Episode 281: Things Money Can’t Buy (3)
What Pomerian said about running out of time was true.
Tsutsutsutsutsutsu… …
Suddenly, a large door appeared in front of the couple Juliet and Romeo.
death door.
The door was so large and heavy that it seemed incredibly difficult to open it once and to close it once.
So, once opened and once closed, there is no turning back.
Romeo looked back at Juliet with a sad expression.
Juliet also cries and looks at Romeo.
[Didn’t I tell you before? Wherever you go, I will follow you.]
That night when it rained. promise the two of you made.
Romeo wants to go to the place where the dead should go, and Juliet wants to follow him.
at that time. Damian intervened between the two.
“no! Can not be done! That will never happen!”
Damian screamed like a fit.
“Juliet! you are still alive! How can you follow the dead!?”
Then Juliet answered in a sad voice.
[My father said the same thing that night.]
Hearing his daughter’s words, Damian took a half step back as if shocked.
And then I saw it. That night he had said something similar.
‘Juliet! You are the heir to the bourgeoisie! How can you get involved with someone who doesn’t even know the basics!?’
Damian, who had lost his memory of that night, stuttered his excuses.
“Isn’t this case different! If it’s marriage, I’ll give it to you! This ugly father is all wrong! Admit it! But this… … this is not it! Romeo is already dead! You are alive!”
[It’s just ‘yet’.]
“What, what?”
Juliet met Damian’s eyes with a sorrowful gaze.
[If this person doesn’t exist, I’m as good as dead.]
“Daughter!”
[It’s the same no matter how many times you say it. Even if I wake up again, I won’t change.]
At that, Romeo caresses Juliet’s face with a sad expression.
Juliet also put her hand on the back of Romeo’s.
Damian groaned in dismay.
“Daughter. Are you not a living soul? Living spirits cannot go to the underworld, she said. Your body is still alive and connected by a strong string. You may not know Romeo, who is already dead, but you cannot cross the threshold of death… … .”
Moment. Damian stopped talking. Then, as if struck by lightning, he raised his head and looked at Juliet.
“Lord, Juliet. you can’t… … ?”
[…] … .]
Then Juliet raised her teary eyes.
Within. She knelt before her father.
[father. Please let me go now.]
Everything was like that night.
‘I’ve been listening to what my father has to say.’
[You were a proud daughter who never let her father down.]
‘So just this once.’
[Can’t you just let me go on my own just once?]
Damian couldn’t tell whether the voice now ringing in his ears was from the past or the present.
However, only the tears that I thought had dried up a long time ago continued to pour out.
“… … Alas, that’s right. I had crossed a river of no return. Yes, that was it.”
The moment I heard my daughter’s voice, I was mistaken for a moment.
that everything can be restored to its original state.
However, it was an absurd illusion that he had not yet properly felt the weight of his mistake.
And now. Realizing the reality, Damian had been feeling the true weight of what he had done.
“What are you going to do?”
Bikir asked briefly.
Damian asked in a hoarse voice.
“… … This time. How much is left?”
“About thirty minutes.”
It was really short of time.
After thinking for a few seconds, Damian nodded.
Then she ran quickly and shouted as hard as she could to the servants on the other side of the door.
“Get ready for the wedding!”
* * *
The wedding preparations were simple but quick.
The only people present are Juliet as the bride and Romeo as the groom. Damien on the Honju side.
And according to the family law that relatives cannot officiate, Bikir officiated.
The Pomerian took on the role of holding the hem of the bride’s dress and receiving the bouquet.
Bikir put on the plague doctor mask once, then stood on the podium and spoke briefly.
“always. Keep in mind that I am for you, not you for me. Live well the way you live.”
Contrary to the several-hour officiating ceremonies usually held by high-ranking aristocrats, a lot of things were omitted, but all the essentials were included.
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Juliet and Romeo look at each other and smile with tears.
And soon the bride and groom kiss.
Damian, who was sitting alone in the horn seat, wept as he watched it.
yet.
gigg-
He pushed the chair and stood up, looking at his daughter’s soul.
“Have a good life.”
at the same time. He picked up the pillow next to him.
Where Damian’s eyes were directed, he saw Juliet’s body lying on the bed and breathing quietly.
“Live well. daughter You have to live really well.”
trembling hands. Damian’s hand gripped the pillow.
He pressed the pillow in his hand against Juliet’s face.
