Lilja
...Summer solo travel special. Oze Marshland...Shiretoko...Okinawa...

Lilja
...There's also a special article on fireworks festivals. As expected, Japanese summers mean fireworks...

Lilja
If it hadn't rained that time, we could have seen them too. Disappointing...

Hikari
I finished writing~! Mmm...!

Lilja
Good work. Did you finish your homework?

Hikari
Hmm, just a little more! I've done the draft, now I just need to translate it to English! English!

Hikari
I was able to concentrate thanks to you keeping watch, Lilja-san! When I'm alone in my room, I end up looking at my smartphone instead of writing essays.

Lilja
I was just reading a magazine though.

Hikari
Just having you here is okay!

Hikari
How's your summer homework coming along, Lilja-san? Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen you studying.

Lilja
It's fine. I have a schedule planned.

Hikari
Ohhh! As expected of Lilja-san, so cool and efficient!

Lilja
Yes. I'm good at keeping watch and making plans. If there's anything you need help with, just let me know.

Hikari
Really!? Then...can you help me with the English translation? I wrote so much that it's hard to translate it all.

Lilja
I don't mind as long as the content isn't boring to listen to.

Hikari
Fufufu, then no problem! The theme is the beauty of my homeland!

Lilja
Okinawa...I've never been there, but I'm interested.

Lilja
Tell me? About your hometown.

Hikari
Yes!

Hikari
The beauty of my hometown, Okinawa, is that the sky and sea are clear as far as the eye can see.

Hikari
When you look at the sea, a blue so beautiful it seems to pull you in spreads out. You can't help but want to start moving.

Lilja
The blue of Okinawa. ...I think it was in the magazine I was just reading.

Lilja
...Here it is. Is this the kind of scenery you were looking at, Hikari?

Hikari
Yes, that's it! I've been to this beach! It's so nostalgic~!

Lilja
...Indeed, the world is filled with blue.

Hikari
Right? Everything is blue all the way to the horizon! And, and, the salt ice cream they sell there is delicious!

Lilja
It says it's a recommended sweet. It seems they're also famous for diving and fireworks festivals.

Hikari
I went to see them with my big sister! Niagara! Starmine! A great spectacle!

Lilja
I see...

Hikari
Huh, weren't you interested in fireworks, Lilja-san? You were looking forward to them the other day.

Lilja
I was sad when it was canceled. I wanted to see the fireworks...

Hikari
Then let's definitely go next year! We need to make lots of teru teru bozu dolls!

Lilja
...

Hikari
Lilja-san?

Lilja
I can't wait until next summer...in Rovaniemi, there are fireworks displays at the end of the year...

Hikari
Oh I see, "Happy New Year" with fireworks, right?

Lilja
Yes. They sent me videos on my smartphone. I don't understand...how to view the videos though.

Hikari
Leave it to me!

Hikari
Let's see...this video, right? Play!

Hikari
Wow! Beautiful! Somehow even the sky seems to be glowing...

Lilja
That's the aurora. It brings back memories.

Hikari
Amazing~...

Hikari
Could it be that Lilja-san is beautiful because Finland is so beautiful?

Lilja
Maybe so. The beauty of nature lives within me too.

Hikari
So cool...! I wish I had something like that too.

Lilja
Hikari has it too. It's just different from the beauty I aim for.

Lilja
The color of the air is different in Rovaniemi and Okinawa. I'm sure you hold a beauty that I don't have.

Hikari
Lilja-san can even see the color of the air...no...when you compare them...it feels different somehow...?

Lilja
Hikari, I want you to tell me. About the colors of Okinawa that embraced and raised you.

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Pub: 31 Jul 2025 17:29 UTC

Edit: 12 Aug 2025 18:04 UTC

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