This website provides a fan translation of the Playstation 2 game Akai Ito.

鬼銀しゃりしゃりしゃり

Ginsharisharishari

(TN: Ginshari - cooked white rice)

Kei: Ah, good morning.

Hostess: Good morning, Hatou-san. Were you able to sleep well last night?

Kei: Eh... well, yeah......

Hostess: Oh dear, oh dear. Was there a problem?

Her gestures, as she puts her hand to her mouth and cocks her head inquisitively, are rather cute.

Kei: Ah, that is, I just had a bad dream, is all......

Hostess: Ah, really? You seem to have had a hard day yesterday; you must have been very tired.

Kei: I imagine so. I'm the type that can sleep anywhere, but I've had almost no experience traveling.

Hostess: If that's so, that must have been difficult... coming to an inconvenient place like this.

Kei: Yeah, I guess......

Kei: ......By the way, Okami-san.

Hostess: What is it?

Kei: About this hotel...

Do you have any ghosts here?

...But, no, is it really okay to ask that?

Hostess: ?

......I can't ask. There's no way I could ask the Okami-san anything like that, after she so pleasantly allowed a bungler like me to stay here.

Hostess: Is something wrong?

Kei: Ahaha, I was wondering what's for breakfast today...

...And so...

Kei: Uuu! This really is delicious. For Japanese mornings, it has to be rice and miso soup.

...I reflect upon my happiness.

Whether it was lack of time on weekdays, preparation being a chore, sleeping until nearly noon, or a number of other circumstances, my opportunities to eat rice had dwindled.

Particularly freshly cooked white rice with breakfast. What's more, if it's being prepared and set in front of me, I think I might have to extend my stay.

Announcer: -Likely to have clear skies in Hemidzuka.

Hearing a familiar name, I lower my chopsticks and raise my eyes.

It's a TV news program.

Announcer: We will be blessed with pleasant weather the entire day. For those leaving their homes, it could be wise to prepare a hat and related items.

For her to add comments for this area in a regional weather program, this must be quite a rural broadcast.

At any rate, it seems my split tatami umbrella will see no action today.

No, it's not like I'm disappointed...

Announcer: And now for the news.

Announcer: Early last night, a mirror displayed at the Hemidzuka Regional History Museum was stolen.

Announcer: The mirror is an artifact, brought to Japan in 632AD by the Chinese envoy, and is recorded to have been placed in the care of the Nakatomi family, serving as Shintou clergy at the time of arrival.

Hmm, a thief, huh......

If it's year 632, then it's one hundred years earlier than "Nakuyo Uguisu, Heiankyou," so it's really old. The first thing I remember from that period is the Taika Reformation. So it's a little earlier then that, then... (TN: As far as I know, "Nakuyo Uguisu" seems to be a popular manga set in early Japan.)

If you sold it at a curio store, you'd probably get an incredible price to match.

......Could it be, as a visitor at this time from some far off city, that I'm really suspicious?

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