7:30 p.m.
The sun had already set.
The moon hung high in the sky.
Akasaka and Itsuki Nakano squatted by the stove together, patiently waiting for the steamed buns to finish cooking.
After all the frantic work just now, Akasaka was already drenched in sweat and sat on the ground to rest.
Seeing Akasaka sweating, Itsuki Nakano had just been about to take out her white handkerchief to wipe his sweat when she suddenly realized that both her handkerchief and clothes had been soaked from falling into the lake earlier.
Akasaka turned his head and noticed Itsuki Nakano's awkward predicament. After less than half a second of thought, he took off his somewhat dirty but dry coat and handed it to her.
"Your clothes are soaked through. Take them off and dry them by the fire. Put on mine first to keep out the cold."
"Please don't mind it. My clothes are a bit dirty because I was being chased by debt collectors."
Itsuki Nakano took it from him. "Thank you."
Akasaka said, "Don't mention it."
Of course, Itsuki Nakano did not mind. After all, the five sisters had not lived very well since childhood. They were not from a wealthy family.
As for why their lives had become so good later on?
It was because they had gained Maruo Nakano, their well-off stepfather.
Itsuki Nakano immediately took off her white one-piece dress, pulling it up and over herself from below.
She paid no attention at all to Akasaka being a boy. After all, they were still young, and Itsuki Nakano did not yet have that kind of awareness.
Akasaka turned his head away, trying not to look at Itsuki Nakano's delicate body. He stared at the firelight instead, attempting to distract himself.
After putting on Akasaka's clothes, Itsuki Nakano