Tokyo Soft Rice King.

Kuroba Akira let out a strange cry in surprise, staring blankly at Aunt Akiko, both of them dumbfounded.

This is practically a marriage proposal!

Akiko Takanashi was also extremely embarrassed, but in order to ensure that her daughter's plan could proceed smoothly, she suppressed the heat on her face and the shame in her heart, and waved her hands with her head down.

"Ah! Kuroba-kun, don't misunderstand. I don't really mean for you to marry this old auntie. It's just... well, how should I put it..."

Kuroba Akira had already understood what she meant. She wasn't actually proposing marriage, but rather asking him to 'play' the role of a father.

"Exactly, Kuroba-kun, you seem really mature. When I talk to you, I sometimes forget that you're actually the same age as my daughter..."

This is truly the truth.

Akiko Takanashi really often overlooks the fact that Akira Kuroba is still a student.

When I confided my secrets to him, I already considered him a mature person I could rely on.

"I was really touched to see that you listened to my voiceover calmly and kept praising me... It seems you really are a 'serious person'."

"Ah ha ha……"

Kuroba Akira chuckled twice, clearly feeling guilty.

I'm sorry, Aunt Qiuzi, I've let you down...

I did have some wicked thoughts back then, and now I can understand Boss Cao's preferences...

Guh... How can a virgin married woman be so horny!

I need to find Ziyin tonight and have her wear black stockings and use her foot to help me out, otherwise I'm going to explode.

Akiko Takanashi said with a pleased smile.

"I can tell she really enjoys playing with you in the future. It's been a long time since I've seen her this happy since her childhood friends stopped coming to visit..."

All of this was a genuine expression of emotion, so Kuroba Akira didn't notice anything amiss and simply nodded in agreement.

"It means I should take good care of her, but being a father is really too much. She probably won't treat me, her classmate, as her father in the future."

"Although she won't actually call you 'Dad,' she has already accepted you in her heart, so what I mean is..."

Akiko Takanashi took out a key strung together with a thin rope and pushed it in front of Akira Kuroba.

"This is my house key. You are always welcome to come to our home."

"this……!"

They actually gave me the spare key to their house!

From this action, Akira Kuroba realized that Aunt Akiko considered him as 'family'.

Making him a father means letting him care for the little bird's future and make up for the lack of paternal love she has.

Even if he wasn't her real father, it didn't matter. After all, Akiko Takanashi herself wasn't her real mother, yet she still gave her genuine maternal love.

Just as Akira Kuroba was still hesitating, Mirai Takanashi, who had gone to the restroom to wait for the next development, returned.

She saw that her mother had taken out the key prop, and then she spoke to Kuroba Akira.

"Ming, please accept my house key. My mom also goes out to work sometimes, and if I sleep in my room during the day, no one will open the door for you when you come."

Now that you mention it, it does make sense to accept it.

Then Takanashi Mirai turned to her mother and said...

"By the way, Mom, Ming is actually preparing to become a voice actor. Can you help him?"

"Huh? Kuroba-kun wants to become a voice actor?"

At this moment, Akiko Takanashi's unexpected reaction was purely an act.

The lines had already been rehearsed with my daughter.

"It's not him. He's training a very talented voice actor in the making, but he hasn't found a suitable agency yet. He was wondering if you could help him, Mom..."

"Oh, no problem. Kuroba-kun has helped our family so much, it's only right that I help him with this little thing."

Originally, Akira Kuroba planned to wait until Shion's audition results came out, and if he couldn't find a suitable studio, he would ask Ms. Akiko for help in recommending one.

After all, he himself was also very interested in Fuyumi Saotome, who had designed Akiko Takanashi's life.

Specialization is indeed a brilliant idea, allowing those with only rare talents to excel in a particular path and achieve great success.

Saotome Fuyumi is a remarkable talent scout and the head of an agency, so she definitely understands the industry much better than I do. If I could get her help, I believe Shion's career path would be much smoother.

"Did you hear that, Ming? You'd better bring the goddess to meet my mom later!"

Takanashi Mirai winked at Kuroba Akira, then pretended to be on his side, a smug smile on her face, as if to say, 'I've secured an opportunity for you!'

"Oh, thank you so much! I'll have to trouble Aunt Qiu to introduce me to someone from now on."

"No problem, that's fine... Then here's the key..."

Akiko Takanashi smiled at Akira Kuroba, as if to say, "Since I've agreed to help you, Kuroba-kun, then you should also agree to my request, right?"

"Okay, I understand, then I'll accept it... But aren't you worried that I might do something wrong by giving me the key?"

Takanashi and her mother exchanged a glance, both unable to suppress their laughter.

Takanashi Mirai snatched the key from his hand and hung it around his neck, saying...

"Ming, why have you suddenly become so stupid! Since we've already given it to you, do you think your mother and I are such dumb mother and daughter who can't even think of something like this? It's because we trust you and think that nothing will go wrong if we give it to you, that's why we entrusted it to you!"

Kuroba Akira gripped the key hanging around his neck, moved.

"Thank you for your trust in me..."

Takanashi Mirai thought to herself, 'Actually, it has nothing to do with trust.'

Rather, I hope you'll have some bad thoughts and win over my mom as soon as possible to become my dad...

