"It's my first time to know that there is an elephant in this country."
"It was said that it was from China."
"Do you think that an elephant can swim through the Sea of Japan?"
"I am not sure. I am not an elephant from 1.8 million years ago."
While the success of his novel was amazing, Mizuto had a limited interest in writing, as what he wrote was nothing but the autobiography of his messy love life. Moreover, it was a rare chance for him to be in Shiga Prefecture, and it would be a shame if he spent his time just eating "Salad Roll" on the shoreline of the largest lake in this country.
So, after they talked about his novel, Mizuto brought Yuu to the "Lake Biwa Museum."
While Yuu was helpless about his decision, she thought that she could read his novel later when she went home, especially when she learned that he was going out again tomorrow, ready to go to work.
Their time was limited, so they decided to enjoy them well.
Still, they had to say that his decision to go to his museum was correct as from this museum, they learned many things that they didn't know before. It was also why they understood that there was an elephant in this country 1.8 million years ago.
"I have never been to this place before," Yuu said.
"Me too." Mizuto looked at the replica of the Akebono elephant, a small type of elephant that used to roam around Lake Biwa, and said, "Or rather, it is my first time to visit Shiga."
"Really? It's your first time?"
"Have you been here before, Yuu?"
"I have been with my family before."
"What did you do before?" Mizuto wondered what they went to do in the Shiga prefecture.
"Well, we rode on the ship to see around Lake Biwa and ate the Omi beef," Yuu said as she recalled the memory of her trip with her family in the Shiga prefecture.
"Omi beef, huh?" Mizuto thought about the three most delicious beefs in this country, which were Matsusaka Beef, Kobe Beef, and Ohmi Beef. All three of them hailed from the Kansai region. During his trip with Yume to Osaka, he also ate Kobe Beef at the hotel where they had offered this type of beef previously. Yet, he didn't feel surprised as the distance between Kobe and Osaka was so close, so it was normal for the hotel to have this type of beef. Still, as expected, the price was expensive, especially when he chose the A5 Wagyu type of beef, which was the most delicious type.
Thinking about the taste of Kobe beef at that time, Mizuto wondered about the taste of Matsusaka beef and Ohmi Beef, which was on the same level as Kobe Beef.
Frankly, he knew that while those beefs were delicious, it wasn't so exaggeratedly delicious that they would make people lose their minds. Instead, while the taste was partly the reason why they were expensive, the main reason why they were expensive was the story before them.
It was like how a painting became crazily expensive due to the story behind the painter who drew that painting.
In other words, this was nothing but hype.
Yet, Mizuto didn't lack money.
Matsukasa beef aside, as it was coming from the Mie prefecture, he felt like it would be wasteful if he didn't try the Omi beef in the Shiga prefecture as he wasn't sure when he was going to come again to this city.
"Let's try the Omi beef later."
"Huh? Are you sure? It isn't cheap, you know?" Yuu was startled by his decision.
"It's okay. Why do you think I was working? Isn't it because of this moment?"
"But... you should save your money more, you know? You won't know what is happening in life after all." Yuu gave Mizuto another piece of advice as she didn't want him to be extravagant with his spending. She would be lying if she wasn't happy with his invitation, but she was cornered about his well-being.
Mizuto smiled and said, "It's okay. This spending doesn't take much of my money. Moreover, I want you to remember this trip with me well. You don't need to worry."
"You are really..." While Yuu was helpless, she knew that she couldn't argue with him anymore, so she could only agree with his invitation.
Still, before they tried the Omi beef, they went and stayed at the "Lake Biwa Museum," enjoying their time in this interesting museum. Besides the Geology History, which introduced the history of Lake Biwa from four million years ago, there was also a Human History area where they could see how the people around Lake Biwa had been living.
Nevertheless, Yuu felt strange by Mizuto's serious expression when he looked at the history of how people had been living on Lake Biwa.
"Is there something wrong with those replicas?"
Yuu wondered why this guy stared at the replicas of the group of farmers in the past so seriously.
"No, I just think that how the future isn't much different from the past."
"What do you mean?"
"Hmm... how to say, I guess, whether it is in the past or in the future, the people of our country are uniform."
"Uniform?"
"I mean similar to each other."
"Why did you say that?" Yuu was confused by how Mizuto could come to such a conclusion by watching the history of people living around Lake Biwa.
"In the past, the majority of people worked as farmers, but now, the majority of people are working as salarymen. There isn't much different, right?"
"If you say it like that..."
When Yuu thought about it, there wasn't much difference, whether it was in the past or the future. The life of the peasants wasn't much different from the life of the middle-class income. If there was a difference, it was just the exterior, but the inners and everything inside was the same.
Yuu stared at Mizuto and thought that he was really different from those around him.
Yet, this was what made him enticing as his way of life was just different.
As long as you were with him, you wouldn't have the ordinary life that the tens of millions of people in this country had.
Mizuto was just special, she thought.
However—
"Is living uniformly like others bad?" Yuu asked, wondering whether living ordinarily was bad.
