episode_0035

“I will take Senior Saya… .”

Senior Saya’s mother stopped there.

I never thought you would say something like that, even if your mouth was torn open.

But Senior Saya was different.

“Junior!!!”

He came running in surprise, helped me up, and shouted at his mother with frightened eyes.

“Do, run away! You’re under attack!!!”

You probably never thought that your mother was the culprit. You speak without any knowledge of the situation.

But the change those words brought was clear.

My mother’s blue eyes wavered, and the next moment I was sitting at the table with a cake in front of me.

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《[Foreign Matter of the World] skill is activated. Something foreign has been discovered.》

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Saya-senpai’s mother is picking at the cake she was happily eating earlier.

I was barely relieved.

Because by leaving me, I was able to confirm that the relationship between Saya-senpai and her mother wasn’t the worst.

“I think I should thank my mother for seeing me like this.”

“… What is it.”

“Senior, you look so pretty, just like your mother.”

“Junior?!”

No matter how I thought about it, it was such an unexpected remark that my senior reacted with shock.

In the case of my mother, she openly put her fork down on the plate to express her displeasure.

But I was able to feel somewhat reassured.

Because this person cares about Senior Saya’s reaction.

It was unknown when he died immediately, but when his wrists were cut and his mouth was torn, Saya-senpai was surprised and immediately turned back time.

I don’t know if he wants to hide his abilities or his prickly personality.

But anyway, just the fact that Senior Saya was there to be a restraint made the difficulty level lower, and gave me one more guess.

Senior’s mother has no mind-manipulating abilities.

If there is, I can think about writing to Nana Saya-senpai and act as I please.

He has that kind of ability, but he seems to have too little patience to endure it.

“My senior is really worried about his mother. He goes inside as soon as he hears that his mother is alone. Because of that, he often gets hurt because he is not good at socializing. But when I came to see him, I understood why he does that.”

“Junior… .”

The senior speaks in a slightly suppressed voice. He looks very embarrassed.

On the other hand, what was it like for my senior mother?

“… Really?”

He was a little bit, but he was definitely happy.

I responded to the story about my senior caring about his mother.

Yes, I am convinced.

This person’s mental age is not that high.

As far as my senior knows, I have lived for nearly 20 years without any interpersonal relationships other than with my senior. What’s more, I have the ability to tear apart anyone I don’t like.

He doesn’t even know how to hide his facial expressions, let alone the basics.

“Of course. So I feel a bit awkward saying this… .”

Back to the original purpose again.

“No.”

“I haven’t said anything yet… .”

The senior’s mother flinched.

Because they already knew that they were going to take their senior away, they reacted ahead of time.

and….

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《[Foreign Matter of the World] skill is activated. Something foreign has been discovered.》

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…wait for a sec.

You’re turning back time just for this?!

I checked the plate in front of my mother-in-law, being as careful as possible not to reveal it. Looking at the reduced amount of cake… .

“When I see you like this, I say to my mother… .”

“Tell me what’s your business.”

Fortunately, I think I was able to continue without feeling any discomfort.

The fact that I can realize this time loop must never be revealed. I am just someone who can turn back time by causing pain just to vent my anger.

I won’t do it because it’s meaningless since I don’t remember it anyway… But if they knew that I remember it, they would torture me and turn back time as much as they want.

I decided to remember the situation by counting the fingers of both hands under the invisible table.

“Actually, Yuna, senior, and one junior from the first year are going to live together. I think it would be nice if Saya senior could live with us too.”

“No… .”

“Senior Saya says she can’t because she’s worried about her mother, but I think it would be nice if we could be a little closer at school and spend time together as members of the same unit. I hope your mother will allow it… .”

“… .”

It’s a meaningless thing to say now, but it would be unnatural if I didn’t say it.

Senior Saya’s mother also knows why I came, but the information I leaked along with it must have had an impact.

“… Are you worried? You me?”

Words to Senior Saya.

He doesn’t realize that his tone is somewhat sarcastic because of his distrust.

Senior Saya said weakly, but with a clear expression of opposition.

“Yes. It won’t work.”

