My name is Megumi, I’m 23 years old, I’m from Akita, I’m currently studying at the North Asia University, School of law to be specific, is not like I had any other options living this far from the capital, I have been trying to move from Akita since I was in school but since I failed to assist to the Namahage festival when I was kid my parents decided that I will live with them until I die

It was not my fault that I could not go, it just happened that I was sick on that day, also is not my problem that I have school activities the year after, and is not my problem that I missed every year after….

The truth is that Megumi was really scared of the people who dressed like demons during the festival, that is the main reason of the festival though, she just didn’t understand the reason why her parent wanted to scare her that much when she was kid, she was a good girl so her parent should not worry about her going the wrong path when she grow

Everything would just be alright if I could just get some company, all my friend left this prefecture since there is like nothing to do here, we are surrounded my nature, I can’t deny that is pretty but there is no point if you are alone

“You have 20th years already, you should ask your parent to give you your independence”

“Are you planning to be their child even if you reach your 30s”

The echoes of my friends leaving me behind keep taunting me, and of course, this is my judgement for avoiding the Namahage festival, if I knew that this would have happened I could have gone

Megumi was lost in thought during her English class, she was looking through the windows, flying her mind to Tokyo, she heard so many stories about how the capital is filled with people as a never sleep city

“Megumi”

It would be really nice to have so many friends around you, people that make you feel alive

“Megumi……”

Megumi then turned her eyes to the notebook that was on her desk and a hand was above the book

“Megumi, I have been calling you all this time, you cannot go wander in your world while we are in class, I have told you that so many times”

“Sorry….”

“You have even forgotten my name, I don’t blame you, I could not find the equivalent of my name in Japanese so I forgive you”

The teacher then moved back to the board as the bell rang

“That’s everything for today class”

This English teacher likes to bully me all the time during class, I should just report him

Megumi took her book and went straight home, her boring life was getting on her nerves

“Megumi, are you going to skip dinner again?”

“I’m not in the mood…. Leave me alone!!!!”

Megumi slammed the door and didn’t opened during that night

“Dad, we should consider let her go to Tokyo”

“Look, she doesn’t have the protection of the goddess on her because she keeps running from the festival, she is not scared enough to understand how scary life can be”

“but if she keeps skipping dinner her health will be at risk”

“She has to learn to fear death if she wants to grow up”

On her room Megumi was watching the pictures on her phone, pictures of her friends who lived at Tokyo, the couples that she meets during school were getting married, the only one stuck was her at Akita

We are on 2017 and my parents still believe in demons, I don’t think they understand how life is now

She fell asleep imagining her life with her friends

“Megumi”

“Megumi”

“Megumi-San”

Megumi got caught again by her English teacher

“Are you sure that you are not in love with someone?”

Her teacher was making fun of her because she was really lost in thought, like someone who is in love

“What do you know about love? are you even married? I don’t think you even have a girlfriend”

The teacher closed his book

“I’m sorry Megumi, I didn’t mean to offend you”

Megumi had small tears on her eyes, that’s what made the teacher apologize, she then cleaned her eyes while the teacher gave his back to her

I have decided, I will leave this stupid prefecture even if my parents don’t want to

Megumi had a friend who lived at Sendai, Ayase, a girl of 24 years old, good looking girl who worked at Sendai station was contacting Megumi in order to run her plan

“It must be hard to deal with that teacher”

“The English teacher is only the pick of the iceberg, I don’t have a social life here, I really need to meet people, otherwise I will never meet love”

“Are you sure you want to do this to your parents?”

“They know that sooner or later I have to leave the house”

“This is quite impressive Josh”

“Sorry I took a lot of time to come with the idea”

“I didn’t think you could write a novel of this genre after what I read on your last work”

“My first work was a gamble, I’m not a fan of Harem stories myself, I like drama more”

“Do you think we can get updates more often from now on?”

“After seeing the payment, you made, of course, I just could not believe it at first but now I’m a believer”

“I will tell my parents that I will be staying late at the university and after the fourth day, I will head your way”

“You should just tell them where are you going so they don’t get worried”

“If I tell them they will stop me”

Megumi ran her plan, she started to arrive late at her home, her parents started to get worried, she told them that she started to hanging up with some mates, that way they could start thinking that she made friends and her life was going to change now, she accepted her fate and decided to start a social life

But that was just a façade

The day arrived, Megumi decided to go to Sendai, that day she took off her home like usual and when she was at the corner of her home she said goodbye to her parents, it took only 3hours of train to reach Sendai, Ayase received Megumi with a big hug

“Your parents will be very scared when they find out where you are”

“That’s what they get for not letting me go to Tokyo”

Ayase lived at Koeji, Taihaku Ward which is just past the Hirose River, Megumi was so excited to be in a city with so many buildings, compared to Akita, Sendai was a huge metropolis on Megumi eyes

“I guess the best part of all of this is that I don’t get to deal with that English teacher anymore”

Ayase opened the freezer and Megumi eyes started to sparkle

“This must be fate!!!”

“Tonight, we will have a girl’s night baby!!”

Ayase pulled out Sapporo beers from the freezer and they started to drink, it was the first time for Megumi who got drunk really quick, but she was enjoying it, the freedom she always wanted, she finally embraced it