[FMMISM] Chapter 51: Love Hotel

Evidently, as the Holy Grail War was underway, Aoi had moved away from Fuyuki.

Now, she and her daughter were living at her parents' house in the neighboring town, the Zenjou family's residence.

"Hehh... so your real name is Zenjou Aoi, Auntie?"

"No, that was my old name. After I got married, I took my husband's surname, so now I'm Tohsaka Aoi."

"Really, so you changed your surname after getting married, huh?" Ragna said while feeling the softness and smoothness of a MILF's hands, which had never done hard work. "Well, I grew up in China, so I don't really understand the Japanese custom of changing surnames after marriage."

Aoi stared at Ragna in disbelief.

"Eh? You’re from China, Little Brother? So you saved me earlier with Chinese martial arts?"

'Bruh, does she think every Chinese knows martial arts? What a prejudice!' Ragna frowned slightly, then replied with a mix of pity and frustration. "Well, yeah... All kinds of martial arts, mine is Bajiquan."

Of course, he was lying and made it up.

Clap!

Aoi seemed amazed and clapped her hands.

"I see! So those strong men were knocked down by you with this Bajiquan? That's really impressive! Martial arts might be even more powerful than magecraft... Fufu, I really want Rin to learn it too."

Probably because Aoi overlapped Ragna with her own daughters, her previously depressed and gloomy mood suddenly became a bit more cheerful.

With that, the two talked a lot along the way.

They discussed topics like kung fu movies, cooking, Ragna's mother, and so on.

It was worth mentioning that Aoi seemed to be an expert in Chinese cuisine.

'I see, so Rin's superb Chinese cooking skills were inherited from her mother?' Ragna came to a realization.

"Next time, why don't you come to my house and try my cooking, Ragna?" Aoi asked with a smile.

"Sure, I'd be honored." Ragna nodded with a smile.

"..."

Aoi was taken aback by his unexpected response.

Normally, people would politely decline such invitations, but Ragna nodded very earnestly.

'What a straightforward and good kid he is...' Aoi sighed.

Holding Ragna's hand, Aoi looked at him with tender eyes.

"Ragna, do you have any favorite Chinese dishes?"

"Hmm... Oyakodon?" Ragna thought for a second before answering.

"Fufufu... that's not a Chinese dish, you know." Aoi giggled, covering her mouth.

Unknowingly, their pleasant conversation made the time fly, and before they knew it, they had already arrived at Shinto Station.

"Well, the trains and buses to the nearby town have stopped running it seems..." Ragna said as he looked at the station sign. "...What should we do now?"

Aoi looked troubled, bending down to place a hand on his shoulder.

"Ragna, it's already late. You should go home quickly. I'll be fine on my own. I'll wait in the waiting room overnight and take the earliest bus back tomorrow morning."

"Auntie, how about we find a hotel to stay in?"

"Ahh... but won't your mother be worried?" Aoi was surprised for a second, then began to worry.

"..."

Ragna suddenly lowered his head, a trace of sadness flashing in his clear eyes.

"My mom isn't with me right now... she went far away..."

Indeed, he was not lying, as one was in Tokyo while the other was in the Throne of Heroes.

Upon hearing his words, Aoi was stunned.

"Ahh... I-I see... I'm sorry! I didn't know..."

On the way to the station, Aoi remembered that she had been talking to Ragna about his mother, and now she felt regretful for her actions.

In the next moment, Ragna lifted his head, the loneliness on his face replaced with a bright expression.

"It’s okay, Auntie. You don’t need to apologize. Being with you makes me feel happy, like the emptiness in my chest is filled."

"...Is that so? Fufu, I'm also very happy."

Upon hearing his sweet words, a blush of joy appeared on Aoi's face.

"Let's go, Ragna. We'll find a hotel to stay in." Aoi grabbed Ragna's hand and headed towards the exit.

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"Such a luxurious hotel... It's so fancy but not expensive at all. This is my first time staying overnight outside. Are hotels usually this cheap?"

Aoi excitedly held Ragna's hand as they walked through the excessively decorated hotel lobby.

"..."

After hearing Aoi's clueless words, Ragna's mouth twitched, speechless.

Even though she was already a mother of two children, she was actually still an innocent sheltered lady.

Of course, the reason Ragna felt this way was because Aoi had chosen a love hotel right outside the train station as their overnight place to stay.

Indeed, it wasn't a regular hotel, but a place specifically designed to enhance romantic relationships between couples.

Just now, Ragna had tested the waters a bit and discovered that Aoi had no idea what a love hotel was. She chose this place simply because the castle-like exterior and the pink lights were pretty.

"Hello, we would like to stay here for the night."

Aoi's voice instantly woke up the receptionist from her drowsy night shift.

In a daze, the receptionist looked up to see an elegant and graceful lady walking towards her, holding a boy's hand.

"Uh, may I ask..."

Years of working in a hotel had given the receptionist a special skill—she could tell the nature of guests at a glance with almost perfect accuracy.

In her eyes, this pair was definitely not mother and son.

Moreover, it was clear at a glance that the lady was an incredibly pure and innocent woman, which meant—this was her first affair. However, her partner was surprisingly a boy half a head shorter than her.

'...Hahaha, how could that be possible?'

Making a wry smile, the receptionist turned her gaze to Ragna but found that she couldn't see through this boy at all.

Shockingly, this was the first time this had happened.

Was it because this boy was simply a child, so she couldn't judge him?

Driven by curiosity, the receptionist asked a question.

"What is your relationship?"

Although she asked that, the receptionist believed that they must be siblings.

"We are..."

As the innocent Aoi was about to answer, Ragna stopped her.

Ragna formed a circle with his left thumb and forefinger, then poked his right index finger through it—making a lewd gesture.

"We have this kind of relationship." Ragna explained briefly.

"I-I see... Sorry for being rude!"

Seeing a boy doing that kind of gesture, the receptionist's cheeks flushed as she bowed her head, hastily completing the check-in process for the two of them.

'Wow, so the legendary 'May-December' really exists...'

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"Ragna, what did that gesture you made just now mean?"

Aoi asked Ragna as she opened their room door.

"It's a secret." Ragna shook his head, his face adorned with a faint smile.

"Aww, tell me, please~"

"No."

"Ragna, be a good boy—"

Aoi was about to keep pestering Ragna when she froze the moment she stepped through the door.

In the corner of the double room, there was a 360-degree panoramic bathroom separated by transparent glass.

"Why is the bathroom in the hotel transparent? No separate room or frosted glass...?" Aoi muttered speechlessly.

'Duh, this was obviously a love hotel prioritizing romantic elements.' Ragna rolled his eyes, then asked, "What's wrong, Auntie?"

Ragna, already a seasoned veteran of love hotels, deliberately feigned ignorance.

"Well... this room seems to have a problem... There's no way to take a bath like this..."

For Aoi, a completely transparent bathroom was clearly unacceptable.

After all, she was the kind of traditional Japanese woman who would never bathe with a man, not even her husband.