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nA sudden announcement as usual.

nThey could just tell us in written format, and yet, God is telling us with their voice like this. It might be because there might be people who wouldn’t read it if it is only in the Status Board…

nI put the fishing rod in the Shadow Storage, and headed to the end of the wharf without any real reason.

nAnyways, system update…?

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nCamera filming mode?

nWhen I check the Status Board, there certainly is an option for camera photo mode added.

nI tapped it, and it seems like I can choose from Manual and Auto. Current mode is Auto.

nIs the automatic translation mode off option in order to enjoy the isekai language?

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n“Temporary filming stop ticket…” (Hikaru)

nThat’s something I wished for.

nIf it had been the past me, I would have jumped at the opportunity and thrown all of my remaining Points into it.

nBut 1 Crystal for 10 minutes is expensive. Way too expensive.

nEven if I were to use enough for 1 Point, it would only be 5 hours. There would only be limited scenarios to use them.

nOr more like, even if you create a period of time you are not being seen, what would you be doing? It says there were a lot of requests for this, but how were those requests sent?

nIf the Chosen say something, God would hear it, and would whimsically decide if to implement it or not?

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n(Present…?) (Hikaru)

nWe are talking about something that God would do. I instead had a bad feeling about this, but I opened it.

nDoes everyone get the same thing?

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nI listened to that announcement half dumbfounded.

nVideo call with a relative.

nBy relative, does it mean my parents…and Celica and Karen?

nThe video call would…connect…?

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nGod gave this announcement with an irresponsible cheerful voice, the Status Board text disappeared, and blacked out.

n*Turururu Turururu*

nThe sound of a telephone rang.

nIt really isn’t even giving me a chance to prepare myself mentally, and will just connect all of a sudden.

n“Y-You are kidding me, right?” (Hikaru)

nI am scared.

nA call with my family? My heart is not ready yet.

nMy heart was racing and sweat was covering my back.

nIf it were Nanami, she would have definitely been sad for me. She would be angry that I pushed myself. Would be happy that I survived and that she managed to contact me.

nBut I don’t know what will happen with my family.

nWhat would it be for my parents?

nThe two were indifferent towards me, but with me being a suspect for killing Nanami, they had to leave the house, so there’s a high chance they hate me -especially mother.

n(No…in the first place, it is a relative. Who will it be connecting to…?) (Hikaru)

nCelica and Karen have moved from Japan to overseas.

nThe two won’t be troubled with language barriers, so they won’t be having that many issues no matter the country they go to, but this and that are two different things.

nThey must have separated from their friends, abandoned everything and moved away.

nCause I got that message just 10 days after coming to this world.

nThe two are intelligent, so they most likely already have an idea that I was sent to the parallel world against my will and that someone else is the true culprit.

nThe two were pretty attached to me, but since entering middle school, they have been acting differently from when they were in elementary.

nIt is said that when you are extremely intelligent, it is hard to converse with normal people.

nSince elementary school, it was widely known that my little sisters were geniuses, so my mother had bought all of those kinds of books and had me read them.

nThose two might have entered that stage.

n(Even so, it would be best if the call were to connect to Celica. If it is my mother, it would be the worst.) (Hikaru)

nIt is fine if it is Karen too, but she doesn’t speak to me much, so there’s the chance I wouldn’t be able to get the information I need in 20 minutes.

nOn the other hand, Celica should be able to tell me what I need to know in that span of time.

nMy father normally doesn’t say anything, but there’s days when he would suddenly begin talking as if a spark had been lit, and in the first place, he rarely is even at home, so there’s only a low chance it will connect to my dad.

nThough it could instead connect to dad who is going around alone; if it happens, it happens.

nThe problem would be if it were to connect when my mother is alone.

nAfter the sound continued for a while, the status screen connected to somewhere with a puuuh sound.

nIn the screen there’s the face of my surprised mother, and the background of a hotel room I haven’t seen before.

n“Eh, what’s going on here? Huh? Is that Onii-chan?”

n“…Mother.” (Hikaru)

nYeah, there’s no allies for me.

nThe one it connected to was my mother.

