I have to say, this girl named Saeki Ryoko really had some tricks up her sleeve. When everyone turned to the history of the Shiroho Family, the first thing they saw was actually a book—historical records?
No, "historical records" probably wasn't quite accurate. It looked more like an unofficial history, apparently photographed from some kind of record.
In any case, it contained a strange story.
It took place during the Taisho Era. At that time, the Shiroho Family had two daughters but no son. This greatly disappointed the head of the Shiroho Family, since the family business was generally inherited by the sons. Although the Shiroho Family wasn't particularly wealthy back then, they did have a modest amount of property.
Fortunately, it was no longer the feudal era, and girls' schools had begun to flourish. Thus, as a last resort, the head of the Shiroho Family sent his eldest daughter to a girls' school, hoping she could inherit the family business.
That was naturally considered shocking at the time, but the head of the Shiroho Family had no other choice. After all, if his daughter inherited the family business and they found her a husband who married into the family, then the Shiroho Family's property would still belong to him, wouldn't it?
The eldest daughter also proved herself worthy. She loved studying, got good grades, and kept working hard in the hope of inheriting the family business and fulfilling her father's expectations.
Well...if that were all there was to it, then this wouldn't be much of a story.
When the eldest daughter was fifteen, something unexpected happened.
Her mother gave birth to another child, and it was a boy.
Although the records didn't describe it in detail, the people present weren't fools. They naturally understood that this might have been