After the lunch break, the streets grew quieter, and Tsukiyama brought Hinami to a peaceful café.
From inside the café, they could see a row of restaurants through the window.
"What is this place?" Hinami leaned against the window, gazing absently at the shops outside. Though she often saw places like these, she and the others almost never went inside.
"I opened this café especially for this purpose... No one will disturb us..."
Only then did Hinami notice that theirs was the only occupied table. Even the staff had left after serving them.
"Mr. Louis needs to eat too. He often comes here alone in his free time..."
Looking at the scenery outside, Tsukiyama drifted into his memories, making no attempt to hide the fact that he had been following him.
"He walks into a restaurant alone, orders a meal far larger than an ordinary person could eat, and finishes it under the staff's astonished eyes. As a leader, he really shouldn't be showing himself in public, but news like that..."
"..." Hinami could almost picture it. "Touka told me that when his classmate gave her food, she had him eat it. She even made him give a review a few hundred words long..."
"Hmm..." After hearing that, Tsukiyama's gaze through the window suddenly turned a little strange.
"In the end, Mr. Louis is rather lonely. Because of his unusual identity, he has no one to share meals with. He's even easier to detect than we are, because of his body temperature..."
"In summer, anyone who gets too close will notice..."
"Hinami, about what Mr. Louis mentioned before-creating an environment where Ghouls and humans can coexist..." Tsukiyama suddenly turned toward her, his eyes growing more serious.
"If things really reach that point, and humans and Ghouls join forces, then... what