A crossover anime! The life of a hero!

However, while he was clipping his nails, he didn't seem to notice that the room had become pitch black due to something covering it. Of course, the focus wasn't on that, but on the two large curved swords that came out from behind Hoshino Gogawa.

Then, when it reached about the same position as Hoshino Gokawa's neck, it closed the blade, like scissors. An ordinary person might have died under these two large curved blades that resembled scissors.

"Bang!" The moment it touched the neck, the scimitar snapped into countless fragments, but surprisingly, these fragments did not tear the blanket next to it.

"..." The being wielding the scimitar seemed not to understand what was going on, nor why its scimitar had been snapped.

"I said... you should be thanking your lucky stars if I didn't come looking for you! But you actually dared to deliver yourself to my door?!" Hoshino Gokawa, who had put the nail clippers aside, was laughing very happily, because this was the only guy in his life who dared to come to his house.

"Crack...crack..." And to respect the other party's choice, now! Hoshino Gokawa's knuckles are cracking non-stop.

"Phew..." Just as he finally realized something was wrong, or rather, he finally realized that he had messed with the wrong person and was about to retreat like the tide.

Hoshino Gokawa threw a punch! Yes, a punch!

It's clear that Hoshino Gogawa doesn't just want to kill the other person; he wants to shatter the space in which the other person is located as well.

The formless and intangible space shattered into countless fragments like broken glass, and then vanished into nothingness a few seconds later.

"Whew... That feels good!" Hoshino Gokawa, who rarely gets to punch someone, let out an extremely satisfying sound at this moment, after all, he really hadn't thrown a punch in several years.

As for what will happen next, only God knows. To be honest, Hoshino Gokawa actually hopes that others will cause trouble for him, because that would bring a little fun to his peaceful life.

"..." At the same time, Yuuko Ichihara, who felt that something based on custom had been crushed, couldn't help but look up at the location of Hoshino Satoru.

"This is really...violent."

There's not much else to say, since Hoshino Gokawa only threw that one punch from beginning to end.

For a period of time after this little incident, Hoshino Gokawa and Saiki Kusuo's lives were basically peaceful and uneventful, without any major problems whatsoever.

Hoshino Gokawa and Saiki Kusuo continued this routine until Mother's Day.

Chapter Twenty-One: Mother's Day

"Why did you suddenly want to call me out today?" Saiki Kusuo, walking side by side with Hoshino Gokawa on the street, couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

"Because it's Mother's Day today and I couldn't think of anything good to give her, I called you out to discuss it. Or are you not planning to give your mom a gift today?" Hoshino Gokawa asked in return while explaining to him.

"Send it!" Thinking of the Mother's Day gift that his older brother had flown over this morning, Kusuo Saiki felt a little annoyed. He said he didn't want to compete with the other party, but he always ended up competing with Kusuke Saiki for no reason.

"If that's the case, then that's great! Let's go to the mall and see if there are any suitable gifts to give." After saying that, the two of them hurried towards the nearby shopping mall at 1.5 times the walking speed of an ordinary person.

Not long after, they arrived at the entrance of the shopping mall, and even before they went inside, they could already feel the strong festive atmosphere.

The signs at the entrance, the banners overhead, and the flowers displayed outside all seemed to remind passersby that it was Mother's Day, and some items were even on special discount.

Because it's Saturday, the number of people shopping at the mall is almost double that of usual.

"Let's go in and take a look, even though there are quite a lot of people."

“Hmm…” Kusuo Saiki did not object to this.

Tread...tread...

Upon entering the shopping mall, they were greeted by a plethora of Mother's Day-related merchandise, including cakes, flowers, greeting cards, and virtually everything imaginable.

"Hmm...it's a bit expensive." Hoshino Gokawa, who had overheard the price of carnations announced by the florist through his keen ears, subconsciously raised his eyebrows slightly.

Compared to usual, carnations were almost five times more expensive today. Although he had enough money to buy a bouquet, Hoshino Gokawa felt it wasn't worth it.

Meanwhile, Saiki Kusuo, who had also learned the price, took out his small wallet and looked at it.

There are a total of eight coins: one 500 yen coin, three 100 yen coins, two 50 yen coins, and one each of 10 yen and 5 yen coins, totaling 915 yen.

A single carnation costs 120 yen, and even the smallest bouquet requires ten or so flowers, so Kusuo Saiki can now say that he can't even afford a bouquet of flowers.

"..." Looking at his empty wallet, Saiki Kusuo glanced at Hoshino Gokawa before silently putting the money away.

"How about... we go to the place where carnations originated? I think there should be some wild ones there." In the end, Hoshino Gokawa made a pretty good suggestion, which could save money and also express his feelings to his mother.

