A few hours later, everything was finally settled, and Higo was sitting on the train right now, on the journey back to Gelsenkirchen. He also felt exhausted here, having to fight against the sleepiness that attacked his head. After all, the journey to Dusseldorf, then to Cologne before going back again to Gelsenkirchen was not short.
Still, this couldn't hide the excitement bubbling in his heart. The boy looked at the bag he carried in his hand, a bag full of local snacks and food from back home that Kumiko brought from Hakodate, and he couldn't help but clench it tightly.
'Yeah, now, I am not alone here.'
Even though Kumiko would be in a different city, at least she was still in the vicinity, just one hour of travel by train. Compared to the long distance between Japan and Germany, especially considering the complexity of traveling abroad, one hour seemed to be nothing. Just like what Higo thought, he was basically not alone anymore in this foreign land.
