---- Moon Base Guard Cedric Perspective ---

"First, will you wear this guy?"

When I handed the lunar exploration power suit, Kouki glanced to check the equipment and started wearing it. Perhaps he has examined whether the suit that protects his life is a practical one or not. He received detailed information about Mr. Kouki from the lady, so I can expect what he thinks.

"Son does not compromise on everything. It's a beauty, but it's also a disadvantage. "

I remember telling me seriously while looking at my eyes while handing over the materials. At first I thought I would be a child, but when I saw the material, that idea broke away. Materials that would not normally be viewable at the level of information I own had everything he had done and what he had developed. Geniuses and people value Kouki, but I think he is.

Constructing new theories, developing new technologies, military talent, "I can do anything" ... Kouki was such a person. In the last decade, the world's technology has evolved dramatically, but it's all the work of one boy in front of you.

"Is this OK?"

While conscious, Kouki finished wearing the suit and called out. Um ... it looks normal, but as a final check, you need to make sure that the suit is working properly on the terminal on the arm.

"Kouki, your arm has something like a personal device. You can now check that the suit is working properly. You can operate it with your hand or from inside, so please check it."

"Well, if the green display is normal, there is no problem."

"Yeah, green is okay. If you get out on the moon, even a trivial thing will be fatal, let me know as soon as it turns yellow. If it's red, just throw away your suit and just have exoskeleton equipment."

Alright, we have the necessary explanation. Ms. wear it without any problems, so don't worry. If you go to archeological sites, you carry a weapon for self-defense, but have you ever shot a gun? It is safest to keep it for yourself, but it is dangerous if you are an amateur.

When she pondered, she sent a message on a secret line saying, "I'll leave everything for you." What the hell is this person? Why do you know what I am thinking! I was a little scared and responded with a friendly laugh. The survey equipment is not specified, so can basic equipment be used?

"Kouki, will you leave if you don't have anything you need?

"Yes! I'm looking forward to it."

He told me his departure and gave me a smiling face. Looking at such a look, I think that it is not only me who feels that such a mission on the empty moon is not surprisingly bad.

One hour on the transfer shuttle, Kouki, who was sitting calmly until then, suddenly started operating the terminal. He seems to be looking for information but probably didn't find it, he sent me a message.

"Where do you see the amount of oxygen remaining?"

"The time and percentage are displayed on the right arm of the exoskeleton, which is the time and remaining amount that can be used with the remaining oxygen. It has a circulatory function, so you can work for 30 hours, but there are individual differences, so accurate activities I don't know the time. ''

I'm glad I told you first. I had forgotten because I would have received some basic training on earth. Perhaps I was worried about the sorrow, I apologize and asked if there were any other questions.

"Are there any archival materials?"

Sorry, no such thing. In the first place, only "symbols" are written, such that great scholars and teachers who come from the earth all tilt their heads. Even the "symbol character" is a suspicious level, and there are only things around it like the entrance where the character was written. I was sorry that I returned to Kouki, but it seemed to me that my heart was expanding as expected.

"I'll arrive soon"

Start preparing to go outside by communication from the pilot. There shouldn't be any danger, but just in case, the guards will descend first and check the surroundings before the shuttle is scheduled to land. While watching three subordinates descend from the hatch, send a communication to Kouki on an open channel.

"Kouki, I'll fix communications at this frequency in the future. I'm glad I basically don't allow interpersonal communications."

"I understand"

He seemed to be taking time to change the frequency, but he seemed to have done it properly. A few minutes later, the shuttle descends when a subordinate descends and reports that there is no problem. Everyone descends from the completely stopped shuttle and moves around Kouki and Ms. in front of the archeological site in question, and a subconscious subordinate illuminates the site with portable lighting. Kouki stayed silent for a while looking at the letters ... but he leaked words.

"Stand by the edge and push the wall?

"Kou-chan !? Can you read it?"

She was shouting as if she was surprised, but I was surprised. Is it true that human beings deciphered the characters that were said to be "mysteries" for 150 years after confirming this archeological site in such a short time? And look back at Kouki or us and tell everyone there.

"What do you do? Do you open it?"

I seem to unwittingly witness a new step in humanity.

---- Koki Arakawa-Perspective ---

After getting off the shuttle, I arrived at the archeological site surrounded by Ossans. It's dark and invisible! When I thought, one of the people around me turned on the lighting, so I could see better. He's a very nice person, and when he gets back to the base, he will buy something at the stall and thank him. By the way, it was the "symbol character" in question, but when I was looking at it, I almost laughed as expected. Certainly this cannot be read by scholars and archeologists,

This is a picture.

I thought from the time I was told that it was a `` symbol '' on the shuttle, but assuming that there were living things with advanced technology that could really make interstellar navigation and create archeological sites on other stars, Inferior creatures ... in other words, do we use "characters" to teach our existence to humanity?

