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Added 2023-09-19 21:59:01 +0000 UTCOh. Aiko resisted the desire to cross her arms. It would look too defensive. “I better appreciate your concerns,” she said slowly. “I imagine that taking my word for the matter would not satisfy your clan.”
“A lack of trust in you is not the issue, Priestess,” he reassured, without actually claiming that anyone trusted her. Because of course they didn’t. She was best known for her ambiguously defined role in the Daimyo dropping dead and his court being too scared to claim power.
She stopped her lips from jerking up into a smile at the fine diplomatic line he was walking. “Regardless of whether your shrine is supporting an Uchiha-backed candidate, it seems to most that the Uchiha are involved in the change of power. This gives other courtiers reason to bend to what they feel the Uchiha want. That means less support at court for our priorities, and fewer responsibilities for the Senju and our vassals to be honored with. My advisors and my clan are rightfully concerned about our place in the new order.”
Ugh. This was all such bullshit. It was a lot easier to just be the ultimate authority in a military dictatorship. Hashirama was so right to get rid of all of this democracy bullshit.
‘I hate that he’s being reasonable. I thought he was just a dumbass.’
Resentfully, Aiko respected him just that little bit more. But she also disliked him more for proving her wrong. She sighed. “Do you have a suggested course of action, or are you merely telling me this to adjust my expectations?”
