222 Lesson 212: Castle Town (Sho) (1/2)
”Time to get there, Castle Town”
The walls that would surround the large castle and its city approached enough to be visible by the eyes.
I initially imagined it to be fantastic and vivid, but it just seemed like it wasn't when I looked outside.
”No, you, do you have an ID?
”Ah... I don't have it...”
Uh, I knew you needed that.
I hit a big wall all of a sudden...... what do we do?
That's what I thought, but your man gave me some advice.
”Well... if you tell the gatekeepers you've lost your I.D., they'll let you issue your I.D. provisionally after the physical examination, so there's no problem.”
”Oh, yeah, why su?”
Good.
But is it ok for the country to be so judged by Gabagaba? As for this one, it's convenient...
Probably something like being extra confident about the strength of your country.
Regardless, the gates of the castle town were almost upon us already.
”You have to issue your ID provisionally, don't you? Come down here for once.”
”Yes, uh... thank you”
”No, this one would have died with the daughters behind it if it weren't for you... Thanks for your help. I'll give you the package at the carriage stop inside.”
I got out of the carriage.
And the man waved his whip, and moved his horse, and went into the gate after he had spoken to the gate soldiers about something.
I'm going to the gate, too.
”Do you have an ID?
Yes, he was spoken to by a looking gate soldier who looked like he was doing a cheetah cosplay. What is this?
Ma..., leave that alone, I have to lie about losing my ID.
”Sorry, I lost it”
”Well, then we can issue it provisionally after the inspection... do we?
”Can you please?
”Okay, then come here.”
As he followed the gate soldiers, he took out some kind of stick a short distance from the gate.
So he put the stick around me, and at the end of the day, he did a light body check.
”All right, you'll be fine. This is your provisional ID. Come and rebuild it properly in the bureau.”
”Yes, thank you. What is that stick, by the way?
When I asked him that, he looked obviously surprised.
”You don't know this? Are you from the country?
”Yeah, well...”
”This is a magic item that reads only a little of the other person's thoughts. It's state-of-the-art, huh? See, countryman?”
”Oh, really?”
”Yes... you can go through the gate now”
I went back to the gate, presented the other gate soldier with the ID I had provisionally issued, and went inside the castle town.
The castle town... yes, it's like France... or Italy... I don't know, but it feels like that kind of atmospheric place has become more fantastic.