Grea knew that everything happening now was the result of their own actions, a punishment they deserved to accept. Yet she still desperately wanted to return to those days of the past.
She wished Higashino Kanade could stroke her head as he had before, could coax them to sleep like he used to. If fate's punishment truly meant pushing Higashino Kanade away from them, then it was far too cruel!
Grea sobbed, her nose stinging as tears streamed down like an unbroken string of pearls.
Seeing Grea cry, Higashino Kanade assumed the rainforest Goddess had traumatized her over the past week and that she was crying from grievance. He reached out and pulled her into his arms, letting her soak the clothes on his chest.
Seeing this long-lost scene, Fujino and Sakura could not help but feel their noses sting as well. Their eyes reddened as they held back their tears.
Wasn't what Grea felt also what Fujino and Sakura felt?
All three of them had been saved by Higashino Kanade during the darkest times of their lives. Higashino Kanade was their hero, and they had long since secretly entrusted their love to him.
Over the years, Higashino Kanade had gained more and more wives. Every one of them was a peerless beauty, someone more outstanding than the three of them.
As time passed, more people took up space in Higashino Kanade's heart, yet there was no place for the three of them. Higashino Kanade had no such feelings for them at all.
They became anxious. They feared that the happiness they had finally obtained would slip through their fingers. They feared that one day, Higashino Kanade would leave them behind and live with his own family.
In order not to be abandoned, in pursuit of greater happiness, the three