Getting Their Marriage Certificate

The matter of their marriage was finally settled.

Akasaka and Suzune stood at the door, each holding a suitcase, ready to leave.

After all, Suzune's thoughts were simple: [Now that everything has been settled, there's no need to stay here, much less any desire to catch up with my parents.]

Suzune's parents stood at the door and watched them leave. Both secretly spat in their hearts and cursed their daughter: [Ungrateful brat!] But there was nothing they could do except swallow their feelings... After all, she was their own daughter.

Naturally, Akasaka had also left behind a bride price for Horikita Suzune—a universal contract stamped with the official seal of Japan's Prime Minister.

If Akasaka remembered correctly, the Horikita family seemed to run businesses. They owned three thousand combined hot spring inns and restaurants across Japan.

That universal contract was meant for business. As long as Horikita's parents wanted to start a business and found a plot of land they liked, they could take that land for free simply by presenting the universal contract.

It was a small token of Akasaka's sincerity.

After all, as Japan's Prime Minister, he had the authority to do so.

Looking at the universal contract spread across the table, Horikita Suzune's parents exchanged a glance and smiled helplessly.

All they wanted was for Suzune to be happy. Whether there was a bride price or not did not matter.

They were already well above the middle class and had no shortage of money, but this was their son-in-law Akasaka's gesture of goodwill, so they could only accept it.

With Suzune's side of things officially settled, Akasaka walked down the street without wasting any time. He took out the diamond ring he had prepared long ago, dropped to one knee beside Suzune, and proposed.

Suzune looked around