Chapter 371 – After the Engagement Meeting

After the four marriage arrangements involving the Ootori family had been decided in the main building of the Ootori family’s main residence, just as my father declared with the air of someone who had successfully completed a major task, everyone moved straight into the banquet.

Then the adults turned it into a drinking party. Since it was a joyous occasion, that much was only natural.

The children, however, couldn’t drink alcohol. At my father’s enthusiastic urging, we each took a light sip of a low-alcohol aperitif, but after that, everyone voluntarily stopped themselves.

And since drinking parties never ended quickly, the children gradually excused themselves from the living room that had been serving as the banquet hall.

Everyone old enough to drink was busy keeping my father company, so Haruto-san, who usually stayed with me, wasn’t around, nor were Torasaburou’s children. Sara-san had