Chapter 465 – Date in a Dream (3)
“This is the world you want to return to.”
A world you want to return to, is it?
I didn’t think that Dana would accept this brief entertainment like that, so I kept my mouth shut.
Dana opened her mouth as if to talk about her impressions of the day, stretching out her soft white hands as if they were stretching her.
“If I had lived in a place like this, the four years I lived in our world must have been uncomfortable. It makes me want to go back.”
“At first it was. If it wasn’t for you, I probably would be doing that now.”
“Isn’t it? Nice It is like a world created by the gods.”
“No, it is a man-made world. All people are the same look.”
─Suck. Dana widened her eyes a little as I pointed to the sky.
“… Are there no stars?”
“There is. But you can’t see it.”
Can we say that this is the price for creating such a dazzling sight?
I don’t intend to raise a deep awareness of the problem separately, but isn’t it a little bit like showing only the good side? That’s cowardly
“I don’t know if my hometown doesn’t have magic or mana, or if there is, but it’s hidden. Still, no matter how different civilizations or cultures are, the essence of human beings is there.”
“Is that so?”
“That’s it. If the two worlds were so different, how could I have fallen for you this much?”
One shot of the love barrage. My wife, who is a year older, laughed happily, as if embarrassed.
“That’s right. If you think there are plenty of guys like you, I can imagine how the world works.”
“Is that an illusion? I was originally an elite in the world too, right?”
Dana grabbed her stomach and giggled as I laughed.
“You are laughing. What were you doing there?”
“… Aspiring animal therapist? Well. It’s a bit like my wife. It’s like a priest who only heals furry creatures.”
“Puhh. Aren’t you worse than a normal priest?”
“Write. You’re going to get stabbed by that statement.”
“Aha, that’s right. Then you should only use it to make fun of your husband. But why only animals? Isn’t treating people good in many ways? Oh, is your world different?”
“Not really.”
Isn’t it easier to earn money and get a decent grade as a doctor than a veterinarian? Leaving the intensity of work aside.
I put my hand on the back of the bench and rolled my eyes.
“Did I mention that my parents’ family is in the countryside? They raised animals there, and I lived there briefly when I was a kid.”
“To the countryside?”
“Yes. It’s not a full-fledged farm, I just watched cows and pigs at my grandfather’s friend’s farm… There was a country mutt that I used to play with back then.”
It is a country mongrel dog that reminds me of its face. I sighed.
“He was quite an old dog, but he died of illness while I was there. It was a disease that could be cured by taking him to the hospital. But it happened during the night, so I should have been able to do something when I woke up to the whimpers.”
“… Is that why you chose a job treating animals?”
“Well, I’d be lying if I said there was no connection, right?”
If that mutt was on the table the next day, I might have become a fierce animal protectionist, but fortunately, my grandfather wasn’t the one who boiled his dog into boshintang.
It is said that after going through such an experience and thinking about the difference between animals raised as livestock and pets, he wanted to become a veterinarian.
Isn’t there a narrative of its own as a motive for future hopes?
Thanks to that, it was easy to write a cover letter.
“But isn’t life always going the way you want it to? When there are good things, there are bad things.”
I rested my chin while watching the lake illuminated by the night view.
“That’s why you’re lucky enough to get into a decent university, and even though you like it, you fall into a different world… After adapting to that misfortune, wouldn’t it be possible to get the good fortune of having a family that is nothing to envy?”
“… Puch. That’s a very relatable thing. If I had been lucky, I would not have met you, and that would have resulted in a much worse result than if I had been unlucky.”
Dana responded with a smile at my sly voice. We crossed our legs in a resemblance, put our chins on it and shared similar smiles.
Dana smiled in the light of the night view.
“Anyway, are you going back?”
“Sure. I will go back with you.”
If that doesn’t work, it’s better to stay.
It was something she had said many times, and Dana knew it too. As if she wanted to hear that, Dana stretched out her limbs and was refreshed.
“That’s enough. That way, I won’t have any hesitation in helping my husband.”
“Help?”
“Why? Do you think you can’t You, doctor, were trying to become famous, and you were thinking of laying the groundwork for dimensional movement research.”
Dana smiled and sighed.
“But what is this? Isn’t the doctoral student in charge of a research institute right now your wife, without having to put on a far-fetched degree? If you don’t use this, you’re an asshole.”
I closed my mouth.
That’s something I’ve been thinking too. There were times when I thought about asking Dana for help.
But in the end, it was a proposal that only lingered in my mouth and never came out.
Aren’t I already a bastard who lives as he pleases? That’s why Dendo Dana asked her to use her stacked suitcase for herself? It felt like such an arrogant request.
“Are you okay?”
“How are you? It’s not like there was research I wanted to do. It’s the same thing as reconciling with her mom and dad, who broke up awkwardly thanks to someone. Isn’t helping your husband return home a good goal in life?”
