"Director Panasonic could have avoided all this; it's a natural human reaction, understandable," Aoyama Xiu Xin advised.
Panasonic Toyoshige shook his head, his eyes filled with pain yet stubborn and resolute, "It is my failure in raising him that has led him to this end, so it is I who should see him off on his last journey."
Since he had decided to establish an image of righteousness that destroyed his own kin, he had to carry it through to the end.
Did he have feelings for Panasonic Hideyoshi?
Of course, he did, very deep ones.
But now, he had a young son, a healthy young son, and for this son to grow up strong, he had to maintain his own dignified and honorable position as the director; thus, he could only sacrifice Panasonic Hideyoshi, which would protect him from public scrutiny.
