Chapter 228
The store owner readily nodded.
“Sure~ But if you leave it to , I can take good ones.”
“Haha, I know. But this ti, we’ll take them ourselves.”
I paid him the shooting fee and borrowed the cara.
In our past too, caras around this period were of a weight and size that could be held by hand. Of course, if trying to hold it with one hand instead of both, it would have been a bit burdenso. The magic-powered cara also looked similar to the caras of our past, and it wasn’t that light either. But with a New Human body, holding it with one hand wouldn’t be too much strain, I think.
I touched the wooden cara box and checked the operation thod. Magic power was in the glass bottle inside the box, and pressing the button on the side could take a photo right away. Confirming that the function wasn’t greatly different from those used in the royal family or newspapers, I loaded magic power in my arm and tried holding the cara with one hand.
Heike ca next to and started peeking.
“Why did you borrow that? But it’s the first ti seeing soone load magic power in their arm to take photos.”
“Why? You have to do your best even when playing.”
“You do your best in this way.”
“Heike.”
I stood where light ca in moderately, and pulled her shoulder close.
Holding the cara upside down and raising it high upward, Heike opened her eyes wide.
“What?”
“Just taking photos, what.”
“But why take photos from above like this?”
“Let’s try once. Heike, don’t raise your head and look at the lens only with your eyes?”
I don’t know if she’ll like it.
Actually, even in modern tis, I haven’t voluntarily taken photos like this much, but still, I rember friends nagging to pose properly. When working, I often took them for uploading on SNS.
Even if the era is different, anyway, all people are the sa, so this much… she’ll accept it sowhat okay, I think.
The expectation wasn’t wrong.
30 minutes later, Heike’s eyes, who first received the developed photos, shone.
“…Wow.”
As if unable to decide what to say, Heike, who kept moving her mouth, soon continued rapidly like rapid fire.
“Taking from above cos out like this. When I was going around taking a lot, I didn’t see people holding and taking their own faces. Is this trending these days?”
Not yet….
Occasionally, there were people who took their own faces with caras of this era, but not enough to call it a trend, and it was close to trying one or two tis as a joke. So, there were no cases paying attention to the angle either.
Having nothing to say, just letting out an ambiguous laughter, Heike smiled faintly.
“Good.”
“Yeah? Thankful if you accepted it like that.”
“I like this more. It looks closer.”
Heike smiled brightly. I smiled the sa to her and slightly turned my head to look outside.
Doing nothing special and hearing admiration, I sohow feel sorry.
To reduce that uneasiness, I deliberately thought sothing else.
‘Do Insta-cut business here with a magic-powered cara…?’
Not bad?
Thinking up to there, I soon shook my head.
Already with the sensory transfer artifact patent, hundreds of thousands of Pel are deposited to every month. Since it’s the thing I properly fixed during the Strauch ti, Leo registered the patent in my na.
At that ti, Heike said while continuously changing the three developed photos.
“You seem to take photos often? I’m frozen, but you’re all natural.”
“…….”
This ti too, nothing particular to answer, I sat next to her and naturally changed the topic.
“Heike, you seem to co here often. You really like taking photos a lot, I see.”
“Yeah. From middle school, I even made a photo album.”
“Yeah? When we go back, can you show it?”
“Of course.”
While coming out of the store, we continued talking about photos.
Rather than a clearly mutual conversation, it was mostly bringing up topics and Heike answering.
“What occasion made you like photos? Even if wanting to leave records, usually people don’t develop it into a hobby like this.”
“…….”
The answer didn’t co right away.
Around thinking if it was a topic not to ask, Heike answered dryly.
“Because of mom’s photo. I can’t see mom.”
“…….”
Suddenly?
But I know why this story cos out. Previously, on the day of the Eszett inauguration celebration, Heike’s words ‘want to try living with mom after graduation’ passed through my mory.
I felt ahead becoming dark and apologized.
“Hm, yeah. Sorry. I asked sothing unnecessary. You don’t have to say.”
“No. I want to say.”
“…….”
Want to say? Since she wants to say, I can’t stop her either.
Since I’m not particularly against hearing it, I nodded.
“Do you know why I can’t see mom? Sohow I feel like you’d know.”
