Ishii Susumu
Heir Apparent - The Messenger
"O-of course not! Tsubaki-san is nice, and normal, a-and pure!"
The blind boy protested.
"Not for long," Susumu quipped with a raised eyebrow in response to Samejima's proclamation of Tsubaki's 'purity.'
"Let's go, Tsubaki-san... He's... not someone you want to be alone with!"
The young man pleaded. Obviously not her boyfriend, there was no demand or statement of ownership only a begging insistence. A sardonic grin slid across the heir's face. Was this boy going to try to make a scene with a woman that was not his?
Ha. "It is not like she is saying 'no'," Susumu added in Tsubaki's defense as well as his own.
"I mean look at her, or... well in your case feel her," Susumu added. It was a low-blow, but there was no such thing as fair play in sex and war. That and there was nothing like a pretty girl not slapping you across the face to do wonders for your confidence.
"I will see that the mission is carried out, Ishii Susumu-sama. I should be making my leave now... Please give your father, the Daimyō, my regards."
Red cheeked but proud, not of his announced proclivities but the fact that he had hopefully found a woman as perverse as himself on his first attempt. He let out a relieved breath and bowed his head slightly towards Tsubaki.
"That I will, m'lady," he announced with a before unnoticed grace. He looked at the shocked and in some cases revolted faces of some of the on-lookers, a crowd of rubber-neckers for the most part finding what they were discussing more interesting than whatever it was that they were doing with their mundane lives.
"Since apparently you are unspoken for," he added referring to the young blindman who had come to her side during his outburst.
"You would be willing to accompany the ceremony as... my date?" Yes, it was a bit forward, but considering what the mind-witch had already forced him to admit in a public venue, there was only one place to go and it was not down.
Regardless of her silent answer he would turn his back to the pair and make his way to the exit. The incursion was a mere matter of days away so he would have to depart soon if he wanted to be out of the line of fire. His father was not the kind of man to make concessions for anyone.
Not even his son. Shouki was always the favorite, despite lacking an honored line and despite having a legitimate claim to the seat he still gave his bastard their name. He still trusted Shouki to act as an agent on his behalf. A lot of good it did him, Shouki has been missing for over a year at this point, served him right.
Nobody was going to take what was rightfully his. And now with a queen or a whore, not that it would make much of a difference either way, it would not be long before even his father was an unnecessary fixture. He still needed time of course, he was young. Too young. He had gained the understand of a man thrice his age during his tutelage in Tea but his lack of human contact has stunted him socially, it was a short-coming he recognized but he was working on it. He was also weak, physically that was. Despite having both Akimichi and Hyuuga blood running through his veins, his skillset was still latent and untested. Number Five had not yet had his way with him and he had no intention of taking a short-cut, who truly knew what dark infestation would accompany such sloth.
Yes, the fool was still a fool in many ways. Untested in the real world and with limited contact in social situations he, like many has clandestine perversions but one would still be left to ask -- is he only the prelude to a monster or would he prove to be the lesser of evils? For Tsubaki's sake, let us hope for the later.
[Attempting to Leave Topic]