Three Days of Happiness

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Chapter 13: A Very Real Way
The story’s nearing the end now. I’ve got less time to devote to
writing this, so I’m not sure if it’ll get cut off before the end or what.
It’s too bad, but I think the writing’ll have to be a little less detailed
than before.
Though I’d made up my mind to repay Miyagi’s debt, my blind
idiocy wasn’t something easily cured. But at least when it comes to
what’s to follow, maybe my misjudgment isn’t too much to blame.
After all, it seemed impossible from the start. Her debt was a sum
far greater than the salaryman’s expenditures which Himeno once
spoke of. There was no surefire way for a boring college student to
make that much in two months.
But for the time being, I searched for one. Doing admirable work
was something that seemed unrealistic in this case. No matter how
hard I worked, having only two months to do so, it would be
squeezing water from a stone.
I could arguably make back the 300,000 yen Miyagi gave me, but I
didn’t think she’d want me to labor away my last months like that.
Similarly, she wouldn’t want me to resort to anything criminal like
larceny, robbery, fraud, or kidnapping.
And because I was trying to earn the money for her, of course I
wouldn’t want to do it in any way she didn’t approve of.
I considered gambling, but even I wasn’t stupid enough to go
through with that one. I knew very well that I wouldn’t be winning
any bets with my back to the wall like this. Gambling is something