"It didn't matter if Mayumi didn't like him now. Feelings needed time to grow. Besides, marriages within the Ten Master Clans weren't something she could decide for herself," Goze Mio said.
The Ten Master Clans often intermarried among themselves. Even if there was no suitable match, they would choose from the Hundred Families. Goze Mio's reason for rejecting Yotsuba Mahiro was simple—
In her eyes, Yotsuba Mahiro was an abandoned child cast aside by the Yotsuba main family, practically one of those fallen-number lineages. He simply wasn't worthy of Mayumi Saegusa!
"I see."
Mahiro finally understood why Mayumi said she was bad at dealing with Goze Mio. It was because she had no power to oppose a marriage arranged by the Ten Master Clans.
If he had not appeared and given the Saegusa Family another option, she might ultimately have had no choice but to marry Goze Hirofumi.
"Then what does Uncle Koichi think?" Mahiro slowly turned to the head of the Saegusa Family, who had been silently watching the show.
"Although Mahiro was abandoned by Maya Yotsuba and expelled from the Yotsuba main family, I greatly admire his talent. Therefore, this matter will depend on Mayumi's personal wishes. I will not interfere," Saegusa Koichi said.
What a cunning old fox who had lived for a millennium.
Not only had he kept his hands completely clean, he was also trying to have it both ways.
Trying to take everything for himself, huh.
"To be honest, Kasumi is willing to marry Brother Mahiro!" Kasumi raised her hand and said.
"Izumi... Izumi would be okay with it too."
"Hehe, see how much Kasumi and Izumi like you, little brother Mahiro? You should be considering their feelings instead. Not every girl is as wonderful as they are."
Mio forced a smile.
Was her