Epilogue ~Smile~

We arrived at the entrance of the dungeon by 9am and I submitted the King’s Sceptre to Emilia.

They fed me some story about having to perform an inspection to see if it was genuine so they’d be keeping it a while.

Because the exam was planned to end at dawn on the 2nd day there were no classes planned so we could all rest.

It was ideal for a birthday party.

I cast Transfer <Gatom> and we arrive outside my home the blacksmith & appraisers shop <Solar Wind>.

When I opened the door my mother who was inside turned to me immediately.

“Welcome back Arnos-chan!”

My mother runs over with more force than normal and hugs me tightly.

She’s crying for some reason.

“Mother was worried because you didn’t come home yesterday.”

“I said it might last all night through to the morning.”

“I know, but even so Arnos-chan is only a month old. I was still worried.”

My mother smiled and said again

“Welcome back Arnos-chan. Welcome back.”

Fumu. Worried so much just because I didn’t come back for 1 day. My mother should know my magic power to some extent. It’s an embarrassing feeling.

“I’m home.”

My mothers face lit up with a big smile.

“Welcome back Arnos-chan.”

My mother hugs me again.

“Ohh?”

Did you finally notice mother?

Her gaze turns to Sasha but for some reason, she seems startled. She has an expression like she’s noticed something.

“Morning. It will take until morning. It will take until morning……..”

Now she looks upset.

“It was a staying out all night declarationnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!”

What’s that?

“But I already said I might not return until morning.”

“I think the meaning between your statement and your moms are different.” Sasha says in a quiet voice.

Hmm. Is this another thing that’s changed in this age?

“What other kinds of meaning can I’ll return in the morning have?”

“What other you say? That is…errrm……you know….”

Sasha becomes flustered all of a sudden.

“What?”

“….It’s…..It’s a good thing…..”

Fumu. I see. I don’t understand at all.

My mother rushed up to Sasha while I was thinking.

“Sasha-chan!”

“Wha…what is it?”

My other hugged Sasha tightly.

“Sasha-chan!”

“What? What is it!?”

Sasha shrinks back at the force of my mother.

My mother pats Sasha’s head and looks like she’s made up her mind about something.

“Are….are you okay? Was he properly gentle?”

Sasha’s face goes blank.

“….You see, I want to avoid this misunderstanding. As for being gentle, it wasn’t needed.”

Sasha calmly corrects my mother however what my mother hears causes her to open her mouth like she’s received a great shock.

“….Eh? What’s wrong?”

“No, nothing. It’s fine. It’s fine Sasha-chan. Different people like different things. Un, it’s fine, it’s alright.”

My mother acts like she’s understood something and is trying to convince herself she’s happy with it.

Sasha looks like she wants to know so she asks my mother again.

“What is it? What do you mean?”

“But…..”

“It’s fine. Just tell me.”

Saying it can’t be helped my mother whispers in Sasha’s ear.

“Everyone has their own preferences. As long as you aren’t too violent getting rough is a good thing.”

“Are you stupid!!”

Sasha becomes bright red and yells out before putting her hands to her head and shaking it.

“It’s a misunderstanding. Coming home in the morning didn’t have that kind of meaning. Misha is here too. See?”

“Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Coming home in the morning with 3 people!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”

The force that is my mother can’t be contained today either it seems.

“Is Misha-chan fine as well?”

Misha leans her head to the side.

“…….fine?….”

Unlike Sasha, Misha doesn’t seem to understand too well either.

“Umm errm. Would it be better if Sasha-chan wasn’t here? I understand. I wonder…..? Should I…….?”

When my mother asked fearfully Misha just shakes her head.

“3 people was fine.”

At that moment the door to the workshop opened with a crash and my father appeared and the first thing out of his mouth was.

“Arnos. Father was, even father was like this back in the day. You’re too quick to climb the steps of adulthood. One of these days you could fall down Hahaha.”

I didn’t ask father.

“But when I heard you were with 2 people I was so jealous. You didn’t do both at the same time did you!?”

My father slaps his hands on my shoulders while yelling and looking upset.

“Arnos. This is advice from your father who actually fell down those stairs.”

My fathers face now looks serious before he continues.

“How did you do it? Teach me.”

Where did the advice go?

“Erm Misha-chan. How did you go up so many flights of adult stairs? How did Arnos do 2 people?”

What are you asking your son’s classmate about father?

“….He was gentle…..”

“Anyone can do it as long as they’re gentle? I s—-”

My father opened his mouth like he’d realised something before looking at me like he’d seen something horrible.

“Were you such a technician Arnos………?”

My father seems to have greatly misunderstood something.

“Like I said its a misunderstanding. Today is our Birthday so Arnos invited us!”

Sasha makes a desperate appeal.

Hearing that my mother who was still in shock made a fist like she was determined.

“That’s right. Even if the people themselves say they are okay it’s not something you can just openly talk about.”

It seems the misunderstanding has not yet been resolved.

“It’s alright. Mother will always be an ally of Arnos-chan. I’ll always support what Arnos-chan wants to do.”

My father nods at my mother’s words.

“That’s right. If Arnos wants to do something it can’t be helped. If you want to do it…..”

Why does my father seem full of regret now?

“If that’s what you’ve decided then I’ll start preparing a feast right away. It’s Sasha-chan and Misha-chans birthday. Right, I’ll bake a cake too.”

When my mother was about to go into the kitchen I remembered something.

