Chapter 35 - 34: The Counterattack!
With the three rules agreed upon between Yukio and Haruno, the banquet time gradually approached.
Tonight was the banquet’s introductory reception, and Haruno needed to arrive before the dinner began.
After lunch, she had to pack her luggage and prepare to leave.
This trip would last two days and two nights. Despite the agreed-upon rules, Haruno couldn’t shake her unease about leaving those two alone.
But what could she do?
Her mother’s health prevented her from attending the banquet, and Roland, not being a member of the Yukino Family, hadn’t received an invitation. Haruno couldn’t possibly bring him along.
She couldn’t introduce Roland as her boyfriend, could she?
Let’s not forget that one of Haruno’s main reasons for attending the banquet was to handle the troublesome arranged marriage proposals on behalf of her younger sister. If she brought a boyfriend, what was the point of dealing with those proposals? Why would you even consider an arranged marriage when you already have a boyfriend?
If she did that, she could kiss goodbye to ever helping her sister with future marriage negotiations.
So Haruno had to keep her marriage a secret. Despite her anxiety, she had no choice but to leave those two at home and attend the banquet alone.
"Well, I’m off," Haruno said, slinging a shoulder bag over her shoulder as she walked out the door. Before closing it, she turned back for one last look at the two inside.