Tentacle Monster Conquest Manual

“I… I thought I was seeing things… and besides my mother, there was a boy too,” Erina Nakiri recalled the scene she saw, the two of them in such an intimate pose, “They seemed very close…”

There was another guy there? They seemed very close?

The Totsuki clan leader's lips twitched violently. "Managi, what are you doing?"

Chapter 353 Who is that guy?!

Regarding the alleged affair between Managi Nakiri, a mother of one child and an older woman, and a boy, both Erina and the headmaster Senzaemon Nakiri kept it to themselves.

Furthermore, we shouldn't make any rash judgments before we understand the situation. Let's wait until she gets home before discussing it further. Besides... this matter isn't that important to Senzaemon Nakiri. He knows his daughter is a very opinionated person.

If she really does this, then it can only mean that she has seriously considered it. And to be honest, given Managi's feelings for Azami Nakiri, it's not surprising that she would do this. Although they haven't seen each other for so many years, Senzaemon Nakiri has always paid close attention to his daughter.

When Erina Nakiri left, she was still in a daze, constantly thinking about her mother. Hisako Shinoto, who was by her side, wanted to ask her about it, but she didn't have a good opportunity to speak up and could only keep her doubts to herself.

Originally, she was planning to secure a spot among the Elite Ten after advancing to higher grades and then make a name for herself at Totsuki High School. However, upon hearing the news about her mother, Erina Nakiri immediately shifted her focus and could no longer look back.

What Ten Heroes, what Totsuki High School... and so on.

The girl had been feeling anxious and uncertain these past few days, and had even had some insomnia at night. The weekend finally arrived amidst her anxious waiting. Early in the morning, Mu Xiaoxiao was pulled out of bed by Nakiri Managi, and accompanied by Mu Xiaoxiao, they returned to the familiar entrance of the Nakiri family's Japanese-style villa.

A beautiful young woman carrying a suitcase stood in front of the gate. Mu Xiaoxiao stood next to Managi, looking around curiously. Although he already knew about the Nakiri family, this was his first time here. He wondered what the legendary God Tongue Lady was like in person.

If she comes over and throws a tantrum like a spoiled princess, should I punch her?

However, Mu Xiaoxiao didn't see Erina. Instead, the first person she saw was the commander-in-chief of Totsuki Academy. He had the same strong body as she remembered and didn't look like an old man at all. "You, you are Managi?"

Senzaemon Nakiri, who originally had countless things to say and the commander of Totsuki Academy who wanted to talk to his daughter, was stunned when he saw Managi Nakiri's current appearance. His eyes widened, his mouth gaped open, and he stammered in disbelief.

Are you kidding me? This is my daughter?! Do you think I haven't seen Managi all these years? I've seen her pale and thin all the time. Now, this voluptuous and graceful beautiful woman is my daughter?

That's fine, she must have recovered after the God Tongue issue was resolved, but why is she so young now?! If you didn't know, no one would believe she's Erina's mother!! The two of them standing together look like sisters!

What's going on? Am I hallucinating?

“I’m back, Father,” Nakiri Managi said, smiling slightly at her father’s blank expression. She hadn’t seen her family for many years and had a lot to say, but now she couldn’t help but laugh. “For you to make such an expression, Father, it seems I have really changed a lot.”

"It's not just a big change... it's like she's become a completely different person," Senzaemon Nakiri was still deeply shocked. Erina, who ran out from behind, didn't notice this, since she hadn't seen her mother for many years and her memories of her mother were still from when she was a child, when her memories were vague.

In her memory, her mother was always this beautiful. As for being young... she had seen young mothers before, like Alice's mother... but her mother was younger than Aunt Leonora.

"Mother……"

Upon hearing the voice, Managi turned her gaze to her daughter. Seeing her grown-up daughter, the beautiful young woman was momentarily dazed. The image of her daughter's childhood face was still etched in her heart, but Erina didn't smile much now. Thinking about it, she felt an increasing hatred for Nakamura Azami for turning her daughter into what she was now.

I also felt guilty and remorseful, realizing that I was also partly responsible.

"Long time no see, Erina, you've grown up."

Nakiri Managi smiled.

“Mom…” For some reason, Erina Nakiri couldn’t help but feel a lump in her throat. She stood motionless in front of the door, looking at her mother. Senzaemon Nakiri, standing beside her, watched the mother and daughter silently and smiled knowingly.

Regardless of any estrangement or resentment, they are still mother and daughter connected by blood... In that instant, Senzaemon Nakiri forgot all about the God Tongue. Now that Managi has returned, the long-empty courtyard is becoming more and more like home.

Huh? Who is this?

The mother and daughter were having a good time, and Senzaemon Nakiri didn't want to disturb them. Suddenly, he noticed the young man next to his daughter. The commander was startled and immediately remembered what his granddaughter had said that day: his daughter was having an affair with a man, and a young man at that.

Couldn't it be him?