“Aah, that’s right. Misha I’ve got something for you.”

Misha watches me.

“What?”

“Hold out your hand.”

Misha puts out her left hand like I asked.

“Done.”

Fumu. Her ring finger looks like the best fit. Whatever, any finger should be fine. I place the <Ice Lotus Leaf Ring> on her finger.

Misha brought the ring to her eyes and looked at it in amazement.

“Happy Birthday Misha. How do you feel about turning 15?”

Misha looks at me with her usual deadpan expression, however, a tear ran down her cheek.

In a trembling voice, she said

“I was scared.”

As I thought she would be.

She endured it for a long time.

“You don’t need to be strong anymore.”

“…..Nn……”

Misha nodded as tears continued to fall.

Seeing this a smile bloomed on Sasha’s face and she held Misha’s shoulders.

And———-

“I understand Misha-chan. It was scary but you held out.”

My mother who doesn’t know anything speaks up.

“…….Understand…..?”

“Un. I was also scared during my proposal. No matter how much you believe it will go okay it’s scary until it’s done. In Misha’s case, there’s also Sasha-chan too.”

Misha’s eyes go round.

“But it’s okay. Arnos-chan will definitely go through with it. Misha-chan and Sasha-chan. I’m sure he will make you both happy.”

Me and Sasha didn’t know what to do with those words.

However.

“…Fufufu……”

Misha laughed

“Make us both happy?”

“Un, that’s right. Is that okay?”

Misha thinks a little and laughs again.

It was like a flower had bloomed.

“Nn.”

It was a heartfelt smile from a girl who had suppressed her own heart until now.


TN.

With this Chapter 1/Arc 1 is finished. The next chapter/arc is the demon sword tournament arc.

60 thoughts on “Epilogue ~Smile~

  1. Just by looking at how happy his parents right now.
    I’m sure he will not be able to turn Sasha and Misha down in the future.

  2. those parents sure are in full throttle mode there… kekekeke … seems like only Sasha understood what those parents were talking about…

  3. ..ohh man, i cracked up from their misunderstandings. So his parents wont listen to any words except their own, like mine. Or maybe they’re reading between the lines too much. Thanks for the chap. He’s slowly claiming his throne back, after 6 months of being born. Hahaha

  4. Thanks for the chapter.
    Author should do a Spin-off with Arnos’s parents POV!! The name would be “Arnos-chan growth log!”

    I can already see a 4-koma of this!This is gold. I’m telling you, GOLD!!!!!

  5. Hooray for a male character who is apparently semi-immortal to fully immortal, experienced in all things related to governance, battle, strategy and magic, arguably fathered twelve children (or more, who knows), yet is still dense as a pile of pig shit regarding anything that might change the age rating of the novel. GJ, Japan, ruining characters personalities for child protection and profit since 1979.

    • To be fair, while he’s their father, he made them with his blood, not through doing the dirty.

      • Exactly. He also was in a world where fighting all through the night and what he said would have a different meaning. I’m also pretty sure he realized but just didnt spell it out to us in his head.

        • I also think he is a too serious of a person in a way that he would not really bother into thinking they would guess that he was doing that, not because he is dense or something else he wouldnt have show that he actually seem to have understood it(which most of characters never realize tbh)

          At least i hope so i dont really want to see arnos being another dense character when he showed to be more mature and smart to be like that

  6. I loved how the misunderstandings only continued to snowball upon coming home.

    This seriously needs some sort of spin-off revolving around a younger brother or sister to Arnos; who grows up mostly normal, but also shows some abnormally-high level talent (compared to the other Demon King Candidates), similar to other reincarnator protags who have higher intelligence as a baby but physically age normally, only having abnormal skills/abilities. And he or she is basically having to play the straight-man and attempt restore common sense to all those affected by Arnos.

  7. When I saw chapter “epilogue”
    I am a bit worried… is it the end?
    Then I scroll up on NU, and saw 3 digit chapters was released, and here I come, with full of joy XD

  8. I was expecting Arnos or Sasha to say something about the dungeon and the mom jumping to “dungeon play fetish” at the rate she was piling up misunderstandings about how they spent the night. lol

  9. Thanks for the translations, and Thanks for the Translators Note at the end there. Since the chapter was labeled Epilogue I was a little worried it was ending 😛

  10. Ah Arnos… he’s the immortal, infinitely powerful, unstoppable demon king… still gonna lose to his mom’s super high tension and reckless disregard of anyone else’s sanity. XD seems he’s wrong there is one thing he can’t do… make his mom act like a rational person

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  12. Arnos-chan the Demon King can easily crush demon emperors and gods. But he’s no match for his mom’s enthusiasm. If she brings out the gratin it’s game over.
    Lmao
    Thanks for the very silly volume. It was lots of fun.

  13. Mom n Dad were like, ‘Only a month old and our boy has 2 brides’
    Arnos is like, ‘?????’
    The Sisters are like, ‘I don’t get it, but Mmkay!’

  14. The ending to this first volume is actually pretty good, the beginning is a pure cringefest but if you can get over that the novel has some pretty good stuff to offer.

    The parents are just the best lol love them, can’t wait for the fan club though I guess it won’t be the same without the idol performances, the side characters are the best thing here lol.

    Will he actually take them as wives or will it just be the author teasing us ? You’d think he’d also kill the trope of the dense mc but I guess you need to keep 1 sort of annoying fucking trope.

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