Volume 5 Chapter 6 Part1 (1/2)
Torii Eriko, also known as Rosa Foetida, was in her own room, in her own house, troubled
In front of her was a paper box, the ones you saw in Western confectionary stores, the ones where when you folded it up, it'd present to you a handle It was around half the size of the box she'd been given last Christiven low-heel shoes But it was half as wide, not half as long, resulting in a very thin, long rectangular solid
”So it's probably not truffles…”
That opinion wouldn't change whether you look at it from outside or inside Well, no, the moment you opened it, you'd know its contents But she wanted to try to figure it out without going that far No deep reason
It was handed to her just ten o by her sœur, Hasekura Rei, as a Valentine's Day gift She'd ridden her bicycle here even though it was snowing outside
Reiable to hand it to her during school Not that Eriko minded
After all, she'd beenschool of late for exam studies Rei probably didn't know if she would show up It was better to leave a delicate food like chocolate at hoerator, than to carry it about Plus, Rei's home was just a few minutes' walk from school
Of course, she'd be lying if she said when Rei showed no hints of handing her chocolate because of the treasure hunt she didn't worry But Rei had chased her to theif she could ”visit her house later that night,” so she'd stopped worrying then
She wanted to invite Rei into the house for tea, but she see her to stay Rei said she was going to shi+mazu Yoshi+no's house afterwards
Yoshi+no-chan's house was next to Rei's She could have gone to the closer person first, but maybe she'd wanted to prioritize the senior How very like Rei, with her athletics-based discipline and conscientiousness And that was not a bad thing at all
”But, this-”
Rei had brought it, so it was doubtlessly a present from Rei And it was handmade There was no problem there The problem-
”Is this really for me?”
Eriko had mumbled that nine times in the last ten minutes So this was the commemorative tenth time She'd probably not noticed it herself, but she wasit once every minute
”What if she made a mistake”
She knew Rei changed the contents of her present based on the person she was gifting Because she s based on their tastes So the chocolate truffles last year was delicious The sweetness was a bit suppressed by bitterness, giving it a distinctly ood it was - she'd never eaten soreat admiration to Rei on the spot… and Rei replied happily, ”If you're that pleased with it, I'll happily ain next year She didn't remember exactly hoas, but it didn't matter, there wasn't too much of a difference Eriko believed without a doubt she'd get truffles again this year
”So this looks more like Yoshi+no-chan's dominion”
But she wasn't sure If there was at least a e card…
She heard Rei made Yoshi+no-chan a cake filled with chocolate cream last year Quantity over quality for children Well, considering Rei wasit, there'd be no drop-off in quality
”But, you wouldn't usuallyhow different the box sizes are”