"Ugh..."
A soothing feeling that hits your forehead. When I put my hands on it to see how it felt, the wet cloth was there.
Why did you... ah... me... fall? In the middle of cooking...
"Are you awake?
I accidentally asked him that. I woke up a heavy head and I saw the one with the voice. Because the voice belonged to Reggie. But the way you talk and the accent is different. It sounded like a grown-up voice worthy of appearance.
"... Reggie?
I woke up a carefree body and asked who it was supposed to be Reggie. I don't think I know Reggie.
"Sorry, I'm not him"
"Yes... I knew it"
"... you're sober. Thought you'd be surprised..."
"Are you surprised? But I guess I feel like I'm convinced of something. You called Reggie here, didn't you?
I didn't think Reggie's situation was a coincidence. It is more convincing to be told that you have been invited by someone's will than by chance.
Time limit that you can only stay here for 3 days. I've always felt something like a will there. I was wondering if someone was doing this intentionally...
But he shakes his head small.
"Not me"
Saying so, but saying that my thoughts were not a mistake, I utter words approaching certainty.
"But I know who called him into this world"
"Yes, what?"
It seemed a little different from what I thought, but it still seemed to be someone's intended result. That brings anxiety to my heart.
I was wondering if Reggie was getting into something terrible.
"Is Reggie... the original world?
"That I'm awake is probably..."
"Yes...... then this is you?
I wondered who the hell he was, but I never asked him that. Because I didn't think you'd tell me anyway.
Instead I held the cloth that had been placed on my forehead and asked if you had seen me. If so, I thought I'd say one of my thanks.
"No, it's him. He was in medical care all the time until I was replaced."
"That's right..."
I have to thank Reggie. I would have worried about you, and I have to apologize.
"One thing I need you to do."
"What?"
"Get him out of here."
"Huh..."
My heart just bounced up hard once. But soon the beat goes back to normal.
"... that's because I'm not long?
"You knew..."
There was a sudden fall before my mother died. Then her mother narrowed it down as she saw it, and at the end of the day she died. I still remember that vividly.
So I felt like I wouldn't be long anymore either. I jumped in there asking you to kick Reggie out. I knew immediately why I would do such a favor.
This is the first person I've ever met, but there's only one thing I know. This guy is just like me. It's about Reggie. Otherwise, you wouldn't bother to say a favor to me like this.
I'm sure Reggie has something to do with it. I'll be dead soon. I can't know what it is, and maybe it doesn't make sense.
But there are things I can do for you. That's breaking up with me.
If I die like this, Reggie will be deeply hurt. Just like me when I lost my parents. Or more.
This guy is worried about that. And that's the same for me.
Ever since I lost my parents, I've missed them. Reggie buried that for me. You've become my new family. That wasn't a blood connection. It was just a relationship, but to me Reggie was family.
I've thought many times about whether it's okay to stay like this. Even though I know I'm buried in the warmth of my life with Reggie and I'm going to hurt someone I care about, I don't want to let go of this life anymore, and I couldn't tell you for a long time.
So, until the cheats and limits came, they came.
That will be enough. It gave me so much warmth that it was too much and so many pleasant memories that I just disappeared lonely.
So let's at least repay Reggie before he dies.
That's all I can do for her anymore...
"... ok. Break up with Reggie."
"I'm sorry... I know it's a hard decision for you, but you've made a good decision. Thanks."
"It's up to me to thank you. Thank you for giving me a moment of happiness to meet Reggie."
I bowed my head deeply. I really appreciated it. Though I may not be this person, I thought this was the only way to convey my gratitude to whoever called Reggie to this world.
To me like that, he threw a question without a thump.
"... what do you think happens to people when they die?
"What? After he died?
No context, no nothing. I returned with doubt to the sudden question.
I never thought about what would happen after I died. Dying is just horrible.
What would it be like to do something like this when you're dying?
I always get there when I think about death. That's it.
So I've turned away. Without doing so, I couldn't live.
"When you die, you go to heaven, you go to hell, and what people believe will be different. - But there is one truth. What do you believe?
What I believe...... no, what I want to believe.
The death I wish to believe...
"I... want to be reborn. I want to be reborn and live with Reggie again."
