Chapter 865 – [Storm’s Parenting Diary]
After the visit of the Hanons, Eden became 2 years old without any problems.
Eden, who has grown up, is now starting to visit the whole house. The whole house referred to here included not only the first floor, but also the second and third floors.
She had been able to climb her own set of stairs before, but she still struggled step by step, perhaps because of her small stature. However, she had nowhere to go because she could climb quickly now.
“Mongmungah!!!!! Ask me!!!!!”
“Kuuuuu…”
Eden threw the ball to Mangmungi as usual today.
However, as usual, Mangmung didn’t ask for the ball.
At least in the past, he would have had energy, but the mangmung who had been brought in for a while was about to reach the end of his lifespan.
To be honest, I lasted a long time. Originally, a dog that wouldn’t be strange if it died at any time had been holding out for nearly a year. The reason why I was able to endure until now must be because of Eden’s birth tree.
However, the principle of nature is not to enjoy eternal life. Birth and Mortality Life Genetics. Living things must die, and they continue in different forms. That is the reason of nature and the law of circulation.
“Is there no need for a separate life extension procedure?”
“I told you before. Leave it as it is.”
“But I’m a little sorry”
“I’ll shoulder that guilt.”
I’ve said it before, but we had enough technology to cure Mangmung and give us a human-level lifespan.
However, not doing so was to teach Eden the value of life.
It was an inhumane act to use even one dog’s life for the sake of a child’s education, but I think it is necessary. So, if I get scolded for this later, I will bear enough.
“Hey man, are you sick?”
“Aww…”
Eden made a worried expression when he saw the mangmung who had no energy these days.
Quietly stroking the goblin’s head. The power that he usually uses unconsciously injects a little vitality into Mangmungi’s body, but it’s only for a moment.
Eventually, aging comes. It may have the effect of prolonging her life to some degree, but she will eventually come to the end.
Some time after that In the end, Mangmungi started not eating.
“Mungmungah!!!! Eat your food!!!!!”
Eden put feed in a bowl as usual and brought it in front of Mangmungi, but Mangmungi just lay there as if he had no appetite.
Fortunately, there is no pain. Eden feels rather comfortable just being by her side, acting as a natural pain reliever.
“Mongmung-ah, aren’t you eating?”
“Mongmungi is sick and can’t eat. In this case, let’s wait slowly.”
Worst case scenario, I’ll just administer a rapid malnutrition recovery drug extracted from my by-products. It is available in the form of pills, but it is also available in the form of potions, so you just mix a little with water.
……… However, it seems that the water is difficult to drink. I have to get up to drink water, but my leg muscles are weak, so it seems difficult to get up.
“I have already prepared something like a syringe to feed water.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
It’s okay not to eat because there are medicines, but it’s a little dangerous not to even drink water.
Humans can survive 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, and 3 minutes without air. Considering the 333 rule, not being able to drink water was more dangerous than not being able to eat food.
I decided to get a syringe and a rubber hose from Shion, insert a tube into the esophagus, and pour water directly into the stomach.
The water, of course, contains my Rapid Malnutrition Remedy. With this, you won’t have to worry about nutritional issues.
“Are you mothering?”
“It allows Mangmung to drink water. Mangmung is getting old now and it’s hard for him to drink water.”
“I’ll do it!!!!!”
“Will Eden do it? Then you have to press it slowly.”
“Uh!!!!!”
I handed over the syringe to Eden. Just like drinking water in a hurry, dogs feel the same way, so you have to press the piston slowly so that even a dog can drink water comfortably.
He’s still a kid who can’t control his strength……. But the piston part is quite stiff, so even if Eden presses it hard, he’ll get hit! And did not go in.
After Mangmungi stopped moving like that, Eden was by his side almost 24 hours a day.
Even when sleeping. Leave the crib in good condition and sleep near the mangmungi.
Thanks to that, I brought a blanket and mattress and put them nearby, but……. It was extremely sincere.
“Can’t I eat the mangmungi?”
“It’s okay to put medicine in water. You don’t lose weight even if you don’t eat, right?”
