The Legacy System

Master Yoshida was a bit taken aback by what he heard! He knew what kind of person this brother of his was, and also what kind of surprises he did.

Especially looking at the faces of the people present he was sure that the surprise wasn't something that other people might like.

In fact, it looked more like a small tragedy would happen when the surprise was revealed, and he didn't understand why this brother of his was using precisely this day to make it happen.

Did he suspect anything? That should be impossible, no one should be aware of his plans. So most probably it didn't have anything to do with that. 

But one thought could never leave his mind, just what the hell was this man planning in his head. If there was someone he was afraid of, was precisely this Master Takeshiba, this brother of his.

On the other hand, Master Takeshiba kept his smiling face, as he led his in-laws towards the venue, where they would make their rounds of greeting and talking to the important guests.

In the meantime, Eric was getting dressed in one of the rooms of the Takeshiba family without minding the previous happenings.

As a matter of fact, the moment he had gone out of the study room, where he was talking with Master Takeshiba and Takeshiba Yuto, he almost bumped into his mother-in-law.

She was coming to ask Master Takeshiba if he was ready for the ceremony, and the party, as soon they would have to go outside and greet their guests.

She knew that he was in an important meeting, and she was just going to knock on the door when the door opened and Eric came out of it.

Startled from the situation she took back her stretched hand, as she said in an arrogant and angry voice,

"Don't be so abrupt young man, pay attention to your surroundings!"

She was being tyrannical, and really arrogant, but she had all the rights to be, she was the wife of the Takeshiba family Master! Who dared to question her if she was right and wrong?

Eric looked at her with a complicated and weird look on his face, as he said in a fake apologetic voice,

"You are right mother-in-law I was too abrupt and startled you, please forgive me!"

At first, the woman was only concentrated on his apology words, and didn't understand or process the way that Eric directed her, as she was saying,

"Make sure you,… you!!"

She was in the middle of her speech when she finally processed the way he was directed to her, but this didn't make the situation less weird, and unbelievable, as she said stutteringly,

"You,…, wha-what did you call me?"

Eric seemed completely calm and natural as he said,

"Mother-in-law!"

When she heard it the first time she was startled and thought that probably she had misheard him when he said what he said, but this time there was no mistake, he called her 'mother-in-law'.

How dare he say something like that? Was he mocking her about her age or something? She couldn't control herself if that was true, as she screamed,

"How dare you call me like that? Who do you think you are to mock the Takeshiba family's wife for her age?"

Eric looked at her with a weird complexion, as he said in a hasty voice,

"No, no, no, you misunderstood me, I am calling you mother-in-law because I officially got engaged to your daughter Aika!"

When she heard him say, she misunderstood him, Yoshida Mito concentrated more on his next words, wondering what she misunderstood about the situation.

But hearing the next part she was almost flabbergasted, after all, this was completely unexpected for her. She had never thought of this as a possibility.

In light of Eric's words, she started looking at him from head to toe one or two times, to better assess his figure.

In fact, she paid him no attention whatsoever even while she was chiding him, as she didn't think of him as relevant to her, and her nose was reaching the ceiling, but now she had to take a good look at him.

He looked really handsome and graceful, especially with the new clothes he had bought today while shopping with Takeshiba Aika, together with his features, and expressions he looked like a young prince. 

But there was one massive problem with his looks, he didn't look like a Japanese person at all. Meaning that he was a foreigner.

In a social circle where even, the people from the lower circles weren't allowed to marry her daughter, a foreigner was even more out of the question.

So, who would blame her for thinking this was some kind of sick joke, as she said in a harsh and tyrannical voice,

"Hahaha~! Kid, a person can eat whatever he wants, but he has to be careful of what he says! You better not say such jokes in front of my husband otherwise you would be dead!"

But at that moment, her husband and son appeared at the door, they had been discussing about all this, when they heard the screams of Yoshida Mito.

As luck has it they arrived exactly at that moment, as they heard her say those words. Seeing their arrival Yoshida Mito thought it was game over for Eric, as her husband had already heard what she said.

She would have never expected though, that in place of defending her, and siding with her, her husband said in a natural voice,

"Nothing like that will happen, as he truly is the fiancé of our Aika! They are in love and I have decided to support their relationship, and get them engaged tonight alongside Yuto and his fiancé!"

These words completely cut her laugh, and her mood changed drastically. Her husband looked serious and decided in what he said, and even her son wasn't opposing him.

What was going on here? Were they playing some kind of drama in front of her? How was it possible for her husband to accept something like that?

He was one of the proudest, and most blood narcissistic people she knew. He would never approve of something like this, just when had he become a sentimental fool to accept love?

Had the bad publicity affected him, or was he planning to banish their daughter from the family? Even though she hadn't been the best mother, she would allow him to harm her kids.

As she looked at her husband, with the look of a fierce lioness as she said,

"Husband you can't punish our Aika just because some stupid kid comes to you and tells you they have a love story, she is most probably just having fun with him, please reconsider!"

While she was speaking like this, the rest of the family gathered in there, including Yoshida Gina, and Takeshiba Aika.

They didn't understand what was truly happening, they only heard her words, and the only thing that they understood was that their father was punishing, or banishing their little sister.

Even without understanding what was going on, they immediately jumped on her help, but more than helping her, they were afraid of the blow in their reputation if she left the family, as they said,

"Yes father, mother is right, don't punish our sister just because a toad wanted to eat some swan meat. Think what other people would think if they found out about this.

Just give me permission to deal with this matter, and I assure you, it will be over by next week."

"Yes father, first brother is correct, just leave this problem to us!"

As they said these words, they were looking with a threatening look towards Eric, as Eric didn't doubt that had it not been for Master Takeshiba by his side, they would have pounced at him.

Eric was looking with a complex look at the show in front of him, as he could understand that probably in this mix, Takeshiba Yuto was the smartest of the three.

These idiots were just ass-licking idiots, who loved their status, and background power too much. Most probably in his previous future, the Takeshiba family had fallen in their hands and disappeared.

Master Takeshiba looked at this show as an outsider, as he said in a serious and solemn voice,

"You have totally misunderstood the situation, as I am not planning to punish my Aika, and neither am I going to banish her.

She will still be part of our family, and at the same time, Eric would join our Takeshiba family as her husband."

At this moment, Takeshiba Aika approached Eric, and as she looked once towards him with loving eyes, she turned towards her family members, and said,

"Yes mom, brothers, it's true, father has decided to accept my relationship with Eric, and support us. He will even announce our engagement today!"

Her words and Master Takeshiba's words were like claps of thunders in a bright sky, as they totally shocked and stunned the crowd surrounding them.

The only people able to keep their composure were Master Takeshiba, Takeshiba Yuto, Takeshiba Aika, and of course Eric.

The group of people in front of them though seemed like they had just swallowed their own shit. Had they heard well just what the two said?

How was something like this even possible? Were they joking around or something? This should be some kind of acting joke from them!

The problem was that there were no signs of laughing! Everything seemed to be real and happening right now.

But probably the most shocked person in the surroundings was Yoshida Gina. She had never expected such an outcome.

She had never even thought it possible to happen. Just what was Eric thinking while he did this? Was he trying to approach her, and help her? Or was he truly in love with Aika?

Either way, he seemed to be digging his own grave, as there was no way this story was going to end up in a good way!