[Raccoon Man Beginning]
[Raccoon Man Beginning]
After taking the elevator up to the upper floor, we decided to just grab a quick breakfast at one of the open shops. However, perhaps because we arrived early, there didn't seem to be many places to get a proper meal.
The shops that were open had common menus... and just when it seemed like there wasn't anything suitable, an Egg Tart shop caught my eye.
"How about egg tarts?"
"Since it's a type of pie, it shouldn't be bad."
The smell of freshly baked egg tarts stimulated my appetite. It would be best to buy a couple to eat, then go inside and walk around while buying things like churros, right?
We bought egg tarts at the shop and coffee milk and strawberry milk at the convenience store.
"Check out here, please."
"........"
"Excuse me, check out."
"Huh? Oh, yes!"
The Convenience Store Clerk looked stunned by Sion's face, but since this happens often when she's in her Growth Form, I decided to just let it slide.
We walked to the ticket booth while eating the egg tarts. Seeing the fountain and various decorations in between brought back faint memories.
Ah, right. This was here. This has changed. Such thoughts passed through my mind.
As things buried deep in my memories came to mind, I started to feel excited. And we reached the ticket booth at the end of the passage.
"There's quite a line."
"Isn't it at most 30 or 40 people? This is nothing."
"True, considering there are times when hundreds or thousands of people line up, it's not much. We should be able to get tickets quickly."
We stood at the very end of the line. I could see everyone's gaze fixed on Sion.
A Little Girl right in front of us looked up at Sion and tried to take a picture, but Sion quietly shook her head at the child.
The Little Girl looked disappointed, but Sion patted her head and smiled brightly. She probably came to play with her parents.
It was getting close to opening time, so the ticket booth opened. The line started to move quickly, and before long, it was our turn.
"Two adult Day Passes, please."
"Ah... yes, are you not choosing any separate discount benefits?"
The Receptionist was a woman, and although she was momentarily stunned by Sion, she returned to reality and focused on her work. However, rather than just printing the tickets right away, she asked about discount benefits, perhaps trying to be more accommodating.
I looked to see what was available and remembered something. I took out my wallet and searched for a card.
"What are you looking for?"
"A Blood Donation Certificate. I had one I got from donating blood when I was in the army. Ah, here it is."
I took out the Blood Donation Certificate that was stuck in a corner of my wallet and handed it over. Since a discount was possible for one companion, it was discounted to almost half price.
After receiving the tickets and getting out of line, Sion said.
"Wouldn't it have been fine to just pay?"
"It's better to get a discount if you can, right? It's not that I don't have the money, it's just that getting a discount feels good."
"True, that is the case."
I handed Sion one of the colorful Day Passes with the amusement park mascot drawn on it.
It suddenly occurred to me that I had been here a very long time ago, back in my elementary school days during my first reincarnation. I remember losing this ticket back then and searching for it for ages.
Because there were so many people, I couldn't actually ride many attractions, but I remember walking around until my legs hurt because there was so much to see. Back then, it was really......
"It's opened. Let's head in."
"It opens later than I thought. Is it 9:30?"
As we entered, the first thing that caught my eye was the large ice rink. The cold air rising from the ice rink in the hot summer made the heat fade a little.
Just looking down at it gives a refreshing feeling. It had been like that since the old days, and I had wanted to play there too.
"Would you like to try skating later?"
"Let's do that next time. There are other places with ice rinks besides here, right? Since we came to an amusement park, we should ride the rides here."
"Hmm, that's true."
While walking around with Sion, I saw dolls and toys being sold at a nearby souvenir shop. Sion found a headband there and tried it on.
"What is it, do you like it?"
"Ta-da, isn't it cute?"
It was nothing special, just a decoration on the end of a spring attached to the headband, but I bought one because I wanted to feel like I was at an amusement park.
You might think it's a waste to spend money on things like this, but you shouldn't think about saving money in a place like this. We came here to enjoy ourselves, not to save money.
As we went up to the indoor facilities in earnest, the flashy equipment and music naturally drew our attention even though it had just opened. In the distance, the movement of the rides and the lights were twinkling.
"What should we ride first? It's important to decide what to ride first. There are a lot of things indoors, so it's hard to choose."
"Sinbad's Adventure."
".....!"
No, that!
Even I, who couldn't ride much when I came to play in elementary school, rode that. It's an attraction that rotates fast and is quite fun.
Especially the feeling of dropping twice at the beginning is really good.
