CH 229

It's Tokyo, Meisa-chan

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This is a magical land.

Kent said that there were no spells or magic in Japan, but that's a lie.

"Mio, why is the picture moving?"

"This is called animation, and it draws a lot of pictures and projects them at a tremendous speed."

"Fu~n ..."

I don't know what it is. I don't know what it is, but I know it's a lot of fun.

Pictures move, talk, music plays, girls transform, sing, and beat bad guys!

You can't find such an amazing magician in Landshelt, let alone Volzard.

TV is amazing, D. V. D. is amazing.

There were many things in Mio's room that I had never seen before.

The first thing that surprised me was how many books there were.

I felt sorry for Mio when I thought about how much you had to read and study in Japan, and I thought it was only natural that Kent was good at arithmetic.

"Meisa-chan, do you want to read manga?'

"Manga? Nope, studying is a little ..."

"That's wrong, it's not studying, it's comics."

Mio took out a book and showed it to me.

It really wasn't studying.

There were a lot of fun pictures, there were lines, and it was a story.

It was fun, it was fun, and I couldn't stop reading it.

"Mio, where's the next one?"

"Sorry, that's the newest one, so the sequel hasn't come out yet."

"Eeehhh ... What will happen after this? I want to read the rest!"

"i want to read it too, but I can't because it's not sold yet."

Mio told me that there were people who specialized in drawing manga, and they sold a lot of them.

It was in Mio's room, and apparently it was being sold dozens of times, hundreds of times more, and even more.

"There's so much, I can't read it before I die."

"That's right isn't it ... I want to read manga all the time, but if I don't study Mama will get angry."

"My mother is always asking me if I did my homework."

"It's the same. Japan and Volzard both."

"Yup, the same!"

It seemed that Japanese and Volzard were completely different, but it was hard for children both in Japan and Volzard.

"Mio, Meisa-chan, shall we go shopping?"

"Let's go! Meisa-chan, come along too!"

"Yup!"

From Volzard, I entered Mio's house directly, so I didn't see what was going on outside, but the outside of the house was full of surprises.

"Mio, what is this box?"

"This is an elevator, it's so you don't have to go up and down the stairs."

"Hee ... Uwaa, did it move?"

"It's okay, we're on the third floor, so we'll be there soon."

I was surprised and clung to Mio, but we didn't walk from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor and still made it down.

When we exited the large entrance, there were trees planted along the paved road.

"Uwa!, the carriage is running even though there are no horses."

"That's called a car, and it runs on mechanical power."

"Amazing ..."

Cars that run without being pulled by horses came running one after another.

They didn't rattle or make a loud noise and they were fast.

"Meisa-chan, this way, let's go!"

"Y, yup ..."

When Mio walked leading me by hand, my legs almost gave out.

"Hey, hey, Mio, that, is it a castle?"

"Nope, that's called an apartment, and it's a collection of ordinary houses. Ours was the same, wasn't it."

"Ehh, isn't the Lord living here?"

"Nope, it's a normal house. Look, there's one over there and another over there."

"Yup, amazing ... Fuu ... Fuu ..."

"Meisa-chan, you're breathing heavily."

"Yup, I know. But, I can't stop ..."

I know my eyes are wide open and my breathing is getting rougher, but I can't stop myself.

From the intersection of the wide roads, I could see a very tall building, so I thought it was definitely a castle, but it turned out to be an ordinary house.

I had never seen or heard of such a tall building.

"Mio, I'm thinking of taking Meisa-chan to the Sky Tree tomorrow, but what do you think?"

"Yup, let's go, Meisa-chan, I'm sure you'll be surprised."

"Sky ...?"

"It's called the Sky Tree, and it has a really tall tower."

"Is it taller than that building?"

"Yup, more than ten times that!"

"No way ... I mean, it's ten ... over twenty floors."

"Yup, but you'll understand if you go."

Mio was very confident, but I couldn't believe there was such a tall building.

But, when I saw the store where we went shopping, I wondered if it was real.

"What is this ... Is it all a shop?"

"That's right, Mama, where are we shopping first?"

"First of all, Meisa-chan's clothes."

"Ehh, mine ...?"

"Tomorrow, you're going out and you don't have a change of clothes, right?"

"Yup ..."

Oops, I was so preoccupied with coming to Japan that I completely forgot about a change of clothes.

