Convergence

Part 2 : chapter 14

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Here is a new chapter

Again, I'm sorry for my English

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The scene was both curious and almost unbelievable.

Satoru and Utahime were shopping in one of Tokyo's largest supermarkets.

Gojo was proudly pushing a shopping cart, happily weaving through the aisles as if he had been waiting for this moment his entire life. Beside him, Utahime struggled to hide her embarrassment and growing exasperation.

Satoru had practically begged her to come shopping with him.

He seemed to be taking his new role as Megumi and Tsumiki's "benefactor"—or rather, adoptive father—very seriously... (especially considering that he had killed their father, a detail worth remembering). Satoru wanted to buy them everything: toys, snacks, clothes, anything he could think of.

Utahime could hardly recognize him. Never—not even once—had she imagined that the world's most powerful exorcist would be so invested in the well-being of children he had known for barely three or four hours. Still, there she was, unsure of what her role even was, silently bidding farewell to her usual evening plans.

As they wandered through the aisles, a young woman approached Satoru.

"Oh, Satoru!! It's been a while! How have you been since—?"

Satoru turned around, surprised and slightly confused, as if he didn't recognize her. Then, almost instantly, he slipped into his usual smile.

Satoru: "Ahhh, hello... Rina, right?"

Woman: "My name is Nina... Anyway, how have you been? Oh—I see you're shopping for your little nephews? That's so sweet of you!"

Satoru: "Ahahaha, no, not at all. It's for my son."

A heavy silence fell. The woman finally glanced at Utahime.

Her gaze was filled with judgment and thinly veiled disdain as she looked her up and down.

Woman: "Ah... I didn't know you got married... so young..."

Satoru: "Ahaha, yes!! An I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E honeymoon—on the beaches of the Bahamas, under the moonlight, right by the sea! And the second one is already on the way, as you can see."
(He pointed at Utahime's stomach. Utahime nearly slapped him, but restrained herself.)
"Honestly, being a father is so much work!!"

The woman said nothing. She seemed to be trying to process the situation.

Had Satoru really married this woman...? Really...?

Satoru: "Well then, Lucy, no Nina ?... Not that we're in a rush, but we should get going. Enjoy your shopping... and, well, goodbye, I guess?"

He casually wrapped an arm around Utahime's shoulders and walked away with her.

Utahime: "Alright, you can drop the act now. We're far enough."

Satoru: "Ahaha, what a shame. We were pretty cute, don't you think?"

Utahime: "Who was that?"

Satoru: "Oh, her? Just a girl I slept with once. Though I can't quite remember when... Last year? Last month?"(He pretended to think seriously.) "Anyway, who cares. Thanks for saving me—she was way too clingy. You know the type, texting you every single day? Can you imagine? So annoying..."

Utahime didn't know what shocked her more: the fact that he couldn't even remember when he had slept with her—despite the woman being objectively beautiful—or the fact that he considered her "clingy" for probably sending only a handful of messages... or perhaps simply the fact that he was still sleeping with other women.