I am the protagonist

"Really? It seems I really don't understand this kind of thing at all. Love is like a luxury to me; I don't experience it and I don't understand it."

Arya rolled her eyes at the fourteen-year-old boy who was talking about love.

"You're only fourteen, how would you know these things..."

"It's just that your status makes it necessary for you to understand these things."

What concept of love could a fourteen-year-old boy possibly have?

If mutual liking is considered love, then it's not love at all.

That was simply a feeling of liking that arose from shared topics and some special reasons.

But that kind of thing is at best a product of a fleeting moment.

Love lasts much longer than something that happens in an instant.

"Indeed, I don't understand these things very well."

Just like Tsunayoshi said, love is a luxury.

How could he, who rarely even interacts with women, possibly understand such a luxurious emotion?

In terms of feelings, he actually has a better relationship with his left and right hands.

But now, just as Arya said, he needs to understand different identities.

"However, I will try my best to understand this luxury of love."

With just a glance, Tsuna's face flushed red, and he reached out to help Aria pull her slipped bathrobe back up.

"...I think I should start by getting used to this situation."

"Pfft~"

"That certainly seems to be the case."

Chapter 142 The Clear Relationship and Fate

"However, my relationship with Uni became very complicated."

Tsuna was really starting to lose track of the complicated relationships.

"That child probably wouldn't care much about that kind of relationship."

"Besides, the child was already awake when I left, and is probably thinking about something in his room now."

"...Ugh, this is getting even more troublesome."

The mere thought that Yuni had already woken up was already giving me a headache.

“That child isn’t someone who can’t accept reality.”

"But right now, that child is probably struggling with some other issues."

In the room, Yuni held her flushed face in her hands.

[I...I actually...with Mr. Sawada...]

She was completely stunned when she thought about the moment she broke free from the constraints of time last night.

[And it wasn't just Mr. Sawada, but even Mom...]

Not just people you like, but also the people closest to you in your life.

The memory of last night was so absurd that she felt embarrassed just by opening her eyes.

But if she doesn't open her eyes, Yuni will feel jealous.

Thinking about this, she suddenly remembered that Mr. Sawada hadn't just been with her last night, but also with her mother.

It seems like Mr. Sawada spends more time with his mother.

[So boys really do prefer the mother-son type?]

After thinking about it for a moment, Yuni realized that something was wrong.

【…No, no!】

[Think about it carefully, that's not right!]

Upon closer reflection, I realized that such a thing could not possibly happen, since my mother was always by my side.

There must be a reason for doing this.

[And that's also because Mom has to be there.]

Yuni pondered the reason carefully, and then she found it.

It's a curse!

Mr. Sawada had taken many protective measures on her in order to prevent any accidents from happening to her.

And something terrible happened when she opened her eyes, which must have been done to deal with the curse.

So that's how it is...

After receiving the real answer, Yuni was very disappointed.

"Yes, Mr. Sawada is not wrong. If it's to break the curse, then this is inevitable."

[The conflict between Mr. Sawada and his mother must also stem from their desire to break the curse of Alcbareno.]

[The fact that I'm still alive and well after destroying the pacifier with my own hands proves that Mr. Sawada was right.]

But it was precisely because things were correct that Yuni felt somewhat disappointed.

"Crack!"

Yuni looked up and saw her mother and Mr. Sawada returning to their room.

"cough!"

Tsuna closed his eyes after just one glance.

"Yuni, ahead, ahead."

"……what!"

Yuni quickly covered herself with the blanket.

"Weren't you two just sticking together? Why are you acting so formal now?"

This reminder made both of them blush even more.

"Sigh~ You two are still just kids."

Arya gently pushed Tsuna from behind.

"Who was it that just said they would take responsibility for us?"

"This and that are completely different things!"

“Taking responsibility doesn’t mean seeing something and then not reacting.”

"Oh, so you have a strong reaction to Yuni~"

The highly suggestive words were a bit too much for Yuni and Tsuna to handle.

"Arya!"

"mom!"

The awkward atmosphere among the three was finally broken.

The three people who sat down again were not as awkward as before, but now the awkwardness stemmed from their different identities.

"Boys can start talking now."

"..."

Tsuna, who was pushed forward, doesn't know what to say.

“…Yuni, things have developed to this point, and there are some things that cannot be avoided.”

"These words are not really suitable for a fourteen-year-old, but I will take on that responsibility for you."

There wasn't a single romantic element to it.

Even given his age, it's not appropriate for him to say such things.

But Yuni still felt at ease.

"Mr. Sawada..."

"Oh!"

"Don't use such an unfamiliar form of address."

Yuni blushed as she looked at her mother; she was very embarrassed!

"That's all for this matter. Now let's talk about what happened in the world ten years from now, and how such a big change has taken place."

Arya didn't let the awkward situation continue.

Now that personal matters have been settled, it's time to ask about serious matters.

"It's more complicated than you think."

"From this moment on, the future no longer exists."

"!?"

Has it gotten that serious?

Arya never imagined that things would escalate to such a serious degree.

"Things have become very serious, but for the world right now it's a good thing."

"All futures were shattered, but what we gained was a complete world, a world that would not need the support of a pacifier... You should understand what that means."

This really scared Arya.

"Could it be that Yuni did this... also because he wanted to destroy all the futures and make the world more complete?"

Arya never imagined she would experience something like this in the future.

In an instant, Aria grabbed Tsuna's cheeks with both hands.

"You knew perfectly well that this was a very dangerous thing to do, yet you still made Yuni do it!"

"This time it's my fault."

"I never expected that your curse would come from your bloodline, but I wasn't completely unprepared when I asked Yuni to do that kind of thing."

“I did a lot of preparation on Yuni’s body a week before the plan started.”

"Oh~"

Arya raised an eyebrow.

She hadn't realized this before; it turned out her daughter had already gotten involved with Tsunayoshi all along.

"It's Tsuna's idea to help stop my time, it's nothing more than that!"

"Is there really nothing else?"

Arya didn't believe her daughter's words.

"Then how come I heard Reborn say that he already knew what you were thinking?"

"You probably already had ideas back then, right?"

"!?"

Uncle Reborn, why do you say everything?!

Arya knew from this that Reborn hadn't lied to her; her daughter already had a direction.

[I never would have guessed that Yuni would be interested in Tsuna.]

[I clearly saw the future before...]

Well, never mind.

What we saw before is just the past; things are different now.

Gamma, in the end, fate played a cruel joke on you.