Chapter 1005 – Afterword ─ the Relationship Between Mother and Daughter Did Not Improve Just Because They Ate Rice Bowl.
“I don’t know whether to say that sesame seeds are pouring out in the morning… Or to say that it’s normal because it didn’t start in the morning.”
It was Eve Terra who spoke with a slight sigh as if she was joking.
In front of her are Venus and Ceres, both wearing pajamas. The relationship between the two was perfect since the morning, to the point that it is appropriate to say that sesame seeds are pouring out.
“Hehe, if Eve wants it, I’ll do the same.”
“Ah… It’s okay. I’m a bit weak in the morning. It’s low pressure, so doing something that will raise your blood pressure is not good for your health.”
Eve lifted her hand and shook it, then sipped her coffee in silence.
Conversely, Ceres, dressed in her black nightgown, arranged her hair on the side as if showing off and opened her mouth slightly toward Venus.
“Your Majesty…”
“Haha, yes, yes. You worked hard yesterday, so you must be hungry!”
With a smile, Venus dipped small chunks of cheese and bread into small pieces with a fork and fed them to Ceres.
The two got along so well that it made their skin crawl a little, but Ceres was never this attached to Venus.
This was not a woman wearing a bra, wearing only a nightgown, and with her breasts shamelessly pressed against Venus’s arm, asking for his affection.
“Hehe, can I give you something to drink?”
“Ugh… I can do that much. How are you going to feed me?”
Venus burst out laughing at Ceres’ joke. Ceres, who had become shameless enough to openly show affection to Venus in front of her own mother, sipped her drink in silence.
“It’s nice to see my mind relaxed.”
“… In the end, you’re home.”
At Ceres’ little words, Eve gently bobbed the fork she held in her hand up and down.
“Shouldn’t I be as comfortable as I came home? Ceres worked by my side 365 days a year to help me?”
“I always took care of His Majesty, even on weekends.”
“Hehe! Didn’t it get even harder on the weekends? I remember having a hard time doing laundry during my academy days?”
“Does His Majesty really think that clothes are infinite? He destroyed them mercilessly.”
Seeing Ceres snort, Venus burst out laughing.
Hehe, now that I think about it, she really was an outrageous girl. Wasn’t she often into fights with someone or causing accidents and turning her skirt into rags?”
“But every time, I thought it was amazing. His Majesty didn’t fight to show off his power, but rather used his power against children who were doing outrageous things.”
Eve cleared her throat once at Ceres’ words.
“It reminds me of someone’s past… But what exactly was it?”
“Hehe, it’s nothing special. I guess there are various nobles at the academy, aren’t there? Among them, there are children who can’t straighten their shoulders due to the relationship between their parents.”
“Ah… It was a story about the dirty nature of humans. It’s vulgar. Really.”
With an expression of understanding, Eve carefully lifted the bread to her mouth.
“It looks like a dirty hand-pulling sword was used against a child who has no strength.”
“It’s fortunate that it’s just a handshake… There were also children who tried to dominate. Who taught them to do such dirty things from a young age? There were people, both men and women, who tried to do it as if it were natural.”
“If you showed some strength against those idiots, Ceres would be impressed.”
Eve smiled, said something, and then sipped her coffee.
“That’s what Ceres said.”
“… Ceres?”
Upon hearing this story for the first time, Venus opened his eyes wide and looked at Ceres.
Ceres, whose ears were slightly red, rolled his eyes to the side and sipped the carbonated drink in silence.
“Not really to that extent…”
“Oh my, that much? Do you know how much my head hurt because of you?”
At Eve’s words, Ceres trembled and closed her eyes.
“What happened?”
“Ceres. She did some pretty amazing things when she went to the academy in Niflheim.”
Eve bobbed her fingers up and down.
“The class system in Pandemonium is tighter than on the ground. There are no precisely defined classes, but since it is a completely closed society, the classes are passed down from generation to generation and the closedness is strong.”
“Hmm… Isn’t it an underground world? There can’t be an influx from above, so I think it’s inevitable.”
“In such a situation, even if it is an academy in Niflheim that only the elite of the elite can go to, it is natural that there will be a hierarchical relationship, right?”
Venus thought for a moment and nodded.
“Wouldn’t it be too idealistic to say no?”
“In such a situation, Ceres was an upright child, as if he had drawn a line with a ruler. He never allowed anyone to criticize or do anything harsh based on their rank.”
“Hoo… You mean Ceres?”
Ceres cleared his throat.
“I didn’t act as proactive as your majesty. Just sometimes too much…”
“You know now, Mr. VIP, right? We, the demons, can basically make men’s penises for women in order to solve the problem of reproduction.”
When Eve laughed a little cruelly, Venus burst out laughing bitterly.
“It’s definitely happened in the past… Yes, if you think you can win with force, you try to commit it as if it’s natural.”
