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82: Overlapping Hearts

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In society, there is some information that is regulated to a certain extent.

I do not neglect gathering information. However, there are limits to what can be investigated, and in most cases, the most desired information is kept confidential.

For example… annual income.

I wanted to know the annual income of various occupations. And I wanted to know the actual work conditions. I wanted to find the occupation that offered the best cost performance.

Of course, my primary goal was to be a “parasite.”

So, instead of focusing on my own income, I wanted to raise my partner’s income.

That’s why, when Milim was about to start working, I enthusiastically gathered information, more so than for my own job search.

However, I don’t understand.

Of course, there are job search websites where you can find a list of annual incomes by age group.

But as I gather information, there is a suspicious feeling about it, or rather, the annual income listed on the information website seems to have the same level of accuracy as the “minutes from the station on foot” listed on the rental website.

People cannot continue walking at a fast pace.

Sure, if you work hard, you will make a profit. However, if you continue to work hard, you will get tired. If you get tired, you cannot perform well enough.

That’s why I wanted to know about a job where I could “slack off, continue for a long time, and still make a profit.”… But I couldn’t know such detailed information, so in the end, I had no choice but to leave Millim’s job to Millim’s own decision.

So when Millim decided to work for a publishing company, I didn’t have any words of opposition.

No, I did oppose. I heard about publishing companies from Karina, who became a manga artist.

Publishing companies are strange places. Everyone works to the brink of death and it seems that it has become a normal state.

Of course, it may depend on the size of the company and the budget of the department, but the place where Karina is always operates with few staff, and both authors and editors are constantly pushing their physical and mental limits. According to the information that comes through Karina’s author network, it was said that every place is in a similar situation.

My goal is to “live long.”

And if my ultimate goal is to be a full-time househusband and live on my wife’s income, naturally, I want my wife to live long too.

However, the publishing industry is the opposite of “thin and long.”

Everyone wants to become a shining star. It’s like a meteor shower in the industry, where they are enthusiastic about burning out.

“I’m not good at being half-hearted.”

It would be better to stop… but I couldn’t come up with an alternative, so Millim said firmly to me.

“If I’m half-hearted, I don’t like it… and if I’m half-busy, it’s also impossible. I prefer to be either very busy or do nothing.”

How good would it have been if I could say “Let’s be freeloaders together”?

“Being freeloaders together” was a groundbreaking idea. It was my ideal… but either I or Millim could only be freeloaders…

I wanted an oil field.

No, the term “oil field” had value in my previous life, but in this life, it meant “private resources that produce wealth without effort,” and I had a habit of using the word “oil field.”

Is there something… something that can support us without us working…

Yes, it’s Karina. Let’s have Karina support us. I’ll earn money as Karina’s secretary. With that income…

“Rex… that’s not possible.”

Why not? Karina is doing well now. If things go well… no, I’ll take care of her health management and production coordination, and I’ll make it work. So…

“Because… Karina-san doesn’t have any obligation to support our lives…”

…Indeed, there was no such obligation.

The income I receive as Karina’s secretary is only enough to “treat me to yakiniku.”

Even if I received that amount in cash, it would not be enough for me and Millim to live on. Karina… did not become our “oil field”…

“Also, I think it’s just plain rude to treat people as ‘oil fields’.”

Wow, that’s right…

I was a little confused. How many times had I used the word “oil field” in front of Milim? She seemed to grasp the nuances of what I meant by “oil field.”

Certainly not a word to use with people… I apologized to Carina in my mind. But I really want her to support me.

But still, there’s no way I would jump into the “world where it’s already known how busy the publishing industry is.”

You, on the other hand… You… I wonder, weren’t you not good at sports or something?

“Rex, what do you think we should do from now on to make as much profit as possible with minimal effort?”

I had thought about that topic as much as I wanted, so I was able to quickly give an answer.

First, the lottery. If I win this, most of my financial worries will disappear.

Next, stocks. Although much more gambling than the lottery, I hear it can be profitable if you seize the opportunity.

But… I hadn’t even considered taking these measures.

These are too heavily reliant on “luck.”

And I don’t trust my luck at all… Right now, I’m getting by without any major mishaps. But I don’t know when my bad luck will strike.

That’s why I’m designing a life plan that minimizes the “swing” of luck as much as possible.

Well, I can try buying a lottery ticket while working, but there’s nothing more empty than buying a ticket while thinking, “It’s not going to win anyway.”

“Yes, that’s why… I think I should write a book.”

A book.

“If it becomes a big hit, it’s great, and even if it doesn’t hit big, as long as it gets published, it will generate some income. If I could make it as a full-time writer… we could always be together at home.”

That was a perspective I didn’t have.

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I see, a book! I’ve heard that there are many part-time writers recently. Those people publish books while working on their main jobs, so they should be able to save up their publishing income.

“Working at a publishing company forces you to read books, so you can also study… Rex, I also… if possible, I want to be with you, not working, all the time. So, I’ll work hard at a publishing company for that.”

I felt like I had received a strong blow to the head.

Milim had been thinking about it too. And… Milim also was a “person who didn’t want to work.”

Right, how have we been living until now? Just aimlessly. Just spending time together without doing anything.

We… love to be aimless.

Ah… I’m trembling with excitement right now.

We had the same aspiration. We had been holding onto the same aspiration for a long time. Our approach may be different, but both I and Milim had the identical intention of “living without relying too much on luck, self-sustaining, and not wanting to work.”

We work not to work.

Before we got married, we reaffirmed that our hearts were in sync.

We hugged each other from both sides, confirming our desire for a life of non-labor. “We don’t want to work, right?” “Yeah,” and we confirmed our intention of non-labor.

Our hearts were one. Milim… let’s aim for a life where we don’t have to work together.

We are aiming for early retirement.

Milim’s first year of employment for her effortless livelihood, and my second year of employment, were about to begin.