Konbini Ossan Volume 8 Chapter 14 — The Two’s Request
With the battle over, Satira puts the ring she had removed back on her finger.
At once, the dark magical power that had dyed her wings black disperses like mist, returning them to their original white.
“Hmph! Just so you know, it’s not like I forgot the rule of no killing. I held back the power so it wouldn’t be fatal.”
“Yes, I understand.”
In other words, she wants to say that her magic was nullified only because she was not being serious.
As Satira mutters what sounds like a kind of sour-grapes remark, Tio and Tiana walk over toward me.
“I’m sorry, Papa.”
“We lost.”
With sorrowful expressions, the two apologize.
“You’re both fine. If anything, you did very well. You were overwhelming Satira-san at first. You even drew out the power she had been hiding. That’s more than enough of a result.”
Depending on how you look at it, rather than being overpowered and breaking through the second gate, it might be better to say that, despite it only being the second gate, you forced one of the opponents to reveal her trump card.
That in itself is proof of how strong Otogi Trading’s forces are. Considering the objective, although you lost the match, the overall result is not bad at all.
“Then, our reward~”
“Can we have it~?”
When I ask, the two blush deeply and look at me with heated eyes as they speak.
“I want you to kiss me.”
“I want Papa to love me as much as you love Mama.”
And with that, the two make an unreasonable request.
“Um, that’s-”
“No good?”
“We worked so hard~…”
They look up at me with watery eyes, on the verge of tears.
For my part, I want to maintain a proper parent-child relationship with the two of them, so this kind of request puts me in a bind.
It is probably the lingering result of the plan Maria fed them when we first met, the idea that if even one of the three could get their name on the registry, it would be enough.
Still, outright rejecting them could end up hurting them, or worse, make them dig in their heels.
After much deliberation, I arrive at a compromise solution and put it into action.
“Both of you, come here.”
“Wah~!”
“Papa~?”
I pull the two close and kiss them on the cheeks. Not in any inappropriate sense, but as an expression of familial affection.
“Will that be enough to satisfy you?”
“Hm, well, I’ll allow it~”
“Mama also said that if we gradually win Papa over, it’ll work~”
I heard something rather ominous in that statement, but it seems I’ve somehow managed to get through this situation.
Surely it’s not the case that this attitude of theirs has Maria’s official approval… right?
It’s too frightening to ask them directly, so I’ll choose to believe that there’s no way that could be true.
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E/N:
No matter what, the freaky element must not diminish! Is probably what motivated the author to write this shi! And at this point, I'm reluctantly here for it! 🤣
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