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Kasen was able to find a small home in the village. It was good enough for our needs and I could make the payments on it, so I began the process of secretly preparing to move. The most difficult part was to convince Dad to come with me. I waited for an opportunity when the two of us would be alone to discuss things. One day when Mother left for business, I made my move. He was out doing some gardening when I approached him. “I found a place in the village to stay, I’m going to live there and I think you should come with me.”

Dad looked up from his work, a concerned look on his face “You’re leaving? I suppose you’re old enough, and there’s not much more that your mom can teach you, but I can’t just leave her behind. There’s just too much work to do around here, and she’s my wife. Living apart just wouldn’t work for us”

I knew it would be like this. He always denied there was a problem in his marriage. I had to push things further. “Dad, I’m not a kid anymore, you don’t have to deny that she hurts you or stay with her for my sake. I know she abuses you. Everyone knows she abuses you. Nobody is going to judge you for wanting to stay away from her. You could just live apart from her for a while and see if things improve. She can handle living on her own, the shrine isn’t going to fall apart just because you’re not here. ” I didn’t exactly tell him everything I thought. I wanted him to leave Reimu for good, to never see her again. I wanted him to know I thought that he was too forgiving of her, after all she put him through. I wanted more answers on just who she became this way. But I kept silent about all of that. Directly confronting him like that would only make him shut me out.


He mused on my words as he tried to keep his face serious. “Maybe It would be for the best if I tried something new and we lived apart for a while” He sighed. Dad was still so optimistic that the marriage could be saved. That or deep into denial. “She has been in a bad place lately” I bit my lip, having some idea of what he was talking about “Maybe if I were to give her time alone to think about our relationship, she could reflect and find a reason to improve” I doubted this would be the case, but he agreed to move out of the shrine and that was all that mattered.

“I’ll show the place. You might have to find a job in the village to help me pay for expenses but I’m sure you can find one. Just get packed up and leave when you’re ready, and don’t tell her about any of this, understand?” Dad nods. “Don’t tell her goodbye or where to find you, just leave. Don’t make it easy for her to find you before she put in the effort to improve” He looks like he wants to say something for a moment, be he rains silent. “Do you need any help with the garden? I can help you finish and we could leave today” I wanted him to leave right away. If he had time to think about his decsion, then I feared he would make up an excuse to stick with her.

Dad pointed to a pile of old brush and branches he made. “I could use help with moving all of those out of the way, and there’s some weeds growing in the pathway that need to be pulled out, It shouldn’t take too long, I could get packed up after that”

I got to work hauling the branches out of the way. The prospect of finally being able to have a good life for me and Dad motivated me to work hard. It didn’t take too long at all, and with a bit of pushing for Dad to stop dawdling , he packed up some clothing and other belongings and followed me out of the shrine. Despite my fears, we never ran into Mother and were able to arrive to our new home . I felt a weight lift off my shoulders. I thought we were free.