The Gemini Princess wants me to confess my feelings!

"Please sit here." Mori Shizue led her to a corner seat and said, "I remember you used to like sitting in corners, saying that such a position gave off a feeling of being the mastermind behind the scenes."

"I'm so glad you remember," Kamio Chowa said.

She stood in front of the seat, not in a hurry to sit down, but looked around as if she was looking for something.

"Who are you looking for?" Shizue Mori asked.

"I want..." Kamio Chou was about to say something when she saw Mrs. Mori walking towards her arm in arm.

She then bowed to the newcomer, her previously slightly eccentric tone now carrying a genuine respect: "Madam."

Mrs. Mori nodded to Kamio Chowa first, then said to her daughter, "You did a good job of not neglecting the guests."

Mori Shizue lowered her head and accepted the praise.

Kamio Chowa said, "I thought it would be you, Madam, who would come to greet me."

Mori Akari said calmly, "Just wait for me to step in and give your Kamio family a boost."

"You really can hide anything from me," Kamio Chou said.

Mori Akari sat down, picked up her teacup, blew on it to warm it, and said indifferently, "You're the kind of person who won't do anything without a reason. There's a lot I don't want to talk to you about."

"There's no need to be so suspicious of me," Kamio Chowa said. "I've prepared a gift and come to visit on such an important day because I have something to ask of you."

"Today is my two daughters' birthday, so I'm not doing business," Mori Akari said.

"It's not about business." Kamio Chou looked around again and said, "It's about emotions, about bloodline inheritance."

Mori Akari understood, and said with a slight sarcasm, "Do you want to marry Shizue or Kiyoha? As far as I know, your Kamio family consists of either old men in their forties or fifties, or children as young as three or four. The only one who is close to the age of my two daughters is yourself."

"Haha, I don't like women," Kamio Chou said with a light laugh, continuing to look around.

Seeing her expression, Shizue Mori suddenly felt uneasy.

Mori Shizue couldn't quite explain why she felt uneasy; it was just a gut feeling.

She felt that this woman was about to pull off something that would leave everyone speechless.

The very next second after this cold was spurred on, Kamio Chowa finally found her target. Her eyes gleamed, and she pointed to her prey, saying, "I would like to ask you, Madam, to let him marry into the Kamio family."

"..."

"..."

In that instant, the whole world seemed to fall silent.

Many people who were watching this corner followed the direction she was pointing and looked in the direction she was pointing.

There are many people in that direction, but everyone can pinpoint the finger to one specific person.

The new young master of the Mori family, Kirihara Akira.

Kirihara Akira remained silent for a moment, then, along with Mori Kiyoha who was not far away, let out a sound of utter disbelief from their throats:

"ha???"

......

......

This is absolutely a shocking farce.

The people present were all respectable individuals, and they maintained a distant attitude towards Kamio Choba.

As for her background, she could be described as a legendary figure in the underworld—or perhaps a legendary madwoman.

Her reputation is so cruel that if rumors about her were to spread, they might be enough to stop a child from crying.

People actually have relatively low expectations for the behavior of such a crazy person.

What will she do? Nobody knows, and everyone is on high alert.

Even with her mental defenses in place, her sudden remark still caused an uproar.

One sentence is shocking because they really can't tell whether she said it as a malicious joke or from the bottom of her heart.

What's truly terrifying is that if all of this is true, and the lady's attitude has even softened or she's actually agreeing, then... that's horrifying!

Besides these, some people suddenly realized the truth and had a profound awakening.

These people were thinking, "Oh, so that's how it works!"

The union and inheritance of bloodlines, or the power union brought about by reproduction, is the focus of research for many important figures present. They are preoccupied with the two daughters of the Mori family and hold a wary or even hateful attitude towards Kirihara Akira, but they have forgotten that the identity Kirihara Akira received after entering this mansion is an ambiguous young master.

Since he's a young master from the family, he can be used for marriage. Why are they being so wary? They want to win him over and get closer to him!

Unfortunately, someone else reacted first and beat them to it.

Many people are waiting for the lady's statement.

And what was the lady's attitude towards this?

The lady did not respond.

She asked casually, "Kirigaya-kun, do you like her?"

Kirihara Akatsuki answered truthfully, "We've never met before, so I can't say whether I like or dislike anyone."

The lady laughed and said to Kamio Chowa, "See, he has no such intention. Your joke is too much for him to handle."

Kamio Chowa looked at Kirihara Akira with feigned sorrow and said, "It's okay to not be familiar with someone... but never mind, I can't force someone to do something they don't understand."

Surprisingly, Kamio Chowa was neither angry nor bothered, and she didn't continue to cause trouble after that, as if her marriage proposal was just a mischievous joke.

The birthday party then officially began.

This minor incident did not affect the Mori family's reputation or prestige, nor did it shake the dazzling brilliance of today's two main characters.

Social occasions are not company annual meetings, so there are no inappropriate performances or speeches. The Mori family simply provided this place to tell important people that the Mori couple's two precious daughters have come of age and have officially begun their journey in this world.

Each family also prepared generous birthday gifts. At first, Kirihara Akira even imagined that a scene from a novel might occur, where each family would take turns presenting gifts to congratulate the other, and then they would start comparing the size of the gifts, with the more expensive the gift, the more prestigious it would be.

However, no, someone from the Mori family was responsible for receiving the gifts, recording the giver, and then storing them in the database.

Scenes of noble young masters vying for favors are nowhere to be seen.

It's truly a pity.

Kirihara Akatsuki's enthusiasm for gossip wasn't satisfied, but she slowly realized that she herself seemed to be becoming the gossip herself.

After Kamio Chowa proposed, many people's attitudes toward him underwent a subtle change.

At least he went from being a mere illusion to a tangible entity that could be spoken to.

It's just like dealing with relatives whose names you can't even remember during Chinese New Year; you just nod and agree to everything they say.

This also includes Akamatsu Nene, the cousin of Mrs. Mori, who was present during the last discussion of books with Nitta, and a member of a branch of the Mori family.

Her attitude was gentler than last time, more like an elder in a family than a stranger.