"Naa Chiso"
"What?"
"You know, am I walking in the school hallway or sothing?"
"Ahaha, that's a good analogy!"
It's a bit different to say it's like a school, but the size of the hallway gave exactly the sa feeling as walking through a school hallway.
The woman walking in front of us, who was said to be Tachibana-san, didn't say a word after we talked to her outside for a bit.
"..............."
"Are you nervous?"
"A little......bit"
"Well, let's go and take it easy. I'm okay no matter what I'm told, it's not as if we ca here to get into a fight."
"You're right"
"Probably but, I wonder, wouldn't she be surprised if I were to peel my eyeballs off~"
"Girls do not say things like that."
"Ye~s"
By the way, even though we are having this exchange, Mashiro is hiding in Chiso's shadow and hasn't co out.
Probably Mashiro also thinks that today is an important day for Chiso, and that's why she's lurking still...... She grew up to be a really caring child.
"It is here. And you are......"
Nii-san will also enter together with us. I an, because he is my family now, and he is my precious lover, so it's only natural, right?"
"......I see. Understood."
Tachibana-san quickly lowered her head and stepped back.
When *konkon* and Chiso knocked, a familiar female voice was heard from inside.
"You may"
"Let's go Nii-san"
"Yeah"
Chiso opened the door and we went inside.
Inside, a woman was sitting on a chair, elegantly drinking a cup of tea or sothing poured into a cup.
Her beauty, which looked exactly like Chiso's, was as beautiful as before, and her eyes, which were gazing at the scene, pierced through us.
(......she's still as beautiful as ever.)
In the first place, it's only natural that she's beautiful at the point of being similar to Chiso though.
After looking at Chiso and opening her eyes slightly, she then turned her gaze to and opened her mouth.
"Welco. Hasn't it been a while with you?"
"Yes. But I never thought we would et again in this way."
"That goes for tooChiso, I didn't think I would see you again."
The gaze that was directed at turned to Chiso.
And the words she unleashed didn't contain the kindness that would be directed at a daughter and were clearly the sa as those directed at a complete stranger.
"For the ti being, it's okay to sit down. Since you're a guest, I've prepared tea and sweets for you."
"e? Really? By the way, what about cheesecake?"
"There is. You used to love that."
"Seems like there is, Nii-san! Sit down quickly!"
"O-, Ou"
I don't really know, but I guess the hard air has softened for now.
As Chiso urged to head to the table, Chiso imdiately put her hands together and ate the cake.
"Un. It's delicious." (Chiso)
"......Sheesh, overthinking this a little bit would make look like an idiot."
"That's fine as it is" (Chiso)
By the way, Chiso's mother was watching this exchange with an expressionless face.
"Kohon *cough*. I didn't give my na at that tiIt's Kamida Shinra"
"I'm Rikudou Taiga. Please let us get along well."
Shinra-san, that seems to be her na.
While the two of us were in the middle of introducing ourselves again, Chiso was deliciously stuffing her cheeks with cheesecake the whole ti, and her appearance eased my nervousness.
"Phew, it was delicious. Thank you for the cheesecake."
"..............."
Shinra-san didn't react to Chiso, who put her hands together, saying thanks for the cheesecake, and just gracefully sipped the tea.
Even Chiso doesn't seem to care about the lack of response and doesn't particularly even react to it.
"Now then, Kaa-san."
"I'm no longer"
"A~it's fine already with that. I'm not your mother anymore, so don't say such things; I don't wish for that kind of reply anyway?" (fix)
"..............."
It was a rather sharp jab.
I don't have anything in particular to talk about, Chiso just wants to say what she wants to say, and we intend on going ho today, so whether or not what Chiso is trying to say will really surprise Shinra-san......
"Nee Kaa-san, I used to hate everything. Why, ever since I was born, do I have to be looked at so badly by those around ? I asked myself that ti. Why am I so unhappy? I said."
"..............."
I close my eyes and rember the first ti I t her.
The fact that I was reincarnated in the ga world in the first place was a surprise in itself, but the fact that Taiga was killed by Chiso in the ga was even more surprising.
I didn't want to end up like that; I didn't want to get killed, and of course I was motivated by such feelings, but...... most of all, I liked her, and I wanted to save her in my own way.
