April had ended, along with spring, and came May, with summer closing in. Today is the 2nd day of May.
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âYes, this is a letter. A, B, C. Letâs try reading them.â
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âEii, beee, shiii!â
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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 worldâs letters are to Earthâs ones.
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(Well, there might also have been some other human who was summoned long ago from Earth.)
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He wonât come up with an answer even if he pondered and so he recalled the conversation he had with Reinhart last night.
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[Seems like the Serroa kingdomâs 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.]
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âGlad to hear that.â
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[Yeah. Beth and Dolly probably want to meet their family as well, after all.]
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âYou too, right?â
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[Haha, yeah. We have been away from our motherland for more than a year now, so we all feel homesick.]
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âWhere are you staying tomorrow, again?â
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[After departing from Forte in the morning, we will probably go to Bololon. Everyone has been waiting to resume the journey, so itâs pretty lively here.]
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âA lot has happened over here too. I ended up receiving a village within Kurain kingdomâs borders as a leasehold land for the next 50 years.â
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[Sounds fun.]
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âActuallyâŚâ
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And that was how their conversation went.
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(Shouro empire, eh?⌠I do feel like going there.)
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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.
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After the study session had ended, Hanna and Elsa held hands and were on their way back. Along the way,
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âHanna-chan, what do you think about Jin-nii? You like him?â
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âYep, I like onii-chan!â
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Elsa and Hanna were talking about Jin.
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âRight? I like him too.â
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âYay!â
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âHanna-chan, what do you think about Jin-nii going out to travel?â
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âEhh, I donât like it. I would feel lonely.â
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The obvious response.
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âYep, it would get lonely, huh? But, what did you think about the three of us going out? Wasnât it fun?â
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âIt was fun!â
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Elsa nodded and patted Hannaâs head.
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âRight? It was fun. And, so, Jin-nii has a place he wants to visit.â
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âHe does?â
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Hanna stopped and looked up at Elsaâs face.
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âYes. Jin-nii has been looking forward to visiting this country called the Shouro empire.â
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ââŚ..â
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Elsa squatted and looked up to Hannaâs face.
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âIf we like Jin-nii, letâs let him do what he wants, alright?â
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But only silence came back. After a whole 3 minutes of them staying like that, Hanna finally opened her mouth.
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ââŚ.Yesâ
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Elsa hugged Hanna.
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âSuch a good girl. You did good.â
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Saying that, she stroked Hannaâs back.
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âBut, it will be fine. If itâs Jin-nii, he will come back time to time.â