“Are there items that we are recommended to bring from our ship during our stay?”
Since Miro offered, I asked a question straight away.
“Yes. We provide a wide variety of goods and amenities here at the island in order to ensure a pleasant stay to our guests. However, the guests are free to bring their personal effects as well. Furthermore, in order to take advantage of the discount services for the items sold here, it is recommended that you bring your personal portable data terminals in order to facilitate transactions.”
“I see. Can we bring our own underwear and clothes?”
“Yes. However, we do provide brand new underclothes as part of our services. But if guests prefer to bring their own, then there is no problem. We do have a fully stocked boutique as part of the island’s facilities, so please do come for a visit if you’d like. It not only has a wide variety of underwear and clothes, but also an updated selection of the latest swimwear for your convenience.”
“I see. Understood. That’s all the questions I have for now.”
I turned toward Mimi and the others to see if they had their own questions. They shook their heads in response. I guess that’s all then. They may have already familiarized themselves with this place after reading the e-pamphlet. I didn’t bother to read it in detail after all.
“Very well. I shall now guide everyone to the lodge. Please follow me.”
Miro turned around in mid-air and started floating away while gently bobbing up and down. We started following after it.
“Wa waa…! Hiro-sama, Hiro-sama! There’s a lot of different plants here!”
Mimi kept pointing at the grasses and trees that lined up the path while excitedly pulling on my arm. Her eyes were sparkling in amazement. Come to think of it, the only flora I saw inside colonies were potted ornamental plants. It looks like this was Mimi’s first time to see this much plant life.
“Yeah, it sure is amazing. It kinda reminds me of the wonders of mother nature. Did you know, Mimi? The life force of plants is quite tenacious. They even manage to break through surfaces covered in asphalt and concrete in order to bloom.”
“Those are materials used for roads and building construction, right? That’s amazing……”
I, Elma, and Chris watched Mimi, who was looking around excitedly, with warm gazes. But Mimi, who was already lost in her own world, failed to notice. Man. An excited Mimi sure is cute.
“We have arrived. Please enter dear guests.”
A thin mechanical arm protruded from Miro’s spherical body and unlocked the door. So it even had that inside its body… I’m sure there are other functions hidden away as well.
The lodge looked like your standard log house, but the interior was quite welcoming and spacious. The first things you’ll notice upon entering were the spacious living area, dining area, and kitchen. There was a wooden round table surrounded by comfy-looking sofas placed near the window overlooking the porch. Inside the lodge, on the left side, were a large dining table and a well equipped kitchen space. The kitchen not only had an auto-cooker installed, but also had your typical cooking implements like a stove and an oven. We could definitely cook food ourselves if we wanted.
Beyond the porch, there was a well-trimmed grass lawn. And further beyond was a white sand beach. There were some beach chairs in front of the porch window as well. You can probably sunbathe on those.
There were wooden stairs on the right side of the lodge interior going up to a second floor. There was also a hallway below the stairs. It probably led to some more rooms as well.
The interior had a tropical country style to it. The weird-looking wooden sculpture on the lawn did certainly look like it was from a tropical country. It was oblong shaped, had crescent eyes, and had a funky-looking smile. There was also a wooden bow displayed on top of the wall. This was a terraformed planet, so did it really have a history of using bows? Come on……
“It’s spacious and uses a lot of wood. It’s very luxurious.”
“T-This is wood……? Hieee!”
Mimi looked panicky for some reason.
“We’re not familiar with how it is on residential planets, but in colonies, wood is considered a pretty high-class material.”
“I see……”
Well, it does seem like going to the trouble of bringing wood to space colonies didn’t seem practical, cost-performance wise. It would be much cheaper to mine metals on asteroid fields after all. But I bet they can easily culture trees artificially on colonies if they wanted. Their tech’s pretty advanced anyway. Oh, but maybe they think culturing other stuff would be much more useful than culturing trees solely for wood. If the merit of easy procurement was taken out of the picture, using wood did seem pretty impractical. Manufacturing stuff like plastic would be much simpler and cheaper.
As I was lost in thought, the girls seemed to have finished exploring the lodge. The three of them all have contented expressions on their faces. Well, the facilities certainly looked fancier and more spacious than Krishna’s after all. And there’s also the bonus of a white sand beach and the feeling of release from looking at the wide open, blue sky. It was a great place.
“The current time on the island is 11:14 A.M. I can prepare everyone’s lunch and serve it at twelve in the afternoon if you would like. Shall I proceed?”
“I’m down. How about you girls?”
“Sure, I’m fine with that.”
“I’m okay with it too.”
“Yes, that would be perfect.”
“There you have it. We’ll have lunch at twelve noon.”
“Understood. I shall serve lunch at twelve then. Please go ahead and relax in the meantime.”
After saying that, Miro’s spherical terminal floated toward a pedestal located in a corner of the lodge and parked itself there, becoming inert. So I guess we’ll just have to call out to it if we needed to consult with it again huh?
“Okay then. Feel free to do what you girls want while waiting for lunch. I’ll just get a drink or something and lounge around on one of the sofas.”
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