Akioh

Do you like to read books?

I like it. I read books whenever I have time. I don't read much, though.

Like many book-loving dreamers, I have a bit eccentric habit.

I don't read the book to the end.

The more books you really like, the better.

There's one book that I like.

It's fun. I really like it, from the cover to the content. As I read, I don't always read to the end.

Because it's scary.

Huh? No, not because I'm afraid it's an ending I don't like. I really liked the story. It's not that I don't read it for fear of not liking the ending.

I hate to read the last chapter.

Many people will too. I'm not unusual.

While reading the book, you develop affection for the characters, and you go on adventures while cheering for the characters. And to applaud them as they overcome their trials. But then, what comes next?

Now is the time to come to an end. But there are people who regret it, 'That's the end of it?' There are people who want the story to go on and on.

I am one of them.

That's why I don't read the end.

The end of the story will already be normal. My favorite book is actually not that great.

Just… It's a popular story. So I know the end. A popular novel must end with ‘They lived happily ever after’.

But I don't want to read the end with my own eyes just because I expected it.

Without reading the end, I go back to the beginning of the book again.

And I start reading again from the beginning.

Whatever the end is, it already doesn't matter to me.

Then the story begins again. It's not the end, it's the beginning again. We see them meet again, go through trials, and overcome as they build trust and love.

So I read it over and over again. Then you get the illusion that eternity exists in that little story.

Maybe the day I see the end will never come.

I'm not the only one. Unusual people in the world are hard to find among the ordinary people.

How many people are satisfied with such trifles. I think you will too.

People dream of eternal life, but why can't they get eternal life?

Love and hate, morality and rest, everything fades in the face of eternal time. The overwhelming beauty of eternity is noble in itself.

Why are you looking at a different path with eternal life in front of you?

Eternity is a beautiful thing.

I believe you will too.




You're trying.

Not in the direction I expected.

But it won't work that way.

That would be impossible even if I had my limbs cut off and my eyes plucked out.

No, you are right.

Torture is torture.

If you cut off a person's finger, anyone will vomit out any secret.

I am well aware of my own weaknesses.

I will surely cry and scream and beg for your sympathy.

I am such a weak person.

But you won't get an answer from me.

Because in the future I won't know anything, and I won't remember anything.

I will be able to see eternal life in my next life.

You don't know what I'm talking about.

But you will soon find out.

Sir Raymond.

Then, goodbye.