Chapter 2: Ever-changing Daily Lives
Translated by BunnyByun
Edited by ArroganceComplex
Episode 41: Epilogue – Mother (T/N: Ominous)
“Please don’t do anything rude.”
“I know, I know.”
“Especially since Sasaki’s father is the president of a heavy machinery company. He’s also a monster of a parent, so please be super careful!”
Wow, what a pain in the a*s.
Two days after Soji’s house meeting, Monday, after school.
It seems that the perpetrators and their parents came to the school to apologize for their actions.
Considering the fact that I live alone, they decided to meet at the school.
The reason for this timing was that they were waiting for Angie to return home.
However, Cheena, Angie, Sawai and his father were in a separate room from us.
I heard that they had already started.
Now I’m going to meet with Tachibana-sensei and the parents of the five second-year students.
Troublesome things are still following me.
I don’t need an apology from their parents, and even if they apologize to me, it just makes me mad.
And probably they will only be annoying and selfish parents.
The teacher and I walked down the hallway to the special classroom.
“Well, sensei, what about my parents?”
“She said she had some business she had to attend to so she’ll be coming a little late.”
“She’s the kind of person who wouldn’t come, absolutely.”
She just goes if she can.
Well, I would be uncomfortable if she came.
While we were having this conversation, we arrived at the venue.
“Excuse me.”
The teacher knocked on the sliding door, opened it, and went inside.
A number of people were already there when I entered.
There were six long desks in the room. There was one at the front of the room, and the remaining five were arranged in two vertical rows, a little apart from it.
There were five desks with three perpetrators and their children sitting at each, and only the Shiori Fan A family had a mother and son.
There were two chairs at the front desk, probably for me and my mother.
Next to them were three teachers: the principal, the head of the grade, and the homeroom teacher of the fan trio.
Is the vice principal or the student advisor from Cheena’s side?
I stood behind my desk and bowed lightly, and introduced myself, “Kagami desu,” before sitting down in my chair.
Oh, there’s tea here. I’ll drink it later.
“Then I’d like to start with everyone here now. Today….”
After Tachibana-sensei joined the line of teachers, the head of the grade school, who was the MC, began to lead the meeting.
She began with a greeting, then explained the background of the incident and how it had been handled, and finally it was the turn of the perpetrators and their children to apologize.
Each parent and child stood up from their seats in turn and began to apologize.
Troublesome.
Most of the parents were sincere and gave me expensive gifts.
But my son was different. Although they all put on an auspicious demeanor, there was a hint of annoyance and frustration in their eyes.
If he had been so remorseful, he wouldn’t have gone through with it in the first place.
After listening to the apologies with about five hundred million sighs, it was finally Sasaki’s and his parents’ turn.
Sasaki’s parents were dressed in glittering clothes and had their arms crossed with a clearly unhappy expression on their faces.
The father didn’t even stand up and opened his mouth in an extremely arrogant manner.
“We will never apologize! Rather, we demand an apology. My son had a cracked rib, but he was unharmed… He was the one who suffered the damage!”
“Well, I was the one who was hit first.”
“So what! So what! Are you saying I’m wrong?”
What…? This is what you call a real parent. The teacher said it was a light punishment for me, but I think it was really these guys who paid off the police. And he’s a shyster.
(T/N: A shyster is a person, especially a lawyer, who uses fraudulent, unscrupulous and underhanded methods/deceptive methods in business [Source: Oxford Languages])
When I was getting frustrated and furrowing my brow, Tachibana-sensei hurriedly intervened.
“You see, Kagami-kun is clearly the victim in this case, and we have the evidence to prove it. You, Mr. Sasaki, have accepted the punishment of suspension from school…”
“I just accepted the settlement! I don’t remember agreeing to the suspension!”
“That’s right! You didn’t fabricate that evidence in the first place, did you?”
Sasaki’s parents didn’t take it well.
I’m not going to provoke them in any way, so I’m going to stand by and watch the exchange with the teacher for a while.
But the monster dad didn’t seem to like it, pointing at me and complaining angrily.
“What kind of people are your parents anyway? Not participating in such an important event is beyond insane!”
