My mother's love song

There was a strange sense of oppression in the mansion, like a Japanese horror story, that penetrated his skin and seeped into his body, making him feel uneasy.

But even in such an environment, there are always a few people who like to gossip.

In a corner of the mansion, several maids were whispering. In the dim candlelight, they were discussing in low voices the unusual behavior of their master that night.

"Did you see that just now? That Raikou-sama was actually smiling! This is the first time I've seen Raikou-sama with that kind of expression..."

A maid said with lingering fear.

"Yes, although I usually don't dare to look at the young master's face because I am very scared when serving him, but today I did see it! The brilliant smile of young master Lai Guang!"

Another maid nodded with a blush on her cheeks, saying, "Today, I just discovered that Master Raikou is indeed an incredible beauty. She is worthy of being the pillar of the Genji clan..."

"Did anything good happen to Master Lai Guang today?"

The maid shook her head: "I haven't heard that you have participated in any battles or made any military achievements in the past few days?"

"No, no, no, you don't know Master Raikou at all. He's a man who wouldn't show any reaction even if he chopped off the heads of a hundred demons in one night!

How could Master Lai Guang be happy just because he received the Honor of Arms? I bet it must have something to do with the boy that Master brought back today. "

"That child seems to be from Genji too? So cute~"

"Speaking of bringing back a child, Master Raikou also did it on a full moon night like this ten years ago. Master Raikou brought the adult, Sakata Kintoki of the Four Heavenly Kings, who was still a child, back to his mansion."

"But Master Raikou wasn't as abnormal as he is today, right? He also looked very cold."

At this time, a petite maid also joined the conversation.

"I'm sorry, I just got here a week ago. Is Master Raikou really that strange tonight?"

"That's not the case!"

A maid put on a condescending attitude and crossed her arms and said, "Master Raikou is always serious no matter where he is! How could he be smiling like he is today?"

Another maid nodded and said, "Yes, there was a period of time when a large number of monsters appeared near Kyoto. During that period, Master Raikou came back every night with his body covered with the flesh and blood of the monsters he had killed, and even then he never blinked an eyelid!

Fufufu, Master Lai Guang was so handsome at that time..."

The maid who asked the question sighed, "Ah... You are indeed the pillar of the Genji clan, the future head of the family. By the way, Master Raikou is usually so taciturn and doesn't communicate with us servants?"

The other maids nodded in unison.

"Right, after all, he is the noble Genji, how could he talk casually to people like us?"

"That feeling of treating others as if they were air is so cool, huhu."

"I have never spoken to Master Lai Guang. I have been in the mansion for more than ten years, and the sentence I heard him say most often was "Yes, father" to the master."

"I see. Now..."

The maid nodded thoughtfully, and just as she was about to speak again, she heard the extremely anxious voice of the young master of the Genji coming from the yard.

“Lord of Light! Lord of Light! Where are you, Lord of Light! …Lord of Light!”

"Is it already this late...Okay."

The maid who had just joined the chat smiled at everyone and waved her hand, saying, "I have to go now. Raikou-sama is calling me. Thank you all for the information. It was very helpful."

Then, "she" turned around and left gracefully, leaving the servants with confused faces.

"Eh? The child just now turned out to be the one that Master Raikou brought back!?"

"I thought he was a girl..."

"me too!"

The maids looked at each other.

"If you look closely, you'll find that although the child is very beautiful, he's not the type that could be mistaken for a woman. He should be called a beautiful boy..."

"Well, my heart is beating faster just looking at his face... Hey, why did we think he was a girl just now?"

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While the client was busy in the kitchen, Rhodes went to the servants to get some information.

At this moment, Raikou, who had been running around the mansion for a long time searching for the missing boy but to no avail, was sitting on the ground sobbing, completely disregarding his image as the future head of the Genji clan.

“Wuwuwu… Lord of Light, where have you been… Wuwuwuwu… Did I make you angry… Do you hate me already… Wuwuwuwu, I’m sorry…”

The ultimate weapon of the usually stern and cold Genji, cried so hard that it sounded like the howling of a ghost by Mt. Oeyama in the ears of the maids, making them terrified.

Fortunately, the savior arrived on horseback.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Miss Raikou."

Rhodes put his hands behind his back and appeared in front of Minamoto no Raikou.

"Lord of Light!?"

Minamoto no Raikou raised his head while wiping his tears, his eyes wide open and trembling.

"I...I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"Of course not. I'm right here, Miss Raikou."

What follows is a fixed plot, with Lai Guang rushing over and hugging the boy tightly.

“Wuwuwu… Lord of Light… Wuwuwu, I thought you didn’t want me anymore… I thought you didn’t want to eat the food I cooked… Wuwuwu, my heart aches so much that I can’t breathe…”

Rhode patted Lai Guang's waist gently and said, "That's not true. I'm really looking forward to Lai Guang's hand-held rice ball. Besides, how could I leave Lai Guang alone without saying goodbye?"

"Wow, wow, wow...really?"

"really."

