“Good grief, you… Why are you causing chaos when we came here to see our daughters?”
“Gahaha! Sorry, sorry! I just wanted to see what that boy is like!”
“There have to be better ways to do that. The students of Luminous Academy are panicking because of you.”
“Hum… What is going on…?”
A short time after Yuugo was attacked by an armored warrior that turned out to be Sakura’s father, he was taken by him to a reception room.
Yuugo looked at the three men there, and a pale Uno, and asked a natural question.
“Clay? So, hum, these are…”
“Sak… Amamiya’s father, right? Then I assume the other two are Kogarashi and Utsusemi’s…?”
“Yes. We heard about you from our daughters. Yuugo Clay, correct?”
Uno stammered, so Yuugo took over and spoke about who they were, and a man with glasses and a white beard responded.
Yuugo judged by his appearance that he was Setsuna’s father, and they began introducing themselves.
“Hello. My name is Motonari Kogarashi… And you are correct, I am Setsuna’s father. This is Raiha’s father, Ujiyasu Utsusemi. And the ruffian that attacked you is Tadakatsu Amamiya.”
“H-hello. Pleasure to meet you. Your daughters have been very nice to me…!”
“Don’t be so stiff, Yuugo. We already crossed swords!”
“I hate to tell you this, but don’t you think that is part of why he’s nervous?”
Yuugo bowed deeply as he introduced himself to the fathers.
They all reacted to it, and Uno sounded more nervous than Yuugo.
“Clay, they received news of the previous incident and wanted to see how their daughters were doing. And they said they wanted to speak to you…”
“M-me…?”
“Don’t worry, we are not here to chastise you or pressure you. We wanted to thank you.”
Yuugo’s voice shook as he heard the VIP that were these heads of families in Yamato called for him.
Raiha’s father, Ujiyasu, politely explained why, and Motonari and Tadakatsu followed along.
“We heard you greatly contributed to the resolution of the incident that revealed the betrayal of the diplomat and observer Koumaru. I apologize for making you clean up our mess.”
“Nice going, taking out that Zaraki! I felt it from our little match too, but you’re pretty good!”
“…My daughter is safe because of you. I am very grateful.”
“I didn’t do it alone. It was solved thanks to the efforts of my friends. And I wasn’t the one who saved Raiha…”
Yuugo expressed that it was not his achievement, everyone else also worked hard to resolve that incident, but then he realized something and looked at Uno.
This incident touched upon many serious things, including Raiha being part loong. Should he speak about it with him present, he thought, but Motonari spoke.
“Don’t worry, Mister Castle has been told about Raiha’s secret.”
“Also, he has taken over for Miss Nira as our contact. She is currently recovering from her injuries.”
“I see, good.”
Then there was no need to worry, thought Yuugo as he felt relieved.
The fathers of the combat miko leaned in a little as they spoke.
“Yuugo, you did more than you think. Of course, you kept our daughters safe, but you also stopped our families’ magic items from being taken.”
“If Koumaru kept the magic items with loong power, his research would have advanced a lot. The whole world might have been threatened by him.”
“You stopped that from happening. You defeated Zaraki, took back my daughter, and saved the world.”
“…It doesn’t really feel real. I was just doing my best, I wasn’t thinking about the world being in danger…”
Yuugo just wanted to save the friends in danger in front of him,
Being told he saved the world did not feel real to him.
He was happy about being praised, but he did not do it alone in the first place, and did not mean to accomplish something that great. The three heads of families responded after hearing this.
“Your achievements have not been made public because of us in Yamato. You should be receiving that honor and be rewarded.”
“I owe you for saving my daughter. It was our fault to begin with, so surely we have a duty to repay you.”
“Tell us what you want. We can grant your wishes.”
“Wishes…”
As he thought that sounded like what a demon from the future would say, he crossed his arms and felt pressured to state something.
After considering it for a bit, he raised his head, faced the fathers of the combat miko, and spoke.
“My friends and I aren’t after rewards like money and fame. But if I had to say… I want you to look after the mother of my friend Ryuuga.”
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