Since he still had his feelings the world would still be full of discord
As long as there were people left in this world conflict would never truly end
He had stopped all that He had wrapped the entire world in happiness
But he had let go of it all because he wanted to hold Ange in his arms – because he wanted to be with her Lucia and Machina
Was that the right thing to do
He felt like Micha would give him an answer he could accept
The winged young woman looked him in the eye for a while before speaking
Yes there probably are a lot of crying people out there She leaned against the railing too Some of them will be crying right this very moment Some people will have died during the past 10 days even And not just here You saw what things were like in that Kurosaki facility right There are still places like that all over the world She showed no mercy in giving him the answer he had expected so he bit his lip
In fact that place was tamer than most The people there were treated like slaves sure but they had a warm bed to sleep in and food to eat Not many places in the human world are that blessed Most children don’t have enough to eat day to day and shiver from the cold as they sleep Just between the two of us the resentment that led Ange to be reborn as Metatron was less than so many others go through There are plenty of angels who are reborn from much greater tragedy He had honestly completely forgotten about the rest of the world He felt embarrassed for taking the privileges of Japanese life for granted
She laughed and rubbed his cheek
She had him look up toward the city lights he had avoided looking at the first time
What about the people you saw in that facility The ones made into slaves looked unhappy I’m sure but what about the ones enslaving them The ones who were drinking fancy drinks and using those girls as toys Did they look happy to you His eyes widened at this viewpoint he had not even considered before
That facility had felt packed full of all the world’s unhappiness and inequality but had even one person there looked happy to see all that unhappiness
Finding happiness isn’t that easy
Happiness isn’t something you’re given by others You have to create it for yourself Sometimes you’ll screw it up and cry get hurt or even die though
You’ll understand eventuallyYes once you grow up and leave adolescence you’ll understand at least a little bit
When he looked at the city lights again they looked so much brighter than the golden seeds in the bottom of that pool
Genesis tells us the world will always be full of discord
She moved her hand from his cheek to his head and patted it like she always did
But who says you can’t find happiness in discord
When he looked up she winked and turned her ever-kind eyes toward the room
She looked toward his bedroom where the other three were still asleep
Those three had been fighting as usual Three worlds bringing three forms of discord
The warm hand left his head
The next thing he knew Micha was standing up on the balcony railing She spread her red wings to depart
Micha he called out without thinking
She turned back to him with a smile that told him she would stay there as long as he asked her to
He just about asked if he would see her again but he decided against it He could tell that was not the right thing to say
If he asked that she would definitely say yes but that would only be her coming to visit the person she wanted to see She would be coming to see someone else not Fujita Mutsuki
So he knew what he had to say
Let’s meet up again Micha
He looked her straight in the eye as he said it
That seemed to catch her off guard which was unusual for her She seemed somewhat confused as he continued to look her straight in the eye
But she really was an adult She soon smiled confidently – although were her eyes a bit more damp than usual – and winked again
He could tell she was not acting quite as composed as usual since she was about to drop the beers she was carrying He rushed in to push them back into place so they did not fall away
Now it was time to say goodbye She put on the face of the daring young woman so she could hide her true feelings
Bye bye
GoodbyeRemember only two beers a day
Yes yes Geez you’re strict
A red line of light vanished into the night sky in no time at all
Mutsuki kept watching until the lingering light of the flames fully faded and then he finally let out a lonely sigh
The person who had forcibly dragged him into adolescence had just left
After she confirmed that his adolescence was coming to an end
Adolescent Adam 9 Epilogue - Love