72 The Meeting (2/2)

”Fufufu... I don't believe that you will be able to maintain that connection for much longer, Hanako O-Baa-san.”

After she mockingly teased Hanako, she pulled out a voice recorder from her skirt pocket.

”Hanako Onee-chan. After you hear this, you will probably change your mind about my brother anyway. Let me warn you, give up right now is still an option.”

”No f***ing way, brat!”

Still maintaining her smile, Mio pressed the play button on the voice recorder.

What was played was the recording of what Yuuji's parents said last night. As the recording went on longer and longer, Hanako's face began to pale at a noticeable speed. By the end of the recording, her face was already extremely pale white.

”That is it, Hanako Onee-chan. If you decided to change your mind now, I would definitely not blame you for it. Since I know that this decision could not be made immediately and requires a lot of thinking, I shall come back on another day. Good day, Hanako Onee-chan!”

”...”

Mio turned her back on Hanako and walked away slowly with grace as if she had just won a battle.

Just before leaving Hanako's line of sight, Mio turned back towards her and said,

”Oh, and Hanako Onee-chan.”

”What is it...”, contrary to the beginning of the conversation, her eyes were now hollow and lifeless.

”I've received a lot of 'love' from Nii-sama last night. We're equal now, Hanako Onee-chan.”

With that, she finally left. The initially tranquil atmosphere suddenly turned into a depressing one as soon as she left.

”Yuuji... What should I do...”

Speaking to no one in particular, her voice trailed off in the morning breeze...