episode_0217

“What, what! Where are you all going!”

Rain came to our room early one weekend morning and shouted.

She seemed to have just finished a quick wash and brushed her teeth, but she was still wearing her pajamas.

I vividly remember her opening her eyes and running over to play with us.

If things were as usual, Shine and I would have been wearing pajamas just like her.

But now, Amy has finished setting up the going out set-up.

A pretty black one-piece dress, a sparkly hair clip, and pure white socks that slightly cover her thighs.

Anyone who saw it would see that he was ready to go out somewhere.

“Didn’t you know?”

“We decided to go out and play.”

Rain frowned at Shine and my words.

It seemed like he didn’t hear the conversation in the office because he was asleep.

“Okay, wait a minute! I’ll get ready and come too!”

Lane screamed and slammed the door, disappearing.

Amy, who was getting ready with simple makeup on, let out a small smile at the sight of Rain.

After finishing all the preparations, we went out into the hallway and headed to Rain’s quarters.

Her room was tightly shut, but the chick-shaped sign hanging in front of the door swayed slightly.

dripping-

“Rain~”

I knocked on the door and called out to Rain.

Then, a thumping sound was heard from inside, and a nicely dressed Rain appeared.

A short skirt with a wide cardigan draped over it.

A light beige cardigan accentuated her hair.

“Oh, how is it?”

Rain spun around in place, feeling a little embarrassed.

I stood a little distance away and admired Rain’s appearance.

It suits you well.

The feel of the clothes made her look a little more mature.

“Yeah. It suits you well.”

Rain ran into the room, delighted at my answer.

Then, he came with a baby bag on his back.

Her outfit, which was supposed to give off an adult vibe, ended up making her look like a child because of the baby bag she was carrying on her back.

Lane said with a blush.

“Let’s go!”

“But do you know where you’re going?”

“I don’t know!”

Rain seemed to be getting ready to go out without even knowing where he was going.

Rain, full of anticipation, stomped his feet and approached Amy.

The time now is 8 o’clock in the morning.

It was time to eat breakfast.

“Shall we eat out today?”

Amy checked the time on her phone and said, “Rain nodded and answered.

“Yeah! Yeah! Let’s eat outside!”

“What about Shine and Jeff?”

Shine and I also shared the same thoughts as Rain.

I didn’t want to put grass-filled food in my mouth from the morning.

Amy patted Shine and me on the head and walked ahead.

The event was supposed to start at 2pm, but seeing as she was ready so early in the morning, it seemed like Amy had planned this from the beginning.

Me, Shine, and Rain often followed Amy at a brisk pace.

The place she was headed to was the warp point we always used to go to school.

Once there, Amy took out her cell phone and started calling Jin.

Looking at the conversation, it seemed like the call between the two would be a bit long.

I sat on a small bench nearby.

Then Shine and Rain followed me and sat down next to me.

“Hey. Where are we going?”

In response to Rain’s question, I took out my phone and showed him information about the upcoming anime event.

A huge event that starts at 2pm and ends at 1am.

At the end, they said they would set off numerous fireworks to decorate the night sky.

It seemed that Lucy’s magic circle shaped fireworks were also on the list of fireworks.

“Oh…”

Rain’s eyes lit up with interest.

“Rain, have you ever been here?”

“Yeah. No. I’ve been busy with work so I haven’t been able to go to places like that.”

After answering my question, Lane took out his cell phone and started searching for more information.

Like Rain, I too started searching to get more information.

It didn’t seem to be a place where people who simply liked animation gathered.

There seem to be various cosplay teams, photo teams, and people selling goods they made themselves.

I thought it was a place that sold goods made by the official company, but it didn’t seem to be like that at all.

“Guys~”

While we were looking for various information, Amy called us.

Shine, Rain, and I jumped down from our chairs at the same time.

The sound of footsteps overlapped as if they were hitting each other in unison.

We ran to Amy and clung to her legs.

“Are you going now?”

“Are you going now?”

After Amy answered yes, a moment passed and a large warp appeared before our eyes.

