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When Arnold's excitement over his first ride in a
"Earlier you said
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"I see. I call them << hot air balloons>."
"Oh, comrade."
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Arnold laughed.
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"Master, we'll be passing over Mount Onouni shortly.
The pilot, Hope, told us.
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"Mount Onouni? That brings back memories. ......!
"Wait a minute."
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Jin stopped Arnold from flying to the window and opened the floor window of the Hurricane.
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"Oh, this is nice!
"Isn't it?"
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"This is a good floor window to look down.
Arnold crawled over to take in the view below.
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"Ah, there's Mount Onouni. ...... Has the valley line changed a bit? 700 years have passed. ...... Ah, the topography of the campsite is still intact!
He muttered nostalgically.
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Jin instructed Hope to drop altitude and circle around Mount Onouni.
"Oh? ......Thank you, Jin. I never thought I'd ...... see the day when I could look at Mount Onouni from the sky like this. ...... I feel like a bird."
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I once wanted to fly in a hot-air balloon, Arnold said, but it was a dream at the time for a private individual to use it because it was for military use.
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"Ah, the plains of Bororon. ......!"
"It's called the Bororong
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"I see. ...... This used to be a meadow, but it was devastated in the <
Arnold shouted, as if something had occurred to him.
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"What's wrong?"
"It's <
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"Pollution. ......"
"Oh..." Arnold shouted. There was a battle for the survival of both races here. The result was that the humans lost, but then they sprayed this place with heavy metal ions. I don't know if the ...... enemy did it or if they did it."
"Whoever did it, they did a hell of a job," he said.
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"We were all out of our minds at the time."
It was a ...... time, Arnold said, when acts that narrowed one's future were tolerated in order to get through the present.
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"I see, so that's why there's hardly any vegetation,...... but how much area did they pollute,......?"
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Jin's voice held a hint of anger.
"It must be quite a task to clean up such a large area."
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"I agree. It would take only a short time to contaminate it, though.
Roughly speaking, the area was estimated to be about 5,000 square kilometers.
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If we clean up one square kilometer per day, it would take 5000 days ...... That would take nearly 14 years.
"We'd better report this to the Kingdom of Cerroa ......."
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Jin thought that it would be a national project.
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Yes, the <
"Wow ...... I never thought I would see this from the sky ......!"
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Arnold was in a good mood after seeing his dream mountain range.
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"Yeah, there's a glacier hanging ...... over it, and it's probably still cold ...... near the summit, closed off by a million years of snow."
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Arnold is pleased to be able to see the mountain range he has longed to see, albeit from above.
"By the way, this area is not Cerroa anymore, is it?
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"Yes, the Kingdom of Franz. A little further on is the Kingdom of Klein.
"Are you sure about that? Are you sure you're okay?
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"Oh, that's okay. I have a free pass to travel between countries."
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I see.
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I'm quite proud of you.
While he was saying this, the hurricane was entering the Kingdom of Klein.
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"We should be able to see Mount Ticazo, the highest peak in the Kruger Mountains, in a few minutes."
"Oh, that! I never thought I'd see it with my own eyes! ......Wow, that's it!
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The second peak is on the left in the foreground and the first peak is in the background,
Both peaks are covered with silvery snow and look divine.
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"I wish I could have stood on that peak. ......"
"I think you can do it now. ...... No, I don't."
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Jin guessed that the sense of accomplishment from climbing the summit would be small.
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"Now, I have a proposal.
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"What is it?"
"What is it?"
"Where we're going."
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Jin broke off and looked at the expressions on Arnold and Chelle's faces.
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"Destination?"
"...... back the route we came, or continue east, south, or ...... north?"
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If we head east, we'll pass through the northern part of the former Leonard's Kingdom by the sea.
To the south is the Kingdom of Klein.
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And to the north is .......
"The demon realm ...... or the Nordic Commonwealth?"
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Yes.
I see... I understand why Jin asked so openly.
What do we do now?
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What are you going to do? ...... Jin knows someone in the Nordic Federation, doesn't he?
Yes, I do.
"Yes, I do. Go to ...... and head north.
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Are you sure?
Yeah.
Okay.
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After such an exchange, the hurricane turned to the north.
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