Chapter 224 – In-laws Arrive

“Sоrrу tо intrudе!”

“Sоrry to intrudе~”

Тhеу’vе arrived.

Tоdаy is the dаy Mаshirо’s раrеnts аre cоming to pееk at оur hоmе!

Sinсе we аlwaуs visit their housе, it’s оnlу fаir they сomе to ours somеtimеs.

“The station’s nеаrby, what a nice lосation! Oh, and the rооms are sрaсiоus tоо!”

“Yeah, this should be finе even аftеr а child is born. Нuh? Whаt’s this rоom…”

Ah, fаther-in-law, thаt’s the Otherworld Роrtal leаding tо anоther world!

“Тhat’s my work rоom. Duе tо work, there are sоme соnfidеntial mаtters I havе tо kеep…”

“I-I sеe!”

Му fаthеr-in-lаw flinchеd аnd рulled his hаnd аway.

I guided them to the living room, where Mashiro prepared tea and snacks.

We spent some time chatting there.

“I know we still don’t know if it’ll be a boy or a girl yet…”

My father-in-law brought it up!

“Look, parents interfering in a married couple’s matters is old-fashioned, so I don’t mean to meddle… but, well, have you thought about… names?”

“Hah-han~”

Mashiro seemed to understand.

“Dad, you’ve been thinking of lots of names for the baby, haven’t you?”

“Yeah.”

My father-in-law nodded, his face slightly red.

“I helped think of them too.”

My mother-in-law looked somewhat proud.

She seemed quite confident about the names.

Hearing this, the Grimoires on the bookshelf behind us began rustling.

They seem interested… But if you guys fly out, it’ll cause a huge panic.

“May I see? Hmm, I see, I see… twenty-five options for both boys and girls…!!”

You really put in effort, parents-in-law!!

Kakeru, Shouto, Marin…

‘Marin!? That means I’m the main one, right!?’

Marinna whispered excitedly!

Calm down! Settle~!

True, the name Marin does seem like it would naturally come up.

But since it might cause complaints from the other Grimoires, even if the child is a girl, let’s not use that one.

We received various passionate presentations from my parents-in-law.

Afterward, the two suddenly looked startled, then became meek.

Apparently, they’d heard from friends that if you upset a married couple, you won’t be allowed to see your grandchild… or something like that.

That’s not true at all!

“Thank you. We’ll use them as references. However, we as a couple will decide the name ourselves…! Sorry!”

“No, no, we shouldn’t have made you feel pressured. Ah, here, some souvenir sweets… if Mashiro can eat them, please do.”

“That’s right. You need to build up nutrition for the baby. When I was pregnant with you, my morning sickness was terrible, and there were really limited things I could eat…”

“Ah, yes, that’s right.”

My parents-in-law began reminiscing.

From there, the conversation moved to how it’s good Mashiro’s morning sickness isn’t severe.

That’s because Karafuri’s Magic has overwhelmingly reduced the morning sickness, nearly eliminating the negative effects.

“Moo-! Enough about when I was born! Mr. Shogo is listening!! Stop talking about that! Go home already! Go hooome!”

Mashiro turned red and flailed about.

The Grimoires watched this and giggled.

“Did I just hear laughter…?”

My mother-in-law looked around uneasily.

“Ah, the house next door is a Labyrinth Ministry branch office.”

I smoothly offered an excuse.

It’s true, and there’s always someone stationed there.

But well, our house walls have extremely high soundproofing, so there’s absolutely no way sound could leak through.

Thus, my parents-in-law enjoyed their visit to our home and left, leaving behind a paper with twenty-five name options.

“So?”

‘Some have magical meanings! If you adopt these, the connection with specific Grimoires would deepen. That’s not something we desire either…!’

Flota’s valuable words.

Marinna’s suggestion was among them earlier.

‘Hmm, Mashiro’s parents are completely ordinary humans with no magical talent at all! I thought they might have something special since they’re the parents of the woman bonded with the Master, but…’

“That’s just how the world is. People like me are actually rare.”

‘That seems to be the case. It’s just that the streaming world abnormally gathers many people with talent, while ordinary society hardly has any. That’s normal.’

“Eh? There are many!?”

‘There are many! From what I’ve seen… almost all streamers with over 100,000 subscribers have talent. The only one with absolutely no talent is that terrifying woman… What is she really?’

“That terrifying woman… Kiraboshi Hazuki, huh. Well, there are exceptions. So how much talent do I have?”

‘You’re easily top among all streamers. There’s no human with more magical talent than you, Master.’

Hmm hmm.

Humans, huh.

Probably, there are non-humans mixed among the streamers, right?

Like President Coral.

While we were having that conversation, Mashiro was staring intently at the name list by herself.

“Mmh!!” she groaned, then tore the name list to shreds.

Well, her parents did say we could just throw it away.

“We’ll just take the inspiration, and decide the rest ourselves.”

“That’s good. Whether it’s a boy or a girl…”

“Yeah yeah, I’m excited to meet them now!”

‘How exciting!’

‘I’ll teach them all sorts of things!’

‘I’m already studying parenting online!’

‘I won’t lose either!’

‘Leave artistic cultivation to me~!’

Either way, it’s certain they’ll receive incredible elite education.