Where is this going?

As I was watching the warp shaking uneasily, Rain ran forward.

“I’ll go first!”

Dadadat- The little chick ran forward and disappeared into the warp.

Amy let out a small sigh at the sight of Rain like that, then grabbed Shine and my hands and headed towards Warp.

The surrounding scenery changed in an instant, with a slight dizziness.

I immediately opened my eyes wide and looked around.

The strong smell of cigarettes, coffee, and newspaper ink.

An old table and a newspaper on it.

Even the documents scattered on the desk.

It was a room that looked like a well-decorated office.

“Here…”

“Don’t worry. This is our people’s building.”

Amy said, placing her hand on my head, which was very tense.

Only then did I relax.

It seemed like I was the only one frozen solid.

Rain and Shine were already wandering around the office.

Like looking through newspapers or digging through mountains of documents.

“Both of you, don’t be dizzy and come here.”

“Yeah.”

Rain and Shine immediately stopped moving and ran towards Amy’s words.

She looked down at us standing in front of her, took a small bracelet out of her pocket and handed it out to us.

I knew what this was.

It was that bracelet that blurred my impression and changed my hair color.

We put the bracelet on right away without even saying anything.

“Oh, nothing has changed?”

I said, waving my braceleted hand.

Even though I put on the bracelet and turned it on, nothing changed.

It means that Rain and Shine looked the same as before.

If it were the past, the moment the device was activated, the two people’s expressions would have blurred and their hair color would have changed.

“Jeff, would you like to take off your bracelet?”

“Oops.”

I took off the bracelet I was wearing at Amy’s words.

Then, the hair colors of Rain and Shine, who were standing next to me, changed in an instant.

The impression was also blurry, and if I didn’t focus and look at it, it seemed like it would be erased from my mind right away.

“The functionality has been upgraded compared to before, so if you wear the same bracelet, it will still look like the original.”

I put the bracelet back on my arm, impressed by Amy’s words.

Then Shine and Rain returned.

As we played around with our bracelets on and off, Amy took a fancy pair of sunglasses out of her pocket and put them on.

“Is everyone ready?”

“Yes!”

“Yeah!”

After hearing our answers, Amy left the office.

I followed her through the wide-open door, revealing a narrow, old hallway.

Amy walked down the stairs with a familiar expression, as if she had been here several times before.

“Oh…”

I came down the stairs and stood in front of the entrance of the building, looking around with my mouth open.

Cars whizzing by and crowds of people.

And the stale, stuffy air that wafts in.

Everything was familiar.

It came up faintly from what was buried deep down there.

I know this street.

Amy stood a little ahead of us and looked around.

She was wearing sunglasses so I couldn’t really see where she was looking.

Her long coat sways slowly against her pink hair.

The gently blowing wind carried a cloudy air, but I felt rather comfortable.

“Okay. Ladies? What do you want for breakfast?”

Amy, who had been looking around, turned around and spoke to us.

Rain opened his mouth to answer, but my words were faster.

“Donkas!”

Tonkatsu in the morning? I’m really looking forward to it.

I licked my lips and walked out of the building with bouncy steps.

“Really? Do you want to eat tonkatsu?”

“Yes!”

Amy held me in her arms and took out her phone and started searching for a tonkatsu place.

Rankings based on highest ratings in each of the 5 districts.

I noticed the familiar store name on my phone screen and reached out to touch the screen.

The rainbow bridge of the pygmies.

The store name was a bit unusual.

Amy seemed surprised by my sudden behavior, but didn’t say anything.

“Do you think this would be good?”

“Yes.”

Amy activated the navigation function on my phone.

Then, the fastest way to the Pygmy Cloud Bridge was marked with a red line on the screen.

I immediately got down from Amy’s arms and grabbed Shine’s hand.

“Hmm… The distance isn’t that far, and the interior is clean, so it’s okay.”

So our destination was decided.

Shine came closer to me and whispered in my ear.

“Donkatsu again?”

“Yeah. It’s delicious.”

“It’s delicious, but don’t you want to eat something else sometimes?”

