・Campanella
Then the fog began to clear.
There was a street with a row of small electric lights that looked like a road to somewhere.
It had been going along the railroad tracks for some time.
And as they were passing by the lights, the little bean-colored light went out just as a greeting, and as they passed by, it was lit again.
In retrospect, the cross had seen shrunk so much that it looked like it could really hang from his chest.
It was hard to tell if the girl and young man and others were still kneeling on the white shore in front of it or if they had gone up to the heaven where he were not sure of the direction.
Giovanni took a deep breath.
"Campanella, it's just us again. Let's go together forever, farther and farther.
Like the scorpion, I don't mind burning my body a hundred times if it's really for everyone's happiness."
"Yes, I would too." There were beautiful tears in Campanella's eyes.
"But what on earth is the true happiness?" Giovanni said.
"I don't know." Campanella said vaguely.
"We'll do it right." Giovanni said, breathing like a chest full of new energy.
"Oh, it's a coal sack. There's a hole in the sky." Campanella pointed to a spot in Milky Way, avoiding it a bit.
Giovanni looked in that direction and was almost surprised.
There was a huge, dark hole in Milky Way.
He wondered how deep the bottom was, what was behind it.
No matter how much he rubbed his eyes and looked, he couldn't see anything and his eyes just hurt.
Giovanni said.
"I'm no longer afraid of being in that big dark place.
I'm going to search for everyone's true happiness.
We will go everywhere together."
"Yes, I'm sure we will. Oh, what a beautiful field there is. Everyone is gathered together.
This place is the real heaven. Oh, that's my mother over there."
Campanella suddenly shouted, pointing out the beautiful field in the distance, seen out of the window.
Giovanni also looked in that direction, but it was vaguely white and hazy.
He couldn't help but think that it wasn't as Campanella had said.
As he looked in that direction, feeling indescribably lonely, he saw two telegraph poles standing on the opposite bank with their red arms crossed from both sides.
"Campanella, we're going together."
Giovanni said, and when he looked back at the seat where Campanella had been sitting, there was no longer Campanella in sight, only seen black velvet glowing.
Giovanni stood up like a shotgun bullet.
Then he leaned out of the window so that no one could hear him, and shouted hitting his chest with all his might, and cried hard.
It seemed like everything around him was already dark at once.
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There was a street with a row of small electric lights that looked like a road to somewhere.
It had been going along the railroad tracks for some time.
And as they were passing by the lights, the little bean-colored light went out just as a greeting, and as they passed by, it was lit again.
In retrospect, the cross had seen shrunk so much that it looked like it could really hang from his chest.
It was hard to tell if the girl and young man and others were still kneeling on the white shore in front of it or if they had gone up to the heaven where he were not sure of the direction.
Giovanni took a deep breath.
"Campanella, it's just us again. Let's go together forever, farther and farther.
Like the scorpion, I don't mind burning my body a hundred times if it's really for everyone's happiness."
"Yes, I would too." There were beautiful tears in Campanella's eyes.
"But what on earth is the true happiness?" Giovanni said.
"I don't know." Campanella said vaguely.
"We'll do it right." Giovanni said, breathing like a chest full of new energy.
"Oh, it's a coal sack. There's a hole in the sky." Campanella pointed to a spot in Milky Way, avoiding it a bit.
Giovanni looked in that direction and was almost surprised.
There was a huge, dark hole in Milky Way.
He wondered how deep the bottom was, what was behind it.
No matter how much he rubbed his eyes and looked, he couldn't see anything and his eyes just hurt.
Giovanni said.
"I'm no longer afraid of being in that big dark place.
I'm going to search for everyone's true happiness.
We will go everywhere together."
"Yes, I'm sure we will. Oh, what a beautiful field there is. Everyone is gathered together.
This place is the real heaven. Oh, that's my mother over there."
Campanella suddenly shouted, pointing out the beautiful field in the distance, seen out of the window.
Giovanni also looked in that direction, but it was vaguely white and hazy.
He couldn't help but think that it wasn't as Campanella had said.
As he looked in that direction, feeling indescribably lonely, he saw two telegraph poles standing on the opposite bank with their red arms crossed from both sides.
"Campanella, we're going together."
Giovanni said, and when he looked back at the seat where Campanella had been sitting, there was no longer Campanella in sight, only seen black velvet glowing.
Giovanni stood up like a shotgun bullet.
Then he leaned out of the window so that no one could hear him, and shouted hitting his chest with all his might, and cried hard.
It seemed like everything around him was already dark at once.
- To return to table of contents of Night on the Galactic Railroad