If, if, if, you can wish, I want to be reborn.
And again, I want to meet Reggie. As a family if you can.
I want to live these warm days forever.
"Right."
When the man groaned so briefly, he bowed down and took my hand.
"This is a token of our gratitude."
It was a warm hand. The warmth conveyed my hand and I felt something pouring into me. And at the same time as his hand leaves, the feeling can disappear.
"... time. I can't stay here anymore. I asked for him."
"Yes. From me, too, please. If I die, I want that girl, Reggie."
"Oh. I hope to see him in the next life"
The man said at the end that he was wishing him luck, as if he really had an afterlife, and he was gone. Leave only the loose shell...
"Afterlife... or..."
Is there really such a thing?
Yeah, I do. Believe that and die. Dream of becoming a family with Reggie in the next life and die.
That way I'm sure I won't miss one person. I'm sure I'll die warm.
... That's what I was thinking.
But now I know that thoughts and thoughts are completely different.
Waking up, Reggie has apologized for not being able to make it to the end of her visit. But I knew it wasn't Reggie's fault, and I knew he was going to see me until I was critical.
So I hugged Reggie in gratitude.
Really sweet kid. But... brittle. I'm sure this child can't stand my death.
We need to cut out our goodbyes. As soon as possible...... yeah, then I can't cut it out forever.
Now...... I have to tell you.
I opened my mouth to cut out my goodbye.
".................."
But there were no words. What came out instead was whimpering and tears.
What...?
I was confused. Vision distorted, into tears that convey Park.
It was my first time. I cried.
Even when my parents died, I didn't cry. Because I thought I couldn't if I cried.
My parents always said they wanted me to live laughing. So I thought I'd smile and drop you off until the end.
It still is. I was going to break up with Reggie with a smile on my face. When I could do that, I thought it would be cheap.
But behind that thought, my heart refused to part with Reggie.
I don't want to break up.
I don't want to leave with the new family I met because of it.
I want to be with you all the way up to the time of death.
Such impatient thoughts overflowed with tears.
My head knows I have to break up with Reggie.
But my heart doesn't make it good. If I don't want to leave, I can help my hand hugging Reggie.
The days I spent with Reggie flow behind my eyelids from now on to the past like a running lantern.
Moving from a warm routine to a lonely and cold routine, I became one.
... right.
That day... I - I was going to die.
The day my parents found out that I had the same illness as my mother when I died, the people in the village were nice to me, but I didn't even try to take that hand and I wanted to die.
It was Reggie who was frightened to come all the way to this world to stop it.
That day was a turning point for me. The day you were given despair and hope at the same time.
I decided to live with Reggie until I pushed the villagers away.
I couldn't even speak the language. Saying I can't help Reggie is the reason for the table.
Because I missed the real reason.
I admired everyday everywhere, like when my family was alive. Once I lost it, it felt more honorable than anything else. I didn't want that. I wanted to spend the days left in it.
Reggie gave me such a worthy routine. Instead of others, even the world we live in is different, but we have a family-like relationship.
Yeah, not like that. I think I'm a real family.
That's why I have to open my mouth here.
Even if it's harder than cutting yourself off, you have to let this kid go.
Because this kid is the last family I have left.
"Sorry......"
I don't know if that's an apology for hurting you. This was the only word I got.
Reggie said I was nothing wrong, and I didn't have to apologize. But that's not true. It's my fault. It's my fault I couldn't make up my mind forever.
"Reggie, you have to leave this village..."
I couldn't stop crying. I suppress overflowing emotions and mouth my last goodbye. Looks and Differences When you think the contents break up with young Reggie, there's a lot of nature and words. I couldn't stop worrying.
But I said goodbye and walked away from there saying I shouldn't be worried all the time.
Let's leave it to the warrior chief who went inside instead. I'm glad we talked ahead of time and put it away. I'm sure I would have hesitated again without him.
The warrior chief is waiting, so we have to break up soon. Such small thoughts helped me even slightly.
Reggie screams my name many times. Every time I hear that, my mind looks back and stops. But bite your lips, push your emotions to death with pain and your body moves forward.
I was running if I noticed. Like running away from Reggie.
He fled early enough to the cemetery on the outskirts of the village as it was. If we get this far, we won't hear Reggie. No one will notice if I cry.
