Oni no Ou to Chigire - Chapter 2 Pg 38

The summer solstice gathering was when all the Yase family demon masters scattered all over the country assemble at the main house in Tokyo to report their current statuses. As the name suggested, it was held once a year on the day of the summer solstice. Tokimori had participated five times before in the past. It was where they spoke of their contributions to society as Yase family demon masters who carried the future of Japan on their shoulders, but since Tokimori sat quietly at the lowest ranked seat he rarely opened his mouth. No matter what sort of politics that should have been in place were established, this event always ended up with complications like people yelling at each other and sending out their demon servants to fight, the others getting angry and walking out halfway through

I dont want to go. I want to pretend Im sick and take a day off. It wont matter if Im not there, only the heads, or the high-ranked guys, or the people who actually want to go should go.

Yato agreed with Tokimoris complaints.

I dont want to go either. Who the hell decided on a summer solstice meeting anyway? What an annoying guy.

I assume it was the head of the household sixty-nine years ago. Since this year is the sixty-ninth summer solstice gathering.

Considering the Yase familys history of over a thousand years, thats pretty recent.

The reason being, sixty-nine years ago, in other words after the chaos of World War II, the head of the main household took leadership and now manages the demon masters all over the country. Tokimori hugged Yato who was sitting on his knees as he remembered the origins of the Yase family.