Lai Guang's sobbing finally became quieter. She kept her hand on Rhode's chest, resting her chin on his head, and asked, "Where on earth have you been?"

Rhode said, “Because I wanted to know where Miss Raikou usually lives, I secretly wandered around the mansion for a while, but I got lost.

Because Raikou’s house is too big, hehe.”

"Woo!"

Hearing his defense, Raikou let go of the boy, tears welling up in his eyes, pouting his thin lips, and speaking with a cute angry expression.

"It's obviously the first time you enter an unfamiliar environment and you're running around. This is fine if it's in my home, but what if it's a dangerous place...

You can't do such a thing! It's too outrageous!

Although I know that the Lord of Light is still at the age of a playful child, you clearly promised me just now that you would stay in the palace obediently, right? "

Rhodes nodded honestly: "I did agree."

Cried again.

This time she was crying so hard that her body was shaking violently, and the huge thing on her chest was shaking in a very appropriate and sensational way.

“This is too much…wuwuwu…why do you have to do such a cruel thing…wuwuwu…!”

"..."

The destructive power was beyond imagination. All the words that Rhode had prepared became meaningless amid Raikou's crying.

He could only correct his attitude and make the most formal apology.

"I just broke my promise to you... I'm so sorry."

The sobbing sound disappeared in an instant, and Raikou showed a bright and happy smile.

"Really? Lord Light is still a child! So playful... Hehe, you make me worry... Don't do this next time, okay?"

If Rhode didn't know Raikou's true nature, he would have thought she was a witch who was good at capturing men's hearts with tears.

But the boy knew very well that Minamoto no Raikou's crying and worry about him were all real and heavy expressions of maternal love.

"There's nothing wrong with liking to play, but you can't forget your promise to others, okay?"

"You are absolutely right."

"Wow... But Lord Light just said that you wanted to see where I live, right? You're concerned about me, right?"

Lai Guang asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Rhodes nodded.

The purple-haired beauty clapped her hands lightly and said with a smile, "That's easy. Lord of Light should not sleep in the guest room tonight. I'll have the servants remove the prepared guest room later."

Rhode's mouth trembled: "Wait......"

Ignoring Rhodes' reaction, Minamoto no Raikou was already immersed in the delusion of happy motherhood.

“Lord of Light, please stay in my room tonight. I will let you stay by my side as much as you want!

I will soothe the Lord of Light until he falls asleep, you know? This is what we call sleeping in!

Hehe...I've wanted to try this for a long time~"

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“Haah…so cool.”

After finishing dinner with Raikou, Rhode said goodbye to her temporarily and entered the open-air bath set up in the mansion.

wrong.

It's more like a hot spring than a bathing place.

It seems that Minamoto no Raikou's father invited an onmyoji who was good at barrier creation to build a real hot spring in his mansion in Heian-kyo.

At this moment, Rhodes' body was soaked in the natural hot spring, his arms resting on the rock wall beside the hot spring pool, looking up at the bright night sky that could never be seen in modern society.

"As expected of the thousand-year-old noble family, Kiyokawa Genji, huhu... so elegant.

The Japanese obsession with bathing reminded me of my time in Rome. ”

It is not an exaggeration to say that the family has existed for thousands of years.

Among the more than twenty Genji clans in Japanese history, the Kiyokawa Genji is undoubtedly the most brilliant one.

Their history lasts from the present day [the eleventh century AD] until the restoration of rule in the nineteenth century.

There is not only Minamoto no Raikou, a famous general of the Heian period, but also the brothers Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Yoritomo who were famous in the Genpei War.

Even five hundred years after the end of the Heian period, the descendants of Kiyokawa Genji were still active on the historical stage. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who conquered the world at the end of the Japanese Warring States Period and established a stable regime for 300 years, was a descendant of Kiyokawa Genji.

By the way, apart from Tokugawa, another man who completely changed the history of Japan's Warring States period, Akechi Mitsuhide, was a direct descendant of the Settsu Minamoto branch of the Kiyokawa Genji.

However, these things that happened a hundred years later had nothing to do with Rhodes. Now he was simply enjoying the hot spring service provided by the busty beauties of the Genji ancestors.

"How is it, Lord of Light. Is the water temperature suitable?"

"Yeah, just right."

“Haha, that’s great… If I burn the Lord of Light’s skin, I will be very sad and in great pain…”

Rhodes smiled bitterly and said, "Rai Guang, you are really too worried. Didn't I say I was fine?"

……Um?

Something seems wrong?

"Ms. Raikou!?"

Rhodes' eyes widened as he stared at the tall, winding, beautiful figure in the mist not far away and shouted.

"Mr. Light, are you calling me? Hehe... Please wait a moment, I'll be here right after I tie my hair up."

"Wait, wait, why are you here? Didn't I tell you that I want to shower alone and you shouldn't come in?"

"Hey hey hey..."

Hiding his criminal body in the mist, Raikou responded shyly.

"It's done."

"…………Listen to me! You berserker!"

A pair of white and plump legs were already vaguely visible, and Rhodes quickly submerged his entire body in the water, leaving only the part above his nose exposed.