The Lying Counselor’s Eloquent Reasoning - Chapter 43
“As I mentioned earlier, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a type of epilepsy that responds well to medication. However, there are still some conditions that can cause seizures. For example, lack of sleep, fatigue, and mental stress.”
“Ah…” Sayuri seemed to be flabbergasted. That was precisely the state James was in that day.
“And here’s the thing, myoclonic seizures are particularly prone to occurring within 30 minutes of waking up.”
“Ah, so that’s why Jimmy was??”
“Yeah, that’s right. He did not commit suicide. By all means!” Uroma stated forcefully.
“So the story so far can be summarized as follows. On that morning, he was prone to epileptic seizures. He was also irritated by the noise from the construction work that woke him up when he was asleep. When he stepped out onto the veranda and leaned over the railing to grumble at the construction site, he was suddenly struck by a myoclonic seizure of his epilepsy. It was probably just a slight twitching of his limbs, but the railing was low and he was tall. The seizure pushed him forward and he couldn’t grab the railing, so he lost his balance and fell straight down – well, that’s how the accident happened.”
“An accident?”
“Yes, of course. It’s not like there was anything wrong with him. He just happened to be in a bad condition that day, the construction noise was too loud, and he forgot about his chronic illness and inadvertently leaned over the veranda railing. It was merely an unfortunate accident caused by a combination of such events. By no means did he take his own life because of an argument with you.”
“So it was…”
Suddenly, Sayuri began to shudder and break down in tears. She must have been tormented by the thought that she was the cause of James’ suicide for a long time. And now she was finally free from that heavy burden of remorse.
“Thank you. I am glad to know the truth.”
With tears trickling down her face, Sayuri bowed deeply to Uroma??but.
“No, it’s too early for you to thank me. The key ‘motive’ has yet to be clarified.”
“Motive?”
“The reason why he was hiding his chronic disease from you.”
Uroma then pointed to the laptop that had been left on the low table all along. Yes, it was the one James had been using.
“I unlocked this computer last night and went through the data stored on it. From the browser history, I confirmed that he had been researching his disease on the Internet.”
“Oh, so that’s why Jimmy set a password on this so that I wouldn’t have access to it.”
“Yes, probably. He was careful not to let you know about his disease in any way. And from the contents of his research, I was able to guess roughly why he was hiding it from you.”
“The contents of his research?”
“He was investigating whether or not his disease could be passed on to his children.”
“Genetic…”
Sayuri seemed to understand the meaning of his words immediately.
“If the disease was hereditary and could be passed on to children, it would have been very difficult to tell his girlfriend, who was living with him on the premise of marriage.”
“Yes… that may be true. But I wished he would have told me. I didn’t care what kind of disease he had…”
“But your parents may not feel the same way. If they find out about his disease, they might object to your marriage… At least that’s what he thought, and that’s why he couldn’t confide in you.”
Uroma then proceeded to open the laptop that had been closed and turned it on. When the login password entry box appeared, he turned the monitor towards Sayuri.
“The password for this computer is sayuri dai dai suki in romaji. Please try typing it in.”
“Sayuri dai dai suki…”
Sayuri entered the password as she was told. No error occurred and the computer booted up immediately. This seemed to be correct.
Eventually, the desktop appeared. A few icons were neatly lined up on the left side. The wallpaper was a picture of Sayuri and James. They were smiling at each other, hugging each other very intimately. Both of them looked truly blissful.
“Jimmy…”
Sayuri’s eyes were immediately drawn to the photo and she began to cry. There was her suddenly deceased lover’s unchanging smile.
“It seems that he loved you to the extent that he kept a photo of you as his computer wallpaper. He also had many other photos of you stored in his memory. With all due respect, I took a look at them, and all of them expressed his deep love for you.”
“J-Jimmy…” Sayuri smiled slightly shyly, wiping her tears away with her hand.
“I believe that Mr. Hirose hid his disease because he loved you more than anyone else. That’s why he couldn’t say anything that would cause even the slightest crack in his relationship with you… At least, that’s what I think.”
“Yes… I think so, too…”
Sayuri nodded, wiping her tears with her hand again. Then she stood up and bowed deeply to Uroma.
“Thank you so much for all your research on everything… I appreciate everything you did for me today!”
“No, it’s my pleasure.”
Eventually, Uroma and Tomomi left Sayuri’s house.
T/N:
Sayuri dai dai suki – It means I love Sayuri