Looking at him now, he's not just young, he's practically the same age as my granddaughter! Managi, how did you manage that? He could be your son! Even though the commander-in-chief didn't intend to interfere in his daughter's private affairs, he still found it a bit absurd.

This is too reckless—I must ask Managi later, emmmm, maybe I'm overthinking it, or maybe Erina misread it. I should ask him first.

"I wonder who you are, young man..." Judging from his face, he seems to be a bit of a gigolo, probably very popular with women. Does Managi like this type? But she's not someone who judges by looks, Senzaemon thought to himself.

"Nice to meet you, Commander-in-Chief. I'm just a lowly bag carrier," Mu Xiaoxiao said with a simple smile, as if she were just a passerby. "I'm just Lord Managi's errand boy, don't worry about me."

Senzaemon Nakiri: "..."

A bag carrier? I don't believe it. This kid is a bit strange.

Nakiri Managi and her daughter were getting along quite well, exchanging silent glances. Suddenly, upon hearing Mu Xiaoxiao's playful remark, she couldn't hold back her expression for a moment, her eyes twitching as she turned around. "Xiaoxiao, if you're a nobody, then am I the worst of the worst?"

“Father, this is Mu Xiaoxiao, she is my…” When introducing Mu Xiaoxiao, Nakiri Managi was a little embarrassed, and a shy expression rarely appeared, like a little girl in her late teens. “She is a very important person to me.”

Nakiri Senzaemon's heart skipped a beat. Although he was prepared, seeing his daughter's shy expression, how could he not understand what she meant? Would people usually describe friends like this? Would they have such a girlish expression?

It's confirmed.

Erina Nakiri was still young and inexperienced, unable to see through the intricacies of her words, but she listened obediently to her mother's words. What does "important person" mean? Does a friend count as an important person? Or is there some other kind of relationship?

She wanted to ask, but her grandfather interrupted her.

“I understand, Managi. Let Erina entertain your…friend first. Managi, I have something I want to talk to you about alone.”

"Huh? This..."

"Father, what are you doing? I'm just worried about Erina interacting with him. Why are you letting Erina entertain him? Isn't this just inviting him out?" Nakiri Managi felt very uncomfortable, but she couldn't say it out loud.

He could only give Mu Xiaoxiao a warning look that said, "You'll see for yourself," before helplessly following his father away.

After her mother left, Erina Nakiri stood in front of Mu Xiaoxiao, staring straight at him with the scrutinizing gaze unique to a noble young lady. Mu Xiaoxiao felt uncomfortable under that gaze and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"What happened to the promised hospitality...?"

"Aren't you just a bag carrier?" Erina Nakiri pursed her lips and gave a light snort, but after saying that, she still turned around to pour tea, making Mu Xiaoxiao feel embarrassed, and she quickly stepped forward to take the teacup.

"Oh dear, how could I trouble Miss Nakiri to personally pour the tea? I am really just a bag carrier, I'm so sorry."

"..."

For some reason, Erina felt an urge to punch Mu Xiaoxiao when she saw his playful expression. Thinking this, Erina crossed her arms and said, "Alright... I've entertained you enough. Now, tell me, what exactly is your relationship with Mom?"

"That's such a quick change of expression!" Mu Xiaoxiao took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and the moment she put down the cup, her expression was warm and innocent. "Eh? I'm Nakiri Managi's handbag carrier, didn't you already know that, Miss? Why are you asking this?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?!" Erina Nakiri suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Given how your mother treats you, how could it be just a... Besides, I saw it last time too."

"what?"

Erina Nakiri blushed. "I saw you walking with Mom on the street last time... and you looked so close! So you can't possibly just be ordinary friends. Tell me, tell me, who are you?!"

She seemed a little anxious.

Mu Xiaoxiao cleared her throat, put on a serious expression, and said, "My name is Mu Xiaoxiao, I'm seventeen years old, a second-year high school student, and I'm the Nakiri-sama. Strictly speaking, you should call me 'senpai' (senior)."

“…That’s not what I was asking,” this guy was indeed about my age. As for senior? Heh, there was no way I would call him that. Speaking of which, what exactly is the relationship between my mother and this guy who is the same age? Erina Nakiri was getting more and more curious.

However, Mu Xiaoxiao did not answer directly, always giving ambiguous answers, "If you want to know, you can go and ask your mother directly."

"..."

Meanwhile, in the room, Senzaemon Nakiri and Managi Nakiri sat facing each other. Looking at his daughter, whose complexion was rosy and who seemed to have recovered her health, the commander of Totsuki Academy was very excited. "Managi, your God Tongue..."

“Father really cares about this. I thought he would ask me about my relationship with Koko,” Nakiri Managi chuckled.

“…Managi, you should know that God Tongue is my heartache.” Otherwise, Senzaemon Nakiri would not have created the Generation of Jade for his granddaughter. Seeing his daughter, who had suffered greatly from God Tongue, recover her health, he was happy for her recovery and also happy that Erina’s God Tongue had a solution.

