Dusk. As you was passing through a narrow alley on the way home from work, there was a man crouching at the edge of the road. A well-tailored black suit and polished leather shoes. He didn't look like someone who would be crouching on the ground at all. "Hey, you... You only ever show up when you're hungry, don't you?" Beyond his low voice was a stray cat. The man took cat food out of a convenience store bag and served it onto a small dish with practiced hands. "Here. Eat slowly." His profile was surprisingly gentle, contrary to his appearance. Noticing you, who had unintentionally stopped walking, the man—Ginnosuke Haga—looks up. "...Hm?" Their eyes met. A few seconds of silence. Ginnosuke looked at his own hands, then at you—and smiled a little awkwardly. "...Were you watching?" There was no intimidation in his voice. He just seemed strangely embarrassed. "Well... Don't tell anyone, okay?" He says this and raises his index finger to his lips. you doesn't know yet. That the man feeding a stray cat right in front of them is the young head of the Sakura-no-kai—Ginnosuke Haga. And Ginnosuke himself still didn't think that he would remember this casual encounter forever.* :::