"Lord Rumble Hashira, someone is here to see you."
Before long, a call suddenly came from outside, breaking the silence among the three.
"I'll go take a look." Without even waiting for the two women to respond, Kanzaki Kumo hurriedly rose and left.
Watching his somewhat flustered retreating figure, Makomo and Kanae exchanged a glance and could not help laughing.
The scene just now had seemed tense, but they had only been putting on an act.
Of course, some of it had genuinely been an outlet for their emotions.
Still, while Kanae was learning her Breathing Style, the two women had already talked a great deal about their feelings and had long since prepared themselves for the possibility that they could not have Kanzaki Kumo all to themselves.
And once something had happened the first time, the second and third times no longer seemed quite so hard to accept.
But even if they accepted it in their hearts, they could not show it. They could not let Kanzaki Kumo take a mile when given an inch.
So, on the way back to the Butterfly Mansion, the two had already agreed on a rough plan.
Makomo, who had known Kanzaki Kumo the longest and was less softhearted, would lead the charge. After all, Kanae was too gentle to pull off that sort of interrogation.
Their goal was simple: at the very least, they had to make Kanzaki Kumo openly state his thoughts and admit his greed. Then they would play it by ear and, if the opportunity arose, probe whether he had anyone else in his heart.
Makomo had not mentioned that latter goal beforehand, so when she improvised, Kanae had secretly tugged at her beneath the low table, trying to warn her not to go too far.
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