Some say that once you tell a single lie, you are forced to tell countless more to cover it up.
No matter how far-fetched the fabrication, Tachibana Masamune had to find a way to make it hold. He could not afford to lose the trust of the family patriarchs just yet; his grand plan was nearing its conclusion—the ambition of a lifetime. The immortal throne was within arm's reach, and he would never accept any mishap on the final few steps leading up to it. To step back now was to plunge into an abyss of utter ruin, throwing away success at the very threshold.
"Yes, Erii shouldn't really be called Uesugi Erii. Her original name is Tachibana Erii," Tachibana Masamune said in a slightly trembling voice, as if these words had been pent up inside him for a very long time. "Twenty years ago, I brought Erii to Japan when she was still an infant in swaddling clothes. She is my child, Erii is my daughter... and my only living relative in this world."
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