After sharing a brief tender moment, Kanae returned to the room next door, leaving only Shinobu Kocho beside Kanzaki Kumo's bed.
"Shinobu, go get some sleep in bed too. You don't have to stay by my bedside all the time."
Naturally, a ward for severely injured patients like this had a bed for caregivers to rest in.
After Makomo regained consciousness, Kanae had rested fully clothed in bed during her night watches, rather than staying at the bedside the whole time like Shinobu Kocho.
On the previous two nights, Kanae had tried to persuade her, but her younger sister, who usually listened to her, had proved exceptionally stubborn about this.
All one could say was that they truly were sisters. They were exactly alike when they dug their heels in.
It was not simply that Shinobu Kocho was being stubborn and unreasonable. She just wanted to notice the moment Kanzaki Kumo woke up, so she could feed him something.
She knew very well that, in his current physical condition, Kanzaki Kumo would certainly be unable to move even if he woke up. At most, he could open his eyes and look around.
And if Kanzaki Kumo woke in the night, he would certainly be reluctant to call out and wake her.
But that would mean he would have to go hungry for another night, which was hardly good for someone whose physical condition was already poor.
That was why she could only stay by his bedside.
Besides, she was unwilling to let Kanae take her place.
In Shinobu Kocho's heart, since she lacked the ability to fight alongside Kanzaki Kumo on the front lines, then at the very least, when he came to the Butterfly Mansion injured, she would give everything she had to treat and care for him.
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