Chapter 300
Translator: Reflet
Editor: ryunakama
On Sunday, the Natsuno household was gathered in full force in the parking lot of the condominium . Taiyou, as well as his five brides, were all in plain clothes, staring at the vehicle that had been brought to the spot . It was about as big as a minivan, but oddly streamlined to the point where it felt like it came from the near future .
“And what’s this?”
“A bicycle . ”
“You call this a bicycle?”
Taiyou replied to Youran, eyes wide open . Sure, the vehicle in front of them was uniquely made and didn’t seem like a normal one, but there was still a frame, and even the space inside of the airtight vehicle was reminiscent of a regular one . It still didn’t look like a bicycle, but upon further examination of the driver’s seat…
“…Look, there are pedals . ”
“Yeah, the driver handles that . ”
“All by themselves?”
“Yeah . It’s a trial product I had made for you . ”
“…et tu, Brute?”
“Huh?”
“Ah no, it’s nothing . ”
Taiyou shook his head as he made a wry smile . From the side, Kohaku then joined the conversation .
“That be a velomobile if I ever saw one . ”
“Yeah, it is . ”
“Velomobile?”
“To sum it up, it be a bicycle with a roof attached . ”
“Natsuno-kun, they mean this . ”
Aoba showed Taiyou the screen of her phone, which displayed a large amount of images of search results . Amongst them, bicycles in a capsule shape were pretty much all you could see .
“Oh, I’ve seen these before . Okay, so this is one of those velomobiles . ”
“Yep . With gas prices rising and more and more people clamoring about being eco-friendly, these have come into fashion as of late . There have even been electrically assisted ones selling quite recently . ”
“Not so eco-friendly anymore, eh?”
“Well yeah, can’t argue with that . ”
Youran lightly shrugged her shoulders, continuing .
“Anyhow, I had one of those order-made for you . If everyone squeezes in a bit we should all be able to fit . ”
“Everyone?”
“Seven people . ”
“Okay…Incidentally, you didn’t have anything strange put into it, right?”
“Strange?”
Youran stared in puzzlement . Her face showed that she really didn’t understand what he meant .
“Oh, it’s nothing . More importantly…”
Regaining his composure, he looked at the vehicle . The streamlined frame moved just by him touching it a little bit . It seemed to be quite light .
“How do they even make this thing?”
“They’re using the same technology that was used for human-powered aircraft…But who cares about something like that?”
“Who cares, eh…”
“Take a look . ”
Youran jerked her chin, and Taiyou followed the direction . The brides had become excited to the point where they opened the door, hopping inside . Although it did seem a bit cramped with six people inside, their boisterous noises made even that aspect seem fun . It was true that Taiyou was fine with anything as long as they were having fun .
“Still, why suddenly make something like this?”
“Don’t you remember how I rode in your trailer several times?”
“True, you did . ”
“And from what Aoba says, you even pulled a human-powered car, right?”
“That I did . ”
He remembered the time when he had gone to Juuni Island .
“And so when I heard that, I just thought that rather than having it run on gasoline or electricity, it might be more fun to have it run with your power . ”
“I see . So that’s why it’s a bike . ”
Taiyou was satisfied with her explanation, since he pretty much understood what she was saying . Even in his case, it was fun to go around everywhere pulling the trailer as the wives rode on it . He had even thought of borrowing a three-wheeler and going on a trip somewhere with everyone riding in the luggage carrier . Youran had already made something with those functions .
“Thanks for that . ”
“It’s not like that . I just wanted to go for a ride . ”
“Yeah? Then let’s go somewhere right now . ”
“Ohhh, sorry, I’ll pass on that . There’s something I had to do today . ”
“Really?”
“Yeah, gonna go to Juuni Island for a bit . Don’t worry about saving food for me, as I’ll be back late . ”
“I also have some minor business, so I cannot go, ja . ”
“You too, Kohaku-san?”
“Aye . I shall go to a memorial service for a classmate of mine . Oh, and I don’t mean based on me appearance, but me actual age . ”
Kohaku said as she chuckled .
“The lad was a skirt-chaser back in the day, so me and the other scalawags will be going together to chastise him . ”
“Yeah, for some reason, old folks tend to have a better time at funerals when it involves all of them . ”
Taiyou wryly smiled . Being a minor, he wasn’t even near that point in his life .
“Aoba and I will be somewhere too, actually . ”
“Sorry, Natsuno-kun . ”
“You guys too?”
“Yep! Gotta go on a little date with Aoba . ”
Akiha said with a beaming face .
“Make sure you return her, kay?”
“For sure, for sure . I’m already yours, so whatever is mine is also yours . ”
“Uhh yeah, I do like how you phrased that, but I’m still not giving you Aoba . ”
Taiyou said, lastly looking at the sister trio . He thought they might be busy as well, but…
“We’ll go . ”
“This might be the first time that we’ve gotten to be alone with Taiyou-san . ”
“Hey, let’s take turns in the passenger seat . ”
“…Then, let’s head off, I guess . ”
The mismatched triplets suddenly burst into excitement . Seeing them like that, Taiyou found himself happy as well . As the other busy brides saw them off, Taiyou’s group got into the car . The door closed and foot on the pedal, the car lightly glided off .
“Wow . Lighter than I thought . ”
“Is it really?”
Kotone inquired, being the first to sit in the passenger seat .
“Yeah, I thought it would be a bit heavier, but it was way lighter than expected . ”
“Isn’t that just because you’re strong, Taiyou-san?”
“Nah, it isn’t much different from pedalling a regular bicycle . ”
“That’s incredible!”
As they said that, they came out onto the open road from the parking lot .
“But I guess we still have to stick to the streets . ”
“Yes . It’s a bicycle, but it definitely can’t go on the sidewalk . ”
“From the outside it looks just like a car . ”
“Hey, everyone’s looking over here!”
Kazane said . Pedestrians from all around were looking their way . It was after all a car frame with a strange, streamlined design; kind of hard not to look .
“Now then, where to go…”
“How about straight?”
Kotone said .
“Straight?”
“Yes, straight . Just keep going straight and only turn when you have to . Something along those lines . ”
“So just go on an unplanned route? Okay, I can roll with that . Sounds interesting . ”
Nodding, he looked at Suzune and Kotone and sought their approval .
“Of course . ”
“Yes!”
Of course there was no way that the psychologically-connected sisters would have any objections .
Their aimless trip had begun—Shortly afterward, a patrolman had stopped them for questioning with an extremely complicated expression on his face .
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