“Hmm…” Kusuo Saiki agreed.

The two then walked out of the mall and vanished in an instant in a place where no one could see them.

As for the destination, it was naturally Europe, located in the temperate zone. How did the two of them know this? It was because the merchants, in order to create hype for carnations, also indicated the place of origin.

For most people, it's just a fun tidbit of knowledge, but for them, it's an opportunity to put it into practice.

In a remote wild garden in Europe-----------------------------

"Hmm... Based on the feedback from the space, this should be it. Let's go look around the neighborhood."

"it is good……"

The two people who suddenly appeared in the garden exchanged a few words and then parted ways to search for the carnations they needed in the sea of ​​flowers.

Sa... Sa...

During the search, Hoshino Gokawa, in order not to ruin the enchanting scenery, directly distorted his own space so that the flowers would not be deformed by his touch and pressure.

"Hmm... I think I found it." Hoshino Gokawa arrived at a sea of ​​pink flowers, bent down and examined the flowers in front of him for a few moments. He was most likely to be carnations. Then he turned around and called out in the direction that Saiki Kusuo had gone.

"Kusuo is with me!"

The next instant, Kusuo Saiki suddenly appeared next to Gosho Hoshino.

"where?!"

"The one next to you is..." Hoshino Gokawa tilted his head, gesturing for the other person to look at the flowers in front of him.

"It feels like... a little bigger than the ones in the store."

"It must be because the environment here is unpolluted. After all, there are no modern industrial facilities here; it's a pure, natural wild garden." As he spoke, Hoshino Gokawa reached out and picked the upper part of a carnation, then brought it to his nose and sniffed it lightly.

"good smell."

"Yeah……"

Upon hearing this, Kusuo Saiki also picked a flower and smelled it.

"It smells very good."

Although he wasn't a professional evaluator, Kusuo Saiki felt, based on his intuition, that the flowers here were better.

"In that case, let's get started. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go home." With that, Hoshino Gokawa made a scissor shape with his right hand and began to cut the carnations that suited his taste.

As for Saiki Kusuo, he used telekinesis to pick flowers much faster than him. Of course, Hoshino Gokawa could also do something similar, but he felt that picking the flowers himself would feel better, so he didn't do it that way.

As they were picking flowers, a group of "people" emerged from the distant forest and couldn't help but glance at them as they passed through the garden.

If it were an ordinary human teenager, they wouldn't care much, but the problem is that the methods that Kusuo Saiki has shown are simply beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human teenager.

Look at that boy picking flowers and making them float in mid-air, but what's even more terrifying than him is another boy.

On the surface, the other party appears to be standing there, but if you look closely, you will find that the flowers around him have actually pierced through his body, which is what is commonly known as clipping in games.

"This is really interesting!" A certain fairy king with a pair of antlers on his head and legs bent like a deer narrowed his eyes involuntarily after carefully observing Hoshino Gokawa and Saiki Kusuo in the distance for a while.

He realized that he couldn't figure out where these two human boys came from, and his curiosity couldn't help but surge up.

"I'll go take a look!" Without waiting for his wife's reaction, he lightly leaped into the flower field not far from Hoshino Satoru and Saiki Kusuo.

Meanwhile, Hoshino Gokawa and Saiki Kusuo, who had also noticed the group of "people" earlier, diverted some of their attention to them after seeing "people" approaching.

Chapter 22 Goblin

"Um... can I tell you what you're doing, children?" The Fairy King, who had come to the two's side, tried to communicate with Hoshino Gokawa and Saiki Kusuo in his uniquely mischievous voice.

"We picked the flowers because it's Mother's Day where we're from, and carnations symbolize the wish that mothers will stay young forever."

So, to express our feelings, the two of us made a special trip to the birthplace of carnations to pick some flowers. Hoshino Gokawa, who got up and glanced at him, didn't show much surprise. After all, he had seen countless people even stranger than the other, so how could he be surprised by this?

Moreover, he had a rough idea of ​​the other party's identity: Oberon, the fairy king who ruled the Evergreen Kingdom in "The Ancient Magus' Bride".

As for why Hoshino Gokawa revealed their purpose, it was because there was nothing to hide. After all, their conversation was just like casual conversation, and there was nothing noteworthy.

Besides, they are currently in a superior position in terms of strength, so there is no need to worry. If a real fight breaks out, Saiki Kusuo alone can take care of these guys.

"Waaah... I see. This is so touching. You came all this way just to pick a few flowers for your mother." Upon learning that they were bringing flowers for their mother, O'Brien seemed deeply moved, even on the verge of tears, his teary eyes looking as if they might burst into tears at any moment.

