Chapter 223: Daughters: “Mom, Sit on My ■■!” p2
Indeed, until the very last step, it was better not to make a definition so easily.
In an organization, in a family, how could it be that all of them wanted to be their mother’s stool, and wanted their mother to sit on them?
However, facing this girl before her, Kujō Mien didn’t know her name for a while.
In the previous exchange among the many daughters, the girl before her had not spoken at all.
Although Kujō Mien had seen her before…
Because the intelligence on the Kujō family’s layout had been transmitted through the black-haired girl’s ability…
But the two had never officially met.
To be on the safe side, Kujō Mien had always placed the information in a secret place, and Kuchiki Mei would go to that place through her ability and take it.
And Kujō Mien would hide in the distance and only leave after seeing the information being taken away safely.
Occasionally, if someone found out, Kuchiki Mei would also use her extremely exquisite assassination techniques to assassinate them in an instant, without even a sound.
Her actions were very efficient, and her movements were swift and concise.
Not only that, but in Kujō Mien’s view, her aura was also exceptionally cold and sharp, like a silent blade.
However, for this black-haired girl to say that Chikari Makoto was too young was a bit strange.
Because from what Kujō Mien could sense, the black-haired girl and Chikari Makoto were almost the same age. At most, she was a year older.
Of course, this abnormality and strangeness, compared to the behavior of those four…
—————Was not worth mentioning!
No matter what, she finally had a small group to huddle with for warmth.
Kujō Mien’s wine-red beautiful eyes looked at her, and she walked to her side and said softly,
“Hello, I’m Kujō Mien. I just recently joined Summer Harvest Mountain.”
“What’s your name?”
Hearing this, Kuchiki Mei said concisely,
“Mei.”
“You can just call me Mei.”
To call her by her first name was very intimate normally, but everyone in Summer Harvest Mountain was family. Kuchiki Mei felt there was no problem with this.
And Kujō Mien, hearing Mei say this, immediately understood that she might not be as cold as she appeared on the surface, but was a warm-hearted girl.
And she couldn’t help but have a deeper good impression of her.
And she said,
“Mei is a nice name. It gives me a feeling of vitality and rebirth, like a bud sprouting from the soil in spring.”
Hearing this, Kuchiki Mei was slightly taken aback.
A look of surprise appeared in her dark beautiful eyes, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks. She said softly,
“Thank you.”
This name was given to her by her mother. Her mother’s appearance in her life was indeed like a rebirth, clearing the clouds and seeing the sun.
Even if that sun was red, it was still her sun.
And it was also the first time someone had praised her name. For this sister who had just joined not long ago, her favorability had also increased.
This made her unable to help but say a few more words.
“Mien, you don’t have to be so careful and reserved.”
As an assassin, Kuchiki Mei had a natural habit of observing every corner of her surroundings, and observing everyone’s expressions and movements.
Although she didn’t know much about social interaction…
But her keenness of observation was first-rate.
Before, she had seen Kujō Mien’s unnatural expression, and after she had knelt before her mother, she had walked to the back.
Clearly, for the members of Summer Harvest Mountain, she was still reserved and careful. But in Mei’s view, all of this was completely unnecessary.
She continued,
“Mother values harmony in the family very much.”
“Before, there was a time when the fighting got a little out of hand, and she strictly forbade it.”
“Of course, everyone’s daily life is very interesting. That was just an accident.”
“If Mien has any difficulties in the future, you can come to me directly. In fact, you can go to any of the sisters. Everyone will help you from the bottom of their hearts.”
Hearing this, Kujō Mien felt the warmth of sisterhood for the first time.
This made her immediately raise her next question.
“Mei, do you know why they’re so keen on being Mom’s stool?”
“What about you? Aren’t you going to be Mom’s stool?”
Although Kujō Mien knew that Mei was a normal person like her, she was also puzzled why the other sisters were so keen on having their mother sit on them.
