Torimaru Naoko turned to look at her and, like a helpful passerby, supplied some information. "Mr. Haga's mother was frail and sickly. After Shitara Danjiro was seriously injured, she cared for him day and night without rest. Before long, she died of illness from overwork."
Shitara Renki noticed the group gathered together talking and came over as well. Hearing what they were discussing, the young musician sighed. "Uncle Haga was still very young then. Overnight, he lost both his parents and went from being the eldest son of a wealthy family to an adopted child dependent on others. The Haga family treated him well, but it was still sad."
Conan looked at her and recalled something else. "Sister Renki, your father fell to his death last year. What about your mother? Could she also..."
Mouri Ran clapped a hand over his mouth. "..." What kind of awful question was that?!
But Shitara Renki smiled. "My mother is still alive—two years ago, when my grandfather celebrated his birthday, my mother had originally been scheduled to perform with that Stradivari violin. But she and my father were fighting badly at the time, so she divorced him and returned to her parents' home alone.
"That was why Grandma Yumi became the performer that year. She was Grandpa Genzaburo's wife."
Torimaru Naoko: "..." If she remembered correctly, according to what she had learned after coming here to work, Mrs. Yumi had fallen down the stairs and died on the spot not long after her performance... Miss Renki's mother was absurdly lucky, wasn't she? The timing was such a coincidence too. Could it have had something to do with That Lord?
Recalling that year, Shitara Renki was equally shaken. "Actually, that Stradivari violin had already gone unused for some time before then—when my grandfather first