A crossover anime! The life of a hero!

There are so many people!

And without exception, they were all members of the country's upper class!

As for the reason, it can be seen from the cars that drove up. Although Hoshino Gokawa doesn't know much about cars, he can tell from their appearance that these cars are expensive.

However, this doesn't really matter to Hoshino Gogawa, since no matter how fast your car goes, it can't go very fast.

Unlike his son's relaxed attitude, Hoshino Natsuhiko was quite nervous, because he was certain that he would attract a lot of attention when he went in.

After all, it was he who abducted the eldest daughter of the head of the Fujiwara branch family!

"Whoosh..." Noticing that her husband looked a little nervous, Hoshino Sakurako stepped forward and gently took his right hand.

"..." Although he didn't say anything, Hoshino Natsuhiko could sense what the other party wanted to convey to him, and in less than three seconds he turned back into the serious and calm husband he had been before.

Meanwhile, Hoshino Gokawa, who noticed his parents' little antics, rolled his eyes slightly before turning his gaze back to his surroundings.

During this time, he also saw that some families had brought their children, and he guessed that they must be very close to his maternal grandfather, whom he had never met.

"Goku... come in with us." Hoshino Natsuhiko, who had taken a few steps and realized that his son hadn't followed, turned around and called to him.

"You're here." After saying that, Hoshino Gokawa took a few steps to his parents' side and then followed them into the big villa.

Perhaps because they hadn't been back for a long time, the people here didn't really recognize who they were.

until-----------------------------

Upon seeing an old woman standing beside the coffin, Hoshino Sakurako instinctively pulled her hand away from her husband. Then, as if she could no longer suppress her emotions, she quickly ran to the woman's side and gently called out to her.

"mom……"

"Sakura, you've finally come..." Hearing this familiar yet unfamiliar call, the silver-haired old woman couldn't help but turn her head to look at her daughter whom she hadn't seen for many years.

As for what happens next, almost everyone can guess: it'll be all about crying and talking about what's happened in the last few years—it'll be like a TV drama playing out again.

Fortunately, it didn't turn into a third-rate drama, so no one looked at their family with disdain.

Of course, that's not the main point. What's more, Hoshino Gokawa saw four clumps of pink hair in another spot on the left.

There are one big and three small ones!

"It's settled." Hoshino Gokawa was almost 100% certain about their identities; they were the Fujiwara family from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

As he stared at the other person, others couldn't help but turn their gazes in this direction, including one of the pink-haired girls with a bow on her head, and the middle-aged man who was probably their father.

"..." Noticing that they were looking at him, Hoshino Gokawa didn't try to hide anything, but looked at them for a few more seconds before looking away.

As for talking to them in the past, Hoshino Gokawa had no interest in it, and besides, what could a boy like himself possibly have to say to them?

"Gokawa...come and meet your maternal grandmother." At the same time, Hoshino Sakurako, who had finally finished talking with her mother, subconsciously turned around and beckoned her son over.

Tread...tread...

Hoshino Gokawa, who was calling out to him, didn't say anything. He took two steps forward to her side and then respectfully nodded to his grandmother.

"Hello, Grandmother!"

"Good! Good! Good!" Upon hearing this shout, the old woman actually said "good" three times in a row, which shows just how excited she was.

"Can you tell your renting mother how old you are this year...?"

"11..." Hoshino Gokawa was a little helpless when he saw the other party start asking him this kind of question. He could even guess what the other party would ask next.

such as……

Where does the school go? What are the grades like? Is the food good?

These are questions that almost all elders will subconsciously ask when they meet younger generations, after all, these words contain their concern for the younger generation.

After her maternal grandmother, she lived with her mother and other elders and siblings. There were basically no problems, and no one complained about Hoshino Sakurako's running away from home.

Meanwhile, Hoshino Gokawa got to know his mother well, calling her by most of the titles, such as uncle, aunt, maternal aunt, and paternal uncle.

"What I hated most in my past life was all sorts of different names. I really couldn't understand them at all," Hoshino Gokawa couldn't help but complain as he followed his mother's lead.

"Why...why...there are...so many...names...?"

After many chapters, Kalirus finally reappeared, but in reality, Hoshino Gokawa greeted him every morning.

