The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best - Chapter 105

The last night was spent with Kaori’s relatives (the Nohara family) (New Year’s night, as they will return home tomorrow).

Since it’s the last night, the grandmother and mother-in-law are probing into our family matters, and the relatives are jumping on the bandwagon.

The story of Kaori being rejected is mostly about children, or rather, about our nights together.

I’m very embarrassed, but the women are quite the opposite and are very interested. Kaori also seems to be having fun. Maybe the alcohol is partly to blame.

I eagerly asked Kaori, and she happily answered.

“Taketo-kun is really kind… but it’s not just that…”

I can’t hear anything, I can’t hear anything at all.

“S-so that’s how it is. Well~ if I were ten years younger, I would have asked you too~.”

I feel like a woman who looks about the same age as my mother-in-law is smiling at me, but I pretend not to notice and reach for the pot in front of me with my chopsticks.

“Oh! Taketo-kun, I’ll get it for you. Is this okay?”

“Hmm? Takako-chan… Thank you. Then, that, and that…”

“Ah~ Takako-nee-chan, that’s unfair~! Next time, I’ll make it for Taketo-kun~!”

“Then, I’ll go next~”

“Ahaha. Thank you. Um, why don’t you all stop staring at me and eat… Come on, it’s not fun if I eat alone.”

“””Ye~s.”””

Yeah, I was eating at a table for kids, a bit away from the adults’ table. Mil-san? Mil-san was nodding along next to Kaori.

“Well, well. Is that so? Kaori-chan is the one who usually invites. Oh, I just remembered. I didn’t have any experience with men because I used ‘Childbearing Selection,’ but my friend said it was tough because men hardly ever invited her either.”

“I’ve heard something like that before too. That’s why I thought I didn’t need a husband (a man), but if it’s Taketo-kun, then it’s totally fine. By the way, Kaori-chan, you did well. With this, the Nohara family…”

Oops, for some reason, even the children are eavesdropping on the adults’ conversation. I hurriedly bring up a topic that comes to mind.

“What’s trending at everyone’s school?”

“Um~”

The children keep telling me, “This is cool, that is cool.”, while happily chatting about the latest trends in clothes, music, and games.

The Armed Girls and Taketo-kun are also very popular, such as kind kids. Just as I was relieved that the topic had somehow shifted,

“Kaori-chan, you’re really something~”

“Since you’ve been married, it’s been almost every day, so there should be some signs by now, right?”

“Actually… I’m a bit behind right now, and there’s been a reaction to that too…”

Buh! There was a talk about it a little while ago, and since then we’ve been holding back on our nightly activities, but since last night marks half a month late, there might be a chance. However, since it’s still uncertain, Kaori spoke a bit hesitantly.

The grandmother and mother-in-law look a bit proud as if it were their own matter. I see that expression on their faces. They must be the masterminds. Perhaps they brought it up just to convey that.

I found out later that in this world, when men find out that a child is on the way, they dislike it, and some even resort to violence. I wonder why? But apparently, that’s considered normal.

So, if they notice those signs, many women tend to keep their distance without letting the man notice (either by returning to their parent’s home or spending time in a well-prepared environment).

So Kaori was also watching my expression. When I told her I was happy too, she shed tears of joy and chose to change her plans to spend time with me instead of at her family home.

“Ahh.”

“Is that so?”

“Not bad.”

After a brief cheer, all eyes were suddenly on me. Even the children. I felt an uncomfortable sense of having done something wrong.

*****

“The Shining Boys were really cool.”

At the moment everyone gathered around Kaori, I quietly slipped out of the big room and played a game with Akane-san and Mil-san.

Right now, we are progressing through the dungeon of the General Orc’s castle, which is our target for subjugation. Since it’s a relatively easy dungeon when we go through it as a group of three, we can have conversations like this.

Mil-san? Mil-san is amazing. Even though she was next to Kaori, when I quietly slipped out of the big room and started walking towards my own room, she walked alongside me. I thought my heart would stop.

“I was outdone.”

Hmm, did someone get ahead of me?

“The group that Akane-san nurtured, Crazy Green Tea, has been renamed to Shining Boys, right?”

“Huh? No, that’s not it. That’s the prized child of the Nanjou Group.”

“Are they the prized child of the Nanjou Group?”

“Yeah…”

It seems that the Nanjou Group has some men on their payroll, and among them, they likely chose the outstanding ones who can provide services to women.

It seems that Akane-san thinks that the Toujou Group had been planning it since they got Sawakaze-kun involved.

I thought they wouldn’t consider it acceptable for the Toujou Group to have a one-man victory. Unless it was for something like that, they wouldn’t let a man who was burdened with so much come out into the world.

Thus, it seems that there are no men who would take on such burdens in the Saijou Group.

This is because, like the difference in the gender ratio, the female genes are stronger, and it is believed that the influence of the male genes is almost negligible. I was surprised because I didn’t know that.

“…And I’m still not giving up on that Crazy Green Tea.”

Suddenly, Akane-san’s avatar bursts into anger.

“Just as I thought, the Crazy Green Tea was rejected by the office.”

Akane-san’s avatar looks dejected by my words. Akane-san’s avatar seems lively today.

“…Yeah. But right now, there’s a bigger problem.”

Akane-san is considering a debut in early spring, but it’s a free-spirited male group that is indulgent towards themselves. When Akane-san mentions that it seems difficult to tone their loose… relaxed bodies, Mil-san unusually speaks up.

“Young lady, in that case, why not go for ‘Chubby Boys’ instead?”

An emoticon lightning bolt strikes above Akane-san’s avatar and is looking downcast.

“Is Mil a genius?!”

After that, we quickly cleared the quest and disbanded. Later, I heard from Akane-san that the name of the male idol group was officially decided to be “Chubby Boys.”