「...It's here」
Minaho-neesan enters the car to an alley with bright neon lights.
「Eh...Isn't this?」
Isn't this the so-called love hotel alley?
There are suspicious lodging facilities lined up left and right...
『Lodging』and 『Rest』are shining brightly in the signboards...
Also...『Full/Vacant』signs
「...Uwa! What's this place?」
The middle school girl raises her voice from the backseat.
Minaho-neesan had made a call earlier saying「Can we stay over your hotel?」
「Minaho-san...could it be that the hotel we're going to stay in...?!」
Minaho-neesan's eye smiles at Megu...
「That's right, It's a love hotel...! I thought that it would be crowded because of the consecutive holidays but it's rather not crowded」
「...It's empty?」
「Look, there's a lot lights saying vacant, don't you think?」
...I see
There's a lot of green 'vacancy' than the red 'full occupancy' on the hotels.
「Well, the holiday this year have tomorrow as a weekday...something like that」
I see...so that's why it's not crowded.
「Err...It seems here...!」
Minaho-neesan mutters while looking up the hotel signboards around the center area of the alley.
「Seriously...why name this building 『Hotel de Paris』」
「『Hotel De Paris』...?」
「It's the best hotel in Monaco. Well, there are similar hotels in the world other than Monaco...She took the name from the hotel in Monaco. Yoshida-kun, you do know Monaco, don't you?
「Uhm...Isn't it where the F1 goes round and round?」
Minaho-neesan laughs.
Maika looks amazed.
「Onii-san...It's not that they do F1 there everyday...!」
Ah...Right
I surely thought that it was Monaco's specialty...
「Maika went to Monaco before. During our family summer vacation. It was when I was nine. We didn't stay in 『Hotel de Paris』though」
As expected of a rich lady...
Their family can travel abroad since the house is the director of an advertising agency.
「Then...Papa went to a state casino and never come back until morning. He just sleeps during morning and doesn't take us anywhere. Then, Onee-chan was so angry that it became trouble. Mama seems to have given up from the start though...!」
Maika's eyes turned teary while she is speaking.
She seems to be remembering her family.
...I
「Hee! That's amazing...Did Maika ride an airplane?」
「...Eh, Onii-san haven't?」
Maika looks at me with a blank face.
「...No」
Un...Never since I was born.
「Ah, but I've seen them. When I was in elementary, we went to an airport during a field trip. Jumbo, it was really a Jumbo!」
「...What is that!」
Maika laughs.
Her crying face turned to a smile in no time.
Seriously...Middle school girls change their expressions immediately.
「By the way, Minaho-san...It's in China and yet why is the hotel named 『Paris』?」
I returned to the topic at hand.
「...Eh?」
Maika looks at me with a surprised face...
