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Chapter 164 Part 1

Young Lady, Fall (4) ~Falling in Love~

「Ah… Nghh… I, I, I’m… umm, err… the other day, to Y, Y, Yuu… sama…」

Rinne finally opened her mouth and tried to tell them something.

After briefly cleaning themselves up with tissues, Yuu and Sayaka sit side by side on the edge of the bed, listening to her from the front.

Perhaps feeling awkward being stared at by Yuu and Sayaka, Rinne’s mouth couldn’t operate smoothly, and the two patiently waited as she choked on her words.

That day, when they returned to their school’s student council office and heard the general story from Yuu, Sayaka and the others were very angry.

However, the fact that Yuu himself felt satisfied as he had personally punished them.

As well as there being an important talk about the three of them getting pregnant pretty much at the same time had caused the question of how they should settle things with the Sairei student council to be put on the back burner.

Therefore, Yuu and Sayaka had thoroughly discussed how to deal with Rinne beforehand.

Riko and Emi also wanted to join them, but it seemed impossible due to family circumstances, so they decided to entrust it to Sayaka.

Making Rinne herself apologize right then and there.

This was one thing they would never compromise on.

However, as there was no evidence that directly linked her to the case, there was no way that Rinne, who was very prideful, would obediently apologize.

As such, they devised a plan.

Also, taking the future into consideration, having her gloss it over with just a lip service apology would also be troubling.

They wanted to stop her from plotting any bigger schemes.

That said, it would also be troubling if she snapped back because they pushed her too hard.

In terms of automobile sales share, Komatsu and Nikko, in which both Sayaka and Rinne’s grandmothers served as the chairmen, were rivals.

However, if you were to compare the entire corporate groups on a consolidated accounting basis, the Nikko Group, a conglomerate, was one of the largest in Japan, surpassing Komatsu.

They wanted to avoid this episode from going beyond the scope of a quarrel between students and spreading to their families, which would result in unnecessary interference and pressure.

Conversely, Sayaka said that if Yuu could win over Rinne, the daughter of a large company owner, she might become a reliable ally for him. It would probably be difficult to steer her, though.

It was just that, if Rinne became too obsessed with Yuu and started saying that she really wanted to marry him, that would be troubling in its own way,

That was because Sayaka’s group of three were important people to Yuu.

Besides, they also still had some apprehensions about the reaction of the Mitsuse family, who had raised a daughter like Rinne.

It would be better if Yuu could get into a physical only relationship with her, one where he held the superior position.

In that sense, it was no exaggeration to say that all of it depended on how she apologized.

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「I, I admit that… I… no, we, the student council… harbored e, evil intentions… towards Yuu-sama… and… carried out e, evil plans… in the student council office…」

Rinne, with a pained expression on her face, spoke as if she was squeezing the words out.

Yuu, who was finally able to take that step, hid his inner relief, and looked at her with a relaxed smile.

「Not just to me, but to Sayaka and the others too, okay?」

「Ah…」

「Try imagining it. If it were the other way around, how angry would you be? However, because I’m here, Sayaka is holding herself back from getting emotional. So I want you to apologize to Sayaka, who is here as the representative of the Sairyou Student Council and also my fiancée, too.」

「Ugh…」

Rinne looked at Sayaka awkwardly and lowered her eyes.

However, as Sayaka stared fixedly at her with an intense gaze, Rinne bit her lip and spoke while still lowering her head a little.

「Umm… I, I believe we did something bad… to Sayaka-san and the others, too.」

「Hmm. Is that it? Where’s the 『I’m sorry』?」

「Huh…」

Thinking that alone would probably not be enough to satisfy Sayaka, Yuu did not stop pressing her.

After all, it was an action that went against the law.

They only had circumstantial evidence, but they had to draw out words of apology from Rinne, the student council president, as the one responsible for it.

She was barely, just barely able to squeeze out those words.

