Holding hands with Tre-san, we headed toward the stalls in the plaza. Seeing Tre-san happily walking next to me with a smile on her face, it strangely makes me feel happy as well.
We had just eaten some Symphonia-yaki, and I had also eaten some of the food Tre-san had bought while we were at the stalls, so I wanted to focus on the stalls where we could play.
[Ahh, letās go do that, Kaito!]
[Target practice huhā¦ā¦ Ahh, come to think of it, Tre-san was good at target practice, arenāt you?]
[Fufufu, you can count on that.]
At the White God Festival, Tre-san showed off her marksmanship skills. Itās just, well, itās just like Tre-san to give the impression that sheās good at what she does, even though she said at the time that it was her very first time trying a stall like that out.
And so, I went to a target shooting stall with her and found out why she was so good at target shooting.
ā¦ā¦Her reach is on a different level. Tre-san is taller and has longer arms and legs, so her gun is obviously closer to the prize than mine. Well, of course I still need to factor in oneās shooting sense, but I think this reach is a powerful weapon.
In fact, Tre-san was hitting the prize just as much as she did at the White God Festival, not quite 100 times out of 100, but she still hits 90% of the time.
[Fufun. You see that, Kaito? Arenāt I great?]
[You really are great at target practice.]
[Ehhen!]
Tre-san put the prizes she got in her magic box with a smug look on her face. The magic box is really convenient for times like this, as it saves us from having to carry our luggage.
After that, we took turns with Cento-san and Cien-san, and as I was watching them play target practice, my hand was suddenly pulled away.
[Look, look, Kaito. Isnāt that a stall from the other world?]
[ā¦ā¦Target shooting is also from the other world thoughā¦ā¦ Heehhhā¦ā¦ Isnāt that Superball scooping? How nostalgic.]
[Oh, youāve done that before?]
[Back thenā¦ā¦ More than a decade ago.]
[Isnāt that pretty recent?]
[ā¦ā¦I guess so.]
Speaking of which, even though she looks like that, Tre-san is well over 10,000 years old. Of course, if I talk about 10 years ago, that would be something very recent for someone with Tre-sanās senses.
Well, anyhow, it was a Superball scooping game. Moreover, it was a poi scoopā¦ā¦ I remember when I was in grade school, we had to scoop balls with something like a dried rind poi, but this store uses a regular poi.
[Hey, letās try it out.]
[I guess so. Letās try it once then.]
[Alright, then, Iāll go firstā¦ā¦]
[Tre-san, isnāt that a little too big? As expected, your scoop would tearā¦ā¦]
[Itās alright, itās alright- Ahh.]
[See that!?]
As soon as Tre-san received the poi, she tried to show off and scoop the biggest ball, but a big superball wasnāt going to be scooped by that no matter how you look, as it certainly tore her poi scoop.
[ā¦ā¦I thought I could do it when Iām filled with mysterious power.]
[I donāt think itās good to go relying on some sort of mysterious power.]
[Itās no good huh~~ Well then, go have your turn, Kaito, and let us reflect on our failures together.]
[Please stop assuming like I would immediately lose.]
Iām sure I can scoop at least oneā¦ā¦ I can, right? Alright, letās aim for a smaller one. Letās go about this carefullyā¦ā¦ Arehh? Thereās something strange about this superball, from the way it feels in my hand, it kinda feels heavier than it looks.
Is it dense, or is it the type with something insideā¦ā¦ Either way, it looks like my poi is going to tear.
[ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦]
[ā¦ā¦Kaito, donāt get discouraged. Everyone has times when things around them go wrong, so donāt let defeat get to you.]
[Why the heck did you sound like you won, Tre-san!?]
In the end, both Tre-san and I scooped zero balls, and the person at the stalls gave us one superball each as a consolation prize. Hmmm, because of the fact that Tre-san and I are both the same in terms of ability, Iām feeling quite heated, feeling some sense of rivalry against her.
[Hey, hey, Kaito?]
[Unnn? Did you find another stall?]
[No, Cento and Cien got lost.]
[ā¦ā¦Eh?]
Tre-sanās words made me turn around in a hurry, but they really werenāt thereā¦ā¦ They were supposed to have been behind us just a little while agoā¦ā¦ How did this happen? Ah, wait, thatās right! The two of them were playing target practice when Tre-san pulled me by the hand and we moved to the Superball scooping stall.
The distance between the stalls was just enough for us to see them, but because there were so many people that they must have lost sight of us and gone looking for us. Even now, I couldnāt see the two of them near the target shooting stall.
I heard that itās difficult to detect magic power in such a crowded place, and in the first place, they wouldnāt be able to detect my magic power due to the influence of Shiro-sanās blessing.
[Well, it canāt be helped if we got separated! Weāll definitely end up meeting up with them soon, so letās just go to the next stall.]
[W- Wait a moment. Iāll go contact the two of themā¦ā¦ Letās go meet them up first before going.]
Fortunately, Tre-san isnāt the only one that got lost, and Iām here with her. If it had just been Tre-san, she would have just carefreely gone about and headed to the next stall, but since I was here, I could use the hummingbird to call for the twins and meet up with them.
That was really good. However, this sure is terrifying. We should have been paying attention to this, but we somehow slipped through the cracks of our consciousness and ended up naturally drifting apart.
No wonder the two of them, who were that powerful, lost sight of her so often. In a sense, Tre-sanās ability to slip through the cracks of peopleās consciousness may be a talent of hers.