And she was also puzzled why Mei didn’t seem to be affected at all.
However, the moment she spoke, she saw that Kuchiki Mei, who had been so calm, her motionless pink lips actually curled up slightly.
Kujō Mien’s heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously felt a bad premonition.
And Kuchiki Mei, hearing her words, although her voice was still calm, she could feel that it was more fluctuating than before, with a hint of a flutter.
And she said,
“That’s a reward.”
“As for me………”
“Although I didn’t fight for it myself, I’m not as dumb as Makoto and just charge straight in. Many of the sisters are about to reach A-rank, and some have already reached it, while I’m still at B-rank.”
“So I need to use some……… means.”
“Look.”
Kuchiki Mei extended her slender, jade-like index finger and pointed at Chikari Makoto’s feet.
Following her finger, Kujō Mien looked, but soon a look of confusion appeared. Because besides Chikari Makoto’s shadow, there was nothing else.
But then, she suddenly saw that Chikari Makoto’s shadow had unnaturally twisted and wriggled for a moment.
Her eyes immediately widened.
“Could this be?!”
Kuchiki Mei picked up the conversation and continued,
“That’s right. This is my ability.”
“My ability is night, shadow, darkness.”
“Before, when Makoto ran out from beside me, I had already integrated my ability into her shadow.”
In the battle at the Kujō family, in the fight against Kamishiro Naraku and Kujō Sujin, because of the immense pressure, her rank had also broken through after the battle.
At that time, she had had an idea.
Her assassination skills had reached a perfect level, but against two A-ranks, or multiple enemies, it was still a bit tricky.
It was impossible to kill two at once. It was inevitable that the other would have some reaction.
If she could kill two at once, and have two attacks, then at that time, even with Kamishiro Naraku’s obstruction, Kuchiki Mei could have completely killed Kujō Sujin.
And her mother’s wish would have been fulfilled.
Under this thought, she had advanced to the B-rank critical point, and at the same time, a new derivative ability had been born.
“My new ability, Night Clone.”
“Besides being purely composed of shadow, and its color is black, but besides that, it shares all my abilities, and I also completely share its five senses.”
“When the time is right, I’ll let the Night Clone come out from under Makoto’s shadow and immediately go behind Mom, and let Mom sit on the Night Clone.”
“And since I share the five senses of the Night Clone, it’s like Mom is sitting on me.”
She had never expected that her first use of such a powerful new ability would be in this kind of competition.
However………
Kuchiki Mei was quite glad. If not for the awakening of this ability, compared to her A-rank sisters, she would have had no chance of winning at all.
As the competition grew more and more fierce, Kuchiki Mei’s gaze was fixed on it, preparing to send out her Night Clone.
But she didn’t notice that Kujō Mien, under her feet, the blood was flowing, and it was pushing her to move backward, further and further away.
When she had already moved a certain distance, Kujō Mien’s expression was complicated, and she couldn’t help but think.
Indeed, until the very last step, it’s better not to make a definition so easily.
However, from the moment she had met Kuchiki Mei, she had had this thought, and now, the meaning was completely different.
In her subconscious thoughts, the blood under her feet continued to flow.
“Boom!”
In a moment of carelessness, she bumped into someone.
Kujō Mien’s thoughts immediately returned to reality, but she saw that face that was so similar to her mother’s.
A thought flashed through her mind.
How did Mom get to her side?
Such a good opportunity. Should I immediately get on the ground and let Mom sit on me…………
—————Pah!
That was close. I was almost corrupted by Summer Harvest Mountain’s corporate culture.
Kujō Mien quickly shook her head.
And when she looked more closely, she noticed the unremarkable flat chest, and the shoulder-length twintails.
At the same time, the memory of the person before her immediately appeared in her mind.
————Natsuba Rinrei!
It was the person the Kujō and Natsuba families had joined forces to capture at the Hero Association.
Before, she had only seen her roughly. And the speed of the battle between Natsuba Rinrei and Natsuba Taiga was very fast, and both of them were physical-type abilities.
