"I'll take you to find them."
And by "take," he meant directly taking Su Yang to the second floor.
"There are five rooms in this apartment in total," Yotsuba introduced. "From left to right, May's room is first, then mine. Further right are Miku's, Nino's, and Ichika's is the last one."
I see.
"Let's start with Ichika," Su Yang said.
Ichika was the eldest sister. If they were waking people up, the oldest should get up first. Otherwise, making everyone wait for her would be rather embarrassing.
Even a sister had to keep up appearances.
"Ugh..."
"Let me sleep a little longer—"
When they knocked on the door, Ichika's voice came from inside.
"Then I'll give you five minutes," Su Yang said from the doorway.
A muffled "okay" came from inside.
Su Yang continued talking with Yotsuba by the railing.
"What about Nino?"
Su Yang noticed a sign hanging on Nino's door.
It read [Out].
In other words, she wasn't in her room.
"Nino..." Yotsuba said, as though she had only just remembered. "She went out shopping."
"Today is the supermarket's discount day, so Nino went out."
"Are your finances really that tight?" Su Yang asked.
"Well..."
Yotsuba looked a little embarrassed. "How should I put it? It's more like a habit."
"We used to live rather poorly. It was only after Mom married this dad that things got better financially."
"Of course, I'm not saying I disliked our old life. I should say that I really liked it..."
"Mm." Su Yang gently patted her shoulder.
In the Original work, the quintuplets' mother had died early, and they were raised by their stepfather afterward. This world seemed to have developed the same way.
Then—
Su Yang looked across the hallway.
That was Miku's room.
Yesterday, he had laid everything out