“I vehemently agree. Let’s be friends.”(E/N: this is iori btw from what I see.)
“Huh?”
Good. Those who hate my mother are as close as a friend to me, I’ll forgive your rudeness, UMU. (T/N: Arro, I love you~~~)
Just then.
“Sorry, I’m late.”
The door to the room opened and a woman walked in.
She was tall, approximately 170cm in height, with youthful good looks that made her look like she was 20 years old. She had long brown hair.(E/N: ah sht a waifu material, Idk about your thoughts anymore, she has LONG HAIR that’s all I need.)
Her name is Saki Kagami. She’s my mother.
Seriously, she’s here? Why is that poisonous parent here?
Despite my other-worldly level of astonishment, my mother sat down beside me with a graceful gait.
The young teacher who must have led her here closed the door and walked away.
What’s going on now?
I froze in surprise, and the teachers were also surprised by the suddenness of the situation.
In the midst of all this, Sasaki’s father was the first to recover and speak.
“I’m his mother! What the h**l is going on here?…”
“Wait, you!”
But her momentum was stopped by Sasaki’s mother who noticed something.
The wife hurriedly explained to her husband who was shouting.
“That person! Kagami’s mother! Isn’t that Saki-chan from the Queen Dolls by any chance?”
“Nani? That Saki-chan who retired mysteriously?”
Sasaki’s father, who was equally surprised as his wife, took a look at my mother.
The Queen Dolls… were a singing and dancing music group that had become extremely popular just before I was born.
It was also the group that my mother belonged to until she got pregnant.
I’ve heard that they’ve appeared on a few big music shows, so it’s not surprising that they know them.
“Oh, I’m so glad that you know them. It’s been 17 years since I left the group.”
My blood relative replied demurely.
Sasaki’s parents suddenly began to bow and scratch at his super-catty attitude.
“I didn’t think it was really you, Miss Saki…! I apologize for my son’s rudeness!”
“I’ll carry this sin for the rest of my life!”
Don’t tell me they’re going to change their attitude just because they were Saki-chan’s fan?
Hey, hey, hey, what happened to our friendship earlier? Let’s beat the poisonous parents together!
But that wish was short-lived, as my mother had already taken over the situation. There was no room for me to get involved.
“No, no, no, it was my son who was being rude. He’s always been a violent child and I’ve had my hands full with him, so it would have been better if he had been given more moxibustion.”
“Oh no! It is my son who is at fault! Sota, you should apologize too!”
“Yeah! I’m sorry….”
Sasaki apologized in a regretful manner, just like Managing Director Fattah. 大◯田常務よろしく悔し気に謝る佐々木。 (T/N: Arro, you know I love you right? Hehe) (E/N: No I never knew)
Thus, the apology session ended with a series of unexpected events.
～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～
“I didn’t think you’d make it.”
“It’s true. If it weren’t for this time of year, I would have…”
Ten minutes later after the dismissal. I was talking with my mother in front of the main gate.
I hadn’t had this opportunity in months.
My mother was giving me a disapproving look.
While she gives me an unpleasant aura that I can’t believe she’s my own mother and I’m her son, the flowers in our conversation withered without water.
(T/N: Their conversation was so dry and not befitting on how a normal mother and son talk that the ‘flower’ or simply feelings ‘withered’.)
“If you get into trouble, Shiori will be in trouble too. Are you aware of that? That’s why you are…”
“Shiori is the ringleader. And I’m the victim.”
“Well, okay. I was going to settle the case no matter what the teacher did. I won’t let you drag her down.”
“What do you mean, ‘dragging her down’? And what the h**l is this ‘time of year’ you were talking about? Is there something going on?”
“I didn’t say that. Why do you have to make a scene every time you want to?”
Poison Mummy clicks her tongue a little bit and tries to cover it up.
Obviously there is something going on, but it would be useless to ask any more questions.
And I’m sure she won’t answer this question either. But now that I’ve made up my mind, I can’t not ask.
I stared at my mother and asked her a question I didn’t know how many times in my life.
“Hey, why do you hate me so much?”
“Well? Why don’t you ask Yuichi (your father)?”
