Chapter 88 The Third Bride/ Coming Full Circle (1/2)

Chapter 87: The Third Bride/ Approved Conditionally Chapter 89: Homeless Child/ Delinquent Leader on a Rainy Day

Translator: Nefarian

「Geez, Mother….」

After leaving the Miyagi Mansion and on the way back to the closest train station. Aoba who was walking side by side with Taiyou, was pouting cutely. Although she wasn’t showing a smile, the expression on her face was far more positive than compared with a few days ago. Taiyou was trying to endure himself from laughing as he asked her to clarify the issue.

「You’re talking about that long-cherished dream that Atsuko-san mentioned aren’t you?」

「Yes」

「By the way, do you know what it is?」

「Yeah, I do. There’s something that mum always says jokingly. If I ever became a bride, there was something that she wanted to do.」

Aoba was leaving out some of the important specifics because she was embarrassed. Thinking that her appearance was just so cute right now, Taiyou asked to get more of the details.

「Oh, really and what exactly does she want to do?」

「……Demon Mother-in-law」

「Oni shutome?」

In a slightly off sync accent, he repeated her words like a parrot. Having heard something that he’s never heard in his life, Taiyou could not immediately catch the meaning of her words. The words kept going around in his mind and somehow a little while later, he was able to understand.

「Ahh, Demon Mother-in-law. Meaning she wants to bully her child’s husband-to-be?」

「Yes, Mother told me since I was young that if I ever got married she wanted to do this. She said she would make sure to torment her son-in-law to the fullest, whilst shouting in a really threatening manner.」

「Then again….. That really seems like something she would do」

Although he hasn’t been her acquaintance for very long, Taiyou already had an idea as to what kind of person Atsuko was. It’s easy to imagine that she will perform many template actions akin to bullying. Atsuko would have many tricky plans, That’s the kind of impression she gave him.

「Hmm but well, it’s probably going to be fine. If it’s Atsuko-san. I don’t think that she will pull moves like a professional wrestler or something」

「…..That’s naive, Taiyou-kun」

「What do you mean」

「The thing is, both Mother and Mama will join in」

「Eh」

「Mummy, Mama, and Mother. All three of them will combine their efforts and bully their future son-in-law to the fullest, they’ve always agreed upon this since a long time ago」

「……That does seem kinda bad」

Especially Miho-san, Taiyou was secretly most afraid of her. Teasing, bullying and trying to break his mentality, if it was just Atsuko she would probably be using her mouth to verbally abuse him, meaning that as long as he responded in a mature way he would probably be fine, but if Miho was going to join in as well, this changes everything.

It’s likely that Miho was going to try various means to bully him. He only stayed in Miyagi’s house for a short period of time, but it was enough to understand. Miho did not approve of Taiyou’s relationship with Aoba. If a Mother-in-law does not approve of her son-in-law, there is no doubt that there will be plenty of torment and conditions that the mother will set up against the son. At first he was thinking quite hard about what he could do, but little by little, he felt that he didn’t really care about it anymore.

The existence of Aoba by his side allowed him to think in this way. She was close enough that her body temperature was transmitted via the air. He gently drew Aoba’s shoulder into his embrace. It was a little forceful as a gesture, but at the same time, his hands were in all respects, very kind and gentle towards her. Suddenly having her shoulders embraced, Aoba was surprised and looked at him with widened eyes.

「Natsuno-kun?!」

Adjusting his pace to match hers, he asked her a question in a whispering tone of voice.

「What is your dream」

「Eh?」

「What is your future dream I heard what your request was a little while ago, but I don’t think I’ve heard about your future dreams」

「I don’t really――」

Aoba was seemingly going to say, she didn’t have any dreams but then Taiyou interrupted her.

「Hearing about Atsuko-san and your mothers talk about their dreams, made me realize something. It’s enough to make me imagine them talking in the past. I think that surely, they would have had so much fun whilst speaking merrily amongst each other」

「Yes, I think so. When they drank tea together they would often chit-chat about it. When they were talking about this topic, they would all get really excited and they seemed to have a lot of fun」

「I thought so, I can imagine it」

Nodding, he asked her again whilst still embracing her shoulder.

「So what is your future dream?」

「I…..」

Aoba was hesitating and so Taiyou decided to talk about his own dreams first.

「By the way, my dream is to make all of you bloom beautifully」