In the end, they didn't do anything, and he continued to read his "Little Prince." He noticed that Yuu had been sighing and absentminded somehow, so he didn't say anything and just read.
Still, probably due to his presence, many people often came and bought books in her family's bookstore.
Mizuto could only sigh when he thought of the reason, but it didn't matter as it kept Yuu busy.
Being busy was great as it would make people unable to think about other things.
Meanwhile, being empty and having nothing to do definitely wasn't as good as it would make people overthink.
So, at this moment, he spent his time reading the book as he analyzed the story of the "Little Prince."
Still, Yuu had to say that if Mizuto married into her house, there was no doubt the bookstore of her family would be prosperous.
'What the hell am I thinking?'
Nevertheless, Yuu shook her head while hoping her parents, grandmother, and older sister would help her at this moment since she was so busy!
Still, when Mizuto read, he was like a model hired by the bookstore to attract customers. Even though this was just a neighborhood bookstore, it somehow had become the most trendy bookstore in Kyoto as there was his presence.
However, Mizuto, who read his book, wasn't interrupted, and he could read quietly. If someone was brave or open, they would approach him, but was there such a person who read a book?
After all, most of the people who read a book have a quiet personality, right?
While it couldn't be denied that there were some bookworms who might have an extrovert or lustful personality, Mizuto was lucky that he didn't encounter one, so he could read his book quietly.
With that said, wasn't it better to read the book at home?
If he read a book at his house, he might not be able to do so since he knew that Yume would ask for his attention, especially when he didn't go home yesterday. This wasn't a problem for him, but he might as well read his book here since "The Little Prince" is a short book, so he could focus on Yume later when he went home.
Then, what was his impression of this book, which told the story of a little prince who was on an adventure as he tried to affirm his feelings toward his love and met many adults?
Well, Little Prince is a child.
This is what Mizuto thought.
A rose is like how a woman is. It loves to act stupid and emotional, trying to get the attention of the man she loves, yet unfortunately, a tsundere has never been popular.
Yes, the rose on the Little Prince is a tsundere.
She acted the opposite of what she felt inside her heart.
If it was in the past, this might be popular, but now?
Mizuto somehow didn't feel surprised if the Little Prince decided to leave the rose.
Still, he knew that not many people read this type of literature now as an online novel was more popular; probably, he wasn't sure, though.
Nevertheless, even so, he had to say once again that the Little Prince was still a child. The Little Prince saw everything with his child-like knowledge, thinking the world was wrong if it was different from his ideal.
However, the idea of wrong and right could only appear in children.
In the adult world, there was no such thing, only emotion and interest.
Still, if there was something that troubled him, it was about how the Little Prince and the switchman saw the adults, who didn't seem to have an interest in the view that was presented when they sat on the train. Meanwhile, only the children, who were excited, watched the scenery on the train.
Yet, could the adults be blamed?
Mizuto was sure those adults had been working from morning to midnight for their families, people they loved. They were all exhausted, yet they never complained, but somehow a stranger that they didn't know condemned their actions, telling them that they should watch the scenery outside instead of sleeping, trying to rest.
Reading those passages in the story, Mizuto wanted to complain somehow.
If the train was a resort train, then they might enjoy the scenery outside the train, but this was a damn train that led them to work.
How could they have enjoyed this scenery?
Moreover, it wasn't like the scenery was so beautiful that it would be listed on UNESCO.
Then, another question was, did those adults in the story love their work more than their family?
Some might do so, but the majority knew that they couldn't take care of their families if they didn't work.
It was like Akatsuki's parents, who kept working even though they knew that their daughter was lonely.
The reality was like this, after all.
Mizuto sighed and thought that a child was still a child. This was why it was called a children's book: their view was limited, and they couldn't understand how someone could become how they were when they were an adult, nor did they try to understand it.
However, he kept this opinion in his heart and didn't say it to anyone as he was a teenager, and many would look at him weirdly if he had such an understanding of this scene.
Then, what about the touching love between the rose and the little prince?
Such a love was beautiful, and his actions to play with many women were definitely ugly.
This was probably how people viewed it, he thought.
Mizuto didn't deny it, yet he also couldn't find his rose anyway, a girl to whom he could give his everything, whether it was his time, wealth, or everything. He was incapable of having such a feeling.
