The Journey of the Plane / The Journey of the Plane: Looking for Lily

Ok.

Mo Li couldn't help laughing directly in her heart, but fortunately she was born with three faceless, at most the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, it was impossible to see that she was laughing wildly.

Kino, who perfectly suppressed her smile, thanked the old man for telling the story in person, but she obviously had some bad intentions, and suddenly asked with ulterior motives: "Sorry, please forgive me for asking—your What happened to the feet? And I found that most of the elderly in this country, especially men, seem to be walking with a cane."

After the old man heard the words, his expression froze for a full five seconds.

The little girl on the side seemed to be very incredulous because of Grandpa's strange behavior at this time, and she was trying to look up at Grandpa's face with her little head up.

"Aha, hahaha!"

The old man who came back to his senses quickly let out an embarrassing but polite laugh.

"What's the matter? After all, people my age are already old, right? Very, many people are born with inconvenient legs and feet... Cough cough cough cough, so, that's why people who make crutches are rich Earn money..." It's a pity that the old man's expression is still so stiff, and even the words he said are inconsistent. He first said that everyone is getting old and then that they are born with inconvenient legs and feet. He is afraid that others will not hear him. Tell the truth?After that, it seemed that he was afraid that Kino would continue to ask, the old man let out an embarrassing "ah ha ha ha" laugh again, and hurriedly left with the little girl while limping.

The back looks like he is running away.

After watching the two leave, Kino and Mo Li no longer bothered about the words on the stone tablet, turned their backs to the building, got on Hermes and drove forward slowly.

However, Hermes seemed to be reminiscing about the previous events, and let out a mischievous laugh that seemed to be a prank, and then deliberately lowered his voice so that others could not hear him, and asked Kino quietly: "Kino, which side do you think is the best?" Really? Is it the master's story? Or the old man's story?"

Mo Li couldn't help but roll her eyes live.

--Ha ha!

—Is there still a need to ask?

And Kino was extremely helpless: "Don't ask such obvious questions."

For Kino's non-cooperation, Hermes couldn't say anything, after all, if it dared to speak nonsense, Mo Li would definitely kick its body directly, wouldn't it?So he could only smile contentedly and said, "Yes, but I think people in this country are really optimistic, although optimism is a good thing."

Mo Li was also quite moved by this, especially that the old man was obviously the victim in the big incident, but when he told the story, he acted as if it was true.

Just thinking about it makes me laugh.

And the appearance of running away with a cane is also very interesting, isn't it?

"I really don't know what it will be like to come here again, master."

"He turned from a terrorist who took advantage of the chaos to threaten the country to a great hero who saved the country"

"puff--"

Kino couldn't help but burst out laughing directly, as if following Mo Li's description, he thought of some funny picture in his mind.

Volume 30 Kino's Journey: No.[-] One Country, Forest Country ([-])

This time, Chino and the others visited a small country.

Located in a vast deep forest, and the forest happens to be located at the foot of the mountain where the mountains meet, it is isolated from the world, like a paradise.

Originally, this self-sufficient and extremely secretive small country should be unknown, but a certain leader of that country seemed to feel lonely in the forest with only its own people hiding in the forest a long time ago, or I thought it would be more lively if some unexpected visitors came occasionally, so I spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build a road in the forest for travelers to come and go, and the road that came out earlier was not ambiguous at all, not only can you directly Effortlessly passing a car, it is also possible to go straight through the lush forest directly to the gate of the country.

It can be said that if there was not such a road, Kino and Mo Li might have ridden Hermis and lost their way in this dense forest where the sun could hardly be seen.

Anyway-

Kino and Moli followed the smooth road and finally arrived at the city gate covered with vines.

The city wall is not very high, it seems to be only about two meters, and it can be seen that the area surrounded by the city wall is not large, as if it only takes a half-hour walk in the afternoon to walk around the city wall.Then there are no soldiers guarding the gate of the city, coupled with the city wall full of vines, people who don’t know may think that the city here has been abandoned... After Chino stopped slowly, he got off the car with Mo Li, After looking around in some bewilderment, he found that there was a sentry post on the side of the gate, because the sentry post was covered with various vines like the city gate, and it blended perfectly with the surrounding green plants, so that Kino didn't think so at first. aware of its presence.

Kino took the lead and knocked on the door gently. The wooden door could be seen to be old, and it took a while to hear some movement from inside.

Maybe the guards were bored enough to fall asleep?

——Mo Li, who was following Kino, began to think irresponsibly.

Then there was a small opening in the door, and a pair of eyes were looking at Kino and the others from the door.

"Hi, I'm a traveler."

Kino directly smiled as a gesture, while Mo Li, who couldn't speak, could only stand aside silently, pretending to be airless, her eyes were looking at the beautiful natural scenery around her without any trace, and she always felt a little lazy for some reason. Yes, maybe it has something to do with her half-elven physique?

