Mikazuki no Carte ch18: A Night of Wishing on a Star

p1
>Congratulations on passing your high school exams,
>Touka.

>Yes, Papa.
>Um...

>Can I ask you something?

>I want to be discharged.

p2
>The director...
>You talked with your father?

>Yeah.
>I said I wanted to be discharged.
>!?
>What if something bad happened?

>No, I didn't mean I wanted to be self-reliant or anything.
>Of course, he was against it, but...

p3
>When I made cookies with Utana, I thought to myself...
>Be it cooking or cleaning...
>I can't do a thing by myself.
>I thought about becoming a novelist
>but I don't know anything about the outside world...
>I've been stuck in hospital all this time, after all.


p4
>I believe that you'll cure my illness some day, Sensei.
>Until that day comes,
>I want to become an adult who can stand on their own.

>Papa scolded me, though. He said it's not that simple...

>...
>Actually, Touka...

p5
>I broke one of our promises.
>You told me to not to tell anyone about us, but...
>I told the director.

>...I figured you would.
>You're so diligent, Sensei.

>Did the director...
>say anything to you, Touka?
>Nope.

p6
>Papa is afraid of talking to me.
>When we fought before
>I ran outside and almost died...
>...He's been avoiding me ever since.
>If something happened to me
>he wouldn't be able to face my late mother.

>That's why
>he doesn't care about me...

p7
>That's wrong.

>I've talked to him a lot, so I know.

>Your father cares for you very much...
>One day, he'll tell you that himself.
>...
>Yeah...