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got it, thanks for letting me know~

i guess i should be a good boy and tell you the truth, then.

You've been lying to me? 😟 With a 4/10 honesty score?? Really???

i didn't technically lie, so i think i'm only going down to a 3.5~

there are a few other sorce uh exorcists, around here. including me. we're not from the same place, 'cause i would have heard of your clan. you don't recognize the gojou name, either, so i guess it's just a happy coincidence.

Let me guess: heir to a major clan?

[y'all always playing games not introducing yourselves, no matter what universe it is!!]

one of the big three, yeah. sorry~

Don't be! I should be honored to have someone like you interested in a small time clan like mine ✨

That's what I'm supposed to say, right?

no, because that's boring. you really want to be mediocre?

Hey now. I said "not bad," not mediocre.

if you keep your real feelings behind that sunshiny attitude all the time, you'll become mediocre~

But the sunshiney attitude is how I won the Women's Weekly Magazine Best Smile competition!

I suppose the heirs to major clans don't have to play politics in quite the same way, huh?

they do. i'm just tired of it.

Is the Gojou clan powerful enough that you can get away with not playing along? Or are you just doing it now while you have the chance? Genuine question, not rhetorical.

i'm powerful enough that i can get away with it.
pretty sure there's no one left who can defeat me.

i'm sure that sounds like some asshole egotistical whatever, but it's just the truth.

Sheer strength isn't the only thing that can take a clan down. You need allies, or at least other clans that would rather have you at the top than the alternative.

i think the way things work in your world might be a little different than ours.

Maybe! So the other two major clans couldn't team up to destabilize the Gojou family through backdoor deals if they wanted to? That's a relief.

what is your point, or what is it that you really want to say?

i don't think i'm allowed to explain the politics of our sorcerer society to you, even if we're technically on the same team. we're not supposed to talk about sorcery, period, but i've already messed that one up.

We could go back to talking about my movies, if you'd prefer my normal sunshiny attitude.

But since you shared a bit of context with me, it's only fair that I do the same: the Natori clan is a clan of one right now. We were an older house, but the ability to see died out generations ago, and my ancestors chose to quit the business entirely rather than get absorbed into another clan. Feel free to blame that for my interest in the politics of major families from other worlds.

do you want your clan to keep going, or do you want to see it end with you?

no judgment either way. just curious. i guess there's no guarantee, huh?

It'll probably end with me. But I'll still do what I can to protect people with the time I have.

it sounds like you're living your life the way you want to - i'm glad for that.

Up until getting stuck in the ayakashi sex hotel, anyway!

What about you? Do you want to inherit?

i'm not really fond of my clan, or any of the higher ups, either, but i'm the heir whether i want to be or not.

more and more, i just keep thinking that i want to make things better than they are, but i don't really know how to do that yet. guess it's a good thing i'm trapped here, for now~

I see. That seems to be how it goes, huh?

If you're thinking about that, it's probably already a good sign, even if you don't know what to do about it yet. I'd bet a lot of the older generation is more concerned with keeping things as they are, right? So even considering it is a change. But maybe I'm making assumptions again.

your assumptions pay off this time~

luckily, i think they're pretty afraid of what i could do if i decided i didn't want to listen anymore.
but i'm still in school, back home, so i'm trying to be good~ you're old, right?

( woof )

treat me kindly, sensei.

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