concern to heart, Ron managed to move her slightly sluggish body and headed towards the other building.

Ow? it looks like the maids are keeping an eye on her without getting in the way.
She should be fine.

“Rinne.
You seem to be doing well.”

“Yes, I’m enjoying it.”

The next person that Toki approached was Rin-chan.

Rin is more of a father’s child, but she has never been at odds with her mother.

It’s just that Toki basically talks without expression, and Rin-chan doesn’t get too sweet in front of Toki, so it looks like they don’t get along from the outside.

In reality, it’s just a normal exchange between a mother who worries about her precious daughter and a daughter who accepts it without rejecting it.
This is normal for them, so you can just relax and watch.

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“I’m not worried.
You can continue to do as you please.
Also, I want you to compile a list of all the tournaments you plan to participate in.
I’ll be there to cheer you on.”

“Okay, I understand.
I’ll have my staff send it to you later.”

“Please do that.
No parents won’t be excited for their daughter big day.”

Rin-chan looked a little annoyed with Toki’s hand that caressing her cheek as she said this.

This is the interesting thing about Toki, she is a very calm person, but in reality, she pours so much love and affection into her three children that you could almost say she is an idiot.

She always made time to come to class visits, sports festivals, cultural festivals, chorus competitions, and whatever else.

Especially since Rin’s father was a very busy man, she probably wanted to ensure that Rin would not feel lonely.

I’m sure Rin-chan likes Toki, but I think she’s still half happy and half-embarrassed when her parent still come to support her even though she’s over 20 years old.

What if it were me? I wonder if I would have felt embarrassed if my mom and dad had come to cheer me on.

As I was pondering for a bit, I saw Toki looking at me as if she had finished talking with Rin-chan.

“…Nanaka.
Please come here.”

“Oh, okay.”

As I was called, I walked over to Toki and was softly enveloped by her scent.
It was a tender embrace, so delicate as if she were handling a fragile object.

Toki is the one who gave birth to Rin-chan, and she is very tall, and she’s well over 175cm.

The height difference inevitably made me feel like I was being wrapped up in her arms, and I felt both relieved and restless.

“Welcome back… finally, you’ve finally come home.”

These words were filled with all her feelings.

I had been loved by Toki since I was a little girl.
But I’m sure that the source of her emotions comes from my mother.

My parents and Rin’s parents have been best friends since they were children.

I remember being told that my father, mother, in particular, were close enough to Toki that ‘best friend’ was the only word that could describe them.

So I’m sure that the day my parents died, Toki was the one who grieved over my mother’s death more than anyone else.

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“I’ve been waiting for you to overcome your past and come here to …….
You are the daughter of my one and only best friend, and I thought of you as my own daughter, just like I did with Ronri and Touka.”

“Mrs.
Toki…”

“This is the land where my husband and I have formed an unbroken bond with your parents.
We mourned your parents here ourselves.
You can visit their graves later, and you will have a lot to talk about.”

Visiting the grave.

That’s right, since that day, I had never once gone to mourn my parents.

I had unconsciously avoided it.
I was afraid it would break me.

But now, I’m sure I could handle it.

I had such confidence in my heart.

“Thank you….”

“You may look the same, but mentally you’ve grown a lot.
It may be the first time I’ve ever seen you use honorifics, and I suppose that’s to be expected after more than six years have passed.”

Toki patted my head and reminisced nostalgically.

Six years.
Six years is a very long time, considering it’s about a third of my life so far.

“Now, let’s get going.
I want to hear what Nanaka has to say, and Touka is also waiting for us.”

“Oh, she’s here already?”

“She has been staying at the main house for the past few days, and Rinne seemed to have given her some instructions.”

“Oh, she’s been working from here, hasn’t she? Well, it’s certainly easier than setting up the facilities from scratch.”

I followed Rin-chan and Toki as they walked together, watching them closely from behind.

I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve come back to a place I’ve missed and met Toki… but I felt an irresistible urge to see my father and mother.

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A note:

The Takajou family is generally very close to their relatives.

The Futayado family didn’t have a good relationship with their relatives because they were an eloping couple.

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