After finishing the bath, I went down to where people were gathered, wearing a yukata with Conan.
"Ah~ Here comes Cassian, who will marry Ran in the future. My son-in-law."
"Oh~ It's Cassian the onmyoji who appears in ads these days."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Cassian."
We exchanged greetings. They were all Kogoro's classmates from the same school judo club.
"I'm Yukio, the ace of the judo club in college. Nice to meet you~"
"I'm Omura, the best strategist in the judo club. Nice to meet you~"
"I'm Yumi, the beauty manager of the judo club."
"I was also a manager and the flower of the judo club. My name is Kimoto Noriko. Now I'm Yukio's wife."
"I'm Kazushi, the captain and pillar of the team. Now I work as a police officer in Chiba."
After everyone introduced themselves, Kogoro stepped forward and boasted, striking a pose.
"Hehehe, and this gentleman is the famous detective hailed as a genius in the neighborhood..."
Everyone ignored Kogoro and were looking at an old album.
"What's this? An album?"
"Yes, from college."
"Wow~ Show me!"
"Hey, listen to me!!"
Ignored Kogoro shouted, but everyone was absorbed in the album.
"Wow~ This is from when we got second place in the tournament!"
"Right! I remember, I remember!"
Then Kogoro looked at Kazushi and Yumi and said.
"Speaking of which, you two were lovers back then, right? Still together?"
"Don't be ridiculous. I'm already done with this guy."
Then I stepped forward and spoke, pretending to be puzzled.
"That's strange. The two of you are connected by a marital bond. I thought you were already married."
"What? Marital bond?"
Hearing that, Kazushi and Yumi were taken aback. Then Kogoro explained.
"Cassian is said to be the greatest onmyoji in that country. Yes, let's have him tell our fortunes while we're at it."
"Oh~ that sounds good. Please, Cassian."
I pretended to ponder and then said.
"Well, alright. Since I was invited to the hot spring for free today, I'll tell your fortunes."
For the other people, after reading their memories, there was nothing special. I just told them good things.
"Wow, amazing... How do you get everything right?"
"See, my son-in-law is the number one onmyoji in that country."
"Ran is in trouble now. Can't even have an affair."
Then Ran panicked and said.
"I wouldn't do such a thing!"
Next were the problematic Yumi and Kazushi, who were the central figures in this hot spring incident. Yumi and Kazushi had been in a relationship for a long time, and when they reached marriageable age, Kazushi kept proposing to Yumi, but Yumi refused all of them.
Tired of it, Kazushi broke up with Yumi and, through his police superior's introduction, met and decided to marry his daughter this year. However, for some reason, Yumi was harassing the woman Kazushi was to marry by calling her, or sending old photos to Kazushi to threaten him.
So, mentally pressured, Kazushi planned to kill Yumi during this hot spring trip. But I intended to resolve it through talk. In the Detective Conan worldview, there are many people who commit murder due to strange misunderstandings or trivial reasons, so if I resolve it before the killing, it might work out well.
'In this crazy world where a god of death roams, we should save those we can.'
Perhaps because I said they had a marital bond, or out of curiosity, Yumi and Kazushi didn't refuse to have their fortunes told.
I read Kazushi's memories first. Kazushi had proposed to Yumi, but due to continuous rejections, he had no choice but to break up, and upon his superior's suggestion, he met through a matchmaking and decided to marry without any particular feelings. Then Yumi's threats began, and since the marriage partner was his superior's daughter and there was image to consider, he endured Yumi's threats until she demanded money, reaching his limit, so he planned to kill Yumi this time.
"Hmm..."
"Why? Is it bad?"
"This requires fortune-telling together with the person connected by the marital bond. Please wait a moment."
I approached Yumi and read her memories. Yumi is a beauty, so when Kazushi proposed, she also received proposals from other men, and since she was still in her prime beauty, she wanted to enjoy her youth more and had a strong aversion to marriage. So, she refused Kazushi's proposals, and when he left, she realized how precious Kazushi was to her, but Kazushi had already decided on a marriage partner. So, she acted unreasonably.
"Indeed, the two of you have a marital bond, but it's very tangled. Now I'll tell the fortune."
Everyone focused on my words.
"Ms. Yumi, you lost a very precious person due to your own mistake. But it's not too late. If you speak your heart and ask for forgiveness now, that person will return. Marital bonds aren't easily broken."
Hearing that, Yumi collapsed on the spot and started crying loudly.
"Sniff sniff... I'm sorry... I was wrong..."
Seeing that, everyone was momentarily taken aback, but they all approached Yumi, patting and comforting her. After hearing my fortune, Kazushi also seemed quite shocked.
"Yumi..."
I immediately pointed at Kazushi and told his fortune.
"You are trying to forcibly break the marital bond. If you do that, you will suffer for the rest of your life. So, please untangle the twisted marital bond now. She needed time to prepare her heart, but it was also your fault for not being patient."
"That's..."
Kazushi also sat down at my words. I said this because I read that despite everything, Kazushi still had lingering feelings for Yumi and hesitated several times in his murder plan, so it was a possible story.
After they calmed down somewhat, we decided to give the two some time and go outside to watch the fireworks.
"I don't know what's tangled, but hurry up and untangle it. We'll be outside playing."
