Jammerg55 here, Ok so some good news and some bad news. The good news is were almost caught up with our backlog of chapters for Smartphone. The bad news is were almost caught up with our backlog of chapters for Smartphone. Which means, starting from Chapter 33, its going from a daily release back to a weekly release. With the problem of college and those pesky things called responsibilities it is impractical to maintain daily releases of Smartphone. However, that being said I do hope you continue to enjoy our work and this story, as well as other stories on this site. Anyways Enjoy!

Chapter 31:The Lost Child and the New Feature

About 3 days after he was released from the so called Fluffy h.e.l.l, he wanted to go with me and explore the town.

We walked outside the hotel and onto the main street. For now, lets head over to the market because thats where most of the people are.

There were people displaying and selling various items. From food, to miscellaneous goods to clothing and items were sold there. Were there any good bargains to be had? People mixed around while searching for things they were looking for.

(Its pretty lively here isnt it?)

(This is tentatively the center of town. You can buy things cheaply here so its a place that everyone comes to.)

Kohaku and I didnt hear us talking. Being that we were summoner and summoned beast, we could more or less understand what we were thinking. We didnt really talk out loud because people would think that I was nuts.

Although Kohaku was in this form Kohaku was still a tiger. He stood out after all. But, everyone just looked from a distance, with the reaction of seeing something unusual and didnt overreact at all. Occasionally some girls would pat his head as they pa.s.sed by.

Because we were in the presence of other people, he pretended to be a tiger cub and Kohaku let out a Gau gau which in turn made the girls happily pat his head more. Since he had been liberated from our girls attention it was a disaster....

But it really is crowded isnt it? We should try not to get separated. Well, even if we were to be separated, I would be able to feel where he was and find him easily.

People kept mixing around me and Kohaku was starting to get restless, it could be bad. I was starting to look troubled. Because of that I picked him up and held him. At first he didnt want to, but shortly settled down.

Just like that we walked around then suddenly, Kohaku looked over to the right, in the crowd of mixing people.

(Master, is that not Yae over there?)

(Eh?)

Abruptly, I looked in the crowd and followed Kohakus glance, over at the edge, on the side where the flow of traffic wouldnt be interrupted, Yae was squatting down. There was also a girl of about 4 years of age sobbing in front of Yae. Yae was working very hard to calm her down.

What are you doing Yae?

Touya-dono? Kohaku is with you also, degozaru?

After seeing our faces, Yae shows relief on her face. What happened? Thats an unusual expression for Yae.

...This child is?

That is, she seems to be lost, degozaru

A lost child? In this crowd it seemed to be easy to get lost. I looked around in the vicinity while thinking so. In this crowd, looking for the parents will be difficult.

Ok, what is your name?

Uku...Feeee....Mommy....

Its no use. Its not a place for her name it seems. If she doesnt stop crying we wont be able to ask her anything..

I also tried to ask her things like her name, where she came from, but she wouldnt answer at all degozaruyo.

Yae sighed as she let out a worried face. Fumu, we need to get some kind of information.

I put Kohaku in front of the girl. The girl momentarily startled but pinched her face again and was about to cry again. I ordered Kohaku in my heart.

What is your name?

Kohaku speaks to the girl. The girl who until now was ready to weep at any moment looked at the tiger cub and blinked. Then blinked again, and had a puzzled look.

What is your name?

............Rimu......

I see, its Rimu is it?

The girl gave a small nod to Kohakus question. Great, Kohaku guidance success. Of course, when a tiger cub starts talking to someone they become dumbfounded.. Now then, lets take a look shall we?

Search: Rimus family

I activated the no-attribute magic Search I should know if theyre within a 50 meter radius. .........No response. Are they not close by?

Any thing, degozaru?

No. At least theyre not within 50 meters.

Un, what should I do? Use Search while walking around? The weakness of Search is the retrieval range is considerably small.

Huh...wait a second. To me if I were to look at a normal person I wouldnt be able to determine if that is Rimus family. Isnt it obvious that nothing would be retrieved using this method? To not recognize or if there really isnt anyone one there, that isnt something that I can determine using this magic. I dont know the criteria.

It feels like the time when I did the poison search. I didnt know what kind of poison it was, but if I were to taste it I would die, it was poison, and thats how if found it? It was the same with Vanilla, because I knew what vanilla smelled like it was able to find it... it was something like that.