Since it hadn't been long since opening, there weren't many people. Following the long line where there wasn't a single person, we entered the attraction, and there was a dark, cave-like interior atmosphere and the musty smell of old water.
If I saw it from the outside, it wouldn't be a very good feeling, but coming here, it definitely made me feel like I had come to an amusement park.
As we went directly to the front of the ride, only then did a few people start to appear. In the first place, this attraction has a lot of riders, so you can ride it sufficiently even if there are a few people in front.
In the first place, there were only about a dozen people riding the ride, including us. I secretly lined up to secure the very front seat.
"Ah, here it comes."
"That's still the same."
A boat with about four rows of seats that could hold about five people per row slowly approached. Following the staff's guidance, we got in and sat down, and there was a slight fishy smell of water even in the seats.
"I've never sat in the front seat, I won't get wet, right?"
"If you worry about getting wet while riding something like this, you lose."
"So I will get wet?!"
Not long after, the boat departed. It slowly followed the rail in the water, turned around, and entered a cave-like place.
And a sign with a danger warning written on it passed over our heads.
Ah, it's coming.
With a Deolkeok sound, the feeling of gravity disappeared for a moment. The boat was dropping down that slope!
Kwaaaaaa!!!
"Kyaaaak!"
"Wait, are you scared?!"
"It's more fun if you scream!"
"That's true! Ah, one more is coming!"
Kwaaaaa!!!
This time it was higher than the first slope. An even longer feeling of buoyancy washed over us.
The rapidly falling boat cut through the water, and a few drops splashed onto my face. It wasn't much, so it was enough to just wipe it off with the back of my hand.
Before long, as we slowly rode along the rail, Animatronics caught my eye: a jungle, moving skeletons, or even a three-headed dragon spewing smoke.
"When it comes to Animatronics, I always think of that pizza shop game."
"Kyaaaak?! I'm terrible at horror games!"
"You're one-shotting ghosts anyway, so why are you like that?"
As a rule, the reason people are afraid of ghosts is because of the fear of the unknown. That's why humans are afraid of death, why religion is created, and why people believe in it.
A ghost is a type of phenomenon where a soul has failed to enter reincarnation, and it's a category that should be pitied because it still has lingering attachments to life. I don't pay attention to them, but I often discover ghosts if I look around using my spirit eyes.
In the past, I even tried an occult-related job with that.
Anyway, if you know what a ghost is, it's not that scary. No matter how strong a ghost's grudge or lingering attachment is, it's no match for Sion.
After going around the attraction for about 10 minutes, we reached the end. And after getting off the ride, we followed the staff's guidance to get off and exited through the passage.
"Ah, it was pretty fun. What should we ride next?"
"Hmm..... I haven't thought of anything after the first one, so I need to decide too."
"Really? Then the Flume Ri... no, that won't do."
I had secretly seen the Flume Ride where you ride a log-like boat and go down quickly from a high slope, splashing with strong water, but I shook my head.
I don't know about other things, but that one is a no-go. Because that one splashes an insane amount of water on your body.
Even though it's hot weather so it would dry quickly... I don't care, but if water splashes on Sion, the aftermath will be insane.
Her dress is already revealing enough, and if it gets wet on top of that, it will stimulate the imagination even more. I don't know about other people, but there's no need to awaken sexual curiosity in the young kids passing by already.
"Then how about the Viking?"
"Viking is good!"
A large amusement ride that looked like a big sailing ship moving left and right caught my eye.
If you come to an amusement park, it's meaningless if you don't ride these three: the Viking, the Gyro Drop, and the Roller Coaster.
I think there won't be many people in the morning before lunch. It would be good to move busily and ride them before the lines get long at this time.
Many people ride the Viking, but because the rotation is that long, it's hard to ride if you don't ride it early because there are so many people.
As we walked there, quite a few people were standing in line. We might not be able to ride it immediately, but it looks like we can ride it next.
Just as we were standing in line, a man approached Sion from the side.
"Excuse me....."
"What is it?"
"Ah! You speak Korean well! I didn't think you'd speak Korean well since you're a foreigner. By the way, who is the person next to you?"
Sion quietly raised her hand. She blatantly showed the ring on her left ring finger.
"Ah..... s-sorry!"
The man apologized and, perhaps feeling embarrassed, left the line. At least that kind of person is the polite type.
I bought the wedding rings when we got married, but I bought two wedding rings for Sion. One is for when she's in her usual Default Form, and the other is for when she's in her adult form like this time.
