"Let's go to sleep now, okay?"

"Will Mama sleep with me?"

"Yes, dear." Mama replied with a gentle smile towards Yume. She had asked Papa to stay close, fearing something might happen to Yume.

"Hey, Mama."

"What is it?"

"I want you to read Momotaro to me."

Momotaro. Yume had changed the story and characters to the point where there was no original form left. Lately, Yume had been engrossed in the novel Papa had written and Mama hadn't read it for a long time... Did she still remember it?

"Alright then, once upon a time in a certain place..."

"Mama, 'a certain place' sounds nice from the old times, but I think 'a castle' is better."

"You're right... Once upon a time, in a splendid castle, there lived an old man and an old woman."

"Mama, living in a big castle with just the old man and the old woman seems lonely..."

"Yes, indeed... In a very splendid and large castle, the old man and the old woman lived happily with 2,000 soldiers, 500 servants, and many others..."

And so, Yume's "Customized Momotaro" began.

Um, didn't one of the maids go to bathe in the river and two peaches floated down? Unable to carry them alone, the maid secured the peaches with the guards and presented them to the king and queen, the old man and the old woman...

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The kingdom's greatest swordsman cut open one peach, revealing a baby boy, and from the other peach, a boy and a girl, twins, were born, right?

Then each of them was named "Momotaro," "Momojiro," and "Momoko," and they were taken in as adopted children and raised with love... Yume wanted to change their names, but Mama couldn't allow that, if I recall correctly.

After that, Momotaro walked the path of the sword, Momojiro was transformed into a combining robot, and somehow Momoko became a magical girl?

And then, they set out on a journey to exterminate demons, defeating a dragon that attacked them at a volcano, then a giant body that lived in a forest of illusions, sharp fangs, claws, and horns... and for some reason, the monkeys remained monkeys?

They were treated to a luxurious dinner each time and told if they ate, they could join their group! If they refused, they would be spared and forced to become their subordinates...

Arriving at the demon country riding on the dragon's back, the "Momotaro party" first burned it down with the dragon's breath of flames, Momotaro riding on the back of the wolf cut the demons in half with the holy sword Excalibur, Momojiro's rocket punch, Momoko's holy light easily exterminating them, and they thought they had obtained the demon's treasure! But then they realized, "We have plenty of these in our kingdom!" and had neighboring countries bring them...

Um, let's see... Oh, right! They made those neighboring countries vassal states! That's how it went!

Returning to the kingdom, the Momotaro party was hailed as heroes who made neighboring countries vassal states, and they were celebrated by the kingdom's people for generations to come, the end.

Mama exclaimed, "We did it!" with a victory pose.

"So, how was it? Did you enjoy it?"

Yume had already fallen asleep...