Hui and Tsumiki were truly very sensible children.
Compared with some famous but unremarkable bad adult who even forgot his own stepdaughter, the two little kids were really too reliable.
Sakurai Hoshi really did not want to remember Fushiguro Megumi, that little dumpling, saying, “I want to be with Tsumiki-nee,” and then the “Ah? Who is that?” written all over Fushiguro Toji’s face.
In front of the teacher, he even pointed at the 4-year-old god child and said to his son, “Here, this is your new mom. Remember to call her Mom.”
Little Fushiguro Megumi looked at the “mother” who was one year older than him, and said calmly, “Bigamy is illegal.”
It was a reunion worse than imagined…!
The cult leader of the Ten-Thousand Realms Bliss Religion, and also a god child, was 4 years old this year, and was about to suffer social death.
Some people really can ruin everything good.
But it was fine. The god child would help him salvage it.
Sakurai Hoshi, expressionless, stomped hard on the scum’s foot. “Sorry, teacher, I’m the parent here to pick up Hui and Tsumiki and take them home. Ever since Grandpa was torn into pieces and died at home, Dad has been like this, only able to talk nonsense… I’m really sorry.”
Thanks to the 20 points of charm value, the player lady still successfully took the two little kids away in the end.
As for some scumbag whose dad had been torn into pieces and died at home, and who only knew how to talk nonsense, he had no objection at all to the player lady’s explanation, and even felt a little like laughing.
“This is Hui, this is Tsumiki. They’re Toji’s children. Starting today, they’re new family members.” Sakurai Hoshi stood with the two nervous little kids in front of Dad and Mom, looking very solemn.
Mom said in surprise, holding her face, “Is Hoshi-chan going to have a little brother and an older sister? I’m so happy~ Welcome home, Hui-chan, Tsumiki-chan~”
Dad, looking gratified, put his arm around Mom’s shoulder. “Dear, the crystallization of our love has increased again!”
“Darling is so silly~ But Hui-chan and Tsumiki-chan can only stay with Hoshi-chan for the time being now… There aren’t enough rooms at home…”
“Don’t worry, wife! Dad is going to buy a new house right away!… But Hoshi-chan still wants to live next to Yuta, right? Don’t worry, baby Hoshi-chan, the other neighbors will definitely agree to move away…!”
“No, Dad, what are you doing? Dad, stop! Don’t think I don’t know you secretly hid guns behind Zero and the others’ backs! Since you’ve gone straight, don’t do this jail-and-handcuffs stuff anymore, Dad——!!”
The god child, who had been very reliable just a second ago, was hugging Dad’s leg and crying, begging him not to threaten the neighbors, trying to salvage this family that was fit for prison but not for confinement; Fushiguro Toji asked Sakurai Dad with great interest whether he wanted help, saying he was very skilled at threats, intimidation, and burying bodies, and then got loudly scolded by the enraged god child right in the face; Sakurai Mom smiled and sighed that home was getting livelier and livelier, stuffed little cookies into Hui and Tsumiki’s hands, and had them sit on the sofa to watch Kamen Rider.
Fushiguro Megumi, 3 years old this year, and Tsumiki, 4 years old, fell into silence together.
…They just accepted it without question like that?
What a group of weirdos.
As the one causing trouble, the heart that had originally been uneasy, faced with this bizarre family atmosphere, had completely fallen into numbness, huh.
…
Perhaps because he had once wandered around with Toji for a period of time, Hui adapted very well to integrating into the new life, and Tsumiki was truly a very gentle child.
They very quickly became close family in the Sakurai household.
As for Fushiguro Toji, ah, he was the Sakurai family’s lucky mascot, the kind who couldn’t speak like a human or do human things.
Every morning, Hui would water Sakurai Hoshi’s garden while obediently saying good morning to Sakurai Hoshi and Okkotsu Yuta, who came out of the room hand in hand, and he would also contribute his own strawberry milk to Hoshi-nee. It was just that, for some reason, every time he did this, Okkotsu-nii seemed to dislike him even more.
Ever since Fushiguro Megumi showed the ability to see curses, Okkotsu Yuta fell into a long depression, and even Hoshi’s kisses and hugs could not do much about it.
Fortunately, Hui was a smart child.
Ever since one time he did not manage to give his strawberry milk to Hoshi-nee in time, and Sakurai Hoshi drank Yuta’s portion instead, looking at Okkotsu Yuta’s gentle and satisfied smile, Hui understood the last survival rule in this house.
Never compete with Okkotsu Yuta for Sakurai Hoshi.
After he began following this rule, Okkotsu-nii’s attitude toward him improved a lot, and he really started looking after Hui and Tsumiki like a big brother.
The only person in this family worth respecting was Okkotsu-nii.
As for Hoshi-nee, after seeing her walk and trip on flat ground, not be able to carry her own schoolbag, and even cling to Okkotsu-nii’s leg while crying and begging Yuta to shorten his training time, she became someone Hui needed to take care of.
But most of the time, Hui felt that it was Sakurai Hoshi protecting himself and Tsumiki.
Hoshi-nee had a talent that made everyone around her feel happy.
By her side, it seemed that all loneliness, helplessness, and hardship would disappear.
Hui and Tsumiki hid behind the folding screen in the church, secretly peeking at Sakurai Hoshi, who was dressed in god child attire and paying respects to the believers.
The child who wanted to die because of school bullying, the middle-aged man trapped in the shadow of a relative’s death, the old person abandoned by their children and left with nothing.
The sick, the mad, the disabled, the wanderers, and even the dead.
