Chapter 117: The Bond of Parent and Child / Bustling One-Room (1/2)

Chapter 116: Mystery of the Girl / GUILTY Chapter 118: The Bond of Parent and Child / Those who Fall Further Below

Translator: Reflet

Miin miin miin…And thus the world entered summer vacation.

Children and students were alive with joy, whereas the family heads saw it as the prime of their working lives.

The head of the Natsuno household was also preparing for a big job.

The Natsuno household arrived at the vast parking lot on the outskirts of Seikaen Town.

At the parked trailer model wheeled vehicle, the girls, especially Hera and Pochi were spinning around and around with great joy.

「So this is the motor home that Kohaku-san mentioned before.」

Despite being the patriarch, Taiyou spoke to Kohaku using only polite language. Kohaku responded to him in a good mood like how a parent would to their child.

「That’s right. When I was young, I went all over the country with this.」

「You wouldn’t know that it was such an old car by looking at――Ow!」

Taiyou’s head was struck――by Kohaku.

Kohaku asked him after giving the top of his head a good snap with her open hands, with a face that was smiling but also with eyes that were not smiling.

「Did ya say something, Husband?」

「N, no. It’s nothing.」

Taiyou hurriedly glossed it over, realizing after being hit that he had indirectly brought up her age.

「T, this seems like the sort of thing that comes up in American movies.」

「’Course; it was imported from abroad after all. The Lylac Company’s product, Athanasia’81. It’s praised fer being a famous car among famous cars at the highest peak.」

「So you drove this all the time?」

Aoba inquired nearby. Unlike Taiyou, she approached Kohaku with a quite familiar tone.

「’Course. Michael might’a been willing to drive for his partners, but ‘thing is, I was alone back then.」

「Your area of expertise is astounding as usual.」

When he gave a strained laugh, Kotone of the sister trio appeared from out of the interior. Evenly matched with the still-spinning Pochi and Hera outside, her eyes were also sparkling.

「Taiyou-san, it’s amazing in here.」

「Amazing?」

「Yes; it’s a one-room!」

「One-room?」

Taiyou gained an interest in that word choice that was completely unrelated to cars. Slowly lowering an elated Kohaku to the ground, he stepped into the inside of the car.

「Whoaaa.」

He let out a voice of admiration upon entering.

The first thing that met him was a sofa with an attached table in the shape of the Japanese letter「コ」. It likely had the capacity for eight people, and if everyone lined their shoulders together then more than ten people could probably sit down. Facing it was a close to 40-inch LCD flat screen television embedded into the wall: an environment that everyone could pleasantly appreciate.

There was a kitchen to the side. A deep sink and an electric burner as well as compact, general facilities like a refrigerator, an electronic range, and so on, had been fully equipped.

The opposite side had a long, narrow passageway connecting further back; midway there were doors for the restroom and shower room; and going to the innermost location revealed two bunk beds furnished on either side.

Though it was of course a motor home, when he saw how space was fully used without waste and how the upholstery was set up to be functional as well as charming, Taiyou was reminded of 「A Carpenter’s Work」 that was often among the renovation programs.

When he imagined this 「building」 being towed racing along public roads, he suddenly became excited.

「This is…rather than a one-room, isn’t it more like a 1DK?」

「Right!?」

「And come take a look at this kitchen, Taiyou-san.」

「With these many tools gathered we can cook like we usually do!」

Taiyou who couldn’t hide his excitement, and the irregular three sisters who didn’t even have the intention of hiding it. The girls, who liked housework, seemed to be the most excited about the kitchen functions that allowed cooking with no inconveniences even whilst traveling.

Taiyou looked around inside. He opened up the doors and storages one by one, checking them. He also examined the level of comfort of the bed and sofa.

「This may actually be more agreeable than the one-room that I lived in until just recently.」

「Natsuno-kun’s house?」

「Yeah, it was inconvenient in many ways with a six-tatami-one-ken. Storage; that general area.」

Taiyou once again surveyed the surroundings, realizing something.

「Come to think of it, Kohaku-san, you mentioned earlier that the max amount of passengers was eight people, but there are no more than four beds. Do the other four sleep on the sofa?」

「Tsk tsk tsk.」

Kohaku shook her fingers with a prideful expression.

「That’s because…o’this.」

Kohaku said, reaching her hand to the panel installed in the wall. She operated several buttons.

When she did that, there was a mechanical “weeen” sound, and a small vibration ran through the car.

「W-What happened?」

「It’s amazingー, it’s changing form, it’s a Transformer!」

「Things are changing one after the other!」