“I know. Because of the contract, right?”
“Yeah. Can’t let uncle find out. The condition for becoming the Ainsidel family successor is never seeing mom for life. That was the contract mom and uncle made.”
It’s a common thing.
When producing a successor or adopting a relative, to prevent the magic provider or biological parents from claiming ownership of the successor’s magic power, they write a contract like this.
“I separated from mom at five, so my mory is faint. The mom photos I took when moving to the direct line, uncle sent all back to mom, but coincidentally exactly one remained with .”
“I see.”
“At that ti, no particular thought, but after a few years, I thought that it’s data with quite high preservation value.”
Data with high preservation value. The expression….
Indeed a New Human. Not that all New Humans speak like Heike, but thanks to Heike’s personality, a really unadorned expression close to New Human basics ca out.
However, no repulsion felt. Anyway, expression is just the shell, the emotion she feels isn’t greatly different from others, and as if showing that, the following words were extrely human.
“Sotis when I feel like a weird person, seeing mom’s face makes relieved.”
“…….”
I didn’t answer more.
Narce deliberately asking Heike ‘what do you want to do after graduation’ cos to mind. Narce isn’t a person who does useless things. ‘Heike is curious about mother’ being quite important information.
That said, no thought to interrogate the congressman to resolve my suspicion about that.
Only, if Heike has the intention to tell her worried matters, listen well and perhaps I can utilize it for her.
“Want to see mother?”
“Want to see. Right now. …Of course, no particular affection for mom. Mom probably doesn’t rember properly either?”
“…….”
“But curious. Why can’t I feel emotions properly. If I lived with mom instead of uncle who has no interest in as a human, would sothing be different? My personality, does it resemble mom? If it resembles, it seems I’d have confidence that I didn’t grow wrong, if not resemble… isn’t it saying I also have possibility to beco such an ordinary adult.”
That Heike sees her emotionlessness as a problem, I already knew well from the conversation at the Ainsidel mansion.
Grateful for the deep trust that beca the basis until telling an intimate story, but at the sa ti, no other words to say here. If my goodwill can be read as ignorance to her, better not speak carelessly.
I just nodded and walked to the destination. The sun gradually setting shone ahead of us, rather felt warr than noon. Now, the sound coming in this narrow quiet residential area was only the lted snow mud sound every ti detaching shoes.
From so point, car horns and horse hoof sounds faintly heard. Old Humans’ cheerful conversation sounds started laying small. When the entrance of the bustling area started visible, Heike pointed to the red sign on the building beyond the alley.
“Oh, kegling hall ca out.”
* * *
The place we entered was a ga hall made for commoners. Thinking Heike might be unfamiliar, I chose a place mainly entered by the middle class, but since not a social club anyway, we comfortably took off jackets and rolled up shirt sleeves.
Even so, couldn’t feel an entertaining atmosphere like modern. Why?
‘…There’s soone playing piano here….’
Sothing, but good to listen.
Still, to Heike, not who is a 21st century person, it seed sufficiently exotic space. She followed behind closely, scanning the ceiling with gas lamp pipes visible, and watching bourgeois youths in relatively comfortable attire. Of course, to , sufficiently formal attire, so not particularly novel.
Before Heike gets into watching Old Humans, I pulled her to the side, and while examining balls that unlike bowling only two types, said.
“Heike. Good at kegling?”
“Only tried one or two tis at social gatherings. That too when young.”
“I see.”
To make her feel fun, need to match levels similar sowhat. I have a lot of experience bowling, if skill difference too much, no aning in calculating scores, so Heike probably won’t feel interest much and get bored soon.
‘Hm, still, what I did in 21st century is bowling, not 19th century style kegling, so it catches.’
Right away, unlike bowling, no culture of changing shoes, only two balls, string instead of where gutter should be. Pins only nine too.
Other than that, extrely similar, but to adapt, ti will take, so no need to hold back deliberately.
At that ti, next to , Heike quietly called my na.
“Lukas.”
“Yeah?”
Strangely tense voice. Reminded of that voice when saying let’s go take photos together.
As expected, Heike’s eyes were shining.
“Want to bet? Loser buys beer.”
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