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Chapter 137 – Aftermath of the Attempted Rebellion

Shizu led me to my grandfather’s room.
I rarely went near that area, since it was also where my grandmother, Tamako Mizuko, lived.

Because of that, Mizuko-san and I hardly ever met face-to-face, and even when we did, our exchanges never went beyond formal greetings. That was true for most of the family as well.

I’d heard she came from a noble court family line and resented having married into a family whose origins were unclear, regardless of its wealth.
Though it was a marriage for the sake of forming a political and economic alliance, for Mizuko-san, it had always been something she did to save her own family’s finances, and would remain that way for life.

Her relationship with my grandfather seemed a little different, but she never showed it publicly.
Anyway, that