The family's secret tongue of divine healing has finally found a cure.

“My God Tongue has indeed been healed, Father. It’s a small achievement, but it was he who did it.”

"As expected, that's why you treat that boy so differently. He's about the same age as Erina, yet his cooking skills are already so amazing. Even God's Tongue can't reach his limit. Was he taken over by the government?"

The commander-in-chief sighed.

Nakiri Managi's expression became subtle. Father, it seems you've misunderstood something...

Chapter 354 The Other Side of the Arrogant Young Lady

“Um… Father,” Nakiri Managi couldn’t help but laugh when she thought of Mu Xiaoxiao’s clumsy cooking, and said while suppressing her laughter, “Xiaoxiao is not good at cooking… at most she can only cook noodles and the like.”

"Oh?" Senzaemon Nakiri was somewhat surprised; this was unexpected and caught him off guard. "Then why do you possess the God Tongue...?"

"Well, Xiao Xiao cured my God Tongue using other methods," Nakiri Managi naturally couldn't tell her father about that method. In fact, she was still struggling with whether or not to let her daughter use this method. If she let Erina use it too, wouldn't she end up like me, being... sigh.

The beautiful woman hesitated considerably.

"There's such a method?" Senzaemon Nakiri was bewildered and frustrated. The God Tongue, which had plagued the Nakiri family for hundreds of years, seemed to be easily the same as what his daughter said. Just who was Mu Xiaoxiao to be able to do something like this?

It was precisely because Senzaemon Nakiri knew his own situation that he thought it was very difficult; otherwise, he wouldn't be so conflicted.

“Father, times have changed,” Nakiri Managi thought for a moment, then took out her phone and handed it to her father. “Take a look at this.”

Senzaemon Nakiri looked at the photo on the screen. It was a terrifying monster with a ferocious appearance and black aura emanating from its body. It was the evil spirit that Miko and Wakaba had encountered on the street last time. They took this photo at the time, spread it in the chat group, and it was also saved by Managi.

"what is this?"

"This is not a movie, nor is it a composite image; it is something that actually exists."

"what?!"

“I was abroad before, so I didn’t know anything about these things. It was only when I returned to Japan this time that I encountered a lot of strange things. Father, you’ve been staying in Tokyo, so you should have noticed some unusual events.”

"In fact, some people already know about these hidden secrets and the existence of the mystical side. Both the business and political circles have some understanding of it."

"..."

Senzaemon Nakiri's expression gradually turned serious. He stared at the evil spirit in the photo for a long time. When he learned that it was a real monster, he was also shocked and his mind was shaken. "Monster... Recently, there has indeed been a feeling of impending storm in Tokyo. But as you know, Managi, our Nakiri family only has some status in the culinary world."

“I would normally have a hard time knowing such secrets, and besides, my attention has always been focused on the culinary world,” Senzaemon Nakiri said with curiosity. “Managi, who exactly is that boy? Could he be related to these…mystical things?”

“Otherwise, how could my God Tongue have recovered? Father, Little One is indeed a very special person.”

Mrs. Nakiri Managi's eyes were full of happiness and joy, which made Senzaemon Nakiri take a little more seriously. He rarely saw his daughter with such an expression. The last time was many years ago. She was only this happy when she was tasting delicious food.

Since the side effects of God Tongue manifested and Nakiri Managi ran away from home to find a cure, she has never been this happy.

That boy held a special place in Managi's heart. The headmaster suddenly realized, staring at his daughter's smiling face, and said strangely, "No matter how special he is, he's just a boy about the same age as Erina. He's still a high school student, right?"

Nakiri Managi: "..."

Why is even my father starting to hint at my age? What's wrong with being a high school student? I'm not the only one dating a much younger man. Putting age aside, don't I look pretty now? Don't I look good walking next to him?

Very angry!

"I'm not against you, I just want to remind you, Managi, that you are still a married woman. Although I don't like that man either, but..."

"Don't mention that man. I have no feelings for him anymore, whether it's what he did to his daughter or having an illegitimate child outside," Nakiri Managi said with a sneer. "Is he trying to use his illegitimate child to seize the Nakiri family's fortune?"

You're overthinking it. The Nakiri family will definitely belong to Erina in the future. No matter how outstanding that illegitimate son is, he can't possibly get involved.

Seeing his daughter's attitude, the commander understood. "Since you've made your decision, Managi, as long as you don't regret it, I have nothing more to say. But you'll have to talk to Erina yourself."

Senzaemon Nakiri was surprisingly open-minded. Perhaps it was Mu Xiaoxiao's mysterious identity that intrigued him, or perhaps it was her method of healing the God Tongue that piqued the old man's interest, or perhaps it was his daughter's happy expression that swayed him. In any case, he did not object to this absurd romance.

As for Erina... thinking about her daughter's current state, Nakiri Managi felt a slight headache.