Or he might not have met such a rose in his life.
Nevertheless, the Little Prince was lucky that there was only one rose on his planet.
However, on Mizuto's planet, Earth, there were too many roses; how could he be sure that his rose was the one for him?
If Mizuto was the first human on Earth, like Adam, then he believed that he could give his everything to the first woman on Earth, Eve.
Yet, there were almost eight billion people in this world.
Of that number, half of them were female.
Then, to choose his rose, he needed to spend his time getting to know four billion women.
If he did that, then he would die by achieving nothing!
Mizuto shook his head and thought that, as expected, love wasn't something that he should chase after as it was a waste of time. Love was the matter of the girls.
As for him?
He thought that he should use his time to achieve great things, such as defeating the richest man in history, Mansa Musa, the King of the Mali Empire.
Still, he also understood that everything had to be in balance.
While it was great that he knew what to do, he also knew that he should take care of those who had come into his life. They might not have become his only rose, but there was no law that disallowed one to keep several roses, right?
Oh, it might be disallowed in this country, but there were still 58 countries that allowed it.
Nevertheless, with this, he finished his book, and he had to say, it felt strange to read a children's book when one's mind became an adult. It made him realize how easy it was for one to feel satisfied and even affected by something when one was children, but when one became an adult, one shouldn't be affected by those imaginative things.
They should have a principal, especially a man, as they need to have a backbone and firmly believe what they believe.
Still, it doesn't mean they should reject the good things they learned from books, movies, or anything else.
Take the good parts, leave the bad parts, and also believe in oneself.
This is probably what a man is to be.
Still, some might say that others believed in the wrong belief, but even so, there was nothing late.
As long as they believed that they could be better, then they would.
Never stop improving.
Yet, it was also for this reason that he couldn't deny that he might have been affected by Akatsuki, who told him that he should have a harem, even though he had never thought of having one before.
"Fuuh...."
Mizuto looked up and saw Yuu, who let out a sigh after she had finished her work. "Good work."
Hearing his praise as he smiled, Yuu wondered why all of her exhaustion disappeared. "Thanks. I will get a lot of pocket money after this."
"Then, shouldn't you compensate me?"
Yuu was helpless, but she knew that her bookstore had a lot of customers due to him. "I can treat you to something, but it must be under 500 yen, okay? I am not rich like you."
Mizuto smiled, then thought for a moment and asked, "Can you leave now?"
"Eh?" Yuu was surprised, but then she heard her mother's words. "Just go with Mizuto, Yuu."
"Ah, is that okay?"
"Sure, leave the rest to me."
"Then, I will go with him." Yuu stood up while taking off her shop apron. "Come on."
"I will borrow Yuu first, Aunty."
"Okay, take care of her well, okay?"
"...."
Mizuto was stunned when he heard Yuu's mother's words, as they were quite playful, but it was hard to say that he could take care of Yuu, especially when he thought about what he would do.
"Mom, don't tease him! Come on, Mizuto!"
Yuu pulled his hand away while sighing since she knew that there was no way Mizuto would take care of her as well as he would take care of her roughly.
Still, due to this act, Mizuto was able to calm himself and reassure Yuu's mother. "You don't need to worry, Aunty. I will take care of her."
Leaving those words, Mizuto then allowed himself to be pulled by Yuu.
Watching the two left, Yuu's mother shook her head and sighed. "It's nice to be young."
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Have you read the "Little Prince"?
When I read it for the first time, I feel sleepy. The second time, I felt like it was wonderful, but for the third time, I feel like this story is bullshit.
I realize that as an adult, it is hard to see everything in a child-like view. Even the Shounen manga protagonist that I liked in the past feels childish and immature for some reason in my eyes now (well, it works for the young anyway), so I only read the story of a group of girls who work hard for their ambitions.
However, it doesn't mean that those Little Prince and the Shounen manga protagonists are bad. Instead, they are great as they can follow through with what they believe.
Still, while I want to say that everyone is their own protagonist, we don't have a plot armor in real life. If we can't adapt, then we will perish, as how Darwin said in his "Theory of Evolution."
Nevertheless, please enjoy~!
There is only one chapter, though.