A frontier city in Archlesia Empire where Kuro, Alice and I came to buy vegetables. Although this was in a remote area, this place kinda has this tourist spot-like feel to it. Well, though I say that, there werenāt that many people around, and it was a peaceful place with a nice atmosphere.
[The atmosphere around here feels like Iām in a tourist spot.]
[This place is quite famous as a tourist spot. They sell vegetables and fruits, so itās quite popular as a travel destination.]
[The fact that there is a lot of good food here is a good appeal point. This place is also famous for dishes using vegetables and sweets using fruits.]
Indeed, having delicious food is a strong appealing point in itself. Moreover, my personal impression of Archlesia Empire is that itās a country that puts a lot of effort into tourism.
Though it may have just been a part of Chris-sanās plans, she often introduces tourist attractions in the letters she exchanges with me, and magazines often feature tourist attractions in the Archlesia Empire.
[Ahh, Kaito-kun! Shalltear! Theyāre selling ice cream over there, letās have some!]
[Itās a local fruit soft-serve ice cream that is a staple at tourist spots like this. Then, Iāll be holding myself back and just have 3 of every kind.]
[And where exactly are you holding yourself back on?]
Just like Alice said, itās a soft-serve ice cream made with fruits that I feel like I see quite often. They had quite a lot of different types hereā¦ā¦ Personally, my favorite are citrus-flavored ones like orange ice cream, but Iām kinda in the mood for grapes today, so I chose a grape soft-serve ice cream.
Meanwhile, Kuro bought a peach soft-serve ice cream, and Alice, as she declared, bought 3 of each kindā¦ā¦ making 21 servings from the seven kinds of soft-serve ice cream.
Normally, it would be difficult to hold them, but Alice received them by magically levitating those soft-serve ice cream. Unnn, thatās very convenient.
[Hmmm, the soft-serve ice cream with its simple sweetness is delicious. I mean, the soft-serve ice cream Kaito-kun got also looked amazing.]
[There are many berries of grapes included in. It certainly looks like it has quite the volumeā¦ā¦ It does make it a bit difficult to eat, but since this seems to be made from seedless grapes, itās not that difficult.]
The soft-serve ice cream at this store is a bit interesting, and the cone they were served in has a wide open shape, so it felt like a decorated soft-serve ice cream made up of soft-serve ice cream + fresh fruit.
Itās beautiful to look at, and perhaps they are trying to look good as a tourist attraction.
[ā¦ā¦Fumu.]
[Kuro-san, if you replace those grapes with baby castellas, Iāll say this now, but that wonāt be harmonious, okay? Thatās just soft-serve ice cream and baby castellas.]
[ā¦ā¦Iām totally not thinking like that.]
Yep, sheās definitely thinking like that. She was seriously thinking of making a baby castella soft-serve ice cream. However, just as Alice said, itās not like those two different sweets could mix with each other, so it would simply just be soft-serve ice cream and baby castellas served together in a single dish.
[ā¦ā¦How about baby castella-flavored soft-serve ice cream?]
[That wouldnāt be baby castella anymore, just a soft-serve ice cream, you know?]
[And now, thatās just vanilla-filled baby castella.]
[ā¦ā¦Mnghh.]
Alice is able to accurately block Kuroās attempts to combine the ice cream with baby castellas. Sheās really dependable in situations like this.
[ā¦ā¦Well, leaving thinking of baby castellas for laterā¦ā¦]
[You really wonāt give up huh. Well, thatās just like Kuroā¦ā¦]
[Gimme a bite of your ice cream, Kaito-kun!]
[Unnn? Ahh, here.]
[Thanks~~ Here, have a bite of mine too.]
After changing the subject, Kuro asked to sample my ice cream, so we exchanged bites of soft-serve ice cream with each other. As expected, even I wouldnāt feel embarrassed about indirect kisses now, so us trading bites feel natural.
[Ahh, thatās right. Alice, can I have a bite of your orange-flavored ice cream? Iāve been wondering if I should get that earlier.]
[Ehh? A- Ahh, well, itās fine by meā¦ā¦ Ahh, I- Iād better get a new spoonā¦ā¦]
Meanwhile, this guy doesnāt feel like sheās accustomed at all, clearly looking like sheās feeling conscious. Well, this certainly feels just like Alice, and I couldnāt help grinning.
[Even so, the atmosphere feels niceā¦ā¦]
[Youāre right~~ This place certainly feels great to leisurely go sightseeing around in, but if we just go around like this, I think weād consume too much time.]
[Well, wouldnāt it be alright if we look around for about an hour or so? I mean, Kuro-san and I could just use Teleportation Magic anyway, so we could get back in an instant.]
[I guess so. Then, letās go to the botanical garden!]
[We donāt have to go out of our way to check them out, but there are mountains of plants there, you know? How about we go pick some strawberries over there?]
[You just ate 21 servings of soft-serve ice cream and you still want to eat moreā¦ā¦?]
How should I say thisā¦ā¦ both Kuro and Alice get along well and are on good terms with each other, so us three going around like this is quite fun. Speaking of which, Alice also mentioned how sheās fine with having a three-person date when itās with Kuro.
Well, for the time being, their opinions are split between going to the botanical garden and strawberry picking, but Iāll just agree with Kuro here and decide on going to the botanical garden. No, I mean, we just had soft-serve ice creamā¦ā¦