Chapter 131: Saying Goodbye to Mother
[ "Have you calmed down?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm always just causing you trouble."
"Honestly. Look at my shirt, this part on the chest is all shiny from your snot and tears. It's so embarrassing that I don't even dare walk around nearby. Well, I don't know why you're crying, but I imagine you'd be very shy about it, so I'll keep it a secret for you. You really have to thank me properly."
"Yeah… I'm very grateful to you. I really am, from the bottom of my heart, more grateful to you than anyone else in the world." ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Sigh, really. I'm getting old, I can't handle scenes like this."
Ferris wiped the corners of her eyes with a dramatic flair.
"Although I can't quite understand it, it's still very moving."
Felt sighed.
"…Sigh, not to mention repaying the kindness of being raised, Natsuki-san can't even see them anymore."
Otto sighed.
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[ "Go on, crybaby, hurry back, hurry back. Your old man wants to take a walk for a while longer, go wander around somewhere else before heading back. If I walk around with you while you're crying, people are going to look at me strangely."
"Then I'm heading back. Dad, be careful, don't get questioned by the police."
"…Say, Subaru."
"Yeah?"
"I reckon you've got a lot of things weighing on your mind, so I'll only say one thing—"
"Do your best—I'm rooting for you, son."
"Yeah… leave it to me, Dad. I am Natsuki Subaru, the son of Natsuki Kenichi—so I can do anything, I can do everything. Your son is pretty amazing, you know."
Father and son laughed, and Subaru walked toward home. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Could this be called… saying goodbye to his father on a spiritual level…"
Otto said.
But… that real father, that real Natsuki Kenichi, would never be able to meet him again. Perhaps he would be willing to exhaust all his strength, running around everywhere, just to find even the slightest clue about his son.
"…Hmm? This outfit… how should I put it, it's a bit strange, but not bad."
Anastasia said.
"The little brother looks pretty stylish."
"Subaru-kun is so cool!"
Felt and Rem gave affirmative answers.
"Hmm? Whoa, it's a Western-style school uniform."
Al said.
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[ "Student Natsuki Subaru, ready… It's been about three months, hasn't it?" Just a moment ago, the scene shifted. Subaru had put on the clothes Al called a "Western-style school uniform."
Then, Subaru looked around his room and bowed deeply.
"Oh my, you came to ask me where the school uniform was, I thought you were going to burn it, and I even made so many preparations… looks like I did all that work for nothing."
Natsuki Subaru's mother walked in.
"My son comes to ask where his school uniform is, and Mom's first thought is that he's going to burn it?"
"Hmm, it fits well. Even wearing this, it offsets your fierce look; you look quite calm."
"But Mom is currently taking away my calm!"
"Why are you so hot-headed? Do you want to have some mayonnaise with Mom?" Subaru's mother said, handing the mayonnaise sitting on the table to Subaru.
"But I'm not in the mood for that right now…" Subaru pushed the mayonnaise away. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Ah, is this authentic mayonnaise?"
Rem focused her attention on the mayonnaise.
She remembered that back at the mansion, Rem had made mayonnaise based on Subaru-kun's description, but it always felt like something was off.
"Looks like Boss is really not in the mood. This might be the last chance to taste authentic mayonnaise, and he's just giving it up."
Garfiel said.
To tell the truth, he wanted to taste it too.
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[ "Alright… then it's time to go."
"Okay, then Mom will go get your jacket, just wait a moment."
"Just a moment… are you planning on coming along? Giving up the shut-in life and going to school with a parent accompanying you, that's already beyond the level of a punishment game!"
"I won't follow you to school. I'm just going to the convenience store nearby to buy some mayonnaise and cream puffs. How could I spoil you that much?"
…
"It's been a long time since I walked outside with Subaru like this."
"Is that so? Like at night, I often accompany you when you go out to buy things."
The scene shifted, and Subaru and his mother were walking down the street, heading toward the school. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Often accompany mother to buy things at night… huh."
Emilia, outside the screen, whispered.
She recalled the first scene she saw after coming here.
The scene of Subaru buying things at the store.
If that time was also accompanying his mother…
Facing a son who suddenly disappeared… how much must Subaru's mother have blamed herself?
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[ "There is someone who can help you, that person is neither Dad nor Mom, right? I think that's a very good thing, you must thank that person properly." Subaru's mother suddenly mentioned the girl she didn't know about.
"Yeah, that's right. That person made the hopeless me understand that I was hopeless. That person told the hopeless me that I was 'not hopeless,' so I can move forward now. They really are super wonderful girls; it's a waste to be with someone like me."
"But, you won't give them to anyone else, right?"
"Of course, because this isn't a question of whether I'm worthy or not. Instead of giving them to others, I'd rather take them for myself even if I'm not worthy, and then improve my own value."
"Mm-hmm—as expected of that person's child." ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Rem actually feels a bit unworthy of Subaru-kun, so I need to work hard to be worthy of him."
Rem said from outside the screen.
Regardless, Subaru's words made Rem's heart feel warm.
"And even if Subaru really wanted to give them to someone else, Rem wouldn't agree, right?"
Emilia said.
"Emilia, Natsuki said 'them,' oh, naturally that includes you too, right?"
"…Yes. I only want Subaru."
Emilia responded to Anastasia with a blushing face.
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[ "Am I doing well right now? Can I be a good child for that person?" Subaru asked his mother that question.
"Don't worry. Because Subaru has half of Mom's genes. As long as Subaru is half as handsome as Dad, wouldn't you achieve your goal?"
"Do you even realize that half of your genes in me are inferior?"
"As long as you're half as handsome as Dad… and for the other half, can't you just live as your own Subaru?"
"Uh…"
"Therefore, Mom thinks Subaru just needs to work hard in your own style. You have to live out your true self, Subaru. Ah, Mom has to go this way to the convenience store, I can only accompany you to here… will you be okay on your own?"
Is this goodbye?
"Don't worry. What I must do and what I want to do have aligned; there's no reason to be a shut-in anymore."
"Is that so? That's good, then do your best." Subaru's mother nodded, looking a bit happy, and walked toward the fork in the road to the right…
Haven't said goodbye properly yet, is it just like this?
"—Mom!" Natsuki Subaru called out to his mother. ]
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( Translator-kun: I can't find that MAD of this scene, the closest I get is that link I put. )