Hanayui no Shou 16-2EB

Encouragement of castle touring - 2

[Marugame castle]

Sek: I think castles are really beautiful even if you just view them as buildings, but what about you two?

Tou: We two consider not just the looks of a castle, but also how it was constructed as a defensive fortification.

Sum: Since a guardhouse overlooking those who enter is still preserved here at the Marugame castle.

Sum: It's a good reference on what shape is the most efficient for preventing an enemy intrusion.

Sek: I see... So you two care about functional beauty and the reasons it was built the way it was. Interesting.

Sum: Is it?

Tou: What other ways of enjoying are there?

Sek: When I gaze at a castle, I often think about samurai legends, aesthetics and other history-related things.

Sum: History... Do you maybe know stories that aren't told now in the Divine Era? I'm really curious...

Sek: Who knows? I don't exactly know what stories are being passed on and what aren't...

Tou: Ah, but Sekka, you must've seen plenty of castles with your own eyes, right?

Sek: I have. Well, in a tourist kind of way.

Tou: I'd love to listen to you talk about other castles or history more. Over some soft-serve, perhaps?

Sek: Soft-serve, huh... Oh, there's a stall right there.

Sum: I will go and buy some then.

Tou: By the way, why did you come alone? The three of us could've come together if you said you wanted to.

Sek: No particular reason. It's just... it never really occured to me to go visit a castle with someone else.

Tou: So you always did it alone?

Sek: Sure did. Basically all I ever did, I did by myself. It's easier to tour around and daydream on your own, right?

Tou: It's not that I don't understand, but being with someone else can lead to new discoveries.

Sek: New discoveries, huh. But you can find info on castles pretty easily, so is that really true?

Tou: Oh, I don't mean just castles.

Sek: Eh?

Sum: Sorry for the wait, here is the soft-serve. The white kind, brown kind and mixed kind.

Sek: A vanilla-chocolate mix, then. Thanksies.

Tou: I'll take the white one then.

Sum: Sekka-san, have the mixed one. I'll take the brown one.

Sek: You really don't want to call it by its name, huh... Though you're okay with saying "soft-serve".

Sum: Soft...

Sek: No no, don't force yourself. Sorry.