章 64: Chapter 64 Kyoto Ryougi Family

After an unknown amount of time, the woman finally let go of her child. She turned her gaze to the dumbfounded Nanaya and smiled kindly, "Are you the Nanaya that Shiki mentioned? My name is Ryougi Kiyomi, and I'm Shiki's mother. Thank you for taking care of my child in Tokyo. I've been worried about her since her brother got into trouble."

"No, I am..."

But the woman didn't let Nanaya finish his words. After saying hello, she pulled Ori and walked straight towards the villa.

"I feel totally ignored..."

Nanaya stood there alone, not knowing what to do.

"Master Kiryu." Morikawa Sugai suddenly appeared behind Nanaya.

"ah?"

Nanaya was so frightened that he jumped forward.

"Although it may be a little difficult to ask, I hope that Master Kiryuu will treat Master Ori as a girl in front of Madam, and it would be best if you can act more naturally."

"Forehead..."

Nanaya's face was full of black lines. He felt that no matter whether he responded to this or not, he would feel like a loser.

"I know Master Kiryu has many questions, but I think it would be better for Master to explain this matter himself. I think since Master Ori has chosen to take Master Kiryu home, he will definitely explain it to you later. I will not interfere."

"OK."

Nanaya nodded, agreeing with Morikawa Sugai's statement.

"One more thing." Morikawa Sugai smiled rarely, "Although this is just my personal opinion, I think Kara no Kyoukai is indeed a good movie. It portrays the young master very beautifully."

"Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad you like it."

Nanaya responded to his audience's praise with a smile.

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"Are you back?" Nanaya followed the mother and son of Ryougi family into the gate, and a gentle and kind voice sounded: "Long time no see, Shiki. This is the little senior brother you mentioned? He really looks like a handsome man."

A middle-aged man wearing a gray kimono and looking very ordinary was standing at the door, greeting everyone with a smile.

As soon as Nanaya saw the uncle's appearance, he immediately realized that the other person should be Ori's father, the current head of the Ryougi family and the president of the Ryougi Clothing Factory, Ryougi Shun.

"Hello uncle, I am Shiki's senior brother, Nanaya Kiryu." Nanaya bowed and greeted the other party very respectfully.

"Haha, there are very few young people nowadays who are as polite as you. My daughter Shiki is well taken care of by you on a daily basis. This girl has been naughty since she was a child." Ryougi Shun looked very easy-going, not at all like the stereotyped middle-aged aristocratic image in Nanaya's memory.

"Father..." Ori felt a little embarrassed by what his father said.

"Oh, my girl is shy." Mrs. Ryougi, who was standing side by side with Ori, smiled slightly.

"Mother."

This time, Ori's face turned completely red.

"Please come in, we're preparing to serve dinner." Ryougi Shun greeted Nanaya warmly like an uncle next door.

Ori felt a little relieved when he saw his father's attitude.

[Fortunately, my father did not make things difficult for the senior. ]

In fact, Ori was totally overthinking it. As his father, he was of course the happiest to see his child have a close friend. After all, since Ori had this outfit, he no longer had any friends of the same age.

Although both boys and girls were attracted to Ori because of his appearance at first, they all changed their expressions when they found out his gender. Although they didn't dare to say anything because of the superior status of the Ryougi family, their disgusted expressions made Ryougi Shun feel very disgusted.

So when he saw Nanaya, who was able to treat his child with a normal attitude, he immediately fell in love with this little guy.

The living room of Ryougi Mansion is very large. Nanaya roughly estimated that it was at least as big as two of the Ryutani old man's office.

The decoration style of the whole room is of course Japanese style. Various calligraphy and paintings are framed on the walls of the hall. Although Nanaya has no research on Japanese calligraphers, judging from the mounting style, they are probably works of famous artists.

There are some porcelain and lacquerware placed in the surrounding corners. The exquisite styles make Nanaya feel that these are not works of art at all but Fukuzawa Yukichi.

In the center of the living room hangs an extremely exquisite kimono. As there is no explanation next to it, Nanaya does not know what the kimono is famous for, but the fact that it can be displayed here must be of great significance to the Ryougi family.

"What? Are you interested in this kimono? This kimono was the ceremonial dress that the Ryougi family made for his mother, Princess Yoshiko, when Emperor Ninko ascended the throne. This is the most noble dress the Ryougi family has ever made." Ryougi Shun saw that Nanaya's eyes were fixed on the kimono, so he gently slid his hand across the dress and introduced the origin of the dress to Nanaya.

