How to raise a random guy's wife

"Wow, that makes sense... wait a minute." Sawamura Sayuri tapped her forehead with her closed folding fan. "Do you know what this means?"

"It means I will spend the rest of my life with Eriri."

“What I mean is…” Sayuri Sawamura added, “Are you sure your feelings for her are love, and not something else? Like a close friend, a best friend?”

"I wasn't sure before, but after we..." Facing Eriri's mother, Kasumigaoka Utaha was somewhat embarrassed, so she used a relatively subtle way of putting it, "After that, I truly realized the thoughts I had been trying to hide all along, my feelings for her..."

“That?” Sawamura Sayuri interrupted Kasumigaoka Utaha, “You’ve already done it!”

This is definitely her biological mother.

Kasumigaoka Utaha pursed her lips slightly, "Yes... I love you..."

"Even close friends do it."

"It was a kiss."

Sawamura Sayuri's gaze lingered on Kasumigaoka Utaha's lips for a moment. "You put it inside?"

"No...no..." Kasumigaoka Utaha realized the difference in their skill levels.

"Still in the early stages," Sawamura Sayuri's eyes darted around. "So, you fell in love with her after just one kiss?"

“No!” Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately retorted, “That’s not it at all… It was only after we kissed that I realized the feelings I had been avoiding.”

"And then Eriri avoided it." Sayuri Sawamura unfolded her folding fan. "Although you recognized your feelings, Eriri didn't accept them, did she?"

“Of course not.” Kasumigaoka Utaha gradually got used to Sawamura Sayuri’s rhythm. “She’s just a little lost and doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t want to mess things up, so she’s avoiding things for the time being.”

“But that’s just your guess,” Sawamura Sayuri said bluntly. “Are you sure your guess is accurate? Even I, as her mother, can’t read that child’s mind. Do you think you can know what she’s thinking?”

“I understand.” Kasumigaoka Utaha sat up straight. “I understand how Auntie feels.”

"Huh?" Sawamura Sayuri shrank back slightly. "Your daughter has run away, so you're going to harm your mother?"

"No..." Kasumigaoka Utaha's newly risen momentum instantly weakened again.

"what is that?"

“I used to treat her like my aunt, like a child who needed protection and care.” Kasumigaoka Utaha recalled her past self. “But Eriri is no longer a child. She is an adult, an adult just like me.”

Sayuri Sawamura shook her head. "No matter how old she gets, she will always be my child."

“That’s why your aunt couldn’t see what she was thinking.” That’s exactly what Kasumigaoka Utaha wanted to say. “From a mother’s perspective, her vision would naturally be obscured by her status, and she would see more of her endearing side. But I’m the same age as her, so I can see the parts that your aunt can’t see.”

Sawamura Sayuri stared at Kasumigaoka Utaha for a long while. "I thought you were joking. You're serious?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "...I've always been serious."

“Then I’ll have to be more serious.” Sayuri Sawamura sat up straight, her legs slightly turned to the side, and placed her closed folding fan flat on her lap. “Kasumigaoka Utaha.”

With just a subtle change in demeanor, Sayuri Sawamura, who had just been somewhat unserious, exuded a unique aura.

She was both approachable and distant, and it was impossible to discern her true intentions.

Her eyes were clear and deep, making it impossible to discern her emotions.

Influenced by Sayuri Sawamura, Utaha Kasumigaoka subconsciously adjusted her posture and said, "Yes."

“As Eriri’s mother, I have a few questions for you.” Sayuri Sawamura’s voice was calm and her words were clear. “You only kissed Eriri once, so why do you assume that Eriri loves you the way you love her? I feel like it’s more like you’ve unilaterally bullied her.”

As Sayuri Sawamura spoke, she leaned forward slightly.

The amplitude was small, but accompanied by her stern questioning, it created an extremely terrifying pressure.

Sayuri Sawamura's words are reasonable and well-founded.

but......

“She kissed me first.” Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed to herself. “Then I kissed her twice…so it was three times in total.”

"Huh?" Sawamura Sayuri staggered, the previous oppressive aura vanishing instantly. "She spoke first?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded, "Mm."

"Haaah~~~" Sawamura Sayuri completely lost her previous momentum and fell backward without any regard for her image. "That girl—no..." she laughed, "is already an adult."

"Auntie means..." Kasumigaoka Utaha noticed the change in Sawamura Sayuri's tone, "...agree?"

"What?" Sawamura Sayuri unfolded her folding fan and chuckled. "Do I look like the kind of mother who would stop her daughter from freely choosing her partner?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head. "It doesn't seem like it."

“Of course not,” Sawamura Sayuri’s voice deepened. “I am.”

Chapter 940 Your Answer

“Hey,” Sawamura Sayuri said, her eyes narrowing slightly, “you don’t actually think of me as the kind of otaku who’s been exposed to a lot of different genres and therefore wouldn’t object to two girls falling in love and getting married, but would actually support it, right?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha paused for a moment, "Isn't that right?"

