Chapter 368 – A Change of Course

On the night of Katsujirou-kun’s birthday, I told my father/grandfather, Ootori Kiichirou, of my decision. Haruto-san, in turn, conveyed his own resolve to Ootori Torasaburou.

I spoke with my father/grandfather in the sitting room of the detached Japanese-style residence. It was the same room where I had often talked with my great-grandfather in the past. And just as it had been back then, only the two of us were present.

No one else was there. Haga, who had become my father/grandfather’s chief butler, and Shizu were waiting in a nearby room.

“So, you’ve already figured out what I was planning. And it’s only been three months.”

The moment I finished explaining everything, including my own theories, that was the first thing he said, in his usual teasing manner.

But we’d known each other for so long that I recognized it as nothing