Chapter 225: Aoba / The Bride’s Home (2/2)
「It’s interestiiing. Lately we’ve only been using it one out of three times, but it works on Nacchi like the placebo effect, and ohhh! It’s just so cuuute to watch lemme tell ya」
「Whaa？」
「……」
「So it is not astonishing to hear that, Nazuna-san？」
「No, because I also do similar things to Mio-san」
「Wha-, are you serious, Nazuna-sama!?」
「Who knows what sorts of things you have been fooled with！」
「Ah, see, Mio-san thinks only to――」
「Uwaaaaah」
Mio cut through Atsuko’s words in a loud voice.
「It’s alright, as Mio-san’s have all been replaced with the real thing」
「Eh……」
Nazuna said. Mio was at a loss for words.
Completely opposite to Nazuna, everything was all real with her.
The person in question realizing it was also exactly the opposite.
Taiyou began shivering.
「Scary！ Who even are these scary people!」
It was scary to see both of them deceiving each other.
He practically thought this was a house of demigods.
「It’s alright, as everyone is only doing their best to cheer up Mr. Novice」
「Scary！ My future is scary！」
Taiyou didn’t think that was any good.
He could totally see Aoba, having (one of their) bloodlines in her, as well as Kohaku doing that sort of thing, and it was scary imagining it.
He did whatever he could to change the subject.
「Come to think of it, Aoba really is late――」
「Hey, stupid son」
「Ohhh what！ Whaddya want, stupid mother」
「Wanna stay the night?」
「……What are you even asking all of a sudden」
Taiyou was befuddled that the subject had suddenly shifted.
No, not just the subject. Atsuko had also changed her tone.
It was now an earnest manner of speaking, with a slightly lower tone.
「Well y’know, you haven’t even stayed here once since the girl’s gone to your place, right？」
「……Come to think of it, you are right」
Taiyou thought about it, inclining his head.
He certainly didn’t recall staying the night at Aoba’s family’s house.
「Well it is normal to think of a daughter going with her husband once she becomes his wife, but it was so sudden, and we weren’t quite emotionally ready for it」
「That makes sense, yeah」
「So Mio-san and Nacchi are lonely, see. Thinking that it’d still be a while before their beloved daughter was taken to be a bride and all. So ya know, they still really really wanna be together with her」
Hearing what Atsuko said, he looked at Mio and Nazuna.
Mio looked discontent, and Nazuna had her usual faraway smile.
「So we were wondering if Aoba’d also stay if you were staying」
「……I see」
Taiyou thought briefly.
If that were the case, then he wasn’t reluctant to cooperate――if anything, he thought it probably best for him to do so.
Aoba had already reconciled with her mothers, so he was thinking that on the contrary, he should give her more opportunities to return to her family’s house from now on.
「Understood. If that is the case, I shall be staying here tonight」
「Sorry」
「Nah it’s fine」
「Then Mio-san, could you prepare the sleeping medicine?」
「Certainly」
Atsuko said, and Mio began to hasten preparations after answering calmly.
「Wait a second, just wait a second! What are you talking about out of the blue！」
「C’mon, if you were to normally stay here, Aoba’d sleep in the same room as you. So we’re thinking to mix some medicine in with your food and make sure ya can’t tell her to sleep with you」
「We are merely using a sleeping drug this time around, so please do relax」
Nazuna said casually.
(Scary) thought Taiyou.
「Whaddya mean this time, whaddya mean “merely”！」
「It is just like it sounds
「And wait, if that’s your objective, there must be another way」
「Yep」
Atsuko grinned.
It was a normal smile, but it for some reason scared him.
「Which is why you need to cooperate with us, stupid son」
「Please give me a break, stupid mother……」