I shouted and cried in front of my parents' grave.
Goodbye.
Goodbye... Reggie...
After Reggie left the village, I couldn't even walk right away. Every day on his bets, he ate the rice the villagers had made for him and lived like a machine.
The villagers give me all kinds of words of encouragement, but I didn't think of anything. Just days of looking out the window and thinking only about Reggie.
I wonder where he is now? Aren't you crying? Do you have a decent life?
I want to see you...... at a glance. I want to see you healthy.
The thought gradually grows over time. But at the same time, my body was steadily on its way to death.
I want to see Reggie...
When that was all I could think about, my body was already at its limits. The Reaper is already down the sickle, waiting for my neck to be long or still dead.
But my heart was filled with Reggie's fear of death.
Does Reggie want to see me, too?
Have you forgotten about me already?
Yeah, you don't have that. By now, I might be trying my best to get back to the village. To see me.
With that imagination, I waited for that time. I was going to die alone as it was. The world is tough, so you won't grant me some wish.
Though I think so, I can't stop wishing because I'm weak?
But my wish will never come true.
Because the world ruthlessly didn't help my parents.
Because I'm not allowed to live normally.
So I gave up.
But at the end, for the first time, the world was kind to me.
The door to the house opened without a knock.
It was - - Reggie who came in from there.
"I knew you'd come back..."
That's more than half stronger. I really didn't think you'd come back.
If you look at it, your body is worn out. Must have come back so far unscrupulous. I was happy and sorry at the same time.
The pleasure is in seeing Reggie again. I'm sorry that I ended up showing Reggie my death.
Reggie brought me the Shizuku of the World Tree.
I also knew about Shizuku. Because that's why my father died.
As soon as my father knew my mother was sick, he traveled to the World Tree to get it. But that didn't end up curing my mother's illness. My father, who made himself ill on that road, died two years after my mother died and went after it.
I'm sure you couldn't have gotten it because of something half-life. I was going to do something about it because of my love.
I couldn't help but want to hug this girl. But my body was so weak that I couldn't even make such a trivial expression of affection.
The truth is, I wanted to receive Reggie's kindness. But I knew it didn't make sense. My mother couldn't help herself if she drank the Shizuku of the World Tree. I'm sure I will, too.
Then I want you to use that for Reggie.
Whether it's when Reggie gets sick or injured.
When I needed that Shizuku, I wanted it to be used by Reggie, who was nobody else.
"Thanks... and goodbye... my last family..."
I realized the end.
Even Reggie's face, which is already nearby in my eyes, looked obnoxious.
Don't die, or you'll try to stop me crying and dying desperately. But the Sickle of Reaper was already shaking down on my neck.
That never stops - there is no more.
"Sorry...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
I wish I could be.
The last words never got through to Reggie.
There was so much else I wanted to tell you.
But Reaper wouldn't give me time to tell it.
Goodbye, my dear family.
Be happy in your life...
Years... decades...
Or more...
Little by little, I disappear.
Me being the rest of the cuss.
It's not weird for me to disappear whenever.
Something reached out to me like that.
Warm.
Something very warm took my hand.
Dragged me out.
From that furnace of oblivion...
- Wake up. Hey, wake up.
……
- Wake up? You can wake up now.
…………
- Look, your family's waiting.
I heard a voice in my heart. That's not a sound, that's not a word. But he did call on me.
I get up flirtatious.
It was a small room there. The light outside is slipping in from the white wall.
What is this? Yes, tear it.
The white wall, with the sound of a pacifier, narrows its eyes to the dazzling light that has plugged in at the moment of collapse.
It's dazzling. Where? What is this place?
My eyes are getting used to the light and I can see what's going on around me. It was a green world there.
- This way.
I follow my voice and leave the small room.
Scratch the green, I go in the direction of my voice.
Beyond that were four moving objects. Three big ones and one small one.
- Say hello to my family.
"Pi."
I answered my voice, leaving it to me.
I fly flirty and get close to my family. I knew right away who my family was.
'Cause you were pointing your finger at my heart being that guy.
Hands of extended family. Get in there and be sure that's where I am.
"Can I keep this kid?
That's the second meeting between me and my precious family.