Chapter 4: Mother's Letter is Overkill! Say Goodbye to the Toxic Parent Route!

Chapter 4: Mother's Letter is Overkill! Say Goodbye to the Toxic Parent Route!

(Huh? Come to think of it, the story flow is somehow different from what I read in the setting book?)

While fully enjoying the feeling of being hugged by her aunt, Mima, Maria vaguely recalled her knowledge of the original story from her past life.

She recalled that Maria and Mima had become abusive partners within five seconds of meeting.

Just remembering that setting might have been quite an accomplishment for this pervert, or rather, for this Maria.

However, even so, the current situation was no longer something that a little girl's actions could change.

(Oh. Is it because I haven't given her this letter?)

Maria remembered a letter from her deceased mother addressed to her aunt, Mima.

She fumbled through the pockets of her mourning dress.

Sure enough, a white envelope was in the pocket.

Maria spoke in the embrace.

(Mima-san. My mom has a letter for you.)

"Mima-nee-sama. Okaa-sama has a letter that is directed to Onee-sama."

(Huh?)

Maria was surprised by what she had just said.

Thinking it was strange, she continued speaking.

(My mom said that when she dies, she's made arrangements for Mima-nee-san to come, and that I should give you this letter then.)

"Okaa-sama said that if she dies, Mima-nee-sama will come, and that I should give Onee-sama this letter then."

(Hmm!?)

Maria was surprised again by the difference between what she was about to say and what came out.

However, Maria had a hunch about this phenomenon.

It was the "Elegance Cheat" (※Source: Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! (Akuyaku Reijō Tensei Oji-san), created by manga author and illustrator Michiro Ueyama).

Due to the laws and principles of the original world, no matter what the reincarnated person said or did, their speech and mannerisms were automatically transformed into those of a noble lady, and executed in a way that could be described as a constantly active passive skill granted to the reincarnated person.

Furthermore, Mima was once again impressed by Maria's way of speaking, which was a result of her "Superior TS Elegance Cheat."

She was impressed by Maria's remarkably composed way of speaking, considering she had just lost her own mother.

Mima took the letter out of the envelope she had been given and read it.

[To my beloved Mima]

When you read this letter, I will no longer be in this world.

First, I apologize for leaving your side. I am truly sorry.

I loved you more than anyone else in this world.

If possible, I wanted to spend my life with you.

But when I learned that I had been defiled by that old man, and after a horrifying ritual, I had become pregnant with a child I did not want.

I thought I was unworthy to be by your side, and so I ran away from the Madozono house, from you.

Please, forgive this foolish sister of yours.

I left the Madozono family, disguised my identity, and made a living as a wandering Exorcist hunting Kaima.

But a month ago, when I faced a powerful Kaima, I was terrified.

I received a curse. Even if I returned to the Madozono family, the curse would likely be impossible to break.

Even so, I desperately wanted to see you one last time, Mima, my beloved.

I longed for this, but I was afraid you would see me in my ugly, weakened state, afflicted by the curse

I couldn't return to the Madozono family.

Forgive me, for being cowardly and despicable.

Besides dying without seeing you, my only regret is my daughter, Maria.

Though she wasn't a child I wanted to have, she is the child I loved most after you.

My daughter, Maria, possesses extraordinary magical power.

In my estimation, she has the potential to become the most powerful magical being in the history of Madozono, no, in the history of Japan.

I am certain she will become the most powerful magical being.

I entrust this daughter to you, Mima.

I know it's selfish of me to ask this of you now, after abandoning you.

But there is no one else I can entrust her to.

This is the last request of your foolish sister who loved you.

Please, protect and raise my Maria.

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My Mima. 

Even if this life comes to an end, I will continue to love you forever.

"Ah, ahhh..."

After finishing the letter, Mima let out a sob, and tears streamed from her eyes.

Then, with her face crumpled in tears, she hugged Maria tightly again.

(Huh?! What's wrong, Onee-san?! What did my mom write?!)

"Are you alright, Onee-sama? What did Okaa-sama write?"

Maria, flustered and bewildered by Mima's renewed, tight hug, asked this question with concern.

Fundamentally, an uncontrollable pervert, but basically, a gentleman who is kind to women,

Maria in this life possesses the soul of a perverted gentleman.

"───Thank you."

"Huh?"

"Mami-nee-sama.... Thank you for delivering your mother's last words to me."

"....."

Maria, who had expected the same barrage of insults and abuse as in the original story,
was left speechless by the words of gratitude.

(This isn't what we agreed on, original staff! Devs! Answer me, original staff devs!)

Maria couldn't help but scream in her mind.

However, it was illogical for Maria to complain to the original staff.

In the original story, this letter was supposed to be torn up and thrown away without being read by Mima.

In the original story, Mima would become enraged by Maria's pathetic crying and wailing, and would smash everything in the reception room, from the table onwards, and tear Maria's clothes to shreds, inflicting such severe punishment upon her.

On the other hand, Mima in this world is overwhelmed with emotion, realizing that all her previous resentment towards her older sister had been a complete misunderstanding.

She thought she had been abandoned.

She thought she had been burdened with the fate of the cursed house of the Exorcist, the Madozono family.

But she was wrong.

Her older sister, Mami, the woman she loved with all her heart, had also continued to love her all along.

Realizing this through the letter, Mima continues to hold Maria tightly, tears streaming down her face.

Strong and gentle, just as she had wanted to hold her sister, Mami.

The storyline of the original work began to change drastically, by handing over the letter that was supposed to be torn up, Mima's personality in this world also completely changed.

Her heart, which was supposed to become that of a neurotic, short-tempered, violent, abusive parent, was purified by the last words of her beloved older sister.

Although it was according to Maria's deceased mother's instructions, her unnecessary action of handing over the letter had caused the expected abuser to transform into a loving stepmother, which was completely unexpected for Maria.

From the very beginning, Maria was heading in the opposite direction of her desires, and could only feel slightly bewildered as Mima held her in an embrace.

(I don't understand anything!!)

She thought.

Author Note:

Child abuse is bad! Absolutely!

May all children in the world grow up happily… ( ˘ω˘ )