Hanamaru Hanabi changed into her clothes and walked out from the door, entering the hotel corridor.

She first greeted everyone like usual. After the other three girls walked ahead, she naturally linked arms with Uesugi Sakura.

"Don’t let go yourself, Sakura-kun."

She said, resting her little head on his arm.

The way she said it sounded so much like Hanabi... Uesugi Sakura felt touched.

To be precise, she is Hanabi... just a Hanabi with a different personality.

But having different personalities... the ordinary Hanabi doesn’t have the memories of the other Hanabi...

Should he accept her?

Regarding "My wife has multiple personalities, is it considered cheating to date her different personalities?"

Uesugi Sakura had asked about this online.

Netizens politely replied to him, saying he’s overthinking it, and that he probably doesn’t even have a wife, let alone one with dual personalities.

And then... the thread ended there.

The psychologist told him to stabilize his wife’s emotions first, and not to force her to see a psychologist if she didn’t want to.

...

Uesugi Sakura, lost in these chaotic thoughts, glanced at Hanamaru Hanabi, who was holding him.

Eh...

They took the elevator down from the hotel and walked onto the town’s streets.

There weren’t too many pedestrians on the street, but it was spacious and leisurely.

Walking on the main street of the seaside town, Hanamaru Hanabi would sometimes stretch his hand forward, then compare her little hand with the wedding ring to his large hand.

The two shiny wedding rings gleamed under the sunlight.

Uesugi Sakura thought she looked just like the regular Hanabi at that moment, exuding a girl’s cuteness.

"Hanabi-chan, do you... really like me?"

Hanamaru Hanabi immediately looked at him: "What nonsense is Sakura-kun saying?"

Just through her gaze, Uesugi Sakura knew she truly liked him.

But this liking... was it inherited from Hanabi’s fondness, or was it born from her own heart...?

They’re both Hanabi... but with different personalities, they ultimately aren’t entirely the same person.

Being too close with the current Hanabi, Uesugi Sakura always felt a resistance, a feeling of betraying the real Hanabi.

But the possessive Hanabi is indeed a part of Hanabi... and likes him just the same...

Uesugi Sakura really didn’t know how to deal with her emotions for a moment.

Whatever... let’s stabilize things first...

...

As they walked, he thought of a way, there was still one bottle of Recovery Medicine in the system... see if it could be used to cure Hanabi, and if so, he wouldn’t be so conflicted.

The five chatted leisurely, arriving at a clothing store.

The girls immediately dove into their usual activity of picking out clothes.

Uesugi Sakura sat on a bench inside the store, watching them discuss among themselves, holding clothes and dresses up to their own reflections for comparison.

"Hanabi-chan, what do you think of this dress?"

"It’s great... but... Hanabi thinks the black dress suits Sakisa better."

Uesugi Sakura didn’t understand the logic of picking clothes; he only knew they were talking about brand names, clothing styles, and similarities to styles from other brands.

Brands like Jitira, Fjire, Ungrid, and 23ku, he hadn’t heard of any of them.

"What about this one?" Kitagawa Sakisa pulled out a top to ask.

Hanamaru Hanabi looked at the piece and replied: "Hmm... this one’s American casual style, right? This style would suit Rika and Rie better, since they’re taller, it fits them more."

By this time, two of them had moved towards the back of the store picking clothes, while Uesugi Sakura sat at a distance on a bench by the store entrance resting and waiting. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Kitagawa Sakisa held a piece of clothing in front of her, secretly glanced at Uesugi Sakura, then whispered to Hanamaru Hanabi:

"Hanabi-chan, Uesugi said you were acting strange when we went out today."

"Strange?"

"Yeah, she said you’ve turned into a different person, your personality has changed, and that your current self is a disguise."

"Is... it?"

"Yeah, he said it when you were changing clothes earlier, and even asked Rie and Rika, but we all think he’s the one with the problem, since he seemed kind of uncanny while talking."

Hanamaru Hanabi processed this, but her expression remained unchanged.

Even slightly puzzled because of what was said.

She shook her head and replied in a faint voice:

"Hanabi doesn’t know about that."

Kitagawa Sakisa immediately said: "Of course, Hanabi-chan, don’t worry about it, perhaps Uesugi just didn’t sleep well last night and made a clumsy joke with us. Don’t take it to heart."

Hanamaru Hanabi didn’t mind: "Then... does Sakisa think Hanabi’s personality has changed?"

"Nope, Hanabi-chan is still Hanabi-chan," Kitagawa Sakisa said while looking at her face, smiling cheekily, "Still so cute."

Hanamaru Hanabi then smiled at her too.

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Uesugi Sakura looked at the large canvas bags full of bags in both hands.

How many times has it been helping the girls with their shopping bags?

Seems like since high school, he’s had this role; whenever the girls asked Hanamaru Hanabi to go shopping, if he was nearby, they would always bring him along too.

The town is by the sea, and the style of the stores along the streets tends to have a more Western decoration, catering to tourists from all over the world.

The five of them arrived at a teahouse with an English style.

The teahouse had a brass sign with English writing on the door, with wooden tables and wicker chairs below, and in the middle, a leafy flowerbed was used as a partition between the tables.

Kyujuu Rika took the little book handed by the waiter and began to pick from the various flavors of milk tea inside.