Therefore, Ryuto could only change the subject.

"So, what about those people? Haven't seen those guys around?"

"Well, darling instructed them to be taken out and settled somewhere."

"Settled? Where?"

Asked like this, Miyuki straightened her chest and smugly said,

"All 19 of them have been settled in the hotel where darling and I are honeymooning. Darling must not have expected that."

"... Is that so?"

Never would have expected it...

Ryuto was too exhausted to comment, so he decided to just ignore it.

Then, it seemed like he remembered something.

"By the way, where's Sora? Why haven't I seen her around?"

Ryuto inquired.

"Still thinking about that little girl? Darling!"

Miyuki's gaze was filled with disdain and resentment.

"...Well, just asking casually..."

Although he didn't know what was going on, Ryuto answered cautiously. After all, he hadn't done anything wrong, right?

"Really, although she wanted to come along, I asked her to stay at the hotel with those people. It's good for people with similar experiences to gather and share."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

Ryuto nodded.

"And going out would be dangerous."

"Oh... Darling is worried about that little girl?"

Miyuki raised an eyebrow inexplicably.

To this,

"Ah."

Ryuto simply replied calmly, as he had not lied.

But,

"Really, darling has never cared if someone might bump into bad people on the way, never considering the safety of his newlywed wife."

Miyuki suddenly got angry.

"...Isn't that natural? You have that ability, don't you? How could anything happen?"

If this guy met others, the unlucky ones would definitely be them. And what's with that last remark? Completely incomprehensible.

But Miyuki didn't seem to accept this explanation, instead pouting her cheeks and leaning in closer.

"Leaving that aside, really, does darling not understand at all? Or is he pretending to be ignorant? So exasperating."

"..."

Even if you say you're exasperated to me, it's really pointless. I truly don't understand.

As Ryuto was left speechless, Miyuki suddenly changed her tone, as if she was a different person, and inexplicably became serious.

"However, darling, is this really okay?"

"What?"

Miyuki's sudden question left Ryuto puzzled.

"I mean those people, is it really okay to settle them in the hotel like this? They must have their own lives too. This is not a long-term solution, darling must understand better than anyone."

"Well, this is just temporary, after all... If we let them go now, they might be arrested again. We can't keep rescuing them like this forever."

"So, this matter is not over yet?"

"Ah, Miyuki should also know that there are obviously some forces controlling this. No, it's far more complicated than that. The darkness in this country may be deeper than we imagine. If we don't solve the fundamental problems, it will always be just a temporary fix, and they will surely come back one day."

"But darling still hasn't fully figured it out yet."

"Well, for now, we can only let them stay there temporarily. Once everything is resolved, we'll send them back to where they should be, after all... they also have their own lives to go back to."

As he said this, Ryuto couldn't help but squint his eyes.