Chapter 213 – Ordinary Family (7)
26. Ordinary family (7)
The next morning.
The children tossed and turned in bed because of the conversation they had with their mother, and the parents, like their parents, hardly slept a wink, but time passed without fail and today’s sun came up. The sun’s light illuminated all parts of Eugene’s house equally regardless of the state of sleep, and they rubbed their sleepy eyes and stood up while keeping a regular wake-up and sleep time.
‘I said let’s watch it normally for now.’
Cestia, who woke up earlier than others because it was her turn to eat today, recalled what Eugene had told her while preparing breakfast.
Don’t show off what happened yesterday.
Observe and behave as if it were a normal day, without being extra caring or soothing.
Still, she thought it would be okay to set her menu to something her child liked, and when she heard the sound of her door opening, Sestia turned her head.
‘Cordia?’
It wasn’t.
Vinia, who was usually the last to wake up, was approaching the table hesitantly.
“Ah, good night.”
“Huh. Did Vinia sleep well too?”
“… Yes.”
Judging by the complexion, it was not a conversation between people who slept well, but no one bothered to argue with it.
‘It’s awkward.’
It was so awkward that I wondered if someone had deliberately prepared this composition to trick them. Vinia was originally a child of few words, and Cestia was not the type to speak first either. In the end, she said she didn’t mean to, but ‘as usual’, Sestia silently cooked, and Vinia held the doll she always carried in her arms, and she remained silent.
Song Song Song-
The sound of cutting boards and knives clashing echoed through the kitchen. Every time it happened, Vinia’s little ears pricked up, and her nose twitched at the delicious smell wafting in little by little.
‘Hmm. Just by looking at him, it seems as if nothing happened yesterday.’
Eugene, who came out next, thought as he looked at the two of them. First of all, it was a peaceful morning itself.
“Good morning.”
“Oh. Are you awake?”
“Oh, Dad… !”
Eugene stroked the hair of Vinia, who was approaching her, and lifted her up and kissed her plump cheek. Having seated Vinia rubbing her cheeks in her chair, he hugged Sestia from behind and kissed her on the cheek as well. Cestia reddened her cheeks.
“Spicy vegetable soup?”
“Yes, Eugene. I don’t know who the kids resemble, but I like spicy things unlike a child… I don’t want it to be so spicy that I can’t eat it, so I’m adjusting it well.”
“I don’t blindly like it because it’s spicy, I like it because Sestia cooks it deliciously.”
“Yeah, I’m holding that knife, Eugene.”
She glanced behind her and twisted her body as Eugene patted her cestia’s soft belly with her hand inside her. I don’t know if it was her intention, but because of that, her butt brushed Eugene’s groin, and Eugene reflexively brought her hand to Cestia’s chest, remembering that Vinia was behind him.
“The lascivious nun sister.”
“Yu, Eugene!”
Eugene, who slapped Sestia’s naughty ass with his cock, who tempted her with her body while saying that she couldn’t do it with her mouth, smiled at her as she watched her wives and daughters come out of her room. .
“Good morning everyone.”
**
During breakfast, no one said much. The children were looking at each other with their mother, and the wives were watching the children and were nervous. The atmosphere soon became awkward because of the unusualness wrapped in ordinaryness. The morning peace Eugene felt was only a very temporary phenomenon.
“Eugene. I…”
“No.”
In the end, Illumina, who could not stand the awkwardness, tried to mention her story, but Eugene stopped her.
“You decided to watch it quietly for a day or so.”
“That’s all.”
“In terms of time, less than twelve hours have passed since I talked to my daughters. Except for the time I slept, it decreased even more.”
“…”
“Let’s be patient a little longer.”
“Huh…”
Today was a day of light. Earth wise, it was Sunday, a day off for most countries and people. The four daughters, who had been receiving homeschooling from their parents at home, were able to play and rest to their heart’s content without receiving any education on this day. It was a good opportunity for Eugene and her wives to observe how her children would behave.
“Are all the devices ready?”
“Yes. Even the most sensitive children will not notice.”
“I want to do this, but…”
“You can’t help it. Because we can’t come and see it directly.”
We installed something like CCTV in our daughters’ rooms. It was a deteriorated version of the crystal ball favored by Raella-sama, who had descended a few years ago. Although the house was located in a remote area, in order to prepare for any unexpected danger, leftovers from the yard and around the house were installed throughout the house. Of course, I was going to keep it for today and put it back tomorrow.
‘It’s embarrassing, but what can I say… Observation parenting art? It feels like I’m intuition.’
While I was on Earth, I had never watched it myself, but I had heard the names of some famous programs. At that time, I wondered if watching men raising children was so interesting that it became a trend for a while, but…
“This…”
“I see these daughters every day, but seeing them this way is different.”
“Yes, really.”
