Kino no Tabi:Volume5 Chapter1

Chapter 1: Reminiscence -Blue Rose-

"Okay! I have a good idea. Take me with you. I wanna travel too." The child said.

The traveller with the short black hair and the motorad, upon hearing this, fell to an awkward silence. It was a pretty looking garden which seemed to be taken with great care. Beautiful red and blue roses blossomed all around, and there was also a marble fountain.

"Great idea, huh? I've been thinking about what you said. I'll be able to look at a lot of other countries. Oh, and I'll be able to study a lot too, right? So take me with you."

The child said this with an ecstatic expression on his face. The traveller who was telling stories about her travels upon the child's request, made an awkward expression.

"I apologize, but I won't be able to fulfill that wish."

"Uh-huh, no way."

"Why! How come Ms. Traveller is able to travel, but I'm not to?"

He turned to face the old man on his side.

"I can go, right?

The old man made an awkward expression, but firmly said.

"No, that's impossible, Sire."

"Why? Are you saying you won't follow my orders? Is that what you're trying to say? Huh? Huh?"

The child held onto the man and shouted this as if he was attacking him. Seeing the man's embarassed expression, the traveller got up from her seat, and held on to the motorad's handlebars to push it.

"If you'll excuse me."

The child held onto the traveller after wobbling towards her.

"Why?! Tell me why!!"

The traveller looked down towards the child and answered

"Travelling is very dangerous."

"Yeah, and there's no room for you to sit down, you know." The motorad chimed in. After she bade the old man farewell, the traveller started to leave, pushing the motorad with her. The child screamed desperately while pursuing the traveller.

"Take me with you! I'll do anything you say! I'll even eat my carrots! I'll behave! I won't even say that I can't sleep without mom! So please, take me!"

After telling the child not to follow her one last time, the traveller left, ignoring the child's frantic cries. As the traveller disappeared with the noise of the motorad's engine, the child cried and wailed loudly. It was a pretty looking garden which seemed to be taken with great care. Some beautiful red and blue roses blossomed all around, and there was also a marble fountain.

The child buried his face into the old man's arms who knelt next to him.

And he cried. He cried and cried.

The old man who aged even more greatly than before waked the child who was now a young man. The child who was now a young man had fell asleep in a chair in a luxurious office. After the young man thanked the old man, he told him about the dream he just had.

"Sorry for being a pain in the neck."

And he told the old man that he still remembered that day clearly, and apologized to the old man in a gentle voice. The old man quietly smiled and bowed slightly.

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