Chapter 448

As I watched Alice and Isis-san chat with each other, I was looking in the guidebook and was thinking about where to go next .

It would be great if there was some kind of attraction here that would help us digest our meals . Though I say that, I didn’t think I would be able to keep up with strenuous activities…… It would be preferable if they were something like those stalls in festivals back in my world……

As I was flipping through the pages of the guidebook, some words suddenly caught my eye .

Ring toss huh…… How nostalgic . It seemed to be nearby and looked good . But looking at the map, the space for ring toss is rather large . Could it be that they set up a large-scale ring toss game?

[……Isis-san, why don’t we go and play some ring toss next?]

[ [ Wha!? ] ]

[……Eh?]

I thought I had made a very normal suggestion, but for some reason, Isis-san and Alice looked surprised . Isis-san was even shakingly looking at me with her eyes wide open .

[……We can’t…… Kaito…… It’s dangerous . ]

[……D- Dangerous? The ring toss is?]

[Kaito-san…… Messing with such tools “could endanger your life” . You should at least wear this armor……]

[Hey, doesn’t that look like the armor Neun-san was wearing!?]

[This armor is made with “Orichalcon” . With this, you should somehow be able to play some rounds……]

Eh? A full-body armor made of Orichalcon? Why the heck did she take out a legendary piece of equipment?

[E- Errr…… You know, I’m just talking about ring toss, right? Why are you talking as if I’m about to plunge myself in a decisive battle……]

[……With Kaito’s magic power…… It would be difficult…… to fight in a “RINGTOSS” match . ]

[She’s right . We can put that aside if it’s a fight between fellow amateurs…… but unless you can “move at a speed of sound”, you won’t be able to fight against the “Rankers” . ]

[Speed of sound!? Also, Rankers…… Eh? Is there even a ranking system for ring toss?]

W- Why the heck did the flow of conversation sound strange? We’re talking about ring toss, right? It’s that game in which you throw a ring and make it get caught by a stick, right?

Perhaps, I may not know about it, but I wonder if rankings in ring toss is something normal in this world…… No, no, that’s just ridiculous .

[……Yes . There are also the professional “Quoits Elites”, formidable opponents where one would never hope to defeat just with ordinary means . ]

(T/N: The name they’re called is hard to translate to english, so I’ll just name them that . Quoits is another name called for Ring Toss . )

[I somehow felt like unknown terms keep popping up one after another!? Wait a moment!? You’re talking about ring toss, right?]

[……Unnn……]

[Yes, we’re talking about “the super-exciting battle sport RING TOSS” . ]

[……Battle sport?]

Even if we put aside whether or not ring toss was close to being called a sport, where the heck is the battle in it? Is it that? Are they competing for points or something like that?

[……RINGTOSS is a game…… where both players have 15 shots…… holding their rings…… they fight…… slip through…… their opponent’s defense…… and the one who scores the most…… wins . ]

[………………… . . ]

[It’s already elementary to “shoot shockwaves” with your ring throw . There are also advanced techniques such as “distracting the opponent with afterimage rings” and “splitting the thrown ring in half” . ]

[……That’s different from the ring toss I know……]

H- Hmmm . I understood now…… No, there were some things I didn’t know, but I do know that the ring toss in this world was different from what I knew .

Anyways, ring toss was apparently a very dangerous attraction in this world, so it would be suicide for me to try it .

[……W- Well then, let’s just forget about the ring toss…… What about goldfish scooping?]

[ [ Goldfish scooping!? ] ]

[……………… . . ]

Unnn, I kind of get it now . I guess that means goldfish scooping is also dangerous . Looking at the guidebook, goldfish scooping certainly used a pretty huge space too…… Was it that? The goldfish they’re catching here was actually really big or literally made with gold?

[……T- Then what about target shooting?]

[……But…… Kaito…… can’t use…… “magic bullets”, right?]

[Even if Kaito-san’ could, I think it would still be difficult for him to score points when they get into “aerial combat” . ]

[……What about candy cutting?]

[……That one…… is alright . ]

[I guess so . You’ll be safe from “hindrances” with Isis-san with you, so the rest will depend on the dexterity of Kaito-san’s hand . ]

That’s strange . Why is it that since a while ago, not a single thing I knew matched the image I knew about them? I guess some things might have been handed down strangely to this world, just like Kuro’s strange knowledge about my world .

[……What about yo-yo fishing?]

[ [ Yo-yo fishing? ] ]

They don’t have yo-yo fishing here!? ……Why the heck is there goldfish scooping and even candy cutting, but no yo-yo fishing!?

[……No, unnn…… Errr…… Are there even any safe attractions here?]

[Let’s see~~ Hmmm……]

[……Shalltear…… What about…… “Ring target”?]

[Ahh, that one’s great! Even kids are able to play that!]

I just decided to stop thinking about where to go myself and asked them for recommendations .

Thereupon, Ring Target, an unfamiliar term appeared . Based on its name, I’m guessing it was something like target shooting……

[Ring target?]

[Yes, it’s a rather standard game at festivals . As the name suggests, it’s an attraction that uses a ring . ]

[……You stand a few distance away…… and throw a ring . ]

[Unnn? Arehh?]

[The targets are poles with different points on them, 10, 30, 50 and 100 points . ]

[…………………]

Fumu, so to summarize…… You throw rings…… . on poles with scores from a short distance away……

[……Isn’t that ring toss!?]

[What are you talking about, Kaito-san? It’s different from RINGTOSS, you know?]

[……Unnn . ]

[No, that’s not what I meant…… Ahh, geez!?]

I can’t get my feelings across…… Unnn, let’s just give up .

Dear Mom, Dad———— Today, for the first time since I came to this world, I encountered a problem . It’s a problem that I should have encountered when I first came to this world…… Yes, due to cultural differences, no matter how much we talked———— Our perceptions didn’t match .