To the beat of some powerful music,
Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo marched toward the Head of the Family's Room.
None of the clan members they passed along the way stepped forward to stop them...
After all, the family head's son had business in the Head of the Family's Room, where he could bond with his father...
Wasn't that perfectly normal...?
What a heartwarming scene of a loving father and a dutiful son...
So, at most, these clan members wondered why their young master
had suddenly skipped classes on a weekday and come home from school, bringing a strange man with him...?
No one suspected the reason hidden behind it...
After all, who could have guessed that Noritoshi Kamo had suddenly come home today to force his own father out of power...?
The two met no obstacles along the way, and even had a servant leading them...
Soon, they arrived at the foot of a flight of steps.
The room at the top was the Head of the Family's Room, where Noritoshi Kamo's father was...
"Is this the place...?"
Akutagawa Shang pointed at the room at the top of the steps and turned to ask Noritoshi Kamo.
"That's right, this is it..."
"Come on, follow me up..."
Noritoshi Kamo nodded and was about to lead Akutagawa Shang up to burst through his father's door.
But then...
Just as the two set foot on the steps,
a white-haired old man with a goatee suddenly appeared from somewhere,
standing directly in front of them and blocking their path...
He bowed respectfully to Noritoshi Kamo.
"Young Master Noritoshi, what brings you home...?"
Akutagawa Shang gave Noritoshi Kamo a questioning look,
as though asking:
"Where did this old man pop out from...?"
"Do you know him...?"
With an odd expression, Noritoshi Kamo explained to