Ongaku No Shinigami - Chapter 22
“Wow,soclean!”
Wereachedtheairport,andthefirstthinginoticedishowcleantheplaceis,
Notonlythat,there’sevenamallhere.
Wewalktoentrance,andsawtwofamiliarperson,
“Yo,Hibiki,Mitsuba!”
“Mom!Dad!”
Nee-sanruntowardsthemandgavethemahug,
“Hiunc…father,mother.”
“Ahahaha,alreadymarriedtomylittledaughter!”
Momwalktowardsus,andstartedpinchingMeguri’sface,
“Who’sthiscutelittlegirl?”
“I’mShunnMeguri,Hibiki’swife.”
“Ah,ican’tbelievemyuselesssongotmarriedtosuchacutegirl.”
Ha,inmyfamily,ifyoucan’tcommunicatewellwithotherpeople,youareconsideruseless,
Sincemyfamilymembersalwaysworkattheentertainmentindustry,
Nee-sanaswell,she’sjuststartedhercareerasastageactor,
Ificanchooseajob,ithinki’llwanttoworkassomeonewhodon’thavetostanduponstage.
“Hibikiisnotuseless,hegotalotofgoodquality.”
“Oh.Hahahaha!Darling,someonecomplimentedourson!”
“Really!Ourincompetentsongotcomplimented!”
Seriously,that’swhyihatemyfamily.It’snotmyfaultthatihavetroublecommunicatingwithothers.
“Well,enoughtalking,let’sgotoourhouse.”
“House?”
“Yep,wesortofboughtthehouse.”
Wait,doesthatmean,theyaren’tjapanesecitizensanymore?
Youneedtobeapermanentcitizentobuyahouse,sodidthey
“Ofcoursenot,webroughtthehousefromourfriend.”
Phew,i’mgladthatthey’restilljapanesecitizens,ifnot,whereamigoingtolive.
“Sorry,buti’vebookahotel,someandMitsubawon’tbecoming.”
“That’stoobad,butlet’smeetupatarestauranttonight.Oh,bringyourparentsaswell.”
“Ofcourse,Mom.”
“Thanksforhavingus,uncle.”
“Noproblem!CallmeHizu-saninstead!”
“AndcallmeShiemei-san!”
Howembarrassing,toseemyparentsaskingmysenseitocallthembytheirgivenname.
“Hibiki.”
“H-hai.”
“Iknowwhatyou’rethinking.Whenwe’reoutsideofschool,i’mnotyoursenseianymore.”
Thatmeanshismyfriend?
“I’myoumaster.”
That’sworst!
“Thisisourhouse.”
It’snotareallybighouse,anddadsaidit’sa5room-condo,sotheinsideofthehouseisnotreallybigeither.
“You’llbesurprisetoseesomeone.”
“Isitsomeoneweknow?”
“Ofcoursenot.”
Thenwhat’sthepointontellingusthat!
Asweenterthehouse,iheardtwopeoplearguing,
Aboywassittinginfrontofthesofawithagirlnexttohim,
“Caocibai,whatyoudoing!”
“Sorrylah!”
…Ihavenoideawhattheyaretalkingabout?
“Oiwhosayyoucanspeakvulgar!”
“Oh,Mom,Dad!”
Mom!!Dad!!
Ilookattheminconfusion,sincewhendoihavemoresiblings?
“Theiradopted,aftertheirparentsdied,whoisourfriend,wedecidedtohelpthembytakingcareoftheirchildren.”
“Howlong?”
“2years.”
Thatlongandyettheynevertoldus!
Theboywalktowardsmeandlookatmeweirdly,
“Soyou’remyyoungerbrother.”
“Younger?”
Bothofthemlookyoungerthanme,
“Bothofusare16yearsold,sowe’reyouroldersiblings.”
Onlyoneyeardifference!
Wait,howaretheyabletospeakfluentjapanese?
“Now,now,let’snotcauseanotherargument.”
“Dad,howaretheyabletospeakfluentjapanese?”
“Oi,areyousayingmockingme!”
Whatiswrongwiththiskid,hisloudandthinkingofthewrongthings.
Comparetothegirl,whoistalkingverypolietytoMeguri.
“Ourfriendsarejapanese,andtheyhavebeenspeakingjapaneseathomeandenglishoutside.”
Isee,that’swhyhe’sjapaneseissofluent.
“Ah,youalreadyknowme,i’mOtoyaHibiki.”
“Kaido,OtoyaKaido.”
“I’mOtoyaMiku,andi’vealreadyhelpedyouplacedyourluggageintoyourroom.”
“Ah,thankyou.”
“Now,doanyofyouhaveplacesyouwanttogo?”
Notreally,iwasnottoldthatweweregoingtosingapore,butifihaveaplacetogo
“Iwouldliketogotoaplacethatsellsmanga.”