"I don't know the answer to this question either, but it should be a rule passed down from ancient times." While talking to the other party, Hoshino Gokawa did not forget to call out to the relative in front of him.

Chapter Forty-Four: The Cancer of the Earth

"Then...why...not...just...call...them...by...their...names..." Kalirus's curiosity continued.

"Because it's impolite. If a younger person dares to call an adult by their first name, they'll say that the child has no manners. If you ask me to explain the reasons in detail, I can't, because it's really too complicated, and it's not something that can be understood just by having a high IQ."

However, I can tell you that the concept of "propriety" has permeated almost the entirety of human civilization.

“I don’t understand…but…it feels…very…magical…” Then Kalirus fell silent again, and seeing that the other party was no longer moving, Hoshino Gokawa shifted all his attention to the person in front of him.

"Hello! Uncle Earth!"

"Hmm...not bad! The young man looks quite robust." Fujiwara Daichi, the father of the Earth's Cancer, couldn't help but bend down and pat him on the shoulder after hearing this.

Then Fujiwara Daichi briefly checked his own body and brought his three daughters into Hoshino Gokawa's view.

“Fengshi, Qianhua, this is your cousin.”

"Hello there! Cousin Gokawa!" It was clear that Fujikaze Toyomi was quite outgoing, and his face was always beaming with a happy smile.

"Hey there, cousin!" But compared to her older sister, Fujiwara Chika's greeting was a bit strange.

"Hello... Cousin Toyoshi, Cousin Chika." On the surface, Hoshino Gokawa seemed very indifferent.

But what I was really thinking was -----------------------

"Fujiwara Chika is actually older than me!" He seemed quite unable to accept this, but unfortunately, he couldn't change his birth date. After all, who knew that Fujiwara Chika's birthday was March 3rd! And he was a full five months later!

This was arguably the only thing that caused Hoshino Gogawa any significant emotional distress today; nothing else had happened.

"Moeha, you should call him cousin." After his eldest and second daughters finished speaking, Fujiwara Daichi gently patted his third daughter on the back and reminded her.

"Hello, cousin." Fujiwara Moeha, who is currently in the third grade of elementary school, has a soft voice.

"Hello, cousin."

And so, Hoshino Gokawa met Fujiwara Chika and her family.

But how to say it...

The fact that he was younger than Fujiwara Chika would probably trouble him for a long time today, even though the most important thing today was his deceased grandfather.

Of course! There's also a reason why Hoshino Gokawa didn't take it to heart.

Although the other person's physical body is dead, their soul is still alive!

It was clearly floating on its body...

"..." Looking at his grandfather's spirit floating in mid-air, Hoshino Gogawa had no intention of communicating with him at all. After all, showing off his special effects in public, did he think he was tired of his peaceful life?

More importantly, the grandfather is currently in a completely dazed state, like a complete idiot, and how can you communicate with him in such a state?

Therefore, following the principle of "better safe than sorry," Hoshino Satoru decided not to interfere with this soul any further.

Of course, there's one thing he's quite curious about!

So where does the other person go after they die?

Should we continue lingering here? Or will some kind of ghost messenger come to collect us later?

If a ghost messenger were to come and collect him, he'd like to see what kind of guy he was.

And so time slowly passed until evening.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha Tathagata..."

To Hoshino Gokawa's surprise, monks would chant the Rebirth Mantra at funerals in this country.

"But unfortunately, it seems there's nothing there...?" Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Hoshino Gosaka saw a vortex that ordinary people couldn't see appear behind his soul grandfather, and then two little devils with horns on their heads emerged?

"Hey! Don't get it wrong this time! I don't want to hear Lord Hozuki's scolding!" The two-horned imp, dressed in brown ancient civilian clothes, standing about 1.4 meters tall, and holding a half-meter-long fork in his right hand, warned his companion before he was about to tie him up.

"Don't worry... Tang Gua. I won't make a mistake, trust me!" The other kid, dressed in white ancient civilian clothing, nodded heavily to his companion, his voice slightly nasal.

"...But I still have a feeling you might be mistaken." Tang Gua was well aware of how unreliable his companion was.

"Snap!" The next moment, the grandfather's soul was bound by the two little devils.

