My daily routine of exorcising demon love with Miss Miko

Yulia: "Well, is that true~"

Yulia: "...Oops, I've been off topic for a long time. Let's continue talking about the changes in European prisons."

Saya: "The topic change was too abrupt..."

Yulia: "Hehehe..."

Yulia: "We just talked about the Middle Ages, huh? Then let's start talking about modern times."

Yulia: "Later, around the end of the Middle Ages, the warden's residence began to appear in the compound, or sentry posts in the prison well. Like gloomy eyes, they were everywhere."

Yulia: "This is both for safety reasons and to remind every prisoner that they are under close surveillance. The ruler is everywhere and watching them all the time. Only by obeying the ruler's laws can they regain their freedom. .”

Iulia: “These facilities, symbolizing God or the state – and in some cases both – sit right in the middle of the prison.”

Yulia: "There is the carefully planned visual center of the prison."

Yulia: "But later on, the scenery outside the prison became more and more beautiful."

Yulia: "The same goes for this one."

Yulia: "Look at the playground over there. What can you see?"

Saya: "Well... there is neither an altar, the warden's residence, nor a security booth in the center..."

Saya: "But, there is a basketball court."

Yulia: "Hmm."

Yulia: "What do you think this basketball court symbolizes, and what do you want to make the prisoners think?"

Saya: "... makes people feel that life lies in movement?"

Yulia: "Well, you kid is quite funny when you talk."

Saya: "And what you said is quite hurtful..."

Yulia: "It seems to me that it's not clear what it wants prisoners to think."

Iulia: "Perhaps this is an example of the judiciary expressing the principle of moral neutrality: that the task of the prison is not to teach prisoners a lesson or to apply fear, but to keep you healthy in custody."

Saya: "Uh...isn't the mission of the prison not to let them escape?"

Yulia: "This is what I just said. You have to be detained here and stay healthy at the same time. Because modern society is different from ancient times, prisoners' right to health is not deprived."

Yulia: "From another perspective, the prominent basketball court in this compound may also be a symbol of the identity crisis faced by modern prisons."

Yulia: “It doesn’t know what its positioning is, and it doesn’t have its own core ideas.”

Yulia: "But maybe, this is just an ordinary basketball court."

Yulia: “I don’t want to make anyone think, I just want to appease people and distract their attention.”

Shaye; "...it feels like a philosophical question."

Saya: "A certain ninja who likes to wear scarves often thinks about these issues, but in the end he basically ends up thinking, 'I'm so tired from thinking so much, let's just go play.'"

Yulia: "Well, she won't affect her mood by thinking about those difficult questions."

Yulia: "This is what you have to learn. Only by being careless can you be happy."

Shaye: "I don't think you have the right to say this to me."

Yulia: "Speaking of which, do you have any new ideas about this basketball court?"

Yulia: "Imagine that you are a prisoner here. You look out the window and see it every day..."

Saya: "...the basketball court in the middle of the playground...it doesn't seem to trigger any associations in me."

Yulia: "But it's okay for me. Maybe it's because you don't look at this place day after day, year after year."

Saya: "Neither do you..."

Saya: "The place where you are imprisoned keeps changing."

Yulia: "...Yes."

Yulia: "I exist in many time and space at the same time, Saya. The last me you saw was me, but it was not me either."

Yulia: "These sites, Saya... are my nature, my only connection with the land and the sky. It is also a place where I can observe the changes of the seasons even though I cannot fully feel them."

Yulia: "But the funniest thing is, I have no interest in playing basketball at all."

Yulia: "...Do you like it, Saya?"

Saya: "It's average...but I really like the Osaka ninja we just mentioned."

Saya: "...But this guy actually uses ninjutsu to play basketball. It's basically cheating."