After reading through the rest of Cherry's books, Kain and Serena met up with the rest of the members of the orphanage for dinner.
What should have been a celebratory meal in a warm atmosphere due to it being his first time home in a while, instead was full of tension.
Cherry was the loudest voice in the house, and so the chattering voice that was practically like a constant background hum that they'd all grown used to was now gone.
Had she been there Kain was certain that he would have been undergoing interrogations about his first year in college, what the National Tournament was like, and probably also a lot of teasing due to bringing home a beautiful girl.
Instead, the room filled with people had only a crushing silence.
