Do You Want to Be My Wife Too?

After leaving the restaurant, Fujimura Taiga discovered that she had acquired two little tails.

"Wait, why are you two following me?"

She turned around and asked the two children in confusion.

"Ah, um..."

Young Sakura did not know how to answer. She had simply followed Broly out on instinct when she saw him leave. Now that the older sister in front of her had asked why she was following her, she was at a loss. But she quickly came up with a perfectly reasonable excuse.

"I wanted to thank you, Big Sister. Thank you for helping us."

Young Sakura's timid way of speaking made people want to protect her.

"Hah, what a polite little sister. But there's no need to thank me. I only helped you on a whim."

Fujimura Taiga bent down and stroked the girl's soft little head. Then she turned to the little boy who had followed her as well.

"So, Little Brother, did you come to thank Big Sister too?"

Broly did not really understand what thanking someone meant, but he directly told Fujimura Taiga, "I didn't come to thank you. I came to find a wife."

"Find a wife?"

Fujimura Taiga froze. Hearing such words spoken so seriously by such a young boy felt incredibly strange.

"What does that have to do with following me?"

She asked.

"You're the new wife I'm looking for."

Broly pointed at the young girl's nose and spoke with complete seriousness. She was one of the figurine wives confirmed by the Crystal Palace, someone who could provide him with food.

"Is this some new-era method of faking an injury?"

Fujimura Taiga was speechless, but the little boy was cute, so she reached out and pinched his cheek.

"You are pretty cute, but you're far too young. If you want to be my boyfriend, you'll have to grow up for at least another ten years."

Unlike Fujimura Taiga, who was merely teasing a child, Young Sakura beside her was stunned by Broly's words.

"Aren't I your wife?"

The girl asked.

"You are."

Broly nodded in acknowledgment. He had not forgotten the food he had just been fed.

"Then why are you looking for another wife?"

"Can't someone have more than one wife?"

Broly asked in return. Young Sakura fell silent. Still, it seemed like he was not wrong.

"Hey, you're already this fickle at such a young age?"

After hearing that, Fujimura Taiga immediately increased the force of her pinch on the little boy's cheek.

"Do you want to be my wife?"

Broly did not feel much. No matter how hard the young girl squeezed, she was still within the range of a normal human. It neither hurt nor itched.

"Of course I don't!"

Fujimura Taiga answered as though it were only natural, but she had already let go. She was afraid she might actually hurt the child.

"Oh."

Broly was a little disappointed. This newly appeared wife clearly was not willing to keep providing him with food.

"Hey, where are you going?"

When she saw the disappointed look on the boy's face before he turned to leave, Fujimura Taiga froze for a moment and quickly asked.

"It's night. I need to find somewhere to sleep."

Broly gave an honest answer. On Vampa, he had also lived by the habit of being active during the day and resting at night.

"Uh, you don't have anywhere to sleep?"

"No."

"There's a slope over there. I was planning to dig a hole there."

Broly was serious. The huge cave he had lived in on Vampa had also been dug out together with his father, Paragus.

Of course, calling it digging was not entirely accurate. If the mountain itself was hard enough, he could simply blast an opening with an Energy Blast. That would be much more efficient.

Fujimura Taiga rubbed her temples and said to the two children, "If you aren't afraid of getting close to people who look a little fierce, I can take you back to my family's old residence for the night."

"Big Sister, are you taking us in?"

"I'm just worried that you two little ones will be harmed by bad people outside."

A Murderer had recently appeared in Fuyuki City. He had slaughtered several people in succession without being caught by the police, and some of the victims had been children.

Fujimura Taiga knew about it because she was currently staying at the old residence. Her grandfather, Fujimura Raiga, had warned her to be careful because he worried it was unsafe for her to travel to and from school alone.

Fujimura Raiga had originally wanted to arrange for someone to escort his Granddaughter to and from school, but Fujimura Taiga had directly refused.

One reason was that the young girl had confidence in her own combat ability. The other was that Fujimura Taiga did not want to reveal her family background at school.

"Young Lady has returned."

"Welcome home, Young Lady!"

That was because her family was the Fujimura Group, Fuyuki City's largest yakuza organization.

"Do you really have to do this every day?"

"Young Lady, wasn't it the boss's order for us to be more enthusiastic toward you?"

Her grandfather was good in every way, except that he was a little too eager. Mainly because her father had refused to inherit the Family Business, her grandfather wanted to train her as the future successor of the Fujimura Group. But the problem was, she did not want to become a future yakuza boss lady either.

