"Weren't you all going to Grandma and Grandpa's house in New Year's?" As for me and my mother, she said to me, "Take care of your walk and don't trip."
I'm on the phone with my brother.
"How old am I, she said that? I'm surprised.
"Well, that's the way he's supposed to die. I had a hard time getting her e-mail, and I said, "Oh, yo!"
"Is this about Yijun?"
"It is. She doesn't seem to have a grandchild to hold on to."
"What is this?"
We laughed and confirmed the meeting and hung up. Ten years have passed since then. I became a researcher, unwittingly even gained the title of director. Maybe I'm on my own, and Mom's long talk of e-mails and endless chain Call disappears, leaving only a little bit of chatter when we meet.
Hermanau is still active. My brother lives with Nieju. Mr. Ray said he wanted to take a look at countries as if he was on a trip as soon as he was free. The flower became a superman's net, and now it's a brand-named ambassador who can be seen in an ad at the end of the street. After graduation from real college, she married her boyfriend, who had been dating since high school, and became the mother of twins. Every time we hear the latest news, we find them happy, and I am happy.
"What are you laughing at?"
The face of Yachiyo was magnified by a tablet attached to it. Looks like the live show just ended.
"Welcome, just in time."
"Well, of course. What about everybody?"
Yachiyo looked through the window and looked through the screen. She said "everybody" means the staff of this lab.
"I sent them to lunch a little early. Today would seem to be a long-lasting war, and they would have to rest.
"What a wonderful institution of conscience, which industry has called the Fabulous."
"Well, I was able to rest."
"Today, will it be long?"
"Perhaps."
"At last?"
"Hmm.
Together we look to the virtual body lying on the bed. It's the first "Faisal Night" that's finished. Today is the first day of the experiment.
"You've waited ten years."
I looked at the bright night on the bed and said to Yachiyo.
"As opposed to 8,000 years, it's a blink."
...but I don't want Yachiyo to wait.
"Happy, are you nervous?"
"Not nervous. Test number one, it would have failed. It's a step to find out what's wrong! It has to be amended quickly, and then more and more can be done."
"I see."
Yachiyo was silent for a moment and then,
"Thank you, Colour Leave. And gave me the night of glory."
She said it in a very rare and serious way.
"It's like a fairy tale.
"Ah, this! Let's just say, I haven't forgotten you called me Grandpa 10 years ago."
"Yachiyo was eight thousand years ago. I've forgotten everything."
And the two of them giggled, and they got mixed up in the full device drive in the lab. It's impossible, but the night in bed is smiling.
"...and thanks to Yachiyo, I came here."
"Yachiyo too. He pursued the leaves and came here."
"They're chasing each other, huh..."
I'll take the empty coffee cup to the sink. It's rinsing, and there's the voice of Yachiyo. It was not intended to wash so carefully, but I wanted to hear her songs for a little while, and then I squeezed her on the sponge.
"...a melody that is precious... that flows in your heart..."
What a clear voice. It comes close to my heart, disperses all anxiety. Like the sound of the waves, like the beating of the heart.
The soft, warm and reassuring voice of Yachiyo.
That's probably what I once wanted from my mother. I understand that for me, Yachiyo is...
"Thank you. Next time, my turn.
I used a voice that nobody could hear.
Then the radio went off.
"Oh, is everybody back from the lab?"
"Who knows?"
As a result, as Yachiyo predicted, the headphone monitor showed up on one--
"The coloured leaves - we are here!"
More beautiful flowers.
Yoo-hoo!
As always, it's true.
"Yo."
My brother.
"It's hot. Quick!
I'm the one who walks with me.
「……」
Mr. Ray, who raised his hand in silence.
And a crowd gathered for a long time.
"Hey, everybody's here. Did you call for the leaf?"
"Something. Although the amount of funding is small, we are all donors. For the first time, it's hard to say without an invitation.”
No way. Actually, I just wanted everyone to celebrate the first birthday.
"Come on in, everybody."
Once the door had been unlocked, there was a loud noise in the corridor. I took a deep breath and looked back at Yachiyo on the tablet screen.
"Oh, Yachiyo. Can you tell the truth?"
"What what?"
"Well, I'm so nervous, I'm almost out!"
"Yachiyo too!"
The two of us laugh again in the lab.
It's only the last step away.
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