Chapter 248 – Moving

“Thank you for having us today!”

“The pleasure is ours. Everyone, thank you for taking the time to come on your day off.”

“Not at all.”

With those words came a sharp “Thud!” as they bowed in the deepest possible salute.

This is strange. Today is supposed to be our moving day, isn’t it?

I feel a little dizzy. Right in front of me, as though conducting an inspection, my dear onii-sama-like Uncle Ryuya stands facing about twenty familiar young officers. Though calling them young is a stretch, most of them are already around thirty. They are lined up neatly within the grounds of the Ootori main residence.

It is Sunday, and they are all off duty from their posts in the Imperial Capital. Every one of them is in civilian clothes. And yet, when they execute a perfectly synchronized, immaculate