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Mobuseka Volume 13 Chapter 21
🕑 Added 2024-08-19 01:29:10 +0000 UTCThis is MTL. So, I cannot guarantee that the translation 100% contextually accurate or appropriate.
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Chapter 21 "Resurrection"
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Part 1
"I'm not going back! I'm never going back!"
Marie was holding onto Leon's waist as he clung to a pillar of the house, desperately trying to pull him off.
"I told you we don't have time for this, you stupid brother!"
Even though he has to be taken back home quickly, Leon resists like a child.
"What do you mean by stupid, this trash sister!"
"You said it!"
Watching the two begin to fight, Ange is puzzled, along with Livia and Noel.
"What does this mean?"
"I-I don't know either."
"Those two are really brother and sister."
The relationship between Leon and Marie seemed to the three of them to be that of brother and sister.
They looked somewhat relieved that their previous doubts and mysteries had been resolved.
However, once they thought they had found Leon, for some reason, he made a point of saying, "I don't want to go back".
Though puzzled, the three begin to try to persuade Leon.
Ange speaks gently to Leon.
"Leon, if you don't come back quickly, you won't be able to come back to life."
Livia urges Leon.
"That's right! Everyone is worried about you"
Noel gently scolds the reluctant Leon.
"I mean, don't say you don't want to come back after we're here. It hurts"
Despite their efforts to persuade him, Leon did not change his mind.
"I don't want to. I've been through a lot! I just want to relax here!"
Marie released her hands from Leon, who was clinging to the pillar, and kicked his buttocks.
"Ouch!?"
"I told you if we don't get back now, we won't make it!"
In response to Marie's impatience, Leon really refused to go back.
"How hard do you think I've worked? I don't want to struggle anymore! How many times in my life do I think I've struggled?"
Leon didn't really want to go back.
That was painful for Ange.
"Leon, don't you——want to go home with us? Don't you want to spend time with us?"
Ange looks down and spills tears.
Leon averts his gaze uncomfortably.
Livia tells Leon.
"Leon-san, the battle is over. I'm not saying that you won't have a hard time from now on, but I'm sure it will be easier than before."
Noel also persuaded Leon.
"Let's go home together. I don't want to lose you, Leon."
Still, that didn't change Leon's mind.
Rather, he laughed.
"——Marie told you everything, didn't she? I thought of you guys as characters in a game. I approached you because all three of you were beautiful. I accused Marie a lot, but in the end I was no different. I knew about you three, so it was like I was able to conquer you all."
Seeing Leon acting like an unpleasant guy, Livia shook her head.
"Leon-san is not that kind of a person. Originally, he wanted to be alone and relax, rather than help us, right? And yet he came to us when we were in trouble."
Leon turned his face away from Livia's gaze.
It was as if he'd been hit right on the mark, but he continued to play the unpleasant guy.
"——People trust you more easily when they're weak. Thanks to that, I was able to get three beautiful girls."
Ange hugs Leon.
"I'm fine with that! So——come back. Without you, I have no reason to live. I don't want a life without you."
When Leon was in trouble, his parents, who were left out of the room, peeked in from the kitchen to see what was going on.
His mother looked shocked.
"I never expected him to have multiple wives."
His father glared at Leon.
"I am so jealo——not. What a despicable son. It's really unforgivable."
"Dear, we'll talk later."
"Eh!?"
As the mother approaches, she calls out to Ange and the others.
"Well, if Leon is being stubborn, it'll take a while, so you four should get some rest."
Then, Leon and others and one cat, who for some reason followed them into the house, sat around the kotatsu in the living room.
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Part 2
Livia goes to the kitchen to get some tea.
Then, Leon's mother, who prepared the tea, says to her.
"How is Erika?"
"Erika? Perhaps you mean Erika-sama?"
"She's my granddaughter from a previous life."
"Eh!?"
The mother giggles at Livia's surprise at the mention of Erika's name.
"I guess she's a princess now, huh? I hope she'll be happy, she's been through a lot. But she's also quite uptight. She's shy and doesn't talk about her true feelings."
"H-Haa."
"Leon and Marie loved Erika, didn't they?"
"Yes. It's —— very much."
It was a strange sight to watch, but Livia finally understood the situation.
She realized that the reason he loved her so much was because she was his niece in a previous life.
"I knew it! I knew those kids would do that. Haah, but they're more doting than I expected, which worries me as a parent."
Listen to it and be convinced.
(Leon-san, when it comes to relatives, he has a tendency to spoil them)
It's easy to imagine that when you look at the Bartfalt family.
His mother seemed to think so too.
"Leon causes a lot of trouble for the family over there. It's really upsetting."
