Old Vampire and a Holy Girl

"Good evening, uncle!

Night...

As the man was sewing the stuffed animal, the Virgin came.

The man said, "Oh? I think."

Because she is the Virgin.

Is it the nature of the temple officials, whose activities are basically early in the morning?

In fact, it was only in the early mornings that she would still fall apart.

Because of this, men - even though they are vampires - are so completely 'awake in the morning and sleep at night' that it has become a healthy life (the Ningen standard).

"Holy Virgin, you seemed a lot late today, didn't you?

The man stabbed the sewing needle into the needle mountain and removed the Dada glasses he was wearing (the type that goes in through his heels, so to speak, to make him feel better).

And invite the Virgin across the table to the front couch...

"I feel like I've heard of your life schedule once before... but weren't you supposed to be active a long time early in the morning? Are you sure you'll be all right tomorrow, coming in late this evening?

"Thank you for your concern. But I changed it."

"What?

"My uncle is a vampire, so I thought it might be annoying to disturb him early in the morning..."

……

"I thought you'd wake up in the morning as part of your vocational training, because if vampires were really vulnerable to the light of day, it would be night time to work. There's nothing wrong with a nightlife."

…………

The Virgin admitted that the man was a vampire.

Still around bracing, the man acknowledges her awesomeness.

"... you're still trying to engage me with society."

"Of course it is!

"But I'm a vampire"

"But I think we need friends!

"Guuuuuu"

"Uncle!? What's wrong!?"

"... No, I wonder what. Strong impact around the chest like this..."

"No way...... arrhythmia!?"

"It's not. It's not..."

Because I don't have any friends, and when they say I need them, it hurts.

He was just a man who couldn't speak so clearly of his weakness.

If anyone here is usually looking at life in a castle, they say, 'Aren't dragons friends? will have the question'.

But men didn't think of the dragon as a friend - it was only a rival, and rivals and friends are different. Among men.

"... Whatever, Virgin... I don't need any friends"

"I'd like to ask you a few questions about that..."

"What is it?

"Does your uncle think you're a friend?

"…… what does that mean?

"No, my uncle feels that you may view the relationship between 'friends' as something very heavy..."

"... that's, well... friends, let's weigh in. Regardless of gender, would it be a word referring to someone you can forgive?

"Oh, I knew it. Uncle, you know, when I say this, it might seem light-hearted..."

"'Friends' is not such a heavy relationship."

"... no, but a friend..."

"My uncle is a vampire, so maybe he's uncomfortable..."

……

"Friends are like being somehow, somehow apart, somehow stuck together."

".................. no"

"'Let's make friends' is an expression that means' Let's go somewhere a little crowded ', not' Let's get married 'or anything heavy on that level."

"... no, but... we're friends, right? Friends are trustworthy opponents, careless opponents, like you can talk about anything, have secrets, or stay next to me and risk your life with me when you should..."

"Maybe that's the case with a vampire feeling, but if you're looking for someone like that, I don't think you can have a friend for life..."

The Virgin says nasty.

But men are not convinced.

If this is a vampire-specific "friend view," I feel like there are quite a few people in Ningen who think, "I, I was a vampire..."

"Isn't your 'friend' a little too light, Virgin? I don't know what your friends are talking about... but by my standards, they're about 'acquaintances'."

"But, uncle, I don't think it's the kind of person who's going to be next door to me when I should be risking my life."

"Isn't that why 'friend' is a heavy word?

"If you decide to just call that 'friend', I don't think there's one person in the world today who has friends, right?

"... but... yes, what about you and the dragon descendants? Weren't you friends?

"But I don't think I can hang my life..."

……

"I mean, uncle, there's one thing you need to know."

"What is it?

"In today's world, we don't patronize situations like 'risking our lives'."

"... it seems like a peaceful world."

"Imagine." We're friends, right? 'Let's say you were asked. So I said,' So when you're dying, will you hang with me? Let's just say I asked back. "

……

"Don't the air freeze?

".................. um"

Definitely freezes.

"What are you talking about? 'I felt a tingle of signs that they were going to say.

"So, uncle, why don't you pull some more shoulder strength and look back at the relationship between 'friends'? I think that would reduce the amount of pressure that you feel when you go out into society."

