Chapter 630: Chapter 398: The Sea Fishing Association of Kanagawa Prefecture

Uesugi Sakura stood on a seawall by the coast of Kanagawa Prefecture, gazing out at the limitless blue expanse of the sea and sky.

Well, it wasn’t exactly a seawall, just a low concrete wall built along the shore, extending from the edge of the residential town toward the sea, forming a narrow rectangle of cautionary path.

Being so close to the sea, people often came here to fish.

Tokyo University and Tokyo Art University were hosting a mixer between students.

Open to all.

No idea how they found this place for their gathering.

Originally, the fishing activity for the mixer was planned to be held in the Tokyo City area, but the conditions at Tokyo Bay weren’t ideal.

So everyone spent an extra day coming to this seaside town in Kanagawa Prefecture to have fun.

"Refreshing, university life is freedom! If it were high school, you’d still have to worry about your parents and school."

Todaka Keichiro propped himself up with his right hand on the concrete ground and sat down by the sea.

He listened to the continuous sound of waves crashing in front of him, felt the sea breeze blowing his way, and made this remark when his mind was clear.

The sky was adorned with thin clouds, beneath which clear blue sky peeked through. Sunlight shimmered on the sea’s surface, casting golden sparkles.

Uesugi Sakura stood by his side, also feeling the refreshing sea breeze.

"Freedom is nice, but time slips away unnoticed."

"Ah, why talk so poetically, you’re starting to sound like Seisa."

"I have this flaw."

"What flaw?" Todaka Keichiro leaned back, his hands spread out to support himself on the ground.

"Whenever I see something beautiful, I can’t help but think about how I’ll feel seeing it again in the future."

"Why think about that? Just live in the moment."

Uesugi Sakura tilted his head and asked, "Do you know about the Three Kingdoms?"

"Of course, I’ve read ’The Romance of the Three Kingdoms’ many times."

Uesugi Sakura:

"The borrowing of arrows with straw men, the building of the terrace to borrow the wind, after the Battle of Red Cliffs, the Shu State entered a golden period of prosperity; Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao, first having the Crouching Dragon, then the Young Phoenix, also gaining General Huang and Ma Chao, took Jingzhou, occupied Hanzhong, then Guan Yu flooded the seven armies, captured Yu Jin, killed Pang De, and scraped poison from his bone.

"Everything was smooth sailing, but thereafter, Guan Yu suddenly lost at Maicheng, was captured by Sun Quan. The upward-moving story suddenly took a downturn—Guan Yu died first, Cao Cao died later, Liu Bei, for revenge, attacked Eastern Wu. Zhang Fei drank and was killed by a soldier in his sleep, Lu Xun burned the connected camps, Liu Bei retreated to Baidi City, and at the end, entrusted his son to Zhuge Liang on his deathbed.

"When I read the part where Liu Bei entrusted his son, I couldn’t help but think about their past grand words, deep brotherhood, and the famed oath in the Peach Orchard to live and die on the same day. In the end, all I could taste was a lingering sense of heroism waning with age."

Todaka Keichiro, after savoring the words, said to him, "You mean to say, the melancholy emotion always exists?"

"Yes, sometimes people can’t help but think of past beauty when going through sorrow."

Todaka Keichiro pondered the meaning of these words for a while then attempted to ask,

"Uesugi, are you... in much pain now?"

"Very much."

"..." Todaka Keichiro remained silent for a while, couldn’t help but say, "You just got married half a month ago, where’s the pain? I’m the one in pain, my girlfriend recently broke up with me... can you believe it? I still dream of her at night!"

"You don’t understand," Uesugi Sakura said.

"And you don’t understand, Uesugi," Todaka Keichiro replied.

Uesugi Sakura looked at the horizon, then glanced at the silver watch on his wrist.

It’s been... ten minutes.

He withdrew his hand, and said to Todaka Keichiro sitting nearby, "End of the mind-relaxing session, I’m heading back to the hotel now, see you at fishing this noon."

"Why the hurry? Let’s chat some more."

Uesugi Sakura didn’t reply, just shook his head and started walking back along the concrete path towards the town.

Along the street from the beach, Uesugi Sakura walked.

He was torn with a dilemma.

In a while, would he lose his virginity?

The excuse of changing eggs had expired.

He couldn’t go on making excuses with the same pretext day after day.

Since last night, the clingy Hanamaru Hanabi had been insisting they have a baby together.

But... that’s Hanamaru Hanabi... not his real wife...

Even though they shared the same body, the fact remained she wasn’t his wife.

If he did that... wouldn’t it be betraying Hanabi-chan?

He barely managed to evade last night, and this morning Hanamaru Hanabi again began clinging to him.

She directly climbed on top of him and smiled, "If you don’t have a baby with Hanabi soon, Hanabi will get angry."

Uesugi Sakura used the excuse of his heart feeling unwell to buy himself ten minutes of fresh air.

After ten minutes, he’d have to go back to have a baby with Hanamaru Hanabi.

In those ten minutes, he kept thinking... should he go along with it?

If he did.

It felt like a betrayal to Hanabi-chan.

If he didn’t.

He might face an even more pathological version of Hanabi.

He couldn’t bear to let Hanabi-chan’s body suffer any harm.

Uesugi Sakura, in this state of intricate inner conflict, returned to the hotel.

He took the elevator, reached the third floor, walked up to Hanamaru Hanabi’s room door, stood there for a moment, hesitated several times, then knocked on the door.

Knock, knock.

The door opened almost immediately.

Seeing Uesugi Sakura at the door, Hanamaru Hanabi cheerfully welcomed him in, then closed the door firmly, hurried to him, and on tiptoes, wrapped her small arms around his neck.