Volume 2 Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10 – Tales of Travels
This happened a while ago, back when I ain
”You know, there was a time when I, inspired by 『The Adventures of Nike』, used to write a novel while traveling as well”
Sensei suddenly started talking about that, as if she re
”…Haa I see”
”You don’t look interested at all”
”Not at all I' with excitement”
”Considering that, your reaction was fairly dull”
”I was just wondering how I should respond, that's all”
I actually thought What on earth is this person suddenly talking about, but that's a secret
”Judging from how you said that you used to write it, I assuh?”
”No, that's not it Rather than saying I stopped writing it halfway through, it would be more accurate to say that the circuh”
”Hmm? What do you mean?”
”It was so I wrote as a hobby and never showed to anyone else I decided to re-read it after filling up roughly one hundred pages of manuscript paper, but it was so pathetic that I felt e it”
Reading over it again sent a shudder down her spine That's what Sensei toldher shoulders
”So that was the circu?”
”Yes It made me think 『Yuck, is my sentence composition really this bad…?』 I decided to never write soain, and sealed it away at the botto”
”Ah, you couldn’t bring yourself to throw it away?”
”I still didthatit away”
”…Despite what you said, maybe you actually liked it?”
”Well, I guess you could say that Even that pitiful past ofit away At that time, at least”
”Fumu”
I nodded
After that, Sensei's shoulder's dropped even further and she gave a deep sigh
”Of course, I never intended to show it to anyone else It was so I just wanted to keep as a personal memento, after all—however, my luck took a turn for the worse”
”What happened?”
”It happened when I visited a certain country Asaid this—”
”Hey, you! Could that be the Legendary Traveler's bag? I'm sure it is! There's nothat was used by the Legendary Traveler Hey, sell that to me! Please!”
—Apparently, he said so like that
Fran-sensei was perplexed, wondering what on earth he was talking about It was a cheap bag that she had purchased at a low price from a pawnshop somewhere She didn’t have the faintest idea what he ined that the bag ht it
”Well, I guess the value of so on the person ThatI was very surprised I even wondered if it was some new kind of scam”
”Fumu…”
I slowly started to see where this story was going
”At that time, I was very short on ht I pulled outon the spot, stuffedover to the e amount of money in advance”
”………”
”A manuscript that you have written by yourself is like a narcotic Every once in a while, you get an urge to read it once again A few days after I handed overfor the bound pages of my novel which were full of pitifully co truth”
”……”
Don't tell me
”The novel wasn't in the bag?”
”………Surprising, isn't it? I had handed over the old bag with the manuscript paper still inside”
”Uwaah”
”I immediately back to the place where I had met the merchant, but it had already been a week since I had sold hione to a different country by then Even then, I continued to search for thateither”
So that's what happened
Fran-sensei covered her face with her hands
”…Every once in a while, I think about it What if that manuscript found its way into the hands of some person, and they read it? What if they make fun of me because of that…”
”Sensei…”
Her ears are bright red Is this person alright?
”Every time I think about the days when I used to travel and remember the time when I lost the manuscript, I can't help but feel incredibly embarrassed I feel shudders run down my spine Aah, aah, what should I do…”
”……”
I didn’t have anything to say about the matter, so I elected to remain silent
After re silent for a while, Sensei re like nothing had happened
”Anyways, I just re like that had happened It's certainly e, but at this point it's just a ood tale about my travels”
”…Haa I see”
”You don’t look interested at all”