Reincarnated Into Anime World - Chapter 50

Kaori’s father wasted no time and immediately whipped out his phone to call. All the women here had experience giving birth before, so although this was sudden, Yaeko and Ryouko immediately knew what to do to help my mother deal with the pain.

Meanwhile, although the children were worried, they could not help with anything except comfort my mother.

“Onii-chan, is mummy going to be fine?” Raiha grabbed my hand and asked with tears in her eyes. She was probably frightened by how our mother was writhing in pain as our father tried to support her the best he could.

I was also worried about her since I had never seen a woman going into labor this suddenly before. And all those who went into labor didn’t even show as much pain as my mother did now.

But as an older brother, it was my job to remain calm and collected and not worry my younger siblings any further.

“Don’t worry, Rai-chan. Mummy fine. She is just going to give us two more younger siblings for you to play with and take care of.”

“Really?”

“Really. So don’t worry too much, alright?”

“Umu…I’ll listen to onii-chan.” Raiha nodded her head cutely and spoke softly. The tears around her eyes have already reduced by a little. She wasn’t on the verge of crying anymore.

It was times like this where I was very thankful for Raiha’s and Yuzuru’s maturity. If any other children were to encounter this situation they were in, they wouldn’t have hesitated at all and start crying together with their mother’s yelling.

Although it was a shame that they couldn’t really enjoy their childhood with different ways of thinking, I feel that it’s a lot better than having many younger siblings just crying their eyes out because they couldn’t understand the situation.

Why can’t they all be like Yuzuru or Raiha and stay calm enough to ask their reliable older brother?

Everyone else around us didn’t help us since they weren’t too familiar with us and didn’t want to risk anything with a pregnant woman going into labor, but they did clear an empty path for us and the ambulance.

While I busied myself to try my best and distract the girls from my mother’s suffering, an ambulance arrived within minutes.

Although we were all family (technically), the ambulance didn’t allow us to have so many people on board at the same time. In the end, only my father and Yaeko accompanied my mother on board before it started driving off to the hospital.

Kaori’s parents were in charge of taking care of the children as we headed towards the hospital with a different mode of transport.

Although there was no stupid quest like the one during Raiha’s birth, it didn’t stop me from worrying. Thus, I wanted to rush towards the hospital as fast as possible to ease my worries there.

And I wasn’t the only one.

As we started making our moves, I saw a piece of paper where my mother leaned on my father. I felt a little curious, so I picked the paper up and placed it in my pocket. I would assume that it was either of my parent’s omikuji, so I would read it at the hospital.

If I am wrong, then I’ll just throw it away into the bin.

Without wasting any more time, we hailed a taxi and immediately headed straight for the hospital.

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When we arrived at the hospital, we immediately asked where my mother’s ward was before rushing towards it.

As we turned the corner to the ward that my mother was in, I didn’t see anyone outside, so we entered the room.

On the bed at one corner, my mother was lying down with slight pain showing on her face, though it was significantly better than before already. Both Yaeko and my father were sitting next to her bed and holding on to her hand.

“Ah…Fuu-chan and Rai-chan. It seems that you guys have arrived.” My mother spoke with a smile.

Despite the undeniable pain that she was feeling, she never stopped smiling in front of her children to not worry them, especially the younger ones.

“Mum…”

“I’m fine, Fuu-chan. The doctors have already examined me, and I’m in no danger at all.”

I didn’t reply and just looked at my father, who nodded his head at his wife’s words.

“Did the doctors tell you how long it is going to take before you give birth?”

“About one to two days.”

“I see.”

Since I’m no doctor, father, or woman, I don’t know how pregnancy exactly works. All I know is that women go into labor when the baby is going to come out.

And since I can’t help much with those type of stuff, I’m going to help her out in my own way as I did for her when she was pregnant with Raiha.

“Do you need anything? Like craving for any particular food?”

“You’ve taken care of me when I was pregnant with Rai-chan before. You know what I like…”

“Onii-chan took care of you when I was in your tummy?” Raiha was surprised and asked as she went towards her mother.

“Yes, dear. I think your onii-chan took better care of me than your father did, right, dear?” My mother turned towards my father with a bright smile.

“Well, I was more worried about your mental health than your physical one…” My father’s voice drained off at the end, and he just sighed, “Yes. I don’t even know why I didn’t do what I should have done, leaving Fuu-chan to do everything in the house.”