“Yes.” Sayuri Sawamura closed her folding fan and pointed at Utaha Kasumigaoka. “But when one of them is my daughter, the situation is different.”

It wasn't that easy after all...

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha was mentally prepared, she still felt somewhat overwhelmed by the quirky personality of Sawamura Sayuri.

"Just because my daughter kissed you, you think your feelings for her are love. What if one day someone else kisses you and you feel the same way?"

"That won't happen."

"It's easy to say, but how about the specifics?" Sayuri Sawamura stood up. "Let me, as your mother, be the one to judge whether you will fall for someone else."

"Auntie...?" Kasumigaoka Utaha watched Sawamura Sayuri get closer and closer, and gradually sensed that something was wrong.

"Don't be nervous, relax," Sawamura Sayuri's voice was gentle and resonant. "This is just a small test..."

"Mom!" Eriri's voice rang out, "What are you doing?!"

Sawamura Sayuri stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Eriri, "I forced you to come out."

Sayuri Sawamura had absolutely no intention of interfering with her daughter's romantic relationships.

As a mother, she has a responsibility to prevent her daughter from being disturbed when she retreats to her home to calm down.

Eriri doesn't want to come out, and Sayuri Sawamura won't let Utaha Kasumigaoka go to find Eriri.

But we can't just leave Kasumigaoka Utaha here or send her away like this.

Eriri's personality is all too clear to Sawamura Sayuri.

Arrogance can ruin a life.

That leaves only one option.

Let Eriri come out on her own.

Kasumigaoka Utaha stood up and had just begun to speak when she said, "Eriri..."

She was then pulled away by Eriri, who ran over quickly.

"Don't be too loud~" Sawamura Sayuri instructed from behind, waving her folding fan.

Eriri dragged Kasumigaoka Utaha towards the art studio, but halfway there she realized that the painting hadn't been put away yet, so she turned around and led Kasumigaoka Utaha into the bedroom.

Kasumigaoka Utaha surveyed the spacious and tidy bedroom, "Hmm..."

"What are you doing here?" Eriri also noticed that she had inadvertently brought Kasumigaoka Utaha into the bedroom, which was almost like an implication. So, she asked her question before Kasumigaoka Utaha could speak, even though she was going to remain silent for a while.

"I'll take you home," Kasumigaoka Utaha answered truthfully.

"Huh?" Eriri, who had been avoiding Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze, turned and stared at her upon hearing this. "What are you saying...?"

“You heard me perfectly.” Kasumigaoka Utaha looked into her deep blue eyes. “Do you want to stay here for two days before going home, or do you want to go home with me now?”

Eriri bit her lower lip lightly, "Are you so sure I'll go back?"

“I’m not sure.” Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head with a smile. “I just hope you can be sure.”

"Confirm what?"

"I'm sure I like you. Not the kind of liking you'd have as a friend, not the liking you'd have as a comrade, but the liking you'd have to spend the rest of my life with." Kasumigaoka Utaha took Eriri's hand. "Before I came here, I had a lot of uncertainties. So I made sure of one thing: I wanted you to know my feelings for sure."

"I..." Eriri instinctively tried to struggle, but stopped after using just a little strength. "Even if you say that..."

"You're feeling uneasy, aren't you? I understand." Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke her mind as always, but without her usual sharp tongue. "When I woke up this morning, I thought for a long time about how to face you, how to adapt to our new relationship, how to get along with you... When I saw that you weren't there, I even felt a sense of relief."

Eriri slightly opened her eyes, and the feeling of telepathy stirred ripples in the softest part of her heart.

In that instant, she truly realized the difference between the present and the past.

I am no longer alone.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is the same as herself.

We share the same worries and anxieties.

The same feelings.

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha had been by her side before.

But only now can the two of them reveal the parts of themselves that they had previously kept hidden.

And they experienced the closer connection that comes with this honesty.

"When I realized I had this feeling, it suddenly occurred to me that you must feel the same way." Kasumigaoka Utaha selectively omitted some details, such as the help from Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi.

We'll talk about this later when we have time.

Eriri pursed her cherry lips slightly, "I...I don't feel that way at all..."

Utaha Kasumigaoka was initially a little uncertain.

Hearing Eriri say that...

Stable.

Eriri felt the same way.

"So I wonder, why do I feel this way?" Kasumigaoka Utaha recounted her inner journey, "Because of uncertainty. I'm not sure if I'm ready to love you, I'm not sure if I can love you well, I'm not sure if I can respond to your love well, I'm not sure if I can give you a better experience in the future... There are so many things I'm uncertain about, but even with so many uncertainties, I still love you."

Eriri's azure eyes sparkled, and the lovely blush on her fair skin grew more and more pronounced.

"I want to hold your hand like this, I want to look at your face like this, I want to..." Kasumigaoka Utaha lowered her head and moved closer to Eriri, "I want to kiss you."

Eriri's cherry lips parted slightly, and before she was ready, she felt Kasumigaoka Utaha's gentle kiss.