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Hearing her mother's words, Erina Nakiri was very happy.
After Erina left, Mana Nakiri took out her phone and called her father, Senzaemon Nakiri.
"Is that you, Mana? Do you need something?"
After the call connected, Senzaemon Nakiri asked directly.
Although his daughter had already reconciled with his granddaughter, she wouldn't just call him to chat, so there must be something.
"You saw right through me, Father. Do you remember what I told you before about Asahi Saiba?" Mana Nakiri asked.
After finding out that information and reconciling with Erina, she had sent the file to her father.
At that time, Senzaemon was somewhat baffled.
The Nakiri family's intelligence network wasn't as vast as WGO's—so he hadn't known about this matter. He was quite surprised when he suddenly heard that Azami had another child...
"Of course, I remember. So, this call is about Asahi Saiba?" Senzaemon asked.
"That's right. Just now, we received news that Asahi Saiba came to WGO headquarters with Yuuki. It seems he's been taken under Yuuki's wing."
"Though he has nothing to do with us, he is, after all, Erina's biological brother. So, I asked for Erina's opinion just now."
"She wants to bring him into the Nakiri family, so I'm calling to ask for your opinion." Mana Nakiri told Senzaemon about Erina's decision.
"I see. Since Erina has already made a decision, then I won't say much. Your thoughts should be the same, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have called me!"
Senzaemon said, somewhat amused.
"Since it's Erina's decision, I, as her mother, naturally support it. And Father, you also know Asahi Saiba's talent. There are no major problems with his character—he's completely different from that man."
"Letting him join the Nakiri family is very good—" Mana stated her thoughts.
"It's not a bad thing. However, the final decision still rests in his own hands." Senzaemon said.
The decision was in Asahi's hands. If he didn't want to join, it would be useless even if they agreed.
"Erina has already gone to find them. I'll contact you immediately once I have news, Father." Mana Nakiri nodded.
Now, it all depended on Asahi's own choice.
After hanging up the phone, Mana Nakiri handled her work while waiting for news from her daughter.
....
Meanwhile, after Yuuki and the others got off the plane, they soon met Erina Nakiri and Hisako Arato, who were waiting for them.
After seeing Sarge beside Yuuki, both Erina's and Hisako's expressions changed slightly.
Keep in mind, Yuuki had already maxed out Erina's favorability. Under such circumstances, him having a great beauty by his side—Erina would naturally feel some hostility.
As for Hisako, she felt that since her Young lady liked Yuuki, she had to help. Seeing a potential love rival for her Young lady appear, she couldn't remain calm either.
Sarge, however, didn't treat them as enemies because she had already completely submitted to Yuuki.
Although she was just a budget version of Esdeath, her personality was quite similar—
—Yuuki had conquered her; she would follow Yuuki wholeheartedly and wouldn't have other thoughts.
So, she didn't see Erina and Hisako as her enemies.
Asahi Saiba, looking at these people's expressions, felt like there was a show to watch. He hadn't yet realized that this show might very well be about him.
....
"Welcome back, Yuuki. And this is?" Erina Nakiri took the initiative to ask about Sarge.
"This is Sarge. The opponent from this commission. But now she's one of us. As for this one, his name is Asahi Saiba. He can also be considered my subordinate now."
Yuuki introduced the two and also introduced Erina and Hisako to them.
Hearing the name Erina Nakiri, both Sarge's and Asahi's expressions changed because Erina was the second wielder of the God's Tongue.
Though Erina wasn't very famous now, the prestige of the God's Tongue was very high.
Mana Nakiri was the best example. Someone with the God's Tongue was at least a First Class Chef and very likely to become a Special Class Chef.
After everyone got to know each other, Erina turned her gaze to Asahi Saiba.
"Have we met before, Ms. Nakiri? Why are you looking at me like that?" Asahi felt somewhat strange being stared at by Erina and took the initiative to ask.
"Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Erina Nakiri, and I am your younger sister."
However, the next second, Erina's one sentence directly stunned everyone present. This time, even Yuuki was somewhat surprised. After all, in the original story, Asahi was recognized because his cooking was tasted by Mana.
The God's Tongue tasted something similar to Azami Nakamura's flavor in Asahi's cooking, which was why she directly investigated Asahi's background, ultimately confirming Asahi was Azami's son.
But this time, Erina seemed to already know...
This surprised Yuuki somewhat.
"Y-Younger sister? Ms. Nakiri, you must be mistaken. I know my origins. I lived with my mother when I was little..."
Speaking up to this point, Asahi Saiba suddenly realized something—
—Because he didn't know who his father was, and his mother's constant scolding and beating him back then were all because of this so-called father.
Now Erina said she was his younger sister. Then there was only one possibility: his father was her father.
Thinking of this, Asahi felt like his head was about to explode.
"Looks like you've already guessed. That's right. While our mothers are not the same, our father is the same... This is what happened back then—"
Saying this, Erina showed the information on her phone to Asahi. While Asahi was looking at this information, the others waited there.