"It's not bad." Mizuto shook his head and said, "Having ordinary happiness is also nice. Having a normal family, a wife, children, and living well until we're old together; there is such a charm in such an ordinary thing, especially when many don't have a chance to have such ordinary happiness."
Yet, what he sought was extraordinary, and it was impossible for him to be satisfied with normal happiness.
However, due to his words, Yuu couldn't help but think about such an ordinary life with him. If their relationship continued, they would graduate from high school, enter a university, enter society, work, and possibly marry each other. By then, they would have a small family and then enjoy their lives together until death.
Somehow... she didn't hate such a future.
Yuu knew that she might not understand what love was, yet as long as she could be with him, she was content.
Still, they continued their walk around the "Lake Biwa Museum" and entered the next exhibition room that told the relationship between nature and lifestyle, which also showed a house and the daily life of the people in the rural area in 1964. Moreover, there was also an aquarium, specimen collections, and an interesting exhibition where they could see the inside of the crayfish.
"I thought that this big guy was a red lobster."
"I thought that it was a bug."
"But it is a crayfish, huh?"
Yuu put her head inside the body of the giant crayfish replica, watching the inside curiously.
"I have heard that it was delicious," Mizuto looked at the crayfish, touching the pincers curiously.
"Huh? Really? Can you eat this thing?"
"Yeah, it should be popular in Louisiana and the southern area of the United States. Oh, this should be popular in China, too."
"Hmm..." Yuu walked out from the inside of the giant crayfish replica and said, "Well, since it is like a lobster, then it should taste like a lobster, right?"
"Have you tried lobster?"
"No, I haven't."
"Then, how could you tell?" Mizuto was speechless, causing Yuu to laugh.
Still, Yuu loved this feeling. The feeling when they were together, holding hands, enjoying something that they had never tried together for the first time. At the same time, they also thought about the touch she had in the cashier area of her family's bookstore at that time. Such a touch had already made her body quiver and hit by a strange sense that she didn't hate.
So, if such a sensation happened when she touched herself, what if he touched her?
What if they had sex?
What kind of sensation would she feel at that time?
Her heart beat so fast, and her face flushed red.
Only—
"Pervert," Mizuto said speechlessly.
"I am not!" Yuu refuted so loudly.
Then, watching his chuckle, Yuu pouted and knew that she was being teased by him again. Yet, even if she had imagined how it felt to be touched by him, it was impossible for her to take the initiative.
However, if he took the initiative, then—
Yuu shook her head and threw all her thoughts into the corner as she refuted her mind that she wasn't a pervert!
"It's my first time to know that there is an elephant in this country."
"It was said that it was from China."
"Do you think that an elephant can swim through the Sea of Japan?"
"I am not sure. I am not an elephant from 1.8 million years ago."
While the success of his novel was amazing, Mizuto had a limited interest in writing, as what he wrote was nothing but the autobiography of his messy love life. Moreover, it was a rare chance for him to be in Shiga Prefecture, and it would be a shame if he spent his time just eating "Salad Roll" on the shoreline of the largest lake in this country.
So, after they talked about his novel, Mizuto brought Yuu to the "Lake Biwa Museum."
While Yuu was helpless about his decision, she thought that she could read his novel later when she went home, especially when she learned that he was going out again tomorrow, ready to go to work.
Their time was limited, so they decided to enjoy them well.
Still, they had to say that his decision to go to his museum was correct as from this museum, they learned many things that they didn't know before. It was also why they understood that there was an elephant in this country 1.8 million years ago.
"I have never been to this place before," Yuu said.
"Me too." Mizuto looked at the replica of the Akebono elephant, a small type of elephant that used to roam around Lake Biwa, and said, "Or rather, it is my first time to visit Shiga."
"Really? It's your first time?"
"Have you been here before, Yuu?"
"I have been with my family before."
"What did you do before?" Mizuto wondered what they went to do in the Shiga prefecture.
"Well, we rode on the ship to see around Lake Biwa and ate the Omi beef," Yuu said as she recalled the memory of her trip with her family in the Shiga prefecture.
"Omi beef, huh?" Mizuto thought about the three most delicious beefs in this country, which were Matsusaka Beef, Kobe Beef, and Ohmi Beef. All three of them hailed from the Kansai region. During his trip with Yume to Osaka, he also ate Kobe Beef at the hotel where they had offered this type of beef previously. Yet, he didn't feel surprised as the distance between Kobe and Osaka was so close, so it was normal for the hotel to have this type of beef. Still, as expected, the price was expensive, especially when he chose the A5 Wagyu type of beef, which was the most delicious type.
Thinking about the taste of Kobe beef at that time, Mizuto wondered about the taste of Matsusaka beef and Ohmi Beef, which was on the same level as Kobe Beef.
Frankly, he knew that while those beefs were delicious, it wasn't so exaggeratedly delicious that they would make people lose their minds. Instead, while the taste was partly the reason why they were expensive, the main reason why they were expensive was the story before them.
It was like how a painting became crazily expensive due to the story behind the painter who drew that painting.
In other words, this was nothing but hype.
