We enter Ai’s house bustling.
Yo-chan, what to do? Want it right away? Where do you want it?
What are we doing? Of course, it’s sex.
Ai starts trembling again.
Shuffle
I whisper to Ai’s ears.
No, let’s not go right away. I’d like to explain it to Ai’s mother a bit more
Like, why I’m here and why I want to deflower Ai here.
No, I don’t expect her to understand, but I’d like to explain it to her before anything.
A small courtesy.
Oh, looks like this is the dining room, Then, how about we drink some tea in this room?
Kana-senpai peeked at the room at the end of the corridor and said.
Yeah, let’s do that. We need Ai’s mother to calm down as we explain. Please listen to what’s going on
haa
Ai’s mother is controlled using Yomi’s power.
Then, let’s go over there!
Yomi said. And so she’ll follow.
Ai, let’s go
I grab Ai’s arm and bring her with us.
I ordered her to not speak, and so Ai follows me obediently.
Edie locks the entrance. She also placed in the chains.
Katsuko-nee’s also looking around the house.
Oh, bring out the foldable chairs from there. I don’t think everyone can sit without those
Okay
Nei said. Luna brings in foldable chairs and lines them up.
They’re a three-member family, and so they only have three chairs in the dining room.
I guess the foldable chairs are for the visitors.
Maybe for Ai’s grandfather or other relatives?
Other than the foldable chairs, there are only three ordinary ones.
And I’ll be taking this sofa
Kana-senpai sits down on the sofa facing the TV.
Then, I’ll go there too
Nei also sits on the sofa.
Oh, please sit there Ai’s mom
I urge Ai’s mother to take a seat.
Yes, please take a seat
O-Okay
Yomi orders. Ai’s mother sits down.
Ai will sit next to me. Hmm, Yomi and Katsuko-nee, sit over here
Yomi needs to keep things in check.
I need Katsuko-nee to follow me up if I can’t explain things.
And I’ll remain standing
Edie said.
Then, take that last seat Luna
Okay, Nii-san
Luna sits down next to Yomi.
This is to make sure that she can send her power to Yomi.
Oh, sorry to ask you Ai but could you prepare tea for everyone?
I tell Ai.
Either way, we want to drink tea and talk calmly.
if you want tea, then I could prepare it
Ai’s mother said.
No, we have to talk to you so, Ai, if you’d please
Ai looks confused.
Oh, do you have a problem? You can now talk but do it gently. Don’t make a fuss and speak slowly
Then.
i don’t know how to prepare tea
Huh?
uhm, Mama always does it
Oh right. Geez.
Then, I.
No, stay there, please. Hmm
I’ll teach her how
Edie smiled.
You need to learn how to prepare tea at least!
Edie stands out as a warrior, but.
Actually, she’s a talented woman who knows a lot and can do more.
She’s almighty.
Usually, Katsuko-nee, Mana, or Ruriko do housework, but.
Everyone who watches from the sides learns from them.
Besides, they can look it up on the net and try it themselves.
Yeah. Please. Ai, learn from Edie how to prepare tea
There’s the Kitchen, right? Let’s go
O-Okay
Ai and Edie went to the kitchen.
Now then.
How do we begin this conversation?
Oh my, that’s a lot of photos. Is this man in the picture your husband?
Katsuko-nee points at the photos placed on the wall of the dining room.
yes. My husband’s a mountain clumber
Right. Ai’s mother is a mountain climber.
Yeah, it’s a fortyear-old man with a firm physique and wearing glasses poses triumphantly on top of a mountain.
This must be a commemorative photo for conquering the summit.
But, there are no photos of snowy mountains
Katsuko-nee’s right.
The photos are mostly green and summer mountains.
There’s not a single photo of a winter mountain.
I had him promise not to climb snowy mountains. Our child is still small, and it’s a problem if anything happens to him
Calling her first-year high school daughter, Small. Hmm.
To Ai’s mother, she’s still a small child.
Is that so? Did you know that mountains are a symbol of punishments in Christianity?
Katsuko-nee smiled.
No.
That’s because in the bible’s beginnings, God created the world in seven days, or so the story reads. And in that time, God created the heaven and earth, but there was no description of mountains in his creation
huh?
And then, in the middle ages, the scholars did all that they can to study the bible, and they found out that the first time mountains were mentioned was during Noah’s ark. You do know Noah’s ark, don’t you?
Well, yes
After the massive flood, Noah’s ark drifted ashore the summit of the mountain. That was the first mention of it. Therefore, Christianity says that mountains were made after the great flood
is that so?
Yes. The flood was God’s method of purging away the sinful people. Noah, who is loyal to God, his family, and the animals were saved in flood. That means the flood was made to wash away the sins of the people.Therefore, the mountain has become the symbol of punishments
haa
Ai’s mother is confused.
It’s different, though. Christian bible was made by the Palestine people who live in the desert lands. They just had no mountains. There are no mountains in the area they live in so they couldn’t describe them. But, the European scholars desperately ask, when did God create mountains, that’s because Europe is filled with mountains. Why are there no mountains in the writings? They worried about it. Funny. Isn’t it?
Katsuko-nee laughed. Ai’s mother is looking confused.
And then, Europeans never went mountain climbing until the modern age. Hunters may enter the mountains to catch some prey, but they won’t go all the way up to the dangerous locations just for it. Much less ordinary villagers, they only move around the foot of the mountain as it’s close to their area. Climbing the mountain to reach the top is just a modern-day sport. Other than Europe, huge mountains are an object of worship, and the purposed placing of shrines on the summit of mountains created a generalization that still remains to this day Oh, haa.
Ai’s mother doesn’t know how to listen to Katsuko-nee’s vast knowledge.
The first one to climb a mountain for entertainment was an Italian Petrarca. It was the year 1336. Petrarca reached the summit back then, but he did feel the sense of liberation from heavens when he arrived, but the Christian teachings gave him a sense of guilt, and so he descended
is that so?
Then.
Yeah. You do not like your husband’s mountain climbing hobby
Luna said as she reads Ai’s mother’s thoughts.
Your husband goes with his friends all the time and leaves you behind
?
Ai’s mother is shocked.
Oh, that’s how it has been since you were young? It was an arranged marriage. Oh, your husband and father work in the same company
Ai’s Grandfather on the mother’s side works on the same company as her father.
Therefore, you think that your husband reluctantly accepted the arranged marriage with his Superior’s daughter? Your husband always goes mountain climbing with his friends from college during the holidays. He goes to the mountains during summer vacations to not deal with you. Your husband never invited you to go to mountain climbing after all Luna reads Ai’s mother’s memories.
Open up. And then, speak your honest thoughts
Yomi orders.
I won’t go even if my husband asks me to go mountain climbing
Ai’s mother muttered.
That man never loved me from the beginning
Therefore, you dote on your child. You look only at your daughter and spent your life taking care of her
I see.
I have no other purpose in life other than my daughter