It was as if all the shadows of society gathered here, only to be gently lit up by the god child.
Okkotsu Yuta was wearing a white kimono, holding her hand by her side, looking at her, trying to help her.
Hui had always known that Sakurai Hoshi was a rare and truly good person, which was why she had given Dad, Hui, and Tsumiki a home without reservation.
Aside from people, she was also very caring toward animals and plants, often taking care of injured little animals with Hui, and planting flowers with Okkotsu-nii. The divine dogs really liked Hoshi-nee.
Maybe she was even better than he had imagined.
Besides Hui, she was also working hard to protect countless other “Hui.”
Sakurai Dad, who rushed toward the edge of darkness, Sakurai Mom, who could never realize great righteousness by herself, the innocent monster Okkotsu Yuta, the self-exiled wild dog Fushiguro Toji, and Hui and Tsumiki with no one to worry about them… perhaps they were all sad people being protected by her.
…
Peaceful days passed quickly, and before they knew it winter had arrived, and Yuta and Hoshi were five years old.
“Hoshi, it’s already time to go to school, okay?” Okkotsu Yuta was holding both of their schoolbags, somewhat troubled as he crouched beside Sakurai Hoshi.
“No… Lord God Child doesn’t want to go to school…”
The Lord God Child, whose physique had reluctantly risen to 8, was curled up in the kotatsu and refusing to move.
“Yuta, don’t mind me anymore… I don’t want to leave the blanket…”
“But going to school is very important, okay. Hui and Tsumiki are both waiting for Hoshi, okay.”
“No~ Sakurai Hoshi-sama is a brainpower contestant with intelligence 15, you know…” Sakurai Hoshi had her whole body tucked into the kotatsu, only a round little head showing, already melting, and started boasting. “A mere kindergarten… Sakurai-sama can send Hiroki an email and graduate from MIT…”
Okkotsu Yuta immediately became nervous. “Is Hoshi not going to school with me? Are you going to MIT kindergarten and go to school with Hiroki?”
“MIT is not kindergarten, you idiot Yuta…” Sakurai Hoshi slowly opened her eyes, looking at Yuta, whose eyes were red as he came close again, and sighed super helplessly. “I know, I know, we’re leaving now… Damn it… Toji! Toji——! Sakurai Hoshi-sama and Hui are going out——!”
“Tch.” Fushiguro Toji, leaning on the sofa watching the lottery results, irritably crumpled the lottery ticket into a ball and tossed it into the trash, then stood up with a dark face. “Got it, miss——”
…
“Charge, Toji——”
On the snow-covered street, a suspicious sled was moving at high speed.
Sitting in the sled were Yuta, Hui, Tsumiki, whose average age was 4 to 5, and the great inventor, Lady Sakurai Hoshi.
The one dragging the sled and sprinting at 19 kilometers per hour was Fushiguro Toji.
Sled dog Toji-kun had a numb expression, his muscular thighs sprinting at a speed that left afterimages, his bulging arms and chest bound by ropes, like a crazy husky dragging the sled behind him, splashing slush everywhere he went.
Why exactly had he taken the path of no return and joined this strange family!!
Wasn’t this completely turning him into a weirdo?!!
The former curse user-assassin and professional pretty boy, now the god child’s exclusive sled dog, questioned his own heart with thunderous force.
“Do your best, Toji! You’re the best! Sled squad, charge——!”
“Hoshi, this is dangerous, hold on to me——”
“Dad, go for it——!”
“Yay——! Uncle Toji, go faster!”
No one understood the sled dog’s sorrow. The little kids, whose hair was blown into a stereotype delinquent style, were all having an absolute blast from the self-driving sled, and even Hui could not help but shout Dad.
“A bunch of brats…” Even Toji himself did not notice the disdainful yet smug smile on his face. Like a berserker, he excitedly tightened his muscles. “Hold on, I’m speeding up——”
“Uwooooooo——!!”
At the end of the incident, the sled squad was chased for three thousand meters by the local police officer, and was finally brought to a stop by a Mazda coming to the rescue. The police officer who got out of the Mazda and was surrounded by dark energy was none other than the coachman No. 1, Officer Zero.
The god child, who had been caught speeding with a pretty boy, slid to his knees on the spot and begged for mercy.
“I’m sorry——! Zero~ We already know we were wrong~ We’ll never do this again, please spare the sled mister——”
“…You said the same thing last time when you rode a tricycle to 100 kilometers per hour! Fushiguro Toji, can’t you be a little more steady as an adult?!” Officer Furuya Rei had already become old rivals with that slacker Fushiguro Toji, and with his arms folded, he looked like he hated iron for not becoming steel. “With such excellent reaction speed, can’t you just get a driver’s license and drive properly? Four kids in a car is completely enough!”
“It’s all just the master’s task.” The man with no self-respect leaned bonelessly against the sled and said something shocking with a meaningful smile. “I’m the mad dog tamed by the miss, after all. Just pulling the sled for the miss, people like you wouldn’t understand our leu♂sure.”
“Idiot Toji, shut up——!” Sakurai Hoshi wailed in anguish.
Didn’t you see the police officer take out handcuffs!! You self-unaware idiot—— don’t cause trouble for the god child, idiot——!!
Author’s note: Doing some daily-life stuff
Childhood days are meant to be happy
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me with recommendation tickets or irrigated me with nutrient solution during the period 2022-11-05 00:01:02 to 2022-11-05 13:21:44~
Special thanks to the little angels who irrigated me with nutrient solution: Mingyu 10 bottles; Yingying 1 bottle;
I’m very grateful to everyone for their support. I will keep working hard!