Chapter 147: chapter 147 - Tanegashima
Taufik keeps walking to where he feels Jenn and The others Pressnce, followed by Rani and Tokugawa Asahi.
When he felt that he was close enough, Taufik's eyes fell on a typical Japanese house, with a fairly large yard, he saw many people there, who were probably refugees who had not returned to their homes, he also saw several servants who were distributing food in the form of onigiri to each refugee.
"Tanegashima Clan? Do you know them, Asahi?"
Said Taufik, while looking at the nameplate made by rock located next to the gate.
"Tanegashima clan is a former Japanese aristocratic family of samurai origins, so they're quite similar to my Tokugawa Family... hmm~ others than that I know nothing"
"Heh~ I see"
Said Taufik, then looking around, But he couldn't see where Jenn and the others were. Then his gaze falls directed at some children who are playing hide and seek, and Alice is among them. and it seems like Alice is the one in charge of looking for the other kids.
Seeing this, Taufik smiled awkwardly because, with Alice's special abilities, playing a game like this was easy for her; it was the same as using a cheat.
"... Found you! Hahaha~"
Said Alice in Indonesian when she found another child hiding.
"Wow~ You're so good at this Alice, amazing, for now you are our leader!"
Said a boy who was the same age as Alice in *Nihonggo. Which makes Alice smile sweetly; even though there is a language barrier, it seems like they can still understand each other.
"Yeah~ Alice is our leader!"
Said another kid. Agree with the first kid.
"Hmmp~ It can't be helped. Then I will be the vice leader"
"WHAT? I'M THE VICE LEADER"
"IT'S ME"
"NO, THE VICE LEADER IT'S MINE, BECAUSE ALICE FOUND ME THE LAST, SO IT'S MINE"
"Y-YOU... NO, I WILL NEVER GIVE THE POSITION OF VICE LEADER!"
Then the two boys began to argue about which one of the two of them would be the vice leader, and the other child just watched them, especially Alice, who didn't understand why they argued.
"... Then let Alice decide who the vice leader"
Said the first boy, then the of them grabbed Alice's hands at the same time, which made Taufik not happy.
""ALICE, WHO WILL YOU CHOOSE!?""
"... Yes?"
And Alice, who didn't understand what they said, just cutely Tilted her head.
""ALIC-""
"OYY!!"
Taufik, who can't bear to see his daughter's hands, is touched by the two boys and shouts at them, which draws the attention of the adult, who also watches the kids playing with smiles on their faces.
*Slap!*
Sensing the other adults look at them; Rani slaps her forehead at her Husband's behavior. And Tokugawa Asahi put on a confused expression and tried to understand this situation that unfolded in front of him.
'... What? DADDY? Sensei has a daughter? How old is he?'
Alice, who heard the shout, looked at where it had come from, and then she saw Taufik, Rani, and one person she didn't know standing at the front gate.
"...Daddy! It's Daddy!!"
Alice then released both of her hands from the grip of the two boys and immediately ran towards Taufik.
"Daddy~"
Taufik then took Alice in his arms and walked toward the two boys.
"... Keep dreaming, kids, my Alice will never choose any of you!"
Said Taufik to the two of them, which made the boys trambled at the Gaze that Taufik gave them.
*Plack!*
Rani, who can bear the Gaze of the other adults around, hit Taufik on the back of his head.
"*ouch!* what the? Why do you do that, Rani?"
"What are you saying in front of kids? Look you make them afraid"
Said Rani, pointing at the boys in question.
"Hmmp~ they trying to snatch my Alice, like hell, I will allow that"
"... They're just playing, Husband, it's just Kids playing"
"*sigh* you don't understand, Rani, it's how it's all Stars, it seems you still have a long way to go"
"W-what?"
Ask Rani in confusion; she seems to not believe what she just heard. She wanted to refute what Taufik just said, but then there was one middle-aged man walking toward them accompanied by a beautiful woman who wore a Yukata walking behind that middle-aged man.
-----------------
"what's with all this commotion?"
That middle-aged man said.
"Ahh~ It's Tanegashima-sama"
"Tanegashima-sama, Thank you for giving us refuge here"
"Tanegashima-sama...
Then, a wave of greeting and thanks was directed toward that Middle-aged man by all of the refugees.
"It's nothing~ it's nothing, We should help each other in situations like this, it's a natural thing to do"
Said That middle-aged man who let out a troubled smile when facing the waves of greetings and thanks given to him because it looked like it would not end soon.