“Don’t worry, dear. I know you were just too worried about me and your mental state wasn’t too clear after learning about my condition at that time. We’re lucky that our first child was this sensible.”

“Dear…” My father’s eyes were filled with tears at his wife’s kindness, and a pink atmosphere formed around them.

“Well, I’m not looking at my parents flirt with each, so I’ll be outside buying food for my mother.” After informing them, I went out, and closely following behind me was Raiha.

“Onii-chan! I want to take care of mummy as well as you did for me!”

Yep. My sister is this cute.

“Aww…you also want to take care of your little sister or brother?”

“Yesh!” The word that came out of her mouth was unclear as I was currently pinching her cheeks.

“Well then, let’s go get some of your mother’s favorite food.”

“What does mummy like?”

“Mummy’s favorite food when she was pregnant with you is…homemade porridge.”

Now, that’s a problem. Since we were at home when my mother was pregnant with Raiha, I had the opportunity to cook for them. Don’t ask me why my mother was at home instead of in a hospital, but it is what it is.

But now that she was in a hospital, the food that would be given to her is…

Trash. Well, not precisely ‘trash’ since the various nutrients that patients need are still present, but both the presentation and taste would not be up to par.

Although I understand that this was a hospital and not a restaurant, it didn’t stop me from thinking that the food here is terrible.

I wonder if I could borrow a kitchen, though I highly doubted that would work.

“Wait for a second, Raiha. I’m going to ask for permission to go out of the hospital.”

I turned back towards the ward while holding tightly onto Raiha’s hand, and entering the room, my parent’s confused face appeared.

“Fuu-chan? I thought you were going to get some food?”

“Yes, but I realized that the hospital food wouldn’t be good, so I’m hoping to go out of the hospital to buy better food instead.”

Hearing my words, my father frowned a little.

“How far is the place you want to go?”

“Hmm…about 5-10 minutes walk?”

“Nope. Too far for one twelve-year-old child and one six-year-old child to go.”

“Then how about I go with them?” At this point, Kaori’s father spoke up.

With Kaori’s father volunteering to accompany us, my father had no issue anymore.

“Where are you planning to go?” Kaori’s father asked as we walked out of the hospital doors.

“A Japanese style special-of-the-day type restaurant in the Sumiredōri Shopping District. We sometimes go there to eat our meals. Apart from my homemade porridge, my mother also likes some of their dishes there.”

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“Welcome to restaurant Yukihira! How many people would be ordering to-Oh my, welcome, Fuutarou-kun! And Raiha-chan! What can I do for you today?” An equally loud voice similar to my father rang out the moment we stepped into the restaurant.

Turning towards the source of the voice, we found a red-haired man looking at us with a wide smile.

He had long, brown hair swept back, save for a single group of bangs hanging over his face down to his chin.

His eyes were sharp, and he has a slight beard on his chin. His body was well-toned, and he was sporting a form-fitting standard Yukihira cooking uniform.

Yep. This very man was the dad of Yukihira Souma, the main protagonist of Food Wars.

“Good afternoon, Yukihira-san. I see that you’re as loud as my dad as always.”

“Hahaha! So, what brought you here today? And with a new customer to boot?”

“I’m here to get some porridge for my mother. She’s currently in the hospital.”

Hearing my words, I think Yukihira must have misunderstood something as he immediately frowned.

“Oh, it’s nothing like what you’re thinking. Remember that my mum is pregnant?” I reminded him before he could jump to conclusions.

“Oh yeah! So you’re going to get a little brother or sister soon, eh?”

“Yep! And Rai-chan here is very excited to take care of her mother.” I said while patting her head.

“Yeah! Since onii-chan took care of mummy when I’m in her tummy, I’m going to do the same for my sibling!” Raiha spoke with a satisfied smiled on her face before asking with her hands stretched out, “So, can I have one porridge for mummy?”

“Manners, Rai-chan.” Lightly tapping her head, I reminded her, “And it’s ‘one bowl of porridge’, not ‘one porridge’.”

“I’m sorry. May I order one bowl of porridge for mummy, please?” Sticking her tongue out as she rubbed her head, she re-asked Yukihira.

“Haha, don’t mind, don’t mind. Anything else?”

“Um…Miyazono-san, what do you wish to eat?”

