Chapter 490: Please Let me Draw Something That Will Make Sieg-san Happy (1/2)

After lunch, we took a leisurely stroll around the festival to digest our meals. Perhaps, because today's festival allowed large monsters to participate as pets, the streets were made very wide and there was plenty of room to walk around with Bell.

With Lynn's stomach filled, it seemed like she had become sleepy, as she had burrowed into my clothes and was lightly snoring. She fell asleep really fast huh.

As we continued to leisurely look around the festival with no particular focus, Dr. Vier seemed to have suddenly noticed something, as she stopped, and looked to the right before speaking.

[……Aren't those Lu-chan and the others?]

[……Eh? No, it's too far away for me to see though.]

[It really is Duchess Lilia. It seems like she's troubled about something.]

……No, even if Dr. Vier and Neun-san were able to see them, all I can see is just that white mountain-like something in the distance, and a lot of people gathered at its foot.

[Hmmm. Since we met them by chance, how about we go talk to them?]

[I agree.]

[Me too…… I still can't see where they are, but I agree.]

I was also concerned about how Neun-san said ”she looked troubled about something”, so I agreed with Dr. Vier's suggestion. Then, we turned back for a bit, walking to where Lilia-san and the others were…… apparently.

As we got closer and closer, I could finally see Lilia-san and the others.

The trio of Lilia-san, Luna-san and Sieg-san was standing in front of a white pile…… of 10cm cubic boxes, which were literally piled up like a mountain.

Just as Neun-san had said, the three of them were discussing something with serious expressions on their faces.

As we got closer, I could finally hear a little bit of what the three of them were discussing.

[I think we should go on the offensive though……]

[Luna, you're being irresponsible. Sure, the returns are great…… but the risks are also high…… Aren't they, Sieg?]

[……Yes. It's quite concerning.]

I had gotten close enough to clearly hear what they were saying, but the three of them didn't seem to have noticed me, as they continued discussing something very serious.

How should I say this…… They sound so serious that it's kind of making it difficult to approach them……

[Oooooiiii, Lu-chan, Lilia-chan, Sieg-chan~~]

[ [ [ Dr. Vier !? ] ] ]

While I was thinking such things, Dr. Vier intruded in without any hesitation at all, making the three of them turn to her in surprise.

[What a coincidence, meeting you all here. It seemed like you're discussing something serious, is something the matter?]

As expected of Dr. Vier…… She has a high-level communipower. I thought that my communipower had been increasing these days, but seeing how she easily intruded in on their conversation made me realize how I'm still not high level enough.

Hearing what Dr. Vier said with a bright smile, Lilia-san and the others almost simultaneously pointed at the pile of white boxes behind them.

[……Unnn? Let's see…… ”Six Kings Festival Limited Edition Monster Lottery  ~~ One Try, One Gold Coin ~~ ”?]

[Yes, we're discussing whether Sieg should try it out or not……]

As Dr. Vier read the sign in front of the pile of white boxes, Lilia-san began explaining.

Monster lottery…… Ahh, I see, those white boxes are disposable magic boxes just like those used in random boxes! Even so, there sure are lots of them in there…… I guess there are around thousands? No, around tens of thousands?

Moreover, it's a million yen for one try…… This gacha is bad civilization.

[Whether Sieg-chan should?]

[Sieg actually wants to keep a monster……]

[Yes, but…… Any monster that Sieg thinks is cute is beyond her budget…… My Lady even offered to lend her some money, but Sieg wanted to buy it with her own money if possible……]

Luna-san added additional information to assist Lilia-san's explanation. When we met this morning, Sieg-san was very enthusiastic about buying a monster, but it seems that the price of a monster was so high that she couldn't afford it.

[……And then, as we were looking around, we stumbled upon this lottery.]

[Monster lottery…… I guess this means you can get a random monster here?]

[Yes, to be exact…… You can apparently get a ”monster egg”.]

[Eh? But I thought eggs were expensive……]

Hearing what Sieg-san muttered with a troubled expression on her face, I asked, to which I received an unexpected reply.

[Yes, that's right…… That's also the reason, I guess? After all, in this Monster lottery…… There are so many fail draws in it.]

[Fail draws?]