"You need to marry a person from the 12 families! After that, you can divorce her and finally marry Himari!" Arihiko said with happiness. But his face tells the opposite; the look on he wore looks like a face of pity. Yeah, he knows; it's a feeling of sympathy for him. Which makes his blood boil, and telling by his face, there's more to it than what he had said.
"And?"
"Oh! Of course, you'll catch up, Tennou-chan! The thing is, I want you to--"
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"I want you to bear my child!" Tennou said with seriousness lace in his voice.
"W-what?!" Mayumi yelled, eyes wide and flustered in disbelief. Did she hear it right? Is Tennou asking her to give birth to his child? Why?
"Give me an heir, and everything will be back to normal!" he arrogantly said while crossing his arms. Her eyes widened, looking at him with disbelief. Did she hear him right? What kind of rules is that?!
But thinking about it, Mayumi doesn't want that to happen. Imagining what her future family looks like is very different from what Tennou is proposing to her. The only father of her child that she can imagine is Shihou. She can't imagine being the mother of Tennou's child.
"What does it have to do with you being with Hikari?!" was all she could manage to exclaim—flustered with the overload of information she was receiving.
"Everything!" he softly said. Love and sadness can be seen through his eyes as the memories come back.
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"The girl you're going to marry must give birth to an heir for your family. Not just a child, a son! A male baby! Someone who will carry your bloodline and your name!" Tennou's eyes widened, surprised by what he had heard.
He can partly understand what he is pointing out but isn't this too much?
"What the hell is this?! Only Himari will be the mother of my children!" Tennou said, seething with rage. It is so much! Why does the price for marrying Himari so high? He just wanted to be with her. That's all he is asking for.
"You don't have a choice Tennou-chan! There is no way left for you to do!" Aru said calmly. But deep down inside him, he feels pity for the boy.
Not marrying someone you love just because of the law is hard to accept. No matter what he feels for the boy now is insignificant because this is the law they are talking about. Of all the families, the Miya is the only one who always had problems regarding marriage. Because of all the strict rules placed on them. Tennou sighed, accepting his fate and that there was no other way than this.
"So all I need to do is marry a girl from the 12 families and have her give birth to an heir, that's all? Tsk! That's easy, having a boy for this family, that's it!" He said, irritated with what was happening. But if he can do this, maybe he can finally marry Himari after all this mess.
"No, that's not all! After all, this is a sensitive matter!"
His eyes widen, and he clenches his fist out of annoyance. Why are there so many unnecessary things included?
"Once, she gave birth to an heir for you! You must wait at least 2-3 years before divorcing her, and once you divorce her. You must win custody of your child! Once you lose custody, no heir means you can't marry Himari. But once you get custody, you can marry Himari! Sounds difficult, right? So forget her already, Tennou-chan!" Arihiko said with a smile.
Tennou clenches his fist tighter; the price for marrying Himari is high! But he wanted to marry her. So there's nothing for him to do but to take this option.
On that day, he swears to himself to find someone suitable for his plan. And he found her, Amagi Mayumi. Amagi Seichi's only child and daughter. She's from the 12 families, so she can do the part of his plan. Slowly step by step, he enacted his plan.
He began by greeting her when he "accidentally" bumped into her and giving her mitarashi dango if she was around him while eating it. Once he discovers that Seichi will finally show her to the public as the next head of their family, he starts to pursue her. The only thing he did not expect to happen was when Shihou and Himari entered the picture.
He did not see it coming when Shihou and Mayumi slowly fell in love with each other later and fell into a secret relationship. Tennou knows Shihou; he knows he has already asked her to be his bride. But he still hasn't announced it yet, so he had a chance to void the engagement.
But overall, Himari is someone he did not expect to see. He didn't expect her to come back this early. Why did she suddenly come back? When he sees her with Shihou laughing with him blushing, there's this urge inside him wanting to beat him to death.
But he knows he shouldn't do that because Himari will find out about it. He doesn't want to upset her. Nevertheless, he decides to continue his plan but what surprised him more was when they announced the engagement of Himari. Her engagement with Ame Yuki, of all people, the person he rivals with before, is all because Himari doesn't remember anything. Now he no longer knew if he shall continue this or not. The only thought in his mind right now is to protect Himari.
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"But I think this is enough. I'm tired already!" He said, closing his eyes and leaning back on the chair, frustration running through his body.
He felt terrible now taking Mayumi through this mess. Yeah, the selfish trait always flows through the Miya blood; he can believe it now.
"I'm sorry!" He said, standing up, taking a mitarashi dango in his hand. Her eyes widen, hearing him apologize. Is this true, or are her ears only playing tricks with her? Did he apologize just now?
"W-what?"
"You heard me! I won't say it twice, Kitty!"
She stands up, confused, as Tennou gives her a mitarashi dango and starts to walk away. Startle Mayumi holds the sweet; her mind is still in a mess as she follows him.
"Let's go, Kitty. We'll do something about that freedom of yours. I think this is enough already!"
"What do you mean?" She asks again, the confusion on her face not leaving as Tennou glances at her with a smirk.
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"Shihou!" someone loudly yelled. Shihou sighs, hearing it, knowing already who it is. He turns around with a dissatisfied face.
"Rokuhiko? Why is something the matter?"
"How's Hikari?" he asks, holding both shoulders while shaking them simultaneously.
"That girl..." He said with annoyance, removing the other boy's hands from his shoulder. Rokuhiko looks at him; he is confused about what is happening.
"I did not expect her to do this! No wonder Tennou falls in love with her because they think alike!"
"What exactly happened with Himari, Isami-san?" Benihime asked. Curiosity crept up on her as she accidentally heard the conversation between the two.
"Yeah, what happened? Shihou?"
"She..." Shihou sighs before looking at both of them with a very disapproved face.
"She's pregnant with Yuki Ame's child!"