Thinking that man was no longer around, Mido Manatsu could not help feeling restless and irritated. She wanted a drink.
"Where's the alcohol I told you to buy before? I want a drink!"
At her words, Natsume Chikage pulled out a pineapple beer from the refrigerator—the non-alcoholic kind.
"Here."
Mido Manatsu was stunned, then became somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.
"You call this alcohol?"
"Isn't this something kids drink?"
"I want the kind with alcohol in it!"
Natsume Chikage shook his head. "That won't do."
Mido Manatsu puffed up her cheeks, looking like a little girl who was both angry and acting cute.
"Why not?"
Natsume Chikage explained, "Because alcohol isn't allowed in our house."
Mido Manatsu said angrily, "Why haven't I ever heard of that?"
"Didn't your dad drink in the past too?"
Natsume Ruri explained, "No. Ever since Ruri was born, Dad never drank alcohol again."
Upon hearing that.
Mido Manatsu fell silent for a long while. Rarely, she did not press the matter. She merely opened the pineapple beer and gulped it down.
"Meh. There's no kick at all!"
As she spoke, she looked aggrieved, as if she were about to cry.
"I don't want to drink this. Hurry up and give me alcohol. If you won't give me alcohol, then give me something else!"
She even hiccupped as she spoke.
Paired with that slightly tipsy expression.
It made Natsume Ruri and Kaga Resaki feel that she had already gotten drunk before coming over.
She really was like a willful little girl—completely unlike her daughter.
Natsume Chikage could not help grumbling inwardly.
But he also felt that women like this were hard to deal with, so he wanted to placate her a little and keep her from making a scene at home.
"You drank too much before coming