When I got home, I was going to get scolded by my mother again.

When I thought about what would happen after I returned home, I got a little depressed, but when I was walking in the store called a shopping mall, I quickly forgot about it.

"The stairs are moving ..."

"It's an escalator, first go up ..."

"Y, yup ..."

It was dozens of times bigger than the Orlando Store, the biggest shop in Volzard, and had a lot of glittering decorations I've never seen before.

There was also a clothing store. It was wide, there were many kinds, and above all, the colors were insanely beautiful.

"Would you prefer culottes because they are easy to move around in?"(TN:Basically a split skirt.)

"Hey, hey, Mama, what's over there?"

"It's for parties and graduations over there. It's a little too stiff to go hang out."

"Hey, hey, Meisa-chan, what would you like?"

"Yup ... Amazing ..."

"No, that's not it, what kind of clothes do you like?"

"Fueeh, ehh, clothes?"

"Meisa-chan, you're too surprised."

"Because ... It's amazing."

Don't be surprised ... What an absurd story.

I didn't know of any store with so many children's clothes, and I didn't even know what to choose.

In the first place, I didn't remember going to buy clothes for myself.

It was just hand-me-downs from regulars at the cafeteria and neighbors.

The clothes I wore when I was invited the the Lord's Mansion party were also handed down by Beatriche-san.

I left everything to Mika-san and Mio, but somehow I got tired.

Buying clothes was fun, but it was hard work.

"I'm ordering pizza for dinner, so let's buy a cake and go home."

"Good job! What do you like, Meisa-chan? Strawberry Shortcake? Or Montblanc?"

"Ehh, are there different types of cakes?"

As for cakes, I only knew cakes made from baked dough mixed with dried fruits, but the shop Mio took me to had colorful cakes lined up.

"Meisa-chan, which one would you like?"

"E, everything ..."

"As expected, it's impossible to eat all of them. Shall we buy different types and share them."

Even if I was asked which one I would like, they all looked delicious, so I couldn't decide.

Mika-san chose one for me, but if I was alone, I wouldn't have been able to decide even if it took me until tomorrow.

The floor where food was sold had a wonderful smell.

My mother's cooking was supposed to be the most delicious ... But, there were a lot of dishes and sweets on sale that I had never seen before.

When we finished shopping and went out of the store, there was a place where people were coming out.

"It's a subway station. Tomorrow we'll take the subway from here to the Sky Tree."

"S, sabuwei? What's that?"

"Let's see, they dug a tunnel under the ground and lay tracks there to run the train."

"Torakusu? Torein?"

"Umm ... I'll explain later using a tablet."

"Tabu ...?"

After returning home, Mio used a tablet to show me.

The internet is amazing.

"Here's a map of this area ... This is my house, adn the shop we saw earlier is here."

"Y, yup ..."

"And, this is a picture taken from the sky."

"What's this ..."

"Meisa-chan, you know about pictures, right?"

"Y, yup ... That, Kent said it copies things ... I guess."

"Yup, it's something that can be taken with a digital camera or a smartphone, but it was taken from the sky."

"From the sky? How is that?"

"I think it was taken from an airplane."

"Erupurane?"

I was surprised. It seemed that Japanese people could fly in the sky.

They used tools such as airplanes and helicopters to fly in the sky and go far.

I was told that there were underground roads in this city, and a tool called the subway ran through them.

It seemed that the size of the city was incomparably larger than Volzard.

"You can ride the subway tomorrow, and you can see the city from the top of the Sky Tree."

"Yup, yup, amazing, amazing, fuu ... Fuu ..."

I ate pizza while watching TV.

There were various flavors, all of them were delicious, TV was fun, Mika-san and Tadao-san were kind, and I couldn't help but look forward to going out tomorrow.

Ever since I came to Mio's house, I've been in a state of uncontrollable excitement.

I got a fever.

After taking a bath with Mio and changing into pajamas, I felt 'fura fura' and sick, and I couldn't stand up.(TN:Fura fura is unsteady/dizzy.)

"You were too excited, your body got surprised. You'll be fine as long as you get some rest."

"Mika-san, if my fever doesn't go down, can I not go out?"

"About that ... It might be a little difficult."

"No way, I want to go out ... Uuuhhh ..."

"Well then, you should sleep quietly."

"Yup ..."

I absolutely wanted to go out with Mio.