“Ohya? Fuu-chan is here!” But before Kaori’s father could reply, another feminine voice arrived from behind Yukihira.

“Tamako-san, good afternoon.” Seeing the woman who arrived, I greeted cordially. She was none other than Yukihira’s wife, Tamako Yukihira.

She wore the Restaurant Yukihira cooking uniform and an apron around her waist. She currently had a white headband around her forehead, ‘pushing up’ her brown fringer so that it didn’t cover her eyes.

And beside her was a boy the same age as me. Souma Yukihira.

“Hello, Uesugi! What did you come to order this time?” Souma asked as he patted my shoulder with a huge grin on his face. He currently sported the same attire as his mother.

“Some porridge for my mother.”

“Ooh! Can you let me cook?”

“Hell no.” Even if he was my friend, I wasn’t going to risk my mother’s life with his cooking. He can be a good cook if he wants to, but none of his dishes would ever come out good with all the weird ingredients he would add randomly in this home of his.

“Aww…so let’s have a cooking competition!” Changing his expression as fast as blinking, he asked me once more.

“Nope. I need to return to my family as soon as possible. So, if you don’t mind, Yukihira-san, could you start cooking? My family is waiting for your delicious food.”

“No problem, kiddo!”

After we ordered our food, we sat down on one of the empty seats and waited patiently.

We didn’t have to wait long before Yukihira went out of the kitchen once more and gave me three plastic bags of food. Thankfully, it was the grown-up male Yukihira who cooked it and not the female Yukihira.

Because Souma’s ability to ‘invent’ new ‘exotic’ dishes came from his mother.

“Thank you, Yukihira-san.”

“Haha, no problem! Don’t m.o.a.n too loudly in the hospital, alright, kiddo?”

“Unfortunately, your food has never made me m.o.a.n before and would never make me m.o.a.n ever.”

“Just wait till you try it, kid. I’ve tried my best to make my food make you m.o.a.n!”

Surprisingly, no one found our conversation weird. If anything, the regulars seated around us were surprised that Yukihira’s food couldn’t make me, a young child, m.o.a.n in p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e.

That sounded very wrong, but you get the idea.

“Okay, that’s just weird. See you, Yukihira-san, Tamako-san. And before you say anything, I’ll have a competition with you next time, Souma-kun.”

“Hehe…I’m looking forward to it.”

“Looking forward to getting beat again?”

“Looking forward to surprising you!”

Hmm…I’m starting to regret competing against him now. Because we had to taste each other’s dishes, while Souma would have a great time tasting my delicious dishes, I, on the other hand, had to taste his unique dishes.

And his dishes were something that even his father hated to taste.

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A day passed since we came back from Yukihira restaurant before it was my mother’s time to give birth.

Since only the father was allowed inside during the birthing process, the rest stayed outside the room.

Surprisingly, even though they didn’t have to, the Miyazono family also decided to stay with us. Probably just to accompany us.

The wait was arduous. No one really spoke a word as time slowly ticked by. Yuzuru and Raiha sat on Shoukoo’s and my l.a.p, fidgeting around while Kaori just sat next to me quietly, a far cry from her usual behavior.

Everyone was anxious. Whether it is for the process of giving birth or for my mother’s health, I don’t know. Though we also had a tinge of excitement present amid the anxiousness in our eyes.

After all, new life would always be welcomed.

This might just be one of the most extended hours in my life when the door suddenly opened, and a few nurses and one doctor came out.

“Doctor!”

“Don’t worry.” The doctor smiled and replied, as if knowing what we were going to ask, “Both the mother and babies are fine. I’ve already said this just now, but I’m going to repeat it to all of you.”

“Congratulation! A pair of healthy female twins were born.”

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A/N: I have zero ideas on how pregnancy works, so if there’s any mistake or wrong information, well, just take it as the plot.

Aaaaaaand with this, we have officially come to the end of the first volume! Phew…this took a few months to complete. To all those who had accompanied me here since the beginning, a big thank you for all your support, be it active ones or the silent ones! Every reader means a lot to me, and I hope you will continue supporting me in future volumes.

Now that I have finished writing this chapter, it’s time to study for my two tests and do my report.

A/R: Infinity and Deception obtained overwhelming support as compared to my other one. I’m glad that you guys liked it, and I will continue to writing for as long as I can help it.