Birthday Wonderland (バースデー・ワンダーランド)

The weather is so nice I could cry.

I'm gonna drown from staring at this bIue sky.

Akane! You'll be late for school.

Akane.

I have a tummy ache. I'm not going to school.

Eh?

Doesn't feel like a fever.

Might be a cold. Want to see a doctor?

No. I'll be fine if I stay in bed.

OK. Have a good rest.

Huh? Hairpin?

Didn't you get the message from Rea Iast night?

We were aIl gonna wear our hairpins to school.

Especially since Rea's mom made them for us by hand.

Why didn't you wear it? Don't you like it?

I didn't see the message, I stayed at my grandmother's last night,

and left my phone at home.

Akane, good morning!

Morning.

Yay, you remembered to wear it!

The hairpin.

It feels Iike we're the hairpin squad!

- Yeah, a squad. - Right?

In here it says that Kama-neko...

I really didn't know. I wasn't lying.

So...y'know,

can you teIl them for me? PIease.

- Hey, are you coming over later? - Yeah! Yeah!

THE WONDERLAND

Gross!

Why would you sit on my face?!

Stupid Gorobe!

I'm hungry.

I uhh...

...welI...

Go wait on the terrace.

I'll make something for you.

I feel guilty...

Must be nice to be a cat.

So chilI.

Here you go.

Thanks for the food.

Housewives have it good too. So chiIl.

But stiIl, mom's cooking is so good.

How are you feeIing?

Uh, my headache is feeling better.

Wasn't it your stomach?

I also had a headache.

Could you run a smalI errand for me?

Hmm?

Can you go visit Chii?

Huh, why?

Why do I have to visit Chii?

Why?!

Because...

...tomorrow is your birthday, right?

I asked Chii to prepare a present for you.

So l want you to go pick it up.

You mean I have to go get my own present?

That's weird.

Absolutely not!

WeIl, ride safeIy.

Have a safe trip!

"Restaurant"

"Chii's Curiosities"

I don't think you understand.

I like this one better.

But, I'm sure this one suits you better than that one.

Pick this one.

When I stayed at a littIe hotel in a smaIl town in Bolivia,

there was an old man who made beautiful combinations of precious stones.

I fell in love with this at once and asked him if I could buy it,

but he said it wasn't finished.

But I Ioved this so much I kept pursuing him.

He finally agreed to swap it for my chocolate.

Upon returning to Japan I customized it for use with a light bulb.

I like it so much.

If you really cherish it, I can part with it.

That witch is trying to selI something.

How much?

Hmm...

Ten dolIars.

So cheap! !

What a rip-off! !

She just swapped chocoIate for that.

Anyway, pIease try it out.

If you Iike it you can pay me later.

Why did you think this would suit me?

Because it's not finished.

Akane?! No way!

Where have you been? How are you?

Long time no see.

We met last month.

When you visited with some stinky durian sweets from Thailand.

Oh, did I?

Hmm? Not yet.

Still a baby's shape.

What is it?

Don't worry.

It'll fill out in a year or two.

Ah, is that from your mom?

Thank you.

- So, what's happening today? - Huh?

Your birthday present?

I'm not sure I got an order like that.

Are you going away again?

To a fIea market in Sorgues in the South of France.

I've wanted to go there for some time.

It's such a beautiful place, don't you think?

- Do you want something to drink? - Nope.

Okay.

I'm not good at being with Chii, but I Iove this place.

Hmm?

What? A piece of the Berlin Wall?

Don't think so.

Eh?

Chii!

What, what's wrong?

I'm stuck... really stuck.

Did you hear a knock just now?

I don't know. Focus on this!

- Huh? - Hmm?

From the basement?

You have a basement?

lt's an original feature, just used for storage now.

Woah!! !

This passage is unbearable and difficult to navigate.

Who are you?

Why are you in my basement?

Are you a thief?

I'll call the poIice.

Ah wait, I am nothing Iike that.

Hmm?

Um?

I wonder if you are a bit too old...

I'm calIing them.

I am searching for the Goddess of the Green Wind.

Huh?!

I mean the girl who fits that hand print.

What are you doing? So rude!

You're the rude one!

You are not the one I seek.

Hey!

I see...

Pipo, weIl done.

Thank you very much.

Master Hippocrates.

Chii, did that figurine just talk?

Uhh, it seems so?

My body is so stiff from staying still alI morning.

Did it fIy?

It seems so.

I am sorry for the delay in introducing myself. My name is Hippocrates.

This is my apprentice, Pipo.

Nice to meet you. l am Pipo.

It said, "Nice to meet you."

Oh, welI it's the first time we've met.

Yep, I'm sure it's the first time we met.

Huh?

We come from a world beyond, which is connected to that basement.

But I am sure you do not know what I am taIking about.

I mean...

I am sure you will not believe it...

Amazing! ! !

Eh?

You're talking about an alternate worId?

We know from noveIs and films about a cIose yet totalIy different world.

Do you mean that one?

Is it part of the multi-verse?!

Connected to here?

I've Iived here since l was born, but never knew this.

Since when? Hey, since when?

S...Since the distant past.

I feel ripped off.

I can't believe something so unbelievable was beneath my feet.

TelI me what it looks like.

What does the world beyond look like?

Can we please focus on me?

Oh, I forgot.

Superior-looking man, please help her.

Just relax.

Hmm?

I'm terribly sorry, but I must ask you to come with us immediately.

Eh?

It is your destiny to be the Goddess of the Green Wind.

What is this guy even talking about?

Seriously.

Hey you, you can't just ask a little girI to follow you out of the bIue.

- Shall I go? - Huh?

You are not the Goddess.

We know it's a very sudden request,

but our world is facing a major crisis.

You're only one who can save us.

Oh, sorry.

I don't know about that stuff.

I don't have that much power!

Please wear this.

What is this? It's heavy!

It really suits you, Goddess.

Huh?