Chapter 39: Chapter 38: Where is the next country?
I have two families.
The first is in a Japanese sweets shop in Nara, Japan.
The other family is located in a rural town far from the urban area on the planet Maldea.
When I returned to my home in Maldea, I decided to report the whole thing to my parents.
"Oh, so you've finally met your parents over there."
After taking some time to explain in the living room, my father breathed a sigh of relief.
My mother also smiling happily.
"That' s good. How was it? Seeing your mother other than me."
"Haha. I cried so hard I couldn't even say anything. My other mom was crying too."
I smiled bitterly, and my mother looked somewhat sad.
"I see. I'm sure I'll cry when I have to say goodbye to Lina."
"But for now, you've achieved your goal of going to Earth. What are you going to do now?"
I nodded in response to my father's question.
"Yes. I've accomplished the first. So I've decided again. I want to keep my current job. I still want to work in video games. I want to go to different countries and see different things. I think that sending magic stones to Earth is also an important job."
"… I see. Be careful out there."
My father seemed concerned, but he respected my decision.
"Lina. If you're going to do it, do it to the best of your ability. And when you get tired, you can always come back to this house. Mom will always be here to make you a delicious meal. Okay?"
"Okay."
I nodded, and my mom hugged me tightly.
It was ticklish and embarrassing, but her affection felt so warm.
I am a very blessed and fortunate person.
I have been helped and cared for by many people.
That's why I also want to bring happiness to many people.
Delivering the game to Maldea and delivering the magic stone to Earth are things that only I, with the souls of two planets, can do.
For that reason, I will continue to work hard at my current job.
Above all, I enjoy it.
With renewed determination, I headed to the office again today.
[Tetras & All-Star Games] has been well received since its release.
After all, it seems that children, especially Tetras, are crazy about playing this game.
"Hello~, it's Sania's Strategy Corner! This time, I'm going to show you how to increase your number of lives when you're having trouble with Super Donkyuu Kong!"
Sania's official video also gaining a strong popularity.
The comment section had become a community of boy and girl gamers.
[I got 100,000 points on the Tetras.]
[I've cleared Gladius.]
[I don't use any backdoor commands!]
[Sania sister. Tell me how to clear Makai City.]
They are bragging about their records and posting questions.
However, at the best of times, it gets about 1,000 views, so the game console is not yet widely used.
Sales of the switz were also good, 10,000 of the 13,000 units were sold immediately, and the rest were in short supply within a month.
Naturally, we received revenue from that, and our profit for the month of January exceeded three million bells.
A little while later, I got a notification from Nikkendo that the next unit was ready to ship.
The next release will be "Legend of the Zeldo".
"Well, I guess it's time to go to Earth."
While I was in my office getting ready to leave, Sania approached me.
"So, what countries are you going to this time?"
"I'm going to the UN and Japan as usual. But before that, I'm going down to Austria."
"Austria? I wonder if there are any games there."
"I believe there's a studio for [Orr and the Forest of Darkness.]"
When Sania tilted her head, Fio raised his hand and explained.
Orr and the Forest of Darkness is an action game by Moan Studio in Austria.
It has very gentle and fantastic visuals, as the developers have stated that they were influenced by Japanese Ghivli anime.
TLN: Ori and the Blind Forest By Moon Studio, Austria.
However, I'm not going to Austria for the games. It's more about sightseeing.
Currently, the main transactions are being done in New York, Tokyo and Kyoto.
This time, too, the focus is on transporting magic stones to the UN and receiving zergs.
But if I'm going to warp and fall into a random place anyway, I'd rather visit a new country and see things.
And if I give them a shrinking box, the countries I visit will be happy to see me.
Also, when I saw the specialty store that my mother had built, I thought, "If that store doesn't have a lot of merchandise, it could sell some earthly entertainment."
I thought it would be a good idea to have a little bit of earthly entertainment in the store that have few products.
It's not really a business, but it's my own personal satisfaction.
Austria is proud of its classical music, which has a long history and universality.
It is the birthplace of musicians such as Mozart and Schubert, who are known to everyone.
In any case, I would like to see a country with a rich history while sightseeing.
"That's why I decided to go to Vienna, the sanctuary of classical music."
"I see, you've given it some thought too like me."
Sania folded her arms and nodded pompously.
After deciding where to go, I realized that the official language of Austria is German.
That's why I had to master German in order to go to Vienna.
After all, I was assumed to have learned Japanese when I went to Japan, so I had to learn it when I went to a German-speaking country as well.
I've created a difficult setting, haven't I?
Even though the memory of Maldeans is excellent, learning the language from scratch was quite hard.
Oh well, I guess I can use it when I eventually go to Germany.
Now, this time, I purchased 13,000 magic stones and 130 shrink boxes, and packed them into the transport plane.
After finishing my preparations, I headed for the third laboratory of the Magic Research Institute, as I do every time.
This time, it's the usual ..., the familiar warp room of the, you know, cheap ones.
I won't be able to get to my destination as accurately as before.
"Ms. Galena. Please stay within Austria. No border crossings, please."
"Yes, I know."
Galena nodded confidently.
Well, she's helped me a lot, so I can't complain any more.
She's doing her best with the clunky warp.
If something happens, I'll do something about it with my own power.
"I wish you good luck."
Galena activated the warp, and my figure disappeared from Maldea.
The next thing I know, I'm in a meadow somewhere.
Now, where am I? It doesn't look like a dangerous place.
I wore my hat tightly and observed my surroundings.
In front of me, steep mountains covered my vision.
Looking back, I saw a quiet country landscape.
There were hardly any buildings in sight.
A single house stood just beyond my line of sight.
And then I heard the sound of a piano coming from the house.
It was a beautiful sound.
I pulled the transport plane and walked over, only to find that the sound was coming from an open window.
I sneaked a peek inside the window and saw a boy playing inside.
I wanted to ask him where I am, but I didn't want to interrupt him.
I decided to keep an eye on him for a while.
Then the sound of the piano stopped and the boy looked back at me.
"Who's there?'
"Oh, I'm sorry. Am I interrupting your play?"
"No, you're not. What do you want?"
He looked at me, but his eyes unfocused.
"Um, I have a question. Where is this place?"
"We're in Heiligenstadt."
"Is that near Vienna?"
"Yes. Yeah, it's in the suburbs."
Well, it didn't seem so bad this time.
However, he didn't even try to look me in the eye, nor did he seem to notice that I am Lina.
"Thank you. Do you know where the police office is?"
"I'm sorry. I can't tell you where it is. I'm blind."
Apparently, it was what I had expected.