The reason of that teardrop was his final acceptance to what it pained his heart the most, the betrayal of his wife.
For a person like him it was impossible to not search for the reasons why he had everything had gone the way it did at that important moment.
It wasn't difficult to understand that someone had betrayed him, as that was the only answer anyone could come up with.
But who was the one that had betrayed him? The one to have done it must be someone from his intimate circle, and the only person to ever have that amount of trust from him was his wife.
It wasn't that he hadn't understood this earlier, it was just that he didn't want to accept such a situation.
As if that wasn't enough at that time his wife was pregnant, and that news just made his unwillingness to believe even bigger.
All this time, he had continuously asked himself if that child was his, if Yui was truly his daughter, but he had never had the courage to test it.
His heart wouldn't be able to accept it at that time, that the woman he had loved, and done so much for could have betrayed him so much.
After Yui, he tried his best to disperse his doubts, and focus only on his family, as they even had Akiha, but he wasn't able to do it.
At the end those doubts of his were just too unbearable, and he slowly started to grow cold towards his wife, and daughters, well mostly towards his wife, and Yui.
It was most probably for that reason that he had jumped at the request of his friend to marry Yui to his son, and immediately accepted.
All this time he had been away from his wife, he loved her so much, but he feared that if he got close to her now, then he would kill her with his own bare hands.
It was perhaps only now that he was finally able to accept the truth, now that she would disappear from his life, and he would be able to cut his connection with her.
For that reason, he didn't know how to feel at the moment, he had no idea what Eric was planning to do with her, but he knew that from that point on he wouldn't be able to see her the same.
He would lose her for ever, so that teardrop contained every last feeling he had for her, as a new life would start for each of them in a short time.
While Master Ito was drowning in the sorrows of his life, Eric was heading towards the hotel where he heard about Takeshiba Aika's plan of kidnaping him, to meet her in secret.
Since the situation was still a bit tense, and there was also the matter of the bet, and its stakes in the middle he couldn't go and meet her publicly and have his fun.
Their first meeting in public would most probably be really awkward, and weird, as they would not know how to act, after all, Eric had placed her as the stakes of a bet, and then he had been bombed.
Well Eric had already planned how the meeting would go, but it would blow the surprise if he just told it easily right?
Furthermore, he wanted that to be as genuine as possible in order to cheat the eyes that would be fixed upon them when it happened.
The two of them needed to play an Oscar winning performance if they didn't want to get caught in their lie.
As their true first meeting was just about to happen, in a cheap motel in the red-light district, where no one could easily recognize the two of them.
It wasn't that difficult for Eric to enter the motel without getting seen, as even the cameras weren't able to catch even his shadow.
Reaching the room, he didn't have to knock, as the door was immediately opened for him, and an enthusiastic Takeshiba Aika pulled him inside, and jumped over him.
It was clear that she didn't care in the least that she was set up as the stakes of the bet, as all she wanted at that moment was to have some intense love moments with her master.
Fortunately, he had become level 60 and his strength, and stamina had reached new heights.
Otherwise with everything he had done until now, this damn kitten who hadn't tasted his milk for such a long time, would have surely sucked him dry.
Until now Eric hadnt lost any battle in bed, but for the first time he felt that he might actually lose one, and he didn't like that idea.
This month that he had been far away training, Takeshiba Aika hadn't lazed around either. Even though it was quite difficult to find the time with all the new fastidious flies around her, she had worked hard.
In this one month that he was away, she had managed to get level 12, it seemed really weak compared to those 4 women he had with him, but it was a great achievement for her.
As a matter of fact, she managed to level up during their battle, and she was level 13 now, but it had yet to stabilize.
It was at that point that Eric finally learned how scary could a woman become in bed, when she hadn't been watered for quite some time.
Since this was nothing more than a cheap motel, she didn't even try to hide, or control her moans, as all the time she had the sound, and moans of a bi*tch in heat, his bi*tch in heat.
It was only after some good three hours that Takeshiba Aika wasn't able to move anymore that they finally stopped doing it, and just lied on the bed, with Eric hugging her to his chest.
Since their activities were finally over, it was time to discuss for some really important matters, as Eric asked,
"Tell me, what has happened while I was away?"
"Well for starters, dad has been looking all around for you, trying to find you, or your Master, as he even visited your house quite a few times while you were away.
But since there was no one in there, and also no sign of you he returned every time defeated. He even tried to contact your Step-mother, and your half-brother.
That woman is nowhere to be found, but he took your half-brother under his wing, and is treating him like a foster son of sorts, making him his right hand.
I don't like him, he is creepy! Even though he knows that I am still your fiancé in the eyes of the public, he tried quite a few times to play his tricks with me, sister, and mum."
Now this was a surprising event that Eric hadn't quite expected to happen, his half-brother Michael had made his return from his far away job.
Just what was that Takeshiba Tomiyasu trying to do, by bringing him here and making him his right hand?
Was he hoping to make him feel indebted to him because he was helping his family? Or was he trying to have him as a hostage in case things turned south?
Either way, it was a busted move, as to Eric his half-brother was just one of his many targets of revenge and torture.
Surely, he wouldn't want him to die anytime soon, as that way he would lose the opportunity to torture, and make him suffer, but he didn't have that much value either.
In fact, if he would appreciate it more if someone tried to make him suffer, rather than helping him live a good life, and climb the stairs of social standing.
As if that wasn't enough that guy was even trying to aim at his chosen women, making Eric once again remember the pain of his previous life last moments.
A roach would always act like a roach no matter what you tried to teach him, or where up put him. And his brother was the perfect example of that.
Perhaps it was time for him to start pulling the net of his previous life betrayers, and give them a bit of their deserving 'medicine'!
He was lost in his thoughts for a few moments, and he was able to wake up from his stupor only when Takeshiba Aika gave him a kiss on the lips, and said in a worried voice,
"What's the matter Master!? You were lost in your thoughts, seeping killing intent, and having a really scary look in your face!"
Eric was caught a bit unprepared hearing that, as he thought that he looked normal whenever he was thinking about his past, but apparently that wasn't the case.
It was a good thing that this happened beside Takeshiba Aika, and in such a private space, otherwise people might catch up to something.
He had to fix this attitude of his as soon as possible, as not to freak people left and right when he shouldn't.
Thinking of changing the topic, he recollected himself, and said,
"Well I was thinking of some unpleasant things that I will have to take care of in the future, don't worry about it.
Now why don't you continue with what you were talking about?"
"Well… its not only my father who has met up with me to ask about you. A lot of those pesky flies that you attached on my back have asked me about you.
Certainly, I have answered them like you told me to, but they are so persistent! As if that wasn't enough, dad has started pressuring me to forget about you…"