After spending some time together, Yasuhisa Kurona and Yasuhisa Nashiro had already become relatively familiar with everyone in Anteiku.
Up until now, they still didn't know that the manager, Kirishima-neesan, and the others who treated them so warmly on a daily basis were actually ghouls.
Although Anteiku had gained quite a bit of fame after the "Tokyo Defense Battle," both Kurona and Nashiro didn't really pay attention to the news, so they didn't know much about Anteiku's background.
Still, there would always come a day when Kurona and Nashiro had to learn about these things.
So today, Kirishima Hikari took the initiative to bring it up with them.
Uchiha Byakuya didn't think there was anything wrong with that either. In the beginning, he hadn't wanted Kurona and Nashiro to experience too much potential fear while they were still emotionally unstable.
Now, after so many days had passed, it should be fine.
"Kurona, Nashiro, you both know about ghouls, right?"
"Yes…"
Kurona and Nashiro nodded at the same time.
Of course they knew about ghouls. Since ghouls had long been regarded as humanity's enemies, it was mandatory knowledge in school.
However, they also knew that nowadays humans and ghouls seemed to be able to coexist peacefully.
"Actually… most of the people here are ghouls, including your Eto-neesan. Only a few of us could really be called human."
Hikari spoke frankly to Kurona and Nashiro.
"You're all ghouls?…"
Kurona and Nashiro were both very surprised.
Because these ghouls were far more gentle and kind than they had imagined.
So even though they had suddenly learned that the others were ghouls, they didn't show any signs of fear.
And they had never been harmed by a ghoul before, so they didn't have much prejudice against them either.
"Mm, but of course we don't have any intention of harming you, we just didn't want to keep it from you forever."
Hikari nodded with a smile.
"I still think you're all good people."
Kurona said immediately.
"I feel the same as Kurona."
Nashiro said as well.
"That's good. I was worried you'd be upset or wouldn't be able to accept it."
Hikari said.
At that moment, the café's door was pushed open.
Entering were Byakuya and Eto, along with both Washuu Nimura and Kamishiro Rize.
Of course, this time Nimura and Rize weren't here for anything urgent.
They just stopped by Anteiku from time to time for a visit and today was one of those times.
After their trip to Germany, Nimura and Rize had completely reconciled, and now they were practically inseparable.
Rize had also gradually come to accept the Washuu family as well, because the current Washuu family truly had changed. Even her conflict with Washuu Tsuneyoshi had begun to ease a little.
Now, they were just stuck together every day.
In truth, even before leaving the Sunlit Garden, Nimura and Rize were already like this.
Speaking of the Sunlit Garden, it was still in operation as of today, though the rules had been entirely rewritten by Byakuya.
The foundation of the Sunlit Garden was the Washuu family's branch families, like the Arima family, the Ihei family, the Souzo family, and others. As long as those families existed, the Sunlit Garden wouldn't disappear.
Originally, the Sunlit Garden existed solely to serve the Washuu family. Branch family members who were designated for childbirth were required to give birth to hybrids without any choice.
Those designated for combat roles would be assigned to the CCG or the V organization. All in all, there was no freedom whatsoever.
But the current Sunlit Garden was completely different. Those branch families no longer needed to obey the Washuu family. They could live however they wanted and marry whomever they wished.
It was just that since all the branch family members were half-human, whether they married humans or ghouls, their offspring would still only be hybrids.
As for whether those newborn half-humans wanted to become combat personnel for the TSC, that would also depend entirely on their own will.
Right now, the TSC wasn't lacking in combat power, especially with Byakuya, Eto , and Arima Kishou's group able to live forever, the TSC would remain in its golden age indefinitely.
As they entered, this was the first time Nimura and Rize met the two of Kurona and Nashiro.
Of course, in the original work, the two sides never really crossed paths. If you had to say they had any connection, it would be that when Kurona and Nashiro underwent the artificial half-ghoul experiment, the kakuhou implanted in them came from Rize.
"Are those guests? Seems like there are two girls I don't recognize, and they look exactly the same."
At this moment, Nimura had already noticed Kurona and Nashiro and exclaimed in surprise.
"They're probably twins."
Rize replied casually.
"They're Kurona and Nashiro, they're considered the newest members of 'Anteiku', I suppose."
Byakuya introduced the two to Nimura and Rize.
"Nice to meet you."
Kurona reacted quickly. She realized the boy and girl in front of her were probably acquaintances of Byakuya-niisan and immediately spoke up.
"Pleased to meet you."
Nimura also responded at once.
"Nimura-kun and Rize-chan, you're here again today."
Hikari said warmly.
After these few months, everyone had already become very familiar with both Nimura and Rize.
"Manager Yoshimura, Kirishima-neesan, everyone, sorry to trouble you again today."
Nimura said.
"Nimura's so polite."
Hikari said with a smile.
Then, since Nimura had never seen the twins before, he couldn't help but stare at Kurona and Nashiro a bit longer.
Kurona and Nashiro also noticed Nimura's gaze at this moment.
Kurona couldn't help but ask, "Is there something on my face?"
"No, Kurona's face is very clean. Maybe it's something on mine."
Nashiro said.
"No, no, it's because I've never seen such beautiful twin sisters before."
Nimura gave a slightly awkward smile and explained.
The moment he said that, he immediately felt a cold, stabbing glare from beside him.
That was, of course, the look from Rize.
Nimura, quick on the uptake, instantly covered his mouth and didn't dare say another word.
The atmosphere in the café instantly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Byakuya and Eto's campus life also continued as usual.
Basically, whenever they had free time, they would visit the Ghoul Research Society.
"We've planned a club activity. We're thinking about going off-campus to research ghouls."
At this moment, the club president Mo Mo said to Byakuya.
"Going off-campus to research ghouls?…"
Byakuya was a bit surprised.