After all, the elves have always lived in the forest, and since she inherited part of the elf blood, she will naturally be affected by the forest.

But it wasn't a bad feeling.

Very comfortable.

I even want to go straight to find a place to lazily take a nap.

While Mo Li was quietly listening to the chirping of insects and birds, the door of the sentry post opened directly. It seemed that there was no doubt that Chino might be an enemy spy pretending to be a traveler. The young guard in the steel helmet, he directly indicated that Chino and Moli could enter the sentry post—then when he was reviewing Chino’s entry application, he learned that Chino and the others were visiting this country for the first time, and the young guard couldn’t help but directly There was a touch of overjoyed surprise, and before Kino could think about what he meant, the guard had already picked up the phone and directly reported something to someone in the city.

Not long after, Moli heard an unexpected bell ringing throughout the country, and Moli's ears were buzzing.

"Boom—boom——"

The heavy sound even startled a large group of birds.

The tranquility of the forest was broken.

Only then did the guard look at Chino and his party again, as if they knew that they must be very confused about their behavior at this time, so they took the initiative to explain with a smile on their faces, looking very hospitable and friendly: "This bell is to inform the whole country that there is a The rare traveler is coming to visit, so be prepared to welcome!"

"Oh? Is it a rare encounter?"

Mr. Motorcycle, who was pushed in together by Chino, suddenly said something casually after hearing this, maybe he was wondering why travelers need to be welcomed by the people of the whole country?

"Yes! Travelers are rare visitors!"

The guard glanced at Hermis in surprise as he spoke, and seemed to think that the motorcycle could speak very miraculously, but he still did not show any disrespect, and naturally regarded Hermis as a distinguished guest, and continued to explain: "After all, our country is located in such a remote place, isn't it? In addition, the forest is also a little dangerous, and travelers generally don't visit here on purpose... and our country is not a great and majestic country. It’s a local product, so it’s very hard to see travelers.”

"Oh~"

Hermis replied thoughtfully, and stopped asking further questions.

And Mo Li is not interested in this, of course he has no idea at all, instead he is more concerned about whether this country has what he wants.

After traveling for so long, there was still no clue, and her mentality had already become very Buddhist.

Let it go.

No matter how anxious you are, you can't find it all at once, right?

Although it feels that the chances of finding beads in such a big world are very small, but what else can she do besides travel now?Do you stay in one place and wait for the beads to come to your door?Fortunately, traveling with Chino is not boring at all, and it also fulfills my childhood desire to travel on a motorcycle.

The important thing is that the countries encountered are all kinds of strange and strange, and each one is more interesting than the other, and the country in front of me can obviously be counted among the interesting ones.

……

Soon after, the gates of the city gradually opened.

Kino pushed Hermis in slowly, while Mo Li followed beside him.

Then as soon as I came in, I found that there were really a lot of residents coming out to greet them.

but--

Looking at the residents in front of them, Chino and his party immediately fell into an embarrassing silence.

Not because of other reasons, the residents of this country seemed to have different aesthetics or traditions when I was a child, and the shape was completely different from the "common sense" that Chino and the others recognized, so that in The moment I saw the residents, I was so stunned that I couldn't speak... In short, the residents here wear a pair of "false ears" on their heads, with one on the left and right sides of their hair. It seems that the workmanship is very fine. Appearance...and the shape of the artificial ear is a beautiful triangle, its appearance is exactly the same as the "cat ear", isn't it?

Yes.

This is the main reason why Kino and Mo Li suddenly found it hard to explain.

Just entering the city, I was caught off guard and saw a group of men, women and children wearing colorful cat ears gathered around. This kind of picture is more than "shocking" at all?

Especially Moli.

I don't know why there is always a desire to complain.

"welcome!"

A middle-aged man who seemed to be a leader said as he walked out of the crowd, and on behalf of all the residents here, he shook hands with Kino Moli very politely. This leadership style made Moli more sure of him. His identity must be different, but the tone of his speech is really very enthusiastic.

"Two travelers and Mr. Motorcycle! Welcome to our country!"

The smiling middle-aged man combed his hairstyle that was made a bit stiff by pomade, and on top of it was a pair of burnt yellow cat ears.

--Um.

——It’s really full of disobedience.

After all, a middle-aged man really doesn't match up with this cute thing, okay?

Mo Li really felt like she was about to suffocate.

Afterwards, the middle-aged man introduced himself to them again. He was indeed the head of state who led the country. After a warm exchange of greetings, he took Chino and his party to the office where the castle was their office... By the way, this country is based on The castle expands around the center, and the castle is said to be a castle, but it actually looks quite simple, and it doesn't seem to have been used as a royal palace.The rest of the residential buildings are stone houses that can be seen everywhere, as well as light wooden houses, and some live directly in tree houses.

Anyway-

Although it doesn't look like a very developed country, it has a peaceful atmosphere and plenty of food.