“You can’t do anything on your own… .”

“I wish you would take back what you said.”

I can’t do anything… .

Perhaps it was something he said out of habit.

From the moment I first got lucky, I saw that Saya-senpai’s eyes were dying, so I had to step in.

“Senior Saya is that kind of person… .”

“What the hell are you doing, meddling!!!”

I guess I didn’t have the mental space to just open my mouth and say things leisurely like before.

The tongue, caught in something, was twisted and pulled out. Blood poured out ceaselessly from the torn section.

He lowered his head, thinking he would drown in his own blood, and blood poured out like a waterfall.

Senior Saya ran towards me screaming.

And at the same time, as he was about to shout at his mother with frightened eyes to run away… he realized that his mother was looking at him with her blue-shining eyes.

“… Mom… Ma… ?”

A voice full of distrust.

The senior’s mother must have come to her senses at that voice.

“What…did you do?”

“I… I… .”

“What the… What the… Why… .”

The senior’s words were in disarray.

It’s natural that you can’t understand the situation.

But still, he must have had a clear intuition that this was what his mother had done.

The mouth opens… .

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《[Foreign Matter of the World] skill is activated. Something foreign has been discovered.》

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Back to the past again.

I just started counting my fingers, so I checked that it was about 5 minutes ago.

Given the circumstances… I would have tried to turn back time as much as possible.

So maybe this is the maximum that can be reversed.

5 minutes.

While I was mentally assessing the situation, my senior’s mother suddenly got up from the table.

“Get out. I don’t even want to see you. Buy it, you too… If you don’t want to stay in this house, do whatever you want.”

He turned around after leaving those words behind.

I went into the bedroom and slammed the door. I could even hear the door locking.

Senior Saya, unaware of the situation, smiled awkwardly.

“I’m sorry, junior. Your mother… sometimes acts a little childish… .”

No, it was the child itself.

I had to change my thinking. My senior’s mother had a very low mental age… .

But this makes it certain.

A way to solve the problem between Saya-senpai and her mother.

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A few minutes later, I knocked on the bedroom door where my senior’s mother was.

“Excuse me. I would like to talk to you.”

“Why are you still here? Should I buy it?”

A nervous voice came from inside the door.

“I asked you to buy me something because I wanted to talk to you alone. It’ll take a while to get back.”

The bedroom door suddenly opened.

My senior’s mother, Mia, was glaring at me from inside the room.

The next moment, my body was lifted into the air and sucked into the room. I rolled on the floor as the door slammed shut behind me.

My body didn’t move as if it was crushed by a rock.

Mia, who had changed back into a slip, was looking down at me.

“Who the hell are you? Why did you approach Saya?”

“What do you mean by approaching?”

“… First, one eye.”

The drawer of the dressing table in the bedroom opened and a needle case popped out.

It would be ranked as one of the items that doesn’t match the person in front of me, but I didn’t feel like laughing when I saw the needle slowly slipping out of it.

I endured the moment when the needle slowly dug into my eye, trying hard to hold back my scream.

The pain left me completely blind for a moment, but I soon regained sight in my left eye.

Mia said without erasing her displeasure.

“You, you endure pain so well. It’s so suspicious.”

“I think I’m going to die… .”

“This isn’t the first time I’ve heard of this, but… Well, you wouldn’t know.”

She stretched.

“I’d like to test how well you can endure it, but honestly, I don’t want to hear you scream, so let’s end this quickly. Where do you belong, and why did you approach Saya? If you tell me the truth, I’ll kill you comfortably.”

If my senior heard those words, he would scream.

I answered, thinking it was fortunate that my senior was not around right now.

“I don’t have any affiliation. I approached Saya because I liked her.”

“… Are you serious?”

“Yes. I like Saya-senpai. I really, really like her so much that I can’t imagine a life without her.”

Senior Saya will probably scream if she hears this.

I want to hear that scream, but it’s a shame I’m not around.

“You… What are you… doing with women? Are you in your right mind?”

“I’m sorry to say this to you, Mom, but… I’ve already slept with Senior Saya a lot.”

Mia’s expression changed strangely.

