Movie Queen Development Plan

As the world's first commercially operated high-speed railway system, the Shinkansen was the fastest in the world in 2002.

Nanaya could also feel this from the scenery outside the car window.

The train had been running for 30 minutes since it left Tokyo Station.

The number of tall buildings passing by outside the window is becoming fewer and fewer, and instead, there are more and more green-covered mountains.

In response, the traffic near the railway began to gradually decrease. This tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the city made Nanaya feel that his mood began to relax slowly.

"I feel a sense of relief. It seems that it's good to completely let go of work occasionally."

Perhaps it was a psychological effect. Looking at the pastoral life in the distance from the train, Nanaya had the illusion that the world had become a beautiful place.

"Didn't you spend a lot of time in New Zealand last year and this year?" Shiki, who was sitting next to Nanaya, looked at Nanaya with some amusement, "I heard from Ori that you were always complaining about the countryside in New Zealand."

"Well, after all, New Zealand is really uninhabited, and the farms in the West don't have the charm of the pastoral life in the East."

Nanaya adjusted the position of his head to make himself more comfortable.

"Of course the most important thing is the mood. Without work and annoying things, looking at things with a pure and casual attitude will certainly be different."

Shiki tapped his head and said with a funny look on his face: "You said such complicated things, I don't understand anything. Anyway, you are very happy now, right?"

"You, woman...are really an expert at ruining the atmosphere."

Nanaya realized that all the emotions he had just been building up were wasted by Shiki.

"By the way, aren't you going to play with everyone?"

Nanaya pointed behind him with his thumb, where everyone on this trip was gathered together playing games in high spirits.

From their conversation, Nanaya could tell that they seemed to be playing the game of Draw the Ghost Cards.

"Forget it."

Shiki shook her head. She looked at Ori who was enjoying herself with everyone and said with a smile, "If I go, that kid will definitely not smile like that. He will definitely put on a stern face again and start to control me. Then everyone will be embarrassed."

"Of course, the most important thing is," Shiki took out a bunch of bananas from his bag, "Now that big devil finally has no time to care what I eat."

Looking at Shiki who was chewing a banana with great interest, Nanaya shook his head.

He turned his head to the window and took a nap.

It would be very boring to just look out the window during the 3-hour journey, especially since there was no one else in the carriage except us.

Although at the beginning, many people were a little reserved because everyone was not familiar with each other.

But after a period of communication, the girls present all let go.

Even Ryan, who had the most serious expression on his face, started talking and laughing with others.

At this time, Nanaya, Shiki and the Hanai couple were sitting at the front of the carriage. Except for Shiki who was sleeping in the last row, everyone else gathered in the middle rows of the carriage, drawing joker cards and chattering non-stop.

"Hey, do you want to go to Izumo Taisha?" Lily looked eager to go. "I want to see the Kagura-den of the 'Shimenawa's shrine."

"Oh, I've heard that, too."

Someone made a sound of agreement.

"That doesn't match our itinerary at all. I remember that Izumo Taisha Shrine is further north in Nita County."

Rin's geography is obviously better than some of the people here.

"Hmm…"

Lily was a little unwilling and looked at the cards in her hand with a pout.

"Ms. Lily, don't be so depressed." Ori comforted, "I heard that Shimane Prefecture's seven-treasure cuisine is very famous."

During this period, Shiki kept repeating that he must eat the seven-treasure cuisine when he went to Shimane, and Ori also kept it in mind.

"I remember that the Seven Treasures cuisine is mainly based on fish, right? Isn't your hometown, Renda County, in the mountains?"

"Eh?! I can't eat it?!"

Shiki, who was sitting in the front, screamed in shock and asked in an extremely nervous tone.

"It seems so."

"Sister." Elle whispered to her sister, "Do you like to destroy other people's dreams so much?"

"Well... I think there should be other projects that can replace it..."

Seeing Lily and Shiki looking dejected, Rin didn't know what to do.

[So, we didn't come here for tourism in the first place…]

Nanaya rubbed his temples, and the atmosphere in the carriage froze for a moment.

"I'm sorry, you can't see Izumo Taisha Shrine, but you can eat the Seven Treasures Cuisine when you come back."

"Really?!"

Shiki grabbed Nanaya's arm.

"Ah, we'll stop in Matsue City for lunch on our way back, and we can go eat Seven Treasures cuisine then."

Seeing that Shiki had a smile on his face again, Nanaya took the opportunity to say, "Although my hometown doesn't have famous specialties like Seven Treasures cuisine, it is still an agricultural village after all, so there are still many delicious foods."

"oh oh!"

The style became interesting.

"They are all farm-grown dishes from my own family. They are very delicious."

"Marvelous!"

Shiki raised his hands and cheered.

[Okay, there's another one. ]

Nanaya said to the still dejected Lily: "Although we can't go to Izumo Taisha Shrine, there are other interesting things in Nida County, such as scenery, rural culture, and..."

"A hot spring."

Nanaya's words seemed to turn on a switch, and the joyful expression on Lily's face returned.

"Are there really hot springs?"

"Yes, although it's not as famous as Tamatsukuri Onsen and Onsenzu Onsen, it is indeed a hot spring. I wanted to tell you about it at the end as a surprise for you, but now I think it's better to tell you in advance."

"I want to go! I want to take a hot spring bath!" Lily nodded her head quickly like a hamster chewing melon seeds.

