Chapter 12

Lies And Truths is the 12th chapter of the Game of Familia: Kazoku Senki manga.

Summary
Sasae says they will be starting their counterattack and comments that Daba is an utopia for savages rules by power, but wonders how will they react if learn it was build on a crafty scheme.

Manako chokes Ganbairu thinking that he isn't stronger than the children, but Ganbairu tells her she won't be able to become a king and transforms into smaller and slimmer form. To Manako's surprise, he is much faster in that form and easily catches her, making her understand she don't have a chance. In that moment an explosions occurs nearby and Ganbairu is informed about it. The man tells him there was no source of the explosion, and it looks like magic, but Jilquend appears and says that not possible as using magic there isn't possible and only weak cowards use magic. Jilquend comments it was a while since he saw Ganbairu's true form, in which he is in top shape and haven't aged at all, feeling like it was magic. Ganbairu then says he lost interest in Manako for today and doesn't care about the other woman too, leaving Jilquend to do what he wants.

Sasae's group manage to infiltrate Grand Daba and are surprise how lively and normal the town looks. Ru explains that they plunder only from outside the country. Ru guesses that the explosion was Sasae's doing, but Sasae comments that while he felt the magic ban was off, the explosion was someone else doing and guesses the prince took the bait he laid out. Sasae wants Ru to take him to a place he can gather information and Ru takes him to a brothel as he asked.

The madam of the brother "Desert Spring" Laurack welcomes them. She tells them that anyone with money is welcome and Sasae's show a bag with coins and requests three women, two by her recommendation and the third being Laurack. She tells him she isn't cheap and a kid can't handle her, but Sasae tells her to judge that after she is finished with the two women. Laurack agrees and suggest they put Ru and Hinana into their nursery. Sasae tells Hinana that she needs to wait for him as he will be doing some bad stuff and that only she can see his other side, and when he goes over the line, she can cut him off the family. Sasae then enters a room with Laurack and two other women.

At the nursery, Hinana asks Ru what he thinks of Sasae as a week ago, he could have left him and ran, but he helped him. Ru explains that he measured if saving him would be more beneficial for him or not and decided to do it. He tells her to not think of what good and bad is and it will lead her to make wrong choice, considering "justice" had killed more people than "evil". He tells her to think whats the most important thing to her and she comments its family, which makes Ru state that its the same for him, so she may end up understanding why he is doing somethings. Hinana tells Ru that he is better person than she though, and that makes Ru blush.

Sasae then goes back and explains that she got all the information he needs and can go directly for the big fish. Laurack later welcomes Jilquend, telling him she found someone that Jilquend look for. He is surprised to see Sasae and wonders if he is there to request the woman back, but Sasae proposes a deal and comments that Jilquend is looking for a mage to kill the king and become one himself.

Characters

 * Sasae Hatsushima
 * Dackte Daba
 * Hinana Hatsushima
 * Ru
 * Manako Hatsushima
 * Ganbairu Daba
 * Jilquend Daba
 * Laurack