Elysian's Monogatari

Chapter 99: Ibara's Plans

However there's nothing wrong with him for being ignorant. My little brother, Kaname, is innocent. And yet he's subjected to unreasonable discrimination because of his bloodline. The bigshots in the industry avoid him on purpose because it'd be touching upon the taboo otherwise.

He did nothing wrong yet fell into the deep abyss. I felt sorry for him. For the little brother whom I had never even talked to. Fortunately I have the skills and knowledge I had been forced to acquire so that I could survive after leaving home. And I decided to use them for my little brother's sake.

I make a living as a jack-of-all-trades, after all. So the only difference this time is that my client is my family member. I decided to help my poor little brother but it's not because my father asked me to. Therefore I learned a lot about Japanese idol culture, something hard to comprehend, almost like a religion that's not really recognized overseas.

I then made use of everything I had learned to support and assist my little brother. And he managed to make a remarkable return as an idol by following my instructions. It was supposed to be so. HiMERU thought.

"...What is going on? What is he doing? Do you have any idea?" He then asked Ibara. "Well? Honestly I'm also very confused!" Ibara replied. "This gathering is organized by HiMERU-shi and the others at their own expense. It is completely unrelated to idol work and it's just a student gathering." He then said.

"With a lot of other businesses to attend to it's impossible for me to keep an eye on the situation at Reimei Academy all the time. That's why my response to these private events tends to be delayed. If this were an official idol activity I could have noticed those movements between bank accounts." He added.

"That is also why it took me quite a while to notice that people were gathering in the Catacombe. Or else I could've stopped Kazehaya Tatsumi-shi when he formed that susp religion-like organization. Religion is something difficult to control and I'm never good at dealing with it." He then said.

"I thought that by incorporating that religion into my capitalist system by giving them jobs I'd be able to put them under control. But this assembly was completely unexpected. What do they intend to do with this gathering?" He added with a sigh.

"Hmph so you are just like me, coming to check the situation in a panic because something unexpected is happening." HiMERU said. "I know what's going to happen next though. Regardless of how it unfolds I can already see the outcome!" Ibara said.

"The leaders of two opposing forces shake hands and declare peace. In this case it would be Kazehaya Tatsumi-shi and HiMERU-shi. By doing so the long-standing conflict will come to an end. Peace will grace Reimei Academy. Ahaha! How wonderful! A happy ending like it's in a fairytale!" He then said.

"...Unfortunately reality is not a fairytale. The students of Reimei Academy have accumulated so much anger and hatred that they're even beyond my control. It's impossible for them to just forgive, forget and get along with the ones they've resented for so long." He added.

"Of course it would be also troubling if they managed to get along and unite. Kazehaya Tatsumi-shi's ideal is completely against capitalism after all. It's a philosophy I cannot welcome when my whole business is based on capitalism." He then said.

"I had planned to overload him with an impossible workload to the point of breaking him mentally and physically until he inevitably gave up. What's troublesome is that Kazehaya Tatsumi-shi turns out to be more resilient than I thought. He never gave up. No matter how hard I tried to torture him he still rose like a phoenix from the ashes." He added.

"He's a handful...and respectable. If our interests don't conflict I'd love to have such a talented person to work with me. Hence it was distressing to watch such an extraordinary person walk to his own demise." He then said.