Chapter 212 Obu Shinshi (Part 2️⃣)
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
(Shinshi’s POV)
(Hmm…?)
After my bath, I suddenly stopped in front of the bedroom door.
”Master… what’s the matter?”
”No──it’s fine for you to go now. I want to spend the night in peace.”
I dismissed my butler. Normally, this would be the time to adjust tomorrow’s schedule, but it seems he was kind enough to clear the whole day for me. He quietly bowed his head and returned to his room.
”So, who are you? How did you get in here?”
I opened the door and called out softly.
”…Oh, you noticed, huh?”
A voice came from the bed in the corner of the room. Soon, a beautiful woman appeared.
It seemed she had no hostile intentions. I closed the door behind me.
A woman with a very glamorous body. The clothes she wore looked almost like lingerie, exposing most of her skin.
And what stood out were the ‘sheep-like curled horns’ peeking from her long purple hair.
”Wow… you’re a female succubus, huh? First time I’ve seen one.”
”Hm? You can tell?”
”I’m quite knowledgeable in ‘that area.’ Did you come to seduce an old man like me?”
I offered the unusual visitor a seat on the sofa and took out some whiskey from the cabinet. Ice and a glass were already prepared on the table.
”Don’t be so modest. You’re still full of energy, aren’t you? Well, I wouldn’t mind taking some of that energy of yours.”
I poured whiskey into the glass with ice and offered it to the female succubus. She took it slowly, with a somewhat seductive gesture, and took a sip.
”I’m called Obu Shinshi. May I ask your name?”
”Hmph, not bad at all. My name is Doll. I came to see you for something important.”
”After losing my son, I couldn’t even settle down until the funeral. I thought maybe tonight I could quietly reminisce about my son.”
”It’s about that son of yours. Was it Hiroya?”
I instinctively paused with the glass I had brought to my lips. Is this woman called Doll involved in my son’s death?
”I’m not involved in ‘your son’s death in this world,’ you know?”
”──Can you read minds?”
”Was that a bit rude? Can you forgive me? It’s just a bit of a succubus instinct.”
I downed the drink I had been holding at my mouth in one go.
”What’s wrong with Hiroya? He died in a car accident 2 days ago.”
”I know. With Kazumi──Miura Kazumi, right?”
”Did my son take care of you in his lifetime?”
Doll took another sip of whiskey and grinned.
”You were panicking because you couldn’t feel the two souls in this world, right?”
(My ‘power’ is known to her…)
”Of course. After all, right after they died, Hiroya and Kazumi’s souls were reincarnated into ‘the world I live in’.”
(As I thought…)
”Hiroya was reborn as your and Megumi’s child, retaining his memories from this world…”
(‘That world’ me──?)
* * *
The succubus named Doll shared a strange story with me.
In the alternate world where Doll lives, there is a me (apparently named Shinji O’Brian) and a son named Hiroya O’Brien with my wife, Megumi O’Brian.
Hiroya, despite being only 9 years old, is a skilled swordsman.
Ms. Miura Kazumi has been reborn as Kazumi Müller and has become Hiroya’s childhood friend. The two of them are getting along well there.
”I have a question. Is that okay?”
”Go ahead.”
Doll gestures with her palm facing up, presenting it to me.
”The timing doesn’t match. Hiroya just died 2 days ago.”
”Do you think the flow of time between different worlds is uniform and in the same direction?”
I see, that might be the case.
”By the way, that woman Megumi O’Brian… didn’t she go by the title ‘Companion of the Hero’?”
”…I’ve never heard of that… Oh, but she was a member of the hero party that defeated the Demon King. It’s annoying to think about it now.”
”The way you’re making that face, I guess you were on the Demon King’s side, huh?”
”Well, I’m still a ‘Succubus’ after all.”
I pour whiskey into the glass that Doll offered me again.
”Why are you, someone on the Demon King’s side, so fixated on Hiroya? You wouldn’t want to do something that would harm my son, would you…?”
”Don’t worry. For some reason, I’m getting along well with Hiroya, Kazumi, and their friends. ──I have a debt of gratitude to repay too…”
Doll winks as she says this. Normally, I would be suspicious, but my instincts as an explorer tell me ‘it’s okay to trust her.’
(But…)
”I see… Megumi is with the ‘other world’ me… I see…”
”Hey! What’s with the sudden tears?!”
Doll hands me a handkerchief she pulled from her chest.
”Ah, thank you. ──No, even in that other world… Megumi chose to be with me. On top of that, she gave birth to Hiroya… she became a mother again for me…”
I wipe my tears with the handkerchief.
To think that Hiroya could be born by the same mother in both ‘this world’ and ‘that world’──what a strange fate he has.
”Doll, did you come all this way just to tell me that?”
”No, this is where it gets complicated…”
* * *
(Doll’s POV)
(Even if he’s a powerful figure behind the scenes… this handsome guy is still a parent.)
Seeing gim wipe his tears with the handkerchief I handed over made my heart feel a little warmer.
”Anyway, that Hiroya isn’t waking up from his sleep in the other world. So, I entered the boy’s dream, but who would have thought that instead of a dream, his consciousness is synced with his original world’s father?”
”Synced consciousness…? Are you saying that Hiroya──Hiroya’s consciousness is inside me?”
”There’s no doubt about it. Right now, the things you’re seeing are the same things the boy is seeing inside you.”
The attractive older guy stares at my palm.
”Hiroya──If he doesn’t return to that world, will it be a big deal?”
”Yeah. At least, there will be a lot of unhappy women.”
”Then I really have to make sure he goes back.”
He chuckles softly. Ugh, what a charming smile.
”Over there, Megumi is probably worried too… What should I do?”
He looks at me with a serious gaze. ──This older guy really gets on my nerves, always making expressions that stir something inside me.
”Y-You can talk to souls, right? Try directing that power inward? You should be able to contact the boy.”
”I see. ──I’ll give it a try. Just wait a moment.”
The older guy says that and quietly closes his eyes.
The story from the world before continues just a little longer.
And as you might have guessed, Obu Megumi = Megumi O’Brian. Unlike Obu Shinji and Shinji O’Brian, they are the same person.
After being summoned as a companion for Van, Shinji, and Milia on an unexpected additional mission to defeat the Demon King, she couldn’t return to the world and ended up with Shinshi in this world (Shinji). How sad…
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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