-A happy family, the decision-

Kenshin took fifteen minutes to clean himself of the odor. After that, he dressed in a t-shirt and shorts before going down towards landlady's cake shop. She lived directly behind the shop, in a way it acted as a homefront. After climbing down the stairs, he directly approached a side door then knocked on it twice.

“Big brother…you are finally here. Come in quick! Mom isn’t letting me eat without you” the little girl, Ellie complained while opening the door for him.

After returning from Kenshin’s place, she had tried to eat some of the cakes but was caught by her mom and forbidden to enter the kitchen. Due to this, she was very anxious about Kenshin’s late appearance.

She was in a hurry to eat cake.

“Okay! Okay!” Kenshin agreed and briskly walked inside.

“Please excuse me!” he uttered the common phrase that every Japanese do when entering other’s house. Leaving his slippers outside, he entered the wooden floored rooms.

“Mom! Big brother is here. Now I can eat, right?” Ellie ran inside and shouted to her mom.

“Wait a few more minutes!” a stern but kind, mature voice reprimanded the little girl’s rambunctious shouts.

“Ehhh!! Boo! Boo!” the girl behaved like a three years old as she pouted at her mother.

At this time Kenshin entered the kitchen. His eyes instantly fall upon the mature lady adorned in a yellow apron. She had a head full of light blue hair, the same shade as Ellie and black eyes. Her curves are on the right places, giving off a very tempting aura. She also had a black beauty mark near her right ear, adding a few more points to her beauty.

Ellie inherited almost all her good points from her mother.

“Hello Mrs. Yui, thank you for inviting me here” Kenshin respectfully greeted the now named Mrs. Yui, the landlady.

“Kenshin you are here finally. Ellie’s being impatient all this time. Come, take a seat.” The kind lady smiled at Kenshin and invited him to sit on the dining table; before disappearing into the kitchen.

“Thank you!” Kenshin said and sat down on the right of the dining table. It was his usual place on this table. Ellie was already there, sitting to his left while holding a spoon and forks. She was already ready to eat.

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After a few minutes, Mrs. Yui emerged from within the kitchen holding a large plate filled with various types of desserts. Both, Ellie and Kenshin’s eyes shone like stars at the sight of such delicacies.

Smiling satisfyingly at their reactions, she carefully cut two pieces of the cake in the middle and placed them on Kenshin and Ellies’ plates.

“Dig in!” she said.

“Itadakimasu!” uttering the common phrase a Japanese says when they are about to eat, they began digging the food with gusto.

“Aaah! So tasty” both muttered, holding their cheeks in delight. The cake was very tasty.

…

Finally, after the dessert was over, Ellie ran off to her room leaving Kenshin and Mrs. Yui alone. Currently, they were chatting while holding a cup of tea.

“How is your work?” Mrs. Yui asked as she sipped on her tea.

“Going well. I have managed to awaken a magic skill and was now working with the government” Kenshin honestly answered. Talking about made Kenshin remember that he was supposed to search for some people in the dungeon last night.

‘I am sorry Hashimoto. May you have peace in heaven’ Kenshin silently prayed for Hashimoto’s peaceful departure, completely considering him as dead. Suddenly, his face became gloomy as he thought about the condition the core had mentioned before his return from that black space.

His happy mood instantly vanished and replaced with uncertainties.

“Really! That’s a very good news” amidst her cheers, Mrs. Yui noticed Kenshin’s unusual silence and heavy face. From her life experience, she was almost certain that right now he was facing some serious problem on which he was struggling to make a decision.

“What happened? Why are you so gloomy?” she gently asked. She considers Kenshin as her own little brother, hence quite often she would play the role of his elder sister to him.

“Ah! No, nothing. Nothing at all. Don’t worry” realizing that he had slipped up, Kenshin tried to cover up with a fake smile. But how could it fool her? She was someone who had faced all types of situation in her life, being a single mother was no easy feat.

“Listen Kenshin, I don’t know what kind of problem you are facing. But, since you are not saying it, I will not ask any further. You do consider me as your own sister, hence I will treat you like one. You can always seek help from me” she said so while squeezing his right hand.

Kenshin’s eyes widened when he heard Mrs. Yui. Suddenly he felt like some the dark clouds cleared from his heart.

‘That’s right, why am I hesitating? This place is where I have grown up in. It was a place where many of my memories lie. There are also people like Mrs. Yui and Ellie here. How can I hesitate when I have the power to save all these? Besides, core said even he wasn’t sure what will happen, so maybe there was a chance that I will remain a human after all. I must protect everyone here close to me. I mustn’t let this place perish’ solidifying his resolve, Kenshin smiled faintly and stood up.

Then he bowed towards Mrs. Yui as a form of gratitude.

“Thank you, Mrs. Yui. You have helped me a great deal today. Sorry, gotta go” saying so, Kenshin ran away from there towards his room. With all his reservations out of the way, he was now made his decision.

He will accept the core’s proposal. Consequences are damned!

Mito was too important for him to abandon.