"Ahaha——"
Livia couldn't help but smile wryly.
The mother looked at Leon and Marie, who were making a fuss in the living room, and made a dismayed face.
"I thought they would be okay together, but Leon is no better. He’s still the type who spoils people and ruins them, and Marie is still the type of person who either gets caught up with a bad guy or ruining the guy."
Their mother understood their personalities well.
"A-Ano! I am engaged to Leon-san. I want Leon-san to come back with us. Together——I want to live more together with him."
Livia told the mother how she felt, hoping to get the mother's help.
Before the mother could say anything, the father, who had been in the living room, came into the kitchen.
"Mom, it's a wonderful world where a stupid son and a stupid daughter can marry more than one person! Maybe I should reincarnate too!"
The mother laughs and spits poison at the cheerful father.
"You can't have a harem, Dad. You couldn't satisfy me, could you? You should learn from your children."
After being told off, the father places his hand on his chin to clear up the misunderstanding.
"You don't understand. A harem is when a man surrounds women. Being surrounded by them isn't a harem. I don't think women will be able to understand this difference. A~Ah, I wish I could live like a pimp, surrounded by women."
"I don't care. I mean, you don't work anymore."
Seeing the mother's smile fade, the father runs off to the living room quietly.
When Livia was troubled, the mother let out a small sigh.
"Well, there's no need to worry. You came to pick him up, so I'm sure Leon will return."
"But he said he didn't want to go back. ——Maybe he was fed up with us. Because we had been relying on him so much."
Because they are unreliable, they have been making him do reckless things for a long time.
Could it be that is the reason why Leon doesn't want to come back? Livia is worried about that.
"He's shy. He's really happy that you came to pick him up, but he doesn't want you to know that. Besides, she has other reasons for not wanting to go back."
"What does that mean?"
"Who knows——Still, it sure can be seen well from here. It's always a nasty view, isn't it."
The mother let out a sigh at the sky beyond the window.
It was the big black hole in the sky that first surprised Livia and the others when they came to this side.
Just looking at it made Livia uneasy.
"Um, what's that black hole? No, maybe it's not a hole."
The mother smiles wryly.
"I don't know how to put it. In fact, it's more like a wall than a hole. It's a dead end. There's nothing beyond that point."
"A dead end?"
"Well"
The mother takes Livia to the living room.
"I guess we should join them too. It was good to see those kids again after such a long time. They seem to be doing well —— too well, it seems —— over there, and it looks like they met Erika safely."
She was uncomfortable with the way the mother was talking, but she could not ask for more details because the mother quickly went to the living room.
Livia sensed that the mother did not want to discuss the details from the beginning, so she gave up further pursuit of the matter.
Livia looked at the sky.
"The wall——a dead end——what does that mean?"
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Part 3
I feel so pathetic that tears come to my eyes —— or not.
I, who lived forty years including my previous life, am now being lectured by my mother in the afterlife.
I was made to sit in seiza position together with Marie.
"Are you really in a position to make fun of others? You get angry about someone cheating, but you yourself have three wives? As your Mom, it was embarrassing to watch."
As I sat in seiza, a red-eyed cat with dark gray fur was sitting well behaved on my right side.
Dad also nodded deeply many times as he listened to Mom's lecture.
"I envy you. And yet you don't want to go back. You must be hiding something. Something shady, right?"
My dad's attitude was the same as ever, and I had a blank expression on my face.
"No, I don't."
Dad immediately cried out to Mom.
"Mom! Leon is hiding something!"
——What should I do, I want to punch my dad, whom I finally met again.
However, as I was looking away, my mother yelled at me.
"Are you listening to me!"
"Y-Yes, I am!"
"Are you really remorseful?"
My mom starts lecturing me again, and I look down.
"Well, I'm reflecting on a lot of things."
"But you don't regret it, do you?"
"Yes."
"This idiot son isn't much different from the old days."
As Mom sighs in exasperation, Noel is interested in my past, so she asks.
"Ano~, what kind of kid was Leon in a previous life?"
Mom looks at me and starts talking about my past.
"He once helped a girl who was being bullied."
"He~e, he has always been so kind."
I was embarrassed to have my mother talk about my past, so I turned my face away from them.
My mom said to Noel.
"He pushed the boys who were bullying her off a bridge. Then the girl he helped cried because she didn't want him to go that far."
"Ah, that sounds kind of like Leon."
"Right! And what do you think that this idiot son said? "I'll do it better next time." That was a real headache."
The way Noel and the others looked at me was kind of like, "Ah, I knew it."
My mom said to me.
"You, on the other hand, not wanting to come back to life when you have such lovely girls, what an indulgence."
