Chapter 22: Celebration

Volume 3: Relationship Development

　Dinner that night was gorgeous.

　Shino and Tsumugi had prepared a feast for us.

　Non-alcoholic champagne was also prepared, and the party to celebrate my inclusion in the representative team began.

“Well, my son is really a fine man.”

“That’s right!　　You’re the hardest working person in the world, Soma-chan!”

“Yes!　Every woman in the world wants to be inseminated by your sperm!”

“Hahaha!　Please stop it, father, mother!　Tsumugi!”

　Father and mother were also invited to the celebration. I am grateful to the 3 Rurikawa sisters.

“I will do my…… best? Sperm…..child?”

“Ha ha …… ha ha ha …….”

“Ufufu, Your family is really nice!　I’m jealous!”

　The teacher and Himari’s expressions are subtle. Shino is smiling happily, though.

“I’ve got a present for you, Soma!

“‘Oh, well that’s just great!　Thank you, Father!”

　Father took something out of his bag and placed it on the dining room table.

　It was a figure of an old man, over 70 years old. Who could it be?　Could it be a character from a movie?

“Father, who is this?”

“This is a figure of Morita-san, a janitor who works in the same apartment building as your father. Don’t you remember?”

“That’s amazing!　The beauty of the form and the melancholy in the air are mesmerizing!”

“Hahaha!　I know, I know!”

“Good for you, Soma-chan!　And by the way, mother has a present for you too”

　Wow!　That’s exciting!

“—–Yes, here.”

　Mother placed a stone on the table.

　It looks like an ordinary stone, but is it some kind of special stone?

“Could it be some kind of power stone?”

“No, it’s not. I found a nice stone in the courtyard of my apartment building, so I picked it up and wrote my face on it with an oil-based pen.

　I turned the stone over.

　I see. There’s a smiling face on it!　How cute!

“It’s so soothing to look at!　Thank you for this, Mother!”

“I’m glad you like it.”

Mother smiled with a lovely smile.

　I suddenly looked at the three sisters.

　All of them were looking at me with pitying eyes. Why?

“And by the way, all of Rurikawa-san’s daughters are lovely, aren’t they, Papa?”

“Yeah, I would love to have you as my Soma’s bride.”

　The two of them nodded their heads as they looked at the three sisters, glasses of alcoholic champagne in hand.

　Father, Mother, please don’t say anything too inappropriate or you will be thrown out.

“That would be difficult, Father, Mother!　None of them are quite to my brother’s liking!”

“Is that so, little sister?　What kind of taste does he has?”

　The teacher and Himari’s hands stopped.
　Hey, what are you seriously trying to say?

“You don’t have to tell them, Tsumugi.”

“My brother prefers long black hair, a good cook, a good housekeeper, a gamer, small breasts, virgin, and brotherly love!　In other words, it’s Tsumugi!”

“Haa?　What the hell is she talking about?”

“She’s funny, isn’t she?”

“What do you really think, Yagami-kun?”

{1 [“Small in stature with big tits and a bob in black hair!”] }

{2 [“Stupid gal with blond hair and pigtail hair!”] }

{3 [“A twisted person with short brown hair!”] }

{4 [“Tsumugi is right!”] }

[5 [“A fat, bald, disgusting man!”] }

This is a madness…….

　The first three are going to be a pain in the ass, and the rest are going to be either cisgender or certified gay with pretty bad taste. A family meeting would be inevitable.

　I have no choice……

“Tsumugi is right!”

“Ehene!　See, it’s just as Tsumugi said!”

“Eh?　It’s not that you like your sister, but that’s the type you like, right?”

　Nice Himari!　I was expecting that to come.

{1 [Of course. There’s no way I’d ever consider such a small girl as a woman. It’s more erotic to look at wood.”] }

{2 [“No, I’m looking at Tsumugi with sexual interest.”] }

“Of course. There’s no way I’d ever consider such a small girl as a woman. It’s more erotic to look at wood.”

“Pien!　That’s too much, brother!”

　The three sisters breathed out a sigh of relief.

　It’s safe. This prevents me from being certified as a siscon.

“Long black hair……?　　House keeping skills……?”

　Himari mumbled as she touched her blonde hair.

　We continued to have fun, eating and drinking.

　It was the first time I’d ever been to a party with anyone other than my family, but it wasn’t bad.

　Tsumugi and I walked Mom and Dad downstairs, and then headed back to our room.

　Himari and Shino were starting to clean up.

　Sakurako-sensei was fast asleep on the sofa. She and my parents had drunk a lot of champagne, so they were pretty drunk.

“It’s rare to see Himari cleaning up – I mean, I’ve never seen her do it before.”

“Y-yes!　I’m already second year , so I should be able to do my chores properly!”

　You’ve started to learn from Tsumugi?　I’m impressed.

　As I nodded my head, Shino poked and prodded me.

“It’s a holiday tomorrow, do you have any plans?”

“Hmm?　Tomorrow?　I have a class with Himari until mid-afternoon.”

　I was actually planning to stay the whole day, but Himari insisted, “If I study that hard, my brain will explode!”

　She was going to hang out with Kitahara and the others. There are only three weeks left before the exam, and yet!　Pfft!

“So, what are you doing after that?”

“Well, I’ll play games.”

“So you’re free. Okay.”

　Is this girl deaf?　I said I was going to play games?　I’m not free at all?

　After cleaning up, Himari and the others went back to their rooms.

“‘Oh, Shino. Are you sure you want to leave the teacher behind?”

“Yes, it happens all the time, so it’s fine to leave her alone.”

　Shino didn’t seem to mind at all and went into the room.

Author’s note:

The scene where the mother gave him a stone is based on the author’s own experience.

He said, “I once received a nice stone with a face painted on it for my birthday.”

He was able to put the experience to good use in his work.