He decided to ask his other daughter out first.
Arisu Sakayanagi's daughter was already twelve years old.
She had beautiful black hair and dazzling eyes.
But as long as she wore a silver wig, she looked like a smaller version of Arisu Sakayanagi.
And now, both Arisus were standing before him.
It gave him the feeling of collecting stamps.
"Then I'll go over there," Alice said.
Then she obediently sat down, took out a book on advanced mathematics, and began reading.
Oreki watched her.
An ordinary twelve-year-old girl would not be reading something like that.
But—
"After all, she is our daughter, so I have always taught her according to her aptitude."
"And her intelligence is quite high, so naturally, I let her learn as much as she can." That was how Arisu Sakayanagi explained it.
Oreki had no objections to her approach to raising their daughter.
After all—
Even though they had a daughter together, Yanagi had always been the one accompanying Alice.
"You've worked hard these past years," Oreki said.
"..."
Yanagi seemed stunned for several seconds.
But very quickly—
She realized that Houtarou must have felt guilty about her raising their child alone.
"Hmph." Arisu Sakayanagi seemed to pout slightly at that.
She had clearly been the first one to publicly date him, yet she had not been the one to marry Houtarou in the end.
So—
What was the point of having a child early?
"So, Houtarou, did you specifically ask us out for something?" Yanagi said. "If this is about the police catching that pervert before, I will not apologize."
"Because I've been quite free lately, but you never ask me out at all."
"Meanwhile, Horikita Suzune is clearly always busy, yet the moment she happens to have a little free time, you immediately go