Royal Guard, Arrives!

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Over those days, many of the guests who had stood in the front row of the main hall during the funeral worried that conflict might erupt between the heads of the Kurokawa and Tsunayashiro Families.

After all, many had personally heard the verbal clash between the two family heads in the funeral hall. A dispute between nobles usually represented not only a struggle for power, but also a redistribution of wealth.

In terms of power, the Kurokawa Family had a dual captain of the Gotei 13, while the Tsunayashiro Family had the chief of Central 46. In terms of wealth, the Tsunayashiro Family remained the foremost among the Four Great Noble Houses, while the Kurokawa Family could only rank third, far...