Vol 11 Chapter 42 (1/2)
Part 2
”Th-This is goldfish scooping!”
Next to the water tank with little fish swi tool in her hand—the paper net—she was shaking in excitement
”Well, ”
Standing behind her, I calmly corrected Iris
The soldfish but tropical fish such as guppies
Bringing live aniard from outside was very difficult, so these were probably acquired locally
”That's fine too! I've alanted to try it”
With heightened spirits, Iris held her paper net
Iris had suggested for our class to set up a goldfish scooping stall for the school festival last tih her idea had not been used at the time, it looked like it had taken root deeply in her heart
Walking around together this whole time, Tia, Firill and Jeanne also expressed their interest
”Looks very fun! Tia will do it too!”
”How ao, as a sort of life experience”
”It's not a chance that coive it a try But What do we do after scooping them up? Eat them?”
Hearing Jeanne's question, Iris looked back and smiled
”Jeez, Jeanne-chan, you've gotten it all wrong You take these fish back holutton, Jeanne-chan”
”Well, Iris, you made the same mistake before too”
Iris explained proudly, but her face suddenly turned red when I reminded her
”J-Jeez, Mononobe! Don't reveal that—”
Listening to our conversation, the female staff pointed to the back of the stall
”For the convenience of custo fish, we have prepared fish tanks that can be purchased using coupons In addition, you e your fish for other prizes based on quantity”
As expected of a festival operated by Charl, the after-sales was very well-prepared Those who found keeping fish a hassle would be pleased too
”He for prizes”
Seeing Iris hesitating, I sighed
”Iris, why don't you worry about it after you've caught the fish? It'll probably turn out to be harder than you think, you know?”
”G-Got it I'll give it a try!”
Iris answered happily and aimed for the tropical fish
Tia, Firill and Jeanne also arrived at the fish tank, holding paper nets
”Tia will haul in a large catch!”
All fired up, Tia targeted a swiuppy with full force
Although it was a good choice of target, her paper net broke before it touched the guppy when she smashed it into the water
”Eh—Why did this happen?”
Looking at the broken paper net, Tia cocked her head unhappily
Seeing Tia's failure, Firill murmured seriously
”It's just like in books The paper net breaks easily Those scenes where the irl—I remember it's important to avoid the water's resistance as much as possible”
Making use of her knowledge gleamed from stories, Firill slid her paper net sideways into the water and scooped up a guppy
”Wow, I did it Perhaps I ht have talent in this area”
Firill cheered Watching her, Iris and Jeanne started to imitate
”Yes! I got one too!”
”—It's not that hard once you get the trick”
The two of theuppies splendidly and made their second attempt in the same manner
”If only Tia can be as good as Firill”
Already out of the game, Tia slumped her shoulders in disappointment
However, Firill, Iris and Jeanne all had tiny holes appearing in their paper nets when scooping their third fish
”Oh It broke”
”Well, it's made of paper after all”
Iris and Firill failed respectively on their fourth and fifth fish
Jeanne kept going, using the edge of her paper net to catch her ninth fish, but finally lost at the milestone of the tenth fish
”Captain, this is a pleasure of hunting that can only be realized in a nonflowing fish tank”
Displaying her accomplishment to me, Jeanne said contentedly
Despite having been told that the fish were not ht her fish with a hunting mindset
”Would you like to take your fish hoe them for prizes?”
When the feiving their respective answers
”Hether”
When Iris said that, Firill clapped her hands together
”Then let's buy a bigger fish tank to keep theht be a bit tacky But ithall What do you think, Jeanne?”
”Yes, Zould like it too”
Jeanne agreed with delight Ientle
After buying a fish tank using coupons, the three girls decided to make a trip back to the dorm
”Mononobe, Tia-chan, we'll be right back Just wait for a moment!”
Pushi+ng a cart loaded with the fish tank, the three girls left in the dorm's direction
”Hmm”
Left out because she had failed to catch any fish, Tia was pouting with a bit of a sulk
”How about we go check out other stalls first?”
Patting Tia's head with her little red horns, I suggested Tia nodded lightly
Normally, she would instantly show joy when I patted her head, but she was currently quite demoralized
At that mo toss stall, so I took it out of my front pocket
”Here, Tia, I have a present for you”
”A present?”
While she was tilting her head in puzzleht my closed hand in front of Tia's face and opened it
”I saw this at the ring toss stall I thought it'd look good on you so I won it”
”Wow! It's so pretty!”
Seeing the red maple brooch, Tia smiled with happy radiance I was relieved to see her reaction
”How about putting it on if you like it?”
”Of course! So happy!”
Finally s, Tia reached out with her hand but stopped halfway
”What's wrong?”
I aze and Tia looked up at me aardly
”Umm, can Yuu put it on for Tia?”
”Sure, no problem—”