“Sachyun! Here, here!”
It’s spring break, and I’m enjoying a brief respite. I love vacations. Today, I was visiting my friends in the city where I used to live.
“Maho, Ryun-Ryun! Goliath! Long time no see, everyone! Hey, where’s Pocho?”
“Pocho can’t come today. She was hoping to see Sachyun.”
“Oh, that’s too bad. Tell her I said hi.”
“You’re as cute as ever, Sachyun!”
“Really? Even now?”
I made a freaky face and everyone laughed. Oh, I feel at ease.
“You’re still the same inside. You said you couldn’t make friends before, but did you make any lately?”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Instant answer!”
“I wonder why when Sachyun is such a funny kid.”
When I said, “They’re using honorifics,” everyone nodded and said, “Oh, yeah”.
“I understand. Sachyun has become more mature lately, and I might have a hard time talking to her if I hadn’t been with her since I was a kid.”
“Why?”
“Because you seem like a noble!”
“Even this?”
When I put on a funny face plus some weird movements, this time they didn’t laugh at me and chided me to stop because I was outside. I used to joke around with them, but they’ve all grown up a bit.
“You’re a good kid, you’ll make friends eventually.”
“Thank you. But the other day, I played with a strange boy playing rare animals.”
“Eh? – Playing with rare animals? What’s that?”
When everyone was puzzled, I went into rare animal mode and made a low voice.
“Humans…you look energetic …… I can’t…eat…flowers.”
“Oh, oo…… Sachyun…… you…… Flower, eat…… can’t eat…… human.”
That’s my friends. They instantly understood and returned with a rare monster of their own. However, since everyone was now a monster in an uncharted land, there was no one to play the role of the discoverer.
We went to Goliath’s house, the closest one to the station, opened the snacks we had bought, and let the conversation resume.
“Sachyun, couldn’t you make friends with that Monster Hunter guy? I don’t think you can play with them like that unless you’re pretty close. ……”
“That’s because I don’t even know his face or name.”
“You played a monster with someone whose name and face you don’t know? How is that?”
“It’s the other side that made the first move.”
As I answered, I thought about it for a moment. I thought he was playing a joke on me when I was embarrassed to be heard talking to myself. But now that I think about it, I can see that he wasn’t trying to play with a monster.
In the first place, I was under a lot of stress at that time, and I just wanted to joke around. Maybe that’s why I felt that way. But even after that, he kept responding to me. Even if he wasn’t, he was a nice guy.
” Why can’t you recognize the face, even if you don’t know the name?”
I was told by Maho, who was a solid person, and I told her the story of how I got to that point. Everyone listened to me with a squeal of laughter.
“I see, so that’s how it is.”
“Why didn’t he come to Sachyun, after you talked?”
“I don’t know. But I didn’t want him to see my face either, so it was perfect.”
“Why?”
“A lot of people don’t talk to me normally when they see my face. ……”
At the very least, I’m aware that I don’t have the face to be able to casually play monster with. That’s why I ended up leaving the second library that day without saying goodbye or even meeting him.
“Hmm, I see. I guess Sachyun is already that kind of character in high school. ……”
“Unfortunately.”
“Did you look for him later?”
“There are so many classes at our school, and since we met in the second library, there’s a possibility that he’s from another grade…… There are too many. It’s impossible when all I know is his voice.”
In addition, I’m the type of person who watches anime without noticing when the voice actor changes midway through the show, so I don’t think it’s possible to narrow it down by voice. If the voices are similar, they all sound the same.
“I see. ……”
“Hey, what do you think of co-ed schools, Sachyun? Has anyone confessed to you?”
“Yes, they did. A lot of weirdos.”
“Well, there are no good men who come to a girl just because she has a pretty face. It’s a good thing you turned them down, Sachyun .”
Ryun-Ryun nodded with an aged tone.
“Do you know anyone cool and popular?”
They’ve been in the same school for a long time and it hasn’t changed much. It’s an all-girls school that has been around since kindergarten, so everyone wants to hear what I have to say.
When asked who was popular, Sakura Souji popped into my head.
“Well, there’s a guy in my grade who looks like a great nobleman.”
“What kind of person is that?”
“He’s very popular, and he’s always surrounded by girls, but he doesn’t date or befriend anyone. It’s amazing. He just nods or replies and they make a big deal about it.”
Everyone else started to yap and squeal.
“What is he like? Who’s the celebrity equivalent?”
“Hmmm…I don’t know about celebrities, but …… everyone says he looks like Shirou Amakusa.”
