Part 3[แก้ไข]
"---This place is very beautiful, there isn't anywhere in my home that was like here."
Both of them had already strolled around casually for a few hours, the time now was about one hour after high noon.
Asuka sat near a dragon monument carving in the center of the red-windowed corridors that were festooned with red bricks and carved glass.
She wasn't feeling tired, she just wanted to relax and have a good look at the town's appearance.
In contrast, Izayoi was studying the huge emerald-colored glass that was carved to look like a monument of a dragon. He gazed at the monument, sighed while lifting his head and softly spoke:
"Whoa.....This is the first time I've seen such a huge tektite crystal."
"Tektite crystal? It's not glass?"
"Nope, tektite is a type of naturally formed glass, it is a rare mineral that is created with the energy and heat of a meteorite impact. The most famous is Germany's Nordlinger Ries meteorite."
"Germany's....Meteorite? But would there be any meteorite that would fall into the Little Garden?"
"Un, I'm also quite doubtful about this. The colors on it seems to represent the Moldavite crystal....Eh?"
Izayoi stopped his movement, he then set his sights on the billboard that showed the community that displayed the monument, what was written on it was----
"Display by Community [Salamandra]"
Title : Spirit-made tektite carving of the first community's first leader, [Sekairyuuou] Sama.
Creator : Sala
This kind of writing. After a moment of silence, Izayoi appeared to doubt his own eyes as he looked at the billboard once more.
"Spirit-made.....Hey, does that means that this is man-made tektite?"
"Wasn't it supposed to be naturally formed?"
"Yeah. But the creator technically isn't human... Eh, the creator's name is Sala, wow, this is starting to get interesting. If I remember correctly, Chibi-chan actually knows this person, if there is a chance, I would like to meet her."
Staring at the billboard, Izayoi started smiling, harboring evil intentions.
Asuka shot a view at Izayoi's face, she then abruptly asked:
"I've been wondering for quite a while...Why is Izayoi-kun so knowledgeable?"
"Not at all. You should say that I'm filled with trivia instead of being knowledgeable.....Whoa? There are walking candlesticks over there!"
After noticing the two-legged walking candlestick, Izayoi abandoned Asuka, agilely running away.
Asuka hurriedly followed. The walking candlesticks were actually art exhibits, there was a billboard with the name [Will-O'-Wisp] hanging around their neck(?).
"If there are walking candlestick and the flying lantern.....Then where is the pumpkin monster? I heard it comes out during the hallo something, have you heard of it before, Izayoi-kun?"
"Ah?"
Hearing Asuka's abrupt speech, Izayoi stopped his movement while widening his eyes.
"Oi oi, Ojou-sama you don't know too many things already. Are you referring to the Jack O' Lantern? We are already this modernised, at least even you had heard of Halloween this------Ahhhh, that's right~ Ojou-sama you were living in the period after the war right?"
Izayoi turned his upper body and asked.
Halloween was only well-known in Japan during the 1990s. Even if it was a bit earlier, it would only be known after the 1980s. That's why Asuka, who lived shortly after the war, was not too knowledgeable about this.
To Asuka, Izayoi was from the future. As foreign relations established in Japan, the knowledge about current things were quite abundant, and Izayoi just happened to have obtained all the knowledge, therefore, in Asuka's eyes, he was a very knowledgeable person.
Asuka speculated the situation by looking at Izayoi's eyes.
"Is that so.......In the period where Izayoi-kun lived, Halloween was no longer an unusual thing?"
"Thats right, does Ojou-sama like the activities related to Halloween as well?"
"I don't particularly like it, it is just that I've heard of it when I was young....I thought it was a very wonderful event."
Asuka looked at the sky, reminiscing about her past.
She formed a self-deprecating smile.
"From where I was living, it was very boring. Even though the [Financial group Ojou-sama] sounds a bit almighty.... However, the most important people, my parents, were already gone. In addition, I had the power to control people, that's why I had to attend a boarding school, isolated from the human society."
".....Oh? That doesn't really suit your style, didn't you ever think of running away?"
"Yes, you are absolutely right! If I had not received the invitational letter, I was planning to slip away when we were going to my grandparent's house. The destination was......right, in order to celebrate the end of the war, I was going to try and experience Halloween."
Standing at the center of the corridor, Asuka let out a funny smile. But Izayoi could feel emotions similar to sadness coming from her eyes.
In her boring and dull life that was spent being caged, she should hide her strong vision about the outside world as well as the culture.
"[Trick or Treat!] ---Don't you think these words are quite cute and wonderful? I also want to dress up as a ghost and take candy from adults carrying bitter expressions."
"Do we need to wear a big pumpkin over our heads as well?"
"Yes! Ahhhhh, right, wouldn't it be suitable if I dressed up as a witch?