Reincarnated Into Anime World - Chapter 90

“Sama? I think I’m too used to being referred to as ‘sama’…” The girl, Ririchiyo, replied. She was a petite young girl with thɨġh-length indigo hair, bright violet eyes, full legs, and her cheeks are noticeably chubby, “How many times must I tell you to just call me by my name normally?”

“This is my way of calling you endearingly, Ririchiyo-sama. Any other way of calling you would just be disrespectful to you.” The man bowed slightly and replied.

“Sigh…you’re my husband, not my secret service agent anymore…”

“And I’m absolutely delighted and happy that I am your husband, Ririchiyo-sama.” The man spoke gently with a smile, “It brings me no greater joy than waking up every morning with you beside me in my bed.”

“Pervert…”

“We’re already grandparents, Ririchiyo-sama. We have long past the days of being perverts.”

The man who was chatting with Ririchiyo was named Soushi Miketsukami. He is a tall, handsome young man with white hair, pale skin, and two different colored eyes: his left, gold, and the right, blue.

“I miss our younger child. How many years has it been since we’ve last seen her?”

“Exactly 15 years, 5 months, 3 days, 12 hours, and 55 minutes,” Soushi replied, with super-detailed timings that Ririchiyo didn’t find out of ordinary. She was already used to her husband’s quirks after solving her life problems together, followed by some more decades of marriage.

Although it was already late April, bright pink cherry petals floated ever so serenely down in front of her. An entire forest of lush pink clusters could be seen.

Unfortunately, not many people could witness this sight; only a select group of people could.

“She’s coming back, right?”

“You’re correct, Ririchiyo-sama. Hanako is finally coming back home.”

Ririchiyo looked nostalgically at the scene in front of her. She raised one hand, and a pink petal floated down on her palm, resting there quietly without any breeze blowing.

“I still remember the day she was born. It was also in this season – filled with pretty flowers.”

“And that’s why we named her Hanako, didn’t we? To celebrate the birth of flowers.” Soushi replied.

“Indeed. Too bad Hanako didn’t inherit either of our bloodlines. But perhaps it was a blessing in disguise, seeing that she didn’t have to grow up with much suffering.”

The duo fell into silence once more, enjoying each other’s company quietly. They have no need for words; their relationship has already surpassed the stage where words were needed.

“As it turns out, your theory was wrong.”

“Huh?” The girl was confused, “What theory are you talking about?”

“When we first met officially, you said that anyone who stays here with you will have nothing but unhappiness.”

“Ah…” Ririchiyo thought for a while before eventually nodding, “I have already forgotten about that. Your memory sure is sharp, huh?”

“I will never forget anything related to you, Ririchi-sama.” Soushi bent down slightly to embrace his lover, and Ririchiyo accepted it without a word.

Their little tranquil time was interrupted by a knock on the door, and what greeted their sight was a young woman with a voluptuous figure and very long blonde hair with matching eyes.

She is a woman with delicate facial features, and her eyebrows are cut very short and round – a symbol of nobility. Her hair, tied in a loose ponytail and reaching all the way down to her legs that end in a spiral, had taut bandages to keep it in place.

“Mother, father. Good morning.”

Turning to look at their guest, both let out a smile.

“Good morning to you too, Yasaka. This is a beautiful morning, isn’t it?”

“Indeed it is, mother.” Yasaka bowed as she kept the door open, “Breakfast is ready for us. Do you want to have your breakfast now?”

Ririchiyo nodded, “We still have some time left before picking your sister up.”

“Ah! She’s coming back home today?”

But before Ririchiyo could reply to her daughter’s question, a childish voice sounded from behind, “Who’s coming back today?”

Apart from her very distinct gold eyes and hair, she had two other features that distinguished her from other people or humans in general – her nine golden foxtails and matching ears.

“Kunou-chan. Good morning.”

“Grandma! Grandpa!” Kunou appeared from her mother’s back and ran towards her grandparents, hugging the both of them tightly, “Good morning!”

Kunou’s nine tails weren’t staying still; they instinctively wrapped her grandparents in a flurry of golden, soft fur. But Soushi didn’t just passively allow his granddaughter to wrap her tails around him. His own foxtails also appeared, wrapping the trio all together in one big bundle of white fluff.

Now that both had revealed their tails and ears, Soushi and his grandaughter didn’t look all that different. Apart from their color differences, with one being white and the other being gold, the two looked almost exactly the same, which shouldn’t surprise.

While Ririchiyo didn’t have tails of her own to reveal, it didn’t stop her from enjoying the warmth from being wrapped around by 18 tails.

Yasaka, silently imprinting this scene into her memory, only sighed. This happened way too often, with her parents spoiling her daughter way too much.

Despite that, she didn’t end up being some obnoxious spoiled kid, and Yasaka was utterly delighted about that. Sure, Kunou was still mischievous and playful, but it was understandable that she was still a child.

“So, grandma, grandpa. Who is coming back today?”

“Your aunt.”

“Aunt?”

“Yes. Your mother’s sister, my other daughter, and your aunt.”

“Is she nice…?”

“Very. I’m sure they’re all excited to meet you guys as well.”

“Yay! I’m also very excited to meet them too!”

“That, I’m sure.” Ririchiyo smiled as she carried Kunou down the building, revealing rows and rows of rooms. Quite obviously, along with the number of people walking out of those rooms and heading to a common area to eat, they were currently at an inn.

Being greeted by almost every guest they walked past, they skipped past the common mass area where the guests dined and headed towards the smaller but much homelier dining area for employees.

Technically, they weren’t employees, but eating anywhere they wanted was the privilege of someone who owned this place.

