Looking at the dinner that Uchiha Byakuya and Yoshimura Eto had just brought out, Yasuhisa Kurona and Yasuhisa Nashiro both looked a little dazed.
Although the dishes weren't as fancy as the ones usually made by the servants, they instead gave the sisters a very sincere and simple feeling.
To begin with, the dishes those servants made in the past were only actually fancy in appearance, the taste was honestly mediocre.
"Let's eat first. Only when your stomach is full can you properly think about what to do next."
Byakuya said to the two sisters.
"Okay."
"Mmm..."
Kurona and Nashiro spoke almost at the same time and nodded obediently in unison as well.
The two then picked up their rice bowls together and reached with their chopsticks for the same dish.
As expected of twins, even their movements were this incredibly synchronized.
After tasting the food, both Kurona's and Nashiro's eyes instantly widened.
Their eyes were already quite large from the get-go, and now widened even more, they looked especially clear and beautiful.
It wasn't that they had never eaten food this delicious before, but at least in their memories, it was extremely rare to taste something so good.
This was also because Yasuhisa Amon usually didn't pay much attention to Kurona and Nashiro, so aside from hiring some servants to take care of their daily lives, he didn't do much else for them.
And those servants weren't exactly skilled cooks either, their focus was more on the "visual appeal" of the dishes. Every meal looked nice but lacked substance.
Just like the fine banquets of ancient emperors, they were pleasing to the eye but not necessarily to the tongue.
Of course, the nature of those two things was still different.
"How is it? Tastes good?"
At that moment, Eto asked.
"It's delicious."
Kurona answered immediately.
Nashiro nodded as well.
However, even though they were very hungry and the food was incredibly tasty, the sisters still maintained ladylike elegance. There was no ravenous devouring; instead, they took small, careful bites.
Once they were almost full, they even took the initiative to carry the dishes over to the sink and cleaned all the pots, pans, and utensils.
Originally, Byakuya had planned to do those chores himself, but the sisters had insisted on doing it themselves, so he could only hand it over to them.
While Kurona and Nashiro were washing the dishes, Byakuya and Eto remained seated at the dining table.
Eto said to him, "Are we going to send them straight to the orphanage now? Or should we give them a bit more time to accept their father's death?"
Byakuya thought for a moment and said, "Let's give them some more time."
"I think that's better too."
Eto nodded slightly.
Then, when Kurona and Nashiro finished washing the dishes and came out,
Byakuya said to them, "There's something we need to tell you, though perhaps you already know. It's about this house. Since it belonged to your father, and he left behind a massive amount of debt, this house will be repossessed in a few days. You two need to seriously think about where you'll go from here."
"..."
Kurona was silent for a while, her face full of confusion. "I don't know what to do..."
"Me neither..."
Nashiro's eyes were equally vacant.
Having lost their family, lost their home, and being now penniless with nothing left, the two sisters could no longer see any hope for their future.
After a while, Kurona looked somewhat cautiously at Byakuya and Eto. "Can Nashiro and I go with you? You mentioned earlier about taking us away, where are you taking us?"
Nashiro also quickly spoke up.
"As long as I can survive, I'm willing to do anything."
In her understanding, the worst thing she could imagine was being taken somewhere to do illegal labor and the like.
Of course, she could imagine even worse things, like being sold to human traffickers or something..
But she felt that this Nii-san and Nee-san in front of her really didn't seem like bad people, and they had confirmed themselves as members of the "TSC," so they should definitely be good people!
In fact, Kurona and Nashiro had no idea about their father Yasuhisa Amon's secret cooperation with the CCG. They only knew that their father's company had business dealings with the former CCG.
So in their eyes, the CCG had always had a positive image, and even more so the "TSC."
"Of course. We're here to take you with us."
Byakuya nodded.
However, he still hadn't fully decided on how to arrange things for Kurona and Nashiro next.
At least for now, he would simply keep Kurona and Nashiro by his side, and once they had more or less recovered, then arrange for them to go to the orphanage.
"You'll stay at our house for now."
At that moment, Byakuya stated directly.
"Oh.. okay."
Kurona and Nashiro were both surprised.
They had thought about where they might be taken, but never had they imagined they'd be allowed to live directly in someone's home like this.
And for them, this was the best outcome, because these two, this Nii-san and Nee-san in front of them were people they could trust.
In such a moment of despair and sorrow, even if it was two strangers suddenly appearing, treating them so kindly was enough to make them feel the warmth they lacked.
"Go ahead and pack whatever you can take, like your clothes and such."
Byakuya said to Kurona and Nashiro.
Kurona and Nashiro both nodded and quickly ran upstairs to do so.
They packed up the things they needed and then followed Byakuya and Eto as they left the villa.
Naturally, Byakuya brought Kurona and Nashiro to his own home.
Arriving at their new home, Kurona and Nashiro were a bit surprised, it was yet another large villa.
After all, Byakuya was no longer someone ordinary in terms of wealth and influence.
"There are plenty of empty rooms upstairs, you can pick whichever one or two you like."
Byakuya said.
"Mama, Papa, did you bring someone home?"
At that moment, Mayu, having heard the noise downstairs, ran down immediately.
Ever since Byakuya and Eto bought the new house, Mayu had been living with them again.
Though, actually, it didn't really matter anymore where Mayu lived. At first, she was brought to the 20th Ward's "Safe Zone", because at the time, Byakuya and Eto's true identities couldn't be revealed to her.
But now that their greatest enemy, the Washuu Family, had been taken care of, there was no need to worry about that kind of thing anymore.