This is probably the first time she's used the adult ring. It seems like a waste to buy two rings on purpose, but if I don't buy them like this and wear them, the guys trying to make a move are too persistent.
"........."
"Are you pouting?"
"No, not really. Someone acting like that just means my wife is that pretty."
"Don't lie. How many times have I seen you lie?"
"Can't you just let it slide, thinking of it as a white lie?"
"Watching you get jealous is also quite fun to see."
"Hey, hey, hey, what kind of weird taste are you getting into? That's a no-no, shoo, shoo!"
"Who are you treating like a child?!"
Only after messing around and seeing the line in front of us decrease did I barely realize it was our turn. We followed the line and boarded the giant sailing ship.
Definitely not in the middle, but at the very ends. As a rule, the Viking is most fun at both ends.
If you don't like scary things, you can sit in the middle, but sitting at the ends is the most fun because you go up to the highest point.
The safety bar came down from above and locked with a Deolkeok. With the sound of the announcement that it was departing, the Viking started to move.
At first, it didn't go up very high, but after going back and forth a couple of times, it went up so high that people looked as small as fingers. The thrill of feeling like you're going to hit the wall of the building right behind you is incredibly fun.
But just when it was starting to get fun, the speed gradually decreased and it stopped shortly after.
Everything is good, but it's a shame because it feels like you can't ride it for long.
"It feels like it takes the same amount of time to wait, but it takes less than 5 minutes to ride."
"People getting off, people getting on. Maybe it takes a long time because of that time."
"Ah, that must really be it."
Thinking about what to ride next, a long roller coaster with twisted rails passed by right next to us. As the sound of people's cheers was heard, it drove quickly along the twisted rails like a twist, then disappeared into a cave-like passage in the distance.
As expected, that's next.
Since the Roller Coaster boarding area is not on the 1st floor but somewhere on the 3rd floor, it took some time to move. There was a bit of a line here too, but it was a line where you could ride it if you waited for about 10 or 20 minutes.
"In the old days, we just rode it, but these days they've brought in VR and weird stuff."
"Indeed."
To be honest, it's not like it just gives the feeling of a roller coaster, so who would go out of their way to use VR while riding a real roller coaster? You might try it once out of curiosity, but in the end, just riding it normally would be much more fun.
The line moved quickly. In the first place, the Roller Coaster is an attraction with fast rotation, so before long, the line had decreased to right in front.
When asked if we would use VR, both Sion and I refused and rode it as is. It's not the very front, but it's about the front seat of the second car, so I think we'll be able to ride it quite funnily.
And once boarding was complete, it departed immediately. It climbs the uphill that induces the unique tension of a roller coaster, making people's hearts anxious.
"I find this part a bit boring."
"Hey, it's better to have it than not. The Atlantis in the outdoor facility starts immediately with rapid acceleration without anything like this, so when I rode it in the past, I really thought my heart was going to drop."
"Is that so? Then let's ride that later... Ah, it's coming!"
Deudeudeudeu!
As we climbed to the highest point, only the sound of the roller coaster's chain winding could be heard. And as we entered the downhill and acceleration was added, people screamed and cheered, enjoying the thrill.
We went down along the rail as it was, spinning a few times. After that, we went through a course that rotates 360 degrees while wrapped around a bridge somewhere indoors, and then we climbed the uphill again, which was a relief.
"No matter how much I think about it, the course where you rotate 360 degrees while wrapping around the bridge is awesome."
"I made eye contact with the person who was there."
"No, that doesn't seem like they looked to see the ride."
Is this kind of roller coaster only in Korea? In the first place, there are few indoor amusement parks in the world.
Then we entered the last course. We accelerated one more time on the downhill, went down, turned on the inclined circular course, passed the rail where it felt like the ceiling was going to touch our heads, and returned to where we boarded.
We got off the ride, exited to the exit, and stretched. Yes, this is the taste of amusement rides. This is what's fun.
"I'm a bit hungry after walking earlier."
"Ah, what do you want to eat? I saw a churro shop earlier. Churros?"
"That's good."
"Wait here for a moment. I'll be right back."
There's no need for Sion to follow me just to buy a churro. And like before, Sion can repel most pests on her own.
I bought 2 churros at a shop a little further away and returned to where Sion was, holding one in each hand. But the prices at the amusement park are expensive. The price for just two churros is...
And at the place where Sion was waiting, I saw her wrist being held by a man with a fairly handsome impression.
"............."
Ppureudeuk (Crunch).
The churro I was holding was crushed and fell to the ground.