However, Chisato's way of thinking could not be changed overnight, so he could not be bothered to say any more and turned to wash his hands.
Meanwhile, after Konan and Yahiko entered the courtyard, they split up.
Since they had not eaten yet, Konan decided to wander around.
When she arrived at the front gate, she spotted a familiar figure in the distance.
"Is that Hogen? But who is the girl beside him?"
Konan was curious. After taking a closer look, she found that the girl looked very familiar as well.
She carefully recalled where she had seen the girl before. Then, a figure suddenly surfaced in her mind, perfectly overlapping with the girl before her.
Could it really be such a coincidence? And how did Hogen even get connected with her? They should have nothing to do with each other.
The girl talking with Hogen in the distance was none other than the daughter of Oyakashiro Homura, the head of the neighboring Ouyashiro Clan.
Before long, the two began moving, and Konan hurried back into the courtyard, afraid of being discovered.
It was not that she feared Hogen would be angry. Rather, this was such huge gossip that if the people involved were alerted, they would surely become much more cautious in the future, and Konan would not be able to get firsthand intelligence.
"Not bad, Hogen. He usually looks so quiet, yet he actually got involved with the Little Princess of the Ouyashiro Clan."
But Konan quickly shook her head. "No, I can't jump to conclusions so easily. If I see them together a few more times, then I can really define it. One time might just be a coincidence."
After all, the two families were neighbors. If they ran into each other on the way home, they