With that thought, Oreki and Shizuka saw a group photo of Yuigahama with her parents fall out.
"That really does look like Yuigahama's father."
Shizuka immediately made a strict comparison between the photo and the drawing Oreki had made.
Then she said, "I should say they're exactly the same."
Was that so?
Oreki looked over.
The person in the photo was a middle-aged man who looked young for his age.
And the one he had drawn was the same.
Even the two of them were wearing identical necklaces.
Speaking of which...
Yuigahama's Father had cheated, and he wore something this cute at home too?
So-called like father, like child, perhaps.
"This makes things troublesome."
After confirming it, however, Shizuka sank into thought.
Because...
Yuigahama's Father and Haruno's Father had... cheated.
They had destroyed two families.
Something like this... how were they supposed to handle it?
And how was Haruno supposed to accept it?
Oreki stared at the photo, his feelings rather complicated.
Because...
In the original work, Yukino and Dango had a very good relationship, almost excessively close.
But in this world, they had not even gotten in touch yet, and their fathers had already gotten together?
If that was the case...
Perhaps it really did run in the family.
"In any case, don't tell anyone else for now," Oreki said. "First, let's see what Haruno decides."
"If she wants to investigate, then when she's rational, we'll give her Yuigahama's Father's information."
"If she doesn't investigate her father's affair partner..."
"Then we won't tell her for now."
"Because perhaps Yuigahama's family still looks warm and hasn't been destroyed yet," Oreki said.
"Mm-hm." Shizuka nodded. She thought the same.
So.
Everything depended on what Haruno herself thought, and how she accepted it.
Time moved on to the next day.