Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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Kyosuke Kousaka continued to hold Komachi and chat for a while longer before they parted ways.

Komachi usually does odd jobs, such as feeding the frog that wandered in earlier.

Why are these frogs refusing to leave?

Never mind, I'll just keep it as a mascot.

After parting ways with Kyosuke Kousaka, Komachi walked briskly toward the east wing.

They met Kikyo Kushida and Honami Ichinose on the way, greeted them politely, and continued walking.

"How easy..." Kikyo Kushida thought to herself.

It's amazing that a girl who's just started high school can have such a happy and adorable smile every day in this world.

This speaks volumes.

Fortunately, she is doing quite well here. She feels that if there is no danger of being assigned to marry other men, it would be good to just keep doing this.

“Komachi is so nice…” Ichinose Honami murmured.

I wish my sister could live such a happy life too.

Of course, this kind of life is not bad either.

It's even easier than before. Miss Yang has deliberately adjusted her parents' jobs to be less demanding, just managing people and not doing any heavy work, which is fine.

My younger sister is in a similar situation, except she's doing some light, easy work that isn't strenuous.

As for doing nothing at all?

This is certainly not possible.

This world has never tolerated idlers.

Unless you're completely clueless, everyone has to work.

In fact, Ichinose Honami's ideas were not wrong, but the scope was not yet determined.

For example, most pregnant women among ordinary people have to work, otherwise their income will decrease and their lives will fall into hardship.

As for Komachi's mother and Yukino's mother, who had already become members of the lower nobility, they only needed to take good care of their health.

Komachi, who had just returned home, saw that her mother was still fast asleep, so she hummed a song as she went to the kitchen to make millet and meat porridge.

In terms of nutrition, millet has a higher nutritional value, even though some people say it's a kind of "spiritual rice".

Just to be on the safe side, let's eat regular food for now and talk about other things after the baby is born.

"We'll need to put in some insecticide and rodenticide... Kyosuke-sama is amazing~"

Komachi muttered to herself.

Long ago, Kyosuke Kosaka was making all sorts of very useful medicines.

Products for repelling mosquitoes and insects, relieving stomach aches, moisturizing the skin, and providing sun protection... and many more.

Komachi was very impressed by how much Kousaka Kyosuke knew.

She also knew that Fuyumi had received various medical books from Kousaka Kyosuke, and that every now and then Fuyumi would be summoned to his bedchamber to inquire about his studies—Komachi understood exactly what was going on.

She was very grateful!

It's not about gratitude or anything like that?

"I am grateful... but I still think 'love' is a more accurate word."

Komachi couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Being pampered by Kyosuke Kousaka is truly blissful. Kyosuke Kousaka didn't say many sweet words, as if he found it a bit difficult to bring them up.

So cute... That's what Komachi really wanted to say, but it's hard to describe in words, so she can only say it in her heart~

However, Komachi often saw Kyosuke Kousaka saying sweet nothings to Kagura, who was a little younger than her.

Although she was a little envious, Komachi knew very well that Kagura really needed those things... What Kousaka Kyosuke did really earned Komachi points, lots of points.

However, Komachi still hopes that one day Kousaka Kyosuke will say sweet words to her.

Although I would feel really shy and embarrassed if I encountered that kind of thing, and want to crawl into the ground... I would cry and feel shy.

While lost in thought about various romantic matters, Komachi was surprisingly efficient at making meat porridge.

I don’t know when it started, but her physical and mental health improved dramatically, and she became very adept at doing many things.

Not to mention she's naturally very good at cooking~

Her special skills are flexibility, cooking, and taking care of her brother—well, her brother doesn't need taking care of her anymore, so she takes care of her husband now.

Komachi nodded her head repeatedly in agreement.

Watching her brother mature more and more, and with almost no strange self-destructive tendencies, Komachi felt both sentimental and lonely, yet also thought it was quite nice.

It would be wonderful to see my nephew and niece born someday.

This might take a long time, but there's no rush; it seems like it will happen soon.

Let's look forward to our future younger siblings.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

Komachi carried the hot porridge to her mother's room. Her mother was awake and knitting baby supplies.

After all, sitting all the time isn't good either, and it's very cold outside. Except for going out to walk in the barnacles when it's a little warmer in the afternoon, it's best to stay at home most of the time.

"Mom, you're awake."

"I woke up as soon as I smelled the aroma of porridge."

"Hehe, it seems Komachi's porridge smells really good~"

There's nothing wrong with saying that.

The mother slowly stood up, walked to the table, sat down in a chair, and prepared to eat.

The advantage of having a daughter is that you don't need those gossipy maids who always come to help.

This is a kind of enjoyment that parents without daughters cannot experience.

The rich aroma of the congee sizzled and wafted through the air.

The mother slowly began to eat, glancing at her daughter Komachi, who was smiling sweetly, and guessed that her daughter must have gone off to meet someone again.

It seems that because the daughter is cute and young, both the head of the family and the other ladies take good care of her.

This harmonious atmosphere is indeed the pinnacle that this era can achieve.

That would be best if it could continue.

"Your brother is off work today, and he went to exercise again?"

"Yes, we trained until noon before resting. My brother's muscles are very strong, just like the boxing champions on TV, bang~ bang~."

“I’m not very interested in knowing about these things. I just hope that his personality is as tough as his muscles, so that he doesn’t stammer and speak in a voice so soft that you can’t even hear a mosquito when something happens.”

"Hey! I believe my brother can do it!"

Komachi said with a look of firm conviction.

The mother rolled her eyes, but didn't slow down her porridge eating speed.

He had a bit of a headache about his son.

The son's charm has been discovered in this era, and the bad thing is that many people seem to have discovered it as well.

As a result, men, women, and even monsters and gods... all got tainted.

This left her speechless.

Now, all she hopes for is for her son to be able to live a normal life.

"Mother, what do you think of Hannya?" Komachi asked cautiously.

"That's fine then. If you want to stay with Xiao Ba, then stay. By the way, is he/she a boy or a girl?"

"...I just heard Kyosuke-sama say that it should be a woman."

"Oh, I see. I feel a little better."

The mother nodded, quite calmly.

Don't worry about monsters or anything like that.

The famous Onmyoji Abe no Seimei was not the son of a fox.

The head of the household also has shikigami (spirits) as concubines.

This may be very rare, and it may easily attract strange looks, but isn't this also the son's own choice?

Hmm, what is my son thinking?

Forget it, I don't want to think about him anymore.

She was still thinking about how her husband had been flirted with by several girls again today.

It's true that people might say I'm jealous, but the problem is I only have one husband, so how can I possibly divorce him?

Anyway, she doesn't want to do it; hiding here, she's invincible.