Chapter 27: The Sisters-in-Law Are Scoring.
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Even though Momo and Nana did not know where Lala lived, Nana used her ability to talk with animals. By gathering news from the little birds flying above the city, they found Kihara's house without any mistake.
However, something deeply puzzled the two sisters. Even though they knew the exact spot, they could not walk to the house. No matter how far they walked, they could not get close to Kihara's home, as if they were just running in place at the start of the street.
"Is this one of Big Sister's inventions?"
"Maybe. What do we do now?"
"Hmm..." Momo looked helplessly at the small villa nearby. In her first plan, she wanted to sneak into the house to watch him.
To understand a person's real character, the easiest way is to watch how they act at home. Very few people keep up a fake mask inside a place that stands for warmth and safety.
Since this simple and direct way failed, Momo changed her plan right away. When she had joked around with Lala through cross-universe calls before, she learned that her sister went to a school named "Gensokyo High."
The fiancé named Kihara was also at that school. Even though it was not the best place to watch him, it was much better than just staring blankly at the outline of the house.
"Nana, please ask Miss Sparrow to look for the location of Gensokyo High. We will watch the fiancé at school next."
"I can do that, but..." Nana rubbed her stomach and looked up at the orange sunset in the distance. "Should we eat something first? Did you bring food?"
"Ah..."
Seeing cold sweat drop from Momo's forehead, Nana's eyes went wide with shock. "Don't tell me you forgot to prepare food completely?!"
"M-My mind was completely filled with escaping Planet Deviluke first. I didn't think about food at all..."
"I really shouldn't have left everything to you. You always mess up on the strangest things..."
Hearing this complaint, Momo, who had planned almost the whole escape, got annoyed. She crossed her arms and pouted.
"We only made it to Earth because of my plan, you know! Nana, you did nothing, so how can you complain?"
"That's only because you told me to just watch! Who knew you'd hit your old habit and ignore small, ordinary details that are actually super important?" Nana shot back without holding back.
"Hmph!" x2
Before they could even start watching Kihara, the friendship between the two sisters was already about to capsize in a storm. Luckily, Kihara showed up at the end of the street holding two heavy plastic bags, stopping their fight.
'Black hair, black eyes, very handsome, and a fit body. Most importantly, he has a very unique, calm aura. He matches the basic info in the database perfectly.,
Momo's eyes lit up. "This should be Mr. Kihara. Just looking at his face, he is much better than those arranged date guys."
"Hmph, he is indeed handsome, but good looks are useless on their own."
"Let's try to follow right behind him. Maybe we can bypass Big Sister's strange gadget."
With that, Momo tiptoed behind Kihara, and Nana quickly followed after a second of hesitation.
This time, Momo's guess was perfectly right. Sanae's "Ward of Evacuation" charm did not affect people who stayed close to Kihara. Thanks to this, they successfully followed him right inside the house.
Taking advantage of the moment, Momo stretched her neck to peek inside the two bags in his hands.
"The left bag has snacks, and the right one has cooking ingredients. Can Mr. Kihara actually cook?" Momo whispered to Nana. She then pulled out a small notebook and wrote down: [+10 points]
"Couldn't he just be running an errand for his parents?"
"Did you actually read the basic info about Mr. Kihara in the database? His parents passed away more than ten years ago. He has lived completely alone since then."
Nana lowered her arms from behind her head. The careless look on her face changed into a guilty expression. "Sorry, my bad. You handle the scoring for now, and I'll read his files again."
"That's more like it."
While they spoke, Kihara had already walked into the house. Since they were successfully inside the home's boundary, Momo was in no rush to enter the rooms. She took Nana to walk around the outside of the house first.
The building itself had nothing special about it. However, next to the open space on the left side used for drying clothes, there were some decorative plants and flowers, and they were all taken care of beautifully.
At first glance, it looked like a lovely, miniature garden. In the morning, it would very likely draw butterflies to dance freely between the flowers and green leaves.
For Momo, who loved plants, this was a great bonus.
"Takes very gentle care of plants. [+5 points]~"
After recording the score, Momo squatted down in front of the potted plants. She began to use her ability to talk with plants to chat with them.
Sadly, the plants only thought about Kihara taking care of them every day. They paid no attention to what he did normally. Aside from being brainwashed by the words "I love him" from the plants, she did not gather any useful news.
Momo rubbed her aching temples, which were tired out by the noisy plants, and stood up by pushing on her knees. Suddenly, the sound of a sliding door opening came from behind the porch. She immediately looked back.
Kihara came out holding a watering can and a small hoe. It looked like he was about to tend to the plants.
Momo quickly stepped out of the way. She squatted down nearby, keeping her eyes wide open to watch his every move. Whether it was the perfect amount of strength he used to check the leaves, or his practiced movements while loosening the soil, everything showed he was an expert at taking care of plants.
"The water tastes great!" "My roots can finally stretch out as much as they want!"
"Oh, the way he touches my leaves feels so good!"
Hearing the happy cheers of the plants, Momo felt infected by their joy. The corners of her mouth curled up against her will. "Let's give him another [+5 points]..."
Do not think Kihara's score was low. You have to know that the average score of the suitors screened out by the two sisters was negative. Very few even managed to cross the zero mark.
Getting 20 points in less than half an hour was an amazing result like never before.
Just as Momo rested her face in her hands, quietly enjoying the view of Kihara taking care of the garden, a strange female voice came from the porch.
"Kihara, dinner is ready. Come inside and eat."
"Okay, I'm coming!"
The two sisters looked at Sanae, who was wearing an apron and gave off a strong vibe of a caring wife. At the same time, they knitted their brows.
'Who is this girl? She seems very close to Mr. Kihara, and she's even in charge of making dinner at his house.'
"Suspected of living together with a very close female. [-50 points]."
"Come on, let's go inside and see if there are even more girls in his house!"
"Yeah!"
The two walked inside, only to discover that besides the green-haired girl from before, there was also a blue-haired girl furiously stuffing her face with food.
Nana did not say another word. She snatched the pen right out of Momo's hand.
"Deduct another [-50 points]!!"
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Thank you for reading.