If it's the husband and father, it's not surprising that they have the house key, right?

Now it's just a matter of giving you the key that was originally yours.

After completing the entire plan, Takanashi Mirai hooked her arm around Kuroba Akira's shoulder and poked his chest, saying...

"Anyway, you're always welcome at Takanashi's house. Just treat it like an arcade or a comic book cafe, and you won't have to pay anything. So you'd better come often, at least one day a week, understand?"

"I know, I know."

I feel like I'm being kept...

Does this mean they've started living off Takanashi's family?

Although they didn't get a single penny from the mother and daughter, they were granted permission to freely enter and leave the house and use its contents.

It feels like it's more profitable than just taking money.

In short, the conflict between the mother and daughter in the Takanashi family was resolved very smoothly in the end.

The reward was a key to the bird's house.

Kuroba Akira was unaware that this was a long-term trap that Takanashi and her mother had prepared specifically for him, to assimilate him into their 'family.'

Although we are not a family yet, as we wait for each other more often and over time, we will naturally get used to each other's presence and then regard each other as family.

Sooner or later, Akira Kuroba will become a member of the Takanashi family.

Chapter 219 Home is definitely more comfortable

After leaving Takanashi's house, Akira Kuroba still felt a little dizzy.

It feels like you've been sweating in a sauna for a long time and then come out with your head steaming hot.

It also gives you the feeling of going to a tavern for a couple of drinks, with two beautiful women, one older and one younger, keeping you company and encouraging you to drink, and then saying to you at the end, "Sir, come again next time to have some fun."

Of course, such thinking is a bit too rude. The Takanashi family, mother and daughter, are simply hospitable, quite different from those bar hostesses who greet everyone with a smile.

Moreover, the reason why this mother and daughter were so friendly to me, and even treated me like family, was because I helped resolve their family's conflict.

If not handled properly, the Takanashi family could very well turn into a cold war like the Anri family, or even a complete break like the Murasaki family.

However, with Kuroba Akira's intervention, and after both sides sat down and talked everything out, the Takanashi mother and daughter understood and tolerated each other, leading to a happy ending where no one was hurt.

This made Kuroba Akira a great benefactor to their family, and he received their warm hospitality... Of course, it wasn't just because of gratitude, but Kuroba Akira was unaware that he was being targeted by this mother and daughter because he knew the secret of the Takanashi family.

Kuroba Akira was simply trying to express a feeling of being "reluctant to leave" or even "forgetting to return home".

Birdsong House... It's really nice, I'll definitely come again.

Moreover, you can come and go as you please next time you visit.

Kuroba Akira glanced at the key hanging around his neck and couldn't help but chuckle. It seemed that he had only ever worn the key like that when he was very young, for fear of losing it. He hadn't worn it like that since he got a little older.

He took the key off his neck and then took out the Kobayashi family's keychain from his pocket. The three keys on it were the keys to the Kobayashi family's yard gate, the house gate, and his own room door. Kuroba Akira also hung the Takanashi family's key on it.

If there is a system, this is equivalent to having an extra save point.

If Kuroba Akira hadn't already considered the Kobayashi family his own after transmigrating, he might have really ended up staying at the Takanashi family's place, becoming a shut-in with Mirai, living off his mother every day.

If Grandma Kobayashi suddenly develops Alzheimer's and kicks herself out, besides Akira Kuroba's old home which is nowhere to be found, she will have a backup place to go back to and won't have to worry about sleeping on the streets of Tokyo anymore.

Although that kind of thing is unlikely to happen.

However, he still needed to go back to his home, back to his room, which, although empty, he had come to regard as 'home'.

And, there's also a beautiful woman who warms his bed every day and is waiting for him to come home.

After trying to get rid of the echo of Aunt Akiko's bewitching voice in his head, Kuroba Akira wanted to go home and borrow Shion's black silk charms.

Back at Kobayashi's house, Kuroba Akira eagerly opened the door, and Shion, who had been waiting for him to come home, ran to the entrance as soon as she heard the door open, her beautiful smile full of joy.

"Wise ruler! You've finally returned!"

After just one day apart, Ziyin missed Heiyu Ming terribly. She even wanted to rush over, hug him, and give him a sweet kiss. She had a strong urge to rekindle their romance after a short separation. However, because Hongxiang was also in the living room, she was too shy to be too direct... It wouldn't be too late to hug him when they got back to their room.

Last night, Ziyin's mind was filled with the single thought of "wanting to see him, wanting to see him, wanting to see him," which kept her wide awake and unable to sleep.

Fortunately, Kuroba Akira finally answered her call. The thought that her beloved was on the other end of the line made her feel comfortable and relaxed... but she didn't sleep. Instead, she listened to Kuroba Akira's breathing all night.

Even though she wouldn't notice these details when they slept together, when he wasn't around and they could only communicate by phone, Ziyin became incredibly attached to Kuroba Akira's voice, including his breathing.

The call lasted all night, causing Hongxiang's phone to run out of credit. It was a bit awkward when she returned the phone the next day, but fortunately, Sister Hong was understanding and didn't ask any questions.

Hongjie followed Ziyin to greet Heiyu Ming who was returning home, hands on her hips, complaining with one eye open and one eye closed.

"So you finally decided to come back? You heartless little brother."