Epilogue II

"—Sorry for the trouble Kazuma-san, thanks for taking care of my daughters."

"No no no, it was nothing. I should thank your daughter for taking care of me…"

The next morning.

I got no happy ending after her unilateral declaration; instead, she plainly bid me goodnight and returned to her room.

And when we ran into each other this morning, she greeted me as if nothing had happened.

Even though I understand we shouldn't be too reckless with Komekko in the house, what is she playing at by leaving right after saying something like that?

Thanks to her I got almost no sleep last night.

Their family is truly full of demons; both sisters are demonic.

"When you said 'thank your daughter for taking care of me', in which context did you mean by 'taking care'? Though I wouldn't mind whatever it might mean. After all, my daughter has reached the age to seek romantic partnership…"

Megumin's mom Yuiyui-san started saying these strange things.

For some reason, upon hearing "age to seek romantic partnership", Darkness shuddered as she said her farewells to Komekko at the door.

I guess as a noble, she must be self-conscious about people possibly thinking that she's reached the "unwanted age"—if she doesn't marry soon.

"Taking care as in while fighting and adventuring; I didn't mean anything strange by it."

"I know, I know; I've heard everything from my daughter. I understand you very well, Kazuma-san. Everything's fine as long as you can take the responsibility."

Hearing such things from Yuiyui, I jerked my head towards Megumin and shot her a glare; however, she shook her head panickedly.

Which means… that the "daughter" she spoke of was…

Under the collective gaze of Megumin and I, Komekko took out her notebook.

It's that notebook she used to record everything happening around me…

"The blue-haired onee-san is so great, she punched a ghost with her bare fists. The armored onee-san is also very great, she got eaten by a giant bird. Onee-chan's boyfriend is also super great, he killed a woman with weed killer. Onee-chan is also super-duper great, not sure why yet."

Eh.

What was that last part supposed to mean? Even though Megumin explained her strengths countless of times to this young girl, she still doesn't seem to understand at all.

At this point, Megumin was overwhelmed with sadness and she fell to the carpet on all fours. Yuiyui then took the notebook and continued to read.

"Onee-chan isn't with me tonight, I think she went to her boyfriend's room, then when I went to check, I heard her saying something like being between friends and lovers."

"Komekko! So you were awake that entire time! How dare you eavesdrop on me!? When did you start listening in!?"

Megumin abruptly leapt up from the carpet, yelling with a fully flushed face.

Her mother answered with a gentle smile.

"There's no need to hide it; as a mother, I'm satisfied so long as you are happy."

Megumin once again dropped to the carpet and rolled around with her head in her arms.

Yuiyui no longer paid attention to her.

"Well, Kazuma-san, we'll be calling farewell now… On another note, though I've heard rumors about it before, I didn't believe your mansion would be this luxurious. With that, I can now entrust my daughter to you without reluctance."

Saying that, Yuiyui started an incantation, which is probably the teleportation spell.

"Goodbye onii-san, I want to eat frogs again the next time I visit."

"Yuiyui, ancestor of mine! Dost thou honestly have no better topic to discuss during this precious reunion with your beloved daughter!?"

Megumin asked desperately.

"Hurry up and have a kid."

It's hard to imagine something like this being told to a teenager.

"Hey, mom…!"

Before Megumin could fire back, Yuiyui took Komekko into her arms…

"Live a great life, all. I've already thought of a name for my grandchild."

…And like a gust of wind—

"Teleport!"

They disappeared without trace.

"—Good morning! Hey, I'm really craving chicken this morning…eh? Where did Komekko go?"

After sending Yuiyui off.

Because the farewell had been so anticlimactic, we were still stuck in the mood. And just now, the one who could read anything but the mood—Aqua—finally got up.

"How much longer were you planning to sleep? Komekko has already left."

"Eh!? Why!? Didn't we agree to go catch neroids together today?"

Weren't you crying because of them a while ago?

Neroids are very weak; even children can fight them, so to say. However, I didn't think she'd take it literally.

After finally snapping out of it from Aqua's comment, Megumin said—

"I'm really sorry for the trouble I brought upon everyone this time… really sorry for everyone having to deal with my mother and sister…"

"Come to think of it, wasn't everything caused by your heroic posturing before your parents?"

Facing my insult, Megumin awkwardly turned her gaze away.

"Since I'm happy, I'll let it slide. We could invite her over anytime anyway; we'll have go catch neroids together next time."

Said Aqua cheerfully.

"Oi, Kazuma… About what Megumin's mother said a while ago…"

After Darkness anxiously fidgeted and struggled to decide whether she should speak up, she managed to find enough courage to say it in the end.

We still stood by the door after Komekko had left; unbelievably, someone knocked on it.

Thinking that Komekko might have left something behind, we opened the door to find a young girl with blue eyes and blonde hair.

By her appearance, she should be slightly younger than Komekko…right?

Her face feels somewhat familiar.

She cautiously looked up at us, then spotted Darkness beside me.

"Mommy——!"

She then excitedly yelled such a thing before tightly embracing Darkness—