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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 1 Chapter 2.1

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“Translator: Goma/Editor: TheNix”

Section 1

 

After being disowned by my dad I moved to a southern island.

My new independent life had a difficult start with having to live in a haunted residence where an earthbound spirit is my roommate.

Now, I wondered, what will happen next?

 Describing my current circumstances was easy, but the reality was not that easy.

While I am on the island, I must answer this question.

What do I do with my life?

Until now, I had a proper destiny: to inherit my family business. A clear-cut future, and a cemented road that headed in that direction.

However, I had deviated from this road. Now, in front of me, there is no road.

There was a desert instead. There was another way to think about it though. Every direction was a road; an endless number of ways that I can go, leading everywhere.  Nonetheless, facing this was scary.

Which way should I go? What should I use as a reference point?

No one told me where I should go.

The freedom that I wanted has turned into a burden for me.

There was something I must do no matter what though.

「I must quickly recover from my arm injury」

After that, I shall think about this slowly.

Find what I want to do at my own pace, without constraints.

Because I think that that is the whole point of being free.

 

Section 2

 

「Umm, so newcomer. Introduce yourself」

「I am Jūgo Yama. Nice to meet you」

After being urged by the teacher who stood on the teaching platform, I bowed down towards my new classmates.

At the smiling newcomer who had his left hand slung in a bandage, the whole class applauded.

On Monday, after walking from Happiness Dorm for less than 20 minutes, I arrived at the school that I will be going to from today on. 『 Nanae Island Third Private High School 』.

In Nanae Island, there were altogether seven high schools, and apparently, they were given numbers according to when they had been founded. That meant that this Third High School was the third high school to be founded on this island. It was also a school that was relatively new; about six years since opening.

Apparently this school’s building was designed by a genius architect. Its shape was not restricted to the traditional school building design, but was quite artistic. No matter how much I considered it, the building design was not unpleasant at all. Rather, it was somewhat attractive.

After I introduced myself to the homeroom teacher at the staff office, I moved to the classroom. Then, the introduction in the morning homeroom was done without any trouble. During the break, I bonded with my new classmates without any issues. The first day of classes ended in no time.

「H… hello, Yama」

After the homeroom before going home ended, a girl wearing glasses that looked quite quiet walked towards my seat.

「Um」

I was confused since I had been called upon suddenly. The girl bowed her head.

「I am Yurika Yumeji. I am the class representative」

    A person wearing glasses that look quite diligent is the class rep. Indeed, it was a stereotypical person to have that role.

「Nice to meet you」

「The teacher told me to give you a tour of the school. So are you free after this? 」

    I did not feel like I had an option to refuse an offer from a girl wearing glasses. So I smiled and replied, 「Yes please」

    This unexpected tour was exciting. Following Ms. Yumeji I went out to the hall. 「By the way, I had been curious since the morning. What happened to your arm? 」

    I could see that Ms. Yumeji was a little nervous, as her gaze was trembling slightly. She was looking at my left arm.

「Ah, er, I had dislocated it due to an unforeseen accident」

「Um……don’t tell me it was a fight? 」

「No, not that. It was just the price for trying to satisfy my curiosity」

    At my comment, Ms. Yumeji tilted her head and said, 「I see」

    Well, I could not say honestly that I had sacrificed my left hand to touch a ghosts breast. Thus, I shall stop here.

「Isn’t it inconvenient? 」

「Well I am used to getting hurt so… But still, it is the first time my shoulder was dislocated」

    We made small talk, while Ms. Yumeji guided me around the campus.

    It was not that there was anything special. It was just a normal school. However, just the fact that I was walking together with a girl naturally made it exciting.

    Wow, this is great. This kind of moment is really the time when high schoolers are utterly happy.

「Please be careful, there is a step there」

    On top of this, Ms. Yumeji’s kindness in every one of her words and actions were very soothing. I had quickly become Ms. Yumeji’s fan.

「Thank you very much. Your warning really helped」

    While walking along the corridor, I thanked her with all my heart. Ms. Yumeji started to fidget.

    At what I said, she widened her eyes.

    D… don’t tell me this is the tsundere phrase that people usually talk about! After this, there must be a catchphrase that would grab my heart!

「……The reason why I am kind to you is in order to earn points for my school report」

    Err, that comment was strangely realistic.

    I could not get enthralled by her line.

    There were three school buildings for the Third High School. Each school building was as follows: the classroom block, the special block, and the block for club activities. All of them were of different height and shape, and it seemed that the three blocks were arranged to be the tip of an equilateral triangle. From a bird’s eye point of view, that meant that the blocks were jutting out in three directions.

    When I was going from the classroom block to the special block, I saw the central garden.

    While looking at the garden I suddenly stopped walking. It was not because there was somebody. It was just because I had thought the central garden looked very nice. The road with orange tiles among the greenery stretched to the central garden’s fountain. The fountain had a unique design. The fountain alone would not be enough to stop me. However, once I saw the white uniquely designed school building in the background, the fountain transformed into something totally different.

    When individual random things come together, it becomes a scenery that moves the heart.

    Surely those that can calculate this and express so well are called geniuses.

「As I had thought, this building is quite interesting」

    While I muttered softly and gazed at the scenery, Ms. Yumeji stood beside me.

「You seem to have a keen eye. You find this place already. I also like the scenery you can see from here」

    I was happy that there was another person that was of the same opinion as me.

「Yama, if you don’t mind, can I teach you another secret to this school building? 」

    I nodded at her question. Then, Ms. Yumeji pointed in a certain direction.

「The Third High School has three school blocks, and there are three paths that go between the blocks. There are three paths on each floor. As you can see, the scenery that you can see from the first floor’s path is very beautiful. Additionally, there are two more places where you can see a beautiful scenery like this place」

    Then, I understood.

「It is the middle of the other two paths. If I remember correctly, from there, the block that one can see in the background of the fountain would become different」

「You are correct」. Ms. Yumeji smiled.

「The fountain’s shape looks slightly different from there. Nonetheless, that suits the school block in the back to look very beautiful as well」

「Wow, as I had thought, the person that made this place must be very amazing」

「Do you know who that is? 」

「Err, it should be Koma Mutsumi, right? 」

    Koma Mutsumi, a person that was called the young genius architect that has been creating a large number of buildings since she was a teen. Even now as she approaches 30 years old she has been involved in many building designs, and the buildings that were designed by her mind have attracted many fans.

「Do you know that this island is the starting point for when Koma Mutsumi became world-famous? 」

「I did not know that. Is that true? 」

「Yes. Apparently, 12 years ago, 7 genius students had made this Nanae Island. They are called the GREAT 7. Koma Mutsumi is one of them」

「I see」While nodding I thought, GREAT is such a lame name.

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