Tokyo Soft Rice King.

Akira Kuroba and Mirai embraced each other excitedly. Mirai had been faking her tears, but now she was genuinely moved to tears.

"Ugh... Even when Ming came to my house on the weekend, we spent half the day doing our makeup, and even... um..."

I was about to continue saying, "Even when Ming and Mom were having fun together, I was still applying black paint," but I suddenly realized that it wouldn't be a good thing to say that, so I quickly stopped myself.

This was also her first time participating in a multi-person collaborative project as a participant, and she felt a sense of accomplishment and belonging, just like seeing her name in the animation's staff credits.

This experience will become a valuable lesson for her future video creations.

"Yeah, the hard times are finally over... phew..."

Kuroba Akira breathed a sigh of relief and was truly moved. He had read many comics in his previous life, but this was the first time he had actually drawn one, and the final quality was so high. It was a rare experience.

He finally understood why the male protagonist in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun would grab his assistant whenever he had free time... because he simply couldn't keep up with the drawing!

During this period, drawing comics also occupied most of Kuroba Akira's time, because he was the name designer and also had to design comic storyboards with Moe.

To put it simply, he's so busy that he's reduced the number of times he can hug Ziyin to twice a week. That gives you an idea of ​​just how busy he is.

Actually, the decrease in the number of times Ziyin "enjoys" with Kuroba Akira is not entirely because Kuroba Akira is very busy. The main reason is that since the last time the two of them were in sync, their physical communication has become more about quality than quantity, and the level of satisfaction is not the same as before.

Perhaps this is the difference between being short and being religious.

Then, because Ziyin's attempts decreased, it triggered a chain reaction, causing the class monitor's attempts to decrease as well.

In the squad leader's own words, "Since she has started to restrain herself and has even given a temporary reconciliation signal, then I must also give a corresponding response. If I leave too much of a lingering feeling, it will cause her to retaliate again, and then it will be the wise ruler who suffers."

Of course, there are other reasons as well. There are too many eyes and ears watching them at school, so the two of them don't dare to be too presumptuous. At most, they will occasionally borrow a bed in the infirmary, or simply meet up off-campus. Sometimes, Makoto will find out, and then it will inexplicably turn into a Love Hotel threesome...

However, although the number of times Shion and the class president squeezed Akira decreased, Akira was occasionally 'served by Akira' at home because Akiko started working as a nanny at Kobayashi's house.

Usually on weekends, Hongxiang takes Ziyin out to work, Mr. Hijikata goes to the company to work overtime, and then Grandma Kobayashi goes out to play mahjong, leaving him alone at home. He should go to Takanashi's house, and then Akiko, who is the housekeeper, will come to pick him up.

Then, because there's no one at home and the future is gone, Akiko will completely put aside her role as a mother and serve Akira as his wife... of course, it's also because she herself is craving it.

So from Kuroba Akira's perspective, the total number of uses hasn't changed much; he's still in a state of extreme use.

And this can be said to be his own doing.

After all, he could have refused Akiko's service.

But Akira Kuroba just couldn't refuse... Akiko was just too big!

Once Akiko lifts her shirt and skirt and opens her arms, no one can resist rushing into her arms, right?

Anyway, Kuroba Akira couldn't help it.

Moreover, the feeling of embracing another woman in one's own room while Ziyin is away is also a unique kind of thrill... Is this why there are so many cases of marital infidelity?

No, can this be considered cheating?

If viewed from the perspective of Akiko Takanashi's husband, then it was all legitimate behavior, except that the location was Akira Kuroba's private room, and he also kept a young girlfriend in that room...

So, in reality, it was a couple having fun in the room where the husband was keeping a mistress?

Kuroba Akira quickly shook his head... First of all, Shion wasn't a mistress! Secondly, Akiko wasn't his real wife! And lastly, and most importantly... they both knew about each other!

Therefore, there is no concealment or betrayal involved; it can only be considered a role-playing game!

By the way, she'll find out about this in the future, and then she'll complain to her mom about why she doesn't open the restaurant at home, so she won't get to eat and drink there.

Future really likes that intoxicating taste, just like the class president. Even Kuroba Akira can't quite understand it, because generally girls should dislike that kind of taste, and they would find it hard to swallow and would usually spit it out.