Chapter 2: Ever-changing Daily Lives
Translated by BunnyByun
Edited by ArroganceComplex
Episode 41: Epilogue – Mother (T/N: Ominous)
“Please don’t do anything rude.”
“I know, I know.”
“Especially since Sasaki’s father is the president of a heavy machinery company. He’s also a monster of a parent, so please be super careful!”
Wow, what a pain in the a*s.
Two days after Soji’s house meeting, Monday, after school.
It seems that the perpetrators and their parents came to the school to apologize for their actions.
Considering the fact that I live alone, they decided to meet at the school.
The reason for this timing was that they were waiting for Angie to return home.
However, Cheena, Angie, Sawai and his father were in a separate room from us.
I heard that they had already started.
Now I’m going to meet with Tachibana-sensei and the parents of the five second-year students.
Troublesome things are still following me.
I don’t need an apology from their parents, and even if they apologize to me, it just makes me mad.
And probably they will only be annoying and selfish parents.
The teacher and I walked down the hallway to the special classroom.
“Well, sensei, what about my parents?”
“She said she had some business she had to attend to so she’ll be coming a little late.”
“She’s the kind of person who wouldn’t come, absolutely.”
She just goes if she can.
Well, I would be uncomfortable if she came.
While we were having this conversation, we arrived at the venue.
“Excuse me.”
The teacher knocked on the sliding door, opened it, and went inside.
A number of people were already there when I entered.
There were six long desks in the room. There was one at the front of the room, and the remaining five were arranged in two vertical rows, a little apart from it.
There were five desks with three perpetrators and their children sitting at each, and only the Shiori Fan A family had a mother and son.
There were two chairs at the front desk, probably for me and my mother.
Next to them were three teachers: the principal, the head of the grade, and the homeroom teacher of the fan trio.
Is the vice principal or the student advisor from Cheena’s side?
I stood behind my desk and bowed lightly, and introduced myself, “Kagami desu,” before sitting down in my chair.
Oh, there’s tea here. I’ll drink it later.
“Then I’d like to start with everyone here now. Today….”
After Tachibana-sensei joined the line of teachers, the head of the grade school, who was the MC, began to lead the meeting.
She began with a greeting, then explained the background of the incident and how it had been handled, and finally it was the turn of the perpetrators and their children to apologize.
Each parent and child stood up from their seats in turn and began to apologize.
Troublesome.
Most of the parents were sincere and gave me expensive gifts.
But my son was different. Although they all put on an auspicious demeanor, there was a hint of annoyance and frustration in their eyes.
If he had been so remorseful, he wouldn’t have gone through with it in the first place.
After listening to the apologies with about five hundred million sighs, it was finally Sasaki’s and his parents’ turn.
Sasaki’s parents were dressed in glittering clothes and had their arms crossed with a clearly unhappy expression on their faces.
The father didn’t even stand up and opened his mouth in an extremely arrogant manner.
“We will never apologize! Rather, we demand an apology. My son had a cracked rib, but he was unharmed… He was the one who suffered the damage!”
“Well, I was the one who was hit first.”
“So what! So what! Are you saying I’m wrong?”
What…? This is what you call a real parent. The teacher said it was a light punishment for me, but I think it was really these guys who paid off the police. And he’s a shyster.
(T/N: A shyster is a person, especially a lawyer, who uses fraudulent, unscrupulous and underhanded methods/deceptive methods in business [Source: Oxford Languages])
When I was getting frustrated and furrowing my brow, Tachibana-sensei hurriedly intervened.
“You see, Kagami-kun is clearly the victim in this case, and we have the evidence to prove it. You, Mr. Sasaki, have accepted the punishment of suspension from school…”
“I just accepted the settlement! I don’t remember agreeing to the suspension!”
“That’s right! You didn’t fabricate that evidence in the first place, did you?”
Sasaki’s parents didn’t take it well.
I’m not going to provoke them in any way, so I’m going to stand by and watch the exchange with the teacher for a while.
But the monster dad didn’t seem to like it, pointing at me and complaining angrily.
“What kind of people are your parents anyway? Not participating in such an important event is beyond insane!”
