The Legacy System

Those words made Yuzuriha Akiha startled, and shocked for a moment. It was true after all! Her husband was going against the whole country to keep him by his side.

This alone should be enough evidence of his worth. Takeshiba Tomiyasu wasn't the man who would step on a rotten brick after all.

Still, his request was a bit too high! He was asking a harem after all, and most of the members were people related to her.

Not only her daughters, and daughters-in-law, but also her brother's daughter. One could say that his appetite was a bit too much.

Not to mention, the skill and effort it would take to convince them, but could he handle all of them!? No matter how strong, or young he was, there is still a limit to one's stamina.

It wasn't like she could refute him now, anyway. She could only try to delay the matter for the moment,

"Well, I will have to discuss this with my brother first, and then I am sure he will give you the answer when you two meet!

As for the money side…"

"Oh, I want your last offer, 10 times more than your husband gives me, but I have to say though its not a low amount, so you better be prepared!"

Seeing his requests, Yuzuriha Akiha was thinking of making him recede a bit on the economical value of her offer, but she didn't expect him to cut her short, and not move a bit.

"I thought you said that you didn't care about money son-in-law!?"

"I don't but that doesn't mean that others feel the same way as I do. I have a lot of expenses, especially with my wedding coming up!"

Yuzuriha Akiha couldn't help but twitch her eyebrow, this son-in-law of her may not look like it, but he was a true scoundrel and profiteer.

At that moment she wondered what she was getting involved with! But there was no retreat path for her anymore!

She could only accept, and ask for permission to leave, as she had to meet with her brother as soon as possible.

"Go on, I won't walk you off beauty! By the way, don't come by yourself again in my office, you can send news with Hilda for the meeting!"

These words made her stop on her way out, as she turned around to look him in the eyes acting confused, but she was immediately shot down,

"Don't pretend now, if she weren't on your side you wouldn't have allowed her to be here! I am sure that you don't want your husband to know about this, do you!?

And it is also a good way to make him make light of this meeting!"

His words were on target, these were precisely her thoughts and the current situation. She could only admit defeat this time and walk away.

As for why she hadn't said anything about Tatsuya Minami, and Inuhara Hina!? Quite simple actually, they were the ones who had given her the information from the Council of Five.

Not only to her but to all the other families as well. Even though the truth was that they didn't truly know what they were exactly delivering.

Their loyalty to the country didn't allow them to question the decisions of the higher-ups and their plots. This was also a big reason why Eric didn't believe them.

The moment she walked out, Hilda said in a hurry,

"Master…"

But she wasn't able to continue for longer, as she was interrupted by Eric,

"Shh~! We will talk about this later, I am sure we have a lot to talk about!"

His words though made the other two ladies in the room feel a bit empty inside though, as they thought that he didn't believe in them.

After all what other reason could he have to not want to talk about something like this in here! It was certainly because he didn't believe them!

Eric didn't seem to care about those wrong opinions of theirs though, as he took a file from his desk trying to work upon it.

Hilda didn't understand much either, but she didn't make a big deal out of it, as she was ready to continue with the normal work when she was reminded of the interruption earlier.

Her Master hadn't reached his climax yet, surely that might have been difficult for him, especially right after he had to talk and discuss things with Yuzuriha Akiha.

With these thoughts in mind, a slight grin appeared on her face, as she was about to get on her knees, enter under Eric's working table, and have another taste of his greatsword.

Too bad that her plans were spoiled once again, this time not by Yuzuriha Akiha, but from her daughter, as Takeshiba Miyu was asking to meet her Master.

Seeing this happen, Eric thought that another headache was coming after him, just as he had already surpassed one, but there was nothing he could do to avoid it.

Her face at the end better be worth it, otherwise, he would certainly give himself a beating, if that was possible.

Seeing that Hilda was waiting for his instructions, he said calmly,

"Hilda open the door, and then wait outside!

As for you two, try your best to not show any surprise on your faces later, if you want to stay here!"

The two ladies were still a bit hurt from what happened earlier, so they both just harrumphed to show their dissatisfaction, as Tatsuya Minami said,

"Hmph~! You don't have to worry about us! We know how to keep appearances!"

"Very well then, I hope you are as you say! Hilda open the door please!"

Hilda opened the door to the new guest, as Eric stayed a bit too rigid behind his work desk, as he saw her enter while saying,

"Hello brother-in-law, I am here to honor our meeting!"

Eric seemed a bit too rigid as he saw her enter, and then Hilda go out of the office and close the door behind her, and then immediately 'exploded',

"Si-sis-sister i-in la-law I-I thi-think w-we shou-shouldn't…"

One had to say, the way he changed personalities at that moment would be startled, and shock even the best Oscar-winning actor of Hollywood.

No one would believe that the guy who negotiated with Yuzuriha Akiha, and the person who was stumbling in front of Takeshiba Miyu were the same person.

There was no way something like that was true. Even the two ladies behind him had to control their selves pretty hard in order not to show the shock in their faces.

Even though they still weren't able to hide all of it either. After all, the shock they perceived right now was just that big!

Seeing this Takeshiba Miyu just laid down more seductively on the couch she was seated, pushing her melons a bit forward, as she said,

"Hahha~! Don't be so tense brother-in-law, or your guards will think that I am bullying you!? Are you sure you want them to stay here with us though!?"

"Y-ye-yes I-I am su-sure!"

"Well then, with that taken care of, we shouldn't do what, brother-in-law!?"

She didn't even argue one bit for the presence of Tatsuya Minami and Inuhara Hina in there, as she continued acting the same way as the previous night with him.

Even though Eric was a bit surprised by her quick adaption to the situation, he didn't show it on his face, as he continued with his own acting,

"I-I thi-think we-we shou-should sta-stay af-afar!"

He didn't seem able to form a sentence, and this was the best he could do at the moment, looking like he was truly flustered by her presence in there.

"I don't think we can brother-in-law. I have taken quite a liking to you, and to be honest, I want to take my fair share of revenge on you!

After all, you saw me naked, and even smelled me there, you know!? While I wasn't even able to take even a slight glimpse of you.

What I came here to discuss is how should we proceed from here, and not distancing ourselves!"

Hearing that Eric acted like he was completely in panic as he said,

"No-no thi-this can-can't hap-happen…"

"Well, I didn't ask for an opinion brother-in-law! Furthermore, you don't have a way out from this, because if you refuse then I will tell everything to Aika-chan, and spread the news to the media!

Surely you don't want others to find out about this, or say mean things behind Aika-chan's back, would you now!?"

She said all this with a straight and grinning face, it was clear that to her this was nothing more than playing around.

Eric couldn't surrender that easily though, so he had to play the hard to get type, as he said,

"Yo-you bi-bitch!"

"Well thank you very much for the compliment brother-in-law, but I have to say, I have been called worse!"

As she said that her tone got darker and darker! It was clear that the insult had entered her skin. But she quickly recomposed herself, as she continued with an ill toned voice,

"Now why don't you come forward, and lick this bitch's feet brother-in-law!"

Eric expected something like this, with the personality this woman had, this was nothing out of his expectations, and he was more than ready to deal with it,

"Wh-what!?"

"Didn't you hear my little dog!?"

"N-no way!"

"Huh!? Does this mean that you don't care for little Aika!? She sure does love you a lot though!?"

"Yo-you can-can't do any-anything, fath-father in la-law would-wouldn't all-allow you!"

Unexpectedly this weak dog dared to resist, and think like that! But there was one problem with his logic…