Himegi-san a Bride from the Future Begs Me to Confess My Love to Her Again - Volume 1 Chapter 2.16

Date 16

It’s just my theory, but I think that ‘worries’ that can’t be resolved are like ‘curses’ themselves.

Ever since that day, I’ve been living with unresolved worries; I wonder if I’m being continuously cursed.

In the chapel illuminated only by the moonlight, there were four of us: me in a wedding dress, my husband in a tuxedo, my sister, who was the photographer, and my grandmother, who is a witch.

Our wedding ceremony ended without any issues, and just when I thought we could finally relax, my grandmother, who was always late appeared——no, not just late, she showed up after everything had finished.

Since that day, it had been six years since I last saw my grandmother.

As soon as I met her, my grandmother challenged me to a duel.

I won’t mention the details, but I managed to win the duel and received a pocket watch as the prize.

Unbelievably, this pocket watch seems to have the ability to leap through time. In other words, it’s possible to go back in time.

With this pocket watch, I could go back to six years ago…

From there, my grandmother began to talk at length about the pocket watch.

Apparently, this pocket watch is one of her many magical items that she’s particularly proud of.

“——That’s all for the penalty explanation.”

“In short, don’t do anything bad in the past. So, specifically, what actions would decrease the numbers?”

“I don’t have to tell you that much.”

“——Come on!”

As always, this grandmother has such a big attitude!

It’s my wedding day, so I thought she might treat me a bit more nicely than usual, but… well, expecting that from this stubborn person would be a big mistake.

“So, how can I go back to the past?”

“Don’t rush, I’ll explain that now. First, Rule 1: That pocket watch can’t go to the future.”

“I see. It can only go to the past…”

That’s not a problem. I just want to go back to the past after all…

“Rule 2: You can only go back in one-year increments.”

“..I wonder what that means?”

“In other words, you can’t go back to yesterday or six months ago, right?”

My husband, sitting on the bench, interjects from the side.

“As expected of my son-in-law. Unlike a certain grandchildren, you’re clever.”

“…So, what you’re saying is that since today is April 14th, you can only go back to April 14th of last year as the nearest past date, right?”

“That’s right.”

In other words, if you use this pocket watch today to go back to six years ago, you can only go back to April 14th six years ago.

“Rule 3: You can’t go back to the past unless you can visualize the memories within you.”

“Another complicated rule.”

“If you have a problem with it, give it back.”

“I don’t want to. So, it means that you can’t travel to the past unless you can recall the events of the day you want to return to?”

“Exactly.”

“I see. So, that means even if something significant happened in a timeline before you were born, you can’t time travel.”

“My son-in-law is really smart.”

“No-no, you’re making me embarrassed…”

Praised by my grandmother, my husband looks pleased.

Unusually for my grandmother, who dislikes humans, she seems to really like my husband for some reason.

“It’s not a problem. I don’t want to go back to the Edo period or the Showa period.”

Yes, I want to go back only six years.

I’m not interested in anything else.

“But six years ago… Just thinking about what I was doing one year ago is difficult, let alone six years ago…”

Even if it’s just a day or two ago, I can’t recall what I was doing six years ago, let alone one year ago today.

Unable to help it, I try my best to recall the events that happened in April six years ago… It’s not working.

Events with specific dates are hard to remember quickly.

“Speaking of April six years ago, that’s the year my birthday party got cancelled.”

My sister in her dress recalled the events of six years ago and muttered softly.

Indeed, her birthday party six years ago was cancelled due to a certain incident.

“April six years ago… By the way, wasn’t that when the girl from the takoyaki shop was murdered by a stalker guy?”

“Yeah, that tragic incident.”

That event was truly a heartbreaking event.

Because it happened in our town, the memory remains vivid even now.

“Oh yeah, I remember. It’ll be exactly six years the day after tomorrow…”

My husband took out his smartphone and looked up that incident on a website.

“I still remember watching the news at my parents’ house.”

“I was in elementary school, so I don’t remember it very well.”

“In that case, shall we leave the day after tomorrow?”

Saying that, my husband smiled and nodded at me.

Perhaps Ha-kun already understands that he can’t stop me anymore.

He’s always so supportive of me and gently pushes me forward. That’s why I fell in love with him.

I was drawn to his kindness and strength. That’s why I decided to live together with him until the end.

I want to convey that… to that person as well. I want to tell them and have them genuinely bless us.

“Oh? Come to think of it, I also confessed to Touka on April 14th.”

“——Huh? Confession?”

“Yeah, I called you to an empty room at school and got beautifully rejected. Don’t you remember?”

“Oh! I remember now! You did confess to me, and I rejected you. Was that really on April 14th?”

“That’s right. April 14th.”

With those words, memories that were once vague now resurfaced vividly.

“That’s right. It was definitely April 14th.”

I gazed at the clock hanging in the chapel.

The time was past 23:50. It seems there’s hardly any time left to go back and prepare.

“Isn’t it best to go today?”

As I was feeling a bit uneasy, Ha-kun gently encouraged me.

Marrying this person was truly the right choice.

“Yeah, then let’s meet again in 60 days. For now, I’ll go see you later——”

“——Wait a moment.”

My grandmother stopped me from attempting time travel.

“What is it now? There’s not much time left until the date changes!”

“That’s why you need to listen to the explanation until the end. Rule 4: When you time travel, you appear at the place you travel to. So, if you time travel right here and now, you’ll end up in this chapel from six years ago. If there’s someone in the chapel from six years ago, you suddenly appearing would cause a huge confusion.”

“That’s true; suddenly appearing out of nowhere would cause a big commotion.”

“Then how about time travelling in a toilet cubicle?”

“That would be a bit better.”

That is nice advice, Ha-kun. So, I headed for the nearest restroom—

“We’re not done talking yet.”

“There’s more?”

“Even if you spend 60 days in the other world, it’s just 60 seconds worth of events here. In other words, you won’t exist in this world for just one minute.”

“That’s not a problem. If a grown adult disappears for 60 days, it would cause a lot of trouble.”

Disappearing for just a minute wouldn’t be a big deal; no one would really care.

I’ve been feeling a little bit unsettled about being gone for 60 days, but this was reassuring.

Time travel comes with many constraints, but this is one I appreciate.