"So there's a hot spring in your hometown." Shion approached Nanaya with interest and asked in a low voice, "If there's a hot spring, there shouldn't be any problem developing tourism, right? Why is it still a little-known little village?"

Nanaya said calmly, "Well, if it were you, when you came to Shimane Prefecture to travel and soak in hot springs, would you choose to get off the Shinkansen and take a 7-minute bus to soak in the world-famous Tamatsukuri Hot Springs, or drive three or four hours to a small mountain village to soak in an unknown hot spring?"

"I understand."

Shion nodded, she finally understood the reason.

If you go to that small mountain village in the first place, then the hot springs will be a pleasant surprise, but if you go there just for the hot springs, the conveniently located Tamatsukuri Onsen and Onsenzu Onsen will obviously be more popular.

"Come to think of it, I heard that small inns in mountain villages usually have mixed bathing because the bathhouses are relatively small. Isn't it the same in your hometown?"

"No, as far as I remember, it was divided into male and female baths." Nanaya said, reminiscing, "But I heard from my mother that the hotel was renovated last year. I wonder what it looks like now."

Shion put her lips to Nanaya's ear and whispered, "In that case, how about waiting until night when no one is around, and I'll try it with you?"

"Mmm... so itchy!"

Nanaya immediately retracted his head and looked at his female boss warily: "Try what?"

Shion licked her lips and said in a very seductive voice: "Of course it's a mixed bath~"

"..."

For a moment, Nanaya was actually looking forward to what Shion said. After all, he would definitely not be the one to suffer a loss when taking a bath with such a beautiful woman.

However, Nanaya had no idea whether Shion really thought so or was simply joking with him.

Finally, Nanaya could only say very seriously: "Forget it. It's not easy for the boss to run a hotel. We should not do anything to embarrass him."

"Nanaya, you are really being polite. I don't mind, so why do you mind?"

Shion giggled, but she didn't say anything more about the mixed bathing incident, just pretending she had never said it.

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Under the temptation of hot springs and farm-style dishes, the atmosphere in the carriage began to become joyful and harmonious again.

The only pitiful one is Shiki, because her secret of eating bananas was exposed during the conversation just now.

"I should have told you that you can't eat sweets without my permission, right?!"

"But bananas are not sweets..."

"How dare you quibble!"

So in order to punish Shiki for stealing food, Ori not only asked her sister to share the bananas with everyone, but also confiscated her backpack.

"I need to report the contents of the bag to me."

"Hi~"

Today's Great Demon King is still as strong as ever. Ryougi Shiki continues her dieting life under the oppression of Great Demon King Ori.

Outside the Shinkansen window, the winter scenery quickly switches between the green of plants, the white of snow, and the gray of the town.

The people in the carriage were chatting leisurely, not noticing the passage of time at all.

After the bananas, everyone tasted the oranges brought by the smiling Lily.

"When it comes to traveling in Japan, oranges are the most popular choice!"

"Hmm, Miss Lily is really knowledgeable. When it comes to winter trains, it's oranges."

Shiki, who finally woke up, happily took the orange handed to him by the beautiful girl and began to peel it happily.

"Me too, I really like oranges. Thank you."

Shiki wanted to reach out and grab an orange, but was stopped by Ori.

"You ate too many bananas just now. Let me share one with you."

Ori said as he took out a relatively small orange and gave half to his sister.

"Ghost..."

Ori glared at him and said, "You can eat the whole thing, but don't eat the lunch box later."

The style was defeated again.

"It's like eating ice cream in a hot air-conditioned room."

Nanaya also took an orange. The sweet and sour juice made him feel so good that even his eyes narrowed.

[It's nice to travel with a group of people like this occasionally. It feels great to be so lively. ]

Nanaya thought so while enjoying the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere around him.

The winter scenery outside the car window and the people happily laughing and chatting inside the car window form a harmonious and loving picture.

Even Elle, who was very shy at first, completely let go of her restraint and began to chat happily with the Hanai couple and Miss Ryan.

Ori was sitting in the back row. He would occasionally stand up to add a few words, and at the same time, he would hit Shiki's hands that were secretly reaching out to "molest" the food in the backpack.

Just by looking at their happy faces, Nanaya's mouth corners would unconsciously rise, revealing a natural joy.

It's like being a real family...

[Very warm, but a bit boring. ]

Sitting in the corner, Yoshinaga Yukari felt a little depressed and thought that what she longed for was a harem scene with all kinds of struggles. What happened to this harmonious and loving atmosphere?

[Could it be that this man is so powerful that he can suppress so many women? Isn't this too powerful? ]

During the following period of the journey, Yoshinaga Yukari looked at Nanaya with a look of [shock + admiration], which made the other party feel a little uneasy.

Gurgle~

"Is it this time already?"

Nanaya glanced at the time, then he stood up, took the lunch box he had just bought from the luggage rack, and placed it on the small table in front of his seat.

"Bento! Bento! Ori, let's have a bento too!"

When Ryougi Shiki saw Nanaya in action, she immediately shouted excitedly.

"...All right."

Ori reluctantly took out the lunch boxes for two people, and Shiki opened her own lunch box without saying a word.

"I'm going to start."

Just as Nanaya was about to pick up his chopsticks, his wrist was grabbed.

"Hey, Nanaya." Shion said with a smile, "I think this piece of beef is good, can I have a taste?"

This sentence marked the beginning of the battle for Nanaya's bento in the carriage.