You didn’t even have to apply a lot of force.
Juliet’s body, which has been weakened by lying down for a long time, just lies down without any resistance.
It was just that the small breaths that seemed to be cut off were getting smaller and smaller, and soon even that was no longer audible.
Chuuk… …
Juliet’s body stretched even more weakly.
Then, a change took place in Juliet’s life.
Her body became more defined. And she is finally able to hear what Romeo has to say to her.
[oh my god! Romeo! I can hear you now!]
Juliet smiled broadly as she fell into Romeo’s arms.
yet.
Juliet and Romeo stand before Damian.
Romeo bowed ninety degrees and greeted Damian.
Juliet also bowed her head slightly to show her respect as a noble lady.
[father. We will live well.]
“… … How can things that are already dead live?”
Damian murmured in a low voice.
The red bloodshot eyes are already full of tears.
dang- dang- dang-
The bells of the grandfather clock chime twelve times, announcing midnight.
After Juliet and Romeo said goodbye to Damian, they held each other’s hands as they walked over the carpet to the door of death.
at last. The bride and groom have crossed boundaries.
The line of the other side that separates this world and the next world. I opened the heavy door of death and crossed the high chin and left for a world of only the two of us.
… thud!
The heavy, dull door closed as if it would never open again.
Death and life, the afterlife and this world are disconnected.
… … .
Silence, as calm as in a grave, weighs down the hall.
Damian shook his head and muttered.
“… … be happy daughter be happy The two of you must be happy there. please.”
His face was contorted and hardened. Her restrained tears were dripping in thick drops all over her red carpet.
… … Right then.
bang!
The door of death suddenly opened with a loud roar.
[dad!]
Juliet, who had kicked out the heavy door, was poking her head this way.
[Hi Dad! hi! love you! I really love you! See you again someday!]
Juliet was crying.
With a brilliant smile that I had never seen before, I was really crying out loud and calling for my father.
at the same time.
… thud!
The door of death has finally closed completely.
It faded as slowly as it appeared, and soon disappeared from everyone’s sight.
and.
dump-
Damian knelt in his seat.
And I opened my nose and mouth wide.
“Huhhhhhhhhh-”
That serious expression completely collapsed.
Tears from the eyes, snot from the nose, saliva from the mouth, and a completely messed up face.
He leaned against the bed on which his daughter’s body was lying and sobbed for a long time.
“… … .”
Bikir just stands still.
A Pomerian came and stood next to Vikir.
“Samchun. Why is that old man crying?”
Then Vikir looked into Pomerian’s face.
“I don’t know either.”
“Is this something that even Samchun doesn’t know?”
At Pomerian’s words, Vikir turned his head again.
‘If death separates us, I wanted to be together even behind the scenes.’
Why? A woman’s face comes to mind.
Bikir opened his mouth in a low voice.
“I don’t know, of course.”
“If you don’t know, they say you have to learn!”
“hmm. Originally, she didn’t really want to learn… … .”
When the Pomeranian made a puzzled expression, Vikir looked away.
And he spoke briefly.
“I don’t know if it would be bad to get to know them once.”
Right then.
Damian, who had sobbed for a long time, raised his head.
Bikir waited patiently for him to recover some of his emotions.
Eventually, Damian raised his head and asked, seeing Bikir standing like a ghost near Juliet’s bed.
“… … Are you really alive?”
“If you dream, dream alone. It’s settlement time now.”
Vikir resolutely awakened the reality.
Damian nodded his head.
“okay. Now you have to pay for the transaction. But before that, I have something I must tell you.”
“Something?”
“Thank you.”
It was sudden. Damian bent his back ninety degrees toward Bikir.
After a moment of silence, Damian raised his head and continued.
“Thanks to you, I was able to send my daughter. She totally let go.”
It was an ambiguous situation as to whether she had sent her husband’s book or to the afterlife, but it was true in either case.
Damian smiled and said.
“haha. I feel very relieved now that my disobedient daughter-in-law has been sent anywhere. she’s happy too Aren’t weddings and funerals all the same? Originally, marriage is a grave.”
“Wipe your face and tell me.”
“this. Excuse me.”
Damian took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears, mucus and saliva.
Eventually, Damian returned with a serious and solemn expression and asked Bikir directly.
“Something you want from me.”
“The neck of the bourgeoisie.”
“gist.”
Lightning-like conversation.
It was an overly quick cool deal.
