Language Cheat Reincarnation – Young Girl VTuber Saves the World Chapter 430

Chapter 430. [Back In Japan]

When I returned to Japan, the only one who ca to greet was my mother.

On one hand, it felt lonely... but on the other, I figured it made sense since we’d been together nonstop until a week ago.

Plus, everyone else is super busy right now—it can’t be helped.

They’re probably more frustrated about not being able to co to the airport than I am.

《Well then, Iroha. I’ll be leaving here.》

《Yeah, see ya~》

I also said goodbye to Anguog.

She’s apparently got a hectic schedule ahead as she starts her full-fledged activities in Japan.

And so...

Sigh

“Mmm~~~~! I’m hooo~! It’s been so long, my own house~!”

“Welco back.”

Relaxing in my childhood ho for the first ti in half a year, I stretch my back with a groan. For better or worse, this house... no, Japan itself just feels comforting.

["Hmm? Who’re youuu?"]

“Ohhh, long ti no see, buddy. Urri-urrii~”

The cat—no longer a kitten, grown too big to call one—cos down the stairs, its collar bell jingle-jangling. It sniffs around my feet warily.

“Ah, you totally forgot . ’C’mon, I’m your boss! Show so respect!’”

["......Take this!"]

“GYAH!?”

Thinking it had forgotten , I tried to reestablish the hierarchy... only to get pounced on the next second.

The cat dove straight into my face, the impact sending tumbling back with a THUD!

["Hmph! I’m stronger!"]

“Huh!? Y-you little—! You’re dead at~!”

I chased it angrily but couldn’t catch it no matter what.

It kept darting around, evading effortlessly...

“Hah... hah... F-fine! I’ll let you off easy today!”

“...My daughter just lost to a cat.”

“Sh-shut up! I didn’t lose!”

Exhausted, I collapsed face-first onto the living room sofa.

My mother looked at like I was so pitiful creature... S-stop staring!

“Oh yeah, Mom, what about Ah-nee?”

“Ahko-chan said work’s been busy.”

Figures.

She’d returned ahead of to wrap up piled-up recordings.

“And Mai and Ilyena-chan...?”

“You already know, don’t you?”

“......Yeah.”

I hugged a cushion and buried my face in it.

My mother spoke softly.

“Did you... also want to take the exams?”

She asked in the past tense.

Because today was... the exam day for the girls’ high school Mai, Ilyena, and I had promised to attend together.

“It’s fine, I get it. It couldn’t be helped. After all...”

“—The application deadline was long over.”

Yeah, I ca back too late.

Too late to make it in ti for Japan’s exam season.

Too late to keep my promise with Mai and Ilyena. Our dream of going to the sa high school—won’t co true.

“......I see.”

“Ugh, why are you the one getting all depressed?”

“...S-sorry. It’s just... you worked so hard for everyone, for the world, and now it feels like you’re not getting anything in return...”

“Aah, c’mon, no crying!”

Hesitating for just a mont... I reached out and patted my mother’s head.

Gently, like soothing a child.

“Besides, it’s not like I can’t go to high school.”

“Oh right, your school’s a combined middle-high, wasn’t it?”

So I could still advance to its high school via the escalator system. Never thought my middle school exams would co in handy like this.

“But, Mom... I—”

“Ah, right!”

Just as I was about to voice my resolve, Mom suddenly perked up.

Tilting my head, she continued.

“Your school teacher called. Said to contact them once you’re back in Japan. I think it was your English teacher... the one who helped arrange your study abroad.”

“Huh?”

What’s this about?

I called the contact I’d exchanged before leaving—

***

《Long ti no see, sensei.》

《Iroha! ...Ahh, I’m so glad. Really glad you made it back safe.》》

From the other end, I heard a voice thick with relief.

It’d been months since we last spoke.

He’d been my examiner for middle school entrance, taught the advanced English class, even arranged my overseas school...

I owed him so much.

《Sorry, sensei. You went through all that trouble for my study abroad, and I barely even attended.》

《No, no, that wasn’t your fault! Though, as a teacher, it’s a bit disappointing. You could’ve gotten into any high school, no question.》

《You’re overestimating .》

《Not at all... Actually, they pressured from above—‘If you don’t nurture a prodigy like Iroha properly, you know what’ll happen, right?’—and strong-ard the whole study abroad thing... Then everything went sideways, and my stomach’s been... urghhh》

《Uh... I’m really sorry.》

《Nah, that’s just how elite private schools are. Exceptional students take priority over teachers. If you’d said, ‘I hate this teacher,’ I’d probably have been replaced instantly.》

《I-I’d never say that!?》

So that’s why he’d been so devoted—even offering his own ho as a hostay before Anguog’s family took in.

What a ruthless world.

But... maybe it’s just how things are.

By then, the school likely knew I was a hyperpolyglot and a VTuber.

Ah regular teacher vs. a Nobel Prize-level student...

Yeah, no contest.

《So, what’s next? You missed Japan’s exams—are you heading overseas? With your skills, skipping grades wouldn’t be hard, and language isn’t an issue...》

《Ah, no.》

《I see, so internal advancent? I can put in a word with the high school’s English teachers—》

《Sorry, not that either.》

《Huh!? Then...》

《Right. I’ve decided not to attend any high school.》

《...!?》

With that, I firmly declared the resolution I’d been about to share with my mother monts ago.