6
There was a crevice running through the skinny rocky mountain.Orange lights spilled out from that crevice.
It was the cave of the Mummy’s race.
About thirty Mummies, men and women, lived in the back.
They were all wearing the same bandages.Only their eyes and mouths were free from bandages. Still, it was easy to distinguish between men and women.
The one with the ample bosom protruding out are the female mummies.
The wedding ceremony had just ended. The bride and groom were nowhere to be seen. They must have moved to another cave nearby.
Mimia had just talked about the Deferente she happens to come across in the daytime.
[That story is made up, isn’t it?]
The older womens laughed and chided her.
The mummies are frowned upon by humans, who call them dirty, tell them to stay away from them, and hurl insults at them.
Those who have treated them kindly are almost non-existent.
[I don’t know anyone who will ask to be bandaged.Maybe you’re freezing in the rain and hallucinating.]
Mimia shook his head.
That man was not a hallucination.
The young deferente had grabbed her hand and pulled her under the tree. The warmth of his hand was not an illusion.
It was an unexpected kindness.
The knight had told her to leave.
It happens all the time. I guess he didn’t want to stay in the rain with the mummies. But when I was about to go back out into the rain, he stopped me. He had negotiated with the knight to let me stay in the rain
.
I was really happy because I had been running in the rain for a long time and was soaking wet.And that was the only place I could take shelter from the rain in that area. ……
In addition, he took care of me and talked to me a lot. He even complimented me on my bandages. I was embarrassed, but I was happy.Since most humans think their bandages are dirty……
Mimia imagined the figure of that Deferente.
The eyes were clear. It was not the face of someone who had not studied. What did he do in the other world?
Royalty?I don’t know.Most of the royalty in the Kingdom of Hybride are elves. The key positions in the Spiritual Church are occupied by humans, though……
Mimir wondered if the man had already arrived at Mora’s village. Would he be in the middle of a feast right now?
But the people in the village have been uptight lately – especially against people coming from Solm Castle, so they might not be very welcoming.Maybe they haven’t received a warm welcome.I hope they haven’t been badly told that he’ve been kind to myself …….
[It’s a bad joke by Deferente to put on a bandage, isn’t it?]
Said an older mummy woman.
[He isn’t that kind of person]
[It’s a bad joke.As if he could be serious]
[That’s right. Everyone says they’re dirty and they don’t want to wear bandages. Well, they don’t know that our bandages are the best.They are strong, they don’t get hurt, and they don’t get sick.]
[Well,it can’t be helped since humans think of us as similar to insects afterall.when those half hearted people find those below them,they just make fun of them.]
Mimia was silent.
That human is a kind person.He wouldn’t make fun of myself.
Deferente are from a different world, so he definitely saw things differently than the people of this world.
[Would you like to see the situation in the village?]
One of them suggested it mischievously.
[Are you insane? The people in the village think we are colluding with vampires.]
[We’re just going and coming back. It’s nothing.]
[If they find you, they’ll kill you. I’m not going.]
The other mummy women agreed with the voice of one of them.Before long, the women dispersed.
Mimia was left alone.
The lights went out. She lay down on the bed she had made by spreading grass on the ground.
But——-sleep didn’t come.
Her companion seems to be asleep already.
She wondered if that person was asleep, too.Has he been put on night watch? Maybe he’s thirsty. ….
Suddenly, Mimia stood up.
She tilted the alcohol barrel into her pottery cup.
A little came out.
She took the bandages with her and left the cave.
She walked straight into the woods. The stars were shining brightly in the sky.
Mimia began to walk briskly through the night.
7
The fort was just in a name, it was like a lookout base.
A stone wall stretched for tens of meters, with a watchtower in the middle of it. That was Mora’s fort which looked nothing more than a hut.
It might be useful to avoid a few arrows, but in a full-scale battle, the wall would be easily breached. There were some small stones scattered near the hut.
The person in charge of the fort was a middle-aged man named Luke.
[You guys keep a close watch. We’ll be sleeping.]
With that, he and another soldier named Gurna went to bed.
Hiroto and Souichiro went outside.
There are huge number of stars shining in the dark blue night sky.
Night sky is brimming with stars.
For a moment, Hiroto and his friend were fascinated by the number of stars.And then,
[Do we really stand out?]
They looked at each other’s shirts.
[It’s a good target.]
It was Souichiro who answered.
They both put on crude coats made from animal skin.
They were asked to keep looking out but there wasn’t anything to do.
It was a strange sensation.
In the daytime, at the clubhouse of Doshinen High School, he was talking to Soichiro while being sick of the heat, but before he knew it, he was in a different world. And now he is made to look out at night.
It’s somehow strange but interesting.
He had the same feeling when he first traveled to Thailand in Elementary school.After a six-hour plane ride, he found himself in a world different from Japan.
The signs were written in unfamiliar Thai characters, and the language spoken was Thai. The temperature and ethnicity were also different.
