Chapter 2: Aunt Nina (2/2)

“This… this is all real?”

“Hehehe Looks like you still haven’t fully awoken from your sleep Yes silly, this is not a drea that needs ly?”

Eren smiled mirthlessly at Nina’s reply and answered her question with the question of his own:

“Aunt Nina, what day is it? And why didn’t you tellfor my father but in fact has settled down in a different city with her new family?”

Eren asked the first question to know exactly what day it was And he asked the second question to finalize his hunch for good Eren didn’t find out about his mother’s new family before his teen years were over He had visited aunt Nina at that ti her the second question, he wanted to gauge Nina’s reaction The high-ranked illusory spells can indeed mimic the past to a certain extent, but they are still based on the particular set of oing to be cast on If the caster had only read about the memories Eren had when he was a teen, he couldn’t read and connect the memories from when he was past his teen years to these memories Otherwise, a flaould surface in the spell and it could get broken

But nothing like that had happened

Nina acted like the real Nina if she had been given such news at that tiry at someone

“How do you know about your er I don’t know He had left before I could ask hi else But your response tells me it’s not a lie don’t worry aunt Nina, I was just confused and e about the sa that ht now don’t worry I’ my mother First, I heard from that man that she had settled down in a very distant city fro myself in front of her? That why did she leave me? Why did she need to start a new family?

I already know the answer to those questions I’ve figured them out She left me becauseNot dead, and not run away fro!

She must have loved hi unbearable for her It didn’t let her have her much-needed closure That’s why she ran away From me And from memories of my father

My mother must have left to look forabout hi for hiive up on her husband And to give up on hiive up on me as well Hence she didn’t return from her unfruitful search As for why she started a new family? Why shouldn’t she? She is still in the prime of her life A new faiven her soetall this? I was the unlucky party in this equation Let’s just say luck wasn’t on h in this world Co It’s better for all of us that we just accept the fact as it is and move on

I also have you who takes care of me so much, I feel more pampered and protected than kids who stay with their parents Should I even callin you? I don’t think so

More importantly, why don’t you try and answer my first question? What day is it?”

Eren had already closed his distance and e all this His actions were natural and his tone was cal from experience But he also had shown his vulnerability with his hug

Eren’s act did have some flaws For example, he seemed extree when he said this Especially considering the things that he was supposed to be going through because of his parents’ situation But having those flaws made his act perfect Sometimes, perfection is found in imperfection Wabi-sabi!

Nina considered that flaw to be Eren’s defenceall the emotions

‘That’s why he was so rattled up after waking up today He ht He must have felt like the fate he was cursed asn’t in his control That dreaain that control back By i himself to be the ‘maker’ of his world, and control his subjects

But, aly, he came to such a sound conclusion on his own I still consider hins of ain in her ehts Therefore she didn’t realize that Eren’s hands had landed on their intended targets ever-so-covertly this time!