Taking Out

"...Hey, what is that?"

"Un? Ah, that's a traffic light. The color of the light shows whether we can pass."

"What about that?"

"Mailbox. Once you put a letter in, you can send it to the designated place."

"Then what about that?"

"Vending machines. You can buy drinks by putting money in"

"Well then──"

Speaking only halfway, Mio suddenly stopped.

"I'm sorry. It seems that I've been going on for a while now."

Hearing Mio's apology, Shinji shook his head as if to say that "it was nothing".

"Don't worry about it. It's the first time you've ever seen those things. It would be hard for you to not be interested in them."

While saying that, he also looked around.

Neatly arranged buildings lined up on both sides of the paved road.

Telegraph poles stood at equal intervals on each side with electric wires spread across the sky.

Meanwhile, within this setting, there were both pedestrians and vehicles rushing back and forth.

It was a common sight for him who lived in this neighborhood.

Still, if this were his first time ever seeing the such scene, he probably would have shared Mio's reaction.

That's right.

After about two weeks since Mio had first met him, they had decided to leave the house to excursion outside.

Mio, who had read through all of the books at home, could now speak Japanese as smoothly as a native speaker who had lived in Japan for many years.

Then, after learning a certain degree of proper etiquette, behavior, and common sense, they finally received permission from the overseer of the Takamiya household, Mana, to be able to go out.

Needless to say, the two of them were walking in the opposite direction of where the spacequake had occurred.

Although the city was still in a panic from being struck by an unprecedented disaster, people still needed to work to provide food on the table.

To accomplish such things, it was necessary to regain the foundation of everyday life even if there was an enormous crater.

Televisions continued broadcasting overwhelmingly about spacequakes, especially discussing why such a disaster occurred and was repeating.

Yet, residents, who lived nearby the sites were surprisingly calm as they continued on with their lives.

"Wow...uh…...ah──I've read about this in a book."

"......"

While watching Mio walk around the road, gazing at everything with interest, Shinji stared at her while being lost in his thoughts.

Other than her language skills being more proficient than others, he suddenly remembers the time when his girlfriends learn about her existence in their household.

They didn't get angry because of not telling it but instead, they immediately accept her.

Almost every day, not only Shinji but they also visit her to play with her.

He made an excuse that she lost her family and memories too in an accident so that's why she couldn't remember anything.

With that, they didn't talk about it with her while playing.

However, even though this is the first time she holds a controller, she was able to defeat all of his girlfriends.

Not only that, she beat all the games that she played with them.

They look bafflement at her performance since no ordinary human could do it.

But that is not surprising.

After all, Mio was not an ordinary human being.

On the contrary, she wasn't even an organism born through the natural process.