"They were just talking nonsense. Don't listen to them, Hinami."
Eto immediately smiled.
"Oh, okay."
Hinami nodded. She definitely believed what Eto-nee said.
"Good girl~"
Eto patted Hinami's head.
"By the way... does Hinami want to marry your Byakuya-niichan?"
Eto smoothly redirected the topic to Hinami.
Upon hearing this, Hinami's cute little face instantly flushed red.
"That kind of... that kind of thing is still too early..."
Hinami said shyly in a very small voice.
"Indeed, Hinami needs to grow up a bit more first. Then you can become Byakuya-niichan's bride."
Eto looked thoroughly pleased as she teased Hinami.
At that moment, Hinami couldn't help but launch a counterattack. "Eto-nee, you like Byakuya-niichan too, don't you?"
Eto was momentarily startled. "...Hm? What makes you think that?"
"That's just how I feel."
Hinami stated directly. "Even if someone is going to marry Byakuya-niichan, Eto-nee should be the one to marry him first."
"...Is that really what you think?"
On the surface, Eto still maintained her composed smile.
But inwardly, she was already slightly flustered.
She hadn't expected Hinami to see through this. This child was unusually perceptive and clever...
"Of course."
Hinami said with a serious expression.
"I see... Alright then."
Eto decided to just go with it. "In that case, I'll be Hinami's rival in love. That's rather interesting."
Meanwhile, Eto's parents happened to be seated at the same table as Akira Mado's parents, drinking together.
After Ukina and Kasuka Mado were both resurrected, these two families—who could have been said to have a blood feud—had managed to reconcile fairly naturally.
Though the point of conflict between the two families had mainly been between Kasuka and Eto.
So it didn't affect Yoshimura, Ukina, and the Mado couple from sitting together to drink and chat.
Even between Kasuka and Eto, there was no longer any hatred to speak of.
After all, once someone was resurrected, every problem became a small problem.
...
"Touka, Byakuya's fourth wife has appeared now. Who do you think his fifth wife will be?"
Rize Amaha sat there drinking wine while chatting with Touka Amaha beside her.
Rize was Byakuya's first wife, and Touka was his second wife, which was why both their surnames had been changed to "Amaha."
"Hard to say. I feel like it'll either be Hairu or one of the Yasuhisa twins."
Touka Amaha speculated.
"Honestly, how many more times is Byakuya going to get married?"
Touka couldn't help but speak with a resentful tone.
"Just count it yourself. Look at all the girls close to Byakuya—you can pretty much count them all."
Rize Amaha appeared quite composed.
Perhaps this was the composure of being the principal wife.
Although Rize didn't exactly feel happy about this situation either, she could only accept it.
After all, her body and heart had long belonged to Byakuya.
"That's still several more... honestly..."
Touka Amaha let out a sigh.
"Good thing I listened to you back then and we joined forces to keep Byakuya from fooling around with other women outside. Otherwise, even ten wives wouldn't be enough."
Touka found herself caught between laughter and exasperation.