Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender

Chapter 62: Chapter 62: From now on, you call me mom and I call you master



"Earthbound spirits aren't truly human anymore. Though they look the same as when alive, they actually lack real self-awareness..."

Having unexpectedly contracted Kaguya as his guardian spirit, Amamiya Natsuki naturally sensed her condition.

"But that doesn't matter anymore." Natsuki looked at Kaguya. "A guardian spirit is very special. Their self-awareness is restored—they can think and learn just fine."

"…"

Mrs. Kaguya smiled brightly and gently poked Kaguya Shinomiya's pretty face with a slender jade finger.

"It's like I slept for a very long time, and when I woke up, little Kaguya had become an adult."

"…Don't do that."

Kaguya took a half step back to avoid her mother's fingers.

Mrs. Kaguya had died from a heart attack when Kaguya was very young.

After more than ten years apart, Kaguya's memory of her mother was already faint.

They were mother and daughter, but it wasn't possible to suddenly become close.

"O-ouch..."

Mrs. Kaguya covered her cheeks, shoulders trembling as tears welled up.

"Mom had to leave because of a heart attack. I didn't want to leave you alone… Little Kaguya must hate Mom, right?"

Kaguya replied quietly:

"I don't."

"Obviously not." Mrs. Kaguya's voice wavered with sorrow. "Little Kaguya used to laugh so much, but now when she sees her mother, she doesn't even smile. It's obvious she hates me."

"No hate."

"Then smile for Mom."

Kaguya was silent.

Since becoming "Ice Kaguya-sama," she hadn't laughed in who knows how long.

Of course, sneering with contempt didn't count as smiling.

Fujiwara Chika sometimes told her jokes, and Kaguya laughed quietly by herself—but she had long forgotten how to smile genuinely.

But now, facing her mother acting so coquettishly, she couldn't refuse coldly.

"I understand." Kaguya pressed her fingers between her brows and sighed helplessly.

"Don't pretend to cry."

"Mom's not pretending. I just don't have tears anymore." Mrs. Kaguya opened one eye and teased,

"Little Kaguya, smile quickly."

"…"

Kaguya exhaled softly, forced the corners of her mouth into a stiff smile.

"No, that smile's too stiff—obviously fake." Mrs. Kaguya put a hand on her waist, "Try again."

Kaguya bit her lip, "No fake smiles."

"Master, what do you think?"

Mrs. Kaguya glanced at Amamiya Natsuki, who was eating melon nearby.

After hesitating, he spoke honestly:

"From a common sense perspective, a smile that stiff has to be fake."

"Stare—"

Kaguya folded her arms, tilted her head, and fixed him with her infamous Death Stare.

What's so fierce about it?

"Believe it or not, tell your mother now!"

Natsuki took a half step back. "You guys continue."

"Little Kaguya, keep going," Mrs. Kaguya urged.

Kaguya groaned inwardly but had no choice but to smile again.

"So perfunctory—again."

"…"

Natsuki quietly pulled out his phone to take a photo as a souvenir.

With practice, the ice sculpture girl's smile was quickly becoming natural.

Especially the last one—it made Natsuki's heart beat faster.

Too bad he was a step too slow. Had he taken that smile's photo and sold it at the academy for 10,000 yen a copy, people would have flocked to buy it!

"Miss…"

The blonde maid pushed the door open and walked in just as Kaguya smiled.

She opened her eyes wide, hardly believing what she saw.

Miss Kaguya... can actually smile so beautifully?

Could she have been hypnotized by Amamiya Natsuki?

Upon hearing Hayasaka Ai's voice, the smile vanished instantly.

Kaguya froze again—an ice sculpture once more.

"What's wrong?"

Hayasaka Ai reminded, "It's evening—time to go home, young lady."

"Got it."

Kaguya was silent for a moment, then glanced at Natsuki. "…Let's go."

The two went downstairs together.

"I have something to tell you."

Natsuki lowered his voice. "After signing the guardian spirit contract, your mother can only stay with me. She can't go back with you."

Kaguya paused, then whispered almost inaudibly:

"As expected."

If guardian spirits could roam freely, they wouldn't be guardian spirits.

But…

(My mother suddenly became the guardian spirit of a boy? What's going on?)

(I can't stay away from boys? What am I supposed to do when I bathe or sleep?)

(I stayed up late reading "The Manual for Raising a Loyal Boyfriend." Now that Mom's here, how can I practice?)

"Get in the car."

Kaguya's heart was in turmoil, but her face remained calm.

"Just take me to the nearest subway station."

Natsuki climbed in from the side. "Thanks for the trouble."

Mrs. Kaguya sat happily beside the ice sculpture girl and chatted nonstop.

But with the maid and driver present, neither Natsuki nor Kaguya responded.

No conversation during the ride.

The black car stopped slowly at the subway station.

Natsuki said goodbye and stepped out, but Mrs. Kaguya stayed beside Kaguya, unwilling to leave.

After the car drove away, only dozens of meters ahead, Natsuki saw a sudden flash—and Mrs. Kaguya appeared right beside him again.

"The guardian spirit's activity range is just a few dozen meters?"

Natsuki silently made a note.

"I can't do it," Mrs. Kaguya said regretfully, watching the car fade away. "The farther I get, the stronger an invisible force pulls me back. When I hit the limit, I suddenly appear next to Natsuki-kun."

As a guardian spirit, Mrs. Kaguya instinctively wanted to call him "master."

But under Kaguya's strong opposition, she settled on "Natsuki-kun."

What a terrible situation—a mother calling a boy in her daughter's class "master!"

"I'm going back."

Natsuki walked into the subway station.

"Natsuki-kun, should I buy a ticket?" Mrs. Kaguya asked curiously.

After over ten years of confusion, her awareness wouldn't stop now.

"Of course not."

"You're a ghost. Why buy a ticket?"

Natsuki boarded the subway and headed home.

No conversation along the way.

At home, the sun had already set.

Natsuki turned on the light, put on slippers, went to the fridge, exorcised the human-headed evil spirit inside, and took out a can of green tea.

"Natsuki-kun, I want a drink too."

Mrs. Kaguya looked expectant. "I haven't had a drink in a long time."

Natsuki glanced at her, "Can you drink?"

"I think I can touch it…"

Mrs. Kaguya tilted her head thoughtfully, reached out, and took the green tea. "But it will drain my energy."

"It actually works."

Natsuki was surprised.

Guardian spirits really were special beings.

Just as he was about to test more of Mrs. Kaguya's powers, the doorbell rang.

He opened the door.

Yotsuya Miko stood there. "I saw your lights on…"

Seeing Mrs. Kaguya sitting on the sofa drinking tea, Miko's eyes went wide.

Idiot Natsuki actually abducted the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family and brought her home?

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