Yamiyo no Hotaru

Chapter 70

Kizuki Kozumi, also known as Madam Kizuki Uemon, is a character in the game "Firefly of the Dark Night (Yamiyo no Hotaru)". She is a sub-heroine that can be conquered, and... a character that shattered the sexual inclinations and minds of many players, driving them into the depths of despair.

　To be precise, Kizuki Kozumi is Uemon's second wife. His former wife was a tall, manly, and physically aggressive exorcist. She was a powerful exorcist with considerable skill, but this is a world where it is not uncommon for exorcisms to be useless at first sight or depending on compatibility. So, in the end, his ex-wife was stabbed to death and died in the crossfire.

　Although she does not appear directly in the main story or in the side stories, and from the few descriptions of her, it seems that she was often taken for a fool yet she and Uemon did not seem to have a bad marriage. Nevertheless, the shock of his wife's death was so great that Uemon, who was still quite young at that time, remained unmarried for nearly 30 years, and spent his days devoted to his work.

　He probably would have been fine with his life as it was, but the world does not revolve around one's own ideas. And his future wife came from an unexpected source.

　Uemon, who was also in charge of Kizuki's financial affairs, and who was more focused on money lending and business than on exterminating youkai, had lent money to a certain family of exorcists. The family had suffered a heavy loss due to the failure to exterminate youkai and borrowed a large amount of money from Uemon to recover. The problem was that they were still unable to rebuild their house, and the family could not bear the increasing interest and slow repayment of the loan, so they sent his future wife, Princess Kozumi, to take out a mortgage on the loan. At the time of her visit, she was eight years old.

　Princess Kozumi was the complete opposite of Uemon's former wife. His ex-wife was older, tall, strong-willed, and assertive. On the other hand, Princess Kozumi was small and timid even at her age and was a gentle and modest princess.

　She was literally the opposite of his ex-wife, as was the fact that she was sent to him as a form of a loan. At first glance, Uemon met with the other party calmly and reluctantly accepted the offer as a way of ingratiating himself, but inwardly, he was quite upset and confused.

　The result was that he treated his future wife as a kind of tumor. But not in a crude way. He took good care of her and provided her with all the necessities of the first class. There is no doubt that the luxury of the house was a far better life for the girl than her own home.

　But that is all. Uemon never approached her or even had a proper conversation with her. He knew that she was in debt to him, that they were too far apart in age, and that Uemon was not a handsome man. Perhaps he also felt guilty about his ex-wife too. Therefore, Uemon was reluctant to develop a close relationship with his small and young second wife. And the younger wife, who understood her husband's position, became even less assertive and shrinking because she felt that he was neglecting her.

　The cause of the tragedy may have been precisely their mutual recognition of each other. Both Uemon and Princess Kozumi feared that the other was alienated and disliked by the other. That is why neither of them interfered with the other, and neither of them was able to control or condemn the other's behavior.

　At the start of the original work, Kizuki Kozumi, a married woman who looks quite loli despite her age of sixteen, can be pursued as a sub-heroine, and this route is full of the production team's malice, considering her age. Players who enjoy this kind of taste have been trying to capture this princess who obviously has nothing but NTR elements. However, no matter how they tried, they could not find a way to capture her. They were eagerly searching for a way to capture her.