What book is Saten reading to Febri in episode 19 of Railgun S?


In episode 19 of _Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S_ , Saten is shown reading a book
to Febri, presumably as a bedtime story.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rNx7z.jpg)

Transcribed:

> 国の中央部には、立派すぎる建物が並んでいました。
>
>
> 豪華な化粧石をふんだんに使った、どっしりとした石の建築物です。必ず尖った屋根や、装飾でついている変な生き物の石像が目立ちます。整った区画の中に、それらは丁寧に並んでいました。
>
> 道路は車なら十台ほどが並んで走れそうな幅で、きれいに十字に交差しています。薄い土埃を上げながら走るモトラドがとても小さく見える、壮大な都市部でした。
>
> そして、そこには誰もいません。車も走っていません。
>
> エルメスを止めて交差点の中央に立ったキノが、視線と体をぐるりと回します。
>
> 「…………」
>
> 建物は音もなく磧へと流れていき、また別の建物が現れ、また流れていきます。その向こうには、変わらない蒼い空があるだけなのでした。

Loosely translated:

> In the heart of a certain country, there stood buildings altogether too
> splendid.
>
> They were built from solid stone, much of which was beautifully decorated.
> They invariably had peaked roofs and stone figures of strange animals that
> drew the eye. They stood side-by-side in an orderly manner, within their
> orderly city blocks.
>
> The roads were so wide that ten cars could drive in parallel, and they
> intersected at perfect right angles. Vehicles would kick up a thin cloud of
> dust as they drove. They were tiny by comparison with the grandeur of the
> city.
>
> And there was nobody there. Neither people nor vehicles.
>
> Kino stopped his Hermes in the middle of an intersection and looked all
> around.
>
> "..."
>
> The buildings silently flowed towards the waterfront as new buildings
> emerged to take their place, and then those new buildings too flowed away.
> Beyond them was nothing but the unchanging blue sky.

The first line does not appear anywhere on the internet, so it doesn't look
like this is pre-existing Japanese fiction. It _could_ be pre-existing non-
Japanese fiction that has been translated into Japanese for the first time (or
differently) by somebody involved in the production of _Railgun S_.
Alternatively, it could be original Japanese fiction.




The pages shown in the picture are exactly pages 12 and 13 of the _Kino's
Journey_ picture book mentioned in [the other answer](/a/6450). Here are some
photos of my own copy:

[![Pages
12-13](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gO0Oxl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gO0Ox.jpg)  
_[キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 「記憶の国」 -Their
Memories-](http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/newreleases/978-4-8402-2525-0/)_ ,
Pages 12-13

[![Cover and
obi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pE8JUl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pE8JU.jpg)  
Cover and _[obi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_\(publishing\))_

[![Pages
0-1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHtHQl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHtHQ.jpg)  
Pages 0-1

[![Pages
2-3](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5dVuPl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5dVuP.jpg)  
Pages 2-3

[![Pages
4-5](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yP3Kul.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yP3Ku.jpg)  
Pages 4-5




The pages shown in the picture are exactly pages 12 and 13 of the _Kino's
Journey_ picture book mentioned in [the other answer](/a/6450). Here are some
photos of my own copy:

[![Pages
12-13](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gO0Oxl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gO0Ox.jpg)  
_[キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 「記憶の国」 -Their
Memories-](http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/newreleases/978-4-8402-2525-0/)_ ,
Pages 12-13

[![Cover and
obi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pE8JUl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pE8JU.jpg)  
Cover and _[obi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_\(publishing\))_

[![Pages
0-1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHtHQl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHtHQ.jpg)  
Pages 0-1

[![Pages
2-3](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5dVuPl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5dVuP.jpg)  
Pages 2-3

[![Pages
4-5](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yP3Kul.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yP3Ku.jpg)  
Pages 4-5

