Serialized Novel 4: The Castaway Girl

The next morning, when I woke up, I noticed an old woman sleeping next to me. I was startled for a moment, but when I leaned in closer, I felt a strange sense of unease.

This sensation...!

That's right. It was the same sensation I felt when I carried that girl on my back. I reached out toward the old woman's chest, thinking, 'Could it be?!'

When I placed my hand on the old woman's chest and felt her heartbeat, I was convinced: 'There's no mistake! It's that girl.'

That was when it happened.

Hehehe, you really are a man after all. Even if I am an old woman, I am still a woman, after all...

You're not really an old woman, are you? You're the girl I saved back then, aren't you?

No, that's not right. Well, we are of the same kind, but... I am likely the 'older sister' of the girl you saved.

Don't talk nonsense. That's impossible. For one thing, isn't the age gap too wide?

Talk nonsense, you say... Well then, I'll take you up on that. ♪Nonsense (rest)... ♪Nonsense (rest)... ♪Nonsense (rest)...

Don't mess with me!

Now, now, please calm down. I shall show you my true form.

The old woman placed both hands under her chin. As she peeled off her skin with a ripping sound, a young girl was there.

I'm surprised. Were you that young? You're practically a high school girl!

What is a high school girl?

You don't know?

No, I do not. What does that mean?

A female high school student. A young girl.

I don't understand the word 'high school student,' but you mean a young girl? I understand the meaning of 'young.' However, I am not young.

That can't be true. You are young.

"Hehe, young, am I? But what if I were over a thousand years older than you? Could you still call me young then?"

"A thousand? Are you trying to say you've lived for over a thousand years?"

"I'm not sure if I can say I've been 'living.' But there is no doubt that I was born over a thousand years ago."

To be continued

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