“Good morning Rirchiyo-sama, Soushi-sama, Yasaka-san.” The duo looked at the blond woman who seemed to be in her late twenties who greeted them. The woman had blond fox ears, a matching blond tail, and was in a kimono.

“Good morning, Kiri. How is the inn today?”

Kiri smiled as she replied, “Fantastic. Spring season is always the best time for the inn’s business. Plus, the sakura flowers here are the main attraction of this inn, providing a lot of business opportunities.”

“I see.”

“Kiri-san!” Kunou got down from her grandfather’s embrace as she ran towards the blond fox-woman, her hand raised up in excitement.

“Kunou-chan. Good morning.” Kiri picked up the young girl and spoke, “I see that you’re as energetic as usual.”

“Hehe…” Kunou merely giggled, but that bell-like laughter was enough to brighten up the entire room.

“Well, take a seat, Ririchiyo-sama, Soushi-sama, Yasaka-san.” Kiri offered some cushions for them to sit in a seiza position. It was a traditional way of sitting for an inn, but it was nothing for yokais, royal yokais at that, like them.

Even the young Kunou could do it without complaints. A young girl came in to serve them their breakfast just as they sat down.

“Ririchiyo-sama, Soushi-sama, Yasaka-sama, Kiri-san. Please enjoy your breakfast.” The young girl spoke with a bow, though her face remained relatively stoic.

The girl had long, bluish-purple hair and slanted hazel eyes and was currently wearing a purple kimono that matched Kiri’s own purple kimono. And like Kiri, her own purple fox ears and tails could also be seen.

“You don’t have to be so stiff, Satsuki.” Kiri laid down her kiseru on the table as she commented with a light smile on her face, “We’re all family here.”

“Be that as it may, I’m currently working as an attendant now. So, respect must be given when it’s due.”

Ririchiyo and her husband looked on at the two foxes talking as they ate.

“You have raised the attendants well.”

“Too well, in fact.” Kiri let out a wry smile to Ririchiyo’s comment, “Now, Satsuki hardly ever smiles, though she could be so much prettier if she did.”

“With all due respect, at least talk about me when I’m not here to listen to you speak, Kiri-san.”

“See?”

“It’s fine. Satsuki, you may leave to do your other work.”

“Very well, Ririchiyo-sama. I hope you enjoy the breakfast.”

Ririchiyo nodded, and Satsuki left the room after bowing once more, leaving the room in peace apart from the occasional noise made by Kunou.

“Oh yeah, Kiri, Hanako is coming back today for Golden Week. It’s also time to tell their grandchildren about us.” Ririchiyo spoke, informing Kiri of their plan at the last minute. And as expected, Kiri merely blinked in surprise.

“Hanako? Her children don’t know about us?”

“Well…it wasn’t safe until just recently, so to prevent them from getting into any danger, I convinced Hanako to not tell her children about us just yet.”

“Ririchiyo-sama…” Kiri sighed, “I know you’re worried about our situation, but it’s never a good thing to keep it hidden from your grandchildren. What if they freaked out upon learning that they’re not human? That their grandparents, aunt, and cousins are all yokais?”

“B-But…”

“Ririchiyo-sama, I had supported that decision thirteen years ago, and I will continue doing so in the future,” Soushi hurriedly interjected before Kiri could land more fatal blows on his wife.

Ririchiyo was an exceedingly proud girl in her childhood, coming from a distinguished line of prestigious yokai families and all. Only after meeting Soushi did her pride go down a little, making her the stern but sweet grandmother. Essentially, a non-violent tsundere that emphasized the “dere” part. Not to mention, she also had the stereotypical petite body that did not seem to grow much over the years.

Not that anyone would say that directly to her face unless they had a death wish. The leader of the West Youkai Faction in Kyoto could not be disrespected, after all.

“Sigh, you old couple from the previous generations, what am I supposed to do with you?” Kiri sighed once more as she blew on her kiseru, making Kunou’s face wrinkle up with slight repulsion; a fox’s nose is sėnsɨtɨvė.

“Don’t worry about my family’s situation. We will convince them about it soon. Who knows? They might even inherit my daughter’s genes, which make them only human without any yokai features.”

“Ririchiyo-sama!” But just as the five were idly enjoying their chat, Ririchiyo’s personal attendant came into the room, out of breath and panting heavily, “Ririchiyo-sama! I got news of your daughter’s flight.”

Ririchiyo did not immediately ask for the news, instead opting to calm her attendant down for a while before asking, “I also know about my daughter’s flight happening. She’s arriving in less than an hour, so what’s wrong? Did anything happen to her?”

“The plane that Hanako-san and her family was in…”

“What happened to their plane?”

“It had an accident.” The attendant hesitated a little bit before eventually completing her sentence.

Upon hearing the news, Ririchiyo almost fainted. Her long life filled with multitudes of death didn’t help in one bit when hearing the news of her daughter’s accident.

“Ririchiyo-sama!” Soushi worriedly supported his wife as he asked the attendant, hoping that she would provide something that would ease Ririchiyo’s state of mind, “Is there any good news?!”

“I’m not sure whether you count this as good news, but your grandson…”

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A/N: There are three anime merged into this one chapter. One of them is the literal translation of the title, so what are the other two?

Before you guys comment on your favorite waifus and all, note that the MC will only take girls around the same age or slightly younger as his wives. So no Yasaka. Too bad to all of you Yasaka lovers.

As for Kunou, I’m still debating. She’s in middle school now, so she’s a year younger than MC, but ɨnċėst here is…awkward, I guess.

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patréon..com/spirits_everywhere. We are currently 8 chapters ahead~