(......Now, it has taken shape in this way and is connected with Chiso and Mashiro. Our future will continue from now on too.)
That's precisely why, I have to see it through.
Chiso probably didn't want to et her mother face-to-face for too long, and for that, I will with intent see it through.
"Even Kaa-san should have known, right? That I've been depressed for so long, that I've been resenting this world...... Why did you give birth to in such circumstances? I said and that I resented Kaa-san."
"Indeed"
"That feeling still hasn't changed...... But, I ca to think that there is no point in thinking about such things. I an"
There Chiso looked at .
"No matter how much despair, no matter how sad and painful......because there was a hero who saved ."
Shinra-san looked at at those words.
It was embarrassing to have both of them stare at and seriously tell I was a hero, but I was happy again that I was able to save her after all.
"Such Nii-san cheered up, and in the truest sense of the word, he saw as a girl and treated like a normal person...... Having soone close to who cares about , the joy. I learned it."
"..............."
"From then on, I fell in love with Nii-san very quickly. I love him, I love him so much that it beca unbearable, and I realized how wonderful it is to be in love...... For the first ti there, I thought from the bottom of my heart that I was glad to be born into this world."
"......Chiso"
The change in Chiso must have been surprising to Shinra-san.
I don't think she regrets letting go of Chiso anyway, and above all, what she said to at that ti shouldn't be a lie.
I would like to think that the surprise she had when she saw Chiso enter the room earlier was precisely because she saw her now after all the changes she has gone through since then.
"Kaa-san"
"......What is it"
Chiso spins the words.
What should be said, and the things she has to say.
"I am Kaa-san's daughter, and that's precisely why I end up understanding things to so extent. Even though she was feeling refreshed that she had thrown out, she was concerned about sowhere in her heart. I think it was sothing close to subconscious, but Kaa-san was certainly thinking about . I an, otherwise you wouldn't have done sothing like giving so much money that I wouldn't be inconvenienced, right?"
"That was just overthinking it, isn't it. At the very least, it's only natural to hand over a large amount of money when entrusting one person, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's not just you, it's also the result of thinking about Rikudou-kun, the house you were entrusted to, and that's why."
For that, it's sothing that can't really be thanked enough.
There's a limit to how much I can live with just a child, but it is definitely thanks to Shinra-san that I am able to live comfortably with Chiso without having to work part-ti.
"Yes, then let's just say I'm overthinking it. On top of that, it's definitely thanks to the combination of many factors that have made happy like this......and that's why, thank you, Kaa-san, for giving birth to . Thanks to that, I was able to be happy in this world."
"-......Don't fool aro"
"That's why I'm telling you you don't have to yell at . You abandoned your own daughter, so get it to accept this much."
"Muu......"
I said it like this but, Chiso and Shinra-san's Muu-ed or annoyed gestures are very similar.
After all, they are a parent and child, the conversation and the atmosphere is. It was so easy to imagine that the space would otherwise be full of smiles.
"Kaa-san, I promiseI'm fine. I'm happy now......and that's why, Kaa-san, you don't have to carry it on your back. I have co to love the power that dwells in ." (Chiso)
"......Really, Chiso, you've beco splendid." (Shinra)
"Ehehe, it's thanks to Nii-san" (Chiso)
There, Chiso called that girl's na.
"Mashiro, co."
"Un"
"-!?"
Mashiro suddenly appeared.
Shinra-san was extrely surprised by the appearance of her, who had the sa appearance as Chiso, but she could tell was not a person.
"This girl is the original stone of my power, but like , she was an existence saved by Nii-san. She was given the na Mashiro, and she fell in love a lot with Nii-san too."
"Un. I've co to love him so much."
Chiso smiled wryly at Shinra-san, whose mouth was gaping open and shut.
"I just wanted to tell you today that I'm happy now. And also a thank you for giving birth to ."
"Chiso is fine now. Onii-sama and I are by her side."
Shinra-san looked down at those two words and muttered softly, "I see."
[Tl note: Very well, I'm going to refer to Chiso's mother as Kaa-san (Mom) when said, and when not, such as her/his monologue, I'm going to use Mother.]
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