312 – EP.11 The End of a Long Adolescence-4
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It was quite difficult to explain the goddess, the dimension, and my death.
Well, it must be difficult to accept that the world that you have known all your life has suddenly expanded overnight.
At first, Seong-ah looked at me with a face that made me wonder what she was talking about, but when she saw the weight on her scale rise and level out, she looked at me again with her eyes turning red.
And then a storm of questions followed. He seemed quite interested in the path I had taken.
“So, those women you mentioned last time were all from another world?”
“My ex-girlfriend is in the dimension I originally lived in, and everyone else is in a different dimension.”
“Hmm~ I see.”
Seong-ah grins, letting out a strange nasal sound.
She smiled brightly, making me wonder if it was a dream that she had a gloomy face just a moment ago.
“What are you laughing about?”
She somehow seems to know the meaning of that smile, but asks just to confirm.
“Going between dimensions means she died in that dimension.”
Seong-ah speaks like an instructor at an academy summarizing key points.
“That’s right.”
“Except for one instance, we have never returned to the same dimension. Did you say that even once the time zone was misaligned?”
“That’s right.”
“That means you’ll never see the women you met while traveling through dimensions again.”
“For now, right?”
“That’s right. hehehe.”
He smiles again and buries his face in my chest.
“Do you like other people’s misfortune so much?”
This guy… Has a bit of personality…
“It’s a pity that you died… But if you think about it positively, when you die, you move on. Thanks to you, I met you… I’m lucky.”
“My misfortune is your luck?”
“No, if I take it that way, it makes me look really bad.”
I lightly hit my chest with my palm. My heart tingled with the sound.
“But man, what does it mean to die? How does it feel?”
Death. I’ve been through a lot, but I still don’t know.
“Sometimes it happens in the blink of an eye…”
“Have you ever been sick?”
I think of particularly difficult deaths.
“The most painful thing was being tied to a chair and slowly dying without being able to drink water.”
I recall memories of that time that I never want to experience again.
There is a feeling of pity in Seong-ah’s eyes when she looks at me.
“But I don’t know much about the afterlife. It’s like waking up in another dimension, in another person’s body. It’s a bit like waking up.”
To change the mood, try speaking in a cheerful tone.
“Then it must be continuous. There is no middle term, right?”
She points out the important part.
“That’s right. Thanks to that, my memories are often mixed up.”
Definitely these days, I often find myself thinking that my memories are mixed up.
“Eh, then isn’t it a big deal? Losing one’s self is a really big deal.”
“No, it’s not that I’ve forgotten my existence or anything like that. I’m just saying that because you gain experience in a completely different place in a completely different body, it becomes difficult to adapt. Seasons, time of day, things like that.”
“Aha.”
Seongah nodded her head at my explanation. This allowed her chin to press against her chest a few times.
“Something is very surprising. It’s also true that this world is not one, but many. It’s also true that there really is a being called God.”
She talks to herself.
“Mister, which dimension did you like best?”
He asks me with a face like a devil.
“Huh?”
“Of all the dimensions I’ve been to, what was the best dimension to stay in?”
“Hmm… It’s hard to pinpoint something.”
“Okay, then let’s change the question. What level are you in now?”
“Hmm….”
“Mister, why don’t you tell me I’m first place?”
She puffs out her cheeks and protests to me.
“1St place is the dimension I originally lived in?”
“Except the dimension I originally lived in.”
This kid is persistent.
“If I had to choose, I liked the modern setting. If it wasn’t modern, there were a lot of things that were disappointing.”
“How many dimensions were modern?”
Let’s see….
The first dimension we moved to, the next dimension we moved to, the dimension where Lee Mi-na was, the building owner’s dimension, the dimension where she was a bully….
One, two, three… I think there are five.
“Five, excluding this place?”
“There are a lot. So what are the ranks here?”
“Why am I curious about that?”
“It’s important. I want to be number one for you.”
“…If I had to choose, second place.”
When I tell him the result of adding worry to worry, he looks visibly disappointed.
“Where is first place?”
“Building owner level.”
How great it is to have plenty of money to spend even if you don’t go to work.
“Oh, that can’t be helped.”
She also obediently agrees.
The light of the scale hovering over her chest was slowly going out.
It looks like the magic is running out of effect.
“Anyway, I’d like to meet the god of this dimension.”
She muttered while playing with her palm on and off my chest.
“Well, is there something you want to ask?”
Wouldn’t it be strange that I don’t have anything to ask?
“There are a lot. This magical girl system… And the afterlife… I have a lot of questions to ask.”
“You seem curious about the afterlife. Isn’t it too early to think about death?”
Now that I am twenty.
“I wonder if mom and dad are okay.”
“Ah…”
“The mere fact that you are here is proof that there is such a thing as a soul. That means my dad and mom can also be watching over me from somewhere.”
When I saw her smiling face with her gums showing, I felt sorry for her.
“I guess I’ll be able to check it when I go to the afterlife when a lot of time has passed.”
Don’t say you’re going now.
“I guess so. I can live here very happily and then go. With you.”
“Why are you dragging me in?”
“That’s right, I’m going to stay with you.”
“Are you sure I don’t have a doctor?”
“I’m sorry, but… I don’t have one. It’s just like this.”
She laughs.
The light of Libra is gradually fading.
“The magic is coming to an end.”
“Sure.”
“Oh, wait a minute, let me ask a question too. We should be asking each other questions, but you were the only one who asked a question.”
Suddenly, something came to mind.
“Yes, that’s right.”
Knowing that she was asking a one-sided question, she obediently gave permission.
“I told you the secret I hid, so you also tell me the secret you are hiding from me.”
“Huh…? Well, that’s a bit much. Uncle, another question…”
Seong-ah suddenly becomes embarrassed and starts talking gibberish.
She had something to hide, after all.
“Come on, the question is an equivalent exchange.”
“Uh… Okay.”
Yes, if it’s something like academic stress or worries about the future, I can provide counseling as an adult.
So, speak honestly.
“When he was asleep, I pretended it was a dream and slept with him.”
…What the f*ck?
“With the face of an old man, an acquaintance…”
Seongah’s voice gradually deepens.
As she slowly raised her body, Seong-Ah, who was attached to her chest, naturally fell behind her.
“…Seongya.”
“…Yes.”
“Let’s kneel first and raise our hands.”
It is the adult’s role to guide the child. Cancer.