561 You… had plastic surgery? (1/2)

Seiji and Mika decided to tell her mother Nozomi the truth.

Although it was probably possible to forcibly fool her somehow, when considering what might happen in the future, they felt it would be better to tell her the truth.

Mika immediately called her mother to reassure her that she was safe.

The call connected immediately.

”Mom…”

”Mika! Where are you? Are you alright?” Mika immediately heard her mother's concerned voice.

”I'm fine. I'm currently by the riverside and on my way home now.”

”What exactly happened to you? Why haven't I been able to contact you?”

”Something out of the ordinary happened… I'll tell you about it when I return home,” Mika answered.

Nozomi fell silent for a moment.

”Are you currently together with Haruta-kun?” Nozomi suddenly inquired.

”Yeah…”

”Haruta-kun became uncontactable as well after he said he was going out to look for you. Chiaki said that he would definitely find you and told me to trust in him and wait at home,” Nozomi said. ”I was unable to wait… and then she said that the two of you might be in a special place that ordinary people will be unable to find, and that I would only be wasting my time if I went outside, in addition to possibly meeting with danger.”

”…Chiaki was telling you the truth,” Mika softly stated.

”Mika… just what are the two of you concealing from me?”

”I promise to tell you when I return home, mom.”

After ending the phone call, Mika told Seiji what her mother just said. Then, the two of them hurried back to the Uehara apartments.

When they arrived, they saw that the front door was open and that Nozomi and Chiaki were waiting outside together for them.

”Haruta-kun…”

”Seiji…”

They saw his familiar figure returning, while an unfamiliar silver-haired beautiful girl was next to him, which confused both of them.

Who was this supposed to be? Where was Mika?

Nozomi questioningly looked towards Seiji, while Chiaki made a bold inference and widened her eyes at this ”unfamiliar” girl who had such an ethereal aura about her.

”Mika?” Chiaki tried calling out to her.

”Yep, it's me, Chiaki,” Mika responded.

”Mika… how did you become like this!?” The tomboy's eyes widened into saucers at receiving this confirmation.

Nozomi also widened her eyes in surprise upon recognizing her daughter's voice.

”Mika… is that really you?”

”It's me, mom.” Mika smiled wryly. ”As I said, something out of the ordinary happened.”

Nozomi was rendered speechless.

Just what could have happened!?

Her daughter went out for just a while and returned back with such a huge change, and… she became so much more beautiful!

”You… had plastic surgery?” Nozomi couldn't help but ask.

”Not at all!” Mika instantly denied this.

”Let's talk inside, Miss Landlord,” Seiji mentioned.

The four of them entered the Uehara residence.

”This is indeed Mika. And as for why she became like this, that's because…”

Seiji explained the general situation to Nozomi. In order to sound more convincing, he even displayed his Spiritual Abilities. Once again, he used [Telekinesis], which was by far the most suitable spell for acting pretentious.

After Nozomi personally witnessed Seiji making a chair fly up into the air and spin around right under the ceiling, she believed what he said after she was done being shocked.

”Can Mika return to her original state?” She looked towards her daughter.

”Yes, it just needs some time,” Seiji replied.

”Becoming so beautiful? It's fine even if you don't return to your original state.” Chiaki's mouth arced upwards as she looked towards Mika.