Chapter 6: First Encounter! The Cousin is a Target for Capture!

"When you say a maid attending to a young lady in a fantasy story, it's obviously going to be twin sisters!"

I followed that tradition (゜∀゜)

Chapter 6: First Encounter! The Cousin is a Target for Capture!

Maria's aunt, Madozono Mima, had a daughter.

That daughter is Madozono Tomoe, Maria's cousin.

She was one of the heroines and a target for capture in "My Beloved Flower Blooms at the Gate."

Her hair, the same reddish-brown color as her mother's, reaches her collarbone.

She has a timid personality, and until she and the protagonist fall in love, she hides her eyes with her bangs, a so-called "eye-covering" beautiful girl.

In the original story, like Maria, Tomoe suffers emotional abuse from her biological mother, Mima, for a certain reason.

That reason is "Magic Manipulation Inability."

Although she should possess magical power, she cannot use the magic needed to cast spells.

This is impossible for a direct descendant of Madozono, one of the three great families of Exorcists.

An Exorcist who cannot use magic is not even a laughing matter.

After her older sister, Mami, learned of her unwanted pregnancy and left the Madozono household, Mima, too, was subjected to a horrific ritual that stripped her of her virginity, and was violated by unknown men.

It was at that time that she conceived Tomoe.

Tomoe was not a child Mima wanted.

A child from whom no love could arise, and a child who could not use magic, a child unfit to be a <Magic Exorcist>.

Mima was frustrated with her own child, driven mad by anger and hatred.

Therefore, she mistreated Tomoe and continued to cruelly abuse Maria, who had been adopted by her.

This is where Maria's villainous, high-spec abilities became her enemy.

Maria possessed extraordinary basic abilities and exceptionally high magical power, even among the Madozono lineage.

These things drove Mima even more mad.

Her own child couldn't even wield magic.

But yet, this abominable girl who (in the original story, Mima believes) drove her beloved older sister to her death, why was she so talented...?

Normally, she should have been happy, but Mima felt a sense of injustice.

This anger stemming from injustice fueled her abuse of Maria.

..... For generations, the head of the Madozono family has always been a direct female descendant of the previous head of the family.

The current head is Mima, and her own child, Tomoe, cannot use magic, so it was certain that Maria would become the next head of the family.

Mima, too, could not accept this fact.

It was now a spiral of anger and hatred.

Mima was constantly irritated by her own child, Tomoe, who always acted timidly towards her, and her niece, Maria, who irritated her just by being in her sight.

Mima's personality became increasingly nervous and short-tempered, and her abuse of the two girls escalated more and more brutally.

─────────That's what happens in the original story.

(Mother's calling me. I wonder what it is...)

Before dusk.

Trembling with fear, Tomoe followed behind the head maid, Sougi, walking down the mansion's corridor.

Her mother, Mima, was nothing but an object of terror to Tomoe.

"She can't use magic?! My child?! The daughter of Madozono?!"

Her mother's furious expression and scream when she was diagnosed with "magic manipulation incapacity" is etched into Tomoe's memory as pure terror.

Even as a child, Tomoe had vaguely sensed that her mother didn't have any favorable feelings towards her.

Therefore, she understood why, from that day on, her mother's gaze towards her had worsened, becoming one of disgust

She was hated by her own mother.

Having come to this realization at a young age, Tomoe was forced to become timid and introverted..

The only person she could open up to was her personal maid, Igodome Kanaya, and there was no one else she could talk to properly.

As Tomoe walked, she looked at Kanaya, who was accompanying her, with anxious eyes.

Noticing her gaze, Kanaya gently took Tomoe's hand.

As if to encourage her, assuring her that she was there for her.

Igodome Kanaya is currently fourteen years old.

She is the older of the twin daughters of the head maid, Igodome Sougi.

Her hair is reddish-purple, and she wears a short bob with neatly trimmed bangs.

Despite being only fourteen, her breasts and hips, like her mother's, had grown to the size of an adult woman's, a testament to her inhabitants of the eroge world.

