Side Story 5: The Father and Daughter of Yagyu-do (2)

At that moment—

"Oh my, what's all the commotion?"

A slender woman dressed in a kimono called out from the entrance.

She looked far too youthful to have a ten-year-old child.

Her dignified bearing and finely featured face—

She was beautiful enough to make passersby turn and look.

She was Kikyo, Rindo's wife and Suzu's mother.

"Mom!"

Suzu ran over and threw her arms around Kikyo.

Overjoyed, she sobbed and buried her face against her mother's chest...