Seeing her husband go to cook, Karuizawa Kei's mother continued chatting with Akasaka on the sofa without ceremony.
They mainly talked about how Karuizawa Kei was doing at school.
Whether she was being bullied.
After all, her daughter had experienced something like that back in middle school.
Because of her outstanding looks, she had been envied by others.
The female students in her class in particular had bullied her daughter without any restraint, even leaving a scar on her stomach.
She had settled the score with them afterward.
But it had been of no use.
The trauma in her daughter's heart had already been left behind. How could it be so easily erased...
Karuizawa Kei's mother gripped the edge of the sofa with both hands, deeply worried that Kei might not be doing well at school...
Akasaka looked at the mother sitting beside him, fell silent for a moment, then spoke calmly.
"Please rest assured, Mom. I won't let anyone bully Kei. I know everything about her past, including the scar on her stomach. I've seen it too."
Of course Akasaka had seen it.
After all, when the two of them did that sort of thing, it was impossible not to see it.
At first, Karuizawa Kei had been reluctant to let Akasaka see the hideous scar on her stomach. She thought it was ugly and that Akasaka definitely wouldn't like it.
So whenever they did it, Karuizawa Kei would usually find a way to cover her stomach.
It was still the same even now.
She even wore a school swimsuit to hide it.
After all, a school swimsuit was a one-piece.
Naturally, it could cover her stomach perfectly.
She also wore that kind of swimsuit during swimming class at school.
Her gyaru friend, Sato Maya, had even been curious