Chapter 50:

50 Epilogue / One More Bowl of Ramen

Usagi Days (Space Orcs Destroyed the Earth So Let's Deliver Packages in a Pink Kei-Car)


- 50 - Epilogue -

The owner of the world's oldest surviving ramen shop watched, with cheery, youthful eyes, as the light pink four-door kei-car pulled up to her stand.

The shop owner smiled. So the old stories were true. There really was a working automobile, still out there in this world somewhere! Delivering packages. Going on adventures. (Then, what Shishō had told her wasn't a lie! … He really had gone on that joyride …)

The driver, and the passengers slowly exited the vehicle. Each one seemed to be recovering from injuries. One of the girls had her arm in a sling. Another one had a sort of brace around her neck. They were covered in bruises, all of them.

… The shop owner could only imagine what they had all been through.

She smiled, and waved the four to her stand.

"Welcome! Sit down. Take a load off."

They sat down, leaving one empty seat in between them. (The shop owner thought this was a bit strange, but didn't say anything.)

"You gals must have been through a lot. Well, no matter. A nice bowl of ramen will cheer you all right up!"

The one with black hair spoke. "Um … There used to be an old man running this stand. What …"

"Ah. You must mean Shishō. Unfortunately, he … he's gone now. I was his apprentice. I run the stand now. … I still have a long way to go, but he taught me a lot!"

The girls didn't say anything.

Then the shop owner laughed a bit, to try and lighten the mood. "Ah … Well, let me get started. Four bowls of ramen, coming right up!"

The blonde girl spoke now. "Actually … Could you make that five, please?"

The shop owner blinked. "Um, of course. That's fine … Is there someone else you're expecting?"

The blonde girl just smiled weakly. The shop owner didn't pursue it any further.

She set on boiling the noodles. She hummed as she worked. Straining the noodles. Pouring the broth. When she was done she served up the five bowls, placing one of them in the empty seat between the girls.

The four girls put their hands together, and bowed their heads.

Then, the girl with the blonde hair reached into her pocket, and pulled out what looked like a strangely-shaped … die? But instead of six sides, it had twenty.

She placed it beside the bowl of ramen in front of the empty seat.

Then, finally they began to eat.


[ Usagi Days - End ]

Nov 5 2024 - Jan 2 2025

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