「 I get the gist of it, continue your task 」
『 Aye-aye-sir! Darling! 』
I ended the call .
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「 Are you sure you don’t want to talk to Megumi-chan? 」
Katsuko-nee asks me .
「 I don’t know what we should talk about for now . Besides, I feel sorry for hindering her exercise with the track and field club . 」
I replied
「 Ah, Megu-oneechan looks like she’s got an injury 」
Mana said .
「 What’s wrong? 」
Misuzu asks .
「 Hmm, well, she’s accumulating a lot . Megu-oneechan is a girl who wants to have an ordinary love story with Onii-chan 」
「 Ordinary? 」
Yoshiko-san looks at Mana with a confused face .
「 But, she can’t just monopolize Onii-chan . That’s not allowed in the first place, you know 」
「 I’m not ordinary after all 」
I’ve been a member of Kuromori, a criminal organization long ago .
I have multiple women with me .
「 Last night, Nikita-san stayed over here . That’s what made Megumi-chan agree that he should also enjoy women outside the family 」
Katsuko-nee said .
Ruriko doesn’t know what happened inside the mansion last night and in the school today .
Misuzu and Yoshiko-san don’t know anything about yesterday .
「 In the end, it’s Yukino-san . Megumi-oneechan can’t accept Yukino-san, so she’s in a bad mood to that extent 」
「 What about you, Mana? 」
I asked .
「 I don’t care about it anymore . I’ll do what Onii-chan wants 」
Mana replied with a relaxed face .
「 If Onii-chan wants to have sex with Yukino-san and me together then I can hold myself 」
Don’t hold back .
You can’t reconcile with that .
「 Let’s put Yukino aside for now 」
Yukino’s having fun with Mao-chan and Agnes .
She really is stable in a good sense .
Well, back then, she’s a woman whose nerves are as thick as a climbing rope .
Somehow or another, she has the strength to adapt to any situation .
「 Yeah, Megumi-chan is much more worrying 」
Katsuko-nee said .
「 Megumi-chan is an ordinary girl 」
「 But, we have Megu’s sense of normality, that helps us feel the deviation 」
Megu’s a girl who’s loved by everyone in the class .
They accept me as I am Megu’s fiance .
That’s for sure .
「 Indeed, I’m aware that we don’t have senses for ordinary people 」
Ruriko said .
Misuzu, Ruriko, and Yoshiko-san are all ladies of Kouzuki house . They have completely different senses from an ordinary girl .
Minaho-neesan, Katsuko-nee, and Nagisa are all former prostitutes .
Nei’s a returnee, her family’s killed in Los Angeles, and she was captured by criminals .
MArgo-san and Edie were both born in the USA . Warriors .
Michi, let’s see, she’s already a professional bodyguard .
As for professionals, Shou-neechan and Rei-chan are there too .
They all are out of ordinary girls .
「 Eh? I also have that ordinary senses though! 」
Mana said .
「 Mana, you were living as a daughter of wealthy, weren’t you? 」
Shirasaka house is one of the high-class families, Mana’s father was one of the elites in an advertising agency .
At least, she doesn’t have any hardships in money .
「 It’s average, completely ordinary, compared to Kouzuki house at least 」
Well, you can’t just compare it to Kouzuki house which leads the largest enterprise among all other high-class families .
I mean, there’s no house next to it .
「 If you go that far, then we’re no match against Takakura-sama’s house 」
Misuzu said .
「 Kouzuki house has been established since the Muromachi era but, Takakura sama’s house is even before the Heian period 」
In what way are you comparing?
「 In the end, what is our basis? 」
Rei-chan who’s been silent all this time asks .
Then .
「 That’s it . You need to reconsider and revise your standards 」
Minaho-neesan comes in .
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