Chapter 18: The Nameless
December 24, 1986.
"It's running. Like the wind..."
On Christmas Eve, the streets of various countries are always sounded with a song called Jingle Bells, and the festival has gradually become a means for merchants to attract customers for various reasons.
Whether it's the red -% symbol or the green -% symbol, people always have the illusion of buying more and earning more when buying goods during this festival.
These are Lisa Morishima's first reactions when she hears the neon version of the bell jingling and the thoughts that extend backwards.
Although it is Christmas Eve, which only occurs once a year, she is as busy as usual today, the second semester is coming to an end, and things are piling up in the office on the student union's side.
If she was just dealing with the papers, Lisa wouldn't have to work so hard, she had to attend the banquet for lunch and dinner, especially the dinner, and she had to dress up and dress up to attend.
As the future heir of the Morishima family, at the age of 15, she began to look for her fiancé under the arrangement of her grandfather, and the criteria were simple and crude, and the man either represented a family with a deep background that could ally with the Morishima family, or was shrewd and capable enough to develop a career.
However, none of them has anything to do with Lisa's own will, and the purpose of her existence is to play a role as a part of the Morishima family's heritage.
"In the snow. Light and agile..."
Lisa was resting in her car after a busy morning, when the car stopped at a traffic light and Christmas songs were playing in the mall near the intersection.
"Words to sow laughter into the snow. It will grow joyful and bright..."
Humming a couple of lines casually, Lisa is no stranger to this Christmas song.
Before the age of ten, every Christmas there was an occasion for the Morishima family to be present, Lisa would sing this song in front of the camera with some yellow-skinny children, as long as she did so, she could get praise from the media, however, the praise of the media was not a real reward for her, the real reward was that she could be reunited with her parents on that day.
On Christmas Day, from the afternoon, Lisa and her parents can go shopping, visit the zoo and aquarium, enjoy concerts like a normal family... In previous years, I was free to decide where to go even for lunch.
This year... The student council took up most of her energy, the dinner was a blind date meeting, and the free time was only in the evening, but even so, her parents found an event that the whole family could participate in, a concert hosted by the TV station.
To be honest, Lisa wasn't very interested in idols or anything, and it was impossible for the people around her to discuss this, and she didn't have time to learn about it, but her parents thought she should have the same hobbies as her peers.
Unfortunately, this is impossible, the only hobby suitable for her is reading, her entertainment time is too little, and it is fragmented, sometimes she can't even find a record or tape recorder to listen to a song, only books can be put down and picked up at any time.
"Ms. Saki Shinzuki, Ms. Saki Shinzuki, your boyfriend Natsutoshi Otaki accidentally got lost with you, he is waiting at the service desk, please go to the service desk on the right side of the second floor of the mall as soon as possible to pick it up, and finally, I wish you a happy Christmas Eve."
The Christmas song that was playing on a loop in the mall suddenly stopped, and Lisa thought it was a child who was lost, but she didn't expect it to be this tricky way to show affection, and she was a little envious.
Many books are telling how beautiful love is, and there is also that kind of handsome male protagonist who can do anything in the girl manga, out of curiosity and longing, Lisa also wants to have such a boyfriend to rely on.
It's a pity that she can't even grasp family affection, and love is something that is out of reach, and after a little sigh, the car moved away from this mall at the moment when the traffic light changed.
December 24, 1989.
Eighteen-year-old Lisa is already extremely beautiful, and she is the undisputed center of attention at the dinner, but her future husband has not yet been decided.
This is not to say that she is not attractive enough, in the past three years, she has met many excellent suitors, however, they were all vetoed by Lisa's grandfather, and if you want to become the husband of the Morishima family, you only need to occupy one of the two advantages of deep background and shrewdness and ability, and both are hindered, of course, the specific criteria still depend on the situation.
"What kind of person am I going to be?"
Coming to the balcony under the pretext of breathing, Lisa asked herself a little annoyed.
Next year, she will graduate, according to her grandfather's arrangement, she will enter an aristocratic university invested by various consortia, and learning is not the main purpose, the key is to have a good relationship with the classmates inside.
In fact, the students who entered this aristocratic university all had the same idea, and while expanding their social circle, Lisa also needed to find a suitable husband for herself, and then report it to her grandfather.
From the bottom of my heart, I hate this kind of life, but this is what Lisa's life should be, and as a woman, she is very envious of Otaki Saki, who has recently become famous.
Grandpa's evaluation is a bold woman, relying on self-taught three-legged cat management experience to dare to set up an animation company, tossed for a long time, relying on stock speculation to appear in the newspaper, if it weren't for the mythical era of everything rising, it would have been swallowed by other companies without even bones and skin.
However, Lisa doesn't think that Otaki Saki is a superficial woman like her grandfather said, the first time she was in the newspaper, the photo of Otaki Saki looks neither restrained nor radiant, only calm that does not belong to this age, she seems to have some clear goal, and this goal is to work for others.
Lisa can see this because Otaki Saki's behavior is almost exactly the same as her current appearance, but Otaki Saki looks a lot happier than her, why? I want to know...
"It depends on what kind of person you want to be, sometimes, it's okay to be a little presumptuous~"
A man Lisa didn't know had his back to her, enjoying the caviar and naturally struck up a conversation with her.
"Excuse me, are you..."
A little displeased, but the good upbringing still made Lisa inquire about the name of the strange man first.
"Hmm... Tomorrow is my birthday, I have another birthday on January 7th, if I'm lucky, there will be more birthdays in the future, my favorite number is 7..."
After a moment of thought, the strange man hinted at Lisa's identity as if he were joking.
"Sir, it's not funny."
As one of the normal people, Lisa naturally didn't believe it.
"That's a pity, then I'm a nameless."
The strange male turned around and hammered his hand, and Lisa noticed something like a heart-shaped birthmark on his right hand.