Tokyo Wingman King

"Mr. Konoe, what's so presumptuous about this? I think it's great."

Asama spread his hands and said,

"Although I plan to be single for the rest of my life, it's not bad to have an engagement. It can help me avoid a lot of problems. I can't possibly honor this engagement, but I won't embarrass you and the Fuzugawa family. I will thank the Fuzugawa family in my own way."

After Asama finished saying these words, the head of the Busei family felt that he was not sitting on a futon, but on a roller coaster that was going up and down.

"Big mistake!"

A loud bang sounded from a distant table.

"How can you ruin a good girl's life like this! You are shameless, but does she not want him anymore? Don't stop her from pursuing her own happiness. Cancel this engagement immediately! Let the old man Konoe Tsao be responsible for the compensation."

The head of the Ichijo family, who had lost his composure, scolded Asama as if he were his own son, but everyone knew what he was planning.

Now everyone knows that Ichijo Mason wants Asama to be his son-in-law.

Fujiwara Kenzo obviously agreed to cancel the engagement, but at this stage, strengthening the relationship between relatives is not as good as turning enemies into friends. If he still insists on following his parents' orders, his silly girl will probably have even less chance than the girl from the Ichijo family.

The Yinghe chairman smiled and said,
"As for me, a marriage contract is only solid if both parties are willing. People believe in free love more now than we did back then. We should also ask Asama himself what he thinks about who he wants to date and who he wants to get engaged to."

After hearing these words, the family heads who were watching the show instantly became energetic. They only regretted that they had only brought the male members of their families with them today. They wondered if the young master of the Konoe family was interested in looking at the photos.

Asama was completely clear about what Konoe was thinking about in trying to get him here.

The old man was giving him multiple-choice questions.

Asama, who always had difficulty making choices, did not have any doubts this time.

"Free love means you are also free not to fall in love. Life is short, and there are many things that are much more important than love. I just said what I was thinking, I want to be single for the rest of my life, and the bloodline of our Asama family will end in my generation."

After Asama said this, the restless family heads all understood several layers of meaning——

He has no time to fall in love now; his interest in women is far less important than his career, so he will not get married in the short term; he wants to return to the Konoe family and embrace his new identity as the future heir of the Konoe family.

Ichijo Mayuan asked directly.

"When will you change your surname?"

Asama was speechless for a while, guessing that this was the second multiple-choice question given to him by Konoe Takuma.

"I'm not interested in changing my surname. Asama Shizumizu is very good. It's impossible for her to become Konoe Shizumizu, Ichijo Shizumizu, Fujiwara Shizumizu or Fushigawa Shizumizu."

The two answers made his position clear - his interest was in recognizing a son, not a father.

Then, Asama directed the question to the originator of numerous rumors.
"I think everyone seems to have some misunderstanding about my identity. Mr. Konoe, can you help me explain it to the gentlemen?"

Konoe Takuma laughed, tapped his palm with his cypress fan, and said,

"I heard you tell others in Europe that you are Ichijo Masumi's half-brother. Let Ichigo explain your identity."

At this time, the heads of the families couldn't help but focus their attention on Asana and Ichijo Mayuan's hair.

Exactly the same. Compared to the elegant and amiable [First Gentleman of the Five Photographers], the stern [Silver-haired Old Man] is more like Asama Shizue's biological father.

They feel like their brains aren't enough.

Ichijo Ma saw Konoe Takuma throwing the question at him, chuckled, and said lightly,

"Anyone who dares not admit the truth is a coward. Asama, when you told this lie, did you consider that I have the ability to turn this lie into reality?"

Asama also said lightly,

"I like to tell lies that are easily exposed by idiots. The facts dictate that I can't be the brother of Ichijo or Konoe, so I am willing to help them block some idiots who are deceived by lies.

There was no problem playing the fiancé, the brother, the teacher because I was getting paid.

