The Watanabe Kazoku Manor

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"I feel greatly honoured by your generosity in allowing me to join your clan and your family master Takahiro", Tenaka replies, then he bows deeply to Takahiro first, then to Toshiro and finally to Masaru.

Tenaka feels feels a sudden chill disturb his sense of wellbeing, and his eyes are drawn to Toshiro's face. Deep in the centre of his being, a small voice warns him that Toshiro may turn out to be a major problem for him.

Tenaka looked directly into Toshiro's eyes and realised that he had seen that same look before. Toshiro had the look of a man with deep emotional problems and insecurities, who hid behind a veneer of coldness. That was born out by what Tenaka had seen of how Toshiro behaved towards those of lower rank than himself, the cool courtesy but lack of outward respect to his servants and underlings. Tenaka had seen this very same attitude in his own father and knew the problems that it could cause unnecessarily. He smiled warmly at Toshiro, while fervently praying that the man just needed to get laid and that there was no deep character flaw which would cause estrangement between them.

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