If I don't use it. You will teach using "pictures" that you can understand if you have a certain level of civilization. Determining the reason for not being able to read is how to decipher. Ordinary ... Well, it's normal for the Earth, but characters are basically read left to right or right to left. There is also a type that reads from the top to the bottom, but definitely does not "read diagonally from the bottom and go in another direction" like this archeological site.

Scholars on the earth say that human beings are the "top of the ecosystem", and that they are all omnipotent, but from the point of view of the creature that created this archeological site, they are like "Amoebae". I think it is impossible to change the way of thinking of reading because of such a fixed concept. I can't read it because I don't have common sense! That's not it.

"Stand by the edge and push the wall?

"Kou-chan !? Can you read it?"

When I put my mouth out while decoding, my mother was excited and heard. Wait, I'm decoding. Well, why do you press the lower right after standing on the edge and hitting it ... You need to find another place because the reading direction changes here. After a little time understanding how to open, I ask everyone.

"What do you do? Do you open it?"

I want to open it now and charge inside. Maybe, but it's proof of their existence, so they won't hurt another race. When calmly considered, it is difficult to imagine that an intellectual creature capable of leaving civilization will attack without a clear purpose, and if the race has attacked and has "means to counterattack" or has evolved Because it is possible.

As she was excited and waiting for her decision, she listened in a serious voice.

"Kou-chan, what do you think. Do you think it's safe?"

I speak the thoughts I just thought. Mom seems convinced, but Ossan seems anxious.

"Why should I turn back when I feel danger?"

Mother proposes a concession plan for Ossan. When he hears it, he tells his subordinate that he has decided to open the door. I started to open the door while my subordinates were holding guns in case of an emergency ... Stand on the right end, hit the lower left three times, then stand on the other side and do the same. The picture turned blue and the door opened diagonally to the upper right.

Well ... the tribe that made this basically likes diagonal. When I walked inside while enjoying the laughter that came in somehow, a passage that seemed to be a corridor was spreading in front of my eyes. A similar picture is written on the wall.

"Well, it seems to be going straight as it is. Probably, but it says," I have no intention of attacking. "

"Koki, did you understand such details?"

Ossan, who was looking around while squirming, asked a question. The creature who was operating the door with the picture written at the entrance was throwing away something like a weapon and beckoning another creature, so I think it fits. I'm going back, responding to Ossan appropriately. After about 400 meters, there was another picture. This time, the creature being beckoned has a weapon and another creature stops it.

"It says," If you open this door, you may be surprised but don't use your weapons blindly. Please tell your subordinates not to shoot blindly. "

"Wow, I understand."

When I got the consent, I opened the door ... a blue-haired woman was sitting on a chair and smiling. This is amazing! If there was no precautionary statement, you might have pulled back. At the edge of sight, one of Ossan's men tried to aim his gun but was seen to be stopped by his mother's kick. "Did you not listen to your son? ] To the member in a scary voice.

Thank you for stopping the shooting, but stop shame of the earth because it is the first contact with the alien! ! When she was about to hold her head, she opened her mouth for the first time.

"Hello, Earthlings"

The woman greeted with a clear voice. Hmm? Wait, it's not a synthesized sound! ? Is this person speaking in Japanese now? Do you understand that I am surprised?

"It's you who opened the entrance door, Koki Arakawa. At that point I became the owner of this place, and it's natural to speak in the language of the owner."

No, I opened it but I don't want to be the owner. I know my name! If you go further, how can you speak Japanese! ! More like this, I wanted to express my intentions with gestures because it was an encounter with the unknown. It's good because it's convenient.

"I'm able to speak Japanese because I've been collecting information about the Earth so far, and if you want, you can talk in our tribal language, but it takes time to understand."

Hey ... I'm not talking now, I know why I want to say. Did you read it in your heart?

"No, I can't read the unstable thing of my mind. I can read only the superficial content of what I thought."

Alright, I know what's great, stop it. "Humanity" is a creature that speaks with the "sound" of words, and the actions you are doing now are not acceptable to humanity.

"Okay, so I'll use 'words'. Would you like to take off that suit before giving a detailed explanation? This place is terrestrial."

I was stopped by my mom trying to release the suit as the woman told me. My mother says it's "dangerous," but she promised to speak verbally for humanity. Shouldn't we also pay respect? I said so, after thinking a little, she said, “Mom will release first.”

Then, the guard Ossan said, "No, I'm first for safety," so I was troubled, so I released my suit and took off the exoskeleton helmet. When I take a deep breath and take a deep breath, the woman speaks while staring at me with a surprised face.

"I really took off ... I was arbitrarily determined that earthlings were more cunning creatures."

"Some are right, but most don't."

When I answered, she smiled gently and nodded. I guess she had a similar mood to her mother, so maybe she was credible. After seeing the members who released the suit after me, think about what to ask. When I asked my mother about the content, she said, "I just want to hear what I like." So I decided to check who the woman in front was.

And I hear a woman speak ... a ridiculously long journey and a sad story of a race that lived in a galaxy.