Hades eventually gave up the position of head of the family the following year.

No one opposed the process. That was hardly surprising, considering that Hades, driven into neurosis by stress, had one day suddenly poured gasoline in the study and set it on fire.

After burning the main house’s study to the ground like that, he extinguished the fire himself with a fire extinguisher before it could spread to the other rooms. Then, covered in the extinguisher’s powder, he went to his parents and calmly told them he “couldn’t keep doing this anymore.”

Perhaps they thought that at this rate he might burn people instead of books. His parents had no choice but to promise Hades his freedom.

The approval for that decision also went through surprisingly smoothly. It was thanks to Ido firmly declaring that “the position of head of the family cannot be forced on someone.”

“The position of head of the family is one where you seek out work and do it. It has to be someo...

Volume 1 Chapter 22

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