[Your friendship with Ryo has deepened.]
[Hitori cast an envious look at you.]
Oh my.
Poor Gotoh-san.
She cannot even become a lover.
[One month later.]
[Thanks to your husband's diligent efforts, you became pregnant.]
[During your pregnancy, Ryo started caring about your health and stayed by your side every moment.]
I cannot believe Ryo-senpai is willing to look after me.
I am touched.
I love you so much.
[Kitahara Suzune would lean close to your belly after school every day, trying to chat with the little sister inside.]
[The conversations usually went like this: ]
[My unborn sister, the day you are born, the whole world will shout your name, Kitahara Amane.]
[You must follow your big sister's footsteps and help me steal Papa from Mom.]
[One day, Mom's life will reach its end, and you and I will be crowned as Papa's wives.]
After hearing this, you did not know whether to laugh or cry.
This little one actually wants to win over her sister so they can steal Papa together.
[Time flowed quietly.]
[With everyone's care, your belly grew bigger and bigger. You stopped working at the law firm and focused on the baby.]
[A few months later.]
[Before giving birth, you were admitted to the hospital for safety.]
[Everything went smoothly.]
[The Kitahara family gained a new member.]
[Afterward.]
[During your daughter's nursing period, you discovered something strange.]
[Kitahara Amane did not like being held by you. She always cried in your arms, and only Ryo could soothe her.]
You had no choice.
[Aside from feeding, your husband and Ryo took care of her most of the time.]
[Your daughter's distance from you saddened you for a long time.]
[At that moment, your other good daughter filled the small wounded corner of your heart.]
[It is alright. Even if you lost Amane, you still have the equally adorable Suzune.]
Wuwu, Ryo-senpai 's daughter really is the one who treats me best.
Kita was moved all over again.
[Your daughter grew and soon reached kindergarten age.]
[Kitahara Amane loved Ryo and loved Papa, but she did not feel much for you, her biological mother.]
[She was like another version of you in your school days.]
[Every day, she circled around Ryo-senpai .]
[For years, Ryo had been disliked by her own daughter, so unexpectedly, she found her sense of motherhood in yours. She treated little Amane like her own child.]
[Through a string of strange events, the two of you successfully exchanged daughters.]
[That same year.]
[Kitahara Suzune entered girls' middle school.]
[During this time, she was slightly rebellious.]
Entering her rebellious phase?
[Suzune stopped listening to her biological mother.]
[She crawled into Papa's arms every day and always kissed his cheek to provoke Ryo-mama.]
[Soon after.]
[After getting her butt spanked by Papa, she behaved for quite a while.]
[Kitahara Suzune believed that Papa hit her only because of her biological mother.]
[In her heart, she had a set of rules:]
[1. Papa is always right.]
[2. Mama is always wrong.]
[3. If Papa is wrong, see rule two, then review rule one.]
[4. To love Papa, you must work hard to take Papa away from Mama.]
[5. To be determined.]
Pfft.
How interesting.
Kita thought that as expected of Ryo's daughter, she really was different.
[Four more years flashed by.]
[Your daughter reached elementary school age. Little Amane was lively and ran around the house every day. Suzune adored her sister and played with her constantly.]
[As the children grew older, the three of you adults finally had more free time.]
[Toru achieved remarkable progress in medical research over the years. He developed a new cancer drug with a broad treatment range and very low side effects. After successfully activating the immune system, the first batch of clinical patients reached a five year survival rate close to ninety nine percent.]
[Some media outlets even popped champagne early, announcing that humanity had defeated cancer.]
[This pushed Toru's reputation to new heights.]
[Your husband did not care about public opinion. Uninterested in fame or fortune, he always showed a detached expression, as if the news was about a stranger.]
[Sometimes, you wondered if he even had desire.]
[He did not seek fame or profit. He developed all kinds of medicine and aside from leaving a few patents to your daughters, he made the rest public, like a saint or a cold machine.]
[Only at night, when he pushed you onto the bed and moved without restraint, did you realize there was still a burning part inside him.]
Something just ran over my face.
A car, such a fast car.
[Though you were over forty, your face barely had wrinkles. You looked like a twenty year old girl. All of this was thanks to your husband, who developed an anti aging product in his early years. It could slow aging and had become a bestseller worldwide.]
So amazing.
It feels like nothing can defeat him.
Even the violin back then, he won first place in an international competition after only a few years.
[During your free time.]
[Ryo suggested that the three of you go on a honeymoon trip.]
[You never had a honeymoon because of busy work back then.]
[After some thought, you did not refuse.]
[For the next three months, the three of you traveled around the world, experiencing countless cultures. You even went to the Arctic to admire the aurora. With Toru's global reputation, you moved around easily.]
[In the Arctic, you happened to see a young arctic fox, its fur shining brightly.]
[But after passing by you, the little fox vanished in an instant. Toru was disappointed for a long time.]
[Every night of the trip, the three of you were inseparable, clinging closely together.]
[You even created many new positions together.]
[Your friendship with Ryo deepened.]
Inside the simulation.
Several scenes inappropriate for children flashed.
Kita blushed and skipped them.
No being naughty allowed.
[On your last night before returning to Japan, you rented a seaside villa.]
[Would you like to enter full simulation?]
Kita hesitated.
She wondered if personally joining Ryo-senpai to play together would be kind of perverted.
—
[Would you like to enter full simulation?]
Somewhere else.
Ryo hesitated too.
The simulated version of herself played way too wildly.
Joining Ikuyo to serve husband together...
It felt perverted.
...
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Waves crashed on the shore.
The salty sea breeze drifted through the half open window.
It illuminated the scene inside.
The two girls, now changed into maid outfits, shifted awkwardly.
Kita blushed and stole a glance at Ryo, who looked calm.
As expected of Ryo-senpai .
A bit in the way.
Ryo tugged the hem of her maid dress.
Speaking of which, how would three people play together?
One in front and one behind?
Or two stacked together?