This is a miracle, the child is a shining stone, this is the trajectory

Rumor has it that until a few years ago, this area had many vacant houses and was a place where almost no one ever came.

It's a miracle. I still can't believe it.

To think we could live in this high-rise apartment without even a lottery. My son has turned one, and since our familiar 1K apartment was starting to feel cramped, my wife is even happier than I am.

It was last May that a new residential area with three blocks and a hundred households was born in the back alley where vacant houses had been conspicuous. Starting with that, as far as I can think of, a stylish coffee shop and a commercial building housing those involved in the back-alley redevelopment were built in no time. And then, this high-rise apartment was built as well.

The 2LDK new home is far more comfortable than I imagined, to the point where I mistook it for a dream.

I, and my wife as well, thought that such a life would continue. Until just a little while ago...

What is it? This feeling I can't even describe.

My wife, who is from the Kansai region, describes it as having goosebumps, but she also says she can't help but feel like she's being watched, even though she doesn't know why.

It really bothers me so much. The honest feeling is that I can't settle down at all.

Looking back, I feel like it was a while after we moved here that my wife started to vaguely refuse intimacy at night.

Even though it should be my own home, I still can't settle down. It's not like I can hear the daily noises of the neighbors above or below. Wanting to have a sense of security, I suspected that a wiretap might have been installed and asked a professional in that field to check thoroughly. However, there was no trace of anything like that at all.

Then my wife started saying that there might be a ghost in this room. When she said that, I started to feel that way too. I have no spiritual sense at all, but if it's the work of a spirit, it's not an impossible story. Once I thought that, it became certain that it must be a spirit. Maybe it's what they call a stigmatized property. Yes. It must be. That's why everyone who applied was able to move in.

Clutching at straws, I asked a medium introduced by an acquaintance of my wife. However, the medium said that there are no spirits called earthbound spirits in this room, let alone in this apartment building. My wife and I couldn't hide our disappointment, as we had thought this would solve everything.

I feel like my nerves are getting more frayed with each passing day. My wife doesn't seem to be sleeping well either, and I feel like she's been getting irritated more often. Perhaps, without realizing it, we as a couple have started to become mentally ill.

Maybe because of that, although it wasn't clear, the voice I heard must have been an auditory hallucination. I thought so, but it seems my wife can hear it too.

The voice sounds like it's somehow throwing questions at us, but...

We couldn't hide our fear of that voice. Even so, we want to protect our son no matter what. I can say that with confidence.

However, leaving our worries aside, our son continues to smile today, and it even makes me think that what has been happening around us might be a dream.

Truly, a child's smile is healing.

I swore that I would protect this smile no matter what.

"Ah!"

It is a miracle. My son has spoken his first words.

It felt as if a warm light had been lit in the hearts of my wife and me, which had been on the verge of sinking, and neither of us could hide our joy.

"Ah!"

My son is pointing at something above our heads behind us.

I looked where my son was pointing and was left speechless.

That's right.
You were being watched.

By whom, you ask?

By you!

Yes, you who are reading this!

The End

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