It was true that if a human was to tell themselves thats wrong then they wouldnt be able to judge it.

Lets get a little more information.

Who did you come here with?

Mommy

Your mother....do you know what the color of your mothers clothing is?

Um.......Green clothes

Kohaku asked questions and little by little Rimu gave Rimus mothers information one after the other. Hair, brown, long hair; Green clothes, silver bracelet; Blue eyes; not fat. Thats good, it was possible to get a general image in my mind. With that information I might be able to recognize Rimus mother. One more try.

Search: Rimus mother

No response. Its no good huh?

Anything, degozaru?

Yae asked but I shook my head. The search range is still too small. If I were able to use my Smartphone app to use it as my search range then it would be a lot of help. I wonder if someone would make me a Search app.

.............................Wait a sec.

Map app and Search. Could it be...... lets test that out. I took out my smartphone.

Enchantment: Search

I enchanted the map application of my smartphone with Search. A light shot from my fingertip to the screen and disappeared. Well then, how about now.

I started the map app and the map around me is displayed. Rather than just the market, it displayed the entire town of Leaflet as its search area....I input Rimus mother in the search bar and a pin dropped showing us the location.

Alright! Theres a response!

Rimu, who had been hugging Kohaku, was startled for a moment when I suddenly shouted but didnt look like she was about to cry again.

I stood up and patted Rimus head

Lets go to your mothers place.

Mommmmmy!

Rimu!

Seeing a mother and child reunited after being separated for a few hours hugging each other, it was an indescribable feeling. Rims mother was in the towns guard room. It was something like a police box. After coming and reporting a lost child to begin with had hoped that she would be brought soon. Well, in the end it turned out alright.

Yae and I bid farewell with a wave to the mother who was bowing, and Rimu.

Yae theres something that I wish to try, is that alright?

? I dont mind, degozaru?

We went straight to the coffee shop Parent, after ordering I asked Yae various things.

I asked things about Yaes house. The exterior, the interior of the gym, every little detail. Whether they had dogs, the Sakura trees in the garden, the pillar with marks of her comparing her height to her older brothers.

After listening to what she said, in the searched for Yaes house the map app. On the eastern continent, a single pin dropped over part of Ishen.

I expanded the area. To the East of Ishens Edo......Has.h.i.+ba.

Yae, is your parents house in Has.h.i.+ba near Edo? Is there a s.h.i.+nto shrine nearby?

There is, degozaru but......why do you know that much degozaru?

Yae looked at my face in surprise. Ok, it looks like it was a success. With this app I could search the entire world. Thats a great help. If I dont have detailed enough information the search results wont narrow though.

After explaining to Yae, I tried to search for her brother. Yae gave her brothers characteristics, and it was easy to find him.

Theres a dojo right? There seems to be a lot of movement, he might be in a match right now.

That is so like older brother.

While looking at the smartphone screen, Yae smiled.

Older brother is usually calm, but when it comes to the sword he becomes engrossed with it. He really loves the sword, so much that he forgets to eat.

Yae happily talks about her brother. With a look of longing at the pin that kept moving on the screen.

You love your brother, dont you Yae?

......Thats right, degozaru. Hes strong and kind, a good older brother that I love.

I could understand that much just by looking. Just how much Yaes older brother is important to her.

Which reminds me, you somehow remind me of older brother. Youre calm and a good person degozaru.

Im honored to look like you beloved older brother.

I smiled wryly while drinking a gla.s.s of water. Im not as strong as her brother is with a sword but, in character I guess.

Thats right, degozaru, beloved......

While muttering Yae stops. Then looks at me, blushes and in a panic says,

I- its not like that you know!? I just wanted to say that Touya and older brother are alike is all, its not that I like my older brother but that you look alike, I mean I dont dislike you but, um ...... older brother is family, right, family, degozaru! Love like family... love!? Li-like I said its not like that, degozaru, you know!?

Yae says all that in a single breath. I dont know why shes panicking like that. I think loving her brother is a good thing.

Sorry to keep you waiting

A mountain of food was brought (most of it was Yaes) to the table, Yae, still blus.h.i.+ng, unable to look me straight in the eye, began devouring it greedily in silence. You sure do eat a lot.......

Maybe she was embarra.s.sed about having said she loved her older brother. Well, Ill keep the suspicion that she has a brother complex locked away in my heart.