Chapter 551: Where the Heck Did it Come From? (1/2)

Even as I was a bit intimidated by the ratio of baby castella stalls, Kuro took me by the hand towards their direction.

[Let's try them one by one.]

[U- Unnn.]

……”One by one” means we're trying out each stall, right? We're not just going to try one baby castella after another, right? It just so happens that the first stall we were heading to is a baby castella stall, right?

Feeling a little uneasy, I arrived at the baby castella stall with Kuro.

There are three sizes available: large, medium, and small. Kuro chooses the large without hesitation and receives it on a paper bag from the shopkeeper.

[Here, Kaito-kun too.]

[Yeah, thanks.]

Taking one of the baby castellas from the paper bag, I brought it into my mouth.

[Unnn, it's delicious. It goes well with the atmosphere of the festival.]

[Right~~ It tastes even better when you eat it in a place like this.]

In response to my comment, Kuro smiled and agreed with me, ”while receiving a new paper bag filled with baby castellas from the shopkeeper”…… Arehh? Where's that paper bag she was carrying earlier?

[Do you want another one?]

[Ah, u- unnn.]

Being offered another baby castella again, I took one from the paper bag and brought it into my mouth. I kind of feel like I just saw something strange earlier…… Was it just my imagination?

[……Unnn. I guess the difference in ingredients also makes a difference in tastes huh~~]

[………………….]

With a large grin, Kuro ”received a new paper bag filled with baby castellas from the shopkeeper”…… N- No, wait, what about that paper bag of baby castellas you received earlier?

Stunned by the strange sight, Kuro held out a paper bag in front of me for the third time. Taking one of the baby castellas…… I didn't bring it into my mouth this time, and kept on staring at Kuro.

Thereupon, Kuro took the paper bag that I had finished taking a baby castella out of…… ”Folded it, gave it back to the shopkeeper, got a new paper bag again, before folding it again”.

……What the heck is that, a magic trick!? Where did all the baby castellas in that paper bag go!? D- Don't tell me…… she already ate all of it? She ate it so fast that I couldn't even perceive it……

[……U- Ummm, Kuro?]

[Unnn?]

[……How many of those baby castellas have you eaten?]

[……Errr, around ”10 bags”?]

She isn't even describing it with pieces anymore, but the number of bags. I know what the words mean, but my brain refuses to understand.

[……I- Is that so.]

[Unnn! Ahh, please give me another ”50 bags” for take away…… Unnn, thanks. Keep the change.]

……I just blankly stared at the sight of Kuro handing the shopkeeper a gold coin as she stored a large number of paper bags in a black vortex.

I may have underestimated Kuro's passion for baby castellas. After all, we are still in our first stall…… If she continues to eat at this rate, how many baby castellas would she be able to eat in just this one day……

[Come on, Kaito-kun! Which ”baby castella” should we try next?]

[……………..]

[There are many to choose from, it's hard to decide~~]

……Did I get what I just heard right? The choice isn't A or B, but baby castella or baby castella? Eating baby castella after having some baby castella is a bit too avant-garde for me.

But of course, Kuro, the Incarnation of Baby Castellas, would not wait for me, and she headed for the next baby castella stall, pulling me by the hand.

As we continued like that, visiting several stalls…… all of which were of course, baby castella stalls, Kuro suddenly stopped in her tracks.

[……Kaito-kun! Look! Look at that!]

[Unnn? …… ”Ice Cream-Filled Baby Castellas”……]