But what is fake is fake, and it will never become true. No matter how much a black man looks like a samurai, he can never become a samurai in the hearts of the Japanese; no matter how much a snake looks like a dragon, it can never leap into the sky and make clouds and rain like a dragon.

Are you right, Mr. Konoe?"

Konoe Takumi's smile did not diminish.

"But a clever lie can deceive even the smartest people, or in other words, the smarter the person, the easier it is to fall for this kind of lie.

When the majority of people admit to a lie, the false becomes true and the true becomes false.

Although iron cannot be turned into gold, the concepts of name and reality can be converted into each other.

If the truth is very cruel, I would be happy to see beautiful lies replace the truth and gradually become the truth. I like to call these beautiful lies ideals.

Chasing your dreams requires capital. Asama, all the people present here today will be your capital."

Surprisingly, when Konoe Tsukino said, "These people will be your capital," no one objected.

Most people at the table could understand this pragmatic conversation between Konoe Takuma and Asana.

Even though Asama repeatedly denied his blood relationship with Konoe Takuma, everyone believed in Konoe Takuma's attitude. This support and tolerance would be unreasonable if Asama Shizumi was not Konoe Takuma's illegitimate son.

Before Asana could refute, Konoe Takuma had already changed the subject and began to formally introduce the names of the heads of each family.

All those present at the table were important figures in Japan.

There are powerful families like the Fushigawa and Hyuga, chaebols like the Sumitomo, Yasuda, Ito, and Nomura, academic families like the Sakuragi, Matsudaira, and Katsura, and there are also noble families like the Kayamain, Saionji, Tokudaiji, Daigo, and Sanjo, who have not been heard of in Toyo Eki for a long time, either because they are in seclusion or have fallen into decline.

Under the guidance of the three heads of the upper family, these family heads did not put on airs, and all of them exchanged contact information with Asama. Asama could only accept the business cards that their housekeepers and secretaries handed over to him one by one, and even exchanged the contact information of the housekeepers and secretaries.

When he typed the five words [Bushigawa Kara] into his mobile phone, he immediately received a text message.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Risa. Thank you for your care."

He and the head of the Busei family looked at each other and nodded in greeting.

He didn't expect that this old man with a deep underworld background would communicate with him like this.

"It's my duty."

"Asama-kun, let me make one thing clear to you. I have no objection to cancelling the engagement, and the Fuzugawa family doesn't have to ask for your compensation either."

"Sir, I never mentioned canceling the engagement. I will respect her choice. I don't want her to have to face a new engagement after canceling the engagement with me."

"What she said to me before, that there is no need for marriage to represent deep cooperation between the Fuzugawa and Konoe families, must have been taught to her by you, Asama-kun, right?

With your support, she naturally doesn't need to sacrifice anything for the Fuzugawa family. Let me explain one more thing, Risa lost her parents when she was young, and now I just hope she can meet someone who can make her happy."

Asama didn't expect that this old man, who had shown awkward expressions many times, as if he particularly wanted to maintain the "Konoe Takumi's random matchmaking" situation, would say such nice words.

In his opinion, this grandfather, who was wearing traditional haori, had always used Busugawa as a bargaining chip for political exchange. Previously, this old man had asked Busugawa Risei for information about him.

"You haven't told her about the engagement yet?"

"I was going to tell her sooner or later, but after hearing your statement today, I think it's okay not to tell her about the engagement. That way, the things I promised her before won't be considered lies."

"Don't worry, as her friend, I won't do anything to hurt her."

"Young people's ideas always change. Just for this sentence, I hope you can keep your promise."

The two looked at each other again.

The head of the Fushigawa family, who has always been optimistic about Konoe Isamu and watched him gradually emerge through his own efforts in the past 10 years, also began to understand why Konoe Takuma, Ichijo Mason and Fujiwara Kenzo all chose this likable young man.

