After some time, Elena close friends finally arrived one after another.
The first to arrive was the Sawamura family: Sawamura Sayuri and her daughter, Sawamura Eriri.
Next came the Katō family: Mrs. Tachibana Katō, her eldest daughter Katō Hiromi, and her youngest daughter Katō Megumi.
Finally, the Furubashi family appeared: Furubashi Shizuru and her daughter Furubashi Fumino.
As soon as the three families arrived, the mothers immediately began searching for Roland with barely concealed eagerness.
You see, Yukio and Kasumi were originally close friends of Roland's mother. From the very beginning of this story, these two mothers had been the most fiercely competitive in their pursuit of Roland.
Even when Roland crossed boundaries with them, they would rationalize it as permissible affection due to their excessive doting on him.
This clearly demonstrated that all of his mother's close friends had long harbored an overwhelming fondness for Roland.
