The Hagiwara Presider Wants to Fall in Love Too

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A new Saniwa arrived at the citadel.

The new Saniwa's surname was Hagiwara. It was said that before the Time Government came looking for him, he had been a gloomy male ghost wandering all over the world.

But that was no problem. Why couldn't a male ghost become a Saniwa?

The sword warriors, who were tsukumogami, accepted this perfectly well.

The new Saniwa was good at socializing and quickly got along with everyone. He even made friends with every flower and blade of grass in the citadel.

The only thing that gave them a headache was that the new Saniwa's memories seemed rather unstable.

A month after taking office, the Saniwa went for a walk outside the citadel, then returned with a seven-year-old child. Once back, the Saniwa promptly fell asleep without offering even half an explanation about the child.

When the Saniwa woke up again, he looked at the child he'd brought home and pondered in bewilderment for a long while. Then he suddenly understood. "Did I give birth to him?"

"?"

Furuya, a seven-year-old child and undercover Public Security officer who had taken APTX 4869, smiled like a black lotus. "Yes, that's right. You gave birth to me."

The Public Security officer soon regretted it, because his own fellow trainee really believed that ridiculous lie and treated him as his child.

Furuya: "..."

Oh well. As long as you're happy.

One day, the Saniwa took his seven-year-old "child" out for another walk. In the end, he asked Furuya with a grave expression, "Kage, would you mind if I found you a stepdad?"

Furuya glanced at the so-called curly-haired "stepdad" of his. "..."

Oh well. As long as you childhood friends are happy.

Then one day, the Saniwa recovered all of his memories.

The Saniwa looked at his "wife," then at his "child." Ah, was it too late to pretend he couldn't remember anything?

Saniwa Hagiwara sighed with contentment. "Ah, I'm so happy!"

#Inspired by a dream in which Kage became the "child of HagiMatsu"

#A crossover with Touken Ranbu, mainly HagiMatsu, with ReiKage as a secondary pairing

#A lighthearted, snarky comedy, not a serious drama or plot-driven story. The main plot is my favorite couple falling in love. The whole world is helping make that happen, because everything revolves around HagiMatsu.

#Because of the premise, the early chapters focus more on the perspective of little Kage, the "child of HagiMatsu," before Matsuda makes his official appearance.

#The characters' intelligence is limited by the author's. I'll do my best to keep them in character, so please don't pit them against one another.

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Seventeen-year-old Matsuda was woken by a string of phone rings.

"If I die, you have to avenge me, Jinpei."

That was what the person on the other end of the phone said.

Matsuda, wide awake and frowning, picked up the phone and decided to go to his childhood friend's room to ask what the hell he was doing going crazy in the middle of the night again.

But the moment Matsuda opened the door, he saw that something outside had apparently exploded.

Matsuda slammed the door shut. "..." He must not be fully awake yet.

Matsuda opened the door again.

His childhood friend, who was a head taller than him, was still holding the phone. He stared in astonishment at the pajama-clad boy Matsuda standing outside.

Then the world outside exploded again.

Matsuda: "..." He must still be dreaming.

Matsuda opened the door once more, and the scene outside reset again.

His childhood friend was still holding the phone, his voice hesitant. "...Jinpei?"

But before long, his childhood friend exploded again.

Matsuda: "..."

Gripping the doorknob, Matsuda decided he had to be dreaming. Otherwise, why would there be a door in front of him that led to some unknown time and place, and couldn't be destroyed even when the world outside exploded?

The next day, he told his childhood friend about the dream. His friend asked curiously, "So how did you escape the dream in the end, Jinpei?"

Matsuda: I went through the any-door and beat you up in the dream.

Hagiwara: What a violent solution!

But Matsuda never imagined that one day at the police academy, he would see the any-door again on his way back to the dorm.

This time, there was a rooftop on the other side.

The door opened, a gunshot rang out, and the fellow trainee he'd met at the academy lay dead on the rooftop.

Matsuda: "..." Again?!

Theme: Love is a rare miracle