Rather than being angry or dumbfounded, his face looked like he simply didn’t understand what was being said.

“Sleeping… What does that mean…?”

“You said you had sex. If you don’t know how, I can teach you how?”

“… … … … !!!”

I saw Mia backing away as if she had been touched by fire, and I couldn’t help but laugh despite the intense pain in my eyes.

“Mi… crazy… .”

“Please be careful with what you say, as this applies to senior Saya as well.”

My heart became complicated when I saw him actually swallow his words.

“You really want to go out and live… .”

“That would be a good reason too. Right now, I can’t hug you as much as I want because my senior has to go home every evening.”

Although they looked similar, the two people had completely different vibes, but their blushing expressions were exactly the same as Senior Saya’s.

It’s not strange that I’m not immune to these kinds of stories even though I’ve already given birth to a child. Considering my personality, I guess it’s not strange…

“I think I’ll allow you to leave for that reason… .”

“It’s okay if you don’t allow it. Really. There’s nothing I’d be more grateful for if a powerful Awakener like you were by my side. If you could just solve one problem.”

There’s just one problem.

However, if that problem is not resolved, then he is someone who should never be around Senior Saya.

“What, what’s the problem? ”

“Tell Senior Saya that you love her.”

“… Huh?”

I recalled in my head what Senior Saya had said about my mother.

I thought about the look in her eyes when she spoke of her mother.

I remembered the sad voice when he said he hated me.

There was no need to bother recalling what I had just seen.

I was delighted when I heard, “You did well today,” after serving coffee. When I thought I was being attacked, I looked back worriedly.

Even the words that Mia had never heard, that she could never hear again if she turned back time, were probably not harsh words.

“Senior… thinks he is not loved by you. It is absolutely your fault.”

Her great strength and youthful appearance allowed her to remain in a childish state of mind.

There is no way that she could have been a good parent to a child.

“You’re a very violent person, so if you don’t like Senior Saya, you’d get angry. Since you’re an annoying kid who can’t do anything, you’d just teach him to laugh. In the process, you’d even resort to violence.”

I’d like to think that he probably didn’t even use his awakening ability.

But… what will happen?

She is the type of person who can slice and dice anyone just by looking at them. Her ability to attack would be faster than physical assault.

“Senpai Saya didn’t know you were an Awakened One, so at least since you became wise, there was never such a thing. But she was already imprinted on you. There were times when you would mutter, “My mother doesn’t love me.” You didn’t believe in maternal love. ”

What are you talking about, I have to buy it~?” I said with a laugh, but my senior was really thinking the same thing.

“I don’t know for sure, but they say that the realization that you are not loved makes children push themselves. Sadly, it takes a long time for Saya to become good at something. A senior who pushes himself without any talent must have been a source of irritation to you.”

“Ah… No… . I just… .”

I remember wondering why Saya-senpai’s early lyric skills were so poor.

Looking at Senior Saya’s personality, I thought that it couldn’t be true. Isn’t she an innate [Service S+] holder?

I wondered how it happened, but I found out when I got home.

The kitchen was stocked with left-handed cooking utensils, old but well-maintained and well-used.

And Saya-senpai is right-handed.

I really can’t imagine it, but I’m sure Mia was in charge of cooking in this house.

“That’s strange. You probably wouldn’t let Saya-senpai near the kitchen because you were so worried about her being so clumsy. You probably did most of the other things yourself. But to Saya-senpai, that was proof that her mother didn’t trust her.”

I don’t think there’s a chance that Mia doesn’t love Senior Saya.

Because my impulsive and childish nature is somewhat controlled by the thought of not wanting to reveal myself to Senior Saya.

Even when I was really angry, I was scared by Saya-senpai’s scream and the way she looked at me, to the point where I wanted to turn back time.

“So tell me. I love you, Saya-senpai. As a mother, I truly love you as a daughter. If you just say that, you and Saya-senpai won’t have to worry about each other’s feelings and get hurt for no reason.”

“How… How can you say that! How can you say something like that now!!!”

Mia exploded.

