760 Hes actually an amazing... (1/2)

Chiaki was stunned to hear this.

In her father's memories, her mother was the one who raised her?

She was the one who should have known her mother better than anyone?

Chiaki had no recollection of this… she did her best to recall the past, but couldn't remember anyone that could have been her mother at all.

And then, she thought about the vague dream she had been having recently.

In her dream, she had apparently been calling out for ”mommy.” Yet, she couldn't remember anything after she woke up.

'I also 'lost my memory?' Did I forget my mom, just as my dad did? Is my memory loss even more severe than my dad's?

'Nobody knows anything about my mom… it might all just be an illusion… a dream…'

”Tell me in more detail, Dad!” Chiaki regained her senses and realized that something mystical was highly likely to be behind this. She wanted to know more.

Yet, Shingo remained silent. It appeared that he didn't want to say more.

”Tell me, Dad! Tell me everything. There might be some way to resolve this,” Chiaki urged.

”There's no need,” Shingo stated lightly. ”As I said earlier, there's no meaning. She's only a dream… a dream that bothers me alone. There's no need for you to be bothered as well. She's no longer here, or maybe she's never even existed in the first place. Everything might just be my hallucination. There's no need to search for the so-called truth. We only need to let this dream slowly disappear.”

”How can that be! That's your wife, and my mom…” Chiaki wanted to convince her dad otherwise.

”Searching for the truth requires time and effort, and you might not even find an answer,” Shingo told her coldly. ”And even if you receive an answer in the end, it might be much worse than the dreams you currently have. The truth could very well be ugly or cruel. Reality isn't beautiful at all, Chiaki. You're still young. It's normal that you still have beautiful ideals for the world. Viewing youthful games of love as important, and believing that everything will be worth it no matter the result? Such naïve ways of thinking are suitable for your current age.

”But in reality, people will grow older, and their ways of thinking will change. The things you believe to be important now, your naïve ways of thinking, your beautiful ideals for the world… all of these will change as you grow older… that's what maturity is.

After hearing this, Chiaki was stunned, and didn't know what to say.

She wanted to counter his words somehow, but couldn't come up with anything as she looked at her father's heavy expression.

Shingo silently finished his tea and then stood up.

”Wait!” Chiaki realized that her father was about to leave, so she hurriedly stopped him.

Shingo stopped in his footsteps and silently looked at her.

Chiaki still didn't know what to say. But as her mind raced, she suddenly recalled Seiji!

Seiji would definitely know what to say here.

”Wait a moment…” Chiaki told her dad while taking out her cell phone and dialing Seiji's number.

Seiji picked up almost instantly.

”Sei… Seigo…”

”What room number are you in?”

The moment that she called, Seiji replied in a steady voice.

It was as if he had been waiting for her to call.

No… he probably had indeed been waiting for her to call.

Chiaki felt reassured and told him the room number of the private room at the restaurant.

Seeing this, Shingo frowned slightly and started to walk off again.

”Dad, wait! Please wait for Seigo to come here and have a talk with him.”

”There's nothing to talk about with an outsider.”

”He's not an outsider… he's not an ordinary person! He'll be a help with the issue regarding mom's memories!” Chiaki hurriedly tried to stop him.

Shingo stopped in his footsteps again.

”Not an ordinary person… what does that mean?”

”Er…”

Chiaki was unsure if she should tell him that Seiji was a spiritual ability user. It might make her father feel that Seiji was a scammer.

”He… He's actually an amazing detective…”