17 The division of family

'Stop it,' as soon as everyone heard it, everyone stopped the fighting because it was town lord Fumihiro. "Who gave you permission to fight inside the town? Don't you give any value to town lord?" As the town was governed by him, breaking the rules meant disrespecting him.

Gakuto came forward and explained, "Brother Fumihiro..."

"Who are you calling brother?" Fumihiro interrupted in a condescending way, "your witch of a daughter bad-mouthed master Kanesuke in the public, immediately hand her over for punishment."

Gakuto felt humiliated, he raised his voice in seriousness, "town lord, what do you have to do with my daughter pointing out the truth?"

"You dare to talk back to me?" Fumihiro questioned to intimidate Gakuto with his authority as town lord.

"You are a town lord because everyone is following rules," Gakuto continued, "but if you try to throw around your weight we won't sit back and watch. Just do what you came here for and get lost," he said it like Fumihiro was nothing in his eyes.

Fumihiro got raged for the disrespect he got for the first time in his life, this kind of people couldn't handle ridicule even once, Fuminori added more fuel, "Gakuto, you became bold after your daughter opened 1st petal at such young age. You are not putting town lord in your eyes anymore."

"Shut up Fuminori," Akihiko shouted, "you are the one who caused all this ruckus, town lord, this Fuminori was rebelling against our families, we tried to contain him but he started fighting, arrest this rebel and his followers."

"How can I listen to a one-sided story," Fumihiro changed his attitude to cunning as he got a chance to lower the 2 families, "brother Fuminori, tell us what happened."

Akihiko, Gakuto and their supporters understood the town lord would make decisions against them. Fuminori humbly reported, "Town lord, I asked this Gakuto to hand his daughter to master Kanesuke but he attacked me without warning. I tried to keep the fight to less but he used his full power."

Fumihiro without another question declared, "The Kanakuba family and Hoshi family colluded to destroy the town, so I announce the 2 families as outcasts of iron wall town, their properties and wealth will be used as compensation for the victims."

Gakuto and his supporters got angry due to his unfair judgment and Yuki was totally dumb folded and thought, 'Just how much a person can be unreasonable? At least Hitler was quite reasonable when killing the people he disliked, that was for his country but this bastard.'

'I think you got the wrong idea,' the system explained, 'Hitler in your world was a respectable man, it is just that he lost the war, so as the winner's word is truth, he was declared as such.'

'But he killed many pe...' Yuki tried to find a reason.

'Do you think that many people would follow him if no one respected him? Tell me, which is the worst thing, killing a person or humiliating him?'

'It depends on that person.'

'Then tell me, is killing a woman is worst or raping her and killing is worst.'

'Of course, raping and killing her.'

'Then throughout the history kingdoms that conquered other kingdoms done that, did anyone question them? No, because they are the winners.'

'What are you trying to say?'

'Look at things the way they are, not the way someone distorted it as,' suggested the system.

'What should I look at in this situation?' Yuki asked in confusion, as she already knew what was going on there.

'I said that because you brought the Hitler topic. I am your guild remember?'

'Now I get it, as a conscious that was connected to reincarnation cycle, for you, death means a relief, so you are supporting Hitler's act.'

'I am not supporting nor against him. I am just saying there will be a reason for every act, when you thought the town lord was unreasonable, I wanted you to realized he have a reasonable motive though it was greedy.'

'I get it, every action has a reason,' said Yuki.

Gakuto said, "Fumihiro, you are not the overlord of this town, you are just a town lord, be within your limits."

"Well, I don't have a say in your family but what if people in your family come to me," Fumihiro turned to Fuminori, "brother Fuminori you seem to have a problem here, may I help you?"

"Yes town lord," Fuminori asked, "we have been loyal to the family and helped it to develop to this point but this Gakuto brought us doom, we need our part of the family assets so that we won't fall with him."

The family was actually declined after their joining the family; Gakuto couldn't take when they were acting as if they sacrificed themselves for the family. He respected every person as his family and showed compassion to everyone, such people were then trying to destroy him like a villain.

Akihiko couldn't say a word in this matter because if he interferes then Murata and Nakamura families would get a chance to support Fuminori.

Gakuto couldn't stand straight when he was getting such injustice, his legs became weak, his will touched the floor and he was about to fall with despair then 2 little hands caught him from falling down, "you did your best dad," she said in emotionally proud, Yuki got sad due to the family betrayal.

That was her first time seeing such a thing. When she saw Gakuto lose his willpower, first time in her life she interfere in a thing that was not bullying. Though this looks like bullying, Gakuto was powerful enough to protect himself. We could say he was mentally bullied.

"Yuki," Gakuto called her, that hand support was much needed at that moment, though it was physical, it also became a great help for mental balance.

*sniff* "You need assets right?" Yuki asked emotionally proud, she rubbed her nose, "then take whatever you want." She knew if now the family tried to go against them, more families would join and that would completely destroy the family, she made a good decision by cutting losses.

"Yuki!" called Gakuto in doubt.

Yuki showed her palm as to stop him; she saw Fuminori and said, "What could you have been earned all this time? The family library (which had cultivation and martial art techniques) was coming for generations, so it is ours, the treasury only has ancestral properties, so they are also our. So if we think you earned something that must be in Kanakuba's family business right?"

Everyone was looking with surprise and was eager to know what she was about to do. Fuminori hesitatingly answered, "ye...yes."

Fumihiro slapped his forehead and whispered, "Why did you agree to it?"

"Then you can take all lands that belong to Kanakuba family as you needed assets, we will take the money and our house," Yuki parted to her convenience.

Then Fumihiro laughed and said, "hahaha, I thought you had some brilliant plan to evade us but you just need money? How long can you last with that?"

"They have to sell their ancestral properties and martial arts soon," laughed Fuminori and his supporters also laughed.

Gakuto got panicked, "Yuki, you can't say that. All business of our family was done on lands, if you only keep money, starting a new business will take time and risk. Money won't be enough to sustain the family until we pick up a business." He knew full well how the family members waste money on fancy things.

Yuki rubbed her face as she stopped being emotional and became refreshed, "did you forget that I have a master? She already gave me one wish that I can make for my family, even though she won't interfere in this affair but she will give me support if I request her."

Fuminori arrogantly said, "Do you really believe her? Gakuto, deep down you know she is the one who brought this upon you..."

"Shut up," Gakuto shouted which intimidated Fuminori. With a proud face he held Yuki's shoulder and looked at him, "my daughter is my luck, never in my life had I thought my daughter is a burden to me. She is the reason I could hold my family this long even with leeches like you it's her encouragement.

No one knows this but even the marriage between her and Akira was her idea. As both families were in decline, she gave herself for the benefit of the family. She sacrificed so much at such a young age, those lands and businesses can't even get to her little toe's nail. I am sure my daughter has a plan and I believe her."

Other elders of the family also supported him and encouraged him, "we also believe in young miss."

Yuki didn't know the previous Yuki was that great because she didn't implant Yuki's memories. The division was done on the same day before Gakuto could change his mind.