Hoshino Gokawa, who witnessed the entire process, was at a loss for words.

"Hozuki's Coolheadedness?! Good heavens! Just how many anime characters from my past life haven't appeared yet!" Hoshino Gogawa, recognizing these two characters from which anime series he had seen in his previous life, couldn't help but mentally complain.

"Heave-ho... Heave-ho..."

Then, their spiritual grandfather was slowly pulled into hell like a radish.

Shortly after the two brats left, the vortex, invisible to ordinary people, slowly disappeared.

After finishing the chanting, Hoshino Gokawa went to the banquet with his parents. However, unlike in his previous life, it seemed that in this country, the banquet was prepared individually for each person.

In other words, there is no rule about sitting at the children's table, because everyone receives the same portion.

However, this is not always the case; it may be due to the large family structure that leads to this situation.

"..." To be honest, Hoshino Gokawa felt very uncomfortable, but in order not to attract the attention of others, he had no choice but to eat slowly like his parents.

Surprisingly, the adults seemed to be having a good time chatting during the meal. I don't know why, but it must be related to some kind of custom or culture.

After a while--------------------------------

Noticing that Fujiwara Chika and the others had gotten up, Hoshino Gokawa quickly finished his food without anyone noticing, and then turned to his mother and said...

"Mom...can I go out and take a look?"

“…Okay, but don’t go too far.” Hoshino Sakurako, who was chatting with her younger sister, turned her head slightly after hearing this and nodded at him.

Chapter Forty-Five: The Pavilion

"No problem..." After saying that, Hoshino Gokawa stood up and walked out. If any elders called him, he would reply to them.

After leaving the banquet hall, Hoshino Gokawa walked a few steps to the right and arrived at a large lawn, which looked to be over 100 square meters.

Besides the lawn, the most eye-catching thing is the pavilion in the middle, which is square and surrounded by a pool.

"Hmm..." Looking at the pavilion that no one had sat in yet, Hoshino Gokawa decided that he should go sit there for a while first, at least this place could be considered a decent private space for the time being.

Tread...tread...

After arriving at the pavilion, Hoshino Gokawa casually found a wooden bench to sit on and then took out a comic book from his clothes to read.

But how to say it...

If the books he had were replaced with literary classics, Hoshino Gokawa's coolness index might be even higher than it is now.

Unfortunately, he wasn't very interested in literary classics, so this idea had to be abandoned.

After a while -------------------------

Under the soft white light of the pavilion, Hoshino Gokawa, who was about to turn to the next page of the comic book, suddenly stopped what he was doing without warning. Then, as he raised his head, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

The reason, of course, was that he noticed a pink-haired creature hiding behind him on the outside of the pavilion.

If it were an ordinary person, they might have been frightened by her low footsteps, but unfortunately... Hoshino Satoru is no ordinary person.

Even if she could completely eliminate the sound of her footsteps, it wouldn't be possible for Hoshino Gokawa not to notice. After all, even if your footsteps are gone, your heartbeat is still going on! It's as if she stopped her own heart!

Even if the other party could stop their heartbeat, it would still be impossible for Hoshino Gokawa not to notice, because the spatial feedback would tell him what had been added to this space.

"Hmph...hmph...watch me scare you in a minute." The pink-haired girl hiding below the outside of the pavilion was still imagining how scared the other girl would be, unaware that a pair of eyes were watching her from above, with a hint of amusement in them.

"It should be about time, so get ready! 3! 2..." Just as the pink-haired girl was about to stand up and scare the other party.

"Thud!" A book fell from above, which was quite inopportune.

Of course... it fell horizontally.

"Ouch!!" The pink-haired girl, who had just been hit on the head by something, exclaimed in surprise and subconsciously reached out to touch the spot where she had been hit. She also looked up at the place where the thing had fallen.

Then the pink-haired girl saw her cousin smiling at her.

"Cousin Chika, what are you planning to do hiding here..." Since it wasn't a public place, Hoshino Gokawa's behavior was much more relaxed than before.

"Ah... um..." Fujiwara Chika couldn't possibly reveal that she was there to scare the other person, could she? If she succeeded in scaring him, then she could just say it!