Ah Man looked at him speechlessly for a while, then turned to A Qing and complained, "Did he get kicked in the head by that donkey again? I told you ages ago to butcher that donkey and eat it, but you wouldn't listen, you just had to keep it at home... Now the dung beetle's rolling poop, we're doomed, he's been kicked completely stupid!"
A Qing tilted her head slightly, also not understanding why Harano wanted to do this, but she didn't care about the Samurai status at all, could have it or not, lowered her eyelids and said nothing.
Harano ignored Ah Man's crazy talk, looked at Maeshima Shichiro, and politely asked, "Maeshima... or should I call you Lord Maeshima? What do you think about this?"
If Maeshima Shichiro insisted on not giving up his Samurai status, then Harano could only give him a large severance package and see him off with full honors.
