Although he found it a bit odd, Haruka Yuzan still didn't ask questions; instead, he silently took the bedding from the girl's hands.
"In the past, when Mother was still alive, she often brought my sister and me to spend the night in the mountains."
The cool and quiet voice slowly drifted over as Chiba Shimizu spread the bedding out on the open-air balcony.
"Ever since Mother passed away, my sister has forbidden me from coming here again. It's odd and even incomprehensible, yet also laughable that within the Chiba Family, I don't even have the right to manage my own time."
There was a self-deprecating undertone, and at that moment, the girl's figure seemed especially slender and desolate, just like when he had first seen Madame Chiba, a lonely person.
Haruka Yuzan didn't say a word, simply crouched down and started to spread out the bedding beside the girl.