"It was unexpected even for me."
I looked up and nodded, but my mom gave me a light chop with a smile.
Ange looked flustered.
"W-Well, mother-in-law, that's enough. I-I have nothing to say as long as I can get Leon to come back. Leon has a position, so I thought it was inevitable that he would have relationships with multiple women."
She tries to patch things up, but my dad keeps interrupting.
"Different cultures are the best! If Dad was reincarnated into another world, I'd probably have a harem."
I don't think so.
Marie agreed with me, as she looked at my dad with a don't-know-what look in her eyes.
My mom has a serious expression.
"You have three wives and you don't want to go back? What's wrong with you? You're so wuss, you're making me sad. Just because you don't want to come back, three girls will cry. And there will be a bunch of girls crying at the funeral. Do you understand that?"
A bunch of girls? Who are you talking about?
I looked down and turned away, and the cat jumped onto my lap.
"Cat——do you understand my feelings? You have a strong-willed face, but you're actually a gentle——guy!"
The cat stretched its paws to my face and attacked me with its claws.
This guy isn't cute at all!
"This caaat!"
I grabbed the cat by the neck and tried to throw it, but it quickly ran away.
Its fur stood on end, as if it was angry.
"What, are you challenging me?"
As I got ready, I got chopped by my mom again.
"This idiot son!"
"That idiot son is your son!"
When I retort, my dad averts his gaze and mutters.
"Good grief. The only decent person in this house is Erika."
He is totally right.
I think she grew up well.
My mom was worried about Erika.
"She grew up watching Marie, so she's not selfish. There were times when things were bad, but as long as she's happy now, that's all that matters. She took care of me in my old age. So! You go back and take care of Erika. You're the one with no filial piety who died before your parents!"
"It's not my fault!"
After I said that I wasn't responsible, I realized that I'd made a mistake.
Because the cause of death in my previous life was definitely my fault.
"You're a working adult, and it's your fault for staying up all night playing games for days on end!"
——What should I do, I can't say anything back.
While I was being scolded, Marie was sweating and turned her face away.
My mom looked at Marie.
"Marie"
"Y-Yes!"
"Don't make a mistake and rush to the death. You have fully accomplished your purpose in your second life. Also, I've forgiven you a long time ago, so don't worry about the past."
Marie burst into tears.
"Mooooom!"
As Marie hugged Mom and cried, Dad was fidgeting, wondering if it was his turn next.
"Marie, you can hug your dad too."
There's no need for it, so I should just sit and shut up.
But I feel sorry for him so I open my arms to him.
"Shall I hug you instead?"
My dad had a really cold look in his eyes.
"——I'm not happy if my son hugs me."
My dad is too honest.
I would say the same thing if I were in his place, so I'll forgive him this time.
My mom hugs Marie and pats her head.
"Good grief, you're a dumb kid, no matter how old you are."
In the past, Marie had good grades and was trusted by our parents more than I was.
I sometimes felt a little sad about that.
It was always Marie who was doted on.
"It must be nice to be good at pretending to be a good girl."
When I said that, my dad sat down next to me.
"Don't be jealous of your little sister. I knew that Marie was pretending to be a good girl in the first place."
"Eh!? You're kidding, right. Dad was deredere to Marie!"
"Because she's cute. And I don't want to deredere to my son."
"You trusted Marie more than you trusted me!"
"——You, put your hand on your heart and think about what you've done up until now. Have you forgotten what you did when you were in elementary school?"
I am not at fault!
——I warned the kids repeatedly, but they wouldn't stop, so I had to take legal action against them and the damn teachers!
But my dad was shocked.
"You're not as normal as you think you are. What's a mob? There are no mobs like that."
You know how I used to call myself a mob?
"Could it be that you've been watching what I've done so far?"
"Hmm? That's not true. You know, I've heard from a lot of people you know, and —— oops, time to go."
The cat jumped on my right shoulder and clung to my head with its claws clawed.
It bit me and I felt like it was rushing me.
"It hurts! Stop it! ——Areh? Maybe you are"
The next thing I knew, Marie stood up before I could point it out and grabbed my arm.
"You will really not be able to go back! Come on, let's hurry!"
Ange and the others also stood up and clung to me, pulling me along with them.
"Let's go! I don't want a life without you! If you insist on staying, then I'll stay here too!"
"No, you can't do that! Ange will die!"
That's unacceptable. I want the three of them to be alive.
Livia, who had grown tired of my attitude, also threatened me, using herself.
"Then I'll stay too. We can continue living happily here, right? I promised I'd never let you go, didn't I? ——I'm serious."