"This guy's father should be that fellow who caused a huge stir at WGO before, right?" Sarge remembered the statement from WGO before:
Mana Nakiri and Azami Nakamura no longer had any relationship.
"That's right. It's Azami Nakamura." Yuuki nodded.
....
At this moment, Asahi Saiba finished reading the information in his hands and knew his birth was entirely an accident.
He knew why his mother had regretted giving birth to him so much back then. To put it bluntly, his appearance was because of an accident.
His mother and Azami didn't have any relationship—It was just that his mother, by some twist of fate, had given birth to him.
His father wasn't someone who abandoned his wife and child; he simply didn't even know he had a son.
However, after learning about his father's actions, Asahi's fists clenched. Now he had accepted the fact that Erina was his biological sister.
Though Azami Nakamura was also his father, how could a father instill such wrong ideas into his own daughter and also cause so many problems?
First impressions are very important.
Asahi had never met Azami, he had always felt Azami was the one who abandoned his wife and son, so his first impression of Azami was quite poor.
Although he now knew the other party hadn't deliberately abandoned them, judging from the things recorded in this file, Azami wasn't a good person either.
His own sister—her mother left her side since she was little, and her father instilled some wrong ideas. This made Asahi feel some empathy.
So now, he subconsciously stood on Erina's side, feeling extreme disgust for Azami...
"I..."
Looking at Erina before him, Asahi had many things he wanted to say, but the words at the tip of his tongue—he didn't know what to say. He felt somewhat apprehensive now.
"Asahi-nii-san, it's okay for me to call you that, right?"
Looking at Asahi's appearance, Erina saw his apprehension and took the initiative to speak.
"Y-Yes! It's okay, little sister!" Asahi Saiba immediately replied upon hearing this.
He originally didn't know if he should call Erina "little sister." Though they were biological siblings, her status was different from his.
Erina was the Young Lady of the Nakiri family.
He, on the other hand, was just an accident. Originally, he wouldn't feel inferior because of his birth; he wasn't that kind of person. But when facing his biological sister, the situation was different...
"That's good. Actually, I came to find you this time, Asahi-nii-san, to invite you to join the Nakiri family. Although our childhoods weren't completely the same, there were similar situations."
"Asahi-nii-san should also value family very much, right? I'm the same. So, I want to invite you to join the Nakiri family."
Erina's decisiveness at this moment was quite like that of a strong woman.
In this matter, she was actually firmer than anyone else. In the original story, even when Asahi was wavering, she wasn't but instead went to console him.
"Invite me to join the Nakiri family??"
Hearing this, Asahi Saiba was completely dumbfounded. He was already very happy to know he had a sister.
He never expected her to invite him to join the Nakiri family...
"That's right. I value family very much. While that man is still alive, Asahi-nii-san has also seen what kind of person he is. I don't want my relative to wander alone outside—so I want to invite you to join my family." Erina said.
Asahi had now achieved considerable success in his career, to put it bluntly, Asahi was still alone; he had no relatives.
Now, two relatives had suddenly appeared.
On Azami's side, although he was his father, this father's actions made it so Asahi would definitely not contact him.
So, only Erina was left.
Why had Asahi always wanted to replace Soma Yukihira??
Wasn't it just to have a family??
Now this opportunity was placed right before him. And this was his biological sister.
Asahi was moved... He was about to agree, but suddenly he calmed down.
"If you invite me like this, the Nakiri family probably won't agree, right?" Asahi thought.
He was, after all, Azami's son—The things Azami did in the Nakiri family caused the Nakiri people to be very hostile towards Azami.
If he, Azami's son, joined, he would not have a good time. And he was more concerned about Erina.
"I've already communicated with Mother's side. Mother's meaning is to completely listen to my opinion. And Mother has communicated with Grandpa; Grandpa also agrees. Our opinions have reached a consensus. Now it all depends on your decision, Asahi-nii-san." Erina shook her head.
She wouldn't bear any pressure.
It had to be said, the Nakiri family people were all very rational and wouldn't transfer their disgust for Azami onto Asahi.
Everyone knew very well that Asahi was the most innocent one, very innocent from birth until now.
Born because of an accident, his subsequent days barely experienced any maternal love; all he had were various beatings and scoldings.
What Azami Nakamura did had absolutely nothing to do with Asahi Saiba.
Everyone knew this principle, but when actually experiencing it, many people would still be affected by emotions and transfer their views on someone they disliked to others related to this person.
In reality, not many people could achieve the Nakiri family's level.
In the original story, at the end, the timeline had jumped to the later stages.
Asahi had stayed at the Nakiri family for many years, but from his performance, one could also see that he wasn't ostracized in the Nakiri family—otherwise, he wouldn't have shown such a casual side.
"C-Can you give me some time to think about it?" Asahi Saiba asked.
When he said this, his tone was cautious.
He was afraid...
Afraid his words would be interpreted as not wanting to accept this kindness, so he spoke very carefully—
—Having finally found a real relative, Asahi didn't want to lose them.
His performance also made Yuuki somewhat amused.
Even when caught stealing knives, Asahi hadn't been this timid. It was clear Asahi really cared about this newly met sister.
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