IAYA 97

For 20 years I took care of my mother, who had dementia. But instead of appreciative gazes, I received cold gazes and contempt from my family instead. But then a miracle happened to me. “I am . . . young again?” Unbelievably, my body has turned back to how I had looked in my early 20s. But from that day on, something strange has also been happening. I keep hearing grotesque sounds, and monsters keep coming at me. It’s nice to have my youth back again, but. . . it seems that my youth is not the only thing that I’ve got.