Chapter 169 All of Them were Kuros Baby Birds (1/2)
The 29th day of the Tree month. The door of the miscellaneous goods store, which I should be used to visiting, feels extremely heavy today.
I’ve got my date with Kuro tomorrow, and following what Alice told me before, I went to her shop but…… I wonder what the heck is about to happen?
Alice told me it’s really important…… Moreover, the expression on her face when she said that was serious.
The fact that Alice, who would immediately mess around when the situation looked serious and leaving with that tense expression still on her face…… That shows how important this is.
Feeling unspeakable anxiety, I slowly opened the door, feeling the cold sweat running down my back.
Alice was quietly sitting at the counter of her miscellaneous goods store, as if the usual noisy atmosphere around her were a lie.
[……Alice.]
With my voice slightly quivering, calling out Alice’s name…… but I received no answer.
[……Alice?]
[……Munya……]
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[……………….]
……This freaking b*tch. You’re calling people here, why the heck are you traveling to Dreamland……
I was wondering what I was so nervous about earlier…… but I felt like I would lose if I just keep worrying about it.
However, what’s going on…… She looks comfortable sleeping, and I don’t feel comfortable interrupting her sleep……
[……Umyuu…… Kaito-san…… you perv—— Fugyaaahhhh!?]
[Get up already!!!]
I felt like my honor was being tarnished in this woman’s dream, so I hit her as fast as I could.
After receiving my falcon knuckle strike at her head, Alice let out a scream and turned her gaze towards me while holding her head down.
[That hurts, Kaito-san! Couldn’t you please wake me up more gently!? There are lots of other ways, right!? How about a morning kiss instead!?]
[……Want to get another one?]
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[Ah, no, I’m lying! I’m sorry, I’m awake already!]
I feel like all the nervousness I felt about this situation disappear at the same time, and I let out a sigh as Alice gets up.
Seriously, I don’t know if it’s in a good way or in a bad way, but she’s always betraying my expectations……
Seeing the dumbfounded expression on my face, Alice smiles, and getting up from her chair near the counter, she slowly walks over to me.
The atmosphere she was clad in now completely changed from the loose atmosphere she had earlier to a cold one that sends shivers down my spine, though I could also feel some warmness in her expression.
[……Kaito-san. Let me confirm one thing.]
[…… Y- Yeah.]
[Tomorrow, Kaito-san…… Are you planning to “tell Kuro-san your feelings”?]
[ ! ? ]
Even as she asked me with a calm and gentle voice, my heart greatly leaped.
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Her words seemed to see through all of my thoughts…… and the answer was inadvertently stuck in my throat.
After I returned from Isis-san’s castle, I seriously thought about my future.
And after the Festival of Heroes ends, as for how I’m going to act, I need to make my own answer…… and that’s why I made up my mind.
To her who I’ve spoken most compared to anyone else since I came into this world, and she, who before I knew it, has become the most important part of my life…… My benefactor who pulled me out of my shell and affirmed my feelings when I was full of contradiction.
The most dazzling “treasure”…… that I…… have found since I came to this world…… I’m ready to tell Kuro about these feelings, so I gathered up my courage and asked Kuro out on a date.
Yes, it’s as Alice said…… In tomorrow’s date, I plan to confess to Kuro.
Reaffirming my feelings and determination in my head, I felt refreshed.
As Alice quietly waited for me, I looked straight at Alice and nodded my head.
[……Unnn. I don’t know what the outcome will be, but I’m going to tell her.]
[……Is that so……]
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When Alice heard my words, she smiled and nodded…… and after a moment, she looked up, the smile on her lips disappeared.
[……I’m glad my preparations weren’t in vain.]
[…… Preparations?]
[Yes, for the time being, let’s change locations. Everyone’s waiting for us.]