He remembered being confused and excited.
(But perhaps now he was more shocked then on Thailand trip)
Skeleton knight walking on a town.
Then the Mummy race filled with bandages.
He wondered if that mummy girl had made it home yet.
He wonders if the bandages have dried up yet.
When he saw her for the first time, he felt sorry for the mummy girl who looked so sad when Soichirou screamed.
Afterwards, he noticed that she had large breasts but ――.
(He wondered if he could get to see her at least one more time while he is in Moras?)
Suddenly They both turned their heads in the direction of the horizon when they heard the eerie sound of a beast in the distance.
[What is it?]
Souichiro was frightened.
[Isn’t it a plane?]
[There’s no such thing here.]
Souichiro snapped at him.
Hiroto just smiled.
He tried to make him relax, but he caught on.
[We have come to a terrible place, haven’t we?]
[It’s your fault. It’s your fault you made that deal.]
Souichiro snapped at him again.
[But if you complete your mission, you’ll get to meet the Archbishop.]
[Can you complete it? how do you plan to catch the vampire?]
[By asking for a favour like please get caught?]
[Don’t talk]
Souichiro shakes his head.
After that The two men fell silent. Hiroto looked up at the night sky again. He could hear the sound of someone fiddling with their smartphone next to him.
[As expected, it’s not connecting.]
Souichiro raised a helpless voice.
[Dammit……..why did it have to be like that..]
He held his head and grumbled.
He must be frustrated. He must be feeling responsible.
That’s why he hit Hiroto.
They came to another world when he touched a piece of parchment that souichiro had bought.
Souichiro must have been thinking that he is the one who caused all this.
Was that parchment a door to another world? Or was it a tool to summon Deferente?
Perhaps it was the latter.The map had HYBRIDE written on it. It must have been a map of this country on it.
As a result, the two of them are in a different world from the one they came from and there was no way back.But Hiroto wasn’t not feeling despair.
On the contrary, a corner of his mind whispered to him, “This is a good chance”.
This is the beginning of a fun and adventurous experience.
Thailand and Iceland are different world but could they be in more different world than this?
[I wonder if my parents reported it to the police….]
Souichiro muttered.
[Yours parent might have]
[You are lucky since your parents are abroad,in Iceland.]
Hiroto’s parents are staying in Iceland.Both husband and wife are studying volcanoes together.They don’t know about Hiroto, and they’re probably not worried about him.
His little sister – she’s not worried about him either.
6
There was a crevice running through the skinny rocky mountain.Orange lights spilled out from that crevice.
It was the cave of the Mummy’s race.
About thirty Mummies, men and women, lived in the back.
They were all wearing the same bandages.Only their eyes and mouths were free from bandages. Still, it was easy to distinguish between men and women.
The one with the ample bosom protruding out are the female mummies.
The wedding ceremony had just ended. The bride and groom were nowhere to be seen. They must have moved to another cave nearby.
Mimia had just talked about the Deferente she happens to come across in the daytime.
[That story is made up, isn’t it?]
The older womens laughed and chided her.
The mummies are frowned upon by humans, who call them dirty, tell them to stay away from them, and hurl insults at them.
Those who have treated them kindly are almost non-existent.
[I don’t know anyone who will ask to be bandaged.Maybe you’re freezing in the rain and hallucinating.]
Mimia shook his head.
That man was not a hallucination.
The young deferente had grabbed her hand and pulled her under the tree. The warmth of his hand was not an illusion.
It was an unexpected kindness.
The knight had told her to leave.
It happens all the time. I guess he didn’t want to stay in the rain with the mummies. But when I was about to go back out into the rain, he stopped me. He had negotiated with the knight to let me stay in the rain
.
I was really happy because I had been running in the rain for a long time and was soaking wet.And that was the only place I could take shelter from the rain in that area. ……
In addition, he took care of me and talked to me a lot. He even complimented me on my bandages. I was embarrassed, but I was happy.Since most humans think their bandages are dirty……
Mimia imagined the figure of that Deferente.
The eyes were clear. It was not the face of someone who had not studied. What did he do in the other world?
Royalty?I don’t know.Most of the royalty in the Kingdom of Hybride are elves. The key positions in the Spiritual Church are occupied by humans, though……
Mimir wondered if the man had already arrived at Mora’s village. Would he be in the middle of a feast right now?
But the people in the village have been uptight lately – especially against people coming from Solm Castle, so they might not be very welcoming.Maybe they haven’t received a warm welcome.I hope they haven’t been badly told that he’ve been kind to myself …….
[It’s a bad joke by Deferente to put on a bandage, isn’t it?]
Said an older mummy woman.
[He isn’t that kind of person]
[It’s a bad joke.As if he could be serious]
[That’s right. Everyone says they’re dirty and they don’t want to wear bandages. Well, they don’t know that our bandages are the best.They are strong, they don’t get hurt, and they don’t get sick.]
