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71: Reality Processing Ability
“Maybe Rex wanted to quit making doujinshi…”
When I asked, “How’s the job?”, Karina said something like that.
That day was unusually chilly and dry.
The breath I exhaled was white, and my skin and lips felt parched.
We were passing the time by drinking the warm tea I had brewed. The winter festival was approaching, but we weren’t in a hurry.
Our work was progressing smoothly, and we only felt a slight sense of loneliness because of that.
“Well, I thought about it,” Karina said, using her middle school-era first-person pronoun. “Now that I think about it, Rex said something like he was going to quit being in charge of BL doujinshi production back then.”
It’s like she said…
I said it normally.
I timed it perfectly, and it sounded perfect.
The reaction was, “What?! Why would you quit?!”
So I think it was heard perfectly, but for some reason, Karina said it like she had just realized it.
“Rex, we’re listening to the conversation. But we’re not listening to the conversation.”
Once again, Karina began to speak.
Karina explained things that were incomprehensible to me.
It seemed that Karina and the manga artists who gathered around her were all living by some mysterious law that was difficult for me to understand.
“Maybe it’s because we’re too assertive. We come up with something in our heads, and then we get so absorbed in that idea that we can’t pay attention to what others are saying… That happens a lot.”
Well, I think to some extent everyone has that kind of tendency…
“But that’s not what I’m talking about. How can I put it… It’s like a story. We think of ourselves as the authors of our own reality, and once we unconsciously establish a certain message for a particular scene, we can’t give that scene any other message…”
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“When Rex said he was stepping down as the BL doujinshi production coordinator, it was true. I must have reacted in some way… But according to my memory, that scene was stored as the ‘Rex’s promotion to schedule manager scene,’ and I can’t remember anything else about it.”
Oh no, I have no idea what she’s talking about…
What about Karina’s interview… Are you okay?
“Yes, that’s what I’m talking about. The interview… and ultimately, finding a job… I won’t do it. I intend to live as a manga artist. I’ve already made up my mind.”
I see.
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It’s an uncertain path, and I definitely don’t recommend it, but it’s Karina’s path. If Karina thinks it’s the right choice, it’s not for others like me to say.
“But Rex, when is it happening?”
In December.
“I see. It’s December. And in about two months… it will begin.”
What will begin?
“Income tax filing.”
……………
That’s about taxes, and it’s the duty of every citizen who earns a certain income to file their taxes.
Of course, I know that—I receive protection from the government as a citizen, so it’s only natural that taxes are collected. Medical care, lifelines, and other services can only be provided because there is a foundation called the country.
But strangely enough, schools don’t teach us about income tax filing.
So I had no choice but to learn it on my own—well, I’m not in a position to file taxes yet, so I’m just doing an “air” tax filing to prepare for the future.
But in reality, I probably won’t have to do it myself.
There are professions that specialize in tax matters in the world. If you pay those people and ask for their help, they can probably file taxes for you safely and accurately.
“Rex, you see, our income is delicate, and there are situations where we don’t really need to ask a tax accountant, but we want to have as many deductions as possible. In that case… we have no choice but to file taxes ourselves…”
I can’t quite imagine that situation, but well, I’m an outsider when it comes to manga-related matters.
If Karina, who is trying to pursue that path, says there are such situations, then there must be.
“But Rex… I can’t cope with the overwhelming reality.”
I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.
“Are there any ‘realistic tasks that must be done’ in the world? For example… preparing for a job interview, studying before an exam, cleaning the room… I’m no good at those things. I understand that they are things that ‘must be done,’ but I can’t do them. When I try to do them, my body just won’t move.”
Well…
You should try to get motivated…
“Rex, the world I live in is not real. I live in a world of dreams.”
I think if you hold your breath, you’ll understand that your place is in reality.
“That’s not what I’m talking about. You may not understand, but… there are people in the world who just can’t do realistic tasks.”
Well, um… yeah. There might be such symptoms.
Assuming and jumping to conclusions narrow the world and increase blind spots.
Living with the belief that anything might exist, living a life that might exist, I shouldn’t arbitrarily conclude that “it doesn’t exist.”
“Well, that’s why… Rex, would you do my tax return for me?”
That’s not happening.
“I’ll pay you. How about meat!? I’ll take you out for yakiniku! Or maybe to a movie!”
Karina seemed unusually desperate.
If you have money to pay me, you should pay a tax accountant. But she just kept mumbling. It seems like there’s something unpleasant about it.
Maybe she doesn’t want to start a new relationship with someone, or something like that.
I was hesitant. First of all, a legitimate question like “Why me?” comes to mind.
Since I have to carefully examine the income and expenses for tax returns, naturally, Karina’s financial movements will be exposed to me. I’m just a stranger. Ask your family before asking me…
“I told my family that I’m going to get a regular job.”
That’s not good.
I don’t understand. Why am I getting so involved with Karina? What am I to Karina? Am I her mom? Am I her mom?
I should be living my own life stress-free, but I’m strangely burdened by Karina… This is what it’s like to be an ordinary person involved with a hero.
But here, a glimmer of hope flashed through my mind.
That is, the question of whether I can take on the position called “irregular parasite.”
Being entrusted with Karina’s schedule management and financial management is exactly the role of a secretary. And the perception of a secretary is that it is a profession that is nothing more than a “cool way of saying parasite” (I can’t say it out loud because I might get scolded).
It’s better to have more choices in life, and right now I have three choices: “get a regular job,” “work at my parents’ cram school,” and “be Milim’s parasite.”
I don’t think it’s a bad idea to add “Karina’s secretary” to this list. If Karina succeeds as a commercial manga artist, the return on that will also be significant.
It seems like a waste to close off that route, so I agreed, saying “I understand.”
“Yay! Then I’ll give you the receipts later!”
—On a winter day when I turned twenty-one.
I started my tax return.