Mizu: So I must apologize but I have been busy, the 15th was my birthday and on the 16th I invited friends over to celebrate. But without further ado the next chapter.
Chapter Six
"Young Master, do you think Mizuki is going to die?" Junichi asks me while I am reading. I turn the page and continue reading. "She hasn't gotten better for four days."
"If she doesn't die today she will be fine..." I say turning another page in my book, once this one is finished I won't have another one to read for a good while.
"Are you not worried?" Junichi asks me, it's not that it particularly matters. She has been a pain in my side and I am starting to consider divorcing her.
"No not really, I mean what does it matter..." I get to the last part of this book. There is truly not a lot of pages in these books.
I hear something halfway through this last part but I ignore it in favor of finishing my book. Suddenly I have Hana pulling me towards Mizuki's room, I mean this maid must have no personality. She must relish off doing chores and being ordered to do something, as well as taking care of other people.
"Young master... please help me she has been like this for awhile! Usually she is rude and loud but right now she is deathly quiet." Hana tries to explain to me, right now Mizuki is on the bed in a sitting position just staying there. I have an urge to ask her what she is even doing but I suppress it, she is obviously trying to gain attention.
"Why should I care?" I ask, I mean come on she just woke up from a really bad fever stop making things seem worse than they actually are.
"She's your wife!" Hana yells in an outburst, I know she is legally my wife but I didn't care earlier and I won't care now. Mizuki then opens her eyes and begins to stare at me, Hana instantly lowers her head.
"You seem healthy." I say holding my gaze upon her.
"Why should you care?" Mizuki asks me moving to a more lazy stance as if she owns the place. This is a sudden change from her previous attitude.
"Madam!" Hana Interjects Mizuki.
"I don't." I respond, I begin to wonder how mother would handle this new Mizuki. "Hana! Will you please leave me and my wife alone."
"Yes young master." Hana replies and I walk into the room and close the door, Mizuki just closes her eyes again.
"Are you going to meet mother?" I ask, she better say yes. I mean this would be the most entertainment I have had in awhile. She doesn't respond and chooses to stay quiet, I don't have anything else to do so I just stare at her as the time begins to pass by.
"Dear, I think we need to meet Mother." I say after awhile, I can't wait any longer this is going to be entertaining. My lips curl up into a smile as I begin to walk to where Mother is, Mizuki obediently following behind me.
"Mizuki, how nice to see you..." Mother says, Mizuki just keeps a neutral expression but I can tell she knows it isn't nice to see her on my mothers part.
"Thank you mother-in-law." Mizuki says and mothers eyes widen in surprise, I will admit it but I nearly choked when I heard that. "It is nice to see you again too."
"Have you recovered from your fever? It was really bad, I thought you were going to die." Mother says in a fake concerned voice. Mother you don't need to pretend I know you hoped that she would die.
"Mother you obviously were being too cynical, how could you think you daughter-in-law was going to die at such a young age, I haven't even given you a son yet." She finishes in a dignified tone, well if this is just all an act I wonder how long she will keep it up.
Mizuki just sits there thinking for a little bit and Mother does the same, Mother than puts on a weary face and finishes the conversation by saying: "Daughter I want to talk to my son, I grow weary and wish to go to bed."
This is going to be anything but fun, I already know what it is going to be about. "Of course," Mizuki says while backing out of the room.
"Son... I want you to get a divorce as fast as possible! She has been unfilial towards me, she doesn't have a son, she has behaved vulgarly, I know she has gossiped about things she shouldn't have, she has committed theft as well! But now she seems to be possessed might as well use that as having a vile disease!" Mother yells before Mizuki has any time to walk away, I mean Mizuki isn't known for her hearing but even she would be able to hear this!
"Mother, please calm down. She has obviously improved in her attitude towards you just now, she just said she was planning on having a son and I think her personality has vastly improved since the fever." I say, I want to buy time for a better wife to appear, one who won't be influenced by mother and right now the only one is Mizuki and she isn't exactly the sharpest knife in the kitchen.
"Very well, but I know you plan on divorcing her anyway so do it soon." Mother says with a flick of her sleeve she leaves the room.
