Kawaii Onnanoko ni Kouryaku Sareru no Wa Suki desu ka? Volume 3 Prologue

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Prologue

High school girl Kawaraya Kokage was arrested for unlawful trespassing. The crime occurred at the garden of the Kitamikado Residence. Right as she was on her way to gather information about Mikado like she always would, she got caught on the sensors distributed about the grounds, and activated the security systems. After trying her hardest to escape the security team, tasked to protect the residence, she made it to the kitchen and stuffed her face into a pumpkin pie. She then proceeded to fall into the pond with covetous koi carps, and as a result of that, was arrested.

Shaking in fear with both her hands restricted by the bulky security team and illuminated by headlights, she felt like she was about to be abducted by aliens. The head of the Mikado family slowly walked towards her.

“Just when I wondered who dared to intrude in our home… It turned out to be the young Kawaraya girl.”

“Y-You’re wrong! Really! It’s a tragedy that this misunderstanding came about!” Kokage pleaded like her life depended on it.

Though she was arrested by a private individual, and not the police, a crime is still a crime, and getting caught by the Kitamikado Family might actually be worse, considering how much influence they had. At this rate, she’d rot away in a jail cell, her youth as a girl going to waste.

“Misunderstanding…?”

Like the demon of Hell deciding on the next path the souls of the deceased would take, the head asked in a deep voice.

“I didn’t sneak my way in here… I am actually lost! I panicked, thinking I would be late for school, so I accidentally passed through the garden here!”

“I do think our fence makes it a bit difficult to just accidentally pass through though?”

The fence was at least five meters tall and electrified. You could even see the sparks flying in the midst of the complete darkness.

“I just accidentally climbed it!” Kokage emphasized.

“It sounds to me like it was all intentional?” Of course, he didn’t believe her for one second.

“I-It wasn’t intentional! It’s just become a habit of mine to climb things, something like that! I thought there might be some interesting information, so I felt the urge to climb up there! I really didn’t have any bad intentions this time! When I realized it, I had already lost my way in the garden!”

“So basically, you wanted some new scoop, and snuck in.”

“Uuuuuuu…” She found no words to argue against that.

Being driven into a corner, Kokage tried looking for a place to escape to, but she was perfectly surrounded. The target himself, Mikado, hadn’t made his way home yet, so she couldn’t plead for help from him either.

“I will confiscate this camera. We cannot allow any of what you’ve possibly seen to escape to the public.”

The head grabbed the digital camera out of Kokage’s hands, inspecting the data.

“Ah, that’s…” Kokage panicked a bit, and reached out towards the head with her hand.

“What?”

“Well, you know…I have pictures of other things in there, so it’d be troublesome if you confiscated everything…O-Of course, I know that I’m asking for a lot, but…c-could you maybe return it…?”

“…………”

Being met with nothing but a harsh glare from the head, Kokage procrastinated herself as she started crying.

“I’m sorryyyyyyyy! I did it! But please, not the police! Please do not report meeeeeeeeeeeeee!” She apologized in full force.

The security team was taken aback by the girl, as she rubbed her face on the ground. But, the head of the Kitamikado Family, who never allowed himself or others any compromise, didn’t even twitch an eyebrow. Not showing any compassion towards the intruder, the head just opened his eyes wide as he looked through the camera roll.

“What…is this about?”

“Eh”

“I’m asking about the meaning of this!” His shoulders were shaking with rage.

The head pushed the screen of the camera towards Kokage, showing her a picture of Kisa clinging to Mikado.

“Um…it’s a picture of Mikado-kun and Kisa-chan…?”

“What kind of situation preceded this.”

“I-I don’t know. When I arrived at the place, it already ended up like that.”

“Seems like I have to question Mikado about this…”

The face of the head looked like a horned demon. Kokage had no idea why the head of the Kitamikado Family, currently leading Japan’s political world, would show such a face. But, she could clearly feel like she had started something horrible.

At the Kitamikado Residence, the home office of the head. Decorated with scriptures dating back to the Muromachi period¹ was a Japanese room with the enshrined sword of the shogun from that time. In this room Mikado was facing his father.

