Chapter 156 – Behind the Scenes at the Ootori Party

“You don’t need to be so formal with me. Just be your usual self, Reiko.”

“Oh, it’s you, Katsujirou-kun. Are you alone?”

Hearing a familiar voice, I casually replied, assuming no other Ootori children were with him.
But that was only for a moment.

“He’s not alone. Pardon the intrusion, Ootori Reiko-san.”

“-! My apologies, Lord Koyata!”

“Ah, no need for that. Today, I’m just a father visiting his son’s friend.”

I had instinctively straightened up and bowed deeply, it was Katsujirou-kun’s father.

Koyata from the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, the fourth head of the zaibatsu.
He was the son of the founding brother’s younger sibling, so although not of the main bloodline, his family produced both the second and fourth heads of the zaibatsu.

From my past-life knowledge as a history nerd, and