“Have you ever seen Shirou Amakusa’s face!”
(TN: Shiro Amakusa is a historical figure)
“I don’t think that’s it …… it’s the …… image?”
“Is Saichun a fan too?”
“No, I am not. People like that have fun watching it with their friends and making noise….. I don’t have any friends, so I can’t even be a fan”
“If you don’t have any friends, you can’t even say “Kyaa!” about boys. …… Poor Sachyun.”
“That’s not the point, is it? He’s a human being, right? You can talk to him like a normal person. ……”
“Human…… want to eat.”
When Ryun-Ryun remembered, she muttered and laughed, so everyone turned into monsters again and chatted in broken language for a while.
I looked at the clock on the wall and Ryun-Ryun looked at me and said,
“It’s almost lunchtime. Should we go soon? For a beef bowl.?”
“Beef bowl! Are you sure?”
“Well, since Sachyun is coming, everyone was planning to go!”
“I’ll never forget how she cried the first time we went.”
“She cried saying it was delicious.”
“I haven’t forgotten the excitement of that moment either!”
It was forbidden by the school to go into restaurants with just the students. So when I said I wanted to go there at the time, everyone fussed that I had become a delinquent. Now, although Goliath’s house driver accompanies us, he smilingly accompanies us.
The driver is so quiet that I’ve never heard him talk, so I don’t mind if he’s there.
We all got up and walked out the front door. We slid into the expensive car of Goliath’s house.
“I wonder if I can get in without a reservation. ……”
“Goliath, probably, you can’t make a reservation at a beef bowl restaurant. ……”
We entered the restaurant, sat down at a table together, and ordered. Within five minutes, a bowl of the hot beef bowl was sitting in front of us. Here it is. I put a little red ginger on top. I also added pork miso soup from the side menu. It was steaming hot. The tension was at its peak at this moment.
“Itadakimasu!”
I lifted the rice with the meat on it with my chopsticks and blew. It’s not that hot, but I always do it at the first bite. I took a bite.
The taste of the meat is sweet and sour. It mixes with the rice and jumps into my mouth.
I chewed on the thin meat, tasted the rice, and poured the hot pork miso soup into my mouth as if I were chasing after it. It’s delicious. I knew it was good. It’s really delicious. I can’t stop. I wish this time could go on forever. The rice soaked in the sauce, the sweet onions intertwined with the flavor of the meat, dyed my brain with happiness.
A beef bowl wonderland is opening in my mouth. Inside, balloons with the word “meat” written on them were flying around, and the mascot character, Donburi-kun, was waving his hand.
I was so impressed that I gobbled down my beef bowl.
Of course, I wouldn’t eat like this at home. If I did, my whole family would be upset with me. But this must be the right way to eat the beef bowl.
“You really look like you’re enjoying it, don’t you, Sachyun ?”
I nodded my head after gulping it down with a smile. I drank more warm tea.
“Because it’s delicious!”
“No, it’s delicious, but ……”
“Seeing Sachyun eating a beef bowl makes me happy.”
“The picture is not a good one, though.”
“You have grains of rice around your mouth, Sachyun .”
Everyone laughed, and I laughed along with them.
＊
On the way home after a day of fun and games, I took the train as I had done on the way there. I declined Goliath’s offer to give me a ride home and left early because it was far away. I rather like trains.
There was one change of trains on the way. I walked out of the ticket gate and got off at a station I don’t usually get off at, and looked around the miscellaneous stores in front of the station.
One of my hobbies is exploring unfamiliar towns.
There is a drugstore. There’s a dumpling shop. Oh, there’s also a shopping street.
I wanted to take my time and walk around, but it was late today. Next time. I’ll definitely come back next time.
I heard a voice in the passage to the station as I glanced around impatiently.
“Tofu~ freshly made tofu~”
Pa~pu~~. There was also the sound of a small foghorn.
When I looked, I saw a man pulling a cart and selling tofu. I don’t see many of these in my neighborhood. I gazed at him curiously.
Hmm?
He’s wearing a scarf, but that tofu vendor looks familiar.
Isn’t that the school’s idol, Sakura Souji?
I thought I was looking at the wrong guy, so I stared at him a few times, but he still looked like Sakura Souji. I can only see him as Sakura Souji.
“Tofu~ Delicious tofu~”
Pa~pu~.
However, I decided to treat it as a different person who looked very similar to him, because there was no way it could be. There is none. Sakura Souji doesn’t sell tofu. That guy probably only sells caviar or something.
