Riaru de Reberu Age Shitara Hobo Chītona Jinsei ni Natta

Translator: Reflet

Editor: ryunakama

Nighttime, temporary condominium.

There were two loli baba’s in the living room.

One of them lived in this home, aka Taiyou’s second wife.

The other one had the same stature, but with long, blonde hair that would put Leticia’s to shame, wearing pure white gothic lolita clothing.

Kotone was out in the hallway to serve tea to their guest. Taiyou took the opportunity to ask a question.

“Who’s that person?”

“Uhh, she seems to be an acquaintance of Kohaku’s from a long time ago.”

“An eternal little, huh.”

Kotone gave a slight nod.

Due to an abnormality in their genes, the eternal littles showed no sign of growth or aging past the age of ten, spending their lives with the same young appearance until eventually they died of organ deterioration.

That’s how it was for Kohaku, and despite passing the age of eighty, she still looked like a ten year old on the outside.

“Come to think of it, that person did look the same as Kohaku. I get it now.”

Taiyou was curious as to what the two eternal littles were discussing.

The door opened with a click.

There stood the blonde, loli baba, looking up at Taiyou.

“Might we request your presence?”

“…Yeah.”

He didn’t know what she wanted, but this wasn’t the time to be refusing when she was staring straight at him.

He gave Kotone a glance to let her know everything was ok before following the blonde back inside.

Taiyou sat next to Kohaku, who seemed troubled, while the blonde girl sat on the opposite side. Then he spoke to her.

“It’s nice to meet you. I’m Natsuno Taiyou.”

“Cecilia, Cecilia B Hangman.”

“And what might you need, Miss Hangman?”

“I heard that you were this girl’s sweetheart.”

“Kohaku-san’s? Well yeah.”

“Then I would like you to help persuade her.”

“With what?”

“Danna-sama, I—-”

Taiyou thrust out a hand, cutting off Kohaku.

Unusually enough, Kohaku was getting emotional, and it was a strong negative emotion at that.

Taiyou decided it was best to hear out Cecilia first.

He looked at Cecilia with full attention, and she continued.

“I am currently acting on behalf of the Permanent Lady Association.”

“Permanent Lady Association?”

“Or, more colloquially, this is how we write it.”

Cecilia took out her business card.

As Taiyou accepted it, he checked the writing on it.

“Permanent Lady…ohhh okay, so this is the official name for them. Since they are in fact girls who never change.”

“Yes. The Permanent Lady Association is a support group in Japan that both helps and receives aid in regards to eternal littles. There are in total 107 eternal littles in Japan, and from what we understand, they are all members of the association.”

“I didn’t know there were that many.”

“The probability is one in one million, so it’s a fairly good approximation.”

“Gotcha.”

After he gazed a bit longer at the business card, Taiyou put it on top of the table and asked Cecilia a question.

“So what kind of persuasion are we talking about?”

“I would like her to be the new representative after me. That is what I want you to persuade her on.”

“You want Kohaku-san to be the new one?”

“Yes.”

“…Any reason for it?”

“One reason is her age. She’s not very far off from me in age and is the second oldest of all the eternal littles. In addition, she is a realist and makes accurate decisions.”

“Makes sense.”

“By the by, what made you want to resign?”

“Maternity leave.”

“…Eh?”

Taiyou doubted what he heard.

“Sorry, I think I heard something weird just now.”

“I said maternity leave (sankyu).”

“Thank you?”

“No, when you say ‘thank you’ you should pronounce it as ‘senkyu’ not ‘sankyu’. Although even the ‘s’ is more like a sound between ‘s’ and ‘d’, so that’s not quite right either.”

She completely destroyed his attempt at running from reality.

“No, but wait just a minute please. Uhh, you said this earlier, right? You said the next oldest will succeed you. How old are you?”

“You don’t just go around asking women their age.”

“Nonono. I mean yes, I understand, I will not ask. But you’re older than Kohaku-san, right? And yet you have maternity leave.”

“That’s right.”

“…For serious?”

He looked at Kohaku, who nodded slightly.

“Haah…that’s crazy.”

“I won’t be able to do work properly for several years. So I wanted this one here to replace me.”

“Okay, I understand.”

He looked at Kohaku and asked.

“And since we have to persuade you, that means you’re reluctant for some reason. Why’s that?”

“I’m not qualified enough. I don’t have as much charisma as Cecilia-san, and it be impossible to lead everyone the way she does, ja.”

“There’s one more reason why I chose you.”

“Eh?”

“Eternal little, old maid. You know that the greater 90% of us have led constrained lives.”

“Yes.”

Kohaku nodded for a change.

“So we need someone who isn’t afraid. We can’t just leave the job to someone who lives in fear and pessimism, can we? In that sense, you are someone we can count on. In both mind and body.”

“That’s…”

“You know full well why I want you. You’ve changed into quite a different person from a year ago.”

“One year ago? Does that have to do with me?”

“It is you. What else could it be?”

Cecilia said.

Kohaku’s face went red, and she turned the other direction.

Taiyou nodded before speaking again.

“Alright. I will do my best to persuade Kohaku-san.”

“Danna-sama!?”

“When someone holds me in high esteem like that, I can’t just refuse, y’know?”

Taiyou cracked a smile.

Kohaku opened and closed her mouth like a goldfish, unable to say anything.

As Cecilia looked at this spectacle, she smiled in satisfaction.