The relationship between Sala Twin Trees and the Doma Family was a mystery. After all, Sala Twin Trees was an organization that acted whenever it accepted a job, and aside from the Doma Family, other prestigious upper-class families had hired them to varying degrees. The only thing linking Sala Twin Trees to the Doma Family was that whenever they appeared, they had been hired by the Doma Family—or rather, by the Kondo Group... What was more, after being active for some time, Sala Twin Trees had vanished without a trace. Aside from its original guard force, the Doma Family's only armed force known to the public was the Kondo Group.
And under Hijikata's leadership, the Kondo Group had begun talking about human relationships and social niceties again... Of course, Shizuka Hiratsuka would not underestimate the Kondo Group's strength. After all, she had personally witnessed Hijikata split an artificial hill in two with a sword strike from afar. How could she possibly underestimate them?
But was that alone enough to make the Shinomiya Family marry off their daughter? Shizuka Hiratsuka still found it unlikely. Before the Kondo Group, weren't the Yama-x Group and the x-Dragon Society powerful too?
Yet which of the Four Great Conglomerates would marry into their families? Thus, Sogo Doma's question left her speechless. That was the renowned Shinomiya Family. Even if it were for profit, shouldn't they be marrying into the equally powerful Sanzenin Family or Suzuki Family, both members of the Four Great Conglomerates? Marrying into the Doma Family?
Wasn't that a bit of a waste of their daughter's potential?
"Cough, cough..." Seeing Shizuka Hiratsuka's hesitation, Sogo Doma naturally would not tell her the truth. Instead, he guessed at her thoughts. "Shizuka, don't let the rumors mislead you. Sure, when I was younger and didn't know