Spice was staring at his terminal with a difficult expression.
“Somewhere in the world, a door to information is being closed. invisible walls are multiplying.”
Minico, cheeks full of cream puff, asked, “What kind of wall?”
“A wall that stops people from saying what they want to say.”
“……”
Minico slowly swallowed the cream puff in his mouth.
“Is that kind of like how Kopo can’t tell Ohisama the truth?”
“…That’s a completely different thing.”
“But Spice, you’re making the same difficult face.”
Spice closed the terminal. He said nothing for a while.
“…Give me one.”
“A cream puff?”
Spice nodded. Minico took one out of the bag and handed it over; Spice ate it in a single bite.
He didn’t say “delicious” — but it was a while before he opened the terminal again.
Margin note: On Spice’s data terminal, a single note read: “Cream puff > information restrictions.”
【Today’s Drop】
- World Day Against Cyber Censorship (March 12): An international awareness day opposing censorship and restrictions on information online.
- Sweets Day: The 12th of every month is celebrated as Sweets Day.
This is an English translation of “見えない壁とシュークリーム”, part of Tales of Amencho Town (蛙鳴町奇譚).