In the original work, she and her twin sister were both among the characters you could romance.

Depending on how you progress through the scenario, there's a route where you can become lovers with both sisters.

────Kanaya's younger sister, Igodome Kanaho, was waiting in front of the guest room door where Tomoe was being led by Sougi.

She had the same hairstyle as her twin sister, Kanaya, their faces were identical, and even their body types were the same.

The only difference was the color of her hair—it was bluish-purple.

Kanaho bowed to Tomoe and Sougi, then knocked on the guest room door.

"Tomoe-sama has arrived."

"Let her in."

Hearing Mima's concise reply, Kanaho opened the door and stepped aside. 

Following Sougi, who entered the room smoothly, Tomoe followed, her heart pounding.

She had already let go of the hand she had been holding with Kanaya just moments before.

She knew all too well that if her mother caught her, she would be subjected to another barrage of insults and scolding.

(...! Who...?)

Tomoe noticed a child just like herself on the bed in the room and turned her eyes in that direction.

And then, her heart was struck.

(────!!! So pretty………………)

"Woah," Tomoe said, completely captivated.

A princess-like girl with long, ruby-red hair and eyes.

It was Maria.

Even though she was a hopeless pervert on the inside, she was a young girl with a bewitching beauty on the outside.

It was no wonder that an innocent little child would be captivated.

And then Maria and Tomoe's eyes met.

Maria smiled at Tomoe, her smile blossoming like a flower.

Tomoe felt her heart leap.

"——Maria. This is my daughter, Tomoe. She is your cousin."

Mima said, looking at Tomoe.

"...Tomoe. Say hello."

Tomoe felt a sense of unease at her mother's short, urging words.

The sharp, prickly tone that had always been present in her voice when she spoke to her seemed to have disappeared.

"Ojou-sama."

Kanaya called out softly to Tomoe, who was slow to react due to her unease with Mima.

"Ah, h-hello. I'm, Madozono, Tomoe,"

Tomoe hastily introduced herself and bowed.

Tomoe braced herself for her mother's scolding for her clumsy and awkward behavior.

But Mima said nothing.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Madozono Maria. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Instead, it was Maria, lying on the bed, who spoke.

Her voice was soft yet clear as she bowed to Tomoe in greeting.

Sougi and her twin daughters, who were also present, widened their eyes slightly at Maria's demeanor.

Tomoe, who was addressed by Maria, was already overwhelmed.

In even the slightest movement, they sensed a refined dignity and nobility that was unbelievable for a young girl.

...In truth, it wasn't due to nobility itself, but rather the greeting of the person inside Maria, a working adult from her previous life, which had been transformed into a refined lady's greeting by the Elegance Cheat.

Of course, no one present had any way of knowing this fact.

(——As expected of Onee-sama... she properly disciplined her child. And yet, look at me──────)

Mima, on the other hand, was both impressed and disgusted with herself as a mother, taking unnecessary hits.

(Ahhh, it's Tomoe-chan~~~♡ So cute♡♡♡ So cute♡♡♡)

Maria herself was completely oblivious to the reactions of those around her, and was in a state of exhilarating happiness, her spirits soaring with excitement at the heroine's appearance.

She was, as expected, not thinking about anything at all.

"From today, Maria will be the daughter of the main family. Although you're are the same age, but if we consider the month of birth, Tomoe, she will be your older sister."

"Maria.... Onee-sama────?"

"...Yes."

At Tomoe's hesitant words, Mima felt a surge of nostalgia.

She saw a reflection of her younger self in her daughter.

Although she and her sister were unable to attain happiness.

She hoped that Maria and Tomoe, these two, would find happiness...

On this day, for the first time, Mima felt the desire to be a mother.

Mima herself was unaware of it.

However, it was undoubtedly a good omen.

AN:

Incestuous yuri is good too...

I'll have both mother and daughter completely misunderstand the situation (゜ω゜)