"Junichi." I call my chancellor and he appears at my side with rapid succession. "It seems mother plans on putting a wife she can bend to her will in Mizuki's place."
"Yes, what will we do Katsuro?" Junichi responds to me with a question, it is a good one too. I think as time passes on my plan to divorce Mizuki slowly grows less appealing.
"We will keep Mizuki until we find ourselves a better replacement and marry her." I answer but even I doubt if I can find one who won't bend to mothers will.
"What about Mizuki's sudden attitude change?" Junichi asks curiosity seeping from his voice. I think he finds this subject interesting, I on the other hand don't like it at the moment. If she has changed then I need to find out how to manipulate her, if she hasn't then she is starting to get desperate and a cornered rat is the most ferocious fighter.
"She is probably just trying to get attention." I say and turn around in a quick movement in order to leave and find a place to take a nap.
My nap is amazing except for the part where Junichi tells me to go work, I give up and head towards the study, to my surprise my wife Mizuki is in there as well. She seems to be reading for some reason, last time I tried to teach her she all but refused to learn.
"Why are you in the study?" I ask her, she doesn't even spare me a passing glance. I sit down and begin to stare at her and she slowly makes her way across the scroll.
"I am reading, can you leave me alone?" She suddenly says in an irritated tone. I suddenly feel the urge to laugh, I don't think she understands how funny the statement she just said is.
"Why is my wife, who can't read, reading right now?" I ask because I am truly puzzled by this sudden change in opinion.
"Because she is figuring out the written system, it's not that hard." She states as if it were a matter of fact, I just give her a rise of my eyebrow as a questionative gesture.
"It's not that hard?" I ask and continue after a slight pause, "Where was this attitude when I hired a tutor and you left within the first hour complaining that it was too hard?"
"I suddenly found the desire to read." She says and I respond with an ah, really this is a big change from her previous personality. I don't believe in demons and that kind of stuff but maybe this really is the case.
"I still doubt that you can read, or if you can finally tell what a few of the words are I doubt you can read that particular document." I say giving her a doubtful look, I mean come on that is pretty advanced stuff for somebody who couldn't read yesterday.
"Well it's not like I need to prove it to you..." She trails off after a short pause. She then puts the scroll to the side and begins reading another one. I pick up the one she was just reading and read it myself. It was one devised to talk about how fleeting a man's life is, almost like the wind.
"This is about a snowy mountain top, did you understand it." I ask and she just keeps reading for awhile, her heart beat stays the same so she doesn't seem to feel pressured.
"I did understand it, but it seems you can't read. It's not about a snowy mountain top at all." She responds, I then get up and sit beside her and start quizzing her on the documents. I am impressed, before she couldn't read but right now even if she is sometimes slow in answering a question if she doesn't know the specific Ruto she still gets them all correct.
"Are you just going to quiz me all day?" She asks in an irritated voice after a long time of me quizzing her. I am not surprised that she got bored though. I give her a lazy smile and ask her another question.
"The answer is obvious because the small line there changes the word to mean exceed or go beyond!" She answers me in an obviously irritated voice. She then gets up and walks out, her maid Hana asking if she is going to bed.
I sit down and begin writing a letter to Second Brother, he has known for awhile that there is no hope in entertaining the Emperor and the more powerful lords but it is too late. I will keep him there longer for insurance but all the power he once held has been dealt with and mother is on her last leg.
It seems I have assumed full control of the house after Father's death. It came at a most pleasing time, Actually I should probably use my some more spies to keep an eye on the north.
I should also cross reference this information with the ones my allies have gathered in case I have been crossed. I really don't trust anybody who calls themselves a spy, they are basically like mercs, they go to the highest bidder.
I start to check the houses expenses, I do this once every other week because I don't trust my stewards. It's a good thing this one seems loyal enough not to steal and if he were to do it he knows what is to happen to him.
My martial seems to be doing very well for himself, I guess in case of an attack we wouldn't have to worry because our army seems to be the strongest it has been, especially considering how it was two years earlier when I was just securing my power.
"Ah, the joys of life." I think out loud, I need to find another book before I fall into the pits of depression. I mean it comes fast and hard. It's not like a book is going to come here on it's own, I have to work for it to happen.
Mizu: It's nice having another POV...