Aibou TV Season 4 Episode 1 - His Excellency's Castle(閣下の城)

Subtitle: His Excellency's Castle(閣下の城)

 "His Excellency" Haruomi Hōjō(北条 晴臣) returns in this episode. Much has happened since we last saw him. Worried that the Tokumeigakari pair would find irrefutable evidence that he's guilty of killing Mikio Yanagida(柳田 幹夫) and Kudō(工藤), His Highness decided to go to trial instead. He is currently out on bail, under house arrest in his "house," a huge European castle he imported to Japan. He invites the Tokumeigakari pair along with Miwako, Superintendent Supervisor Onoda, and former Minister of Justice Yonezō to his humble abode on the pretext of making up. While the Tokumeigakari pair are there, His Highness announces his intention to marry Mayuko. Next morning, the castle's butler Takahito is discovered dead in the castle, his body pierced by a sword that was held by a knight's armor decorating the castle. How was Takahito killed and why?

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Haruomi Hōjō(北条 晴臣) - His Excellency is out on bail after paying five hundred million yen(５億円), but is still under "house arrest" in his luxurious castle home. He invites Yonezō Setouchi(瀬戸内 米蔵), Kōken Onoda(小野田 公顕), the Tokumeigakari pair, and Miwako Okudera(奥寺 美和子) to his humble abode for his 77th birthday. The castle belonged to a knight who served Robert the Bruce and was sent to Japan using the Siberian Express after getting permission from Mikhail Gorbachev. After Takahito is found dead, he accuses Mayuko of murdering him.

Mayuko Satouchi(郷内 繭子) - His Highness's secretary and a former nurse who has been living at the castle for about an year.

Tayuka Miyazoe(宮添 卓也) - His Excellency's lawyer and Mayuko's "lover"

Kiichirō Yasuoka(安岡 喜一郎) - His Excellency's lawyer.

Hitoshi Munei(棟居 均) - His Excellency's lawyer.

Takahito Satouchi(郷内 嵩人) - Butler and bodyguard at the castle for about an year. He is Mayuko's cousin and former lover. He asked His Highness for a job at the castle after Mayuko also applied for a job there.

Yonezō Setouchi(瀬戸内 米蔵) - The former Minister of Justice is one of the guests to His Excellency's castle. He helped His Excellency secure a bail but regrets doing so. He returns to the castle the day after the party to tell His Excellency that Mayuko might have a lover besides His Highness.

Kōken Onoda(小野田 公顕) - The superintendent supervisor is one of the guests to His Excellency's castle.

Mikio Yanagida(柳田 幹夫) - Clerk for the middle east station. He was killed by Haruomi Hōjō(北条 晴臣) during the hostage rescue operation for sending a letter exposing His Highness accepting bribes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Sōta Hagiwara(萩原 壮太) - A surviving member of the elite squad who kidnapped His Highness and forced him to confess to the two murders.