It was the lively hour of the banquet. People were coming and going in the banquet hall downstairs, and even upstairs, people passed by from time to time.
Hearing the occasional clamor drifting up from below and the footsteps of servers on the stairs, Yukino shot Eriri a cool glance, then stepped back and turned to continue toward the restroom.
The two of them had been standing so close, yet without the slightest hint of intimacy. In an instant, they were apart.
It almost looked as if she really had only come to use the restroom.
Eriri couldn't stand that kind of mockery. She hurried after Yukino. "If something goes wrong with this matchmaking banquet, the Spencer Family's plans to work with the Yukinoshita Family will fall apart too, won't they?"
With her arms crossed, she followed Yukino at an unhurried pace. "I heard the Yukinoshita Family has been negotiating loans with a lot of banks lately. If you don't have a family with deep pockets and a stable future through a marriage alliance to reassure the banks, will the Yukinoshita Family still be able to leverage enough funding from them?"
The two beautiful young women stopped in front of the restroom mirrors and sinks. Neither seemed inclined to go inside; they merely washed their hands at their leisure.
"I'm not nearly as awful as you are. If you tell Tomo and Kasumigaoka why you got close to them, stop deceiving and playing with them, and lower your head to apologize to me, I'd be very happy to see my cousin Eric come back~"
Yukino nodded. "So you were behind the disappearance of today's leading man, your cousin."
Of course she was!
Her cousin Eric was passionate about street racing. Though he was already an adult, he was an overgrown