After I Rescued a Beautiful Woman From a Stalker, She Started Spoiling Me and Turning Me Into a No-Good Freeloader - Chapter 35 - Ten Years’ Worth of Feelings [Mediator’s POV]
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Chapter 35 – Ten Years’ Worth of Feelings [Mediator’s POV]
[Mediator’s POV]
I was surprised to receive a phone call from an unknown number.
It turned out the caller was Himoda Youichi-san, and I hurried to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Maybe Ijichi-sensei will be gone by the time I arrive.
I held such faint hope.
Since I happened to have some free time, I was able to arrive in about five minutes. When I reached the designated central square, I found Ijichi-senseo sitting on the ground, crying.
“Sigh.”
Himoda-san, you’ve committed a sin yourself.
You went ahead and left alone a 28-year-old woman who had fallen in love for the first time to an editor.
“Ijichi-sensei.”
When I called out to her, Ijichi-sensei’s shoulders trembled and she looked at me with a tearful face.
I reluctantly handed her a handkerchief and passed her some water.
“First, calm down. If you want to cry, I’ll be by your side.”
“How?”
“I received a call from Himoda-san. I didn’t ask him the details, but he told me that Ijichi-sensei was here. It was always like this. When Ijichi-sensei ran away from home, Himoda-san was the first to know.”
“……”
I suppose he told her something decisive.
Hah~, it’s difficult for a woman to comfort another woman who has been rejected.
“Ijichi-sensei, I know it’s hard, but life has its ups and downs. Right now, you need to do something fun to change your mood!”
“Something fun?”
“Yes. Eat delicious food, go shopping, and take a trip for a change of pace.”
Ijichi-sensei, with her handkerchief soaked and water dripping from her head, seemed to have gone mad, but her face looked slightly clearer from the crying.
“Let’s do it all!”
“Eehh?!”
“I’m going to do everything! Eat delicious food, shop a lot, and go on a trip overseas for a change of pace! Will you come with me, Mediator-san?!”
“Ehh?! Me?”
“Yeah! Because I’ve been drawing manga since high school, I don’t have any friends!”
“Ah, I see. I understand! I’ll do something!”
I will contact the editor-in-chief and explain the situation.
Ijichi-sensei hadn’t taken a long hiatus since her debut, so she decided to take this opportunity to take a month-long break.
“Ijichi-sensei. What would you like to start with?”
“I’m hungry from crying so much! I want to eat meat!”
“Fufu, then let’s start with Yakiniku.”
“Let’s go! Since I have plenty of money, take me to a good place in Ginza!”
“Sounds great!”
I immediately made a reservation at a high-end yakiniku restaurant in Ginza and had a feast.
The food was so delicious, unlike anything I had ever tasted before.
“It’s so tasty!”
“It’s really delicious! I’m truly impressed, Sensei!”
“Yeah, it’s great! It’s expensive, but worth it! Delicious!”
I couldn’t find the words anymore. All that came out was “delicious.”
“Hah~, I’m full!”
“Yes, that’s right. It was absolutely wonderful!”
“Now that my stomach is full, let’s go buy some clothes!”
“I’ll accompany you!”
Until Ijichi-sensei’s mood clears up, I’m going to stick with her!
“I have no idea what’s trendy at all!”
“Yeah! Even I’m a bit clueless about recent trends!”
Because we are close in age, we run into the same troubles.
I can call my junior, but let’s give priority to Ijichi-sensei’s mood right now!
“Sensei, since shopping is not for us, what if we go do my hobby?”
“Hobby?”
“Yes! Come this way!”
We visited a long-established bathhouse in Tokyo.
“A bathhouse?”
“Yes! It’s difficult to go to a hot spring right now, but just soaking in a big bath will make you happy!”
“Yeah! Let’s go!”
Ijichi-sensei is full of motivation today.
I guided her through my usual routine at the bathhouse. Washing the body, sauna, cold water bath, grooming, another round of sauna, cold water bath, and then washing the body again!
“Ahh, I feel refreshed!!!”
Just doing this alone always refreshes both my mind and body.
“Hah~”
“Sensei?”
“H-hiikk… Hik…”
While soaking in the hot water, Sensei shed tears.
No matter how quickly women can change their mindset, a day isn’t enough to erase the pain of ten years’ worth of feelings.
But women should be able to switch their emotions more easily than men.
“There, there! Sensei, you’re now officially a mature woman!”
“A mature woman?”
“Yes, a woman becomes a mature woman only after experiencing love and rejection! Women who have never been rejected only know happiness, so they might not understand their partner’s feelings. This is my observation!”
Well, I can’t be too sure.
“Well, becoming a mother also makes you a mature woman, but for those of us who haven’t had children, becoming a mature woman means being rejected by someone we truly love! From there, we rise up and realize, ‘Being an adult is tough!’ Adults deal with bitterness and hardship.”
Well, I’ve been in love and been rejected many times, after all.
I also think that Himoda-san was kind of nice. Ah~ I wished I had realized this earlier.
I, too, started crying a little.
“Ughh~”
“Why is Mediator-san crying too?”
“I guess I’m just joining in on the crying!”
I guess I was rejected too.
Even though I never confessed.
But let’s overcome it with Ijichi-sensei!
“Sensei! Let’s go to a real hot spring!”
“Yeah. Let’s go!”
“Absolutely!”
As soon as I got out of the bath, I made a reservation to go on a trip with Ijichi-sensei.
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