“The younger the child and the more immature the mind, the more he enjoys torturing others in a way that is close to the instincts of living creatures, right? Especially when the mind is immature… Raping a weaker opponent would be an intolerable show of strength. “
Eve spoke and smiled bitterly.
“I’m not saying that’s normal.”
“Haha, isn’t it a story about Ceres scolding those bad guys?”
At Venus’s words, Ceres cleared his throat.
“Of course she should. She was the daughter of a great mother, and she could take care of it.”
“Actually, I had to take care of it… But I thought he was the right kid.”
Eve smiled and shook her cup of coffee, remembering her old days.
“Did you think so?”
Eve did not respond to a single word from Ceres, but closed her eyes.
“I thought my mother looked at me quite negatively.”
“… Two emotions coexisted.”
“So…”
Ceres was about to say something when he saw Venus and kissed her on the cheek.
She had something she wanted to say, but it was obvious that she was forced to swallow it considering her situation.
─ Grumbling
Ceres even pushed her chair behind her and stood up, so Venus looked at her with startled eyes.
“Ceres?”
“Oh, your Majesty, don’t worry too much. I just wanted to go to the bathroom.”
After winking, Ceres casually left her restaurant, and Venus glanced behind her with a small smile.
“Eve.”
Venus turned his head and said a word.
“Why not let Eve start first?”
“… Oh, what?”
Eve hesitated with her finger for a moment and then smiled her usual relaxed smile.
“If it’s about a dimensional gateway, I’ll help you as much as I can. We really need change in Pandemonium, too. Even if we don’t actively do it, the fact that there is a passage to the surface is absolutely necessary.”
“You know exactly what I was going to say, don’t you?”
Because Venus had a serious face, Eve put down the fork she was holding in her hand.
“… It’s not easy.”
“Aren’t you a genius?”
“No matter how genius you are, it’s very, very difficult to be a good mother, something you haven’t done in thousands of years.”
Eve took a long breath.
She said, “She had no history of being a good mother… She was always a bad, worst mother…”
“But shouldn’t things change now? How long will it be like a duel with Ceres on thin ice?”
“Oh… Did it look like that?”
Eve let out a breath, breaking the expression she thought she was hiding well.
“Didn’t you curse Ceres a long time ago, banish Ceres to the earth, and then use him as a chess piece to make your plans come true?”
In the face of her cruel declaration of truth, Eve could neither blush nor feel offended; she simply looked like a sinner who had nothing to say.
It was her sin that could not be washed away.
“Isn’t it time for us to talk seriously with each other? It’s something we’ve ignored for various reasons up until now, but it’s Ceres and you?”
“… It’s a story between a mother and a daughter.”
“Ceres, as you know, is a good girl. A good and good person. You have done very cruel things to such a person for a long time… And in the end, there has been no proper apology to this day, right?”
Eve nodded her head. She just let it go as if nothing had happened, but the wound in Ceres’ heart was not healed.
Ceres was her adult, so she just didn’t have an emotional fight over something that Eve seemed to have no intention of apologizing for.
For a slightly better future, for a slightly bigger task.
Ceres was neglecting her wounds from her mother.
“… It was my fault.”
“Don’t just blame yourself, but apologize properly, even if only with my help. How about that?”
Eve swallowed her saliva with difficulty.
“… Shall I accept it? My mother did something she shouldn’t have done.”
Haha! Do you think Ceres is a woman who has the courage to not accept her apology? If she really hated you, she would have said that she would chew her tongue before going to the demon world!”
Eve smiled very slightly at Venus’ joke.
If there’s a chance, the only time is now. Eve, who was smart, did not know that.
“Why are you two talking so cheerfully and smiling?”
Ceres opened the door with perfect timing and sat down on her chair, straightening her hair in front of her.
“Haha, Eve told an interesting story.”
“If you really name the city Ceres City, be prepared to run away from home for about 100 years.”
Ceres laughed and said her words, then picked up the flesh of the fish with a fork and brought it to Venus’ mouth.
“Ceres and Mr. VIP.”
Eve, smart as she was, quenched her thirst with her coffee and then opened her mouth.
“How about taking a look around Pandemonium together? If you’re planning on staying for a few days anyway, wouldn’t it be a good idea to look around a nice place together?”
No matter how smart Eve Terra was, there was something she couldn’t do.
Eve, who could not become a good mother or a mother who asked for forgiveness overnight, spoke to the two with an expression so vague and pitiful that she could not recognize it.
Haha, Ceres’ guidance would be great, but it would be nice if Eve’s guidance was added as well. That’s right! If I stay in my room, I feel like I’ll be massaging Ceres’ body all day, so let’s do that!”
Venus spoke with a smile, and Ceres quietly nodded, not even thinking about Eve’s feelings.
“Good. It would be a good experience to show Her Majesty Pandemonium with the Great Mother.”
In front of the seemingly peaceful Ceres, Eve Terra became infinitely smaller.