Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Misaki 38 EN

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Chapter 38: The day I went to summer festival. (2)

“Oh, so you wanna go there this time?”

“……Un.”

From goldfish scooping to the shooting booth, from quoits to bouncy ball scooping. After playing everything along the way, we walked around eating stuff bought from food stalls with Misaki still riding on my shoulder.

Misaki would look for the stall she’s interested in, then she’d tap tap me on my head, then point her finger in the direction of said stall. After I bought the stuff that Misaki pointed to, I’ll give it to Misaki above my head. Misaki would eat only half of the thing she receives, before tapping on my head again. We repeated this process for about an hour after that.

……Somehow, I feel like I’m just a super convenient handy man now.

But I don’t really mind. Well for example what if Misaki walks on the ground instead, when I think about Misaki pulling my hand from place to place like that…… Fu, that’s just the best isn’t it.

And if I can watch Misaki while she’s eating stuff too that’d be perfect, but that can’t be helped so I have to make do with just my imagination power.

Anyway, there’s a ton of people here. The place that the number of people is decreasing, it increases in the other area instead.

“Ah! I’ll have to take our place soon!”

I heard that voice from somewhere. While still wondering what’s this take our place thing meant, I also heard the word fireworks from time to time.

“Misaki, wanna go watch the fireworks?”

After a while, a kon sound rings once. Misaki tapped my head.

I nodded, and lightly stretch my body taller and look for the place faraway. And there in the place far away from the stalls area, I can see a crowd of people going in the same direction. That direction is the on the opposite side from the town, so maybe that’s the place to watch fireworks.

After walking through the path without stalls for a while, the number of people has gotten thinner. But since there’s still people behind and ahead of me, so this road should be the correct one.

Eventually we entered the forest. Although there’s no stair, but there’s a path that still continues on and clearly it’s man-made path. While I still don’t see our destination, but maybe if I climb up here there’ll be a suitable place to watch fireworks.

The number of people here are so few that maybe it’s okay to stop letting Misaki riding on my shoulder now, but if I were to force Misaki to climb this it’d be too cruel. With that in mind, I keep walking with her still on my shoulder just like that.

After walking for about ten minutes, I started hearing loud noises. From that point onward the slope became steep, and if I look up I can vaguely see the peak, and it’s even higher than the trees around this area.

I continues to climb with lights from the moon and stars lighting my path. It’s really not that big of a problem since my physical strength is stupidly high, but along the way I can see people resting on the road. As I thought letting Misaki riding me like this is the correct choice.

And so we’ve arrived at the destination, it was a wide open area.

It’s simply just a large area, but when compared to the area around the stalls there’s clearly fewer this people here. Of course that’s just in comparison, although the number of people here made it so that you can’t hardly have any footholds, but it doesn’t feels like it’s cramped.

“Misaki, we’ve arrived.”

“Fireworks?”

“Seems like it hasn’t started yet.”

“Start?”

“Yeah, I don’t know when it’ll though.”

“……Un?”

This reaction, it looks like she doesn’t understand anything about fireworks at all.

“Fireworks are…… like this, it kinda goes bang.”

“Bang?”

“Yeah, it’s big, and also shiny.”

While we’re talking, I suddenly remembered that Misaki’s still on my shoulder.

“Misaki, isn’t this about the time you get off?”

“……”

“Misaki?”

“……Un.”

Feels like she kinda don’t want too. Is it that she likes riding on my shoulder? But she hated it at first isn’t she…… I don’t really get it. Misaki’s heart is so complicated.

Anyway I crouch down, then sat on the ground and waited for a while, but Misaki won’t get off from my shoulder. This starry sky is so beautiful, so much so that I want to just like down and watch them but…… Well, if it’s just about that much then I can endure it fine enough.

Now, let’s do something until the fireworks start.

“Misaki, the festival, how was it?”

“Delicious.”

“Hahaha, I see.”

Well the latter half of our walk is just us eating stuff after all.

“Are you full?”

“……Un.”

“I see.”

Seems like she’s full that’s all that matters. I’m glad I bring her here.

“……Beautiful.”

“Oh, it sure is beautiful.”

At first I planned to live in a town in the countryside, but I never knew that just slightly farther away from this populated town and you can see such beautiful stars like this.

I don’t have any knowledge about constellation at all but, I think that the stars floating and shining in this light purple sky is just purely beautiful, and when thinking about the fireworks that are about to launch my heart got excited like a kid.

“Fireworks?”

“No, those are just stars in the sky.”

“……Un?”

Seems like she can’t tell the difference.

“You see, those doesn’t go off like bang right? But the fireworks, it’s like, they goes bang.”

“Bang?”

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“That’s right. It’s going to surprise you.”

“……Un.”

Misaki tensed her body up, in which the pressure on my neck is also increased. But no matter how strong the pressure she’s going to apply to me, I can feel only the squishy bouncy feeling…… But still this is so soft. Is this how everyone was when they’re at this age?

“Ryo-kun, bright.”

Misaki tap tap on my head.

“That’s a shooting star isn’t it. Your luck is good, Misaki.”

“Shooting star?”

“Oh, it’s said that if you say the wish you have three times before it disappear, that wish will come true.”

“……None.”

“Hahaha, if it comes again that’d be great.”

“……Un.”

Misaki nodded and she starts staring at the sky with a serious face. ……I see, so Misaki have her wishes huh. But me…… What about mine though.

To become a good parent, and make Misaki the happiest in the world. That hasn’t changed one bit. But recently, it’s even harder for me to understand just what a good parent means.

And of course in this wide area there’s some people bringing their kids along too, and what I see is, a father lifting his kid up high, and also a mother that smiles happily while rubbing her cheek with her kid’s.

There’s nothing out of place. Surely that’s a normal occurrence, and surely that’s also an ideal figure of a parent.

Those parents and child relationship and mine, just what is our difference. And when I was about to start thinking on that topic.

“Saaaafe! Barely in time!”

“Yes, we somehow made it in time.”

As I heard a very familiar voice, I turned back.

“Mama! You’re not tired!?”

“Yes, I’m still full of energy. But if Yui were to walk on her own, I’d be even more full of energy.”

“That road isn’t meant for children to walk on!”

“But isn’t your heart that of an adult?”

“My body is still a child!”

It’s Yui-chan. And also, her mother I guess.

Looks like they’re getting along better than I anticipated.

“Ahー! Mama look! Misaki-chan is there!”

“Yui, pointing at people is a violation of etiquettes.”

“Ryo-kun is also there!”

“Yui, what mama wants to say is…… Good grief.”

Ignoring her mother’s voice, Yui-chan walks toward us. I take Misaki off my shoulder and stands up. In any case, greeting comes first.

Hurry up hurry up! Yui-chan said while waving her hand.

And the person who seems to be her mother, seems to be saying good grief in her heart, slowing walks to us.

“Thank you for always taking care of my daughter. I’m her mother……”

“Likewise, Thank you for taking care of Misaki as……”

Wait, I think I’ve seen this person from somewhere……

“……No way.”

“……There’s absolutely no way.”

Immediately after we muttered, together with a loud noise, the night sky was lit up with a new light.