"Fuma Yoichi! How could you betray the Great Way Academy Shogunate?! Have you forgotten the honor of the Fuma Family's ancestors?!" Ino Yuriko was so anxious she was nearly in tears. The Fuma Family was an ancient and prestigious house in Japan's magical world. That was the foundation that had allowed Fuma Yoichi, the most outstanding young member of the Fuma Family, to become the shogun of the Great Way Academy Shogunate at the age of twenty-five.
What he relied on was not merely his own strength, but also the immense backing of his family.
"Actually, you can't entirely blame him! After all, wasn't he under the Imperius Curse, just like you were aboard the Bird Sea Maru last time? Weren't you unable to control yourself then either?" Sherlock consoled her from the side.
"You don't understand at all. With Fuma Yoichi's strength and his resolute willpower, he could have resisted even the Imperius Curse!"
Ino Yuriko said angrily. Even if Fuma Yoichi had been placed under the Imperius Curse, she was still furious.
"Oh my! Isn't that because Miss Yuriko simply wasn't charming enough~? Men, you see... whenever they meet a woman they fancy, a woman they like, their hearts wander and their minds grow lax. To be honest, I was the one who cast the Imperius Curse on Mr. Fuma Yoichi!" Chie Rii stepped out from among the members of Monster Mountain and laughed loudly.
"It was you!" Yuriko gritted her teeth at the sight of Chie Rii.
"That's right! Perhaps you still don't know this—despite being Mr. Fuma Yoichi's fiancée, you had no idea that he was a regular customer at our Mile House. Especially for me. Every time he came to Mile House, it was only to watch me perform a dance."
Sherlock nodded. "Right, right!