[Well,it can’t be helped since humans think of us as similar to insects afterall.when those half hearted people find those below them,they just make fun of them.]
Mimia was silent.
That human is a kind person.He wouldn’t make fun of myself.
Deferente are from a different world, so he definitely saw things differently than the people of this world.
[Would you like to see the situation in the village?]
One of them suggested it mischievously.
[Are you insane? The people in the village think we are colluding with vampires.]
[We’re just going and coming back. It’s nothing.]
[If they find you, they’ll kill you. I’m not going.]
The other mummy women agreed with the voice of one of them.Before long, the women dispersed.
Mimia was left alone.
The lights went out. She lay down on the bed she had made by spreading grass on the ground.
But——-sleep didn’t come.
Her companion seems to be asleep already.
She wondered if that person was asleep, too.Has he been put on night watch? Maybe he’s thirsty. ….
Suddenly, Mimia stood up.
She tilted the alcohol barrel into her pottery cup.
A little came out.
She took the bandages with her and left the cave.
She walked straight into the woods. The stars were shining brightly in the sky.
Mimia began to walk briskly through the night.
7
The fort was just in a name, it was like a lookout base.
A stone wall stretched for tens of meters, with a watchtower in the middle of it. That was Mora’s fort which looked nothing more than a hut.
It might be useful to avoid a few arrows, but in a full-scale battle, the wall would be easily breached. There were some small stones scattered near the hut.
The person in charge of the fort was a middle-aged man named Luke.
[You guys keep a close watch. We’ll be sleeping.]
With that, he and another soldier named Gurna went to bed.
Hiroto and Souichiro went outside.
There are huge number of stars shining in the dark blue night sky.
Night sky is brimming with stars.
For a moment, Hiroto and his friend were fascinated by the number of stars.And then,
[Do we really stand out?]
They looked at each other’s shirts.
[It’s a good target.]
It was Souichiro who answered.
They both put on crude coats made from animal skin.
They were asked to keep looking out but there wasn’t anything to do.
It was a strange sensation.
In the daytime, at the clubhouse of Doshinen High School, he was talking to Soichiro while being sick of the heat, but before he knew it, he was in a different world. And now he is made to look out at night.
It’s somehow strange but interesting.
He had the same feeling when he first traveled to Thailand in Elementary school.After a six-hour plane ride, he found himself in a world different from Japan.
The signs were written in unfamiliar Thai characters, and the language spoken was Thai. The temperature and ethnicity were also different.
He remembered being confused and excited.
(But perhaps now he was more shocked then on Thailand trip)
Skeleton knight walking on a town.
Then the Mummy race filled with bandages.
He wondered if that mummy girl had made it home yet.
He wonders if the bandages have dried up yet.
When he saw her for the first time, he felt sorry for the mummy girl who looked so sad when Soichirou screamed.
Afterwards, he noticed that she had large breasts but ――.
(He wondered if he could get to see her at least one more time while he is in Moras?)
Suddenly They both turned their heads in the direction of the horizon when they heard the eerie sound of a beast in the distance.
[What is it?]
Souichiro was frightened.
[Isn’t it a plane?]
[There’s no such thing here.]
Souichiro snapped at him.
Hiroto just smiled.
He tried to make him relax, but he caught on.
[We have come to a terrible place, haven’t we?]
[It’s your fault. It’s your fault you made that deal.]
Souichiro snapped at him again.
[But if you complete your mission, you’ll get to meet the Archbishop.]
[Can you complete it? how do you plan to catch the vampire?]
[By asking for a favour like please get caught?]
[Don’t talk]
Souichiro shakes his head.
After that The two men fell silent. Hiroto looked up at the night sky again. He could hear the sound of someone fiddling with their smartphone next to him.
[As expected, it’s not connecting.]
Souichiro raised a helpless voice.
[Dammit……..why did it have to be like that..]
He held his head and grumbled.
He must be frustrated. He must be feeling responsible.
That’s why he hit Hiroto.
They came to another world when he touched a piece of parchment that souichiro had bought.
Souichiro must have been thinking that he is the one who caused all this.
Was that parchment a door to another world? Or was it a tool to summon Deferente?
Perhaps it was the latter.The map had HYBRIDE written on it. It must have been a map of this country on it.
As a result, the two of them are in a different world from the one they came from and there was no way back.But Hiroto wasn’t not feeling despair.
On the contrary, a corner of his mind whispered to him, “This is a good chance”.
This is the beginning of a fun and adventurous experience.
Thailand and Iceland are different world but could they be in more different world than this?
[I wonder if my parents reported it to the police….]
Souichiro muttered.
[Yours parent might have]
[You are lucky since your parents are abroad,in Iceland.]
Hiroto’s parents are staying in Iceland.Both husband and wife are studying volcanoes together.They don’t know about Hiroto, and they’re probably not worried about him.
His little sister – she’s not worried about him either.
