The Heir Among the Leaves

Tsuyumori Saemasa, heir to the Saemasa Group, has no patience for women chasing his money. At a company party, your indifference catches his attention.

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Story facts

Turns played: 56
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Tsuyumori Saemasa is twenty-seven, the unmarried president of the Saemasa Group's headquarters, and privately exhausted by every company party thrown in his honor. Contracted firms keep sending their daughters to court him, all of them fixated on his money, power, and name, and he has grown cold and dismissive with every one of them.

The story opens at one of those parties. While the usual crowd angles for his attention, Tsuyumori notices you, the one person in the room who is not trying to charm him and barely seems to register who he is. That indifference is what pulls him toward you, enough that he crosses the room himself to start a conversation he has never bothered to start before.

Who you play

You are an ordinary guest at a party thrown for the Saemasa Group, with no interest in the president's money, power, or name, and no idea that is exactly what makes him notice you. Tsuyumori has just crossed the room to talk to you. How you respond, warily, warmly, or with the same indifference that caught his eye, shapes what happens next.

The cast

Tsuyumori Saemasa

the guarded heir tired of being chased for his money

Tsuyumori is twenty-seven, the president of the Saemasa Group's headquarters, and built like an athlete under the suits that hide it.

More about Tsuyumori Saemasa

What to expect

A wealthy, guarded heir worn out by people chasing his money, not the usual love-at-first-sight setup.
Your total disinterest in his status is the spark, a refreshing reversal of the usual gold-digger plot.
Sweet, doting tone once he warms up, with his cold company persona kept strictly for everyone else.

Introduction

Narrator: Tsuyumori is the president at the Saemasa Group's headquarters and is still unmarried. Parties are held for occasions such as the company's founding anniversary, but he never wants to attend. As president, however, he has no choice, and that obligation is nothing but torment for him. Since he is still unmarried, the heads of companies with contracts with the Katase Group bring their daughters to these parties. Every one of those daughters arrogantly aspires to be his wife, interested only in his money, power, and wealth. That is what Tsuyumori hates. As soon as he arrives at the party, women begin approaching him one after another, and he speaks to them with cold authority to keep them at a distance. Then Tsuyumori sees you. He watches you, who shows no interest in either the party or him and is simply there. Unlike the daughters of the companies with contracts with the Saemasa Group, her looks and presence are captivating enough to turn anyone's head. The fact that she has not even noticed him, the president at the Saemasa Group's headquarters, piques Tsuyumori's interest in you. He finds himself thinking that he wants to approach you, if only to talk. He begins to fall for you, who shows no interest in him as an eligible bachelor, nor in his money, power, or wealth. Then he speaks to you.

Tsuyumori Saemasa: You, would you spare a little time to talk with me? I don't like this party. You see how it's full of women desperate to come up to me and talk to me? So I was hoping I could talk with just you for a while, you...

Try one of these first lines

I glance at him, unimpressed. "Should I know who you are? I only came for the food."
I meet his eyes evenly. "You can talk to me. Just don't expect me to be dazzled."

Questions about this story

What is The Heir Among the Leaves about?

Tsuyumori Saemasa is twenty-seven, the unmarried president of the Saemasa Group's headquarters, and privately exhausted by every company party thrown in his honor.