Chapter 175 – Preparing for Farewell

1931 had begun, yet the atmosphere in the Ootori main estate felt heavy.

Everyone sensed that the time had finally come for my great-grandfather, Ootori Souichirou, to be taken from this world.

In early December, he had caught a light cold. His body, already so weakened that he could no longer rise from his bed, had almost no strength left to resist it. He was fortunate not to develop pneumonia, but the cold still drained what little vitality remained.

After our family doctor told us that he likely would not survive the winter and that all that remained was to let him meet his end quietly, the Ootori main estate began to see a steady stream of visitors coming for their final greetings, with many of them elderly.

The Ootori family may have been disliked by the public, but the zaibatsu had grown