[Novel: Venus Syndrome] [498] The Continuation of a Dream

It was a few days ago that Yumi Yakuno, who works as a "mannequin" for the dress brand Felice, received word of her next job.
There was to be a dress exhibition at a luxury hotel standing on the shores of Lake Chuzenji in Nikko.

Because of this, Yumi was now on the Tobu Limited Express train heading toward Nikko.
She leaned back into the soft seat, gazing blankly at the scenery flowing past the window.

After passing Tobu Zoo, the density of the town suddenly thinned, and fields began to stand out between the houses.
Under a low sky, a rural landscape tinged with the colors of winter spread out.

—A landscape I've seen somewhere before.

The moment she thought that, a scene surfaced from the depths of her memory.
It was the day she went to see the cluster amaryllis at Gongendo Embankment in Satte with that hairdresser she had dated for a while. (Episode275Part)

At the beginning of their relationship, they were certainly happy.
But that did not last long.
The mental instability caused by losing his male organ, the endless complaining, the emotional ups and downs.
The night she was made to go pick him up at the police station after his public exposure incident in Jujo also feels like a distant reality now. (Episode325Part)

—In the end, was he destined to become like that?

In the end, he was arrested for assaulting a man who was urinating in a bar district. (Episode333Part)
One year in prison, three years suspended sentence.
So he should still be out in the world, but she hasn't heard any news of him getting back on his feet as a hairdresser since then.

Outside the window, the embankment slowly flows backward.
The place where the cluster amaryllis should have been in full bloom in autumn is now completely withered by winter.
Only the brown, dry grass and the cold flow of the river are quietly there.

—I can no longer see the continuation of that dream.

Yumi let out a small sigh.
This is no time to be wallowing in sentimentality. Work is waiting.

Once she arrives at Tobu-Nikko, she will have to transfer to a bus.
The mountain road heading to Lake Chuzenji and the hotel on the lakeside.
There, Yumi will stand as a "mannequin" once again.

The train continues to move north, north, while quietly maintaining its speed.

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