He sighed in his heart, if I tell Risa everything, and she chooses to marry you, what will you do? How can you respect her choice when you keep saying that you want to take revenge on the Konoe family by staying single for the rest of your life?
A middle-aged man in a tuxedo came in from outside and whispered something in Konoe Takuma's ear. Konoe Takuma smiled and said,
"Dinner is ready, it's time to move on and chat."

The maids led the heads of the families away one by one. The head of the Busikawa family gave Asama a look, and Asama looked at the messages on his phone -

"As Risa's best friend, please take some time out these few days to accompany her to come visit me."

If he doesn't go, will this gangster old man send a dozen vans to tow him away?

It's impossible to think about it. I always feel that the misunderstanding has not been resolved.

The hall gradually became empty, but the three people sitting in the northwest seat showed no intention of moving.

Konoe Ruzai and the middle-aged man who had just entered also stood beside Asana at the moment when Asana replied to the message.

The middle-aged man leaned in and whispered,

"My name is Emiya Shinsai, and my daughter Bai is from Shiro. I am grateful to Lord Asana for taking care of me during this period. The other lords still have something to discuss with you. Lord Asana, please wait for a moment."

Unexpectedly, it was Shiro Emiya's father. He was as tall and majestic as Konoe Ruzai and looked more like a prime minister than a butler.

Although he was handsome, he was like old Konoe, not very good at educating his daughter. So, after walking around Konoe's house for so long, he didn't see anyone with low appearance.

Is this the result of hundreds of years of genetic screening by the old nobles?
Then why are there almost no beautiful princesses in the Japanese royal family?
Pure blood disease?
Konoe Takuma stroked the cypress fan in his hand and smiled.
"Brother Asama, although I have tried hard to clarify some things for you just now, as you can see, it didn't have any effect. This is probably the [primacy effect] you mentioned in your book, right?"

What you said doesn't really clarify the relationship, does it?
"thank you."

Fujiwara Kenzo looked at Konoe Takuma, then said to Asama,

"Don't worry about it. There aren't many people in this world who can judge a person's value based on their status, money and reputation. If you understand this, you can integrate into the crowd instead of isolating yourself. Those who approach you because of these appearances are not all snobs, they just want to save time."

Yitiao Mayuan nodded and said,

"Yes, be one with the light and one with the dust. Even if the development of the world depends on talents rather than on human relations, talents must also learn to use human relations. Of course, you already understand these principles. The planning books in Daigo Bookstore are written very thoroughly.

I am keeping you here now because I want to ask you what path you want to take in the future."

"My parents are still in Ito. Isn't it a bit too hasty to hold a trilateral meeting?"

Konoe Takuma looked at Asama with interest and said,
"If I wasn't worried that you would be unhappy, I would have invited your parents here a long time ago. I'm very curious about your parents' unique secret to educating their children."

The secret is free-range.

"I'm still too young and haven't figured out what I want to do in the future."

Swah——

Konoe Takuma opened the cypress fan, and Asana and his two companions quietly retreated.

I only heard the head of the Jinwei family laugh and say,

"Really? Didn't you say before that you wanted to be the emperor?"

"."

Asama suspects that Konoe Takuma is a Trisolaran, and the air is full of Tomoko who are monitoring him.

Ichijo Mason and Fujiwara Kenzo originally thought that it was their wish to have their future son-in-law tried by three judges, but they did not expect Konoe Takuma to drop another explosive piece of news.

"There is freedom of speech in Japan, right? I was just joking with my classmates, Mr. Konoe is being too sensitive."

"Someone once said something like [He can be replaced], it's a good thing for young people to have great ambitions."

Konoe Takuma laughed.

The whole hall echoed.

Except for the main entrance, the other doors in the hall had already been closed, and at this moment only Asana and the three people at the top were left.

The setting sun is late, and the moon hangs in the southeast sky early.

After the echo faded, the hall fell silent.

The more and longer the silence lasts, the fewer people are willing to break it.

They were all observing Asana's reaction.

