Volume 4 - CH 46.1

“Well, son-in-law. How about a dinner party tonight?”

“Heee…”

Now, I’m being surrounded by Hishinuma-san’s family around the dinner table while Hishinuma-san’s father was offering me a lot of alcohol, as I couldn’t say no to him, I drank it.

On the table, there was a sumptuous meal prepared by Hishinuma-san’s mother.

Being treated so well, I started to feel guilty. However, it was too late to tell them the truth.

Aunty said, “Shoryu-kun, try this, it’s Hanarei-san’s homemade dish.“

“Hey, mom…!”

I couldn’t say no to her mother’s words either, so I took a bite of the food Hanarei-san had made.

“How is it?”

“Um, it’s delicious.”

I had already eaten her cooking many times, so I knew how good it was. But I guess she was simply happy to see my reaction, because Hishinuma-san looked embarrassed and shy, while her mother smiled gently at us.

“Fufu, do you think Hanarei will make a good wife?”

“Um, I think she will.”

I didn’t dare to say ‘whose wife she’ll be’, so I tried my best to give a positive reply.

“Hishi.. no, Hanarei is kind and caring, and she’s a beautiful woman who can cook well, so I’m sure that she’ll make a good wife.”

“Ah, ah…”

“Ara ara, you know Hanarei very well, don’t you? Please take good care of our Hanarei for the rest of her life, okay?”

At her mother’s words Hishinuma-san’s face turned red and she looked down.

To be honest, I don’t want to hear such things, at least not now.

I certainly don’t dislike Hishinuma-san, and I don’t deny that I could fall in love with her at the cute gesture.

But even if I wanted to go out with her officially, I had to do something about those three yandere girls.

“Hey, hey, son-in-law. Here, don’t stop your hand. Drink more, this is my special wine.”

“Dad, don’t be so reckless.”

“Hahaha, it’s a happy day, so it is fine.”

“No, Father. Don’t force Shoryu-kun to drink anymore!”

Hishinuma-san got angry at her father.

Huh? Hishinuma-san was calling me by my name.

I guess that’s what her parents called me as well, but I felt very uncomfortable because I had always been a junior-kun to her.

On the other hand, it makes me kind of happy about it.

“Shoryu-kun, are you okay?”

“Um… I’m just a little tipsy…”

“You are not okay, are you?”

It seemed like I was drunk and resting in Hishinuma’s room for a while.

Her parents, by the way, were drunk and passed out in the living room.

“I’m sorry about my parents.”

“Don’t worry about it. I think that’s how happy they are…”

To be honest, I thought that was the way parents think of their children.

My parents were …Um, let’s not think about that.

I don’t want to think about making myself feel anymore worse when I’m already not feeling well.

“Are you feeling better? Do you want to lie down?”

“No, I’m fine. My body is as hard as steel.”

“Hardness has nothing to do with it! I mean, how can you joke when you’re like that?”

“Um, my very existence is like a joke.”

“Self-deprecation out of the blue!?”

Well, to be fair, the current situation around me was already a joke.

I had really bad luck with women, even those three yandere girls were troublesome, but my step-mother was also strange, and now, I had caused a lot of trouble and misunderstanding to Hishinuma-san parents.

I had to reflect on this.

“Is this Hishinuma-san’s room?”

“Yes, it looks like my mother cleaned it, but the interior is still the same as before I left.”

I looked around Hishinuma-san’s room again.

I’ve never been in a girl’s room like this before, so I don’t know what it was like, but I think there were a lot of stuffed animals here.