And yet, she was demanded to give them even more words of apology, so Rinne was at a loss for words.

Yuu stood up, took a step forward, and looked down at Rinne right in front of her.

「Have your parents never taught you that if you do something bad, you have to lower your head and say 『I’m sorry』?」

「Huh?」

So he said, but he quickly thought to himself that a young lady like Rinne had probably never been taught that kind of thing.

If that was the case, he had to teach her here.

Yuu squatted down and leveled his gaze with Rinne’s.

Then he placed his hand on her head.

「If they haven’t taught that, then I’ll teach you. If you feel sorry after doing something bad, you have to lower your head and say 『I’m sorry』. I think that’s the proper etiquette as a human being.」

「Uu… ah…」

Rinne looked at Yuu with pleading eyes, but he could see hesitation in her eyes.

It seemed that she was still hesitating on the inside.

Up until now, she had never apologized, not even when she was at fault, and everyone outside of her family had always humbled themselves before her, so it must be a tall order for her.

However, Yuu’s mouth still hadn’t stopped.

「Besides, you talked about it in a vague manner at that that, but it was you who instigated the pressure on the sponsors of the newspaper company my mother works for, right, Rinne?」

「Huh, no, that’s…」

Seeing Rinne’s eyes swim around, Yuu continued.

「One decision by the head of a large company can change the lives of many employees, some of whom may lose their jobs and end up on the street. The reason why the head has such a big influence is because they’re responsible for steering the company with their eyes set on the future, right? However, for them to put the lives of people who put their blood, sweat, and tears into work in jeopardy because of a mere high school student’s willfulness, talk about outrageous. Let’s have you apologize from the bottom of your heart for how sinful of an action you have done, and swear to atone for your sins, shall we?」

Struck in the heart by the harsh words of Yuu, who had experience as a full-fledged member of society, Rinne lowered her head.

Yuu got down on one knee next to such Rinne and raised her upper body.

With her legs spread apart and her buttocks flat on the floor, he made her upper body face straight ahead.

「A mere lip service apology won’t get through to the other party. There’s the saying, 『a naked conversation』, right? Everyone here is already naked, so there’s no need for pretenses. I want you to toss aside unnecessary thoughts like your family or your social position, and show us your sincerity. If you lower your head and apologize from the bottom of your heart, I think both Sayaka and I will be able to accept those feelings of yours.」

「Yuu…sama…」

Having been told that much, Rinne seemed to have made up her mind, too.

She looked at both Yuu and Sayaka, and then nodded slightly.

Then she straightened her back of her own accord.

「I, Mitsuse Rinne… have reflected on… the things that I have done up until now… I a, apologize to… Yuu-sama, and also Komatsu Sayaka-sama. At the same time… I s, swear that… I will correct my actions… in trying to ruin… Yuu-sama’s m, mother’s company… in order to get my hands on him!」

After saying that, Rinne bowed her head.

However, since her hands and feet were still tied, she, affected by her weight, ended up pitching forward and falling as she was.

Before Yuu could catch her, Rinne made a heavy thud as she fell face-first onto the floor.

「Auuuu… I’m sorry… I, I’m… so sorry…」

Most likely, Rinne, a rich young lady, had never displayed such an unsightly appearance of her own accord.

Rinne, with a mixture of pain and shame, repeatedly said words of apology in a tearful voice.

「Yuu-kun, I think that’s enough.」

「Alright, got it.」

Taking into account everything that had transpired up to this point, Sayaka herself still had a lot of things she wanted to say.

However, fearing that pushing Rinne any further would be counterproductive, she restrained herself.

Nodding his head, Yuu first untied the rope that had been tied to the legs of the sofa.

Then, he also untied her hands behind her back, followed by her legs.

The rope marks on her freed arms and legs were still painful, and perhaps they had gone numb, Rinne seemed to be struggling to get up.

There, Yuu personally held her body and helped her up.