Complete! [#CreativeAward2025 #FantasyNovelCategory] Maaaaaam! Episode 1
The meaningless war ended, and the world changed drastically.
Ochakana flying in the sky,
Oyachai escaping from the fields.
In such an abnormal world, Bon waits for her husband Agu's return with their four young children. Bon, who prides herself on her physical strength, spends her days catching flying Ochakana and running Oyachai, while staying with her relatives with her children. One day, hearing information that Agu had been found, Bon entrusts her children to her relatives and goes off alone to find her husband, but Agu was not there. Returning home feeling dejected, Bon sees her haggard children and regrets leaving them behind.
If I don't protect them, who will!
Determined, Bon decides to go on a journey to find Agu with her children in tow. This is a story about a search for a father, shining with the bond between a very strong mother and her small children.
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<Character Introduction>
Bon: The protagonist. A very strong mother. She leads everyone and pushes them around!
Agu: Bon's husband. Kind. He is crazy about Bon. And Bon is too!
Yuki: Bon's eldest son. Serious and responsible. A bit frail. Sometimes his efforts are in vain.
Zou: Bon's second son. A bit of a prankster. He looks up to his older brother.
Sato: Bon's third son. Timid. Quiet.
Yuta: Bon's fourth son. Full of youngest-child temperament. He saves Bon and the others with his cheerfulness.
Bon's father (appears in Episode 2): The embodiment of male chauvinism. But he thinks his own children are cute.
Bon's brother Yasu (appears in Episodes 3 & 4): Apparently he is very strong!
Bon's brother's wife (appears in Episodes 3 & 4): She is afraid of Bon!
Cousin (appears in Episodes 1-4): The child of the house where Bon and her family are staying.
Saku (from Episode 15 onwards): Apparently he was in the same platoon as Bon's husband Agu during the war.
The large angel in a white coat: Their true identity will be revealed in the final episode!
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Am I flying in the sky?
Yuki realizes he is looking down at the large tree he had been resting under just a moment ago. A light, fluffy, and pleasant sensation envelops Yuki's body. When he tries spinning around, the air around him spins along with him.
I never knew it could feel this good!
I'm getting excited!
Alright! Let's try going to that mountain!
Whoosh!
With fields, rivers, and forests below him, Yuki accelerates rapidly. He's almost at the mountain he was aiming for! Just as Yuki's heart leaped with joy,
"Waaaaah!"
He heard a cry he recognized.
Whose voice is this? Looking toward the crying, he sees his youngest brother, Yuta, crying loudly.
"I want to eat too!"
Spreading his small hands wide, Yuta tries to head toward the cousins, but Sato, the brother just above him, is desperately trying to stop him.
What about Zou?
He looks for Zou, the brother just below him. Zou is standing as if to shield Yuta and Sato. It looks like Zou is saying something. When Yuki focuses his attention, Zou's mouth is magnified. Yuki stares intently at Zou's mouth.
"Don't be mean to my little brother!"
However, the cousins just smirk. Zou, getting angry, lunges at the cousins. But he is no match for them alone and is knocked to the ground. Sato, who had been desperately trying to stop Yuta, starts crying loudly. Yuta follows suit.
That's right! I came here to catch Oyachai for my brothers! But I was so hungry that I couldn't move at the base of the tree...
This is no time to be flying in the sky!
I have to get back to my younger siblings quickly!
The moment he thought that, Yuki's body felt heavy, like a thud.
Huh? Was I... flying in the sky?
When he realized it, Yuki was still collapsed at the base of a tree. His body, which had felt so light just a moment ago, wouldn't move at all.
Even though it felt so light when he was flying in the sky.
He tried desperately to move his emaciated legs, but it was no use. After trying a few times, his hands and feet began to go numb.
Move...
Mo...
By the time he thought this far, his heavy limbs began to feel floaty, and that sensation enveloped Yuki, causing him to drift into a haze once again.
It feels good...
When he noticed, Yuki was looking down at himself. The Yuki floating in the sky and the Yuki collapsed at the base of the tree were connected at their feet by a thin, white thread. When the floating Yuki moved, the thread swayed as well. The leaden sensation in his hands and feet he had felt while at the base of the tree, and the nausea-inducing hunger, were not felt by the floating Yuki.
Did I die?
No! No, no, no!
Contrary to Yuki's feelings, the thread was becoming thinner and thinner, as if it were about to snap at any moment. What should I do! Someone! Help!
"Yuki! Yuki! What are you doing in a place like this!"
A large shadow covered Yuki. Thick arms shook him.
"Ma...?"
Yuki's neck, as he tried to speak toward the shadow, had almost no strength left. It slumped to the side with a jerk.
He's hovering between life and death!
Perhaps sensing this, the person hurriedly shoved a tube filled with water and small, torn pieces of dried Oyachai into Yuki's mouth.
"Yuki! Hang in there!"
At that moment, vitality returned to Yuki's eyes. He drank the water with a loud gulping sound. He savored the dried Oyachai slowly, as if he hated to swallow it.
"What are you doing! You!"
"Mam!"
Seeing the person who saved him, Yuki is surprised. It was his mother, Bon, who had returned from her journey to find her husband. The moment he realizes it was Bon who saved him, tears overflow from Yuki's eyes.
I'm sorry, Mom, I'm so sorry.
As her emaciated eldest son began to cry, Bon effortlessly hoisted him onto her shoulder.
Ma, Mom! This is embarrassing! I'm the big brother!
Before you're a big brother, you're my child!
With Yuki on her shoulder, his mother marched toward the house where Yuki's younger brothers were waiting.
Useless people don't get snacks!
Saying this, their cousins were happily munching on dried Oyachai. Yuta had already stopped crying and was glaring at the cousins. Was the blood flowing from Zou's mouth from when he fell?
Without wiping the blood away, Zou was also glaring at the cousins. Sato was trembling with a pale face. That was when it happened.
I'm home!
The moment that deep voice was heard, Yuta's face lit up. He completely ignored the cousins he had been glaring at just a moment ago. He spun around and started running with incredible speed.
MAAAAAAM!
She quickly hoisted Yuta onto the back of her neck as he ran up to her. Yuta gripped Bon's collar tightly. Zou's eyes widened as he looked at Yuki, who was gasping for air on her shoulder.
Big brother!
Don't worry, I gave him some water earlier, so he'll be fine.
Bon patted Zou on the head. At that moment, Zou burst into tears. Zou then bit down on Bon's shin. Sato just stared at Bon, frozen in place.
Sato, I'm home.
The moment Bon smiled, Sato burst into tears. Laughing and saying, What are you crying for?, Bon hoisted Sato onto her other shoulder, opposite from Yuki.
With them in that state, Bon looked at the cousins.
AAAH!!!
The cousins dropped their dried Oyachai and ran away.
Ah! The Oyachai! What a waste!
Yuta slid down from the Bon, picked up the dried Oyachai, and smiled.
・Episode 2
・Episode 3
・Episode 4
・Episode 5
・Episode 6
・Episode 7
・Episode 8
・Episode 9
・Episode 10
・Episode 11
・Episode 12
・Episode 13
・Episode 14
・Episode 15
・Episode 16
・Episode 17
・Episode 18
・Episode 19
・Episode 20
・Episode 21
・Episode 22
・Episode 23
・Episode 24 (Final Episode)