“Look at that Jaja and Nana! It"s a horsie!”
“Ah?”
“Daah!”
Aoi, who was in high spirits, examined the expressions of the twins sitting in the stroller.
The twins returned their thoughts to their strangely elated mama.
Jaja tuned in happily and Nana tilted her head in puzzlement.
The usual reactions.
“Is Kou-chan not good with horses?”
“Fushaaaaaaa”
Koji, the eldest son of the Saeki family, hid behind Shouhei"s back and intimidated the horse in front of him.
The mottled pattern, which is characteristic of the short-haired calico tribe, was stood on end to show hostility to the horse inside the enclosure.
“Koji! You"re a man, so don"t use your friends as a shield!”
“Foooooooooooo!”
“What are you doing, you foolish brother!!”
The elder sister, Saeki Ichika, also known as demonic cat, Ichikchan, grabbed Koji"s collar and pulled him off Shouhei, and started a fight with him.
Shouhei was gently stroking the horse while looking at that spectacle from the side.
“Ichikchan and Koji-kun should stop. What would you do if the horse got frightened and started rampaging?”
Mik.u.ma stepped in between the siblings and forcibly pulled them apart.
“Ehhh, don"t stop me Yuuno! Because he"s a rare boy from our clan, he"s pampered so he gets carried away, so it"s my duty to discipline him as the elder sister!”
“Shaaaaaa~~”
“Don"t fight, even the horse is laughing.”
“The horse I pointed to showed off its gums and snorts. I don"t know if it"s laughing, but I"m sure it looks like that.”
“Nii-chan, they do that often during mating season. I saw it on TV before.”
So you"re just copulating, huh.
“It"s the Flehmen response. They are inhaling to take in scents, horses do it during mating season to discern mare pheromones.”
“Heehh”
Shouhei nodded at Mik.u.ma"s exploitation.
We are at a certain ranch.
This place far from our house is a ranch.
It was on a plateau that was newly raised from the world collision, and many horses, sheep, and chickens were grazing.
Furthermore, there were many giant terrestrial sparrows known as “chunchu” that were not originally from this world.
"Chunchu" are light-brown, spherical and friendly.
Originally known for a long time as a labor force in “the world over there”, now it is mostly loved as a pet animal.
Their bodies were much larger than humans, and even the chicks were about the same size as kindergarteners.
It had uselessly splendid wings even though it can"t fly.
They are full of charm and herbivorous.
Breeders enthusiastic about their cuteness are beginning to increase worldwide.
Of course, our purpose for coming here was also the Chunchus.
Occasionally walking through the town, you would see crossbreeds that were about the same size as a small dog.
There were large primitive Chungchu in this ranch that was 40 minutes by train and 30 minutes by bus away.
I want to see them!
To be frank with you, Kazamachi Kunpei loves large animals! !
Of course, this was not the place that I decided at my own discretion.
If you cause an uproar in the neighborhood of your house, it would be easier to be exposed as a dragon.
So when I was searching for a tourist spot that wasn"t too famous in the neighborhood, and a place that was s.p.a.cious and wouldn‘t catch the eyes of others, I found this farm.
Because there are many slopes and it was far from the station and there is nothing to see other than living things, there were only three families and one college-like gathering other than us.
Here, Jaja and Nana can calm down and stretch their wings.
It"s a long distance trip for Aoi that has been a long time coming. Immediately after leaving the house, she became more excited and her eyes sparkling.
“Where should we eat the lunch?”
“A bit further inside. It"s a bit unappetizing at the pasture.”
Shouhei looked around while stroking the horse.
I replied to his response by re-shouldering the bag again.
My shoulder hurts because I climbed here with the lunch boxes for all of us.
“That"s right. There seems to be a lunch s.p.a.ce near the shop?”
Mik.u.ma spread out the map beside me.
This was the pasture zone.
It was a place where mainly horses and sheep play around.
By the way, Chunchu likes the waterside, and if left unattended, it seems to be a creature that would spend the entire day in the water.
The lake where the Chunchus are located was fairly far from the pasture zone. I"m looking forward to it.
“Kunpei-san! Jaja is delighted! Nana is a little scared!”
Aoi, who was pushing the stroller, was waving from further down the road.
Since it was getting warmer, she was wearing her favorite one-piece white dress, a thin pink cardigan, and a fashionable wide-brimmed hat.
“Aoi-chan is really delighted, eh.”
Mik.u.ma, who was standing next to me, was wearing a large sweater and pants that looked like it was easy to move in. Colorful warm colors, coupled with her appearance, it made an impression.
“Well, she was stuck inside for two months, so she would be, right.”
Sorry, was this also because I"m unreliable?
Aoi didn"t know about the family trips that my cla.s.smates spoke of at school because she was a hikikomori at the time.
Although I say cla.s.smates, I only heard it from the girls sitting far away from me.
So far, I have been excluded from cla.s.s conversations.
No, there was one troublesome man that tried to talk to me, but if I entertain him I"ll only lose, so I have to keep ignoring him.
Because of that, I have been watched by the girls in the cla.s.s, so I don"t know what to do…
“Kunpei-san?”
“Kunpei-kun?”
As I lamented my school life, before I knew it, I was peering at Aoi and Mik.u.ma"s faces who were approaching me.
“No, it"s nothing. Now then, shall we find a place to eat? Hey, how long do you siblings plan to continue for?”
Saeki and her brother Koji were still messing around.
Koji was teary eyed.
“Now do you understand your sister"s power, you crybaby!”
“Nya! Nya!”
Koji desperately reached for Shouhei, asking for help.
"Kou-chan, you"ll be stronger."
“Nya! Me! Me!”
Shouhei waved at Koji with an expression as if nothing was wrong.
Koji began to cry.
That relationship will not change no matter how much time pa.s.ses.