ECHO by Akira

Author:Akira [AKIRA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2018-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

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Apparently, this small building that we were in was a gift shop.

I hadn’t known that there was such a normal thing for an amusement park to have here, in this strange dimension, until I had heard so from Kousuke. That being said, there was nothing here that stimulated my greed, and nothing that I would actually give money to own.

The store stocked weirdly shaped sticks; old clothes; cans and bottles of stuff whose seals may or may not have been broken (the labels were so messed up I couldn’t even tell if they were in a foreign language or not); rocks of all sizes; some ceramics that resembled the empty husk of a bug or something, and wrinkled books that must have been hit by rainwater, all crammed tightly within the store.

It was more like a garbage dump, rather than a gift shop. It reminds me of the secret base I made with Kousuke, a long time ago. What we thought of as treasures back then— stuff like sparkling bottle fragments and smooth round stones— no longer held any interest to us today. The junk in this place seemed weirdly organized, for some reason.

There’s nothing approaching a store clerk in this place, and we were something like intruders that had broke in after hours, so it wasn’t very comfortable here. But I couldn’t complain, I couldn’t be selfish. No one would protect me, not in this place. I’m just thankful that I could sit and rest safely.

After the mystery fire at the merry-go-round, I was carried by Kousuke for a while before starting to feel a little embarrassed, so I had him put me down and ran the rest of the way. I ran all the way here, lost in my survival instincts, so I didn’t know where in the amusement park this was.

We ran for our lives, but for all our efforts, we were still close enough to see the merry-go-round burning in the distance. Did the TV girl manage to get away safely? I wondered. For some reason, I was a little worried. I empathized with her, even though I knew she wasn’t me, and that it was just my face reflected on her screen.

“Hah, Haaaahhhh...” Breathing heavily, I dropped onto the floor with my legs splayed out, not caring about any potential embarrassment or the hits to my reputation I might be taking. I was still feeling the aftermath of the fire, and running away was good exercise, too, so I was running very hot at the moment. Both my hair and my uniform were once again covered in soot; my whole body was just a mess, and my shower had totally gone to waste.

I ran like I was really gonna die. Kousuke was probably even more tired than I was— he did carry me halfway here. He moved a bunch of souvenirs that were taking up most of the window to stare outside, being cautious, and not allowing any gaps to show.

Well, if there were to be another fire, that would be awful.

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