"If a man and a woman in this world fall in love, they become lovers. If they wish to be together forever, they become husband and wife."
Yu was still a boy when he first went to the sacred mountain, and he was an adult when he left. The memories he left for me are as countless as the things under the mountain, but I often think of this section.
Yu was still a teenager when he said this. Although I didn't know what a "husband and wife" was, I was firmly attracted by the "long companionship". I thought that if it was true as Yu said, with him accompanying me, I would no longer have to worry about the cold and lonely years on the sacred mountain.