Yet, Mizuto didn't lack money.
Matsukasa beef aside, as it was coming from the Mie prefecture, he felt like it would be wasteful if he didn't try the Omi beef in the Shiga prefecture as he wasn't sure when he was going to come again to this city.
"Let's try the Omi beef later."
"Huh? Are you sure? It isn't cheap, you know?" Yuu was startled by his decision.
"It's okay. Why do you think I was working? Isn't it because of this moment?"
"But... you should save your money more, you know? You won't know what is happening in life after all." Yuu gave Mizuto another piece of advice as she didn't want him to be extravagant with his spending. She would be lying if she wasn't happy with his invitation, but she was cornered about his well-being.
Mizuto smiled and said, "It's okay. This spending doesn't take much of my money. Moreover, I want you to remember this trip with me well. You don't need to worry."
"You are really..." While Yuu was helpless, she knew that she couldn't argue with him anymore, so she could only agree with his invitation.
Still, before they tried the Omi beef, they went and stayed at the "Lake Biwa Museum," enjoying their time in this interesting museum. Besides the Geology History, which introduced the history of Lake Biwa from four million years ago, there was also a Human History area where they could see how the people around Lake Biwa had been living.
Nevertheless, Yuu felt strange by Mizuto's serious expression when he looked at the history of how people had been living on Lake Biwa.
"Is there something wrong with those replicas?"
Yuu wondered why this guy stared at the replicas of the group of farmers in the past so seriously.
"No, I just think that how the future isn't much different from the past."
"What do you mean?"
"Hmm... how to say, I guess, whether it is in the past or in the future, the people of our country are uniform."
"Uniform?"
"I mean similar to each other."
"Why did you say that?" Yuu was confused by how Mizuto could come to such a conclusion by watching the history of people living around Lake Biwa.
"In the past, the majority of people worked as farmers, but now, the majority of people are working as salarymen. There isn't much different, right?"
"If you say it like that..."
When Yuu thought about it, there wasn't much difference, whether it was in the past or the future. The life of the peasants wasn't much different from the life of the middle-class income. If there was a difference, it was just the exterior, but the inners and everything inside was the same.
Yuu stared at Mizuto and thought that he was really different from those around him.
Yet, this was what made him enticing as his way of life was just different.
As long as you were with him, you wouldn't have the ordinary life that the tens of millions of people in this country had.
Mizuto was just special, she thought.
However—
"Is living uniformly like others bad?" Yuu asked, wondering whether living ordinarily was bad.
"It's not bad." Mizuto shook his head and said, "Having ordinary happiness is also nice. Having a normal family, a wife, children, and living well until we're old together; there is such a charm in such an ordinary thing, especially when many don't have a chance to have such ordinary happiness."
Yet, what he sought was extraordinary, and it was impossible for him to be satisfied with normal happiness.
However, due to his words, Yuu couldn't help but think about such an ordinary life with him. If their relationship continued, they would graduate from high school, enter a university, enter society, work, and possibly marry each other. By then, they would have a small family and then enjoy their lives together until death.
Somehow... she didn't hate such a future.
Yuu knew that she might not understand what love was, yet as long as she could be with him, she was content.
Still, they continued their walk around the "Lake Biwa Museum" and entered the next exhibition room that told the relationship between nature and lifestyle, which also showed a house and the daily life of the people in the rural area in 1964. Moreover, there was also an aquarium, specimen collections, and an interesting exhibition where they could see the inside of the crayfish.
"I thought that this big guy was a red lobster."
"I thought that it was a bug."
"But it is a crayfish, huh?"
Yuu put her head inside the body of the giant crayfish replica, watching the inside curiously.
"I have heard that it was delicious," Mizuto looked at the crayfish, touching the pincers curiously.
"Huh? Really? Can you eat this thing?"
"Yeah, it should be popular in Louisiana and the southern area of the United States. Oh, this should be popular in China, too."
"Hmm..." Yuu walked out from the inside of the giant crayfish replica and said, "Well, since it is like a lobster, then it should taste like a lobster, right?"
"Have you tried lobster?"
"No, I haven't."
"Then, how could you tell?" Mizuto was speechless, causing Yuu to laugh.
Still, Yuu loved this feeling. The feeling when they were together, holding hands, enjoying something that they had never tried together for the first time. At the same time, they also thought about the touch she had in the cashier area of her family's bookstore at that time. Such a touch had already made her body quiver and hit by a strange sense that she didn't hate.
So, if such a sensation happened when she touched herself, what if he touched her?
What if they had sex?
What kind of sensation would she feel at that time?
Her heart beat so fast, and her face flushed red.
Only—
"Pervert," Mizuto said speechlessly.
"I am not!" Yuu refuted so loudly.
Then, watching his chuckle, Yuu pouted and knew that she was being teased by him again. Yet, even if she had imagined how it felt to be touched by him, it was impossible for her to take the initiative.
However, if he took the initiative, then—
Yuu shook her head and threw all her thoughts into the corner as she refuted her mind that she wasn't a pervert!