“It’s okay to eat.”
Eden is right. No matter how much you can replace it with nutrients, it’s good to eat rice. Eating delicious food is one of the vitality of human life.
But the situation is different with the mangmung. It was not a body itself capable of chewing and swallowing food.
Besides, since I can’t move, I can’t even cover my bowels………. There’s nothing to eat, so nothing big comes out, but there’s something to drink, so I pee without even trying.
I usually clean it up, but when I’m not there, Eden brings toilet paper and cleans it up himself.
If you think our Eden is admirable over a sick dog, then I must be the bad one.
It seems like a self-justification, but if I had been in a shelter, I would have been euthanized. It was good if it was good for the manggung, but it wasn’t bad.
In any case, Manggungi survived for quite a long time, perhaps thanks to the effects of the rapid malnutrition recovery drug. Since it was a concentrate of my by-products, there was a normal life-sustaining effect.
But even that has its limits.
“Kuuuuu……”
“Dad!!!!! The idiot is throwing up!!!!!”
As usual, I poured the water from the syringe into the water, and the mangmungyi vomited. No, I don’t even have the strength to cough, so water leaks through my open mouth.
Gradually, it seems that it has become difficult to live like this.
Even when I saw it, the lifespan of Mangmungi was really short. It’s not a metaphor, it’s really what you do today and tomorrow.
“……Eden, you bastard will now cross the rainbow bridge.”
“Rainbow Bridge?”
“Yes, there is a country of dogs across the rainbow bridge, and the dogs who go there are said to be healthy and able to run and play all day.”
You might think it’s like a fairy tale to protect children’s innocence, but in this case, it’s real.
Dog god spotted. A god who really exists as a guarantee from God-Ruri-Ruri. Even if the level of strength was second, it was certain that he was running a country of dogs.
If Mangmungi dies, he’ll probably go there. On the other hand, I feel relieved because I am sure that I will be able to live comfortably after death.
……And that was the next day.
“Wow……”
“Are you crazy?”
Mang Mung-yi, who had his death in front of his eyes, got up and wondered where such power welled up. It wouldn’t have been possible if it was the last respite or death of the original old age, but it seems possible because until recently, I was fed with water and kept my body relatively healthy.
The manggung walked somewhere with a staggering step. Then he bit the little ball in the corner of the room.
And he returns to Eden again. He put the ball he was holding in front of Eden.
“Wow!!!!!! The idiot came to the ball!!!!!!”
“Kong!”
Mangmungyi barked loudly for the first time, so that he did not think he was sick.
Hair stone.
And the manggung fell down just like that.
“Are you crazy?”
Eden shook the fallen manmung with his small hand. But the manggung doesn’t move anymore. The body of Mangmungi, whose eyes were closed, did not even move.
Even a child knows what it means. Besides, there was something I told Eden in advance.
The time of parting has come. It is up to Eden, not anyone else, to accept it.
“Fucking!!!! Fucking!!!!! Fucking!!!!!!”
Eden cried. After the speech was opened, the Eden, who rarely cried, cried so much that the world was gone.
I had no choice but to embrace and soothe Eden.
How to understand death from the sadness of parting. It may be harsh and swearing, but I think this is what Eden needs to grow up properly.
May you be at ease on the other side, mangmung.
* * * *
Eden cried all day. When he gets tired of crying, he falls asleep, and when he wakes up, he cries again.
Thanks to that, while Eden was crying, our house was no different from the atmosphere of a mourning house.
“… It seems that Eden is paying the three-day table alone.”
“You’ll get used to it. If you cry and let out your emotions like that, you’ll eventually accept it.”
Shion had a worried expression on his face that anyone else could see. She could usually only notice a slight change, but with this change in expression, you can see how much Shion is worried about Eden.
Of course I’m worried too, Eden didn’t eat anything while he was crying. I couldn’t force it, and when I asked him to eat, Eden shook his head and refused.
“I’m not going to eat”
“Eden, you still need to eat.”