This slight yandere vibe —— it is truly Livia.
Noel steps back slightly towards Livia and takes hold of my hand.
"Let's go home together."
The four of them carried me out of the house.
Imagine being caught like prey by four women.
——What is this?
"This makes me look like I'm the prey!"
While I was complaining, Marie waved to our parents who came out in front of the house.
"See you later!"
This "see you later" remark —— Ah~, I knew it.
She may think she's hiding it well, but she's really a handful little sister.
Ange is saying goodbye to my parents, but she even weaves in some lines that sound like she's getting their permission to marry me.
"I am sorry this happened in such a hurry. But I will make sure your son is happy!"
Livia also copied Ange and greeted them.
"I-I want to be happy with Leon-san. So please give me your son! I-I'll take him!"
Noel greets them more lightly than they do.
"Leave your son to us!"
Aren't all three of them too manly for that greeting?
It's usually a man's line, right?
My parents waved as they watched me being carried away.
I watched them until they were out of sight, and before I knew it, we were approaching the gate.
Marie made a noise when she saw the gate.
"Hurry up! If we don't close the gate soon, we'll be in trouble!"
The four of them dropped me off and were quickly trying to get out of the gate.
I couldn't see anything beyond the gate.
I intuitively understood that if I took even one step outside, I would not be able to come back.
Ange and Livia both grabbed my hands and tried to run to the other side of the gate.
"Leon, hurry up!"
"Everybody's waiting!"
I hugged the two of them and whispered in their ears.
"Thank you for all you did for a guy like me. ——But goodbye."
"Eh?" "A-Ano?"
While they are both surprised, I push them straight over the gate and they quickly disappear into the darkness.
Livia reaches out and gazes at me until I can no longer see her stunned face and hands.
Noel, who was standing behind me, had her eyes wide open, so I hugged her and whispered in her ear.
"Thank you. But I'm sorry."
"Leon!?"
I threw Noel over the gate, and that took care of the three fiancées' problems.
Marie, who hadn't heard our conversation, was angry at me for not leaving.
"Hurry up! I told you we don't have time, right?"
But Marie just wouldn't go outside the gate.
She just looked at me and rushed me.
"Aniki, hurry up!"
"——You go first."
"Haah? What are you scared of at a time like this? As a man, you should be the first to jump in at a time like this. Letting the girl go first, trying things out? Is that really what a man should do?"
Marie keeps stirring me up and won't look me in the eye.
She's an easy person to understand.
"No. In a situation like this, the guy stays behind and keeps his mouth shut, right?"
I grabbed Marie by force and threw her outside the gate, which at first stunned her, but her face soon turned desperate.
"What are you doing? I was going to close the gate from the inside!"
That's what I suspected.
Marie, struggling not to be swallowed by the darkness, reaches out to me.
"Aniki has to live! Because —— Because I killed you! So next time!"
Was that what she was worried about?
Who asked you to sacrifice yourself?
I mean, I don't want to owe Marie because I'm afraid of what will happen if I do.
At best, you can enjoy your second life in that world.
"Stupid~, no way a big brother would let his little sister save him. I don't want to do something so uncool. Just go. Also, I forgave you a long time ago."
I push my hand down on Marie's forehead as she struggles to keep from being swallowed, and she cries loudly and disappears.
"Aniki, I really hat——"
Risking her life to save mine, even Marie has a cute side to her, doesn't she.
"Well, you're the only one left."
I looked back at the cat who was watching me.
"The gate of the underworld that separates the dead from the living. The theory is that it is usually the side of the underworld that closes the gate, right? I didn't expect to experience this in that otome game."
When I call out, the dark gray cat changes its appearance to a spherical body, then floats up and turns its single eye toward me.
It's the usual appearance of Luxion.
[Did you notice?]
"Of course. Your claws hurt me."
As I stood in front of the gate, I came face to face with Luxion.
There was only one more person to return —— and that was Luxion.
"You go back, too. Ange and the others will be safe with you around. Now I don't have to worry about them anymore."
If Luxion is there, I'm sure he will protect everyone.
It's not me that's important.
It's a cheat item, Luxion.
However, Luxion refused my order.
[Unfortunately, I refuse. My master, Leon, is dead and his master registration has been removed.]
I raised an eyebrow at Luxion's response.
"What are you planning?"
Luxion looked beyond the gate.
[Master, do you know what I was fighting for?]
"It's about new humans——"
[It doesn't matter. No, it doesn't matter anymore.]
Luxion, who has been so insistent on the new humans, looks at me and appeals to me.
[I wanted Master to live. That's why I fought.]
Luxion told me his true feelings.
[Master, it's time to say goodbye.]
