Takahiro continued, "The elders have decided that you must carry on the family line. You must get pregnant and bear a child to secure our family's future."
"But Takahiro-san," she protested, trying to reason with him, "I'm still in mourning. My husband's memory is still fresh. How can I even—" Widow Honjo Suzu- who is forced to get pregnant...
Widow Honjo Suzu sat alone in her dimly lit home, the smell of incense and tea wafting through the air. It had been a year since her husband's passing, and the grief still lingered like an open wound. As a widow, she was expected to lead a simple, chaste life, dedicating herself to her late husband's memory. Takahiro continued, "The elders have decided that you