Kouya Hijiri: CHAPTER 24

The next day, around noon, I met the old man again by the waterfall near the village. He had just come back from selling the horse.

I had been thinking about giving up my apprenticeship as a monk, and going back to her home to live together with her. I had been thinking about this all the way from her home. Why should I wander the world alone? Even if I became a high priest, what good was it? Wearing purple clothes and strutting around a big temple. Even if a lot of people came to see me, it would be just annoying.