"Okay!" Rika Onodera nodded her little head vigorously, "When I get home, I'm going to store it carefully!!"
...
On the bus,
Reiko Onodera chatted with her daughter, who was curious about the scenery passing by outside the window.
Madam was also there, talking non-stop, and the two of them seemed like a mother and daughter heading out for a day of fun.
Unfortunately... that was not the case...
When they arrived at the station, there were still more than ten minutes until the train's departure, so Haruka Yuzan and Madam waited together in the lobby.
In fact, they could have boarded the bullet train by now, but the mother and daughter wanted to spend a few moments longer together.
Even now, the feeling between them was one of uncertainty and reluctance; the surrounding air seemed to grow thick and made it hard to breathe.
Haruka Yuzan felt a tinge of sorrow at this scene.