After they returned to the Butterfly Mansion, Shinobu Kocho pulled Kanzaki Kumo straight into the Medical Department without another word and gave him a full physical examination.
"I already told you, I really..."
"Don't talk, and don't move. We'll know whether anything's wrong once the examination is over."
Some time later.
"Hey, hey, hey! An examination is fine, but just stick to the routine stuff-drawing blood, checking my temperature, taking my blood pressure. Stop tugging at my clothes!"
"What are you covering up for? I'm a girl, and even I haven't said anything. Why is a grown man like you getting shy? You're only taking off your shirt. It's not like..."
Before long, Kanzaki Kumo's special physical examination was over.
As for the results, Shinobu Kocho could only say that he had a great figure... no, wait! He was in great physical condition and very healthy, with no lingering problems from his previous injuries.
In short, there was nothing wrong with Kanzaki Kumo's body.
But those two earlier instances of him spacing out for no apparent reason still bothered Shinobu Kocho a little.
After thinking it over without reaching any conclusion, Shinobu Kocho could only ask Kanzaki Kumo himself what exactly had happened.
Kanzaki Kumo: "I saw my grandpa."
Shinobu Kocho: "Hasn't your grandpa been dead for ten years? And you still say there's nothing wrong with you?!"
Kanzaki Kumo: "I mean I saw his soul."
Shinobu Kocho: "That's an even bigger problem, okay?!!"
"Anyway, that's what happened. Shinobu diagnosed me with 'complicated grief caused by excessive longing for a loved one,' and because it's been so long since my grandpa died, she even classified it as a 'severe case.'"
In a hospital room prepared specifically for Kanzaki Kumo, he sat facing Kanae and helplessly recounted how he