But the two of them were happy to do it... The difference was that the class monitor would drink the cooled-down 'cold drinks' with a straw afterward, while the future would drink the hot 'drinks' directly from the mouth.

This is also a new hobby that the young girl is developing in the future, so she will naturally complain when it is confiscated.

At times like this, Akiko would make up an excuse to get away with it, but the real reason was that after being discovered by Mirai last time and forced to 'perform again' in front of her, Akiko was ashamed to let loose in front of Mirai.

She was grateful that the future had created the opportunity for her, allowing her free access to the Kobayashi family home and giving her the chance to be alone with Akira Kuroba...

But... one thing is one thing.

I no longer want to share it with my daughter.

Chapter 338 Only One Can Be Chosen for the Time Being

At this moment, the future at school probably doesn't realize that the woman who was infinitely tolerant and doting on her, who didn't even forbid her from watching or playing R18 doujinshi and games, the 'super gentle, saintly, loving mother who is even closer than her own mother', has actually developed a 'guardian' towards her daughter.

Even Akiko Takanashi herself didn't expect that more than ten years had passed since she adopted Mirai. She thought her 'feeling of love' had died along with her age, but unexpectedly, it was rekindled by this little man, Akira Kuroba.

In fact, as people get older, they have more and more concerns, rationality will prevail over emotion, and then they will no longer have the feeling of 'being moved'.

This is why many older single women never get married; when rationality overrides emotion, people start to calculate gains and losses.

Then for men and women who have reached the upper limit of the marriageable age, marriage, which was originally meant to share the risks of life, will instead "downgrade" their current life. For example, they may lose a lot of money, lose their personal freedom, and so on. This becomes a losing deal that is not worthwhile no matter how you calculate it.

As for men, whether it's to carry on the family line or to appease their families' pressure to get married, they might eventually choose to go on a blind date and settle for someone else.

However, after calculating the costs and benefits of life, most women would feel that it would be better to remain single and would not be willing to lower their standards, so they would ultimately choose to give up or... be 'abandoned'.

After all, youth is one of a woman's most important assets. Just like the "best before" period of food, it's not that you can't eat it after that period, but the taste will be greatly reduced, and it may even give people a feeling of "insecurity".

Moreover, women met through blind dates are never as good as the "white moonlight" of first love, not only because the memories are more vivid, but also because there is a huge age gap between the two types of people.

The ideal first love is often someone you meet when you're seventeen or eighteen, during the most beautiful and youthful years of your life. However, many women you meet through blind dates are already in their mid-twenties, or even in their thirties.

Putting aside the fact that she's already given away her best years to someone else, and having experienced so much at this age, who knows if she was a playboy before and now just wants to find an 'honest man' to marry...? Who knows how many 'ex-boyfriends' and 'old flames' she'll have? The probability of her being cheated on increases dramatically.

So if you think about it carefully, you'll realize that being a vagrant is much more enjoyable than being a victim.

Therefore, unless there is no other choice or it is a last resort, or it is love at first sight or mutual affection, from a purely rational point of view, men rarely choose women who are older than themselves.

Of course, it's also possible that someone like Mr. Cao has a particular fetish, a special liking for this kind of thing, or perhaps they simply have a tandem fetish for older women...

Akira Kuroba can only 'accept' it, but it doesn't go so far as to be considered a fetish.

On the contrary, Akiko Takanashi has a kind of 'quirk' about Akira Kuroba.

But in the beginning, Akiko Takanashi only felt gratitude and affection for Akira Kuroba.

Moreover, this infatuation is different from Anri Hitomi's, which started with curiosity about Kuroba Akira and was later attracted by his personal charm, or Hikawa Makoto's, which was attracted by Kuroba Akira's appearance and whose personality was compatible with his. It is actually closer to the 'appreciation' that Murasaki no Miyabi Kazuhiro has for his future son-in-law.

Although it is indeed due to the nature of her work that she is more likely to feel affection for younger men, the mature Akiko Takanashi can distinguish between fantasy and reality, as well as between acting and genuine feelings.

Just like most otaku only talk about it but don't actually treat fictional characters as wives, Akiko doesn't see real-life boys the same age as her daughter as potential targets.

Then this sound understanding was confused by the future daughter who betrayed her mother and sold her nanny.

When exactly did it begin?

When did you start calling him 'darling'?

