Chapter 16 (1/2)
Chapter 16: Raer Festival
“…≪Burning Peach Candy≫?”
Hiiro n of a store
“Oh, they’re selling quite the rare fruit!”
“hello, please come closer!”
The stall owner, an energetic oldPeach Candy≫ displayed at the stall with sparkling eyes
“Old ive us three!”
“Sure thing! Ohh, the littleone!”
“Th- Thanks… Ehehe”
Muir spilled a happy smile
“Is it good?”
“Yeah, you bet~ The fruit is shaped like a burning fire and while it’s candy, it’s soft enough toit is once you try it”
Being told so Hiiro ate a mouthful He certainly could bite it off easily and its taste spread in hispopped inside his mouth
“Mh?”
“Hehe, surprised? The prickling on the tongue is the secret of the ≪Burning Peach≫!”
This flavour was addicting for sure It was damn sweet, yet a treat to your taste buds This was surely popular with the kids Muir too was holding her cheek with an entranced expression
“Okay! Onto the next one!”
Arnold took the lead and the other two followed him
(So this is a festival If it got good food, it isn’t all that bad)
Hiiro never went to a festival back in japan, so he was quite drawn to this new experience Though it was typically for him to wish that this croasn’t here
A lot of stalls were sie or drawn lots Muir was enjoying it to the fullest, but after walking around for a while, Hiiro’s mentality finally started to reach its limit
(Aw, this sucks People bump into me and step on my feet… Can’t they all disappear?)
His thoughts started to wander into dangerous waters Then he spotted a rather large stall The sign of the stall read as following:
≪Happiness Shark Sandwich≫
Arnold, looking at the san, showed a surprised expression
“N- No way… THAT Happiness Shark?”
“You know it?”
“Yeah, of course! It’s an ingredient each cook would like to prepare at least once!”
Hiiro presuood from his excited attitude
“Listen, the Happiness Shark only lives in the ≪Great Bull Sea≫ Moreover, only at its deepest part, so it rarely comes up to the surface It’s like super rare, but it appears for a short while for laying eggs It body has a beautiful pink colour and a jade-green horn on its head It’s said that every single part of its body, be it the horn or fangs, can eaten!”
Arnold spoke with passion, but Hiiro basically had no interest in animals, so it went in one ear and out the other
“So, is it good?”
“Of course! Listen, its taste is said… to top even the ‘Aqua Hound Meat’!”
“Buy it Now”
In an instant, Hiiro’s look changed to so intent
“S- Sure b- but”
“What?”
“Look there”
“Mh?”
Arnold pointed at a cylinder lottery like you often saw at shopping districts
“They have a limited stock… so you have to win that to eat it”
“Say… what!?”
A shi+ver run all over his body Co to eat this delicious food? Hiiro bit his lips on this torture
“Each person has one try and it looks like several won already… Oh, the plate says they only have six portions left… The line’s pretty long too, so I guess it’s no good”
Hiiro clenched his fist frustrated as he saw Arnold throwing in the towel
(Wait, wait That ‘Aqua Hound Meat’ esome But I can’t eat the food in front of my eyes that’s even better? How’s that possible… No, the word giving up isn’t in my dictionary)
Hiiro raised his face with a jerk and glared at the stall
“Let ive you my thanks, old man”
“Huh?”
“My thanks for showing me this”
“Gladly, but you can’t eat it…”
“No, there’s no reason to give up”
He looked at the people spinning the cylinder lottery Apparently you hen a golden ball dropped out
(In that case…)
He concentrated er tip
“Show me your hands, you two”
“”…Eh?””
The other two looked blankly
The line in front of the lottery slowly beca, there were only three portions left at last
But fortunately, no one else won since then And then finally…
“My turn”
Hiiro had its chance He gulped and slowly spun the cylinder It clattered and then…
…PLOP
Everyone sed their saliva The ball that dropped out was…
“FUAHAHAHA! Nothing is impossible for me!”
Hiiro burst out in laughter in a exaggerated loas written in his fist that was raised high into the air It said… “good luck”
He had been worried over what to write The word “luck” could’ve worked as well, but he wasn’t sure if his luck would increase or decrease through it What about “come out” then? A ball would have dropped out for sure, but not necessarily a golden one
Therefore he had written “good luck”, since he could easily iination Any unnecessary thoughts would reduce its power So he chose the easy to iic was really like a cheat
Moreover, it was a triple pack He had written the same word for the other two, because that increased the chance of one of the even more
Still, it ic to them
(Well, I regret nothing It’s for the food anyway)
His appetite won over the troubles of having it exposed As a result, all three of theaping wide-open on this scene, but Hiiro considered explaining it to theood mood
“H- Hey, Hiiro…?”
“I knohat you want to ask, but for now… eat!”
In his hands was a dish like a ha was the Happiness Shark of course It had a light pink colour and rapped in soetables like lettuce with a salty-sweet sauce
“MUNCH… Ohh!?”
Where am I? For a moment, he felt like he was inside the sea with the pressure of the deep sea squeezing his body Such a rich flavour The cole bite let him feel the soul of the ocean
His body ue, no, inside his wholecrunchy It was the horn that Arnold mentioned before
Delicious The fried gristle with excellent seasoning was indescribable delicious, too His body readily ingested everything, even the bones and fangs
(Holy cow Who knew so so delicious existed!)
It was more delicious than any fish he had eaten before The inside of this sto as if the food was still alive It was earth-shattering good Moreover, his body felt like it was bri with power
Wow… Just …
(Definitely… a win…)
His cheeks naturally slackened He ht fall asleep on the spot from the rapture if he were to relax It was a really pleasant sensation, like he was leisurely swi in the sea under the warm sun
When he looked at the other two, Muir was relishi+ng the food too She seeetting to eat so for some reason