"Right, it's better to resolve such things quickly."
Leaving the two behind, we went outside to watch the fireworks. Then Ran looked at me and said.
"Cassian, seeing those two, it seems like there really is such a thing as a marital bond."
Ran gently held my hand. I also held Ran's hand and watched the fireworks together. Then Conan saw it and came over, striking the held hands with the edge of his hand to separate them.
"Hap!"
Thwack!
"Ouch! Conan??"
"I want to hold hands too!"
"Oh, okay, hahaha."
We each held one of Conan's hands and watched the fireworks again. I was watching the fireworks, but I could feel Conan's angry aura glaring at me from the side.
'Is this god of death using Conqueror's Haki now?'
Anyway, we finished watching the fireworks and returned to the inn, and whether they resolved it well, they were sitting holding hands and kissing.
"Wow~ Should have come later. My mistake."
"Hehe, right~"
"Ahaha, sorry..."
From that night, moans from Kazushi and Yumi echoed through the hot spring inn.
"Kazushi~ Haang~"
"Yumi!!!"
Kogoro, Conan, and I had a sleepless night due to that sound.
'Wow~ Damn it! Should have just let them die...'
The next morning, when we went to the dining hall for breakfast, others also seemed to have had a sleepless night, looking terrible.
"Hey, this is an old building, so everything can be heard. Do it moderately! And there are kids here too."
"Ahaha, was it heard? So...sorry..."
Kazushi apologized, and Yumi was too embarrassed to lift her face. Ran, who also seemed to have slept poorly, said to me with dark circles under her eyes.
"Cassian, marital bonds are something that make you lose sleep."
"Y...yes, it seems so."
Perhaps because everyone couldn't sleep, after the meal, we slept a bit more, enjoyed the hot spring once more, and returned to the city.
A few days later, Kogoro told me that they contacted him saying they decided to get married after all. Well, it's good that it worked out.
The next day, an invitation arrived. Reading it, it was an invitation to the birthday party of Yotsui Reika, the only daughter of the Yotsui Group.
'I should stop them from going this time.'
In this episode, there are really people who deserve to die, so I thought I'd just let them die. The ones who die this time, Reika and her fiancé Yuji, on a day when a typhoon was raging, forcibly took the life jacket from the person who came to save them, causing that person to die, and hid it. So, it's a case of revenge. The victim was the culprit's girlfriend, making it a very unfortunate case. Moreover, in this episode, Ran is in danger, so I should stop them from going even more.
I immediately went to the office and told Kogoro.
"It might be better not to go to this invitation. It feels bad."
"Really? But since it's hosted by the Yotsui Group, there will be lots of delicious food."
"Instead, let's go here together."
I offered meal tickets to a famous restaurant.
"Oh~ This is the trending restaurant these days, right? Did you get this too?"
"Yes, that's right."
Actually, this time, I reserved it through an acquaintance by paying money. To skip the case, I decided to just spend money. Anyway, I have plenty of money, so it doesn't matter.
Anyway, with Kogoro, Ran, Conan, and me, we had a delicious meal at the restaurant and came back. The next day, news reported that a random murder occurred during the birthday party. The culprit hasn't been caught yet, so it seems they got away well.
For a few days, I went to school without incident, and on the way home, I met Conan.
"Hey~ Conan!"
"Bro, a...choo..."
"Did you catch a cold?"
"Yeah, it suddenly got chilly."
Out of a bit of affection, I held Conan's hand and tried to take him to the hospital. But Conan didn't want to go.
"I'm fine, really."
"Conan, are you scared of getting a shot?"
"No!"
"Really? Then let's go."
Since Conan couldn't make any other excuses, I immediately took him to the hospital, had him examined, gave him a shot, and got medicine. Then we went to the office together. The office was quite noisy; when I entered, an important person to Conan was there.
"Call Shinichi right now."
"Come on, I don't know where Shinichi is now."
It was "Hattori Heiji" with tanned skin and a baseball cap. He calls himself Shinichi's rival.
"Oh~ Cassian! You came with Conan."
"Actually, it seems Conan caught a cold, so I just went to the hospital with him."
Hearing that, Ran looked at Conan worriedly and asked.
"What? Conan caught a cold?"
"Yes, it seems so. Sniff."
I gave the medicine I got to Ran and said.
"This is Conan's medicine. Give it to him after meals."
"Cassian, thank you."
"No, I saw Conan coughing and sniffling while drinking on the way."
At that, Conan flared up and said.
"I wasn't drinking!!"
"Hahaha, right."
Then Heiji took something out of his bag, poured it into a cup, and handed it to Conan, saying.
"One cup of this and a cold will fly away in one go."
"Thank you."
As Conan was about to drink it, I quickly stopped him.
Thump!
"Wait a minute. This smell is Chinese liquor baijiu. What are you trying to give to a child?"
"You must be Cassian. I've heard a lot about you. And don't be so picky, one cup of this will cure a cold in one shot."
"Come on, where did you hear such a strange thing?"
I snatched the baijiu from Conan and threw it in the sink. The reason I stopped this is because Conan drinks this and returns to Shinichi. Moreover, hearing that, Haibara refines baijiu to make a temporary antidote, so I stopped it.
"Hey hey, no need to throw it away."
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