Symbiosis 31
The setting sun dyed most of the sky orange, like a golden curtain covering the ground. Ichinose Saku was walking slowly on the way home from school, occasionally dodging his classmates who were playing and fighting.
"I'm back," Ichinose Saku opened the entrance door, and was greeted by a faint smell of burning. The boy took off his shoes and walked into the house on the wooden floor as if he was used to it. He caught a glimpse of the gift box wrapped with a light-colored ribbon on the dining table from the corner of his eye, "Dad, your oden is burnt again--"
"What are you talking about!" The man in an apron poked his head out of the kitchen and scolded him. As Ishii Yamato, he has lost a lot of weight in the past few years. Ichinose Saku knew that Honda Tsuneichi changed his eating habits after leaving Gospel House. He ate light and healthy food every day, which made people cry. Coupled with frequent insomnia and acclimatization, he successfully gained an image completely different from Honda Tsuneichi. "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat! I closed the shop early and came back to make dinner for you, and you are still picky!"
"Yes, yes, yes," Ichinose Saku replied perfunctorily, then sat down at the dining table and began to open his presents. Honda Tsuneichi was not the only one who had changed greatly in the past few years. The well-treated boy had grown taller, and Ichinose Saku was much taller than Honda Tsuneichi now. "Isn't it because the newly opened large supermarket stole your business..." He put the untied light-colored ribbon aside, picked up the book in his hand and flipped through it casually, "History of the Development of Modern Criminal Investigation Technology? Where did you buy this? I remember it's out of stock in China?!"
"That's Mr. Ito's child, he must have his own way," Honda Tsuneichi brought out two bowls of oden and rolled his eyes at his son who had already started reading. "Don't read while eating. Aren't you afraid of spilling soup on him?"
"I'm starting to eat," Ichinose Saku, who plays the role of a person who listens to advice, put down his book. The dinner in front of him was obviously a hodgepodge of ingredients that his father had randomly processed, and the seasoning was all messed up. Fortunately, he was easy to feed and not picky. "Oden is still the best... It smells so good..."
...Why do I have this son? Honda Tsuneichi looked at Ichinose Saku who was concentrating on eating, and he felt speechless. In the past few years, he often felt like he was living in a dream. Whether it was that he was inexplicably blamed for the murder - he later secretly investigated, and there was no suspect in the case he committed, and it was still an unsolved case. I don’t know if it can be considered lucky. Back then, under the suggestion of Mr. Ito, and the instigation of Kirigo Nozomi and Ichinose Saku, he was forced to change from an old bachelor to a single father. Fortunately, Ichinose Saku was easy to support. He always felt that this child was like a weed that could grow anywhere. "By the way, Ikki," in order to avoid making mistakes, they called each other by pseudonyms even at home. Honda Tsuneichi's eyes stayed on the book next to Ichinose Saku for a moment, "...Is your major still the University of Tokyo...?"
"Yeah," Ichinose Saku swallowed the meat in his mouth before speaking, "After all, I can pass the exam."
"Go to Tokyo to study at a university for four years, and then apply to the police academy after graduation. You'll become a good police officer in the future. Haven't you asked me this several times, Dad?"
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