Kaito glanced again at the chat group introduction. It really did say new members were invited monthly, precisely at midnight on the 1st.
Hiss...
After looking at the avatars and IDs of the people in the group, Kaito confirmed one piece of information.
That was...
Everyone in the group was a mother!!
And they were all using their daughters as avatars!
And it really did seem like he had joined the wrong group!?!
For example, the current 9 people in the chat group were:
Misaka Misuzu — Misaka Mikoto (avatar)
Izumi Shodai — Izumi Sagiri (avatar)
Irisviel von Einzbern — Illyasviel (avatar)
Sephie Michaela Deviluke — Momo (avatar)
Tearju Lunatique — Eve
Hinatsuru Akina — Hinatsuru Ai (avatar)
Kamado Kie — Kamado Nezuko (avatar)
Tamaki Mika — Tamaki Ako (avatar)
The last person was himself, with a question mark avatar and ID. He hadn't changed his info yet.
Seeing this, Kaito pondered for a long time. He suddenly felt that this chat group was just a tiny bit different from the ones he knew about.
'Assuming they were all mothers and had a daughter as a condition to enter the chat group, then what was I?'
'I wasn't a woman, and I didn't have a daughter either!!'
'So I really had stumbled in by mistake, huh?'
"I'm... a bit panicked. What should I do? Maybe quickly have a child with Baal?"
"Huh? Master, did you say something?"
"Nothing..."
Watching Baal snap out of her shy state, though unsure if it was due to excessive shyness, she let out a huge sigh of relief after getting his reply.
Then she looked around the room, suddenly felt the living room needed some tidying up, and with a whoosh sound, proactively went to get a broom and started cleaning.
"So, um, Master... the living room seems a bit dusty. I need to sweep quickly. You continue with your business, hehe..."
"About those... Mikasurements... I-I-I'll tell you later!"
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh —
Guardian Spirits (Guardian Deities) couldn't just protect Kaito; they could also take care of daily living matters.
Watching her seriously sweeping with the broom, but constantly keeping her back to him and not daring to turn around, Kaito found Baal extremely adorable.
'Speaking of which, I knew about Izumi Sagiri, but her mother was called Izumi Shodai? Actually, Sagiri's surname wasn't originally Izumi either.'
'Including Tamaki Ako, the famous heroine from "And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online?", it turned out her mother was named Tamaki Mika.'
Kaito stroked his chin, then decided to upload a picture he thought was his most handsome as his avatar.
As for the name... he might as well use his real name, because the group announcement also required using real names.
[Kaito]: Ahem... Hello everyone, my name is Kaito. I'm a newbie, please be nice to me.
Well...
If this were a normal chat group, he definitely wouldn't do this.
But this group was a bit special...
[Misuzu]: Ah, the newbie spoke.
[Shodai]: Yes, this newbie who broke the chat group's pattern and entered three days early.
[Misuzu]: Wait, and he's a man?
[Shodai]: A man actually joined the group? Oh dear, everyone, from now on we need to be a bit more reserved in our chats!
[Irisviel]: Oh my, so finally someone special has joined? I thought only people like us would be invited.
[Mika]: Just finished my bath, so there's a newbie in the group. The chat group invited someone early? And it's a man? Interesting (Joker.jpg)
[Sephie]: Hehe, indeed very interesting. So, Kaito-san, do you also have a cute daughter like the rest of us?
'Oh dear...'
Seeing these messages, Kaito was also a bit embarrassed.
Indeed, everyone in this group was a mother. With him, a guy, suddenly invited into the chat group, some things were a bit hard to explain.
[Kaito]: To be honest, I'm currently single, only 23 years old. Um, yeah...
[Misuzu]: I get it, the chat group has found us a future son-in-law!
[Shodai]: ???
[Mika]: A son-in-law, huh? I think I could accept that? If only someone could pull my daughter back from the online game world... Or even just take care of my daughter, that'd be fine.
[Irisviel]: That's true, but my daughter is only six years old, still a bit young.
[Akina]: Irisviel, you're the only one not qualified to say that. You're not exactly old yourself, are you??
The group suddenly became lively. They didn't seem to mind Kaito being a guy entering their circle.
Even if he entered early, they didn't think much of it; instead, they found the novelty refreshing and chatted even more enthusiastically.
Come to think of it, it made sense. Only one person was randomly invited each month.
After such a long time, everyone was a mother, all had daughters. Now having someone different among them was indeed quite novel.
Of course, more than that, everyone could probably only chat in this group anyway, since they couldn't meet offline.
So this resulted in everyone being quiet and reserved in reality, but in the chat group, they were each wilder than the last.
[Misuzu]: Speaking of which, newbie, hurry up and post a selfie? And what did you just draw in the Gacha? By the way, this avatar is quite handsome, even more handsome than those Actors. Is that really you?
[Kaito]: Uh... well, it is indeed me.
'But that photo of mine... Forget it, forget it, showing off the card is more important.'
[Kaito]: [SS-rank Card: Guardian Deity: Inazuma Twin Thunder (Demon) Gods] Image.jpg
[Misuzu]: ...
[Shodai]: ...
[Mika]: ...
[Akina]: ...
Suddenly, the chat group became full of ellipses, falling into a strange, awkward silence.
'What's this...'
'Could it be that everyone here is unlucky?'
'And I'm the only lucky one here???'