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Alice and I went through one stall after another. It seems like sheās determined to conquer them all.
[ā¦ā¦Thatās strange?]
[No, it doesnāt seem like youāre moving at super high speed that the water doesnāt get it wet, moving it slow enough that I can even see itā¦ā¦ but how come your poi doesnāt tear?]
(Note: Poi is that paper scoop used in festivals.)
Super ball scooping is one of the most popular stalls in festivals. You use the paper poi to scoop the super balls, but these pois are basically easy-to-tear, so it isnāt realistic to aim for the big balls.
The trick here is to quickly scoop the smaller ballsā¦ā¦ is what should have been, but Alice isi scooping the big super bealls without a care in the world. It doesnāt look like sheās using some kind of special technique, but for her poi to not even show any signs of breaking at allā¦ā¦
[Ahh, thatās because I used āState Preservation Magicā on the poi.]
[Oi, youā¦ā¦ stop cheating.]
She isnāt using some kind of technique, sheās just using a cheat to prevent the poi from breaking!?
Next was another classic, the ring tossā¦ā¦ Well, what weāre talking about here isnāt that Super-exciting Battle Sport one, but just a regular ring tossā¦ā¦
[Oi, Aliceā¦ā¦ Stop with that preliminary Shooting Star.]
[Fufufu, actually, Alice-chan is the worldās rank-1 Quoits Elite!!!]
[I knowā¦ā¦ I mean, Iām more wondering why the heck does the rest of the world not realize that you and Kuro were among those elitesā¦ā¦]
In fact, I had several chances to see RINGTOSS matches after the Six Kings Festival, and I even saw Baby Castella Maskās match once. However, she was seriously just wearing a mask that resembled a baby castella, but I could clearly tell from her clothes and everything else in her attire that she was Kuro.
As for Alice, sheās still dressed in a way that people couldnāt see her faceā¦ā¦ Even so, Iām sure there should be some out there who realized who she is, especially when sheās calling herself the āTranscendental Beauty Quoits Eliteā.
[ā¦ā¦Ahh~~ Kaito-san, let me tell you why. Kaito-san only became aware of this because you had received Shallow Vernal-samaās blessing, thus āinvalidating the effect of the Recognition Inhibition Magicā on you. In fact, the people around you who didnāt realize our identity are more normalā¦ā¦]
[Ahhā¦ā¦ Is that how it is!? Then, the reason why people donāt realize that the Legendary Blacksmith and the Legendary Model Makerā¦ā¦]
[Thatās right. Iām one of the best in the world when it comes to that magic, so even those among the Count-ranks shouldnāt be able to notice it. Itās just that Kaito-san is too much of an exception that it invalidated my disguise without question.]
[ā¦ā¦I- I seeā¦ā¦ I feel like Iāve gotten answers to a question Iāve had for a long time.]
Of course, we also visited food stalls along the way. Alice is eating a lot as usual, but she looked so cute eating so well that I never got tired of watching her.
[Speaking of which, what do you call this, Kaito-san?]
[Ahh~~ I call it āobanyakiā. Thatās what Mom called it after all. However, I think my friends back in elementary called it āimagawayakiā.]
[It seems like this also had its own regional variations. Itās unusual, but there are some who call them ātaikoyakiā and ānijuuyakiā.]
[Is that how itās called from the Earth Alice was from?]
[Hmmm, I wonder? I wasnāt that adamant in collecting as much information as I do now, so I donāt remember trivial details like that.]
(Note: btw, itās just called Japanese cake here in PH.)
Well, I guess that isnāt that surprising. It must have been a long time ago for Alice, and since sheās been traveling around the world, it isnāt like sheās been in Japan all the time.
[Hmmm, talking about it makes me want to eat some.]
[You want some? I still have some here.]
[No, from all the food we ate earlier, I donāt really feel like eating a whole oneā¦ā¦ Just give me a bite.]
I took a bite of the obanyaki that Alice held out to me. Thereupon, a strange expression appeared on Aliceās face as she looked at the okanyaki I bit on.
ā¦ā¦Is she thinking about indirect kissing again?
[!? Ahh, n- no, I was just thinking about something. Y- You see, I was just wondering if I could taste the red bean paste if I kissed you right after eating itā¦ā¦Ah, n- no, excuse me. I used the wrong phrase to sne- Nnhhh!?!?]
Alice tried to cover up the fact that she was thinking about indirect kissing, and as a result, she successfully blew herself up. Knowing what Iād do after hearing that, she tried to cover it up quicklyā¦ā¦ but itās too late.
Before Alice could try canceling out what she said earlier, I quickly squatted down and kissed herā¦ā¦ seeing her clearly blushing red looks really cute.
[ā¦ā¦How is it? Did it taste like red bean paste?]
[ā¦ā¦I donāt know. I had also been eating the same thing before it after allā¦ā¦ Ahh~~ but, you seeā¦ā¦ I-If we do it a bit moreā¦ā¦ I guess I would know or something like that.]
[Donāt you laugh at me like that! Iām trying to muster up what little courage I have here!!!]
As if she had made good on her earlier declaration that she would be bold today, Alice expressed her desire for more kisses, though her eyes were still swimming about.
Of course, there is no reason for me to refuse the wish of my beloved lover. In fact, being completely alone with each other made us both feel at easeā¦ā¦ and in fact, we had been kissing like this from time to time.
Perhaps, because the especially shy Alice is really consciously trying to be proactive today, I feel that weāre much closer to each other than usualā¦ā¦ and thatās something Iām really happy about.