Having said that, Dana smiled bitterly.
“I would rather ask. Considering grants and authority, your wife might become a professor or something, is that okay? If you’re going to slaughter some kind of professor slayer, quit it.”
“That is no problem now. Thanks to you for bringing me this far, I realized something.”
There is no absolute goodness in the world.
Likewise, there is no absolute evil.
I learned that from fighting Horsha.
To me, being a professor is both a job title and a concept. If there are people who hold this position and live a good life, aren’t there people who trample other people’s lives and plunder their happiness?
“There are definitely good professors, there are bad professors, professors who are good at stealing papers, good professors, etc. There are various professors.”
Origin of some monsters like trolls?
Why was the earth born?
Acquiring an Auror?
All of these things were insignificant compared to the realization that there is neither good nor evil in a professor.
‘A professor is just a professor.’
There are professors like Hi-Romain who change their lives like graduate students, and there are also Horsha who started as a graduate student but eventually accepted the professor’s fate and tried to rationalize himself.
Because I was trying to divide the good and evil in the world into dichotomy, I was unable to cross the wall of the Mithril class.
There is no more delusion for me who has overcome my own contradictions.
… No shit. Doesn’t exist at all, is it a bit Eva? I scratched my head like a little embarrassed.
“Ah—if this was real, it would have been the right timing. The place or the atmosphere.”
Was it like that? The self-talk that came out inadvertently was a little louder than expected.
Of course, it was a voice that normal people couldn’t hear——but it seemed that the doctor, who was close enough to kiss us on the shore of a lake with only us, heard it clearly.
“Timing?”
As Dana twisted her head into a corner, her complexion changed as if a woman’s intuition had been activated. It was the order of doubt, surprise, and joy.
Oh shit, messed up
“… Hey, right? Is that what I think? Yes?”
“Uh, that… Sounds right, but now? No real thing? I ordered it before I came to the North and haven’t received it yet.”
“Ah, what do you know about that!! You can give it to me later!!”
Dana shouted impatiently and quickly tidied up her dressing. Her legs are gathered in a slightly awkward posture that doesn’t suit her at all, and her face, which is full of redness and holds back a smile, is awkward.
But that’s it. What would a person who was mentally broken because of that one say?
‘… Shit, I don’t know.’
I got up from the bench, sighing at the thought that things weren’t really going as planned with my sister.
Certainly not bad.
I swear that I will dream the same dream as you. There could be no more appropriate time than now, when the two of us are dreaming of our hometown.
Still, it is empty that there is no in-kind thing.
I recreated the box and ring I had placed the spell on Clara.
─Click.
With the night view as her back, she knelt down and opened the ring case.
It contained the same mithril ring as before. It was because I had heard that it was a custom in another world to match wedding rings with a wife and concubine, except when there was a difference in rank.
Amber of Twin Star.
I melted all the jewels that Minerva’s husband gave me into a mithril ring.
It is an object that makes it possible to know the location and health of a loved one no matter how far away they are. It also has its own protection that protects Dana’s health.
It must have been the perfect ring for her husband, who cut off her arm, and for Dana, who suffered because of that stupid husband.
“Whoa…”
Dana took a deep, long breath.
Even placing her hand on her chest she couldn’t calm her new flushed face.
Will my face be like that? Probably. It was a surprise situation for each other, so there was no time to organize words or attitude.
──But, what.
It seems to suit us better this way.
In this world, the night view that only Dana and I knew shone. Artificial lights replaced the starless sky and set fire to our hearts with the feelings of the day we wanted to love each other.
Fake scenery, fake rings. It’s all a fantasy proposal.
But all of them are futures that I will achieve one day.
Even if it’s just a fantasy right now, and it’s just words——promising to give you that fantasy without fail.
A proposal is something like that, isn’t it?
“Dana.”
No need for grandiose comments.
We know everything and have seen everything. It’s a bluff that’s obvious to be caught, and there’s a degree of shame.
──But still.
“——Thank you. For accepting me.”
To accept shame and stay in shape for the rest of your life.
That would be the best display of affection I could give to Dana, who didn’t avoid me that night.
“… … Anyway, bad boy.”
Dana looked fondly at the ring on her finger, and tried to frown at her as if it were forced.
“Tell me quickly, really—!!”
I couldn’t stand it until the end, and smiled brightly and hugged me.
─Bow! As I lifted up Dana, who was firmly embraced, I turned round and round as if dancing. It wasn’t a ballroom or anything, but the night view of the lakeside and the city on a night when it was just the two of us was more beautiful than any other party venue.
Dana smiled as delighted as her true child, the innocence of her smile as she did when she was 10 years old.
Bathe in the light of a city yet to be reached, and be happy.
