Country of Liars —Waiting For You—

Characters

 * Kino
 * Hermes
 * Young Boy (Name Unknown)

Synopsis
"Tale of a Traveler -You-" (旅人の話) In a new country Kino visits the Memorial Hall to a great but modest man and traveler who saved to country, overthrowing the corrupt government and becoming president. Inside Kino see the former traveler's belonging, including his motorcycle. It tells Hermes and Kino that it wants to be ridden, and if not, destroyed, but Kino declines. As she is leaving, Kino encounters a young boy who wants to travel, and Kino suggests that he talk to the motorcycle in the Memorial.

"Country of Liars -Waiting for You-" (嘘つき達の国) Kino and Hermes arrive at the next country. As they enter, she is approached by a man inquiring about his lover who left 5 years ago. Over dinner, locals tell Kino that the man she met in the woods near the gate was one of the leaders of a revolution that removed a tyrannical king. He destroyed the car carrying the royal family, but then learned his lover was the princess who was also killed in the blast. The shock affected his mind, so he was told that she had gone on a journey. The whole country maintains the lie to protect him, and he is cared for by a young woman housekeeper who was a former traveler. However, Kino learns from the housekeeper that she is in fact the princess who escaped and returned when she heard about her lover's plight. Now she is happy to be with him, maintaining the lie.

(Source: Wikipedia)