Living Normally In An Abnormal World - Chapter 63.1: Idle Talk: Mother and Son's Dating Game

Chapter 63.1: Idle Talk: Mother and Son’s Dating Game

“A new game?”

“Yeah~ it’s a dating game this time.”

“What’s the title?”

“It’s called ‘Let’s Fall in Love with My Son!’ or ‘Son Love’ for short!”

“…”

“Ahhhh! Wait, wait, listen to me!”

In front of me, to explain it bluntly, Mana is applying a joint lock on Reina-san.

The reason, as mentioned earlier, is that she brought a dating game involving a mother and her son to a mother who has a son. It’s clearly a declaration of war.

“It’s popular in the media these days, you know, mother x son and son x mother. So, they made this game to ride the trend. It’s not my fault~!”

She was about to hand over the handheld game console to Mana without hesitation, which is why she got angry.

“I want to hear Yuuto-kun’s opinion too, so I brought it here.”

“I see.”

“Don’t worry, Yuuto-kun. This ‘Let’s Fall in Love with My Daughter!’ or ‘Daughter Love’ for short is the one you’re going to play!”

“Sigh.”

Even if it’s just a game, a mentally taxing BL (Boys’ Love) experience is too much. At the very least, I wish the partner were a woman.

“This one is amazing you know~ You raise the child from infancy~”

“Like Tamag○tchi?”

“It’s different. In that game, if you know how to raise them, you can get the character you want, but in this one, even if you raise them the same way, they won’t grow up the same. There are over tens of thousands of random possibilities!”

“Wow…”

“In the childhood, boyhood, and youth stages, you can greet them in the morning and at night, but there’s also a rebellious phase. You can experience in the game that life doesn’t always go your way! And I made it so you can actually talk to them using voice recognition! Ah, but if you don’t want to speak out loud, you can just type on the keyboard!”

“…”

“After experiencing parenthood in the game, you start a romance with the daughter or son. Let’s Son Love!” (T/N: The original was, let’s musuoko!

With such enthusiasm, Mana and I had no choice but to accept the game console from Reina-san.

And then, Reina-san smiled triumphantly.

“By the way, even among the developers, only a few were able to fully complete it..”

As usual huh? The dating games from Libsys are not meant to be completed.

By the way, Yuuna went to play at Yaya-chan’s house with Sanae.

I wanted to go too, but that’s a secret.

“It’s quite the task to raise a son next to your own son and then fall in love with him.”

“It’s even more so to raise a daughter while sitting next to your own mother and then falling in love with the same girl you raised.”

To begin with, it’s not a game you play side by side, but Yuuto doesn’t seem to mind, and he’s already started playing. I can’t be the only one feeling uneasy, so I’ll just play it too.

First, let’s enter my name.

‘Please decide on a name for your son.’

“A name for my son~”

“It’s a tough choice.”

“What should I do?”

“How about Yuuma, taking the first letters of our names, Mana and Yuuto?”

“Hmm, then name the daughter as Mayu!”

“Got it.”

Fufufu, it’s like we’re a newlywed couple.

Well, I’ll fall in love with my son, and Yuu-kun will fall in love with his daughter.

…Wait, that really sounds like a complicated situation to happen in real life.

‘Mom, I mean, Mana! Let’s be happy together!’

For some reason, I was able to complete it normally…

I didn’t use the voice recognition function in front of Yuu-kun though. He probably didn’t want to see me whispering sweet nothings to a game character, and I didn’t want to show him that either.

Yuu-kun seemed to feel the same way, so he was advancing the conversation using the keyboard.

‘It’s okay, I’ll take care of the housework!’

…His personality is similar to Yuu-kun’s.

‘I’ll make you happier than Dad who’s just been by your side!’

…Does she think of Yuu-kun as her dad?

I’ll report this to Reina later.

“Yuu, how’s it going on your end?”

“Not good.”

‘You were ignoring me and talking to Mom just now, weren’t you? You cheater! I’ll have to keep an eye on you so you don’t go anywhere!’

“Mayu’s yandere tendencies won’t go away.”

“Oh…”

My son is raising a yandere.

And my voice was recognized by the game as her mother.

Ah, maybe it was when I was talking with Yuu-kun, the game might’ve recognized my voice as an input. It’s probably the same on my side.

“Ah, I got locked up.”

It seems I got the happy ending, while Yuu-kun got the bad ending.

“What do you want to do? Do you want to delete the data?”

“I’ll keep going for a while. I might be able to restart it.”

‘Don’t think it’s just a game and you can delete it! It won’t disappear!’

“Stop talking to the player out of the blue!”

‘But I want you to love only me!’

“I can’t do that.”

‘Jump over the dimensional wall!’

“That’s impossible.”

…So, this is how far you can go with voice recognition.

“Can I delete it once?”

‘Shut up, idiot! But I love you!’

“Mayu, you’re so cute.”

‘Hehehehe, Mou~ Dad why so sweet~ We’re in front of Mom you know~?’

“Mayu, you’re easy to please.”

‘Mom, be quiet!’

I can’t underestimate dating games.

I might play another dating game with Yuu-kun.

A few days later, when I reported this to Reina, the first thing she said was,

“First of all, don’t play a dating game while sitting next to your son.”

T/N: “Tamag○chi” refers to “Tamagotchi,” a popular virtual pet toy from Japan that was first released in the 1990s. Players care for their digital pet by feeding it, playing with it, and taking care of its needs to prevent it from becoming unhappy or, in some versions, “dying.” The toy was a cultural phenomenon and remains iconic in the context of 90s nostalgia.