The Second Life's

XXVI - The Loss of a Partner

"Good morning, Pa, Ma."

Felice came down the stairs in her full school uniform and greeted her parents who had woken up early to be ready for work.

As usual Julia had already cooked a complete breakfast to complete their morning. The woman smiled at her eldest daughter and answered her greeting.

"Born, Felice. Sit down at your place, we'll eat after Feline goes down."

Felice nodded obediently and followed the mother's orders. He saw breakfast at the table that was a bit too much compared to usual, there were additional dishes containing green vegetables that smelled delicious. It was clear to whom these vegetable dishes were on the table.

Yesterday when they had dinner, the mother had mentioned about their father's weight loss. Their mother showed a clear desire to feed their father so that the father would regrow the shrunken flesh from his body.

Of course with the dinner last night, they all thought that Julia was just teasing Marvin with pampering affection. This is also not the first time the woman has emitted a pink wave when making out with her husband.

Felice simply did not expect that she would see these things the next morning. So it turns out Julia wasn't kidding yesterday, her mother really wanted to feed her father to get fat.

Marvin, who last night had a special moment, has returned to his usual routine and is exploring his work in the morning even though breakfast is prepared. The man sat down at the living room table and typed on his laptop with a knocking sound that sounded quite loud in the room.

Julia, who had returned from the kitchen after cleaning her hands and taking off her kitchen apron, sat across from Felice and talked about Felice's school life.

That there is a kind of talk that is actually quite boring for Felice because since she moved to her school until now her mother has been asking the same thing too often.

Are you used to the atmosphere at school?

How was your day at school?

Does the atmosphere at school make you comfortable?

Bla bla bla..

In essence everything discussed must be related to the school life of Felice or Feline. I don't know how many times they've talked about this. Of course Felice also realized that her action was just an act to divert the special air between the couple.

Yesterday Julia and Marvin must have had a moment of conversation between a couple that was too sweet for their adult and rational temperament when Felice and Feline were not around the couple.

Felice looked at Julia who looked like she was looking for another topic after Felice treated their conversation with an apathetic response. Though if Feline is in her brother's position at this time, their mother definitely does not need to think until this difficult. From the corner of her eyes, Felice noticed the figure of her father sitting up straight in his trademark suit framing that expressionless-looking face.

He was not too myopic to notice the father's posture was too straight like a pole since then.

So Marvin actually did not pay attention to his work, but focused on upholding his ears to eavesdrop on his conversation with Julia...

An amused feeling wrapped around his heart and mind. Julia and Marvin have been acting like a newly married couple too often. It's beyond a doubt.

The first time Felice saw the closeness of her two sincere parents, she did not believe that the relationship would last long. Because as he believed, both his parents had disappointed him and Feline in his previous life which was the beginning of a rift in their family ties.

He believed that the harmonious moment would only last for a moment before passing like a deciduous leaf.

However, as he waited for those moments to happen, everything instead rotated a bit further than he expected.

It is not that there is conflict between the two parents who are workaholic and both have rationality minds that are far more firm than their emotional bond, Felice instead watches a slow romance show that takes place between her parents.

Everything was so different from what he had experienced in his first life. When she sees Julia actively leading her romantic relationship with Marvin, Felice inevitably doubts the reality of the scenery that is happening around her.

Especially when he saw that Marvin who in his first life always emanated a sense of stiffness and indifference that is more than apathy before the tragic events of Feline, which is more, instead of being voluntarily drawn into a romantic relationship led by his wife without feeling offended, it felt like everything was not right.

So wrong.

He knew that his illness would definitely get worse and might have lost the chance to recover after what he had forced to finish. He was ready to fall at any moment and leave this world with a tragic ending that would probably punish him for all the sins he had committed.

It was hard to believe that a creature like him who carried the blood of others in his hands would receive this extraordinary gift compared to the torturous punishment of hell.

But this is the truth.

The world is too real to be a fake mirage.

He did not know if this was really his disease that was too severe to even be able to create a fake world that really felt natural, natural, but she must admit she may have started to fall in love with everything she didn't have during her seven-year fall.

After having Feline, her dear sister, she also has Julia and Marvin who fully bestow her affection and assemble the family relationship she always craved .

Then there was also Vendry, the young man who gave him the feeling and hope to be reunited with a figure who had occupied half the field in the bottom of his heart.

Maybe it's all just an illusion. The kind of mirage that disappeared once his dream began to crumble.

But how could he not be tempted?

All the obsessions that have always controlled his heart and mind like the burning embers that never go out, are now embodied in this world.

Felice smiled.

For a criminal like himself who was supposed to rot in a hellhole, this was truly a miracle that made him addicted like morphine.

Felice looked at Julia's back which was now getting away from her and towards the kitchen. Julia in this world is a perfect mother figure for her.

And so did Marvin.

Felice turned her gaze to the man sitting a few meters away from her and focused on staring at the laptop screen that contained all the important work of the company.

Marvin is a father figure who really gives warmth to his family even though the character of the man himself is actually programmed like a robot from the beginning.

The two of them were a pair of parents who were truly suitable for him. Not only provide the affection that should be in a family, these two couples also always show a show of affection that is quite fresh like a young green vegetable.

For Felice this is the kind of show that is able to entertain her day and she does not really hate the behavior of these two adults.

That's why he really hopes that this beautiful dream will run until the end of his life.

Felice looked at the reflection of her face that was in the mouth of the spoon. The face of the little girl who showed a smile and a padangan that was too old for the size of a child, was reflected in the iron spoon.

In this world only he is not right in his place.

But that's okay, he'll try to mix in this family and be the part that makes this family perfect again as it should be.

Even if he had to dabble in a black business that was once part of his dark past, then he would happily do so once again as long as his obsession was well protected from the ugliness of the world.

Without anyone looking, Felice smiled. But this time his smile was different from the one previously shown on his tiny face. Felice smiled loosely, just like how her current mood was released from inside the cage and roamed freely without being restrained.

The little girl took a glass of chocolate milk that was on her dining table and sipped it comfortably.

A glass of milk today seems a little sweeter than usual...