Once they were in the parlor, Gerald began puffing a cigarette—that the butler had just given him—and before sipping on the tea he had just been served.

Fujiko, on the other hand, looked rather unnerved. After all, though she had heard rumors about Kai from her father and a few other people she knew, this was honestly her first time meeting him.

Shortly after, a somewhat flamboyant voice could suddenly be heard saying, “My, oh my! If it isn’t the young mistress of the Futaba family! What bri