Prologue (2/2)

I seriously have no idea why.

By the way, I’ve pretty much read all the books related to interviews and have read up on various other topics.

At the entranceway, it has already become second nature to me to wear my leather shoes as I turned the knob on the front door.

“Onii, buy sukiyaki ice-cream on your way back okay.”

Miri popped her head out from the living room door and requested.

“That kind of strange ice-cream can no longer be bought anywhere.”

“You can get it from the Family Eleven in front of the station.”

“Okay. If I can’t find it then I’ll get kelp boiled tofu pudding right.” (TL: Omg her taste xD)

“As expected of Onii. You understand Miri well.”

Yeah, I know that you are the true Getemonist (Coined word). (TL: Getemono = Strange item, Low-quality item; what he used to describe the ice-cream earlier)

A thing like kelp boiled tofu pudding, she has also began to put caramel sauce into chawanmushi.

It’s fine if it’s only once, I would like to see a showdown between Miri VS Surstromming. (TL: Surstromming = Fermented Baltic Sea herring)

Even looking at Surstromming would leave scars. I’ve got to prepare myself for it.

Wait, why am I talking on the premise that I’m going to buy Surstromming.

I’m not going to buy it. It’s another issue if Miri asks me to buy it, but I don’t have the money to spare to buy such a good for a prank. Since buying that from A°zon-san would cost more than 5000 yen. (TL: Add in ‘ma’to the ° , don’t know why the author self-censored that haha)

Transiting from the train, I got off at the nearest station and walked on foot to the company’s building.

I only have some time left before the interview. I’ve heard that it’s best to reach the company 5 minutes before the scheduled interview time so I have to hurry.

I confirmed the signal for the pedestrian crossing. Don’t mistake me for a useless member of the society that ignores crossing signals. Since there is no knowing where danger lurks.

Signal is green, no problems!

Or so I thought, the sound from a horn rocked my eardrum. Wondering what was happening, I saw a runaway truck charge towards me directly from my side.

I’m going to die like this!

Looking at the driver, maybe the brakes were not working, because he had an extremely flustered expression.

Danger!

I promptly back stepped to dodge the runaway truck. The truck passed by right in front of my eyes. I was saved by the difference of a few fractions of a second. That was seriously dangerous.

Fu, I nearly went on a trip to a different world. Just kidding.

Getting hit by a runaway truck and getting sent to another world is something that comes up frequently in the recent novels after all.

Although, well, there’s no way such a thing could happen in reality.

The runaway truck slammed into the pole at the opposite end of the intersection, emitting smoke after coming to a stop.

I wonder if the car wasn’t maintained properly?

Wait, I really don’t have time.

I am obliged to testify after witnessing the scene of an accident, but I myself takes precedence. Fortunately, there are other people at the scene other than me, so those people can testify instead.

The pedestrian signal is flashing green.

Okay, I can still cross like this. It happened when I had that thought.

“Oh no! Unruly horses are running out of the truck!!”

Eh?

A large number of horses escaped from the truck, snorting violently.

And then, those horses neighed and charged towards me … I was caught up within the panicking horses – and lost consciousness.

Without any time to feel the pain, I died.

No, it still hurt really badly.

Author’s Note:

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