238話 家族との再会
「じん、たろう? なのか......」
顎髭
庭園、じゃなくて庭まで両親を迎えるために待っていた俺へと駆け寄る母さん。そしてそのまま抱きついては、感極まったのか鼻声で『大丈夫だった?』『不安だったでしょうに』『すぐに帰れなくてごめんなさいね』、と何度も何度も謝ってきた。
「ハッハッハッー! 話には聞いていたけど、実際に見るとだいぶインパクトがあるなぁ」
顎髭に手を当て、豪快に笑いながら近づいてくる父さん。母さんごと俺を抱きしめ、『ただいま。帰りが遅くなってすまない』と小さく呟いた。
やっぱり久しぶりの再会は嬉しいもので、心も体もぽかぽかと温められる。
「うーん! 我が息子ながらいい香り、いい感触、すぐにでも写真に収めたくなるなぁ!」
「ちょっと父さん、そういうのは嫌かな」
「あなた、発言が少々危ういかしらね」
俺と母さんは父さんのヘンテコな台詞に苦言する。
「父さんは元からヘンタイ気質だったわよ。どうしてもって言うなら太郎の写真は私がたくさん持ってるから、交渉ね」
姉よ。
なぜ俺の写真を持っている?
性転化してからカメラを向けられた覚えはないのだが。
「わぁお............お兄ちゃん、
銀のハーフアップツインテールを揺らし、ひょっこりと父さんや母さんの影から顔を覗かせたのは義妹のミシェルだ。
「んん、久々の日本語、難しい。わたしと顔、似てる......やったね。これでもっと仲良くなれる?」
「仲良くってなんだよ。久しぶりだな、ミィ」
改めて義妹の顔をまじまじと見つめる。
北欧出身のミシェルの髪は
「元気だったか?」
「あっち、色々と面白いことあった。現地の学校、楽しい」
「お兄ちゃんこそ、お話聞かせて。
「なにおうっ!?」
俺は負けじと背伸びをするも、中学生のミシェルにかなうはずもなかった。義妹は兄の頭をぽんぽんして、にっこにこのご満悦である。
悔しさをごまかすようにして、ミシェルへ今後の予定をそれとなく尋ねてみる。
「こ、今度はいつまで日本にいるつもりなんだ?」
「なんだかお家事情がごたごちゃ? してきてる。だから、わたし、当分は日本にいる?」
「あら、ミィ。それは嬉しいわ」
「お姉ちゃんと、お兄ちゃんと、たくさん遊べるっ!」
そう言ってミシェルは俺と姉の手を取った。
いろんな不安はあったけれど、やっぱり家族っていいもんだな。
父さんは悩んだ末に俺に告げた。
「結論から言うと、性転化の事もあるので婚約の件は見合わせて欲しいと殿下には伝える」
のターンを終えた俺達は一息つき、父さんのだだっ広い書斎に集められていた。セバス爺さんと母さん、姉に義妹のミシェルも同室している。
「ただし、表立って婚約の話を断るとは明言しない。今、そのような態度を取っても、
もそろそろ『日本皇立学園』に通うこと......」
「父さん、それは許容できないわよ」
姉が父さんの決定に口を挟む。
日本の将来を担うトップの立場であるなら、上流階級者同士の面識を高校生のうちに築く必要がある。でなければ、日本を背負って行動する『仏神宮』家にまつわる業務はこなせない、とのこと。
『日本皇立学園』に通うのは義務に近い。それを特例として許してもらっていた立場らしい。だからこそ、上からの指名を断るにはそれなりの理由が必要だと。
「夏休みが終わるとともに訊太郎を『日本皇立学園』へ入学させる。それを条件に、
父さんは俺を見つめ、表情に苦渋が満ちる。きっと俺の顔がひどいものになってしまっているからだろう。
父さんだって俺のことを思っている、それは理解できるけれど......やっぱり今までの生活が変わってしまうのは嫌だ。晃夜や夕輝、茜ちゃんがいる学校に通えなくなって、見ず知らずの権力志向に溺れた子供たちと机を並べる毎日。
想像するだけでも気分が悪くなってしまう。
......父さんが他に有力な交渉材料を作る。それまでは、どうか、納得してはくれないか?」
俺は父さんと母さんの目を見れず、返答ができない。
ただ、ただ、無言の時間が流れ、それに心が耐え切れなくなった頃、俺は書斎から静かに出て行った。
「太郎......大丈夫......?」
今まで住み慣れていたマンションの一室、その十倍以上もある俺の部屋に姉が入ってきた。
「......大丈夫なわけないわよね」
暗い声の姉に、俺は情けなく笑う。
「今のところ、仕方ないのはわかっているけど......どうにか、ならないかな......」
「そうね......父さんもあれでだいぶ
はぁ、と二人で深い溜息をついてしまう。
どうにかしたい。けれど皇族の意に逆らって、また実力行使に及ぶ輩が現れて親友たちを襲ったり、家族に迷惑がかかるような展開にならない保証はない。
「私の方も困ったことになっていてね......私の
現実を改変して皇家の圧力に対抗できる、権力や財力は手に入れられたかもしれない。しかしその反面、『仏神宮』家としての義務も生じてしまった。
姉は俺よりも年上で、当然高校も卒業している。だから人脈も構築していた、という事になっているそうだ。しかし肝心の記憶が姉にはない。
俺も厳しいけれど、姉の方もだいぶ辛い立場になってしまった。
そんな沈痛な空気に場違いなほど、明るい声が唐突に響いた。
発声源は義妹のミシェルだ。
「お兄ちゃん、お姉ちゃん、元気ない。ミィと一緒に遊んで元気だす?」
キョトンと首を傾げ、義妹が俺達を見る。
? お姉ちゃんも一緒に遊んでる遊び場? 私も一緒に遊びたい、です」
顔を見合わせる俺と姉。
241 238 Stories Reunion With Family
"Didn't you? Is it..."
