Chapter 5: Do You Also Want to Become My Wife?

Leaving the restaurant, Fujimura Taiga discovered two little tails behind her.

"No, what are you two following me for?"

Turning around, she asked the two children somewhat confusedly.

"Ah, this..."

Young Sakura didn't know how to answer; she had only seen Broly come out and subconsciously followed him out, and now, after being asked by the older sister in front why she was following her, she was at a loss, but soon she thought of a reasonable and proper reason.

"I wanted to say thank you to you, big sister, thank you for helping us."

Young Sakura's timid way of speaking made people feel protective.

"Haha, what a polite little girl, but no need to thank me; sister helped you just on a whim."

Fujimura Taiga bent down, reached out and patted the girl's soft little head, then turned her head to ask the little boy who was also following her.

"So, little brother, are you also here to thank me, big sister?"

Broly didn't quite understand the meaning of thanking, but directly said to Fujimura Taiga: "I'm not here to thank you, I'm here to find a wife."

"Find a wife?"

Fujimura Taiga was stunned for a moment; a young boy saying such things with a serious look was indeed rather eerie.

"What does that have to do with you following me?"

She asked.

"You are the new wife I want to find."

Broly pointed at the girl's nose and said very seriously; she was one of the figure wives confirmed by Crystal Palace, belonging to the kind that could provide food for oneself.

"Is this some new era scam method?"

Fujimura Taiga was somewhat speechless, but seeing the little boy was cute, she reached out and pinched his face.

"You are quite cute, but you're too young; if you want to be my boyfriend, you'll have to grow another ten years no matter what."

Compared to Fujimura Taiga's teasing attitude toward the child, Young Sakura beside her was shocked by Broly's words.

"Am I not your wife?"

The girl asked.

"You are."

Broly nodded in admission; he hadn't forgotten the food he had just been fed.

"Then why do you want to find a wife again?"

"Can there only be one wife?"

Broly retorted; Young Sakura was silenced by the question, but it seemed what the other party said wasn't wrong either.

"Hey, being such a philanderer at such a young age?"

After hearing this, Fujimura Taiga immediately increased the force of pinching the little boy's cheeks.

"Are you willing to be my wife?"

Broly felt nothing; no matter how hard the girl pinched, it was within the range of normal humans, and to him it was painless and itchless.

"Of course I'm not willing!"

Fujimura Taiga naturally answered this question, but had already let go of her hand, for she was afraid of really hurting this child.

"Oh."

Broly was somewhat disappointed; this new wife before him was obviously unwilling to continue providing food for him.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Seeing the boy show a dejected expression and then turn around to leave, Fujimura Taiga was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked.

"It's nighttime, I need to find a place to sleep."

Broly gave an honest answer; on Nappa Star, he also had the habit of being active by day and sleeping by night.

"Uh, you don't have a place to sleep?"

"No."

"There's a slope over there; I plan to dig a hole there."

Broly was speaking seriously; the large cave where he lived on Nappa Star was dug out by him and his father Paragus together.

Of course, saying dig, but if the mountain itself was hard enough, one could also blast an opening directly with an energy bullet; that efficiency would be higher.

Fujimura Taiga rubbed her temples and said to the two children: "If you're not afraid of getting close to someone who looks rather fierce, I can take you back to my home's old residence to live."

"Hey, sister, are you going to take us in?"

"I'm just worried about you two little brats being harmed by bad people outside."

Recently, a murderer appeared in Fuyuki City, consecutively slaughtering many people and still not caught by the police, and among the victims were some children.

Fujimura Taiga knew about this kind of thing, and was currently staying at the old residence; when her grandfather Fujimura Raiga reminded her to pay attention to safety, he said it because he was worried about her going to and from school alone being unsafe.

Originally Fujimura Raiga wanted to arrange someone to send his granddaughter to and from school, but was directly refused by Fujimura Taiga.

One reason was that the girl was confident in her own martial strength, and another reason was that Fujimura Taiga was unwilling to expose her family background at school.

"The Big Sister is back."

"Welcome the Big Sister home!"

Because her home was the Nappa Star's largest yakuza group, the Fujimura Group.

"Is it necessary to do this every day?"

"Big Sister, this isn't because the boss ordered us to be enthusiastic to you, right?"

Her grandfather was fine, just a bit too enthusiastic, mainly because her father was unwilling to inherit the family business, so her grandfather wanted to cultivate her as the future successor of the Fujimura Group, but the problem was she was also unwilling to be the future yakuza big sister.

