Lv.15 The Promised Day

Six months since then

I held back on souvenirs to reach this day

May 4th

My birthday falls on a weekday sandwiched between public holidays

But starting this year, it becomes a public holiday known as a national holiday

"Well, time to go buy it"

In Dad's car to our usual hangout, but today the purpose is different

"We've been expecting you"

Welcomed with a smile; I only ever interacted with the demo unit, but today is goodbye...

"Here is the console. Also, I am very sorry, but you will have to choose one game from among these."

It wasn't that the game came with it for free... but rather, I remember buying (having bought for me) the game as part of a bundle...

"I'll take this one"

Innocent me, a devilish child unaware of the circumstances

"Also, I want this too"

As a result, we bought the console and two games

It was worth the wait, since my younger sister had been getting souvenirs all this time

For some reason, I justified the expensive purchase with a plausible excuse (Don't forget to be grateful, I want to say to my past self...)

Rushed through the other shopping and headed home

I tried to hook it up to the living room TV right away, but...

"I can't get it to work..."

Apparently, installing equipment like an RF switch was too difficult for a snot-nosed kid.

"Let me see that."

Thanks to my kind and reliable dad, it was docked successfully.

The first thing to play is... this one.

The software I chose was one of the ones the store had prepared initially... in other words, something I picked out on the spot back then.

It was a racing game that had been out for a little while, but nobody owned it.

I wasn't particularly interested in cars, so why I chose this software is a mystery to me now... and then

Oh no... my eyes are getting tired...

This is strange, an eye strain I've never experienced while playing games before... even though I've only been playing for 30 minutes...

"W-well, that's enough for today."

I couldn't bring myself to say that my eyes were tired, even if my life depended on it.

And that racing games and my eyes didn't get along well, either.

The next day, and the day after that... 30 minutes was the limit when it came to that racing game.

Lv.15 Family Computer (F1 Race)