"..." The two people standing to the side, who were seeing someone almost moved to tears by such a thing for the first time, were at a loss for words to express their feelings at that moment.

"Okay, honey, stop teasing these kids."

at this time!

A white horse radiating a pale golden light slowly approached them.

And sitting on its back was none other than Titania, the fairy queen of the Evergreen Kingdom.

"Hmm... I wasn't just teasing them." The next moment! The tears that were about to spill from O'Brien's eyes miraculously disappeared without a trace.

"I'm so sorry, kids, my husband is always laughing and joking around, never serious." Titania, who came up to them on her white horse, bowed slightly and apologized to the two of them.

“It’s alright, we don’t mind. Besides, I think this gentleman has a pretty good attitude, because it means he won’t be bothered by anything.” Hoshino Satoru, holding the ninety-nine carnations he had picked himself, didn’t care at all. On the contrary, he even said a few words for O’Brien. After all, there aren’t many people in this world who can be so optimistic.

"Really..." Titania, who rarely heard someone praise her husband, subconsciously pursed her lips.

"Hmm... I'm almost done, Kusuo. How about you?" Hoshino Gokawa nodded slightly, then turned to look at Saiki Kusuo beside him.

"OK..." He indicated that he was almost done as well.

"..." Hoshino Gokawa suddenly fell silent for a moment when he saw the carnations floating behind the other party, numbering approximately nine hundred and ninety-nine.

He thought he had already gone too far, but the other party was even more outrageous, taking almost a thousand.

Are you leaving...?

“Yes, ma’am, we have to go,” Hoshino Satoru said without denying when asked.

"In that case, let me offer you my blessings before you leave." With that, Titania raised her white hand, placed her palm on them, and gently breathed on them.

The next moment, the carnations the two were holding emitted a light that perfectly matched their colors, but this light did not last long and soon disappeared.

Of course, Hoshino Gokawa and Saiki Kusuo knew that this was not because the blessing had failed, but because the blessing had been hidden.

"Thank you..." ×2

"You're welcome, then take care, children." Titania waved goodbye to them.

Whoosh! The two disappeared before their very eyes in the next instant.

a long time--------------------------------

"That's really amazing! That kind of teleportation method! Even I can't do it!" O'Brien, who slowly stood next to his wife, finally looked a little serious.

“Yes, it’s really amazing. I never thought that such a special being could be born among humans.” Titania, who still maintained her gentle smile, couldn’t help but agree.

“But what surprised me even more was that you didn’t reprimand those kids for their rudeness, Splikan! Can you tell me why?” Oberon couldn’t help but turn his head to Splikan, who was only 60cm tall.

"Because I just sensed that if I spoke rudely, something bad might happen, so I chose not to speak." Fairies trust their feelings a lot; more accurately, most fairies act based on their intuition.

"I see..." Upon learning the reason, O'Brien thought of the two boys from earlier again.

Meanwhile, the two returned to their own city.

“Then let’s part ways here. After all, carrying so many carnations home by hand will easily attract attention.” Hoshino Satoru, who had led Saiki Kusuo to a secluded spot, turned to him and shared his consideration.

"Hmm..." and Kusuo Saiki had no objection to this.

"Then let's part ways here..." The two disappeared again in the next moment, and when they reappeared, they were already standing at their own door.

"Mom! I'm back!"

"Ah...you're back, Gokawa! You said you were going to give Mom...where did all those flowers come from?!" Hoshino Sakurako couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when she saw the large bouquet of carnations the other person was holding.

“These are the ones that Kusuo and I picked from the woods outside the city. I heard there was a wild garden there, so I decided to try my luck. I didn’t expect there to be a patch of carnations there, so I picked ninety-nine of them. You can see there’s still some soil on them.” To convince his parents, Hoshino Gokawa even secretly moved some soil to the roots of the carnations.

If the other party really doesn't believe it, then I can only secretly transplant a carnation into the depths of the forest and then take them to see it.

"Is that so... You must have worked so hard, Gosho! Mom is so proud of you!" Fortunately, this situation did not occur, so Hoshino Gosho didn't have to secretly transplant the carnations.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Fatherly Love

The moment Hoshino Natsuhiko stepped into his house, he smelled the fragrance of flowers that almost filled the entire house.

"What smells so good?!"

With this question in mind, Hoshino Natsuhiko walked a few steps to the living room, where he discovered the true nature of the fragrance emanating from it on the living room table.

"Honey, where did all these carnations come from?!" Hoshino Natsuhiko, who had also given carnations to his mother, naturally recognized what kind of flowers were on the table.