"Big Sister, what is this?"

A man with a scar on his face, clearly a gangster at a glance, seeing the two children following behind the Big Sister's butt into the residence, couldn't help but ask.

"Two homeless kids—I met them on the road, was a bit worried about them wandering outside, so I brought them here."

Fujimura Taiga explained.

"Ah, this... Big Sister is finally going to groom a confidant squad to take over the Fujimura Group?!"

The scar-faced man with a fierce complexion, upon hearing this, actually felt somewhat moved, and said loudly.

"Not a squad, bastard!"

"Fujimura Boss, Big Sister has awakened! She's willing to become your successor!"

The scar-faced man ran into the residence to report the good news, while Fujimura Taiga chased after him.

She now wanted nothing more than to kick the idiot in front who had misinterpreted her actions to death.

"Making such a racket, what kind of bearing is that?"

Fujimura Raiga, who was discussing matters with a guest in the main house, upon seeing the scar-faced man rush in in a panic, couldn't help but pull his face down.

But after the scar-faced man told him that his granddaughter had suddenly brought back two homeless orphans, this big brother of Fuyuki City's underworld broke into a smile.

For underworld figures like them to adopt orphans meant grooming confidants; only children raised from a young age could develop loyalty to the organization.

And the scar-faced man before him was one of the orphans Fujimura Raiga had once adopted, and even though the man had now started a family, both he and his children remained fiercely loyal to the Fujimura Group.

"Don't over-explain my behavior in front of Grandfather!"

The sliding door of the main house was kicked flying, and Fujimura Taiga delivered a flying kick, sending the scar-faced man to the side.

"Cough, cough, Taiga, there are guests here!"

The girl in the sailor uniform stepped on the scar-faced man's back, just like a mother tiger hunting prey, and after hearing her grandfather's words, upon noticing the mature man seated to the side, she glared viciously at the scar-faced man beneath her foot before Fujimura Taiga reined in the bearing of the Tiger of Winter City and began to become quiet and demure.

"Mr. Emiya, excuse my rudeness; this granddaughter of mine has a temper more like mine."

"No matter; a violent temper is an advantage on the underworld path."

Kiritsugu Emiya's expression remained unchanged, his tone without fluctuation as he offered a word of praise.

"Regarding the matter of the house."

"Just go with the price you said, Mr. Emiya; as for the goods you ordered, I'll have someone deliver them to the warehouse of the neighboring house tomorrow."

"Fine." Kiritsugu Emiya nodded, then pushed over the box he had brought, which was filled with banknotes—the money for buying the house and the arms.

Kiritsugu Emiya, once a famous Magus Killer in the underworld, still had some connections there.

Before the Holy Grail War began, he had contacted the largest underground criminal organization in Fuyuki City, ordering a batch of arms through the Fujimura Group's channels.

"No need to count it?"

Seeing the old man directly order his subordinates to put away the box, Kiritsugu Emiya couldn't help but ask.

"I still trust Mr. Emiya's reputation."

Fujimura Raiga said this, then had the subordinates beside him see the guest off.

Kiritsugu Emiya stood up and followed the Fujimura Group members out, encountering the two children who had been brought in face-to-face in the corridor.

"Mr. Emiya?"

Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly stopped, leaving the Fujimura Group members seeing him off somewhat confused.

"It's nothing; I just suddenly thought of something."

Kiritsugu Emiya said perfunctorily, and only after leaving the Fujimura Residence did he furrow his brow slightly.

He didn't recognize the boy he had met in the corridor, but Kiritsugu Emiya, who had investigated the opponents in this Holy Grail War in detail, knew that the girl was the younger daughter of the Tohsaka Family.

And according to the latest intelligence, she should have been adopted into the Matou Family; he didn't know why she would appear in the Fujimura Group's residence.

"Could it be that my traces have already been discovered? But if my traces were discovered, sending a child to approach me—isn't that a bit of a joke?"

Kiritsugu Emiya was heavy-hearted; Maiya Hisau's voice came through his earpiece asking about it, he said it was nothing, but in his heart he decided to investigate the situation here.

"Are you the two orphans my granddaughter brought home?"

Looking at the two children brought into the room, Fujimura Raiga asked directly.

"Grandpa, I just saw that they were both homeless, and there's a murderer active outside recently, so I brought them home; don't misunderstand and scare the children!"

Fujimura Taiga said from the side.

"Is that so? But I think this little brat has quite some guts."

