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At Aliceās suggestion of adding Neun-san and Hapti-san, our group of four decided to look around together. Well, strictly speaking, half of the members are just Alicesā¦ā¦
[Which way are you planning to go, Kaito-san, Alice-sama?]
[We were just roaming around before watching the Sea Dragon Parade.]
[I see, thatās nice. The Sea Dragon Parade is somewhat reminiscent of a lion dance, and itās fun to watch.
[Have you seen it before, Neun-san?]
While I canāt really picture Neun-san participating in such festivals, when I think about it again, Neun-san is also over a thousand years old, and considering that sheās best friends with Hydra Kingdomās King Laguna-san, it wouldnāt be surprising if she had come to watch it many times.
[I have seen it several times. This year too, Laguna gave me a ticket, so I thought Iād go see it with Hapti-sanā¦ā¦]
[Having a friend who is a King certainly makes it easier to secure seats at these kinds of events, doesnāt it? Rather, Iām changing the subject a bit, but when I looked at the list of attendees for the ceremony, I saw the name āForsā on it, so it seems like Fors is also attending huh.]
[Fors was? That isā¦ā¦ I wonder if she actually managed to arrive?]
[Ahh, I sent her here the other day.]
As I had expected, they are aware of Fors-sanās poor sense of direction, as they looked really worried about her. So, I briefly explained to them the incident from the other day.
When I told them the story about how I happened to find the lost Fors-san and safely delivered her to Laguna-san, Neun-san and Hapti-san both had wry smiles on their faces.
[How should I say thisā¦ā¦ Fors is still as usual huh. She got lost at the Six Kings Festival too and was rescued by Kaito-san, wasnāt she?]
[Right. Arehh? Come to think of it, I just remembered thisā¦ā¦ but at that time, when Neun-san saw Fors-sanās appearance, you were surprised back then, werenāt you?]
[Ah, well, I donāt mean to be rude, but Iām just a little curiousā¦ā¦ Have you not seen her in more than 15 years?]
[Uuuuā¦ā¦ T- That is, wellā¦ā¦]
It was truly just a simple question that popped into my mind. Neun-san seemed to be close with the members of the Hero Party and I often see her with them. However, back at the Six Kings Festival, she seemed surprised by the changed appearance of Fors-san, whose appearance had apparently changed about 15 years ago. In that case, itās likely that they hadnāt seen each other for at least 15 years.
Finding it a bit peculiar when I thought about it again, I asked Neun-san about it, to which she seemed a bit awkward, averting her gaze and hesitating to respond.
Thereupon, Alice explained with a wry smile.
[Ahh~~ Kaito-san. Thatās something quite common among long-lived beings or individuals who have lived for a long time. How should I say thisā¦ā¦ Itās like their sense of time has become numb. In the first 100 years or so, they would often keep in touch with acquaintances quite regularlyā¦ā¦ Well, itās similar to Kaito-sanās sense of time right now. As time goes on though, say around 300 to 500 years, they accumulate more acquaintances, and it becomes common to have not seen some of them for several years, which makes it so that even a few years can start to feel like it hasnāt been that long since they last met.]
[Yes, thatās the case. When you have acquaintances you havenāt seen for even longer periods of time, a few years of not meeting can start to feel like itās not that significant. I used to think that the time intervals for long-lived beings like Fors and Laguna were far too imprecise and different from mine, but as I lived longer, my perception of time also changedā¦ā¦ When Iām not being consciously aware of it, those time intervals would turn out that way.]
For someone who had lived for up to about a century, even if one says they hadnāt met someone for a long time, they would typically be talking about just a few years or at most a few decades. However, when you live for a very long time, you start to have acquaintances you havenāt seen for several decades, or in some cases, even centuries, and thatās when their perception of time begins to shiftā¦ā¦ Come to think of it, even though Sieg-san in her 30s is considered a long-lived species, her sense of time intervals is normal, similar to that of humans, but Rei-san and Fia-san have a more casual sense of time intervals and donāt consider several years to be a long time.
[This is something that youāll also experience once youāve truly lived for a long time. Your perception shifts without you realizing it, before suddenly noticing it one dayā¦ā¦ I think when Kaito were to live for about 500 years, you yourself should start to feel it.]
[Sheās right, Kaito-san. That really happens to people, so be really mindful of it. If you donāt consciously keep it in mind, there may be some among your acquaintances with whom you wouldnāt be in touch for more than a hundred yearsā¦ā¦]
Neun-san also strongly agrees with Alice and Hapti-sanās wordsā¦ā¦ It certainly seems that a shift in the perception of time intervals is something more likely to be experienced when one has lived for a long time.
Being immortal myself, I guess I have to be careful not to have that happen to me later onā¦ā¦
Makina: [Ahh, I get what they mean here. I also have World Creator acquaintances that I havenāt talked to in about 13 billion years, havenāt I? I just keep on forgetting about them.]
Serious-senpai: [Nah, yours feels more like on a completely different level.]
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