It's not such an unexpected response, all things considered. Kou refrains from rolling his eyes, but inwardly he does. Right, right. It's not exactly proper to be gleeful about sliding around the rules, is it? He srhugs, and clarifies so Yaichirou won't pop a vein or something.

"Not against their will, no." Against their initial better judgement sure, but that's not the question at hand here. "It was decided that I should be allowed."