“I won’t stay”
That was Eden’s first resistance. It’s cute too, but it’s a big deal if you keep doing it.
Even so, Eden, who is a glutton, will be hungry if he starves for a day…… Fortunately, he only drinks water.
While Eden paid the table by himself, Zion and I prepared to bury Gongmung. I thought of just burying it in the front yard, but Shion went one step further and made a paulownia coffin for the dog.
No matter how big the golden retriever is, it is not as big as a person, so I have to make a separate order, but I do not know where it was made.
“This is where the money is meant to be spent. Since Eden was a dog he cared about, I thought we should pay this level of courtesy.”
“Even in death, it’s good, our fool”
I wrapped Sambaecheon around Mangmungi’s body. And put it in the coffin.
A few flowers growing in the yard and dog chewing gum that he could not eat because he had no energy in his life were put in the coffin. When I was ready to bury it to some extent, I called Eden.
“Eden”
“I’m not going to eat”
“No, it’s not rice… We have to bury the mangmung. Come out because it’s ready.”
“Ah!!!!!”
Eden stopped crying at the story of Mangmung and came out. It wasn’t just that, but in Eden’s hand, he was holding the trowel that Mr. Ryusia had given him at the first birthday party before.
Even a trowel is the size of an adult, so it’s quite big for Eden. At least not to the extent that I could hold it with one hand and use it.
“Are you going to bury Eden too?”
“Uh”
Digging the soil is quite a laborious task even for an adult, but even Eden can do the level of covering the soil. I thought that was fine, so I took Eden outside.
Pick a sunny spot in a corner of your yard and dig the ground. In fact, Eden thought about planting it near the birth tree, but when the birth tree grows later, I was afraid that the roots would reach there, so I just planted it on the opposite side.
No matter how much I don’t know feng shui, I know that it’s not good if things like tree roots go into the tomb. The arboretum also spreads ashes on trees, not planting trees over graves.
Actually, I thought about putting on makeup, but I thought it would be better to ask than to do it.
“It’s done”
Due to the size of the coffin, it was quite large and had to be dug deep, but it was easy to dig. How much did I shovel in the army!!!!!
“Eden, I have to say my last goodbyes to the idiot.”
“Uh………”
Eden put his hand on the corpse of Mangmungi, which was wrapped in three folds of cloth. He didn’t say anything, but I think he knows what he’s thinking.
So when Eden said his last goodbye to Mangmung, I put the lid on the coffin and put it in the dug out place. And cover it with soil.
“I’ll do it”
“Yes?”
“I’ll do it”
When I tried to cover it with a shovel, Eden blocked it.
No, from the time I brought the trowel, I knew that the mangmung would bury it, but I never thought that I would do all the covering with soil.
But that would be pretty hard. Even if it was simply covering the soil, the amount of soil dug up was quite large. It would take Eden all day to cover all the soil with his little trowel.
“It’s like my mother being stubborn in a strange way… Okay. Eden does it. Dad will be watching.”
“Uh”
It was a farewell message that Eden showed in her own way when parting with her friend. I couldn’t ruin it, so I decided to just watch it from the sidelines.
That’s how Eden begins to cover the soil of Mangmungi’s grave. Even so, it is a small trowel, but no matter how big and healthy it is, it is not possible to scoop up soil full of that trowel with the strength of a child. So it takes even longer.
By the time Eden finished the tomb of Mangmungi, the sun had set and it was early night. Eden had a very tired expression on her face, but she did it all by herself.
“Let’s put up the tombstone later”
“Is there a tombstone?”
“It’s like a sign that tells you whose tomb it is. It will take time to make it, so let’s go in and have a meal. Are you hungry?”
“……….Uh”
After making Mangmungi’s tomb, Eden thought about eating. Such a young child had to go without food for two full days, saying that there was nowhere to go hungry.
My daughter is very good Yeah, later she’ll be a big one no matter what.
I take Eden into her house. On the way, Eden turned around and shook her hand while looking at the grave of Mangmung.
“Hello, nerd.”
Eden’s first pet passed away just like that.