To be precise, the feud between the Doma Family and the Shinomiya Family was considered a fine tale among high society—the beginning of the Doma Family's "overthrow from below." Of course, it was only called a fine tale because of the strength Keiryu Doma had displayed. After all, most people fawned over the powerful and trampled on the weak. Keiryu Doma's forceful rise under the Shinomiya Family's suppression naturally turned the feud between the Doma and Shinomiya Families into a fine tale... If the Doma Family had been crushed by the Shinomiya Family instead, it would not have been a fine tale, but a joke.
Some people even said that if the Shinomiya Family had not been so petty, Patriarch Doma might not have risen so quickly. After all, every clash between the Shinomiya Family and the Doma Family had ended in the Shinomiya Family's defeat, and the Doma Family had continued growing by devouring the benefits left behind by the Shinomiya Family.
Unfortunately, they had still underestimated the Doma Family—how could Keiryu Doma have built up the Doma Family merely by feeding on the Shinomiya Family? The Doma Family had devoured countless others!
It was just that the Shinomiya Family, such a visible target, let Keiryu Doma take things easy. Naturally, he was happy to see it happen and had even secretly fanned the flames. After all, offending one Shinomiya Family was better than offending countless others... In truth, the Doma Family was not the only party happy to see it happen. Even the other party involved, the Shinomiya Family, was happy to see it happen—the Shinomiya Family's decline had not come overnight. Several years ago, Gan'an Shinomiya had already begun to find himself willing but unable... Yet for the Shinomiya Family's reputation, Gan'an Shinomiya had no choice but