Shirakawa Sawahei ended the call with Tsukimi Sakurazawa and returned to the tea room.
"Family?"
"A friend from the club."
Hayakawa Shinsuke nodded and didn't ask further. Shirakawa Sawahei didn't intend to keep the conversation on Tsukimi, so he softly asked, "Grandfather, you just said that we shouldn't mind what's behind the choice and only focus on the choice itself..."
"Yes, only that way can you know what you truly want."
Shirakawa Sawahei had a strange look on his face, as an image of a red-hat, white-bearded old man popped into his mind...
No, I can't, right? Saying something like this in front of his own grandfather, aren't I courting death?
"I got it. I'll carefully consider how to deal with it when I go back."
"Mr. Shirakawa, you don't need to be too entangled. Sometimes, a lot of variables happen in the process of making a choice."
"Such as?"
"You might have the chance to have it all."
"Or you might have the chance... to get none."
