Chapter 19 – The Evil Dragon Makes Her Son Stronger (Via Remote Control)【Part 1】

That night, after creating the automatic recovery system.

Mother was in the living room, elegantly performing her [Daily Task] by herself.

“Heeey, Karma. Good evening.”

The door opened on its own, and the Observer, Chekiita, came in.

“Please don’t enter without the homeowner’s permission.”

“Oh, come on. It’s fine, isn’t it? I’m an Observer, after all.”

She was well aware that this woman was inconsiderate.

But for Karma, finishing her daily task was the priority.

Karma sat in her chair, humming with interest as she watched [That Thing] in front of her.

“What are you doing?”

Chekiita moved behind Karma and pressed her absurdly large chest against her with a squish.

“Please stop pressing that suffocating chest against me.”

“There, there… Anyway, what’s that? It’s showing Ryuu.”

What Karma was looking at was a [Mirror].

However, Karma’s own form was not reflected in it.

Instead, Ryuuji’s figure was inside the mirror.

Furthermore, it was an image from a bird’s-eye view.

“Allow me to enlighten your ignorant self.”

Heh heh, Karma made a smug face.

It seemed she had been dying to boast to someone about the wonderful invention she had made.

“This is a video feed sent from the Sky Castle, which I am displaying with magic.”

“The Sky Castle? You mean that thing you made the other day?”

“Yes,” Karma nodded.

“I previously created a system to monitor Ryu-kun 24 hours a day. I then improved that system to record the surveillance footage and transfer it to this mirror.”

“You’re far more of an observer than an actual Observer.”

Chekiita said, exasperated.

“It is because of a mother’s love. It would be a problem if any danger were to befall Ryu-kun, you see. A Mother has a duty to protect her son, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”

“I’ve certainly never heard of a duty like that.”

Chekiita shook her head with a sigh.

“You’re just going to get scolded by Ryuu again and end up all depressed.”

“Be quiet. …Hmm, Sheila has entered Ryu-kun’s room.”

Ryuuji’s room was being shown in the mirror.

Sheila came in, dressed in her sleepwear.

“Oh my, that Ryuu. Is he having a little nighttime tryst with Shii-chan?”

“Hmph, you fool, Chekiita. Ryu-kun is merely discussing his plans for tomorrow’s adventure. A nighttime tryst… Honestly, you lecherous elves.”

Sighing, Karma shook her head.

She had a perfect grasp of all her son’s behavioral patterns.

They always held a meeting about the next day before going to bed.

That aside.

Karma focused on the video.

The surveillance footage even had an audio recording function, so she could hear their conversation.

Her son was sitting opposite Sheila.

I think things have gotten bad recently.

Bad? That’s not true at all. Karma-san’s cooking is always super delicious!

It seemed Sheila misunderstood, thinking her son was talking about his mother’s cooking.

“Very good, Sheila. Plus five points.”

“Points for what? What points…”

Her son explained to Sheila.

I’ve been thinking that my level hasn’t been going up lately.

Ohhh, that’s what you meant.

We’ve only been doing gathering quests lately, right? We’re saving up money, but we’re not defeating any monsters. So we’re not getting any stronger.

Just as her son said, he had only been gathering items lately and not hunting any monsters.

“I wonder why that is?”

“Uh, no matter how you look at it, it’s your fault.”

“What? Me? Did I do something?”

“Well, Ryuu is about to explain.”

Karma returned her gaze to the mirror.

Because of the beams from the Sky Castle, Mom kills the enemies before we get a chance to.

Oh, right. So we’re not getting any experience points.

For the sake of her son’s safety, Karma had created a system where a [Light] would automatically descend and annihilate any enemy that approached Ryuuji.

By this means, her son’s safety was protected.

She had been proud of it, thinking it a wonderful invention, but…

“An unforeseen miscalculation…”

Karma cut the video feed in the mirror and her shoulders slumped in disappointment.

“I-It’s true… because I’m defeating the enemies, Ryu-kun’s party can’t level up…”

H-Huh?! Karma panicked.

“I have to do something about this!”

It was just as Karma was steeling her resolve.

Ryuuji and Sheila came down from the second floor.

“Mom. I need to talk to you for a minute.”

It seemed her son wanted to ask a favor of his mother.

Needless to say, it was probably about the problem of not being able to level up.

Just as I’d hoped! Karma nodded.

“It’s alright, Ryu-kun. Leave it to your Mother!”

Thump! Karma pounded her chest. Her large breasts bounced. Boing.

Ryuuji saw this… and a cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

“L-Leave what to you?”

“I said, please leave it to your Mother. Entrust everything to me. If you do, your problem will be solved in an instant.”

Karma was brimming with confidence.

Several versions of her [Son-Strengthening Plan] were already forming in her mind.

“N-No… Mom. I need you to listen to me.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. If you leave it to your Mother, it will be fine.”

“There hasn’t been a single time where leaving it to you has been fine!”

“It’s fiiine, it’s fiiine.”

“Your ‘fine’ is not fine at allllll!”