“I vehemently agree. Let’s be friends.”(E/N: this is iori btw from what I see.)
“Huh?”
Good. Those who hate my mother are as close as a friend to me, I’ll forgive your rudeness, UMU. (T/N: Arro, I love you~~~)
Just then.
“Sorry, I’m late.”
The door to the room opened and a woman walked in.
She was tall, approximately 170cm in height, with youthful good looks that made her look like she was 20 years old. She had long brown hair.(E/N: ah sht a waifu material, Idk about your thoughts anymore, she has LONG HAIR that’s all I need.)
Her name is Saki Kagami. She’s my mother.
Seriously, she’s here? Why is that poisonous parent here?
Despite my other-worldly level of astonishment, my mother sat down beside me with a graceful gait.
The young teacher who must have led her here closed the door and walked away.
What’s going on now?
I froze in surprise, and the teachers were also surprised by the suddenness of the situation.
In the midst of all this, Sasaki’s father was the first to recover and speak.
“I’m his mother! What the h**l is going on here?…”
“Wait, you!”
But her momentum was stopped by Sasaki’s mother who noticed something.
The wife hurriedly explained to her husband who was shouting.
“That person! Kagami’s mother! Isn’t that Saki-chan from the Queen Dolls by any chance?”
“Nani? That Saki-chan who retired mysteriously?”
Sasaki’s father, who was equally surprised as his wife, took a look at my mother.
The Queen Dolls… were a singing and dancing music group that had become extremely popular just before I was born.
It was also the group that my mother belonged to until she got pregnant.
I’ve heard that they’ve appeared on a few big music shows, so it’s not surprising that they know them.
“Oh, I’m so glad that you know them. It’s been 17 years since I left the group.”
My blood relative replied demurely.
Sasaki’s parents suddenly began to bow and scratch at his super-catty attitude.
“I didn’t think it was really you, Miss Saki…! I apologize for my son’s rudeness!”
“I’ll carry this sin for the rest of my life!”
Don’t tell me they’re going to change their attitude just because they were Saki-chan’s fan?
Hey, hey, hey, what happened to our friendship earlier? Let’s beat the poisonous parents together!
But that wish was short-lived, as my mother had already taken over the situation. There was no room for me to get involved.
“No, no, no, it was my son who was being rude. He’s always been a violent child and I’ve had my hands full with him, so it would have been better if he had been given more moxibustion.”
“Oh no! It is my son who is at fault! Sota, you should apologize too!”
“Yeah! I’m sorry….”
Sasaki apologized in a regretful manner, just like Managing Director Fattah. 大◯田常務よろしく悔し気に謝る佐々木。 (T/N: Arro, you know I love you right? Hehe) (E/N: No I never knew)
Thus, the apology session ended with a series of unexpected events.
～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～
“I didn’t think you’d make it.”
“It’s true. If it weren’t for this time of year, I would have…”
Ten minutes later after the dismissal. I was talking with my mother in front of the main gate.
I hadn’t had this opportunity in months.
My mother was giving me a disapproving look.
While she gives me an unpleasant aura that I can’t believe she’s my own mother and I’m her son, the flowers in our conversation withered without water.
(T/N: Their conversation was so dry and not befitting on how a normal mother and son talk that the ‘flower’ or simply feelings ‘withered’.)
“If you get into trouble, Shiori will be in trouble too. Are you aware of that? That’s why you are…”
“Shiori is the ringleader. And I’m the victim.”
“Well, okay. I was going to settle the case no matter what the teacher did. I won’t let you drag her down.”
“What do you mean, ‘dragging her down’? And what the h**l is this ‘time of year’ you were talking about? Is there something going on?”
“I didn’t say that. Why do you have to make a scene every time you want to?”
Poison Mummy clicks her tongue a little bit and tries to cover it up.
Obviously there is something going on, but it would be useless to ask any more questions.
And I’m sure she won’t answer this question either. But now that I’ve made up my mind, I can’t not ask.
I stared at my mother and asked her a question I didn’t know how many times in my life.
“Hey, why do you hate me so much?”
“Well? Why don’t you ask Yuichi (your father)?”
