Shin magi returned to the living room with a small bag while shiro was watching him.
Then he went to his son and said " here, they are my gifts for you "
" What are they for? " Shiro asked.
" Don't hurry. Let me explain to you about them first " his father said.
Afterward, he sat down and put the bag on the table. Firstly, he took out the ring and explained " This ring is called bonji ring and is very important to me. So you must keep it well. It doesn't matter whether it can help you or not. At least, you can give your future wife later. Just keep it well. "
" Ah ~ okay. Even if I don't know that I will get a girlfriend in the future, I promise you I will definitely protect this ring not to lose it. " Shiro was dumbfounded but still promised his father because he was worried that he would lose his father's precious and rare heritage. He didn't know why, but he really considered him a real father from his past life. So he didn't want his father to be sad because of his carelessness. However, his face was still as icy as an Antarctic iceberg without any expression.
While he was thinking about some unnecessary things, his father continued " The second gift I want to give you is tante belt. Don't underestimate this belt too. This belt has some lucky charms that can attract laws of pure karma and women too. If you don't believe in the things like that, just ask your mom, haha. As long as you wear this belt, you can't die even if the whole world collapse. Believe me ! "
" Oh, dad, is it a little bit exaggerated? " Shiro was really surprised at his blatant boast. He didn't even know what to say anymore.
" No, my son. Just believe me blindly and don't tell me any unnecessary nonsense ! All you need to do is to listen to what I say. " his father said and looked at him as if he was about to devour him if he would not do as he said.
" Okay, Okay, Dad. So, what is the next thing " Shiro could only sigh and listen to his father's words whether it's true or not. Right or wrong is unimportant forever in front of parents. It is the universal truth that every children should know.
" You're such a good boy, my son. let me continue to talk about my precious treasures then. The third item is called sozo sword. It is the gift from your grandpa. He asked me to give you this sword directly. So I don't know about this one too and I didn't hold it even for once. This sword is very ugly, don't you think so too? That's why you can consider it as your grandpa's gift for you. Even if the sword is very ugly, you can use it to cut some raw meat if you would go out alone to have an adventure in the future. " his father smirked and ridiculed grandpa's view of beauty over swords. Which grandpa would give his grandson such a ugly sword ? Even if the sword was brought from one-buy-two-free shop, there were still many swords more beautiful than this one !
" Dad, did you say "my grandpa" now? Haven't you told me before that my grandpa was not with you even before I was born? When did he ask you to give me this gift? " Shiro was dumbfounded again. Today was really his "dumbfounded" day.
" Are you idiot, son ? We said he was not with us anymore but we never said that he was dead ! That's why relatively intelligent people are sometimes idiots. You should not dig the meaning of the words and think deeply. Every word doesn't have some deep meanings. We just casually told you. " His mother put in some words and scolded him.
" hmm, you made sense, mom but you all never tried to correct my misunderstanding. I even felt that my life is full of lies you spoke " He could not help but retort her back.
" My little silly brother, you never told us that he misunderstood what we said too. You just believed what you thought with your own judgment. you are really silly sometimes even if you are usually bright, you know ? " his sister would never give up a chance to put more salt into his wound together with his parents. This time too, she chimed in.
" Okay, okay, you're all right. Just tell me where my grandpa is now if he was not dead yet. " he rolled his eyes and said. He didn't want to argue anymore with his super stubborn family members who would never admit their mistakes even if they knew they are wrong, but you all know that believing in the fact your own grandpa is already dead until now is not small matter at all, right ? It's very serious matter.
He felt as if he had lived his 16 year old life with extreme stupidity and without any awareness towards some important family issues. Moreover he was only one who didn't know the truth. He also felt as if he was lied by the whole family, but when he thought about his daily routines until now, it was a normal thing he didn't know about that because he rarely talked with his family. Even when he had a family conversation with his parents and sister, they were all some unimportant and miscellaneous topics.
Then, suddenly, he remembered. He was not the real " he " who was their son. Then why did he treat them like his real family unconsciously even without knowing that himself ? He really felt as if he himself experienced those memories in real life. It is not like the feeling one would get if it is a simple memory integration between two consciences. At least, he still has the ability to know and feel that because he was not a ordinary man by any means in his previous life too. It's really strange. However, it didn't matter. No matter what, they would be his real family from now on.
But the more he continued to think, the more loopholes of his two lives he found out. At some point of his thought, he jolted.