The World God Only Knows GS

"Huh...? So Asahina-san, Asahina-san, uh... Ema-san became a family?"

Fuyutsuki, who heard about Asahina's family affairs from Yusuke, nodded.

"Brother Chun is really too much...to hide such an important matter from me."

Yusuke complained while writing exercises.Recently, his grades in all subjects have improved a lot, but compared with his younger sister Ema, Yusuke's grades are still terrible.

"However, if Mr. Asahina hadn't kept it from you, you would probably oppose Ema-san as a new family member with all your strength, right?"

Fuyutsuki, who was waiting for Yusuke to finish the exercises, was flipping through the lesson plans.She was used to supervising Yusuke with his homework after finishing his daily work.

"...Now I also object to that guy becoming my family."

Yusuke didn't seem to want to go home either.For him, the fact that Ema became his family was more of a bewilderment than surprise and consternation.

"why?"

"No, no why..."

Putting Fuyutsuki's problem aside, even though the relationship with Fuyutsuki has improved a lot in the past two months, Yusuke is embarrassed to say to Fuyutsuki, "I want to be a lover with that guy instead of a family member!".

It is true that Yusuke also knew that he was making trouble for no reason.But as long as you see Ema's innocent expression, Yusuke, who knows how hard Ema is trying to become a family member with himself, can't express his feelings to Ema honestly.

"Asahina-san, do you like Ema-san?"

"What——...?!"

The pencil fell on the table and made a crisp sound of "click!", and the sudden question made Yusuke so shocked that he even let go of his hand.

"How could I treat that guy...?!"

"It's not convincing to say such things with a flushed face, Asahina-san."

Dongyue smiled.

Covering his face with his hands, Yusuke found that his face was scorching hot.Now Yusuke doesn't need to look in the mirror to know that his face is really flushed as Fuyutsuki said.

(lose, shame to death...)

Not only was Dongyue seeing through his own feelings, but Dongyue saw such a shameful side of himself; Yusuke only felt that his whole body was going to burn.

"I don't think liking someone is something to be ashamed of, let alone something to be ashamed of, Asahina-san."

Putting down the lesson plan in his hand, Dongyue: "It is a miracle that human beings can fall in love with someone other than themselves."

"Aha……?"

It was the first time Yusuke heard this kind of statement, and felt that Fuyutsuki was too exaggerated: "Everyone will fall in love with one or two people, right? Isn't it very common for one person to like another person?"

"it's not like that."

Dongyue smiled and shook her head: "Like and like are different."

"The 'like' of falling in love with one or two people at random is not the same as the 'like' of falling in love with one special person."

"From ancient times to the present, human beings have been pursuing 'special people'."

His white fingers pointed to Yusuke's Chinese textbook spread out on the table.

"Yuyou is acting on behalf of the gods, and I have never heard of it. The maple dyes the Longtian River, and the gurgling water is deep....This is actually a love song."

I thought of Chihaya and Taiyi, and I also thought of everyone in Ruize High School's karaoke club.Dongyue, who felt a little warm in her heart, opened her lips with an invisible gentle expression: "This waka describes the beautiful scenery of Tatsuta River dyed by red maple leaves. But in fact, it is not the maple leaves that dye Tatsuta River red. , it’s not Tatsutagawa that was dyed red.”

"..."

Listening to Dongyue's words with half understanding, Yusuke didn't interrupt.

"The author of this waka had a love affair with Empress Erjo before Yuan Yeping entered the palace. Later, Yuan Yeping wrote this waka on the screen that was tributed to the palace."

"Of course Yuan Yeping is also very romantic. I will not comment on how much he has true feelings for Empress Nijo after spending his life with countless women. But—"

Dongyue lowered her eyes: "Zaiyuan Yeping didn't change his feelings for Empress Erjo after Empress Erjo entered the palace and became a queen, otherwise he wouldn't have written such a waka."

"I think the extremely beautiful red that can soak up the entire Tatsuta River is the feeling of Hara Yehei."

"Asahina-san, what about your feelings?"

"what……?"

Unexpectedly, the topic would suddenly come to him, Yusuke, who couldn't react for a while, could only let out a silly "ah".

"Will you give up liking Ema-san just because Ema-san has become your family? Or can you fall in love with her only when Ema-san is not your family?"

Compared with the time when Yusuke was forced to question, Dongyue's tone now is not tough.But Dongyue's attitude was firmer than ever.

"If Ema-san falls in love with someone else in the future, or chooses to be with someone else, will your feelings for her disappear? Or do you wish that these feelings of yours never existed?"

"Is that what your 'like' is all about?"

"I……"

You Jie was speechless.He really hadn't thought about the questions Dongyue said.

