Kabuto: Is the sound of knitting yarn like this?

"Please follow me, Shimizu."

Yakushi Nonō set down her medicine and put away the scroll in her hands.

The children were all working so hard; how could she be so selfish?

"Director, is there something going on between you and Lord Shimizu?"

The smile on Yakushi Kabuto's face gradually faded; he was a clever child.

He had keenly sensed that Yakushi Nonō had been struggling with something, and now, it seemed she had reached a compromise.

"Just a small matter. Everyone, take a break."

Yakushi Nonō told the others to rest, then signaled for Shimizu to follow her as she exited the Orphanage's research lab.

It was worth noting that the research lab had also been renovated with funding from Shimizu.

One could even say it was the cleanest and tidiest place in the Orphanage.

"Director..."

Watching Yakushi Nonō's retreating figure, Yakushi Kabuto remained preoccupied with the matter.

Urushi adjusted his slightly crooked hat and said to Yakushi Kabuto:

"Why are you just standing there like a fool? It's break time now."

"I... I'm going to the restroom."

Yakushi Kabuto made up an excuse to leave.

He wanted to see exactly what Yakushi Nonō was discussing with Shimizu.

There was no such thing as a free lunch.

Yakushi Kabuto understood this principle very clearly.

Was Shimizu really providing help to the Orphanage entirely for free?

The research they helped with surely wasn't enough to justify such large sums of funding.

"Hey, Kabuto, you aren't going to go bother the Director, are you!"

Urushi shouted a few times, but Yakushi Kabuto didn't stop, walking right out of the research lab.

"That kid."

Urushi shook his head.

The other children at the Orphanage were just as curious about what the Director was doing.

Yakushi Nonō's room was very simple, or rather,