……

"In the first place, 'friends' are not what you make, but what you can do."

".................. but yes"

"Uncle."

"... what is it?

"Me and my uncle, aren't we friends?

……

The man felt the shock as if struck by lightning.

Relationship with the Virgin.

Men have never had a word to define it before.

No, I had it, and I feel like I've been defined by a name like that, but I wasn't aware of it.

- Friends.

"We chat, we play... so, if it's someone you feel like having fun with, I think 'friends' is enough."

"But..."

"Would you like to call your uncle 'friend' from now on, 'best friend'?

……

"I don't know, uncle. 'Friends' is a relationship that needs to be considered so heavy?

The man sits deeply down on the couch.

- Usually, now, I'm about to admit defeat.

What the Virgin says is either good or irrefutable.

I guess that's the case with young people today, or maybe, for a long time, Ningen has.

I can't deny it.

But - that's only a Ningen story.

A man is a vampire.

Until a while ago, I was like, 'Vampires? Yes, yes, yes.' I had to be prepared to respond, but...

Now she is a vampire, sanctioned by the Virgin.

"... Virgin, I think what you say is best. But it's only about Ningen - about vampires like me, no, not long-lived species."

"... and you said?

"We will live for a long time that you cannot imagine. … the longer you live, the shorter it feels."

……

"Your 'light friend' may be necessary to add a touch of glamour to your boring routine for those of you who feel the day for a long time... but for those of us whose year passes in the blink of an eye, we don't need a friend that won't even be remembered"

Since when did you stop feeling the length in the period 'a year'?

The year begins. Then, at some point, that year is over, even though I feel like I haven't done anything in particular.

Time gradually becomes felt shorter.

I get less and less bored with my daily routine with no recurring changes.

"We can't even remember yesterday's dinner"

……

"And yet, let's remember something about a 'light friend' that didn't even impress me, just having a fun conversation? No, I don't.... Do you understand, Virgin? The older you get, the lighter the relationship disappears from your memory, and the more weighty the relationship you see as' light 'becomes. I mean -"

……

"-We don't have the memory to remember those we can't hang out with for long as' friends'."

Remembering things is heavy labor.

I only want to remember what's important, and I can't.

"What's more, I can't even make a lot of 'frames' in my memory with 'This Guy's a Friend', 'This Guy's a Best Friend', etc. Because - memories mix."

"... no"

"You may not know yet because you're young, but remembering what you said yourself as someone else's statement, remembering what someone else said as your statement, that sort of thing, usually happens"

……

"So, when you get older, you get old enough to accept new things. … even the memories we have now are not sortable, but when we accept the new concepts, we don't know what…"

"Uncle......"

Yes, it was my uncle.

It is a long-lasting vampire. I have accumulated memories and history.

"I - I've known you for a long time and as long as I can remember you, that's fine"

……

"You are enough to squeeze my scarce memory.... I have already met enough people in this day and age to remember. I don't even have to make light friends now. My memory is filled with you."

"Uncle... don't say nice things in that, nice voice... because it kind of lights up..."

"Ha ha."

The man deliberately laughed lightly.

The Virgin flutters her cheeks with "mu" - I'll see it a long time ago if I think about it, it's her childish look.

"I think I've been kind of good at saying this... but I can't find any more way to convince you..."

"This time, I seem to have won one step."

"But I still think it's a good thing that I have a lot of friends... even 'light friends' think it's nicer to be full"

……

"I'll give it some more thought so you can figure that out somehow.... Tomorrow, I'll come at night."

"It's totally morning shaped thanks to you. I don't care if it's your usual time."

"... ok. Okay, I'll see you later. I'll try harder next time!

"Oh, I'm looking forward to it."

"Okay, sorry to bother you!

The Virgin leaves graciously.

The man made his mouth laugh - ringing 'Arre of Families' on the table.

The family responds to the call and emerges from the shadows.

The man could tell her.

"I think I'll do it with booze for a while. Bring one from the vault."

Families sink into the shadows.

The man imagined the taste of the liquor he'd been drinking for a long time, while his jaw grew with a barren beard.

- It's been a long victory.

The grin I put on my mouth is not likely to take away.