My Happy Marriage (わたしの幸せな結婚)

MY HAPPY MARRIAGE

EPISODE 11 MY MOTHER'S LEGACY

I'll tell you everything.

I'll tell you why Sumi married into the Saimori family,

and why she sealed off your supernatural ability.

It was a few years before you were born.

Tsuruki Trading failed in negotiations with a certain leading client

and were performing poorly.

Since we were backed by Tsuruki Trading,

we had a heavy debt load and were facing a predicament.

That is when...

the marriage proposal was brought to us.

They had heard from somewhere that the Usuba family was in crisis.

They said they would pay off our huge debts

if Sumi married their son.

They were persistent, sending offers frequently.

I rejected each offer.

But one day...

Sumi accepted their offer on her own without consulting me.

Do you realize what you have done?

It will mean that we'll be giving the Usuba blood to another family.

If we don't do anything at all, it's over for the Usuba family.

Sumi! You don't understand anything.

What do you think you'll be able to do with such a frail body?

This is the only way forward.

Father, I'm sorry.

You're such a fool, my child.

The family she married into was the Saimori family.

After the finalization of this contract we call "marriage,"

they cut off our means of communication with her.

As a result,

our family ties were broken.

Miyo.

I have something I want to show you.

You possess the ability of Dream-Sight.

Even Sumi didn't develop that supernatural ability.

Dream-Sight?

Go ahead and touch that tree.

This woman from the Usuba family...

she's not very friendly.

Shinichi.

This is not just a political marriage.

You do understand your role, don't you?

Yes.

To conceive a child with her family's supernatural ability.

I'm counting on you, Sumi.

You did it!

This girl.

She has the ability of Dream-Sight.

Haven't you confirmed it yet?

No. Well, Miyo is still an infant.

If we don't quickly obtain the Usuba family's supernatural abilities,

the Saimori family will be downgraded.

We went through the trouble of getting their bloodline.

And there's no telling when she'll fall ill.

If Miyo's no good, she must hurry to have another child.

Yes.

I'm sorry, Miyo.

I don't have much time left.

Your supernatural ability

will be discovered when the time comes.

Then your ability of Dream-Sight

will be misused by this family, and the Usuba family will...

You will have to live on your own from now on.

You might encounter sadness and hardships.

You might wonder why you don't have any supernatural abilities.

But for now, let me seal off your ability.

I'm sorry, Miyo.

You could see it, couldn't you?

At first, it may be difficult for you to accept it.

It's best for you to rest your body for now.

Damn. They just keep on coming.

Godo, at this rate we'll...

Don't give up so easily! We have to withstand it somehow!

Commander!

All of you!

I want to commend you for holding out.

We won't just leave you here and die, Commander.

The reconnaissance unit reports

most of the band of Grotesqueries have already been exterminated.

Let's proceed to get rid of the rest of them all at once!

- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!

Let's go!

Y-Yes...

Good morning, Miyo.

How are you feeling?

Your supernatural ability is not acting up anymore, is it?

Even if you don't tell me,

your healthy complexion is proof.

By the way, please wear these clothes while you are here.

A robe for the maiden of Dream-Sight,

handed down through generations of the Usuba family.

As for the clothes you were wearing, I will keep them for you, so don't worry.

I was released from my nightmares, and my body was making a recovery.

But as time went by in this small birdcage,

my feelings for my husband-to-be and my regrets

were getting stronger by the day.

I should have told him the answer I decided long ago.

It was completely my own fault.

Aren't you going to eat, Miyo?

You still can't forgive me?

Or do you have a problem with your room?

Maybe the food wasn't to your liking.

I'll get you something else right away.

That's not it.

I'm stumped. What's the matter, then?

I want you to give me back my cherry blossom kimono.

It's my precious kimono that my husband-to-be gave me.

I can't do that.

Is it not possible at all?

No.

I want to talk to my husband-to-be again.

Why?

Because I was wrong about everything.

I'm ashamed to face him.

But I think I should apologize to him in earnest, and...

Do you want to leave this house?

We will not allow that.

Listen, do you know how desperately I waited for you?

Do you know how much happiness I'm feeling now?

You don't know.

I want to protect you.

Why?

Because it's my job.

Please.

All I want to do is to see him.

I want to see him and tell him what I couldn't but I should have said.

We've been adhering most faithfully to the code of our ancestors.

We cannot use our real family name.

We are permitted to marry only within our kin.

We cannot have close friends or romantic partners.

The Usuba family's duty

is to subjugate the out-of-control supernatural ability possessors.

But that has never been asked of us since I was born.

No matter how much we adhere to the code, it means nothing.

There will never be a day when we accomplish the duties of the Usuba family.

I want a role that is all my own.

When a maiden of Dream-Sight appeared,

a member of the family with supernatural abilities

was chosen to protect the maiden with their life, it is said.

In the present day, that would be my role.

Presumably, doubling as your spouse.

I beg of you, Miyo. Please stay here with us.

I want to protect you.