Ryougi Shun's actions made Nanaya's eyelids twitch wildly: "Isn't that something that's been around for nearly 200 years?"

[This is an antique! How dare you touch it like this! ]

Seeing Nanaya's reaction, Ryougi Shun laughed: "This is just a replica. As a training for the Ryougi family, each generation of the head of the family needs to make a kimono of this style by hand and hang it in the living room when they succeed to the position, as an encouragement to themselves. This dress was made when I succeeded to the position of head of the family, and it has not even been 20 years."

"Haha..." Nanaya laughed awkwardly. He didn't know if this should be considered as this uncle's sense of humor. He always felt that this uncle must be playing this joke on every guest who came to visit the living room.

"Come, let me introduce it to you. This calligraphy is..."

Ryougi Shun pulled Nanaya aside and began to introduce him to the other furnishings in the living room. Perhaps because no one usually gave him this opportunity, Ryougi Shun seemed very talkative and seemed eager to introduce everything in the living room to Nanaya.

Although Nanaya was confused, according to Ryougi Shun, these things, except for the kimono, should be genuine, and some of them are even close to the level of cultural relics. This made him even more awed by his fellow apprentice's family background.

"Father, senior, it's time to eat." Seeing his father chatting excitedly, Ori, who was familiar with him, knew that this would never end, so he quickly interrupted the chattering Ryougi Shun.

"Tsk, since I'm your friend, I should know something about the history of the Ryougi family." Ryougi Shun reluctantly put a lacquer box back on the shelf and walked out the door reluctantly.

Ori said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Senior. Father can't stop talking when he talks about the family's collection."

"Nothing, I'm also quite interested in these." Nanaya didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It wasn't like he had to do homework after a history class. It was just interesting to listen to the story.

"By the way, senior. Can you go somewhere with me after lunch?" Ori hesitated when saying this, as if he was not sure whether he should say this.

"Of course."

"Great." Ori was obviously relieved, "Then let's go eat quickly."

I don't know if it's to entertain the children who haven't come home for a long time, but Ryougi's family's lunch today is a sushi feast.

The Ryougi family and Nanaya sat around the dining table, enjoying the comfortable heating in the house and admiring the mountain view outside the restaurant. They seemed to be having a great time.

But before starting to eat, Ryougi Kiyomi suddenly stopped smiling, and she clasped her hands together, praying for something.

Nanaya, who has lived in Japan for a long time, is accustomed to performing rituals before meals, but this is the first time she has encountered someone reciting prayers like Ryougi Kiyomi.

"Senior, please be patient for a moment." Ori took advantage of his mother's inattention and whispered to Nanaya secretly, "After mother finishes praying, we can eat."

After a while, Ryougi Kiyomi seemed to have finally finished her prayer. She put down her hands, glanced at Ori, and then sighed deeply: "I hope he can hear it. Okay, eat."

Seeing that Ryougi Shun and Ori were reaching out for the sushi, Nanaya also reached out his hand.

In terms of taste alone, Nanaya felt that the sushi was better than the one he had previously eaten at the Tokyo Prince Hotel.

The only thing that made Nanaya feel awkward was that Ryougi Kiyomi treated Ori as a girl from beginning to end, and even pulled Ori aside to talk about his marriage during the meal.

Looking at Ori's embarrassed face, Nanaya tried to hold back his laughter until his face turned red.

"I don't know when Ori will explain everything to me. There is obviously something wrong in their family." After dinner, Nanaya first went to the guest room to change his clothes, and then waited for Ori at the entrance, preparing to go out together.

"Let's go, Senpai. Sugai will drive us there."

Hearing Ori calling him, Nanaya quickly turned around, and then he was frightened by Ori's dress.

"Um, why are you dressed like this?"

At this time, Ori changed into a green kimono with a red coat on the outside. This outfit caught him off guard.

If what Ori was holding in her hand was not her trophy and a bouquet of flowers, but a dagger or a long sword, Nanaya would really think that Ryougi Shiki had walked out of the screen.

However, Ori did not explain to Nanaya why he was dressed like this. Instead, he took Nanaya into the car that had brought them to Ryougi Mansion.

"Where are we going?" Nanaya asked curiously after getting in the car.

Ori closed his eyes and said slowly: "Go see my sister."