Chapter 712: Intermission: The Gods Scheme (1/2)

After the housewarming party at Kaito's new home…… Alice's clone was having a conversation with Iris at the bar in the basement of Kaito's home.

[……Fumu, so in the end, you didn't know what's with those two Gods?]

[Yes, they didn't act strangely after that, and I doubt they'd answer if I asked them, so I could only give up.]

[Even you gave up on that?]

[Well, I have some predictions, but it's really hard to read Shallow Vernal-sama's thoughts these days. She's in the middle of a rapid mental growth, so her behavior is often unexpected……. Well, it's just that she seems to be acting with Kaito-san in mind more than before, so if Shallow Vernal-sama won in that fight of theirs, the situation won't lead to a bad development.]

Yes, in the end, they still didn't know what Shallow Vernal and Eden were arguing about. After their coin toss, neither Shallow Vernal nor Eden had taken any notable actions.

As Kaito was also greeting the guests, he didn't have much time and this event was pushed to the back of his mind.

[Well, perhaps, there really isn't much to it. It's possible that that God named Eden was trying to do something and Shallow Vernal-sama was trying to stop her.]

[That's possible.]

[……By the way, I had been curious about that earlier, but what's with that paper bag?]

[Ahh, this is a souvenir that Kaito-san handed out to the invited guests. Kaito-san asked me to give this to Iris too…… Well, it's not like Iris participated in the party though.]

[I probably don't need to tell you this, but I don't really like parties like that…… Even so, he's as conscientious as always.]

After receiving the paper from Alice with a small smile on her lips, Iris checked its contents.

[……Hoohhh…… It's a glass…… Crystal glass huh? It's beautiful.]

[Yes, it's a very durable and easy-to-use glass.]

[I see. It's a safe but good choice for a souvenir…… Unnn? What about this box?]

[Eh? Box?]

In front of Alice, who was tilting her head, Iris took a small box that could fit in the palm of her hand out of the paper bag.

[……That's a disposable magic box, the ones used for random boxes and stuff like that…… No, but we didn't put such things in the souvenirs, you know?]

[……Which means?]

[This is definitely Shallow Vernal's doing. How surprising…… for her to do something with the souvenirs that won't be in Kaito-san's hands……]

[Fumu, you open this by pulling the string below, right? Let's see…… This is…… ”wine” huh?]

What came out of the disposable magic box was a bottle of wine. On the wine's label, only a large letter ”K” was written on it.

(T/N: English letter K.)

[Is this that Shallow Grande wine that you were talking about before?]

[No, the design is different, and it looks different from Shallow Grande…… I don't remember any wine with the same design, so it must be something she had newly created.

[Fumu, don't think I've ever seen this letter that was written on the label……]

[It's likely that it's a letter from Kaito-san's world. I think that it could be the first letter of Kaito-san's name. Hmmm, there seems to be some things written on the back. Oya? This one is written with this world's letters…… Errr, ”To Kaito, From Shallow Vernal, Filled with Love”…… I see, so this is a wine she created for Kaito-san……]

After saying that, Alice silently looked at the wine, looking as if she was thinking about something. After thinking like that for a few seconds, Alice looked up towards Iris.

[Iris, how about we drink it?]

[I don't really mind…… Wait a second, I'll get you a wine glass.]

Fortunately, this is a bar, and there are wine glasses available nearby. Taking out two wine glasses from the shelf, Iris placed them in front of herself and Alice.

Using a corkscrew to pull out the wine's cork, she poured its contents into the glasses.

[……What? It's ”silver-colored”?]

[This is probably based on Shallow Vernal-sama's silver-colored hair…… but it really looks like mercury, don't you think?]

[Stop that, we're about to drink it.]

[Well, I'm sure it tastes fine———–!?]

[I guess I'll try it out too———–!?]

After Alice and Iris took a sip of their wines, both of them stiffened and their eyes opened wide. After a few moments with them petrified with their glasses tipped towards their mouth, they both came to their senses.