I was going to take the subway, and go see the Sky Tree, I felt out of sorts.

Mika-san came to check on me several times, and each time I could see her smile disappearing.

I wanted to go out, but I wondered if I couldn't.

"Wafuu, I'm going to call Goshujin-sama."

"Ehh, wait, Kobold-chan ..."

Mika-san tried to stop it, but the answer that came back was not Mart's voice.

"Good evening, is it okay if I disturb you?"

"Kent! Kent, Kent!"

"I'm sorry, Kent-san. At this hour ..."

"No, it's already dawn in Volzard, so it's fine."

"Kent ... I want to go out, subway, Sky Tree ..."

"Yes, yes, seriously, Meisa-chan is really troublesome ..."

Kent gave me a wry smile and cast healing magic on me.

From Kent's hand on my chest, gentle magic seemed to flow in, and the pain disappeared.

"Then, I will ..."

"No way, you can't go home ..."

Kent was about to go back to Volzard, so I grabbed the edge of his shirt and stopped him.

I was kind of lonely and wanted to be with him.

"Haa, it can't be helped ... Mika-san, I'll stay with her until morning, is that okay?"

"I'm sorry. Can you do me a favor?"

"Yes, Meisa-chan, you can't wet the bed or drool."

"I won't do that, I won't do that anymore ... That's why, you can't go home."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

When I clung to Kent when he entered the bed, I smelled Kent's scent.

When he came to stay at our house, he was 'poyo poyo', but now he's muscular and solid.(TN:poyo poyo means soft and squishy.)

While reclining on Kent, it seemed that I fell asleep right away.

Kent stayed with me even after I woke up.

"Tadao-san, is it okay if I go to the Sky Tree with you? Actually, I haven't climbed it yet."

"Ahh, in that case, let's go together, because it's safer for us as well."

"Is Kent going with us?"

"Yup, is it no good?"

"It's not no good, it's not no good, yippee!"

Even yesterday, when I was with Mika-san and Mio, I shouldn't have had anything to worry about, but when Kent is with me, I feel incredibly relieved.

I'm sure Reinhardt-ojichan will be with Kent.

As the name suggested, the subway station was underground.

"Hey, hey, Kent, this is a dungeon, isn't it."

"Ahh ... I don't know, I wonder if there will be any monsters today ..."

"Hii ... Will there be monsters?"

"I don't know ... I wonder if they won't come out ..."

Mio spoke up when I was a little worried.

"Meisa-chan, there are no monsters in the subway."

"Ehh, is that so? Mou, Kent is mean!"

"Buhoo ... Meisa-chan, aren't your punches mean?"

"Funda ... You're so cocky despite being just Kent ... Uwaaah, what is that."

"That's the monster that nests in the underground space, Ooedosen ... Buhoo!"(TN:Apparently the name of the subway or something.)

"I was just a little surprised, Mio taught me about it on the tablet yesterday."

I was taught about it yesterday, but when I saw the real thing, the power was different.

"Hey, hey, Kent, is this road connected forever?"

"That's right. There are many subway tracks running underground in Tokyo."

"Don't they bump into each other?"

"It's okay because the depth to make the tracks is changed."

"I see ..."

Everyone on the subway was looking at a small tablet.

"Hey, hey, Kent, what are those guys looking at?"

"Umm, they're playing games, posting on SNS, or looking at something like a message board."

"Fu~n ..."

The subway ran quite fast, so the distance should be quite long, but the scenery didn't change, so it was a little boring.

We changed to another subway on the way, but I wonder if the dungeon exploration was like this.

"Hey, hey, Kent, is it like this in the dungeon?"

"Nope, Volzard's dungeon is darker, the rocks are rugged, and there are monsters, so it's not that comfortable."

"I see ... That's right. If it were this safe, there's no one who wouldn't come back."

When I got off the subway and went to the surface, I was relieved that there was no danger.

There was a wide road on the ground, and many horseless carriages were running.

"Meisa-chan, look, it's the Sky Tree."

I turned my eyes in the direction Kent was pointing at and froze speechless.

There was a tower so tall that my neck hurt when I looked up.

"Kent ... Is there a God living up there?"

"Nope, this is a tower for broadcasting TV signals. After this, we're going up to the observation deck above."

"Up to the top? I'm not prepared to go up."

"It's okay, just get on the elevator."