"Young Lady, who are these?"

A man with a scar across his face, someone who was obviously from the underworld, looked at the two children following behind the Young Lady into the residence and could not help asking.

"Two homeless children. I met them on the road and was worried about them wandering outside, so I brought them here."

Fujimura Taiga explained.

"Ah, this... Young Lady is finally going to cultivate a core group of trusted followers to control the Fujimura Group in the future?!"

Upon hearing that, the fierce-looking Scarface actually grew a little emotional and loudly declared it.

"They're not a core group, Bastard!"

"Boss Fujimura, Young Lady has finally come around! She's willing to become your successor!"

Scarface ran into the main residence to deliver the good news, while Fujimura Taiga chased after him.

At that moment, she wanted nothing more than to kick that idiot in front of her to death for arbitrarily twisting the meaning of her actions.

"What is all this shouting? Have you no manners?"

Fujimura Raiga, who was discussing business with a guest in the main room, immediately pulled a long face when he saw Scarface rush in.

But after Scarface told him that his Granddaughter had suddenly brought back two homeless orphans, the big brother of Fuyuki City's yakuza world broke into a smile.

For yakuza like them, adopting orphans meant cultivating trusted followers. Only children raised from a young age could develop loyalty to the organization.

The Scarface standing before him was one of the orphans Fujimura Raiga had once adopted. Even now that the man had started a family, both he and his children remained utterly loyal to the Fujimura Group.

"Don't overexplain my actions in front of Grandfather!"

The sliding door to the main room was kicked flying. With a flying kick, Fujimura Taiga sent Scarface flying to the side.

"Cough, cough, Taiga, we have a guest here!"

The young girl in her sailor uniform stood on Scarface's back like a tigress hunting prey. After hearing her Grandfather's words, she noticed the mature man seated nearby. She glared viciously at Scarface beneath her feet, then finally reined in her Fuyuki City Tiger demeanor and became more demure.

"Mr. Emiya, please excuse us. This Granddaughter of mine has quite a temper, much like mine."

"It's fine. For someone in the underworld, a fiery temper is an advantage."

Emiya Kiritsugu showed no change in expression as he calmly offered the compliment.

"About the house."

"We'll go with the price Mr. Emiya mentioned. As for the goods you ordered, I'll have someone deliver them to the Warehouse of the neighboring house tomorrow."

"Alright."

Emiya Kiritsugu nodded and pushed over the suitcase he had brought. It was full of banknotes, payment for the house and the weapons.

As the Mage Killer who had once been famous in the underground world, Emiya Kiritsugu still had some connections there.

Before the Holy Grail War began, he had contacted Fuyuki City's largest underground yakuza organization and ordered a batch of weapons through the Fujimura Group's channels.

"Aren't you going to count it?"

When he saw the old man directly have his subordinate put away the suitcase, Emiya Kiritsugu could not help asking.

"I trust Mr. Emiya's reputation."

After Fujimura Raiga spoke, he had the subordinate beside him see the guest out.

Emiya Kiritsugu stood up and followed the Fujimura Group member outside. In the corridor, he came face-to-face with the two children being led inside.

"Mr. Emiya?"

Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly stopped, leaving the Fujimura Group member seeing him out somewhat puzzled.

"It's nothing. I just suddenly remembered something."

Emiya Kiritsugu brushed it off. Only after leaving the Fujimura Residence did he frown slightly.

He did not know the boy he had encountered in the corridor, but he knew the girl. Emiya Kiritsugu, who had thoroughly investigated the opponents in this Holy Grail War, knew that she was the Younger Daughter of the Tohsaka Family.

According to the latest intelligence, she should have been adopted into the Matou Family. He did not know why she had appeared in the Fujimura Group's residence.

"Could it be that they've already discovered my whereabouts? But if they had, sending a child to approach me would be rather ridiculous, wouldn't it?"

Emiya Kiritsugu was troubled. Hisau Maiya's voice came through his earpiece, asking what was wrong. He said it was nothing, but inwardly decided to investigate the matter.

"So you're the two orphans my Granddaughter brought home?"

Fujimura Raiga directly asked as he looked at the two children brought into the room.

"Grandfather, I only brought them home because they had nowhere to go, and there's been a Murderer active outside lately. Don't misunderstand and scare the children!"

Fujimura Taiga said from the side.

