“Baishi-kun, you're back.”
As she brought the pre-prepared dishes to the dining table, Izumi Moji looked gently towards the figure at the door, this kind of 'family' life.
It was something she had never imagined.
Engaging in a career she loved, watching her daughter Sawa grow up carefree and healthy, and then having her husband return home after work in the evening.
Now
Although the one playing the role of her husband was a high school student, just thinking about it made Izumi Moji feel a sense of guilt deep inside.
But more than that, there were emotions that were hard to articulate.
“Yeah, I finally managed to take care of everything.”
As for the specifics of what happened, Baishi Chuan certainly wouldn't tell Izumi Moji about helping a JK (high school girl) forcibly rid herself of the resentment within her.
It all sounded so wrong!
Moreover, the supernatural was still too distant from the lives of ordinary people, and there was no need to inform her; he shifted his gaze to the sumptuous dishes on the table.
Grilled salmon sashimi, not particularly good-looking mapo tofu rice, stir-fried asparagus, and a rich bone kombu soup.
It was clear.
Izumi Aunt had indeed put in a lot of effort in preparing the meals, learning to make the relatively easy-to-handle Sichuan cuisine mapo tofu.
However, in terms of presentation.
Baishi Chuan could only say, the intention was commendable.
For a young housewife, he absolutely couldn't dampen her enthusiasm, so he smiled and said, “Auntie, did you specially prepare this mapo tofu? It smells really good.”
“It’s even more fragrant than the ones I found at the Chinese restaurants outside!”
“Really... really?”
Izumi Moji's originally calm face showed a look of surprise upon hearing this, with a sense of secret joy blooming in her heart.
She lowered her head and scooped up some mapo tofu with a spoon.
After tasting a bit, she looked again at the boy sitting across from her, her face adorned with a playful smile. She had indeed been to the Chinese restaurants outside, but as for the taste...
It wasn't as good as he said!
Clearly, he was just trying to make her happy, but for some reason, Izumi Moji felt as sweet as honey inside.
“Dig in!”
#
After Izumi Moji finished cleaning the kitchen.
The time had just passed 7 PM.
The new feature of the dimensional chat group had been activated, allowing members to check in daily for points, random rewards, and the group size to be capped at 10 members.
This established fact notification.
Baishi Chuan didn't pay much attention; after all, there were chat records, and since it was still early, he needed to handle the matter with Hiraki Hanako first, so he took Mary with him.
He arrived at the rental house where she was temporarily staying.
Carrying the keys with him, there was no need to knock. After being purified of her resentment, Hanako's personality had also changed significantly.
Gone was the initial resentment and killing intent.
Noticing Baishi Chuan's arrival.
She rushed to the entrance barefoot, and upon seeing the familiar figure, she managed to control her emotions well.
“Hanako, I don't think I need to introduce you two, right?”
Not blocking Mary behind her, Baishi Chuan entered the rental house, leaving the time for reminiscing to the two urban legends.
The sofa in the rental house was relatively clean.
Once he had some free time, he decisively opened the dimensional chat group. With new members joining one after another, the chat atmosphere became much livelier.
Habitually peeking at the chat records, Baishi Chuan hadn't even had the chance to scroll through them when he was directly dissed by a certain wise goddess...
Poison Island Saeko: I never thought there really was another world; we here are just an ordinary modern society.
Aqua: Of course! Although the world I'm in is terrible, there's no sparkling wine, and I have to work to eat and stay in hotels. Ahhh! Damn high school students!
Ordinary high school student: ?
Sakurajima Mai: Please don't use a shotgun approach!
Aqua: I'm not talking about you guys! I'm talking about that NEET who brought me to another world!
Gabriel: Do you have a bias against NEETs?
Asuna: Ahem...
“Why are all familiar faces?”
Baishi Chuan looked at the familiar nicknames in the chat group, feeling quite strange. It seemed that Poison Island Saeko from the Apocalypse world had yet to trigger a zombie crisis.
Sakurajima Mai-senpai, the fallen angel Gabriel, and even the workaholic from the doujin world, Yuuki Asuna, should have entered the Sword Art Online game.
In the end, one comment from the wise goddess...
Had dissed most of the people in the dimensional chat group; he didn't know if Aqua was just lucky or extremely unlucky?
Not continuing to pay attention to the chat group's content, he shifted his focus to the group chat tool, aside from using points to exchange for the world teleport anchor point function.
There were two new icons.
Check-in.
Store.
“The style is quite simple.”
“Looks like it's about time to check in!”
#
In private, reminiscing, Hiraki Hanako and Mary also shared the details, including the forced exorcism...
When she heard about the changes in Mary's body after being forcibly exorcised, Hiraki Hanako could no longer contain her inner excitement.
Grabbing Mary's arm, she eagerly asked, “What you said is true...”
“As long as the number of forced exorcisms increases, I won't have to worry about sunlight, and I can move freely outside even during the day?”
“Of course.”
Having once been a doll, Mary didn't have the modern societal views, and even when discussing the forced exorcism process, her expression showed no change.
She even found it hard to understand...
Why would Hanako resist something that felt so comfortable?
“Um... I'll think about it.”
Even without a body, the ability to move freely during the day was enough motivation.
Hiraki Hanako looked at Baishi Chuan, the boy who had helped her graduate smoothly, and after a brief internal struggle,
Her fair cheeks flushed slightly.
She took the initiative to walk up to him.
Having learned about this in middle school health class, she was certainly not ignorant in this regard. After taking out the bound holy sword curry stick, even upon witnessing it again,
Hiraki Hanako couldn't help but swallow hard.
Finally...
She lifted her short red skirt, sitting down in the same place where the purification exorcism had taken place last time, forcing herself to endure the complex sensations of being exorcised.
The girl tilted her head slightly, looking at Baishi Chuan, who had decided to save her, and earnestly said, “Sir, please continue... continue helping me... with the exorcism!”