"I thought Officer Sato was really getting married."
"But I guess that makes sense. It doesn't feel like she and Officer Takagi have gotten that far yet... What a shame, though. She looked so beautiful like that..."
"Don't think of it that way." Hearing the children say that, Ran Mouri smiled. "This way, doesn't she get more chances to wear a wedding dress? That's nice too."
The children, who had been lamenting just moments ago, froze at that.
It was an angle they had never considered, but it really did make sense...
"Oh, right. While other people only get to experience a wedding once, she gets to experience it several times. That's pretty nice too." Imagining the scene, Ayumi Yoshida slowly nodded.
"Not necessarily just once," Tangze corrected. "Even without acting or anything like that, some people can..."
"Ahem!"
The moment Mori Kogoro heard him start down that road, he knew what nonsense Tangze was about to spout. He coughed, cutting him off.
This kid really had no sense of restraint when teasing people.
"It's fine, Dad. Don't you want to see Mom wear a wedding dress again?" Ran Mouri took it well, asking with a smile.
"...At our age, why are we even talking about that?"
Without exposing his embarrassment, Ran Mouri smiled and led the group into the Metropolitan Police Department lobby.
Preparations for former superintendent Tsutomu Muranaka's wedding were still underway.
Having adopted Tangze's suggestion, the police had brought both newlyweds under their protection ahead of time. Today, they had come with Mori Kogoro to meet the people involved in person.
As for the other little troublemakers...
"Didn't the police already treat us to a meal before? Why are they mooching off my food again?" Mori Kogoro grumbled. "I only said that after coming to the Metropolitan