The 'Item Box' That Only I Can Use Is Bugged - Chapter 2.2: My New Family
I sat next to Yuji, watching TV together.
That’s when I noticed a difference from my previous life.
(Ah, as expected, I don’t recognize any of these celebrities.)
Yuji switched channels, and I saw various people on the screen, none of whom I recognized.
It became clear that while this was modern Japan, it was a parallel world different from my previous life.
(So, no big wins from betting on horses I know. Bummer.)
I wasn’t an expert, but I remembered the famous racehorses and which races they won.
However, with a different world, that knowledge would be useless.
(I wonder if there are no familiar anime or manga here. That would be a downer.)
Japan is synonymous with anime and manga, celebrated worldwide.
I had kept up with the major works. Some were so moving I could watch them repeatedly, and there were timeless classics I hoped would be passed down forever.
Losing those would be a real shock.
(But I should look forward to discovering new things in this world.)
Soon after, Yuji took me to the bath.
Seeing my father’s “badge of manhood” left me speechless for a moment.
“Whoa, that’s huge!” I couldn’t help but exclaim.
Meanwhile, my own was, naturally, still a cute little thing.
In the bathroom mirror, I saw myself for the first time and realized that my appearance was entirely different from my previous life.
I used to have an ordinary face, neither handsome nor ugly.
Now, thanks to the genes of my beautiful mother and handsome father, my features were fairly well-formed.
I took more after my mother, with large, kind eyes and a gentle appearance.
I had hoped to look more like my father, with his sharp, masculine features.
After the bath, we had dinner prepared by Aoi.
She was a great cook, and even the rice was meticulously prepared in an earthenware pot.
The food was so delicious that I devoured it with gusto.
After dinner, Yuji and I watched TV and chatted.
By 9 PM, drowsiness hit me, typical for a six-year-old, and I headed to my room.
Lying on the bed, I reflected for a moment.
(…This is a good family.)
My previous family wasn’t bad.
It was an ordinary household.
But when I hit my thirties, my parents died in an accident.
I remembered the hole it left in my heart, just when I was about to start repaying them.
Maybe that’s why I wanted to be able to repay my parents if I ever got another chance at life.
I didn’t expect that chance to come so soon.
(I hope they live long and healthy lives this time.)
I wished for that sincerely.
I wanted to repay my current family on behalf of my previous family.
Fortunately, I had wished for a healthy, sturdy body, so I wouldn’t die before my parents and cause them grief.
(Oh, I haven’t checked that yet… but… never mind for now…)
With a stronger wave of sleepiness overcoming me, my eyelids drooped, and my consciousness slipped into darkness.