The dust from their mutual beating was everywhere, and it was impossible to see their faces too clearly.
And later, after her battle with Natsuba Taiga, her face was covered in blood and dust. Even if Kujō Mien had been right beside her, she couldn’t have paid too much attention to her appearance.
It was only now that she had seen her real face and had corresponded it with the one in her mind that she could understand that these two were the same person.
And she also lamented that Natsuba Rinrei’s resemblance to her mother was almost indistinguishable.
Could it be that her mother had seen that Natsuba Rinrei looked so much like her, and had taken her as her daughter?
Or was it………
Was Natsuba Rinrei her mother’s real daughter?
Although her mother looked very young, she was a god. Her real age was quite old.
In reality, regarding the various things about the Natsuba conglomerate…
Kujō Mien knew very little. She only knew that the Natsuba conglomerate had a pair of twin sisters who were going to marry Kujō Sujin before.
And Kujō Sujin had married many times before. It was a rather common thing.
However, usually, after a short time, the so-called wives would die.
So Kujō Mien hadn’t paid much attention to this.
And the real core intelligence and information of the Kujō family, the previous Kujō Mien couldn’t have known.
As for obtaining the layout of the Kujō family, it was because Kujō Mien had had the intention, and after obtaining the power of the Vampire, she had a great restraint on the blood ability.
So, Kujō Mien didn’t understand the relationship between Natsuba Rinrei and Natsuba Hanae.
In fact, she hadn’t even equated Natsuba Hanae with the identity of the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain. In her memory, there was no memory of Natsuba Hanae at all.
The twin sisters that Kujō Sujin had wanted to marry back then, one was Natsuba Rinrei, and the other was just said to be an ordinary person.
And now, Kujō Mien had accidentally bumped into Natsuba Rinrei. No matter what her identity was, it didn’t matter.
She quickly apologized,
“I’m sorry, I accidentally bumped into you.”
Hearing this, Natsuba Rinrei, seeing that it was Kujō Mien, shook her head slightly.
“It’s fine. No need to apologize.”
“If not for the fact that I was distracted, I could have actually avoided it. It’s my fault too.”
Because Natsuba Hanae was present, they had all let down their guard. The place where Natsuba Hanae was was the safest place in the world.
And this letting down of one’s guard, without any defense, was undoubtedly the most comfortable, and could let one’s brain completely relax, without any tension.
So, this had made a mid-A-rank and a B-rank critical point supernatural user accidentally bump into each other.
Of course, with Natsuba Rinrei’s “Red Dragon” physical strength, this slight collision was nothing. With her current rank, even a cannonball hitting her would not harm her at all.
As for Kujō Mien…
Natsuba Rinrei naturally recognized her. In fact, she had a slight good impression of her from the very beginning.
Back then at the Hero Association, she had also helped to save her.
When they realized they had a common battle experience…
The distance between the two immediately closed.
And they looked at the increasingly fierce scene of competition in the distance.
However, although it was called fierce, everyone was controlling their abilities well. They were not using their abilities at all, but were fighting with their pure physical strength.
This made Chikari Makoto, for a moment, actually have a slight upper hand. However, with the presence of Kamishiro Hime, even if she was not a physical-strength-based supernatural user, she was still an A-rank.
The few of them pushed and shoved each other, their faces squeezed together, like a ball of dough.
Rather than a fierce confrontation, it was more like a fun and playful game.
However, the prize for the game was to become Natsuba Hanae’s stool…………
After observing for a period of time, Kujō Mien saw that Natsuba Rinrei had no intention of competing. And she also knew her ability very well.
It was two completely different flames, not an ability that could share the five senses with a stool like Mei.
Could it be…
Was Natsuba Rinrei the only normal person?!
Thinking of this, a spark of hope ignited in Kujō Mien’s wine-red pupils.
“Rinrei, why don’t you go up and fight for the position of Mom’s stool with them?”
