Keiryu Doma often wondered—was the Doma Family really that unpopular? Well, at the very least, it was unpopular with his own children...
He had seen siblings fight over inheritances until they were bloodied and battered, fighting to the death. Yet he had never seen a family like the Doma Family—where every single child had no interest whatsoever in inheriting the family business.
And Keiryu Doma had been utterly helpless about it. If he had not ultimately swindled Taihei with emotion and reason, his enormous Doma Family truly would have had no one to inherit it.
Wait, why call it swindling Taihei? Because:
"Taihei, if you don't inherit the Doma Family, then I can only hand it over to Sogo..." The truth was, Sogo Doma had absolutely no interest in it.
Taihei Doma had responded like this: "I have no objections. Sogo was qualified to inherit the family business in the first place..."
Before he could finish, Keiryu Doma said, "I know you have no objections, but have you considered this? With Sogo's habit of squandering money, how many years do you think our Doma Family could last under him?" This was still a lie. In fact, Keiryu Doma knew better than anyone that if Sogo Doma were willing to take over the Doma Family, then rather than merely allowing them to truly rise to the top among the Four Great Financial Conglomerates—
From that day on, there would be only one voice in this country: the voice of the Doma Family.
The problem was that Sogo simply had no interest in any of that...
What could Keiryu Doma do? He was desperate too. He could not beat Sogo, and even if Sogo did not fight back, he could not catch him. As for reasoning with Sogo? Heh...
"Why not just