The closer we got to the Sky Tree, the taller it looked, and when I reached the base of the tower, I had to learn back to see the top.

I've already taken the elevator several times, so I thought it would be fine, but it was no good.

"Kent, my ears hurt ..."

"Meisa-chan, try swallowing your saliva, with a gulp."

"Ohh, I'm cured. Why?"

"Yup, it's related to atmospheric pressure, but it's hard to explain, so just think of it as that."

"Fu~n ... Alright."

When I got off the elevator, it was another world.

Perhaps, let alone Volzard, even if you searched Landshelt or the entire continent, there shouldn't be anyone who looked down on the city from such a high place.

"Kent, that, is it a car?"

"That's right. Can you see people walking?"

"They look smaller than a pea."

"Haahaa, look, the people are like rubbish!"(TN:The obligatory Castle in the Sky reference.)

"What is that ..."

"Ehh, something you have to do when you go to a high place?"

"What a strange thing ..."

Somehow Kent was disappointed and Mio and the others smiled wryly.

The first elevator I got off was on the 350th floor, the next one was on the 445th floor, and I walked up to the observation corridor to the 450th floor.

"Kent, the city spreads out everywhere. Is it so big?"

"Yup, Tokyo is the largest city in Japan. It's many times larger than the royal capital of Resenburg, and the townscape extends to neighboring Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa."

"Hee ... How many people live there."

"Umm, about ..."

"It's about 13.7 million people."

Tadao-san told me about it, but it was a number I couldn't even imagine.

I had a lot of pictures taken with Mio and Kent in the observation corridor. I heard that they would Purinto them later, but what was Purinto?

After getting off the observatory, I was taken to the aquarium.

A fish bigger than me was swimming in a big tank I had never seen before.

There were also flightless birds called penguins and fur seals.

And the jellyfish were so floaty and funny. The goldfish were nice too.

Even in the aquarium, I had a lot of pictures taken.

After returning to Mio's house on the subway, Kent returned to Volzard.

"I'll come to pick you up again tomorrow around this time."

"Kent, are you really going home?"

"What, what, I wonder if Meisa-chan won't be able to sleep because she's too lonely without me."

"Th, that's not true. I can sleep alone."

"Mart and the others are watching over you in the shadows, so it's okay. Then, Mika-san, please."

After Kent left, Mio taught me some video games.

When you press the button in your hand, the people in the screen move and it's really interesting.

Yup, it's fine without Kent.

On the second day, I went to the airport in a car driven by Tadao-san.

It seemed that there was a tool that really flew in the sky, and it could fly over mountains and even over the sea to foreign countries.

Kent says magic is amazing, magic is amazing, but machines are absolutely amazing.

In a place called Shinjuku, there were many tall buildings and many underground subways were running.

A huge number of cars, a huge number of people, I felt dizzy.

I wanted to play forever, but Kent came to pick me up in the blink of an eye.

It was time to go back to Volzard.

I also bought a cake as a souvenir for my mother.

"Meisa-chan, come visit us again."

"Manga, I'll buy you a new one."

"Yup, thank you for your kindness. Please come visit Volzard again."

"Then, I'll send you to the back of the boarding house. Thank you very much, Tadao-san, Mika-san, and Mio-chan."

"Kokubu-kun, please take care of Yuika."

"Yes, then ..."

Kent returned to Volzard first, and I was summoned right after that.

It was strange to see the scenery change in an instant.

"What, Kent, it's pitch black."

"It's still before dawn in Volzard."

"Welcome back, Meisa. Did you have fun?"

"Okaa-san!"

A slightly sleep-eyed mother welcomed us.

When I jumped on her, she was the usual full-bodied mother.

"It was amazing, I looked down on the city from a really, really high place. There was a big fish in a big tank, jellyfish, and there were even goldfish ..."

"Even if you don't speak in such a rush, I won't run away. Now, let's go home. I'm sorry for the trouble Kent."

"No, I had a lot of fun, too."

"Okaa-san, there is a subway system in Japan. There are many carriages that are not pulled by horses, and airplanes are flying in the sky."

"Hee, that's amazing ..."

"Right!"

We talked a lot about Japan, but the thing that surprised my mother the most was the souvenir cake.

She said that she would research it so that it could be served at our cafeteria, but I wonder if it will go well ...

Aa~hh, I just came back, but I want to go to Japan again.