Like Cordia, who seems to be seriously contemplating something while sitting in front of her desk. Pieta, who had visited Lucidia’s room, seemed to be a little downcast, and wanted to play the card game Eugene had taught her. Like the image of Vinia snooping around her older sisters’ rooms, holding the doll Eugene gave her in her arms.
While the daughters are cute enough to bite, they already realized how arrogant they had been when they thought, ‘I can’t believe we don’t notice our daughters’ actions.’
**
‘Her dad and mom must have been very disappointed…’
Eugene and Sestia’s daughter and eldest daughter, Cordia. She loves her parents so much on the top and her cute little siblings on the bottom, and even at her young age, she already realizes that she’s acting as the ‘middleman’ between the two.
“What do we do…”
It was the first time in Cordia’s four years of life that something like this had happened. She’d sneer at a four-year-old struggling with the attitude of carrying all the burdens in the world, but she was the biggest worry in the world to Cordia.
Her parents are disappointed.
My younger siblings may have fears about that, but Cordia thought it was a little different.
Shouldn’t disappoint.
In order to do that, you have to listen to your parents and do well in everything.
When your parents aren’t paying attention, you have to take care of your younger siblings.
Her failure to take good care of her younger siblings disappointed her parents, and that made Cordia her perfect daughter and not her perfect sister.
Cordia said she really thought so.
Perfect daughter.
And the perfect sister.
Born a year before her younger siblings, she was loved by her parents and grew up receiving a lot of blessings from the goddesses, so she thought that she should show a corresponding side.
It was Cordia’s true intentions that she did not reveal to her siblings or her parents.
If only Cordia had muttered this in her nonchalantly her upbringing. Or if Eugene and his wives could look into Cordia’s heart… She simply would not have judged her daughters as being a bit precocious or more intelligent than her other children.
Those who grew up unusually and made more special achievements than anyone else, all the blessings they did because they wanted their children to know ‘ordinary happiness’… Paradoxically, it had made her daughters themselves unusual.
‘I have to solve it somehow.’
Cordia, who had been thinking about her for a long time, took her precious pencil that her father gave her as a gift and scribbled her own letters on her paper using the words and letters she learned from her mother.
“How… Can you guess what I wrote?”
“No… It’s my first time seeing it too…”
Eugene and her wives were horrified to see the message through her device, but when Cordia stopped her scribbling and left her room, she began to concentrate again.
**
“Sister.”
“… Yes?”
“What are you going to do?”
“What?”
“Vinnia.”
“… Thief.”
“Oh! Kill me!”
Shay’s daughter, Lucidia, and Kaya’s daughter, Pieta, were playing the card game Eugene told them about. Pieta was the one who worked hard, and Lucidia just reluctantly agreed. Even so, she didn’t play the game roughly.
Pieta deliberately raised her voice higher than usual and continued to observe Lucidia’s reaction. It was obvious to her sister that she was downcast because of the conversation she had with her mother yesterday. She thought it was all her youngest’s fault for being suddenly sensitive, but she didn’t say it out loud. She knew her sister would blame herself if she heard that, and she knew her father and mother wouldn’t like to speak ill of her sister, even though her father and mother weren’t here.
“Watch! And… Citizen!”
“… Jailbreak.”
“Ah.”
“There’s camouflage, back alley connection.”
“… Heh, lose.”
Pieta threw her card rather exaggeratedly. A small smile spread across Lucidia’s face. Lucidia asked, shuffling her cards. Her squatting hands were cute, but it was only possible because Eugene made the cards smaller so her daughters could easily play with them.
“Why Vinia?”
“Are you going to talk?”
“… I don’t know.”
“If you want to do it, wouldn’t it be better to do it quickly?”
“… But, it’s unfortunate.”
“Unfair?”
“I am… I didn’t do anything wrong.”
“… !”
Lucidia pursed her lips. Chak-chak-chak-Lucy Dia said, laying her cards on the floor quite skillfully.
“I don’t want to be sorry first.”
“That, but… Mom.”
“…”
“Dad.”
“Yes.”
As Lucidia picked up her share of cards, she cringed. She seemed to be able to cope with her mother somehow, but it was difficult to overcome her father easily.
“If you write like this… Isn’t she going to be a bad daughter to her dad?”
“… No. No way.”
“Mom must have already been disappointed…”
The cards were shuffled and even dealt, but the second hand did not start. The atmosphere that had been revived at best died again, but Pieta could not easily think of anything to say. So, just as she was fidgeting with her card for no reason, the door suddenly opened.
“Also.”
“… Sister?”
“Sister?”
Cordia held out the paper rolled up in her left hand and said as she closed the door.
“Rudy, Etty.”
“Huh.”
“Yes?”
“Your sister has an idea, what do you think?”
Ludicia and Pieta, who met eyes for a moment, immediately threw away her card and nodded as they embraced Cordia.
“As expected, sister… !”
“Sister is the best!”
Cordia clenched her fists as she embraced Lucidia and Pieta.