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nMother, who was displayed on the screen, was showing exhaustion.

nFor her, a screen must have suddenly appeared in midair, and her son that had gone to a parallel world was shown there.

n(…She looks fine.) (Hikaru)

nShe has gotten fancier than the mother I know.

nBlonde hair all over, dense foundation, deep crimson lipstick.

n“Eh? What’s this? What’s going on?”

n“God said it is a surprise present to talk to my family.” (Hikaru)

n“Huh? Something like that…just choose Celica-chan. Why me…?”

nMother grumbled complaints, but it has already connected, so no going around it.

n“You haven’t changed, Mother.” (Hikaru)

n“You seem to be having it rough.”

nMother sips on her wine while saying that with a voice that held no emotions.

nSeeing my mother who is not showing any signs of missing me despite being so long since she has seen her son was instead giving me relief.

nShe is a person that is always having the world circling around her, and her pace doesn’t get thrown in disarray by others. And there’s not a single thought of her pampering her non-blood related son.

n…Even so…

nEven so, maybe because I have been living alone in this world where I know no one for so long, just by seeing my mother, my eyes grew hotter and I disliked that.

nHowever, I only have 20 minutes. There’s no point having a casual talk with her.

nIn order to avoid having her notice that my voice has grown raspy, I asked in a low voice.

n“Are Celica and Karen there?” (Hikaru)

n“Hm? No, they aren’t.”

n“They aren’t?” (Hikaru)

nMy heart shook.

nSeeing that so normal state of my mother, I was relieved for a moment, but with me being bashed, it wouldn’t be strange for something to have happened to my family.

nMore so with those two who are still in middle school.

n“Celica-chan and Karen-chan gave me this as a present, you see. I am currently cruising around the whole world.”

n“World…cruising…?” (Hikaru)

n“That’s right. I am going around the world for 100 days. Nice, right?”

n“Well…I guess…” (Hikaru)

nSomewhere in my heart, I thought that at least my family would be worried about me.

nThere’s no way it would be exactly as I imagined.

nBut I thought that they would have their eyes nailed at the TV and…at the very least, be cheering for me. I unknowingly had been hoping for that at some point in time.

nEnergy was sapped out from my whole body.

nShe poured wine in her glass to help herself to more, and she gulped it down once again.

nShe is going faster than usual.

nHer gone son has suddenly begun talking to her in a video call, so she might be scared internally. As proof of that, mother was not looking over here and was facing diagonally backwards.

nIt might just be that she hates me though.

n“…Then, that means Celica and Karen are not with you?” (Hikaru)

n“That’s right. They presented us with a 100 days trip saying that they wouldn’t want to get in the way of us married couple. They said they had that ready a while ago. You really gotta have intelligent daughters. When Onii-chan was around, those girls must have been holding back for their traitless Onii-chan.”

nWere they…holding back?

nEven I knew that those two outstanding people were not the type that should be shut inside such a small house.

nBut for me, those two were simple, small, and cute little sisters.

nJust like mother says, I was a brother with no redeeming qualities, but I did try to do my utmost best as their brother.

nIf the two said they didn’t want to show up on TV, I would try to convince our parents somehow… Well, it mostly was father moving to manage somehow. Trying to convince mother always ended in failure.

n“Doesn’t that cost millions?” (Hikaru)

n“Of course it would. They said they won big from a bubble of a something coin. Karen-chan said she is the sender, so there’s no problem. I don’t really get it though.”

nI also knew Celica and Karen were earning money on the internet.

nMy parents were unreliable, so I advised them to save their money for the sake of the future, but that might have been a big unnecessary advice for the two.

nTo think they would be cruising the whole world.

n“…Then the two are doing well?” (Hikaru)

n“It seems like the two are doing a lot of things and earning like crazy, you know? Even though they didn’t show anything like that when Onii-chan was around.”

n“I see…” (Hikaru)

nMother hates me.

nHer comparing me to her well brought up actual daughters was a daily occurrence.

nIf Celica and Karen are doing well, I should be happy about it. That’s one thing I wanted to know, and it is great I learned that.

n…But my chest hurts.

n“Mother…I was suddenly brought to this world……and am doing my best. I have almost died.” (Hikaru)

nThat’s why I ended up spilling those words out.

nDid I want to be praised by mom?

nDid I want her to at least say that she is happy that I am alive?

n“I know. Celica-chan has told me. That you are facing tribulations that could kill you. You must have had it rough…like really.”

nI could see pity from my mother for the first time.

nJust that alone threatened tears to fall down from my eyes.

nBut those tears instantly drew back at the next words of mother.

n“…I am truly glad that the one who was chosen was you.”

nMother said laughing with a red face.

nShe said that.

n“Just thinking about that being Celica-chan or Karen-chan, it brings me shivers. Well, isn’t it great that you managed to survive?”

n“Y-Yeah. Is…that so. Yeah, you might be right… I managed to survive…so that’s great.” (Hikaru)

nI don’t know what I am even saying anymore.

nMother poured herself more wine, and she really looked in bliss gulping it down, and there’s no doubt she really doesn’t think anything of me.

nDid I want her to be worried?

nDid I want her to say kind words towards me?

nDid I want her to say ‘You have worked hard’ and show sympathy?

nEven though I wanted to ask a lot of things, my throat compressed, and words were not coming out.

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