Editing Kino no Tabi:Volume14 Prologue

==“Amidst the Rising Sun · b” —the Dawn · b—==


Kino and Hermes were gazing at the rising sun.

As the scenery all around was nothing but that of snow, it was a particularly radiant dawn. While dyeing the world a silver color, the sun slowly ascended from the horizon, as if aiming for the top of the sky.

Kino wore winter clothing on top of her usual clothes and carried ‘Flute’ on her back. She stared at the sun from behind the dark glasses of her goggles. 

“Great weather, isn’t it?” Hermes’ voice was heard from behind.

“So it is, Hermes,” Kino answered back. 


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There were three persons in front of Kino.

All of them were women from their twenties or thirties. Like Kino, they wore winter clothing and gazed at the sun with sunglasses.

The three women were crying.

Tears flowed down from underneath their sunglasses like waterfalls.

At times, the tears would splatter, and they would wipe their whole face with a towel.

“Uhu…” “Ah…” “Uhuhu…”

Their tears would get absorbed by the snow and vanish.


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“But you know—” Hermes initiated,

“Hush, Hermes.”

Without even looking back, Kino cut him short with only her voice.

And Kino gazed at the morning sun for a long time.

She only gazed, silent, from behind the three weeping women.

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