But with someone occasionally interrupting, it always made Mirai resent Dan Katō!
Yes, that short-lived ghost. In the original story, Dan Katō had been Granny's boyfriend, but there seemed to be no sign of things developing in that direction now. He had merely fallen for Granny. Yet during this period, Granny had devoted all her energy to Mirai and had no time to date him. Whenever Dan Katō invited her out, Granny was too busy to refuse, leaving Mirai to watch with resentment.
"Granny, is that eagle chasing after you?!" One day, after Granny rejected Dan Katō's invitation again, little Mirai blurted out.
"Eagle? What eagle? His name is Dan Katō!" Granny corrected him.
"Then?!" Mirai's face stiffened awkwardly. He had accidentally said the wrong thing and could only pretend not to know the other man's name! But if that man was Dan Katō, what was Granny's setting supposed to be? At that thought, Mirai shook his head and drove away thoughts he should not be having. Granny was his, and even setting people up was his business!
"He really is pursuing Mirai!" Granny nodded without the slightest suspicion. After all, she did not know what an eagle was. Then, with a proud and charming expression, she said, "But he's far too weak. If he wants to pursue this lady, no chance!"
Mirai felt a chill. Wasn't that wrong? In the original story, he was your boyfriend, and you would never marry for the rest of your life! But Dan Katō, that short-lived ghost, had clearly been spoiled by such a fine cabbage!
Dan Katō was not worthy of Granny—Mirai could swear with a fist to the sky that he absolutely could not afford to support several thousand Grannies! His little treasury had been handed over to Granny for more