“Sachyun! Here, here!”
It’s spring break, and I’m enjoying a brief respite. I love vacations. Today, I was visiting my friends in the city where I used to live.
“Maho, Ryun-Ryun! Goliath! Long time no see, everyone! Hey, where’s Pocho?”
“Pocho can’t come today. She was hoping to see Sachyun.”
“Oh, that’s too bad. Tell her I said hi.”
“You’re as cute as ever, Sachyun!”
“Really? Even now?”
I made a freaky face and everyone laughed. Oh, I feel at ease.
“You’re still the same inside. You said you couldn’t make friends before, but did you make any lately?”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Instant answer!”
“I wonder why when Sachyun is such a funny kid.”
When I said, “They’re using honorifics,” everyone nodded and said, “Oh, yeah”.
“I understand. Sachyun has become more mature lately, and I might have a hard time talking to her if I hadn’t been with her since I was a kid.”
“Why?”
“Because you seem like a noble!”
“Even this?”
When I put on a funny face plus some weird movements, this time they didn’t laugh at me and chided me to stop because I was outside. I used to joke around with them, but they’ve all grown up a bit.
“You’re a good kid, you’ll make friends eventually.”
“Thank you. But the other day, I played with a strange boy playing rare animals.”
“Eh? – Playing with rare animals? What’s that?”
When everyone was puzzled, I went into rare animal mode and made a low voice.
“Humans…you look energetic …… I can’t…eat…flowers.”
“Oh, oo…… Sachyun…… you…… Flower, eat…… can’t eat…… human.”
That’s my friends. They instantly understood and returned with a rare monster of their own. However, since everyone was now a monster in an uncharted land, there was no one to play the role of the discoverer.
We went to Goliath’s house, the closest one to the station, opened the snacks we had bought, and let the conversation resume.
“Sachyun, couldn’t you make friends with that Monster Hunter guy? I don’t think you can play with them like that unless you’re pretty close. ……”
“That’s because I don’t even know his face or name.”
“You played a monster with someone whose name and face you don’t know? How is that?”
“It’s the other side that made the first move.”
As I answered, I thought about it for a moment. I thought he was playing a joke on me when I was embarrassed to be heard talking to myself. But now that I think about it, I can see that he wasn’t trying to play with a monster.
In the first place, I was under a lot of stress at that time, and I just wanted to joke around. Maybe that’s why I felt that way. But even after that, he kept responding to me. Even if he wasn’t, he was a nice guy.
” Why can’t you recognize the face, even if you don’t know the name?”
I was told by Maho, who was a solid person, and I told her the story of how I got to that point. Everyone listened to me with a squeal of laughter.
“I see, so that’s how it is.”
“Why didn’t he come to Sachyun, after you talked?”
“I don’t know. But I didn’t want him to see my face either, so it was perfect.”
“Why?”
“A lot of people don’t talk to me normally when they see my face. ……”
At the very least, I’m aware that I don’t have the face to be able to casually play monster with. That’s why I ended up leaving the second library that day without saying goodbye or even meeting him.
“Hmm, I see. I guess Sachyun is already that kind of character in high school. ……”
“Unfortunately.”
“Did you look for him later?”
“There are so many classes at our school, and since we met in the second library, there’s a possibility that he’s from another grade…… There are too many. It’s impossible when all I know is his voice.”
In addition, I’m the type of person who watches anime without noticing when the voice actor changes midway through the show, so I don’t think it’s possible to narrow it down by voice. If the voices are similar, they all sound the same.
“I see. ……”
“Hey, what do you think of co-ed schools, Sachyun? Has anyone confessed to you?”
“Yes, they did. A lot of weirdos.”
“Well, there are no good men who come to a girl just because she has a pretty face. It’s a good thing you turned them down, Sachyun .”
Ryun-Ryun nodded with an aged tone.
“Do you know anyone cool and popular?”
They’ve been in the same school for a long time and it hasn’t changed much. It’s an all-girls school that has been around since kindergarten, so everyone wants to hear what I have to say.
When asked who was popular, Sakura Souji popped into my head.
“Well, there’s a guy in my grade who looks like a great nobleman.”
“What kind of person is that?”
“He’s very popular, and he’s always surrounded by girls, but he doesn’t date or befriend anyone. It’s amazing. He just nods or replies and they make a big deal about it.”
Everyone else started to yap and squeal.
“What is he like? Who’s the celebrity equivalent?”
“Hmmm…I don’t know about celebrities, but …… everyone says he looks like Shirou Amakusa.”