The middle-aged man wearing burnt yellow cat ears ordered the female secretary wearing purple cat ears to bring hot tea to entertain Kino and Moli who came from afar, and Hermes beside him naturally did not have hot tea because he was on a motorcycle. It's so delicious that it can't help but feel a little weird.

But really dare not say anything.

After all, Hermes was also afraid that Moli would directly pour hot tea into its fuel tank if it disagreed with him.

After settling down, the head of state wearing scorched yellow cat ears began to introduce the country, and began to briefly narrate stories about the country: "Travellers, don't look at us living happily and beautifully here, in fact, we His ancestors were originally a group of slaves who were wantonly squeezed by the autocratic royal family—humble status, starvation, and poor clothing. No matter how hard they worked every day, they could only get a little leftovers. Such extravagant expectations, like ants at the bottom of society."

"So your ancestors revolted?"

Hermes suddenly added a sentence leisurely, because he had heard many similar stories, and he could guess the development of the subsequent plot just by hearing the first sentence said by the other party.

"how is this possible?"

Unexpectedly, the man directly denied it with a smile.

"The ancestors lived in an extremely bad environment since they were young. The living conditions were difficult. Not only was it a problem to eat, but even illness was forced to survive. come to resist the well-equipped and strong royal soldiers?" Kino silently listened to the man's narration, and unconsciously looked at the oil paintings hanging on the wall, just in time to see one of the oil paintings probably depicting slaves The picture is being pressed, and it can be seen that the oil painting itself has indeed been aged for some time.

The man's story continues.

"Actually, our ancestors didn't intend to resist, because everyone was tortured like walking dead, so how could they think of fighting for future generations?"

Kino continued to look at the oil paintings hanging on the wall one by one. Only some of the oil paintings depicted the horrors of slaves, and most of them were strange things. However, one of the oil paintings was quite weird. A very large guy.

Somewhat abstract.

However, it can be vaguely seen from the edges and corners that it should be a steel giant.

And Mo Li was also attracted by the oil painting, but unlike Kino who had been staring at the giant, she had been staring at a small black spot beside the giant.

I don't know why it always seems so familiar.

"Then one day, the savior came to the imperial country where the ancestors lived. The savior sympathized with the tragic experience of the ancestors, and was extremely dissatisfied with the extremely inhumane behavior of the royal family not treating the ancestors as livestock. body, broke through the siege, and led the ancestors to escape among the elite soldiers..." Sensing that Kino and Mo Li had been staring at an oil painting on the wall, the man followed their gaze, unconsciously Suddenly laughed, and said with a smile: "That's right, that savior is the steel giant on this oil painting."

"???"

Hermes had a question mark on his face.

"Wait a minute, is there such a big person in this world? Or is it deliberately exaggerated?"

Mo Li was calmer than Hermes, and seemed a little disapproving. After all, works of art would be exaggerated, so they must not be taken seriously.

——It should be a person with a body of steel, but it is not as huge as in the painting, right?

And Mo Li didn't wonder who would have an invulnerable steel body. After all, before time travel, I had come into contact with so many weird anime works on my brain. Of course, I subconsciously thought that it should be something similar to a robot, such as Gang Damu. Astro Boy and the like... Although the high technology that can create robots has appeared in the long time ago that the man described seems very strange, but this world even has motorcycles that can speak human languages. It is estimated that there were some countries that did not Be careful and crooked the tech tree to create something really incredible, right?

After all, the countries that Chino and I have been to before include some countries with unbelievably advanced technology, and of course there are also countries with particularly backward technology.

So it is not impossible that a certain country could create robots a long time ago.

"The legend about the Iron Giant has been passed down from generation to generation and is absolutely true!"

The man nodded seriously as he spoke.

"Although we don't know where the savior came from, it is an undeniable fact that the savior saved our ancestors—then the savior took the ancestors to the forest, which is where our country is now, and the royal pursuers got lost in the forest. But if we lost our pursuit, we had to give up the pursuit, so our ancestors began to live in the forest.”

(National Day has a seven-day holiday, but I don’t know why I have to go out to visit relatives for dinner on three days)

Volume 30 Kino's Journey: No.[-] Two Kingdoms, Forest Country ([-])

"Oh~ your ancestors were really tenacious~"

From the man's description, it can be heard that their ancestors lived in the forest without any tools, Hermis couldn't help being a little surprised.

"You have to know that it is very hard to survive in the forest without any tools~"

to be exact--

Is it very difficult to live normally?

And Hermes' rather humorous joke also directly caused the man to chuckle directly. He didn't mind what Hermes said deliberately, but nodded in agreement with Hermes' point of view: "Yes, the empty-handed ancestors want to It must be very hard to live in the forest for a long time... But no matter how hard or difficult they are, they are happy. After all, the forest here is very rich, as long as they work hard, they can still survive, and being honed by nature is at least better than being in front of them. A slave who will never see his day is better."