Chapter 332: Funeral
Hyuga Akira walked up to his front door.
Ever since Hyuga Xia Nai disappeared, there had been no one to clean the house. It was probably covered in dust by now.
Machi was still in the village, but without him keeping an eye on her, she was not the sort of woman who would clean the house.
He pushed open the front door, only to unexpectedly find a girl from the Hyuga Clan dressed in white, kneeling by the entrance.
Seeing Hyuga Akira enter, the girl gently lowered her head to the floor.
"Welcome home."
"Xia Nai?" Hyuga Akira looked at the girl in confusion.
"I am here." Hyuga Xia Nai rose with a gentle smile on her face, completely unlike her slightly spoiled, willful manner before.
She looked like a very gentle person.
"What are you up to?" Hyuga Akira eyed Hyuga Xia Nai suspiciously.
Hyuga Xia Nai did not argue. She simply picked up his slippers herself and shuffled over to him on her knees. "Allow me to change your shoes."
Hyuga Akira fell silent as he looked at the girl before him. He quietly sat in a nearby chair and let her change his shoes into slippers.
He wanted to see just what was going on.
It definitely was not because he found this rather enjoyable.
"I have already prepared your meal. Whatever you ask, I will do it for you."
Over the next while, Hyuga Akira experienced what it meant to be cared for in every possible way.
When Hyuga Akira ate, Hyuga Xia Nai fed him soup. When he went to sleep, she made his bed and even offered to warm it for him.
This...
Hyuga Akira flatly refused.
He was fairly decisive.
"Well..." Hyuga Akira looked up at the pitch-black room.