"Is that so? But this little fellow looks quite bold to me."

Fujimura Raiga was naturally referring to Broly. As he was brought over for questioning, Broly looked around at the room of the civilized world, peering here and there. He was not frightened at all by the scar-faced old man before him.

Young Sakura, on the other hand, was indeed somewhat afraid of the old man questioning them and hid behind Broly.

"Do you have food?"

After looking over the room's furnishings, Broly quickly lost interest and directly asked the old man.

Matou Sakura's Grandfather had been very generous. The moment they met, he had invited him to eat bugs. Although Broly later learned it had been a misunderstanding, he could not help having great expectations for the Grandfather of his newly appeared new wife, Fujimura Taiga.

"Kid, how dare you disrespect the boss!"

"Ah, you're still not full?"

Scarface and Fujimura Taiga spoke at the same time.

Broly rubbed his Little Belly and only answered Fujimura Taiga. "Not yet."

Ignored by Broly, Scarface felt that his dignity had been violated and wanted to step forward to teach this Kid a lesson.

"Stand down."

But Fujimura Raiga stopped him.

"It's a good thing for children to be able to eat and ask for food."

Fujimura Raiga turned to Broly.

"However, if you want to earn a meal from my Fujimura Family, there are conditions."

"What conditions?"

"My Fujimura Family does not support freeloaders. Only those who contribute to the Fujimura Family are qualified to earn a meal from us."

"What do you need me to do?"

Broly directly asked. Work before reward was also something the harsh environment of Vampa had taught him. Only by hunting diligently could he have food to eat. Broly accepted that principle.

"You're still too young. The Fujimura Family does not need you to do anything yet. So I only need you to remember, while eating, that you're eating the Fujimura Family's food. In the future, you must be loyal to the Fujimura Family. You must consider yourself part of the Fujimura Family, one of us. Can you do that?"

Education had to begin in childhood. Compared with the street punks recruited midway, the Fujimura Group's upper ranks were all made up of orphans raised from a young age. This loyalty and cohesion cultivated since childhood were why only the Fujimura Group's name stood in Fuyuki City's yakuza world.

Part of them, one of us—what did that mean?

Broly frowned slightly as he considered the question.

Crystal Palace, do you know?

He even asked the information inside his mind, treating all the information that had appeared in his head before as something sent by the Crystal Palace.

Searching. Based on contextual analysis, "part of them" and "one of us" are terms similar to the relationship of being a wife.

The Crystal Palace actually gave Broly an answer. After receiving the explanation, Broly froze slightly. He looked at Fujimura Raiga before him and asked a startling question, "So, do you want to become my wife too?"

The moment those words came out, the room fell silent. Everyone stared at him in disbelief. Even if it was something said by a child, it was still utterly shocking.

"So you weren't just setting your sights on me—you were setting them on my Grandfather too?!"

Fujimura Taiga was also thunderstruck and muttered to herself.

"What? He was setting his sights on you too?"

Upon hearing that, Fujimura Raiga flew into a rage. His Granddaughter was only fifteen this year, a genuine middle school student. Whoever dared set his sights on her, he would dare break that person's legs!

But then he looked at the innocent little boy, who seemed not to know what he had said and looked no older than kindergarten age.

Well, these were words spoken by a Kid much younger than his Granddaughter. Then it was fine. A young girl dating a little boy could not be considered a loss for his Granddaughter anyway.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Broly asked in confusion.

Host, please note that the Crystal Palace does not currently accept anyone other than figurine wives.

The Crystal Palace reminded him In Consciousness.

So they can't become one of us...

Broly was a little disappointed. If he could not become one of them with the old man in front of him, did that not mean he could not eat here?

"Grandfather, this child has some problems with his understanding. Don't hold it against a child with cognitive issues."

Fujimura Taiga spoke up for Broly, then pulled him and the girl out of the room.

"Can't I eat here?"

Broly asked after being dragged outside.

"No, of course you can."

"But you won't agree to become my wife, and your Grandfather can't become my wife either."

"Do you really want my Grandfather to become your wife?"

"You need a wife to have food."

Broly answered.

"So you just want to eat, not really find a wife, right?"

Broly nodded briskly.

"All right. If that's the kind of wife you mean, then I can agree to become your wife."

Fujimura Taiga finally understood what the child was thinking.

"So I can eat here now?"

"Yes!"

"Where do we eat?"

That was all Broly cared about.

"I'll take you there."