Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 457 No antelope seen
Facing the wind and embracing the clouds, Naruse came down from the observatory, patting his hair and clothes, all covered in moisture.

"The humidity on the top of the mountain is so heavy..."

"We were just standing in the clouds."

Shangzi was also a little wet, and the two of them patted each other as they went downstairs.

When I found Chiaki Matsu and Miss Sato in the restaurant on the fourth floor, they were eating.

"Why are you eating again? Didn't you have enough breakfast?"

"I would rather not eat enough." Song Qianqiu only took off his mask, and his wide sunglasses were still covering his face, "That way I can swallow it in one gulp without having to slowly taste the bland taste."

Naruse took a look and saw that what she ordered was a piece of oden. She probably just ordered it because she was bored, and the portion was not much.

"There's no taste at all!" Matsu Qianqiu screamed in a low voice, "I doubt there's anything in it except water. Even if Yoko makes it, it tastes better than this."

Ms. Sato, on the other hand, ordered soba noodles, which were covered with a thin layer of perfunctory tempura, which highlighted the poor presentation.

Sympathy is sympathy. When Matsu Chiaki asked him to help share some of the burden, Naruse immediately refused.

"Is this the only thing here?"

"There's also coffee over there. Oh, and there seems to be curry rice."

So Naruse ordered a cup of coffee.

When the coffee was brought, he took a sip and nodded in the eyes of the three people.

"I can drink."

Shangzi took it, tasted it, and then asked for a drink too.

"There is a specialty shop downstairs. Let's go shopping later." Matsu Qianqiu said.

"Is there a shipping service?" Naruse was particularly concerned about this since he realized that he could send it back directly.

"have it."

The two adults still couldn't finish the oden and soba noodles, and they didn't ask for anything else. After Naruse and Shoko finished their coffee, they went to the store on the first floor downstairs.

"It can be sent. Then I will buy some more things for Baby Starfish and send them back together."

Song Qianqiu was very happy shopping in the store. He took what he liked when he saw it. After shopping for a while, the shopping basket in his hand was full. It was full of postcards, pendants and other small things.

"Why did you buy so many?"

"Haruhai and Shangzi's share is also in it, as well as that of several other children."

"kid……"

"Aren't you just a child in front of me?"

Song Qianqiu had a great time shopping. When he went to check out, the clerk's eyes widened and he was very happy, and his mouth almost broke out in a smile.

She paid the money and filled out some information to send the things, and naturally handed them over to Naruse.

"I actually want to take you to buy some clothes." Song Qianqiu added, "Unfortunately, there are no shopping malls in this mountain."

"We'll talk about it when you get back." Naruse lowered his head to fill out the form without raising his head.

After buying souvenirs, when she came out of the store, Ms. Sato suddenly took a few steps to the window and looked up.

"The clouds seem to be spreading a little bit."

Several people also came over, and the clouds and fog on the top of the mountain were slowly dissipating.

"When do we have to wait until then? Let's go down the mountain first and go to the plateau at the transfer station. Isn't there a walking trail there?"

Take the cable car back to Nabeira Plateau. There is an open-air hot spring pool here, but because of the cable car, the surrounding area is very high, so the view is probably not much better.

A few people just looked outside and had no intention of going in to experience it. They were also not very interested in the free footbath outside.

The altitude of Guoping Plateau is also over 1000 meters. The botanical garden here is planted with some precious alpine plants such as white orchids. It is also in bloom now and is very gorgeous.

"It's such a shame that such a beautiful garden is hidden halfway up a mountain."

"You can take a few more photos."

"I'll leave the photo taking to Harumi... Well, when no one is around, I'll take off my sunglasses before taking the photo."

The walking path here can be walked directly down the mountain. The whole journey is about two or three kilometers, and it takes about an hour to get to the foot of the mountain.

They were idle and had no other plans today, so Naruse took them all the way.

"I heard that if you are lucky, you can see antelopes here." Miss Sato said.The news came from an uncle dressed as a climber who was riding on the cable car just now.

"Will antelopes attack people?" Song Qianqiu's focus is somewhat unique. "If you don't take the initiative to provoke it, it probably won't happen." Naruse said.

