Because it’s unknown. You don’t know what will happen to people
I
But, I remember Grandma holding my hand in the ambulance. Her hands are wrinkled and bony, but it was warm. I remember her telling me thank you, again and again
Grandma who forgot about me after hospitalization.
She hated my touch.
I was a stranger to her.
I won’t forget, therefore, no matter what, I’ll do my best! I’ll never forget! I’ll never part from it!
Even if everyone forgets about me
Agnes won’t forget Papa!
Agnes who’s been listening to my story silently; looks up at me.
I’ll never forget. So please cheer up. Papa
Agnes smiles.
But.
I know.
Agnes has completely forgotten about Shirasaka Sousuke who she worshipped so much before.
The Papa in Agnes’ memories were overwritten by me.
Agnes doesn’t remember Shirasaka Sousuke.
What’s wrong, Papa?
In short.
She might forget me someday.
No, I’m sure she will.
Please don’t make a sad face. Papa. Agnes loves Papa!
Agnes strokes my face gently.
But!
Chapter 528
Chapter 528. Judging Yukino 3.
Well done talking about it, now we understand the identity of what you’re most afraid of
Katsuko-nee tells me.
Now that we know the reason, we’ll deal with it later. Leave this to us
She said with a smile.
No, but, I
I don’t believe that this happy time, this happy life will last forever.
Everyone will abandon me, will go away.
I know that.
Tomorrow might not come, and yet you can spend today as if you could live forever, that’s amazing do you know that line?
Katsuko-nee asks me.
Of course, I don’t.
Mahabarata
Mana mutters.
Yes. Mana-chan knows it seems! I heard the school principal saying that before
Mana replies gently.
Yes, humans don’t know what tomorrow brings. They might die in an accident suddenly, or they may suffer from sudden illness. There’s no guarantee that your life lasts until tomorrow
Katsuko-nee looks straight at me.
But, humans make promises for tomorrow without a problem. They make schedules for a week, a month, a year. That’s amazing, is it not?
Humans believe in the future that may not come to come.
This line came out at the end of the dialogue of Yudhistira at the Mahabharat range. The question of the lake was what is the most wonderful thing in the world, then Yudhistira replied, It’s wonderful to spend the day as if you could live forever even though tomorrow may not come
That is the most wonderful thing in the world.
We can’t give you assurance on your worries
Katsuko-nee?
Because even Ojou-sama or I don’t know when we will die. Nagisa and others too. We might die from a traffic accident, a fire, or someone stabbed us, we may slip on a muddy road and hit our head, or a meteorite drops and hit our body
Katsuko-nee laughs.
If I recall, there was an Italian monk who made an example. A person who died from a meteor strike. As expected, they mentioned that it might be divine punishment, so he wasn’t given a proper funeral
So there’s that kind of unfortunate death too.
Everyone’s facing death every day. Do you know Manchester’s United Munich’s tragedy? No This is a story from quite long ago; a British professional football team on expedition’s plane crashed. Out of four passengers, 23 died. Eight top team players were included among them. Furthermore, two players were beyond recovery. It was a horrible aircraft accident
The entire team had a plane crash?
Even those who miraculously survived have injuries and mental traumas left in them, it took ten years to rebuild Manchester United
So that happened.
You know that planes have risks, right? Therefore, actors in Kabuki, parents, and children never go on the same plane. If ever the plane crashes, if the parent and children were together then the house will cease to exist. Especially the Royal Family in Europe. The King and Prince don’t board the same plane. The president and vice preside of US as well. If anything happened to the president, the vice president is supposed to take over the duties. They can’t ride the same plane Katsuko-nee said. This is because is facing the possibility of death. People are always taking into account that they don’t know when they would die. That’s how people are
Facing death.
Dear, have you seen a Noh? I guess not
Noh?
At Noh theater, there are people in black clothes called theatrical assistants Do you know what their job is?
Of course, I don’t.
If ever anything happens to the Noh Master working at the stage, for example, him falling down or suddenly dying, they’d play the role instead
Huh?
Noh is a samurai entertainment, they’re supposed to put to stage the soul of the samurai who died for the Gods in ancient times so one must play adequately and return God and the soul to heaven. If there’s a sudden accident, even if there is an enemy army attacking, they have to continue the play until the end. Therefore, there’s always someone who’s ready to substitute on the stage That also means facing death. People die in the end. No one doesn’t die. Funerals are sad. The end of human life is always unfortunate. But, everyone’s living happily, right?
Katsuko-nee.
It is wonderful that one can spend today as if one could live forever even though tomorrow may not come is right. We always have the possibility of suffering from a sudden tragedy, and yet we live dreaming of the future. We make an effort to become happy. Isn’t that just useless? I don’t think that’s true Right? Everyone is fighting against that reality while living
I.
I think that if you think that way, then it’s okay on its own. Everyone will leave you someday, knowing that they’ll part from you, so you want to do your best nor. I think that it’s impressive
Katsuko-nee smiles at me.
If it were Misuzu-san and Ruriko-san then they’d say That’s not true. I’ll never leave you forever while crying. But for Nagisa, Ojou-sama and me, well
She bends her lips sadly.
Our daily life with our family was suddenly taken away one day
Katsuko-nee and the two were all kidnapped and captured by Shirasaka Sousuke, turned to a prostitute.
There’s nothing absolute in this world. You don’t know when happiness in front of you disappears, I know it from experience
Oh. I see.
I’m not the only one who feels that the family isn’t eternal.
Nei too. That girl had her parents killed one day, and she was captured
That’s right.
But, I’ll work hard. There’s nothing absolute in this world. Any happiness may be short-lived. But, that doesn’t mean that we have to give up from being happy!
Katsuko-nee.
I don’t mind if you don’t trust us. I’ll do all my best until you do. I don’t care no matter how long it takes, even if it’s on the last moment of my life, if you believe in my love even for just a second then I’m okay with it!
I.
i’d die before you. As much as possible. But, don’t worry, if you die before me, then I’ll chase you right away. A world without you has no worth for me!
Oh, I.
Sorry, Katsuko-nee You don’t have to apologize. After all, it only has just begun. There’s nothing wrong on how we would live our future together
No problem?
I have no complaints on you right now. I will accept all of you, including all the dark shadows in your heart. Didn’t you accept us the same way? But, I’m the man, and I have an obligation in the family There’s no obligation. A family is a family. Therefore, it’s a family. We just want to be kind to you. You just want to be kind to us too. That’s all
But.
Think of obligations when you’re a father. For now, enjoy being in the family