“Have you ever seen Shirou Amakusa’s face!”
(TN: Shiro Amakusa is a historical figure)
“I don’t think that’s it …… it’s the …… image?”
“Is Saichun a fan too?”
“No, I am not. People like that have fun watching it with their friends and making noise….. I don’t have any friends, so I can’t even be a fan”
“If you don’t have any friends, you can’t even say “Kyaa!” about boys. …… Poor Sachyun.”
“That’s not the point, is it? He’s a human being, right? You can talk to him like a normal person. ……”
“Human…… want to eat.”
When Ryun-Ryun remembered, she muttered and laughed, so everyone turned into monsters again and chatted in broken language for a while.
I looked at the clock on the wall and Ryun-Ryun looked at me and said,
“It’s almost lunchtime. Should we go soon? For a beef bowl.?”
“Beef bowl! Are you sure?”
“Well, since Sachyun is coming, everyone was planning to go!”
“I’ll never forget how she cried the first time we went.”
“She cried saying it was delicious.”
“I haven’t forgotten the excitement of that moment either!”
It was forbidden by the school to go into restaurants with just the students. So when I said I wanted to go there at the time, everyone fussed that I had become a delinquent. Now, although Goliath’s house driver accompanies us, he smilingly accompanies us.
The driver is so quiet that I’ve never heard him talk, so I don’t mind if he’s there.
We all got up and walked out the front door. We slid into the expensive car of Goliath’s house.
“I wonder if I can get in without a reservation. ……”
“Goliath, probably, you can’t make a reservation at a beef bowl restaurant. ……”
We entered the restaurant, sat down at a table together, and ordered. Within five minutes, a bowl of the hot beef bowl was sitting in front of us. Here it is. I put a little red ginger on top. I also added pork miso soup from the side menu. It was steaming hot. The tension was at its peak at this moment.
“Itadakimasu!”
I lifted the rice with the meat on it with my chopsticks and blew. It’s not that hot, but I always do it at the first bite. I took a bite.
The taste of the meat is sweet and sour. It mixes with the rice and jumps into my mouth.
I chewed on the thin meat, tasted the rice, and poured the hot pork miso soup into my mouth as if I were chasing after it. It’s delicious. I knew it was good. It’s really delicious. I can’t stop. I wish this time could go on forever. The rice soaked in the sauce, the sweet onions intertwined with the flavor of the meat, dyed my brain with happiness.
A beef bowl wonderland is opening in my mouth. Inside, balloons with the word “meat” written on them were flying around, and the mascot character, Donburi-kun, was waving his hand.
I was so impressed that I gobbled down my beef bowl.
Of course, I wouldn’t eat like this at home. If I did, my whole family would be upset with me. But this must be the right way to eat the beef bowl.
“You really look like you’re enjoying it, don’t you, Sachyun ?”
I nodded my head after gulping it down with a smile. I drank more warm tea.
“Because it’s delicious!”
“No, it’s delicious, but ……”
“Seeing Sachyun eating a beef bowl makes me happy.”
“The picture is not a good one, though.”
“You have grains of rice around your mouth, Sachyun .”
Everyone laughed, and I laughed along with them.
＊
On the way home after a day of fun and games, I took the train as I had done on the way there. I declined Goliath’s offer to give me a ride home and left early because it was far away. I rather like trains.
There was one change of trains on the way. I walked out of the ticket gate and got off at a station I don’t usually get off at, and looked around the miscellaneous stores in front of the station.
One of my hobbies is exploring unfamiliar towns.
There is a drugstore. There’s a dumpling shop. Oh, there’s also a shopping street.
I wanted to take my time and walk around, but it was late today. Next time. I’ll definitely come back next time.
I heard a voice in the passage to the station as I glanced around impatiently.
“Tofu~ freshly made tofu~”
Pa~pu~~. There was also the sound of a small foghorn.
When I looked, I saw a man pulling a cart and selling tofu. I don’t see many of these in my neighborhood. I gazed at him curiously.
Hmm?
He’s wearing a scarf, but that tofu vendor looks familiar.
Isn’t that the school’s idol, Sakura Souji?
I thought I was looking at the wrong guy, so I stared at him a few times, but he still looked like Sakura Souji. I can only see him as Sakura Souji.
“Tofu~ Delicious tofu~”
Pa~pu~.
However, I decided to treat it as a different person who looked very similar to him, because there was no way it could be. There is none. Sakura Souji doesn’t sell tofu. That guy probably only sells caviar or something.