Fujimura Raiga was naturally referring to Broly; when brought in for questioning, Broly looked around at the civilized world's living quarters, not at all frightened by the old man before him who also had scars on his face.

In contrast, Young Sakura was indeed somewhat afraid of the old man asking questions, shrinking behind Broly.

"Is there anything to eat?"

After sizing up the room's furnishings, Broly quickly lost interest and directly asked the old man this question.

Matou Sakura's grandfather was very generous, offering him worms to eat upon meeting; although he later learned it was a misunderstanding, Broly now couldn't help but feel full of anticipation toward the grandfather of his new wife, Fujimura Taiga.

"Kid, dare to be rude to the boss!"

"Ah, you haven't eaten enough yet?"

The scar-faced man and Fujimura Taiga spoke at the same time.

Broly rubbed his small belly and only answered Fujimura Taiga's words: "Not yet."

Ignored by Broly, feeling his dignity violated, the scar-faced man wanted to step forward and teach this little brat a lesson.

"Stand down."

But he was stopped by Fujimura Raiga.

"A child being able to eat and beg for food is a good thing."

Fujimura Raiga turned his head and looked at Broly.

"However, if you want to beg for a meal in my Fujimura Family, there's a condition."

"What condition?"

"My Fujimura family does not raise idlers; only those who have made contributions to my Fujimura family are qualified to eat a meal in our Fujimura family."

"What do you need me to do?"

Broly asked directly. Toil before gain—this was also a product of Nappa Star's harsh environment; only by going out to hunt could one have food to eat, and Broly recognized this logic.

"You are still too young now. My Fujimura family does not need you to do anything yet. So, I only need you to remember when you eat: you are eating the Fujimura family's food, and from now on you must be loyal to the Fujimura family. You must regard yourself as a part of the Fujimura family, one of our own. Can you do that?"

Education must start from childhood. Compared to some hoodlum characters recruited halfway, the top level of the Fujimura Group is composed of orphans raised from childhood. This loyalty and cohesion cultivated from childhood means that in Fuyuki City's underworld, only the Fujimura Group's name carries weight.

【What does "part of the family, one of our own" mean?】

Broly frowned slightly as he pondered this question.

【Crystal Palace, do you know?】

He even asked the information in his head, treating all the information that had previously appeared in his brain as having been sent out by the Crystal Palace.

【Search: based on context analysis, "part of the family" and "one of our own" are terms similar to a relationship with one's wife.】

And the Crystal Palace actually gave Broly a reply. Having received an explanation, Broly was slightly stunned, then looked at Fujimura Raiga before him and, in a manner of speaking not to be outdone in shocking words, asked one sentence: "So, you also want to become my wife?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene in the room fell silent. Everyone looked at him in disbelief. Although it was the words of a child, it was still somewhat shocking.

"So, not only are you scheming after me, but you're also scheming after my grandfather?!"

Fujimura Da He was also thunderstruck, muttering to himself.

"What, he's scheming after you?"

Fujimura Raiga, upon hearing this, was instantly furious. His granddaughter was only fifteen this year, a genuine middle school student. Whoever dared to scheme after her, he dared to break that person's legs! However, looking at the small boy with an innocent face who seemed not to know what he had said and appeared to be about kindergarten age...

Well, this was a remark made by a little ghost much younger than his granddaughter, so it was no problem. A girl eating a shota—no matter how you looked at it, his granddaughter wouldn't be at a loss.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Broly was somewhat confused.

【Host, please note. This Crystal Palace temporarily does not accept personnel other than figure wives.】

The Crystal Palace reminded him in his consciousness.

【So I can't become one of your own...】

Broly was somewhat disappointed. If he couldn't become one of their own with the old man before him, wouldn't that mean he couldn't eat here?

"Grandpa, this child's cognition is somewhat problematic. You shouldn't quibble with a child who has cognitive issues."

Fujimura Da He spoke up for Broly, then pulled him and the girl out of the room together.

"Can't I eat here?"

Broly, having been pulled out, asked.

"No, of course you can."

"But you won't agree to become my wife, and your grandpa can't become my wife either."

"Do you really want my grandpa to become your wife?"

"Only with a wife can there be food to eat."

Broly replied.

"So, you just want to eat, and you don't really want to find a wife, right?"

Broly nodded promptly.

"Fine. If it's just that kind of wife, I can agree to become your wife."

Fujimura Da He more or less understood this child's thinking.

"So, can I eat here now?"

"Yes!"

"Where to eat?"

Broly only cared about this.

"I'll take you there."

(Chapter End)