These three made quite the literary supervisory trio.
Ran looked over the villa before her and raised her head with a sigh. "So this is where Eisuke's mother used to work..."
"It looks pretty nice."
Hondo Eisuke nodded. "I lived here for quite a while. The people here were all very nice."
"Back then, Dad worked in Osaka, and my sister was studying abroad." Hondo Eisuke recalled, "My sister came back every holiday, but Dad could only come home once during the New Year."
"But after Mom passed away, Dad took me to Osaka. From then on, I lived with Dad in Osaka. Not long after that, Dad was transferred overseas for work, and my sister disappeared too."
"Is that Eisuke?"
At that moment, an elderly woman emerged from inside the house. She had a head of white hair and wore an elegant black dress, with the collar of a white shirt drooping out from beneath it.
Fujino found her voice rather familiar.
She was probably the mistress of the Okuhira household.
She seemed to know Hondo Eisuke. "It's been a long time. Has it already been ten years? You've grown into such a handsome young man!"
"Hello! Thank you for taking care of me!"
Hondo Eisuke greeted her very politely. He seemed to hold this mistress of the Okuhira household in considerable respect.
It was clear that she had treated him and his mother well in the past.
But Fujino suddenly had a vision.
Hmm, a child and his mother lived as servants in someone else's home, dependent on others, while his father was an agent who had left.
Why did this character setup feel so much like a certain dragon's?
Could the Hondo family also have a Maybach?
After exchanging greetings and reminiscing about the past, Mrs. Okuhira