“You…you are not in any sort of wicked and illicit relationship with the Nanjou girl, right?”

With the aforementioned pictures right in front of him, Mikado’s body froze up. It was the picture showing the moment right before they almost kissed each other. Gazing at the picture, it was almost as if he could still feel her warmth and breath on his face.

“The Nanjou Family…is the enemy of the Kitamikado Family. There is…no way that the two of us would end up in any sort of relationship,” Mikado asserted, as cold sweat ran down his back.

“Then, why are you embracing each other?”

“The ground led to us losing our footing. I got wrapped in Nanjou slipping, and she landed on top of me.”

The head furrowed his brows.

“So what you’re saying is, it’s just a normal accident?”

“Indeed.”

“You’re not about to kiss each other?”

“Indeed.”

“You’re not having regular sexual intercourse with the Nanjou daughter, right?”

“As if I would!”

“Mikado…say…you are a virgin, right?”

“No need to worry, Father. I am a virgin.” Mikado announced, gazing directly at the head of the family.

That was not a fabricated lie. And, this action seemed to have shown some effect.

“These confident eyes…they do not belong to a non-virgin…It seems like you are not lying.”

“I-Indeed.” Seeing that the doubt has been cleared up, Mikado sighed in relief.

At the same time, the head put his rough hand on Mikado’s shoulder.

“But…you understand, don’t you? Even if it was an accident, any harmony between the two families is not allowed to happen. We cannot have the world suspect us in any way…”

“I will do my utmost to be careful…”

The head’s fingers tore deep into his bones, forcing those words out of his mouth. That was how intimidating and scary the head of the Kitamikado Family could be. This pain that Mikado felt taught him that. The head would never accept this. He told him not to stray away from the right path. With a stiff body, Mikado left the office behind him.

“Haa…the digital camera I got from dad…”

Kokage trotted down the night road on heavy feet, her camera stripped of everything, including the data inside. Though she was released without the police getting involved, she was told there would be consequences. Although, she didn’t know the details of that yet, so was left shaking in her boots.

Thinking about the immense influence that the Kitamikado Family boasted, maybe being arrested by the police would have been the safer option. Though she probably wouldn’t be made into a bump on a concrete road… she was still worried. As Kokage was about to switch streets towards the resident district, a black car stopped right in front of her.

“…?!”

There were no buildings near her, so the car stopping was mysterious. The target of the car could only be her. As Kokage dashed in the other direction, the car followed her at a crazy speed.

“Fueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh?!” Kokage screamed in panic as she sank down on the ground in the middle of the road.

The car eventually arrived next to the girl, and the window of the back seat rolled down. The one appearing with a stern expression and cold gaze was the Kitamikado Family’s head. Even more than before, Kokage could spot wrinkles on his forehead.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please don’t kill me!” Kokage begged for her life.

“The Kitamikado Family would not resort to actions such as killing.”

“R-Really?”

The head snorted.

“We’ll just be using the surveillance network to secure any sort of proof of the Kawaraya Family’s wiretaps and other works, and make sure that the entire family is put behind bars, never to leave again.”

“Please nooooooooooooooooooooo!” Kokage let out a shriek of despair.

Although she got away with her life, this result might just have been worse than being killed off. She couldn’t bear to be the one who brought ruin to her entire family. And since the Kawaraya Family was nothing more than an intelligence agency, they couldn’t do anything against the law.

“But, if you were to work together with me for Mikado’s rich future, I wouldn’t mind turning a blind eye to this incident.”

“I-I will do anything! Should I clean the residence for you?! Carry Mikado-kun’s bag?! Ah, I don’t mind serving Mikado-kun as his personal maid! I’ll do anything!”

Trapped in the spider’s web, Kokage kept rambling on in a trance. To that, the head raised an eyebrow.

“You’ll do anything…?”

“Y-Yes! Though… I’ve never done any assassination stuff, but I’ll try! My ancestors seemed to have been involved with such work back in the Edo² period after all!”

“You don’t need to assassinate anyone. I just told you that the Kitamikado Family doesn’t resort to such dirty actions.”

