Isekai Meatria [Episode 5] 6. Each Voice

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Episode 5

6. Each Voice

A quiet breeze blows through the shopping street.

Should the meat be sealed?
Or should it be released?

Faced with the two paths presented by the Meat God Motsu,
no one in the Kingdom of Meatria could speak up right away.

President Takacchi
looked at each of the gathered faces one by one and said quietly,

“Whether you wish for the seal or for the release,
please, let me hear your voice.”

The shopping street fell completely silent.

The first to speak
was a person of the kingdom who had been trembling at the storefront.

“...I am afraid.”

That voice was trembling slightly.

If the meat returns, someone might steal it again, and we might hear shouting once more.

Umeko-san gently placed her hand on that person's back.

It is no wonder you feel that way.

Another person who heard the woman's voice spoke while looking down.

Perhaps if the world were quiet, we wouldn't have to fight anymore.

At those words, a few people nodded slightly.

In the shopping street, voices wishing for the seal to remain fell one by one.

However, at that moment.

A small child said to Mochi-chan.

But... without the meat, everyone stopped smiling.

At that voice, the air in the shopping street wavered just a little.

Before, when it was mealtime, everyone seemed much happier. They used to say how delicious it was.

Mochi-chan gently patted the child on the head.

“That’s right. It’s become a little quieter since the meat ran out.”

Another person also looked up and nodded.

Hiro-Panda stood with his arms crossed, listening in silence.

Usually, he would start talking the moment meat was mentioned.

But now, he did not interrupt anyone’s voice.

Mii-chan P watched the people while holding her binoculars to her chest.

“Both the voices wishing for the seal and the voices wishing for liberation have their own reasons, don’t they...”

Maki-mane nodded slightly.

Monya-mi looked back and forth between the people who wished for the seal and those who wished for liberation.

“Since it’s a binary choice, we can’t share it... But I can’t decide which one is right.”

The ostrich moved its neck as if nodding repeatedly.

Tokidoki-san also nodded quietly.

"I cannot decide immediately either.
I understand the desire to have it sealed because it is scary.
But I also understand the desire to have it released because I want to smile once more."

Tokidoki-san placed a hand over their chest.

"That is why I believe we must not label either side as wrong,
nor should we rush to reach an answer."

At those words, the people of the shopping street fell silent.

Neither side was wrong.

That was precisely why it was not easy to choose.

At that moment, in front of the Shinrin Shop,
Shinrin-san, the cat shopkeeper, quietly opened their mouth.

"The shop's shelves are lined with all sorts of feelings."

Shinrin-san glanced at the shelves in the back of the shop.


"What one wants to choose today may differ from what one wants to choose tomorrow.
Even if you are scared now, you might want to smile tomorrow.
Even if you want to smile now, you might want to rest a little tomorrow."

Hito-chan said softly.

"……Feelings change."

Ukon-san
looked at Hito-chan and nodded gently.

"It is okay if they change. It is precisely because they change that we can put them into words again."

The Meat God Motsu
watched the scene without saying a word.
Its light was neither accusatory nor impatient.

President Takacchi
took a slow breath while listening to the voices of the people.

“Those who wish for the seal
are wishing not to be hurt anymore.”

Then, he looked toward the other group of people.

“Those who wish for liberation
are wishing to laugh together once more.”

President Takacchi
gently gazed at the Panty Fairy.

“Things might change, but both are truly important feelings, aren't they?”

The Panty Fairy glowed faintly.

Manager Maki held her notebook to her chest.

“Is it really impossible to choose one or the other...”

At that murmur,
President Takacchi quietly shook his head.

“No. I will choose.”

The people gathered in the shopping street stared at President Takacchi.

President Takacchi turned back to face the Meat God, Motsu.

"Meat God Motsu.
We choose the path to liberate the meat."

At those words, the shopping street fell silent.

The faces of those who had wished for the seal to remain stiffened just a little.

However, President Takacchi
did not look away from them.

President Takacchi continued quietly.

"But that does not mean erasing the feelings of those who wished for the seal.
We will not pretend that the time saved by the silence never happened."

Shinrin-san narrowed her eyes gently.

Upon hearing President Takacchi's words, Maki-mane
nodded firmly while clutching her notebook to her chest.

She opened the notebook with hands that were still trembling slightly.

"We will not pretend the feelings never existed.
Even so, we choose this to ensure the world does not end."

As she wrote that down,
President Takacchi looked out at the people gathered on the street.

"We will take back the meat.
But we will keep thinking together so that we do not repeat the same mistakes."

And then, once more,
he looked straight at Meat God Motsu.

"That is our answer."

The Meat God Motsu said nothing.

Deep within the golden light,
something seemed to tremble slightly.

Hito-chan's ears twitched.

“...There are still feelings left.”

Ukon-san quietly reached into his pocket.
His fingertips brushed against a single brush.

“Yes.
There are still words that haven't been spoken.”

The Takers and the people of the Meatria Kingdom
chose the path to liberate the meat.

But deep within that answer,
the unspoken feelings of the Meat God Motsu were quietly trembling.

✨Continuing to Episode 5 (7)✨

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