Kino no Tabi:Volume6 Epilogue

Diary

Year XX Month XX Day XX. Sunny

Today is the most memorable in my life.

This is also the most wonderful and greatest day of my life. Could there even be a greater day in my life?

I am so glad I can write down my feelings at the end of the day. Most of the time it is just some boring record, could I even write down what I am feeling right now, I am not even sure of it.

Twelve years later, I bet I would still remember this day and no matter how many times I will have read this diary again, I would still feel the same joy I am feeling right now..

Oh God! I am so happy!

Today, my daughter was born.

The hospital called me nearing evening.

When I first laid eyes on her, she was sleeping so peacefully, OH! She is so tiny! I felt my eye moist over.

Next to her lay my dear wife, she began to cry happy tears when she saw me there. What a pretty face. I tried to wipe off her tears and kissed her deeply. You have done very well, no, I should say we have both done very well.

Oh God! Even writing this diary I can't stop crying, the tears have spoiled some of the ink on the page.

I have received the most precious gift in my life. In her body flow the blood of my wife and me, nothing in the world could ever replace her to us. She is even more beautiful then anything in the world.

I promise.

As long as I live, I will give her all the love I have and make her life a happy one.

Her happiness will be mine and my wife’s happiness.

We will support her always, even if it mean’s making enemy with the world, even if it mean sacrificing everything, we will fight for her.

I think she will grow up to be as beautiful as my wife. To think that I will get to see her grow and watch her life… I …I cannot put this joy into words, is there anything in this world even more wonderful then this?

When she is all grown up, she will work with us. Oh God! I believe I will cry on her wedding day. Now I understand how my Father-in-law felt during the wedding. I have thought to myself how much a fool he was, now I am sorry that I felt that way about him (I guess I will apologize to him when he see his granddaughter).

Our days will be wonderful together; from a small family of two now is three, and will we live happily ever after? Will all my past worry not turn to happiness, will everything be going well as I pray? (Alternate: All my past worry will not turn to happiness, everything will be going well as I pray?)

Tomorrow (I have already took leave from work) I am going to the hospital, never mind that I will get to see her as often as I want later, but I still want to see my daughter.

We are going to decide on her name. We have come up with lots of names for both a boy and girl but could never decide on one.

But on my way home today, I came across a few fellows, border guards from the looks of them, and overheard their conversation; a very good name was mentioned.

They were talking about a type of bright red flower found beyond the border of this country. These flowers would bloom and cover the whole of the valley in a bright red carpet for this particular season.

Although we never saw this flower before, and maybe never even get a chance to see it as well, much like our daughter.

But I still want to name her after this flower. I think my wife would agree to it as well.

Every year nearing her birthday, the flower would bloom all over the valley as if celebrating her birth .

They told me the flower is called,

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