The Saint Wants to Be a Mama With a Hypnosis App - 21

Chapter 21: Cooking with Mama

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“I’m hungry…”

“Yeah, I’m hungry too.”

Thinking back, we hadn’t eaten anything since morning and it was already past 3 o’clock. We had skipped both breakfast and lunch. It was snack time now. We skipped school too and ended up doing… Well. Various stuff. We were so caught up with other stuff that we completely forgot about the track of time and meals. Sure, we drank holy water, cooked mysterious mushrooms among other things. We were both spent. All of my magic power had been drained from me, so it was time to replenish it. 

“How about we go to the convenience store and grab something to eat?”

“No. I’m Sakkun’s Mama now, so I’ll cook something for you, Sakkun!”

“Seika-chan, you’re going to cook for me?”

“Yes! Because I’m your Mama after all! I’ll cook for you, Sakkun!”

I was really happy to hear I could eat Seika-chan’s home cooking. As someone who never ate anything homemade, I really wanted to eat something made by other people solely for me. Ah, right. The bento that Seika-chan shared with me before was handmade by her mother too. I guess I had eaten someone else’s homemade cooking before. Her bento was really delicious. I couldn’t wait to eat Seika-chan’s cooking too… No, wait.

“I think I’ve heard someone say that you can’t cook, Seika-chan?”

“That’s right. I can’t cook.”

“And yet, so confidently said you would cook for me?!”

“It will be fine! Love can make anything possible! Besides, I heard the most important ingredient in cooking is love!”

“Putting love into cooking to make it delicious is something that only works after you actually know how to cook, Mama.”

“Don’t worry! I’ve watched my mother cook before! I will be just fine! Just leave it to me! I will be sure to make Sakkun a delicious homemade meal with all my love!”

Yeah. This wouldn’t work. Just watching someone cook didn’t mean you would be able to gain their cooking skill. I mean, couldn’t Seika-chan at least follow a recipe? Just following a recipe to the T should work…

With a determined puff of enthusiasm, Seika-chan, the beginner at cooking Mama, looked all fired up. I felt a bit bad if I had to rain on her parade, so I decided to let her give it a try first. Besides, I could always support her if anything were to go wrong… Well, not like I could cook either. Still! We would figure something out! Somehow!

“So, Sakkun, what would you like to eat? I will make anything you want!”

“Umm… How about… Hamburg steak?”

“Hamburg steak it is! Alright! Let’s go shopping together then!”

And so, Seika-chan and I decided to go to the nearby supermarket to do some shopping. We were walking side by side, holding hands like a happy couple and for some reason, Seika-chan was humming a little tune. It was the theme song from My Neighbor Totoxx. Oh, wait, don’t get the wrong idea. I said ‘xx’, but I didn’t mean anything inappropriate. It was a perfectly normal movie. Wait, thinking back… Totoxx didn’t have anything below either. I mean, Totoxx was said to be a female, so of course she was perfectly flat down there… I mean, why did people immediately assume Totoxx was a male? Maybe Totoxx wasn’t a papa, but a mama all along.

Totoxx was extremely patient in the movie and had the charisma of a papa, but if Totoxx was actually a mama… That would explain Totoxx nurturing nature. Especially since Totoxx was always looking after the kids and protecting them (or to be precise, its habitat). Indeed. It made more sense for Totoxx to be a mama rather than a papa. Or maybe that was just my own bias talking? Wow… So Totoxx was actually a mama all along? I mean, when I watched Totoxx as a child, I always thought that sleeping on Totoxx’s tummy would’ve felt great. Totoxx’s belly was like a big, cozy bed. Maybe that was my subconsciousness speaking? Maybe I had always hoped to be wrapped up in a mother’s embrace? Well, my Mama’s boobs pillow was much softer than Mama Totoxx belly bed anyway!

Back to the main topic at hand.

“By the way, Seika-chan… You stayed over at my place last night and you even skipped school today. Are your parents okay with it? Have you explained anything to them?”

“It’s all good! I’ve used the hypnosis app on my parents after all!”

Even in my dubious state of mind, I could tell that was anything but ‘good’. But wait, Seika-chan actually used the hypnosis app on them?! So she already planned on staying over at my place from the start? She was surprisingly meticulous in her preparation huh… Well, I didn’t really understand, but I felt a bit scared so I should refrain myself from digging too deep into it. But still, the hypnosis app was really convenient, huh…

“Oh! By the way, Sakkun! Isn’t it about time for you to return Mama’s phone?”

Seika-chan’s smartphone (the hypnosis app, to be precise) was still in my possession. I wasn’t really sure if it was really okay to return her smartphone to her, especially given her tendency to go out of control… I had a feeling Seika-chan might use the hypnosis app without any hesitation. But still, despite Seika-chan’s somewhat wild behavior, she hadn’t used the hypnosis app to commit any crime. Well, she was originally a decent and good person after all. She wouldn’t abuse the hypnosis app (I guess?).

That being said, I was scared the hypnosis app might fall into someone else’s hands by some crazy twist of fate. Just imagining this app being abused by bad people was enough to send shivers down my spine. This app had the power to implant suggestions and made people follow its user’s every whim. The app could be exploited in countless ways. Ideally speaking, I wanted to just uninstall the app, but this app was like a cursed item. I couldn’t find the way to remove the hypnosis app. Maybe there was some sort of mysterious lock that prevented me from uninstalling the app? But…

Just what the heck is this hypnosis app in the first place?

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T/N: Ghibli wiki said Totoro is a male btw.