“Thank you very much! Then, what else should I do?!”

She was desperate. She didn’t even realize what she was talking about.

“You were in the same class as Mikado, right? The daughter of the Shizukawa Family, and the daughter of the Nanjous should be in there as well.”

“T-That’s right…” Kokage swallowed her breath.

She was scared to the bone about the task imminently about to be bestowed on her, but she had no other choice except to rely on that.

“I want you to inspect Mikado’s romantic relationships.”

“Romantic…relationships…?” Kokage repeated the words she hadn’t expected in this situation.

“Though Mikado and the Nanjou daughter haven’t ended up in any illicit relationship yet, I want you to catch the secret that’s connecting them, gather proof of it, and report back to me.”

“Illicit relationship… Like feeding each other their brains with spoons?”

“Let’s not turn this into a zombie movie.” The head’s expression turned into one of agony.

“It’s not that weird, okay!? In the world of Ursa Minor³ Sirius Starman, crimes like that happen often! Brain trafficking violates the privacy of an individual on planet Sirius, and NASA has kept information on that—”

“I’m not talking about the universe. Do you plan on diverting the topic?”

“Uuuu…”

A single strike silenced Kokage. She didn’t plan on changing the topic of anything or that sort, and just wanted to tell him some interesting information, but was denied.

“Basically, I want you to observe if Mikado and the Nanjou girl are actually in love or not.”

“Ehhh?! Mikado-kun and Kisa-chan are going out?! Ehh, ehhhh? Why didn’t you just say so?! Since when?! Did the two families finally reconcile?! Did they go on a date?! Please tell me!”

The head of the Kitamikado Family was bombarded with questions by Kokage, as her Kawaraya blood, as well as her girly interests, went wild.

“No… I’m trying to hire you here because I don’t have enough information.”

“I see…”

“Don’t sound so disappointed.” The head sighed. “…I really am bad at dealing with you people. But, I have to leave this to you just this once.”

Kokage tapped on her own chest, brimming with confidence.

“Yes, just leave it to me! I excel at this type of work!”

“I know that.”

“I’m even good at judging mystery circles!”

“I could not care less about that.”

Apparently, it would prove difficult to pull the head of the Kitamikado Family onto the path of the universe. Since she was previously mostly ignored by Mikado himself, it must be in their blood, Kokage guessed.

The head cleared his throat.

“Additionally, I want you to support Mikado’s relationship.”

“So you’re telling me to become their cupid? I understand!” Kokage saluted.

“Not quite. I want you to make sure that Mikado and the young lady of the Shizukawa Family, Rinka-dono, are getting along fine.”

“So that’s what you mean!”

“Of course. Mikado and Rinka-dono are engaged after all. The fate of Japan lies on how well they get along.”

As the scale of the circumstances suddenly shot up, Kokage’s heart started beating wildly faster. She fisted her hands, and carefully asked.

“So… I will be the messiah of Japan…?”

“Well… I guess you could say that.”

For some reason, the head looked like he was in pain.

“If I fulfill this mission, I won’t get reported to the police, right? And the Kawaraya Family won’t meet any misfortune?”

“Naturally. Not only that, but as your reward should you succeed, you will be bestowed the title of [Executive Intelligence Officer] of the Kitamikado Family.”

“Executive Intelligence Officer…?” Kokage repeated those sweet-sounding words.

“Any information arriving at the Kitamikado Family concerning the political word will reach your ears first, and you will help in our war of information. For a family like yours, there shouldn’t be any better title right?”

He was right. After having snuck into the trunk of the car Mikado would always use, and observing his every step at school, receiving such a reliable source was like a dream. She wouldn’t have to resort to her old techniques, and just had to ask. The ideal world for a family like Kokage’s. Hence, tears built up in her eyes, as she announced the following.

“Yes…yes… I will accept this mission with the greatest honor… I am the happiest girl in the world… It seems like there was worth in using my allowance to buy a lucky stone from the Andromeda Nebula…”

“Sorry, but that was just a fraud.” The head of the Kitamikado Family closed the window.

The black car drove away, and it took Kokage until it disappeared for her to realize the heavy duty she had received.

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