He doubts that she remembers it.

The first time that Suzurigi Choki had encountered Gojo Shiki had not been as a new addition to the ranks of Gojo Kiyohira-sama 's household staffing, but instead at a funeral.

' His older cousin 's funeral, to be precise. Hideo had always liked to stress that he was the older one between the two of them, even though it was by less than a week. He had a knack for being quite aggravating at times, but at his core, he was

kind.

Compassionate.

And then he was dead.

Killed,

through no fault of his own. He had been acting in the role of a chauffeur for the blessed child, when they 'd been unexpectedly targeted by a hostile group of curse users. Even the blessed child 's accompanying guard had been killed 'a

Special Grade One sorcerer.

So it was no surprise that Hideo ' didn 't make it.

An unexpected tragedy. Too soon and too sudden, but not a

surprise,