Since she had to maintain order, Sonoko Machida did not stay long. After exchanging a few pleasantries, she took her leave. Without any irrelevant people around to disturb them, the signed books meant as gifts were quickly sorted out. Once they confirmed nothing had been missed, they packed them one by one into shopping bags. Umaru's signing-event trip came to a perfect conclusion.
Next came the great Akihabara shopping spree. Sogo Doma felt that this had been Umaru's true purpose all along, while attending the signing event had merely been incidental. Looking at the growing number of shopping bags in his hands, Sogo Doma began to wonder—had he given her too much allowance!?
While doubting himself, Sogo Doma handed Umaru another bank card when she fell into a bout of indecision.
It could not be helped. As a professional doctor, Sogo Doma could not bear to leave a patient suffering from indecisiveness untreated. Besides, if he could not even satisfy his imouto...
Wouldn't that betray the whole point of having latched onto the Yukinoshita Family? Watching Umaru swipe her card with such carefree flair, Sogo Doma once again offered his heartfelt thanks to the Yukinoshita Family.
Mrs. Yukinoshita truly was the very model of charity, while Yukinoshita Haruno was the conscience of every collaborator. If they had not provided both capital and manpower to help him rake in—cough, cough—make money, how could Sogo Doma possibly have so much free time to spend with his imouto?
For that alone, Sogo Doma had no choice but to think about Yukinoshita Haruno again. He wondered how busy that woman had been lately...
Yukinoshita Haruno, whom Sogo Doma was thanking, was currently very nervous. She was in a hospital consultation room, where the spacious room held only her and the doctor. She had already