Clean your chin mustache (mustache), and look at me and keep an eye out for the middle-aged with refreshing, short hair.
Mother rushing over to me waiting to pick up her parents to the garden, not the garden. And I held him like that, and he said in his nose, "Are you okay? '' I would have been anxious, '' I'm sorry I couldn't be home any time soon, 'I've apologized over and over again.
"Ha-ha-ha! I heard the story, but it actually has a lot of impact when I see it"
A father who puts his hand on his jawbeard and approaches him with a luxurious laugh. Embrace me for each mother and say, 'I'm home. I'm sorry I'm late,' he muttered small.
After all, the first reunion in a long time is a delight, and my mind and body are pompous and warm.
"Hmmm! It smells good while my son, feels good, but I'd love to fit it in the picture soon!
"Hey Dad, I don't like that"
"You must be a little jeopardized."
My mother and I complain about my father's weird dialogue.
"My father has always had a hentai temper. I have a lot of photos of Taro, so we can negotiate."
My sister.
Why do you have my picture?
I don't remember the camera being pointed at after the sex change.
"Wow............ brother, well done (...)"
It was my sister-in-law, Michelle, who rocked a silver half-up twin tail and let her peek into her face from the shadows of her father and mother.
"Mmm, Japanese for a long time, hard. My face looks like mine... you did it. Can we get along better with this?
"We're close. Long time no see, mi."
Again, I look seriously at my sister-in-law's face.
Michelle from Northern Europe has silver hair close to white blonde hair (platinum blonde). I'm pale and silver. The colors of the hair and eyes are different, and the shapes of the faces are somewhat similar.
"How have you been?
"Over there, a lot of interesting things happened. Local schools, fun"
"Brother, let me talk to you. I knew it was (...) tiny. I'm your sister?
"What the fuck!?
I couldn't have been a loser and a backstretcher or a middle school Michelle. My sister-in-law pounds her brother's head and is a smiling delight.
Try to deceive your remorse and ask Michelle somewhat about your future plans.
"Ko, how long are you gonna be in Japan this time?
"What's the matter with your house? I'm coming. So, I'm in Japan for the time being?
"Oh, mi. I'm happy for you."
"You and your sister, you and your brother, we can play a lot!
That's what Michelle said and took my sister's hand.
I had a lot of anxiety, but I still wish I was family.
Dad told me after he was troubled.
"In conclusion, I will tell His Highness that I would like you to meet me about the engagement because there is also sexual change."
After the turn of the family reunion, we took a breather and were gathered in Dad's extensive study. Grandpa Sebas and his mother, his sister and sister-in-law Michelle are also in the room.
"However, I will not make it clear that I will stand out and refuse to talk about the engagement. Now, with that attitude, everyone in the Buddha's Shrine will not turn in the right direction."
"Also, it is time for Shintaro to attend the Royal Japanese Academy..."
Dad, that's unacceptable.
My sister pinches her mouth on my father's decision.
If it is the top position in charge of Japan's future, we need to build an understanding between the upper classes among high school students. Otherwise, we will not be able to carry out the work related to the "Buddha Shrine" family, which acts on Japan's back, and so on.
Attending "The Royal School of Japan" is close to duty. Apparently he was in a position to have that forgiven as an exception. That's why he said he needed a good reason to turn down a nomination from above.
"At the end of the summer vacation, Shintaro will be admitted to the Royal School of Japan. Subject to that, the royal family will be asked to drop off the engagement confirmation so far."
Dad stares at me and his expression is full of bitterness. I'm sure it's because my face is turning into something awful.
Even my father thinks of me, although that's understandable... I still don't like how my life has changed before. Every day I line up my desk with kids drowned in strange power orientations, unable to go to school where Shaking Night, Evening Fai, and Xi are.
I feel sick just imagining it.
"Shintaro... my father makes other powerful negotiating materials. Until then, please, won't you convince me?
I can't look my father and mother in the eye and I can't respond.
It's just, when silent time flowed and my mind couldn't stand it, I left the study quietly.
"Taro... it's okay...?
One of the apartments I've been used to living in, my sister came into my room, more than ten times that.
"... you can't be okay."
I laugh pitifully at my dark voice sister.
"So far, I know I don't have a choice... but somehow, I don't know..."
"Well... my father seems to have had a lot of trouble with that too... now we just have to find out if there's any other way."
Ha, and you and I get a deep sigh.
I want to do something about it. But there is no guarantee that against the will of the royal family, and that a student who extends to exercising his strength will show up and attack his best friends, or develop into something annoying to his family.
"My people are in trouble too... They have a lot of friends I don't know (...)..."
We can alter reality to counteract royal pressures, power and financial might have been obtained. But on the other hand, my duty as a 'Buddha's Shrine' family also arose.
My sister is older than me and naturally graduates high school. That's why they were building connections, too. But my sister doesn't have the memories at heart.
I'm tough too, but my sister's in a much harder position.
The brighter my voice sounded abruptly out of place in such sinister air.
The source of the voice is my sister-in-law, Michelle.
"Brother, sister, I'm not well. You wanna play with Mi and get better?
Tilt your neck with Kyoton and your sister-in-law will see us.
"A playground for your brothers (...)? A playground for your sister to play with? I want to play with you, too."
Me and my sister looking at each other.
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