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The next seven years I spent at the Joestar household in other words,

the seven years until my plan was detected were of course not enjoyable ones.

Though it was not difficult to don the mask of an excelling student---

Fooling Lord Joestar, Jonathan, the servants and school friends was an easy task

for me after having survived that cutthroat city. Of course, after that first conflict

with Jonathan, he always held some misgivings about me for the next seven

years...... But as those never left the realm of mere misgivings, I was able to make

him trust me. Far from it, Jonathan seemed to feel ashamed of himself for

doubting me. How humorous.

So what was less fun was with the Joestar family--- as well as school and

relations with other humans, things were too bland.

It was too lukewarm.

It was a life with no stimulation.

If I am permitted to exaggerate a bit, I felt like I would nearly go insane.--

- Of course, things being bland would be convenient for me, but beyond that first

glimpse Jonathan got of my true self, they were all so easy to fool, I felt no

resistance at all.

For someone who looked upon nobles with hostility such as myself, that

lack of resistance felt much like swiping at the air. Far from it, I felt like I may

have made some grave, irreversible mistake.

Weren't nobles supposed to be great enemies to me? So why did things

feel so--- lukewarm?

Was I doing something completely useless right now? "Am I wasting my

time?" I thought.

As I was not yet immortal at the time, the idea that I was "wasting time"

made me feel like I was in a living hell.

Sometimes I was even captured with the idea of simply letting go, letting

my emotions explode and making enemies of everyone around me.--- I think

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