“Everyone has gone up. Mei is also using her hidden means. You’re the only one left.”
Hearing this, a complicated look appeared in Natsuba Rinrei’s ruby-like beautiful eyes.
“Why should I go up?”
“I absolutely will not go up!”
“And don’t you think it’s very shameful to be a stool for Hua… Mother, and to be watched by others?”
Natsuba Rinrei subconsciously wanted to call out Hanae’s name.
However, Natsuba Hanae was not far from them, and the vicinity was also full of her sisters.
And beside her was a sister who had just joined.
In this way, to call her “Hanae” would be a bit strange, so Natsuba Rinrei couldn’t help but change her words.
And when Kujō Mien heard her say this…
The spark of hope in her eyes immediately burned into a raging fire.
The only normal person in Summer Harvest Mountain, she had finally found her. She was not alone!
That’s right! If a normal person were to be sat on, and in public, how could they not be ashamed?!
Even if her mother had personally asked to sit on her, she would definitely have refused…………
Hmm… it seems it’s not… impossible…………
After thinking about it carefully, Kujō Mien’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she stopped that kind of imagination.
But to ask for it herself was still not okay.
And so, Kujō Mien began to chat with Natsuba Rinrei. She suddenly thought of a question. As her mother’s daughter, she still didn’t know her mother’s name.
She only knew her identity was the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain. As a daughter, this seemed a bit inappropriate.
And so, she asked Natsuba Rinrei,
“Speaking of which, what’s Mom’s name? Do you know, Rinrei?”
And Natsuba Rinrei was not surprised by this. Hanae had always hidden her identity well. Before, when she had been talking with Kamishiro Hime, she had not known that the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain was Hanae before she had come to the Natsuba main residence.
In fact, she had even mistakenly thought that Natsuba Rinrei was the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain.
After all, a person who was almost universally recognized as an ordinary person, in their perception, had suddenly transcended and become a god. This was an unbelievable situation.
If not for the iron-clad evidence, and the real person being right before their eyes, no one would believe it.
Natsuba Rinrei pondered for a moment. She didn’t hide it, and there was no need to. Kujō Mien would find out sooner or later.
And so she replied,
“Mother’s name is Natsuba Hanae.”
“Her real identity is the Second Miss of the Natsuba conglomerate. If you need her help in the future, you can go to the Natsuba main residence to find her.”
Hearing this, Kujō Mien nodded thoughtfully.
So she’s the Second Miss of the Natsuba conglomerate. In that case, Mom’s talent is truly terrifying. To have reached the divine realm at such a young age………
Wait——————!
She then thought about it, and her brow immediately furrowed.
And on second thought, her wine-red beautiful eyes suddenly widened. She looked at Natsuba Rinrei in a daze and said,
“Rinrei, I remember you’re the First Miss of the Natsuba conglomerate, right?”
Natsuba Rinrei seemed to have foreseen what Kujō Mien wanted to say. She nodded with a blank expression and didn’t speak.
And Kujō Mien, with a look of shock and surprise, continued,
“Mom is your mother, but you’re also her older sister?!!”
“This relationship is too strange!”
Kujō Mien had never expected that the relationship between her mother and Natsuba Rinrei was like this. It was complicated to the extreme.
Looking back, it turned out that the one who wasn’t fighting to be a stool was the most abnormal one!
Could it be that among all the sisters, she was the only normal one?!
And at this time, Natsuba Rinrei pursed her pink lips and said with confusion,
“But your age seems to be older than Mother, but you also call her Mom, right? In this, Hanae and I are only the same age.”
Kujō Mien: “…”
She stood there in a daze, stunned.
Huh………
So I’m not normal either?
For some reason, not only did Kujō Mien’s heart not collapse, but she felt a strange sense of exhilaration from integrating into the group and joining the corporate culture.
Then, she continued to think.
In that case, can I also join the battle for Mom’s stool?
