The Lifetime of Parents and Children

**The Lifetime of Parents and Children** (親子ハ一世, *Oyako wa Isse*) is the thirty-third chapter of *Taisho Otome Fairy Tale* manga series.

## Plot

Tamayoshi is described as an exceptional man who turned the Shima family into a business juggernaut in less than a generation. However he achieved his success without empathy, as he doesn't care for others and trampled over so many people, earning him the nickname *Rakshasa*. However Tamahiko wonders if it was a whim when Tamayoshi chose Yuzuki to be his wife or if them meeting was the result of a chain of coincidences.

Yuzuki tends to Tamahiko's cuts when Tamayoshi enters the room. Tamahiko tells his father that he is leaving the family, he will marry Yuzuki, and find a job that will benefit people. Tamayoshi doesn't take him seriously, as he believes Tamahiko can't do so with his disability. He remembers from when he was a child living in poverty with his parents who let their children starve and took whatever food they could get. Tamayoshi tells Tamahiko that he will receive impressive wealth and power by becoming the next head of the family, and with all that, anyone will obey him, as he believes money, power, and status is the ultimate success. Tamahiko replies that he doesn't want to be the next head of the family because if he hadn't had the accident, he would've ended up just like his father, and the best thing to ever happen to him was meeting Yuzuki.

Tamayoshi remembers his childhood friend, Yuki, whom he had feelings for. He studied hard to be a success so he could be rich and marry Yuki, who was fine with him just being himself. Years later, Yuki became the second wife of a wealthy man and when Tamayoshi tried speaking to her, she bid him farewell. Since then, he was convinced that money was what mattered most to people. After Tamahiko's accident, Yuzuki ran into Tamayoshi's office, begging for him to buy her so her family wouldn't starve. He agreed to buy her for ¥10,000 and told her that she will be a caregiver and future bride for his disabled son.

Tamayoshi agrees to let Tamahiko leave the family but refuses to let him take Yuzuki because she is his property. He offers to let Tamahiko keep her as a concubine if he becomes the head of the family and marries. Disgusted, Tamahiko makes out a contract in which he will repay the ¥10,000, thus allowing him to keep Yuzuki. He, however, expresses appreciation for sending him away because he was able to meet Yuzuki and make friends, and bids him farewell. Tamayoshi realizes this is no different than before he was wealthy.

Tamao follows Tamahiko and Yuzuki to talk to them when Tamako, Ryo, Kotori, and Hakaru come in, as they were worried about Yuzuki. Tamayoshi watches from afar and wonders how his life could've been different. He becomes despaired at having lost all of his sons. Tamayo sits with him but it is revealed she is the one who manipulated Tamahiko into leaving and she murdered Tamaki by poisoning him. All this so that she could become the next head of the family. She knows that Tamahiko and her were closest in nature and he was more suited to be the heir than Tamaki. Tamayo assures her father that she can be the next head of the family.

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