Chapter 720: Chapter 720: Summer Extra Chapter 「Two Days and One Night! Journey to the Sea of Stars (with Eden) 」② (2/2)

[I see.]

When lunchtime came, Eden-san suggested that we cook together. Eden-san seemed to be a good cook, and seeing her instruct me in cooking while wearing an apron, I could somehow feel motherliness overflowing from her.

[……Also, as a mother, I want to serve my own homemade dishes to my children. Well, since my child is helping me like this, I guess I can't exactly say that this is my own homemade dish.]

Hearing Eden-san say that with an impish giggle, I thought that she was kind of cute.

[……It's a very beautiful starry sky, isn't it?]

[This night sky is made to look like the one on Earth. You can even see the constellations you saw back in Japan.]

[Heehhh…… I'm not really into constellations and stuff like that, but there's quite a few of them, right?]

[Yes, my children had quite an abundant imagination. For example……]

As Eden-san lightly moved her finger, the starry sky changed slightly and a line connected two stars.

[That's the constellation Canis Minor. It's a winter constellation, but it's quite the interesting one.]

[It's…… only made up of two stars?]

[Yes, it apparently looked like the head and torso of a dog.]

When Eden-san said that, a picture of a dog emerged around the two stars. H- Hmmm, how should I say this…… I think it's a bit of a stretch…… No, perhaps, it's just that the imagination of the people of the past was so great that they could see a dog from just those two stars.

[Incidentally, this constellation is called Coma Berenices.]

[Errr, those three stars?]

[Those three are just the brightest, as it's actually a cluster of many stars that looked like a lock of hair.]

[It has a lot more stars than the dog huh.]

[Yes. Interesting, isn't it?]

[……Indeed.]

After that, Eden-san continued to teach me about various constellations, explaining to me their origins.

The next day, after having breakfast with Eden-san, we walked side by side along the beach, trying to relax until 12:00 noon, when we were to return home.

Somehow, the two-day, one-night trip was so much fun that I felt a little sad to see it end.

I guess that was probably because Eden-san was in her gentle mode. It's not that I don't like the usual Eden-san that much, but I can't help but wish that she was always like this…… though I guess it can't be helped.

However, such a peaceful time came to an abrupt end.

[……Ahhhh…… How preciouuuuus, my beloved chiiiiiiild.]

Sounding more childish than usual…… A voice filled with ”more insanity than usual” had called out……

<Afterword>

※1 The duration of Holy Mother mode is ”24 Hours”.

※2 It was said that it was her original personality, but even though she had a decent one when she's with her friend, Alice, it wasn't mentioned how her original personality when she was with her beloved child (Kaito) is decent. Rather, her original personality was actually a dangerous one.

Serious-senpai : [Scary!? Especially that last line, isn't that straight out of horror movies!?]