Chapter 78: Looking forward in a different direction

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Translator: Soafp

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“Maya-san has been discharged from the hospital, it seems.”

It was a Sunday afternoon, and Mari-san, who had unexpectedly gone out together with me, said that, catching me off guard.

“Why does Mari-san know that?”

“I heard it from my brother.”

“Katsuragi you…”

He always does unnecessary things.

I thought that, but I couldn’t pretend I didn’t know what I already knew, so I just resigned myself.

“Well, it seems so. It’s amazing how human conditions can change with just a few words.”

“That’s… true. Because the body is controlled by the mind.”

“It’s a profound statement, but I can’t help but agree.”

Because the autonomic nervous system called the heart governs the body.

That’s why humans get sick.

“… So, what kind of words did you say to her? Kazunari-san.”

“Oh, yeah, I guess so. It wasn’t that big a deal. I just told her that if Maya died, I’d visit her grave.”

“That’s…”

Then, Mari-san choked on her words and stared at me in amazement.

When she did, Mari-san blushed slightly and continued as if to make amends.

“…Those words could be seen as Maya-san being ‘forgiven.'”

“Is that so?”

It doesn’t seem to be a problem of forgiving or not forgiving.

However, Mari-san must have had her own thoughts.

But, being told that.

After divorcing and getting sick and having to pay alimony money, it must be a dream for Maya who must live without thinking about anything.

For Maya, being forgiven by me and being saved and relieved may be synonymous.

Asking for forgiveness is because she wants to be relieved.

–Ha. In the end, Maya is just herself.

While there is such a self.

–My life is not over yet. I think it’s about time to forgive Maya. There’s no point in being caught up in Maya’s betrayal of the past forever.

I’m sure I think of myself like that.

I don’t know what I want.

“…But, Kazunari-san, are you?”

“Yeah?”

Mari’s voice unexpectedly interrupted my inner turmoil, and I answered in a strange voice.

“…It might be better for Kazunari-san to forgive Maya-san and move forward… What do you think?”

She hesitantly asked for my agreement.

Mari, who has experienced betrayal like me in the past, came all the way to me to ask what that word meant.

I had no choice but to keep thinking after returning home.