Curse back: As a swordsman, what's wrong with a happy ending?

The Glass family went further than Su Ze thought.

Anyway, after the light rail had been swaying for more than an hour, the two finally arrived at a small town.

Compared to the technologically advanced Shinkansen trains, the older light rail trains don’t feel as good to ride…

Su Ze rubbed his sore butt and got out of the car, tilting his head. He said with a constipated expression and a trembling voice: "Glass, I saw three hospitals along the way..."

Moreover, each of them is quite large and full of modern atmosphere.

...It seems that even though he was bumped all the way and his butt was sore from sitting, he was still thinking about this matter.

Glass's eyes were evasive, probably meaning that what you saw was only part of it.

"My home is almost here...it's right next to the town." Glass changed the subject.

The house of the Glass family is near a small town in Akita.

It is said that he was a well-known local noble during the shogunate period and was even connected with the daimyo of the time.

During the Meiji Restoration, the Ieiri family voluntarily gave up most of their land and servants in order to support Emperor Meiji's reforms.

The family, which had already intended to change its strategy, turned to the medical industry.

Later, with his keen political sense, "Ieiri" became a staunch supporter of the reformists, received considerable political rewards, and quickly became a leader in the local medical industry.

The Ieiri family could even be considered a small local chaebol.

In the city of Akita alone, there are seven large hospitals directly under it, and there are even more small and medium-sized clinics in nearby towns.

However, he has always been relatively low-key.

As for Su Ze himself, in his more than ten years in Japan, he had never imagined such a bastard thing as living a life of luxury, drinking and being domineering, or using the few stinky money in his hand to cheat the feelings of a girl from an ordinary family...

But he never thought that one day he would become a gigolo.

They were clearly reliable companions who lived together every day, relying on each other and supporting each other; how did it suddenly become a science fiction story about a rich girl and a poor boy... ?

"Tea, please—"

A young woman in a goose yellow kimono knelt gently, bent over and placed a tray in front of Su Ze. The teacup with elegant patterns was filled with tea that looked very expensive.

A soft and elegant fragrance wafts around.

Su Ze, who was sitting upright, thanked him somewhat stiffly.

Glass, who was kneeling beside him, spoke up to help: "Thank you for your hard work, Sachiko."

The woman with long hair tied into a thick bun looked respectful, folded her hands and bowed in response: "Miss Glass, you are too polite. This is my job..."

The etiquette is just right without being pretentious.

——Even Sachiko, a servant, looks so dignified and beautiful.

Su Ze thought again of the servants he had seen along the way after entering the mansion. He was keenly aware of their inner curiosity and a little bit of... gossip.

But even so, no one did anything presumptuous. If there was any offense, it was that the youngest girl glanced at him out of curiosity...

——Is this the upbringing of a big family?

Even now, the reception room where Su Ze and Gao Zi are staying is quite stylish - including but not limited to exquisitely crafted embroidered screens, wooden walls engraved with giant Ukiyo-e paintings, and even golden-scaled koi carved on the sliding door handles.

He felt as if he had suddenly returned to the Meiji period.

Su Ze, who has always been a member of the "common class", began to feel nervous.

From this perspective, the usually lazy and natural-looking Nitsuko is the one who is most out of place in the house...

"Don't worry about it, Ze-kun. Whether it's Sister Sachiko or the others, everyone gets along well—"

Glass comforted.

But even the servants are so respectful and polite... Can this really be believed?

Su Ze had reason to suspect that Nitro's words were mostly meant to comfort him.

"You are..." Sachiko heard the way Glass addressed Su Ze, so she hesitated and said, "Su Ze, right?"

She has a soft voice and a mature and dignified demeanor.

Su Ze had a bad feeling and nodded slowly.

"I often see your name in Miss Glass's letters..." She smiled softly, covering her mouth with her hands.

"...It's really an honor." Su Ze smiled apologetically and decided to take it one step at a time.

Glass looked uncomfortable and turned her head away in embarrassment - Sachiko was obviously making fun of her.

"Also..." Sachiko suddenly changed the subject, stopping joking, "The old lady also said she wanted to meet you—"

"...Ah?" Su Ze did not expect this move.

A smile appeared on Sachiko's face again, gentle and polite.

Su Ze suddenly felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

——Noseko’s grandmother specifically asked to see her? ?

Sachiko bowed and stepped back.

They were the only two people left in the huge room.

The sound of the gears turning in the old-fashioned wall clock can be clearly heard.

Su Ze looked at Glass quietly, hoping to get some useful information.

At least you should know what you can and cannot say...

"Grandma is a sorcerer." Glass understood what Su Ze wanted to ask.

Su Ze raised an eyebrow.

"My family knows about the world of magic and curses... and we provide a considerable amount of funds to the magic branch here every year." She continued.

This is normal. Rich people with a certain amount of power will be exposed to this to some extent. There are even quite a few powerful people who will hire sorcerers to be their bodyguards.

Moreover, for sorcerers, this is a perfect way out - they can earn high wages without having to fight curses all day long.

Su Ze was daydreaming again.

"So... you can basically say anything--" Nitro's voice sounded slowly, and she turned and stared into Su Ze's eyes.

"Maybe as soon as you say you are special grade, grandma will directly invite you to marry into the family~" Glass teased.

Su Ze felt like little devil horns had grown on her head.

So he pretended to be embarrassed and smiled: "That would be troublesome..."

Glass clapped his hands and punched him lightly on the cheek, "Tsk, figure out how to deal with grandma later, I'm too lazy to care--"

"No, no, Miss Glass, I was just joking..."

Su Ze smiled gently.

——Only those who can bend and stretch can be called real men.

Therefore, based on what Glass himself said, we can summarize the following information:

First, the "Ieiri" is a large local family. They are involved in many fields, mainly in the medical field.

Second, the current head of the family is Nozomi's father. But Nozomi's grandmother still has considerable power - to put it simply, she retired because she was old and weak and could not take care of the complicated affairs.

Third, Glass has several brothers and one sister, most of whom have already sat in the core positions of the family, in charge of the normal operation of the family business.

But Naoko didn't mention much about the relationship between siblings...or rather, until today, Naoko had never even talked about anything about her family.

Su Ze calculated all the known information and tried to weave out the outline of this giant in his mind, hoping to get rid of the passive situation caused by the information gap.

How well you perform is actually secondary.

...But at least we can't embarrass Glass.

Tuk Tuk——

There was a gentle knock on the wooden door.

Su Ze blinked and looked over there.

"Ms. Glass, Mr. Suze, the old lady invites you two to the dinner—"

From the sound of the voice it was another maid.

Glass and Su Ze looked at each other.