As they walked down the mountain, a few people paid attention to the disturbances on the roadside. As a result, after more than an hour of walking down the mountain road, they saw a lot of people and not even a single antelope.

"It seems that the antelope is a little shy." Song Qianqiu felt a little regretful.

Naruse looked at the cable car station at the foot of the mountain ahead, and could even see the conspicuous red car in the parking lot next to it, "There are too many people, I'm a little scared."

"With so many tourists here every day, it's time to get used to it."

"It's not like Nara's deer."

"Speaking of this, I will be angry!"

Amidst Song Qianqiu's chatter, several people arrived at the cable car station again.

Cable car tickets can be used repeatedly within three days, and there is no need to buy new tickets.We queued up to take the cable car, returned to Nishihotakaguchi Station at the top of the mountain, and then climbed to the observatory. As expected, the clouds and fog surrounding the top of the mountain had dissipated.

The field of vision suddenly became wider. The mountains were mountains and the valleys were valleys. The clouds in the distance were like butter cut by a spatula, neatly sticking to the bottom of the mountain peak.The sun was shining brightly, huge shadows of clouds were moving across the valleys, and the fields were green as far as the eye could see.

While everyone around him was shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him, Song Qianqiu quietly lowered his sunglasses and said, "The wait is indeed worth it."

"Yes." Naruse responded and took a photo of the distant mountains, layer of clouds and the gradually revealing blue sky.

The wind was still blowing nonstop, and the temperature on the top of the 2000-meter mountain was a bit low. Matsu Chiaki and his assistant didn't stay long before going down. Naruse and Monk Naoko stayed on the observation deck for more than ten minutes.

He wasn't taking pictures all the time. Most of the time, he was just looking at the mountains in trance.

Shangzi was just accompanying him.

Not long after, the cable car to the top brought another group of tourists, and the observation deck was noisy for a while.

Shangzi came to his senses and said, "Go down?"

"Ah."

"It's already noon. Should we go back to Hot Spring Village directly?"

Naruse pondered for a moment.

In fact, according to their original plan, they would only stay in Hirayu Hot Spring Village for one night. They had seen the mountains in Shinhotaka today, and then it was time to go to Takayama City, so they didn't have to worry about having nothing to do in the afternoon.

However, Matsu Chiaki arrived suddenly, and Naruse didn't want her to have to run around on her rare day off, so she stayed in the hot spring village for one more day.

"I'll see if there's anywhere else nearby where I can spend a few hours."

"uh-huh."

After taking the cable car down the mountain with Matsu Chiaki who was waiting on the fourth floor, Naruse also sent the photos of the Hotaka Mountains he had just taken to the group.

Guang: Are you still on the mountain at this time?

Naruse: Get ready to go down the mountain.

Naruse: [image]
Light: Oh, cable car!
Naruse: [image]
Yue: Miss Song!
Naruse: Hello~This is Chiaki Matsu~
Yue: Ahhhhh

Moon: [Happy]
Yue: [fainted]
Sitting at the counter of the bookstore, Morimi held his chin with one hand and looked down at his phone, not participating in their conversation.

The messages in the group were posted at an extremely fast speed, and it was only after Takigawa Yue had gone crazy that he returned to normal.

It's summer vacation now, and Takikawa Yue has returned to Tsumae a few days ago and is staying at home, while her sister is still riding a motorcycle hundreds of kilometers away.

Naruse: Where is the starfish baby?

starfish:……

"..."

Although he knew that this account was currently being used by Matsu Chiaki, Morimi still had a strange feeling when he saw this name saying this.

She estimated that Haixing had already taken a screenshot of this sentence and used it as the wallpaper on her phone.

"Miss Song is really..."

She continued to watch them chatting, and was a little surprised when she saw Matsu Qianqiu also prepared a gift for her.

Yiye: [Thank you]
Naruse: I will make time to come back during the Bon Festival. Let’s all come and play together then.

And this was Matsu Chiaki's final curtain call, and the phone returned to Naruse's hand.

Naruse: [image]
Naruse: Let’s look at the Hotaka Mountain Range in the distance.

(End of this chapter)