I shook my head at Shine’s words.

“I like tonkatsu the best.”

I nodded to my words.

The pork cutlet, which was reasonably priced and had a large portion, was the best food I could think of.

While heading to the tonkatsu restaurant, Rain was really busy running around here and there.

What are you so curious about? Hodadak. His short legs moved diligently.

We followed the directions on our cell phones and arrived at our destination, the tonkatsu restaurant Pygmy’s Rainbow Bridge.

As I stared blankly up at the store door, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was familiar.

I was used to it.

Even inside the store, when ordering.

Even when the pork cutlet appeared in front of me.

I felt familiar.

The taste of tonkatsu was also familiar.

Roll your tongue over the crispy, crumbly batter in your mouth.

A rough texture.

it’s good.

At some point, Shine seemed to notice that I was strange and started staring at me without saying anything.

Even while eating, he never took his eyes off me for a single moment.

I felt a little uncomfortable with her gaze, so I avoided eye contact, and she placed her hand on my thigh.

“Jeff.”

“Oh. Yeah.”

“You’re not thinking anything strange, are you?”

Instead of answering, I put a piece of tonkatsu in my mouth.

He moves his mouth diligently, mumbling and mumbling.

What a strange thought.

I didn’t do that.

It was just a little strange because I was used to it.

“Yeah.”

Shine narrowed her eyes at my answer, which omitted many words.

After such a somewhat stuffy meal, Amy came out of the restaurant and said.

“Now that we’ve eaten, shall we go to the event venue?”

I just blinked at her words.

The event was scheduled to start at 2pm.

I checked the time on my phone and it wasn’t even 10 AM yet.

“Amy. Isn’t there still a long way to go until the event starts?”

Amy gave me a small smile at my words and patted my head.

Swish swish – A large hand covers the head.

“You’ll know when you go.”

I kept my mouth shut at her words and followed her.

Amy followed me, Shine, and Rain’s footsteps into the downtown area.

The more you walk, the more people you see.

Tall buildings filled the surrounding area, and billboards everywhere were filled with eye-catching advertisements.

After walking for a long time, we arrived at the event venue and found an endless line of people.

It was still morning, but there were a lot of people.

As I stood there with my mouth open, overwhelmed by the crowd of people, Amy looked at me and said,

“What should I do? Jeff. The line is too long. I can’t buy Lucy’s witch costume set. ”

“Oh, no! Surely not all of those people came here to buy Lucy’s witch costume!”

I answered Amy’s words with a trembling voice.

I was nervous. What if the witch costume set really sold out like she said?

I was complacent. It was my first time participating in an event like this, so I ended up underestimating other people’s fandom.

I stood with my feet on the ground, looking toward the front of the line.

“Huh…”

The seemingly endless line continued into a large building.

I made a sad face.

With so many people in front of me, I really didn’t think I could afford a witch costume set.

As I squatted on the floor with my head down, Amy burst into laughter at the sight of me.

“Ahaha. Jeff?”

“Huh?”

“Come here.”

I turned my head away from Amy’s words.

It was an action that came out of a feeling of not being in a good mood.

But at the same time, I regretted it.

It wasn’t Amy’s fault, it was my fault for being late.

It was a mistake to not rush things.

I got up from my seat with a sad face.

“Hurry up.”

Amy urged me again.

I approached Amy, tapping the floor with the front of my shoes as if I had no other choice.

She came close to me, hugged me in an instant, and started walking forward.

Ignoring the lines.

“Huh? Huh?”

As I was just gaping in surprise, Amy said,

“Jeff, it’s okay if you don’t stand in line.”

It didn’t take long to understand what she meant.

Amy, who held me in her arms, and Rain and Shine, who followed her, were able to enter the venue without any hindrance.

“Oh, how did you do it?”

When I asked in surprise, Amy smiled strangely and pointed to the poster at the event venue.

There were signs with the logos of the companies that sponsored the event, and I was able to spot a familiar pattern among them.

The silver lion.

The ferocious beast had its mouth open and its eyes were blazing.