Asama stared at the three of them for a long time, then sighed and said,

"Today is a rumor-debunking conference, right? I have no intention of becoming this country's mascot."

"So, do you want to be the emperor of 90 years ago? Or 150 years ago? Or 1400 years ago?"

"No, why did you take it seriously?"

Yitiao Mayuan smiled and said,

"Whether the national flower is plum blossom, chrysanthemum or cherry blossom, it doesn't really matter. Whether it's governing a country or personal development, we don't rely on these symbols."

Isn't this something you guys can say? If you keep talking, will I hear "Are kings, dukes, generals, and ministers of different races?"
Asama sighed.

"I don't have any great ambitions or ideals, and I don't have any ideas about your daughter. Don't test me. I'm just a country boy who lives every day seriously."

Konoe Takuma put away his cypress fan.
"[Would you not boast of your good deeds, nor show off your hard work?] The ambition of a gentleman is not the ambition of a sage, nor the ambition of a king."

Turning his head, he looked at Ichijo and Fujiwara again and smiled.

"I said he is a talent that can assist the king. Now you don't object, right?"

"good."

"That's right on the mark. To be their teacher, you have already passed the test in character, and your talent is even better than that of the three friends' children."

".I didn't say I was going to be a teacher."

Konoe Takuma smiled and said,

“A good friend is a good teacher.”

Yitchi Mayuan nodded and said,
"That's right. Even if Konoe Takuma and Fujiwara Kenzo weren't your father-in-law, they would still invest in you. You and Masumi are so close, so I have no reason to reject you."

So you still want to be a father-in-law?!

The three family heads seemed very satisfied with today's conversation and headed towards the banquet venue with smiles on their faces.

The dinner for adults and young people were held in different locations.

Asama also had something on his mind, and followed the maid to the open-air dinner venue.

Was put together.

[People are more willing to believe what they see with their own eyes], Konoe Takuma had told him before.

But the truth is that people only believe what they already believe - or rather, who they believe depends on who they already believe - and what Konoe Takuma thinks is more important than the truth.

Sons-in-law, illegitimate children, adopted sons and the like will probably be adaptively understood by these bigwigs.

It seemed like the purpose of bringing him here this time was to stamp the Konoe family's seal on him, just like those porks leaving the factory.

Even if conflicts arise, it will be understood as a rebellious period, right?
The respect and tolerance that Konoe Takuma, Ichijo Asamoto, and Fujiwara Kenzo showed to me was somewhat beyond my expectations.

I thought there would be threats, inducements and so on, but in the end I didn't expect that it would just be fathers who asked to be friends with their children out of concern for them.

He didn't feed these people aphrodisiacs, did he?
Be friends with Chiyo Konoe and Fujiwara Ai?

I was too soft-hearted and actually agreed.

Well, it’s definitely not because he is greedy and cowardly.

Since you are in a passive position, just respond to each move.

"You'll know later as compensation for interrupting your date."

Konoe Takuma left the question in suspense again before leaving.

Can’t we just settle in cash like we did in the past?

"Shizue-kun~~~this way~~~"

Futami's voice came from the side.

Futami stood with Emiya and Fujiwara, while Konoe was surrounded by several girls.

The lights on the lawn are lit up, like flowing stars.

The three long tables were filled with people, ranging from the early 20s to the seven or eight-year-old children of famous Chinese families, who were socializing skillfully. Servants, who outnumbered them by twice their number, were busy running back and forth.

Disgusting occasion.

Emiya put on an unhappy expression, bowed stiffly to Asama from a distance, and walked towards Konoe Chiyo.

Futami walked towards Asama with a smile, holding a flat glass of grape-flavored Fanta.

After walking for a while, her smiling face froze.

She saw Asana being stopped by a pair of twins who appeared out of nowhere.

"Brother Asama! We have been waiting for you for a long time!" x2
Who are they? (End of this chapter)