"Ara~ Ara~... it seems the commotion you caused was bigger than the previous commotion, Darling"
Said that the woman who was the middle-aged man's Wife, looked at the troubled smile that her husband made with a smile, but she covered it with her hands, so no one knew that she was smiling except her husband.
"... Don't just laugh, help me, Kaoru!"
"You handle here and will go to greet our new guest... Gambare, Darling!"
Said The woman then left her husband with his Trouble and then went toward Taufik and the others.
--------------
"Ara~ looks who we have here?"
Said the woman, Tanegashima Kaoru, while looking at Alice, who was in Taufik's arms.
"Are you, Alice-chan Father?"
"...You know?"
"Of course, there are many similarities between your faces, blood will never lie, if the daughter was this beautiful then her father would be a very handsome man, and it seems I'm not wrong"
Said Tanegashima Kaoru again. After Alice has drunk Taufik's blood Day by day, a change occurs in her body, especially on her face which begins to have similarities to Taufik's, to the point that calling Alice Taufik's flesh and blood is not wrong now.
"... Thank you for your compliment, madam"
"Ahaha~ you're here to meet your other family, isn't it?"
"Yes Madam, do you know where they are?"
Ask Taufik; although he knows that Jenn and the others were Inside the house, he's still asking just for formalities.
"They're Inside the house with my e, let me lead you to them"
"Alright... But are you sure that he will be fine?"
Said Taufik while looking at Tanegashima Kaoru's husband, who was still surrounded by many people.
"Ahaha~ he will be okay, left him and let's get going"
Said Tanegashima Kaoru, who had already begun to walk in front of them, ignoring the cry for help from her husband.
"Ahh~ silly me, I forgot to ask for your name; I'm Tanegashima Kaoru, and the man before is my Husband and also the Tanegashima clan head, Tanegashima Hisashi; what about the three of you?"
Said Tanegashima Kaoru when they walked through the hallway.
"No, it's our fault for not Intrudoce myself in the first place, My Name is Taufik D'Archy Hidayat, and the woman beside me is my wife, Maharani"
"Ara~ Your wife? Then what about Jenn and the others? what is your relationship with them?"
"... Jenn, Kaela, and Anugerah were also my wives"
"!!!" x2
Tanegashima Kaoru and Tokugawa Asahi were surprised at this, which made the two of them stop walking.
"Y-y-your wife? Y-you have four wives, sensei?"
Ask Tokugawa Asahi. when he found out that Taufik, who was someone younger than him, was already married to a beautiful woman such as Rani, he felt envious of Taufik, but he could still understand that seeing how handsome Taufik was, marrying a beautiful woman like Rani was a natural thing.
Already have a daughter? Okay, Tokugawa Asahi still thought it was normal.
'... But having four Wives?... Damn!! This man lives the life that all of the men around the world could only hope for'
"... SENSEI, I WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING, BUT PLEASE LET ME WALK ON YOUR WAY!!"
Said Tokugawa Asahi, who was already on his knee, begging Taufik to let him learn the way of 'harem'.
"... What way? Get up now! You make me embarrassed in front of the madam... get up now, Asahi! Or else forget about the deal before!!"
Only after Taufik mentioned the "deal" Did Tokugawa Asahi stand with his two feet.
"I'm get up~ I'm get up~"
"Ahaha~ what a funny young man, who's your name?"
Ask Tanegashima Kaoru; she didn't Recognize Tokugawa Asahi's face because Tanegashima clan members never get out from Tanegashima Island; it's not because they didn't wanna go outside Tanegashima island, but more like they can't.
It's because of the policy that was formed in 1868, which was "The abolition of the han system (廃藩置県, haihan-chiken)," which requires the feudal lords to return their authority to the Emperor and his house. The process was accomplished in several stages, resulting in a new centralized government of Japan and the replacement of the old feudal system with a new oligarchy.
Along with the new policy, an unwritten rule was created, the rule required the feudal lords and their families not to leave the area/island they occupied, this actually only applied in the early days of the new policy being made, and has long since ended, but only for large families/clans such as the Tokugawa Family, but for small clans such as the Tanegashima clan, this unwritten rule still applies today.
This is why when a guest from outside, such as Taufik and his Family, come to Tanegashima Island, they tend to get better treatment.
"My Name is Tokugawa Asahi from Tokugawa Family, it's nice to meet you, Ma'am"
"... TO-TOKU-TOKUGAWA!!!"
....
...
..
.