During her elementary school days, her dream was to be an archaeologist or an explorer.
To seek for unknown living creatures or relics, to continue to explore the world, how fascinating that feeling would be. That was what her immature mind thought and admired.
She wrote down everything she could think of in a schedule for her summer vacation.
Catch a Tsuchinoko.Look for a kappa.Search for an Eel dog in the woods.Exchange mails with the UFOs on the hills.Excavate some relics in the forest.Pat the snowman sleeping in the summer.
Life was short, yet she had so many things she wanted to do. She could only look for a Tsuchinoko on the hills during this summer, fish for a kappa using a cucumber along the riverside, set up an antenna on the hill to call for a UFO, and check the skin texture of a snowman.
However, Asai was whisked off to the posh holiday inns in Switzerland, Canada, Karuizawa, and she was not pleased about this at all.
One of these days, let us go look for a Tsuchinoko together, Asa.
Let us help the kappas breed, and we can create a kappa-themed park.
Those were the promises she made to her younger cousin Hikaru.
(Such a foolish child.)
Now in the second year of High School, Asai reflected on her past coldly.
Currently, she was burdened with the duty of being the High School Student Council President in Heian Academy, and the eldest daughter supporting the Mikado's side family, embroiled in the complicated politics and power struggles in the family, an icy girl living in the harsh reality.
She had long forgotten about the time she had a cucumber on the fishing rod she leashed at the riverside and did not get anything after 7 hours.
However, the man she most hated at this point had his eyebrows raised, looking shocked as he said,
"I heard you believed there was a Santa Claus until your third grade."
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(When was it that the Japanese summers started to become so hot?)
The intense sunlight was reflected upon the asphalt, and Asai's vision was filled with the swaying, sweltering heat as she walked down the shopping street.
No matter which street it was, there were young people of all types. Some were standing in the middle of the streets, blocking the way, some were standing around eating ice products and crepes, and some were making all sorts of weird noises; the scenery was in complete chaos.
(Why are there so many of these flippant people? It is certainly a mistake to stand out here in the summer heat and get drenched in sweat.)
Normally, Asai would pass by the crowds blocking the way with her head held high and an aloof look, forcing them to step aside and form a path quickly. However, on this day, Asai did not have the presence to intimidate them, for they did not notice her as they continued to chat away.
(...I am already like this after not sleeping much for 2 days. This is embarrassing.)
She remembered that for the past 2 days respectively, she had only slept for 2 hours or so.
Her daily chores had increased exponentially once summer vacation began.
The current candidate to be the head of the Mikado family, Kazuaki, was revealed to have forced Aoi to be his wife, and was forsaken by his clan. The Mikado family, Asai and Tōjō were involved and faced a severe crisis.
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"Suetsumuhana" - Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Itakoro......(Volume 5)
Romance> The story starts with the death of Hikaru Mikado. That guy was a natural charmer, a "harem king", but had no real male friends. After he died, he became a ghost, a soul, but Koremitsu Akagi can see him. Koremitsu though, isn't really like Hikaru...