Since falling in love with Ema at first sight, Yusuke has always liked Ema with the purest mood and the simplest thoughts.He walked by feeling and didn't think about anything other than "like".Such things as how to confess to Ema, whether he can date Ema in the future, whether Ema will like other people... Yusuke has never thought about such things.

Until now, Yusuke suddenly understands: Many things cannot remain unchanged.Just when I was hesitating, time has moved forward without authorization, and things are constantly developing.The person you like will not wait for you to hesitate.While she was worrying about whether to confess to her, she might have walked side by side with others.

There are too many men who are better than themselves.Not to mention others, but in Asahina's house, the group of brothers in his family are already so good that they can compare with him.What's more, there are so many other good men in this world who are worthy of Ema.

"I,"

Talking about love with the teacher seems a bit weird, but Yusuke still expressed his sincerity: "I never thought of liking anyone other than that guy..."

"Even if that guy is family. Even if that guy likes someone else. Even if that guy chooses someone other than me..."

Yusuke said with a wry smile: "But if that guy is with other people...I probably, no, I must, can't bless that guy well..."

"Isn't that all right?"

Dongyue's tone returned to the usual feeling of not being so concerned: "Now you just need to continue to like Ema-san wholeheartedly."

"As for whether you can change from family to family relationship, who Ema-san will fall in love with and who will choose, it's all unknown in the near future, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Yusuke froze for three seconds, then grinned and said, "...Ah. Teacher, you are right. That will happen in the near future."

Dongyue thought that the youthful conversation was over, so she picked up the lesson plan again.Unexpectedly, Yusuke didn't think that the conversation between him and Dongyue was over.

"teacher."

"Ok?"

Yusuke's voice made Dongyue raise her head in doubt: "What?"

"Teacher, have you ever liked anyone? ... That kind of special liking."

Dongyue was startled, and immediately replied frankly: "Yes. I liked it."

"What's that like...?"

Yusuke asked curiously, completely forgetting the exercises.

"I like it very much. I like it very much. I like it enough to give him my heart, my life and my soul."

"…………"

Yusuke was stunned by Dongyue's serious answer.

"But to that person, it doesn't make a difference whether I exist or not, whether I have such feelings for him or not. Because he doesn't know me and will never know my feelings for him."

"Ahhh...! ! ! 』

When she realized this, Dongyue cried, very sadly.Dongyue, who seldom cried loudly, was hoarse as if she wanted to shed all the tears in her life.

"That person has no shortage of people who like him so much."

Looking at the smiling Dongyue, Yusuke only felt his heart constrict slightly.

"So teacher, don't you like him anymore?"

Yusuke couldn't help asking.

"Do not?"

"I still like him. Even this second, this moment."

Dongyue didn't lie, she still likes that person, but some things will not change.For example, it is impossible for that person to like her, for example, that person knows her existence.

"It's just a different 'like' for that person."

"Won't you be sad...?"

Yusuke asked, even forgetting to add the honorifics.

"Sad? Why?"

Dongyue asked back.

"Because that person... doesn't know your feelings for him, or even your existence."

So Dongyue smiled: "What a stupid question."

"It was sad before."

But now Dongyue doesn't feel sorry for the self who fell in love with the paper man, nor does she feel that it's too unfortunate that the self who fell in love with the paper man was not born in Two-dimensional.Thinking that the characters in Two-dimensional are "living" and living "people", she just accepted the fact that people in the two dimensions cannot communicate.

(Even if you are in the same dimension, the person you like may not necessarily like you.)

Then, aren't the Two-dimensional residents more perfect than people in the same dimension who may disillusion themselves at any time?

Even if the Two-dimensional residents are in a different dimension from myself, and they will never be able to realize their own existence, and they will never be able to like themselves, so what?At least they don't discriminate against themselves, hurt themselves, or disillusion themselves.

(Since they are also "likes" that don't ask for anything in return, what's the problem with liking Two-dimensional characters?)

So what if the beautiful artificial flowers are inanimate?Would artificial flowers be less beautiful because of this?Some people like fresh cut flowers, some people like artificial flowers, it's just a choice made by different people.Why should those who like fresh-cut flowers have the right to criticize those who like artificial flowers?

"However, after I understand that what I am pursuing is not the gratification of two feelings, nor the continuation of children and grandchildren, I think this is the best now."

"Without hope there is no disappointment, and without disappointment there is no despair."

“…………………………”

Yusuke fell silent again.He couldn't tell whether Dongyue's thinking was too optimistic or too pessimistic.There is only one thing he can understand: that is, the female teacher in front of him who looks younger than him has indeed experienced much more than himself.The world she has seen is something she has never seen before.What she has experienced may be something she will never experience.