Chapter 297 Because I like him
April had ended, along with spring, and came May, with summer closing in. Today is the 2nd day of May.
“Yes, this is a letter. A, B, C. Let’s try reading them.”
“Eii, beee, shiii!”
Mine and Elsa were having a study session, teaching Hanna.
Jin, who was absent-mindedly listening to them while laying down, once again thought about how similar these world’s letters are to Earth’s ones.
(Well, there might also have been some other human who was summoned long ago from Earth.)
He won’t come up with an answer even if he pondered and so he recalled the conversation he had with Reinhart last night.
[Seems like the Serroa kingdom’s governing body started operating properly at last, as we were finally able to renew our passing license. It has been a while since I rode a carriage.]
“Glad to hear that.”
[Yeah. Beth and Dolly probably want to meet their family as well, after all.]
“You too, right?”
[Haha, yeah. We have been away from our motherland for more than a year now, so we all feel homesick.]
“Where are you staying tomorrow, again?”
[After departing from Forte in the morning, we will probably go to Bololon. Everyone has been waiting to resume the journey, so it’s pretty lively here.]
“A lot has happened over here too. I ended up receiving a village within Kurain kingdom’s borders as a leasehold land for the next 50 years.”
[Sounds fun.]
“Actually…”
And that was how their conversation went.
(Shouro empire, eh?… I do feel like going there.)
But seeing Hanna practicing letters with her utmost efforts, it was kind of hard for him to bring up the talk of going on a trip.
It seems Elsa felt something about that Jin.
After the study session had ended, Hanna and Elsa held hands and were on their way back. Along the way,
“Hanna-chan, what do you think about Jin-nii? You like him?”
“Yep, I like onii-chan!”
Elsa and Hanna were talking about Jin.
“Right? I like him too.”
“Yay!”
“Hanna-chan, what do you think about Jin-nii going out to travel?”
“Ehh, I don’t like it. I would feel lonely.”
The obvious response.
“Yep, it would get lonely, huh? But, what did you think about the three of us going out? Wasn’t it fun?”
“It was fun!”
Elsa nodded and patted Hanna’s head.
“Right? It was fun. And, so, Jin-nii has a place he wants to visit.”
“He does?”
Hanna stopped and looked up at Elsa’s face.
“Yes. Jin-nii has been looking forward to visiting this country called the Shouro empire.”
“…..”
Elsa squatted and looked up to Hanna’s face.
“If we like Jin-nii, let’s let him do what he wants, alright?”
But only silence came back. After a whole 3 minutes of them staying like that, Hanna finally opened her mouth.
“….Yes”
Elsa hugged Hanna.
“Such a good girl. You did good.”
Saying that, she stroked Hanna’s back.
“But, it will be fine. If it’s Jin-nii, he will come back time to time.”
“Yup… he will.”
Hanna said with wet eyes.