Or is it when I'm rubbing his back, biting him, or giving him a wet massage in the bathroom?

When he couldn't help but smile happily as he played games with his future partner?

Or is it when the three of you sleep together as a family, and when you wake up in the morning and see his sleeping face on your side, you feel at ease?

Akiko Takanashi couldn't pinpoint a precise point in time when the "qualitative change" occurred.

Just as Akira Kuroba unknowingly accepted his role as husband and father in the Takanashi family, Akiko Takanashi also unknowingly came to regard Akira Kuroba as her real husband.

This is not self-deception, but genuine 'love that grows over time'.

Even though Akira Kuroba only visits Takanashi's house once a week, and spends most of his time playing with Mirai, he has very little time to spend with her... but Akiko Takanashi feels that life after Akira Kuroba came along is 'her original life'.

If this is still considered 'acting', then both of them instantly 'got into character' and neither of them had any intention of leaving their roles.

Because both Akiko Takanashi and Akira Kuroba harbor a deep longing for family and marriage.

Akira Kuroba, who never married in her previous life, and Akiko Takanashi, who took on the role of a single mother to raise their future child, both harbor regrets. These regrets lead them to mentally rehearse countless times what their lives would be like if they had a husband/wife.

Then, through future matchmaking, this 'fantasy' became a 'real' event.

As a result, Akira Kuroba and Akiko Takanashi could no longer tell them apart.

Then, an emotion she had never had before, or rather, one that had only just emerged, overcame her maternal instincts: possessiveness.

This is probably the first time in her life that she has something she doesn't want to give to her daughter... Even though Akiko had previously planned to leave everything she owned to her daughter.

To be precise, Akiko doesn't not want to give Kuroba Akira to Mirai. In fact, she still believes that Mirai being with Kuroba Akira is the best and most reassuring situation for her as a mother, because she feels that Kuroba Akira is capable of giving her daughter happiness.

Moreover, from the very beginning, Akiko felt that compared to herself, an old auntie who was nearing the end of her life and about to cross the forty-year mark, the future, energetic... well, it seems that her own daughter is not energetic at all, but she is definitely a beautiful girl who is just beginning to flourish, which is more suitable for Kuroba Akira.

However, now that she has accepted Kuroba Akira's identity as her wife, Akiko has no intention of turning back... Even though this is definitely not normal, she will not regret it.

Although Akiko Takanashi appears gentle and kind, and seems very 'conservative', she is surprisingly a woman who can easily make bold decisions.

Whether it was running away from home to pursue her dream of becoming a voice actress in Tokyo, or deciding to accept Saotome Fuyumi's offer to become Takanashi's future adoptive mother after realizing the gap between her talent and that of the geniuses, or now making Kuroba Akira the head of the Takanashi family... she could have chosen the 'safer' option, but in the end she chose the 'more exciting' option that would completely change the trajectory of her life.

This 'introverted yet outgoing' personality was also evident when she was with Akira Kuroba.

Especially after breaking through the old membrane, Akiko became even more of a rascal.

She thoroughly enjoyed the time she spent alone with Akira Kuroba.

It's like a female leopard monopolizing its prey.

She enjoys eating alone.

Therefore, I really hate being disturbed by others.

Even the future is not acceptable.

That's why they 'protect their food'.

This is couples' time.

They wouldn't let anyone come.

At this moment, she has not yet realized that she has lost her 'exclusive favor' status in the Takanashi family, and that Akiko's love has been taken away by Kuroba Akira. Moreover, she herself has lost the right to 'drink the soup'.

She also remarked that being a cartoonist is a tough profession, just as arduous as her mother's.

"Yeah, but actually the two of us were just slacking off. The ones who really worked hard were Mengmeng, the class monitor, and Makoto."

Although Akira Kuroba and Mirai Takanashi have read a lot of manga, their drawing skills are only average, so they can only do odd jobs at most.

The real main contributors are actually the class president and Makoto; they've almost become professional manga assistants.

Makoto shook her head and chuckled as she watched the two of them making a ruckus.

"Seriously, they're taking this so seriously... It doesn't feel like a high school club, it's more like a real comic studio."

"That's true. I don't think any other student club would be this enthusiastic about drawing manga, and they probably couldn't draw manga of this quality... But, Makoto, you're having a lot of fun, aren't you?"