213 6.7 *Ding!* Welcome To Fasuto Japan Airways. Hahahahaha...

When Miroku or was known as Hoshi-sama arrived with Hachi to gather and meet me in the garden to meet me and Hiko-sama, they were rather surprised at being summoned from the monastery where they were having a peaceful day by themselves.

"What's the matter, Chosen One? It seems that there's such urgency in some emergency matter when you summoned us immediately. May we be of your assistance?"

"Hoshi-sama, there's no emergency when you were being called here. I need to address something to you before I suddenly forget about this matter totally. Come, have a sit first, Hachi you do the same as well."

I reassured Hoshi-sama the there is nothing wrong anywhere that needs to be addressed except for the flash of an ingenious idea this had struck me a few moments ago.

"Join us for dinner, shall we? We dine at the same time discuss the stroke of an idea that I had and we discuss the pros and cons of it. But first, could you and Hachi bring out your coin pouches please..."

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They both brought out their coin pouches and both had a few silvers and coppers while not even one contains a gold coin. I slapped my foreheads and frown at their pathetic conditions and was wondering how to uplift their spirits as well as their savings in their own coin pouches.

I told them to hang on and I grabbed a handful of coins from the charity basket and poured the coins that I had managed to grab from my little hand. I counted a few pieces of gold coins, several silvers and coppers and I divided each of them equally.

"Here's a little something for the both of you to tide over the next few days in case you both would be engaged in future expeditions," I spoke as I handed them their coin pouches back, and both of them looked at me in surprise. Maybe they thought that they are done for this time and I was buying them through the coins I offered.

"OK, listen very carefully to what I would be asking both of you..." I began as I took my sketchpad and prepared to note down their answers to my queries.

"Hachi, how long can your floating gourd stay in the air?"

"I think for some good hours, provided its clear skies and there's no thunderstorm or any flying Youkai chasing after us. Yellow is our standard colour and it is bright and easily seen from the ground below."

"What's the highest have you ever climbed before?"

"It depends on the weather, Himura-San. I could climb from a few feet from the air and till it reaches the clouds above ."

"Alright, my next question is, how heavy a load could you carry at the most? The last time you managed to carry us covering a walking distance of 3 hours easily with 8 of is on you."

"8 people on your back would roughly equivalent to 300 kilograms or more, right?"

"Well, Himura-San, I could almost carry 2 horses over a period of 2 hours of non-stop flight before I take a break of 15 minutes before continuing."

I remembered a Kiso horse would weigh about 400 kilograms and Hachi was able to lift 800 kilograms over a flight distance of 2 hours. Considering Hachi would fly nonstop to Nagoya from here, it would take slightly over 5 hours of flight with an additional stop if 15 minutes in between.

Hiko-sama who was listening suddenly jumped to his seat. He just realised what I had in mind and he was rather excited to try it out.

"Hoshi-sama, what this kid is implying is that you and Hachi may be required to deliver some goods that the merchants had bought from here and you may have the honour of delivering them safely back to their Prefecture. How does that sound to you?"

Hoshi-sama was pondering on the queries made by me and am able to visualise what I foresee in the future for both of them. In case if they agree, they would be the pioneering of being able to deliver by air travel, the first of its kind here in Japan by Fasuto Japan Airways. Hahahahahaha...!

"I'm not sure about Hachi, but I don't see why not. Flying just even a few feet off the ground would be much better than flying in the clouds. I'm totally into this idea...that's for sure...!"

Hoshi-sama was excited as well since this would bring about the revolutionary mode of transport and delivery for goods and travellers, instead of relying on the horses or carriages that had to follow the road routes.

Hachi looked at his master and was burying his neck lower than ever, to absorb the effects of the staff that would anytime be dropped on his head in purpose.

"Alright...! I am so glad that both of you agreed on this and hope this would not interfere with the upcoming expeditions that you may have in the future. When there's your main duty to attend, we won't be disturbing you and both of you may perform your extermination of Youkai."

"In days to come, you may serve the community to fly them over to their destination and we would be making a charge to them to appropriately pay you and Hachi for your services. Let's say a trip to Nagoya from here is 250 kilometres away. We charge 2 silver for every 10 kilometres and for the distance travelled you would earn 50 silvers or 5 gold pieces per day."

"Example for Nagasaki which would be 1416 kilometres away, you would earn 141 silvers and 6 coppers for the single trip or 14 gold coins, 1 silver and 6 coppers."

"You need not make a trip daily as it would tires both of you out. But an alternate journey would be greatly advisable. Hachi, I am sure you're not the only Tanuki that's around that could travel by air right? I am sure there are others and I would like to gather as much as 11 more of you."

"Yes, Himura-san. There are more of us all over Japan and there is such available in a small settlement here in the heart of Fukushima itself. Would you want us to bring them here and you could speak to all of them instead?"

"That would be great Hachi... The more the merrier. We can soon embark on Fasuto Japan Airways soon. Really, its no joke... It is going to be our first ever airway services for the needs of the merchants that come and ply their trade with us."

"In that case, Himura-San, Hoshi-sama and I would like to take our leave soon and head there right now and be right back slightly before or during dinner time."

"Chosen One, thank you for giving us an opportunity to be part of Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha and Airways. Being of service to you and also the corporation is the highest honour we could receive. We hope we won't let you down. I'm off with Hachi and be right back with good tidings."

They both took their leave and Hachi soon took the form of a floating yellow gourd and slowly lifted off and heads straight to the settlement of Tanukis somewhere in the heart of Fukushima.

Hiko-sama looked at me and said, 'Fasuto Japan Airways' and laughed heartily as the storyline for volume two of this novel gets more twisted than ever. Hahahaha.

I laughed together with Hiko-sama as the thought of Fasuto Japan Airways was born impromptu with the help of Hachi and Hoshi-sama. If not for them, Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha would not be expanding as rapidly as it would be within a couple of months.