“Don’t say it so easily! Don’t say it so casually, just because it’s someone else’s business! Are you dreaming or something?! You’re saying that I accidentally used violence?! Don’t make me laugh!!!”

He said it as if it was unacceptable.

Even if it was a misunderstanding, it’s as if I can’t stand it being taken as some minor mistake.

“Pretending to know! It was my habit to say that I don’t believe in maternal love! Of course! How can I believe it! I’ve never felt it even for a single moment! A monster that looks just like me, that’s all I could think of! Don’t come near me! Don’t lean on me! Don’t rely on me! Don’t look at me like that!!! I couldn’t help but think like that!!!”

His thin throat was quickly wounded by the screams, and his voice became hoarse.

I asked Mia, who was looking at me with a questioning expression.

“Why did it change?”

“What…?”

“There’s no use lying. It may have been like that at first. But it’s not like that now. I don’t know when or how things changed, but you can’t help it now because you value Senior Saya.”

The voice of dissent was weak.

It wasn’t just because my throat was sore.

“On what basis is that… .”

“I’m still alive. You, you can’t stand a second of bullshit.”

It must have been really convincing.

Mia looked dumbfounded for a moment, but eventually began to laugh in vain.

“Aha… I see… . Really… . How on earth did you put up with all this nonsense… .”

“Because I care about my senior.”

“I know! Damn it! I know! I know! How the hell… How the hell can you not like it… . When you come so close to me, when you lean on me so much, when you rely on me so much… .”

Looking at me with such loving eyes… .

Mia sighed and wiped her eyes with her hand.

“So what… . It’s meaningless talk… . Do you think I wouldn’t want that? Do you think I wouldn’t want to say sorry to her? But how can I say it… . The wounds I gave her are still here and there, and sometimes I cry in pain or have nightmares, and how can I turn that around? ”

If you know, please teach me, she said.

“If there’s a way to turn back the wound, please tell me! I… I only have five minutes at most to turn back… !”

This must be because her hostility has completely disappeared.

The weight that had been weighing down my body was gone, and I was able to raise my body.

I moved my free hand and first pulled out the needle stuck in my eye.

“Yeah… . I can’t take that back. It’s already been 5 minutes.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. I came in after taking the regeneration medicine.”

The regenerative medicine is made in Suin.

It has also been previously confirmed through Suin that eye wounds heal quickly.

As the playback began, I felt my eyes tingle, but I held it in and approached Mia.

“I’ll teach you how to turn it back. Just stay still.”

And when I tried to hug her, something sent me flying into the wall. The back of my head might have been shattered, but it was okay because the regeneration potion still had a long time left.

“… You’re a pervert who likes women. Do you think I’d let you come near me?”

“Keep in mind that this applies to Senior Saya as well… Don’t worry. Senior Saya warned me not to fall for my mother.”

“… What is that… .”

Mia had an expression on her face that could only be described as bizarre, but she didn’t resist when I tried to hug her again.

I quietly patted his back and grumbled, ““What is this? What am I going to do with this?””, but I didn’t push him away forcefully.

For a while… .

Eventually, patience will run out.

“What the hell! How long are you going to keep doing this!”

As if replaying what happened earlier, I was blown away again and hit the wall.

This time I was careful to avoid hitting my head.

He answered with a sigh of relief.

“Congratulations, it’s solved.”

“… What are you talking about?”

“It means it’s been 5 minutes since you said your true feelings. Now, even if you don’t like it, there’s no turning back.”

I took out my cell phone with the auxiliary microphone from my bosom and showed it to him.

Mia had an expression on her face that didn’t make sense.

“Senior Saya was listening to everything. She must be running hard right now.”

Perhaps the running practice we did earlier was effective.

As I was finishing my speech, I heard urgent footsteps on the other side of the door. Without even the sound of shoes being taken off, the footsteps were rushing toward this door.

Miss Mia gave me a creepy look.

“You… .”

It wouldn’t have been strange if some curses had been poured out afterward, but fortunately I never actually heard any of them.

Because Saya-senpai opened the door and rushed in, knocking Mia over, and Mia-senpai was busy awkwardly patting her senior’s back as he cried.