It's been two days since I returned to King's Landing from the city of Rigforesia.
　I was walking leisurely through the streets of King's Landing, exhausted from the Treasure Festival.

　I was only in Rigforesia for about 4 days, but I feel like I was there for a long time because of all the things that happened there.
　I'm not sure if my title as the winner of the Harvest Festival helped, but many of the elves were sad to see me return and told me to come visit them again whenever I wanted.
　I'd like to thank Ray and Fia again for all their help and support, and I hope to visit them again with a souvenir.

　By the way, Anima is still joining the security force in the city of Rigforesia.
　That said, Liliwood-san has promised to reorganize the security force, but it's not something that can be done in a day or two, so I've decided to have Anima work hard until the reorganization is complete.
　Anyway, I've thrust the job on her, so when the reorganization is over and Anima comes to King's Landing, I'll take her out for something delicious to eat and give her a good night's sleep.

　Liliwood-san seemed to be busy with a lot of things, and we hadn't been able to talk much since we chatted in the Spirit Forest, but she made a suggestion to me on the way back.
　
　It seems that there are a good number of demons in the demon world, and it seems that Isis-san's house is quite far from the city, so I was very grateful for that offer.
　I'll be discussing the detailed schedule with Isis-san, but it looks like we'll be visiting the demon world soon.

　I'm sure that the relationship between Lilia-san and Zeke-san has changed a great deal since the Treasure Tree Festival.
　With the dissolution of our differences, we didn't see them talking much before, but after coming back, the chances of seeing Lilia-san, Luna Maria-san, and Zeke-san acting together have obviously increased.
　I was particularly impressed by how happy Lilia-san seemed to be, and how she had a bright smile on her face, as if a possession had fallen on her.

　Now, the purpose of my current visit to the city is to give the owner of the general store I met before.......Alice a souvenir of the Treasure Festival.......or even the winner's prize to her.
　No, to be honest, since it's called an assortment of fruit, I was expecting something like a basket of fruit............but there was a mess of them.
　It's already an insane amount of fruit, so much so that it feels like too much, even after sharing it with the servants in Lilia-san's house.

　According to Ray-san, it was more than usual, but after all, Liliwood-san was here, so did he care about looking good?　
　Anyway, I can't eat very much, so I'm heading to Alice's, who sold me a variety of good items at a discount.
　Well, I did nearly 5000R last time, and I'm not sure I'll have any food problems like I did before...













　In an alleyway off the main street, a small shop with a sign that says 'General Store' as usual.
　When I got there, I opened the door of the store without thinking anything in particular... and closed it immediately.

　I think I saw something strange just now. No, maybe I was looking at it wrong, but it looked like there was a stuffed cat lying on the floor...

.........this is bad.......it's not like our stomachs and backs are sticking together anymore, it's like our stomachs are going to have a hole in them.......
....
I can't really move.......I can't even move one more step.......
....

　A familiar stuffed animal lying on its back on the floor, mumbling to itself.
　To be honest, I was filled with the desire to come and leave immediately, but I gulped it down and looked at the 'idiot' in front of me.

''....Hm?　Oh, Kite, you came to buy something for me again?　Anyway, please buy me something~
Hmph!
'What?　Hey, hey!　Why did you try to step on him?　Isn't that dangerous!
I'm sorry, I didn't see you there.
'No, no!　Because now we've seen each other's eyes completely once!　It's a good fit and I'm here to step on it!

　

'How violent is it that you would stomp on the face of such a beautiful girl as soon as you see her again, Kite!
No, my height doesn't allow my face to reach that height.
... well, it certainly only just barely reaches your mouth.
I'll be fine, then.
I see.　That's right!　........no no!　That's funny!

　Nodding off...?　Maybe he's not just an ordinary guy.

I'm impressed, isn't it?　I mean, aren't you being too hard on me, Kite?　More love, more love!
....
Hon. Welcome again, Kite. When will you be back from the Treasure Festival?
It's been a while. Maybe two days.

　I stare coldly at Alice, who gets up and spreads her hands out with a joke, and after a bit, Alice greets me as if she were re-partitioning.
　Laughing at the dark character as usual, Alice returns the greeting and dexterously rubs her stuffed hands together.

'So, did you come to buy something for me today too?　What do you want?!
'No, I'm not here to shop today, but...'
　I guess other people's misfortune is called the taste of honey!
''I brought a lot of fruit as a souvenir from the Treasure Festival, but...''
'No! Kite, I've missed you so much!　I've really missed you already, and I've missed you while Kite was at the Treasure Festival. It's supposed to be a few days, but it feels like I've been waiting for this for years!　Now, come to this chair, I'll go make you a cup of tea!
....

　I want to hit you.....
　I watch Alice change her demeanor 180 degrees in a colossal way and prepare a chair in front of the counter, and then I'm tempted to punch her in the head as hard as I can, but I manage to restrain myself from doing so and take a seat.
　Then Alice begins to take off her costume and changes to the opera mask I saw before.

'Huh?　Are you wearing a mask in your costume this time?
Well, I can't humiliate myself by having Kite strip me naked and groping me in broad daylight, like before.
"...don't make it sound like I'm misleading you.
'It doesn't matter, Mr. Kite!　Food. Where's the food?　Quickly, please get me out of here!
'Oh, ah...'

　I take out a large amount of fruit from the magic box, slightly pressured by Alice, who is already packing up with a really uncanny appearance.
　Then Alice's eyes shine...well, I can't see it well because of the mask, but I think her eyes are shining somehow from her movements and such.

'So much!　Can I get all this stuff?!
'What?　Yes, of course.
'Kite, you're so handsome!　Lovely!　I'd be happy to be held by Kite now!
No, please.
"Respectfully rejected?

　What a guy, he's as fussy as ever.
　Alice seemed extremely happy and quickly went over to brew me a cup of tea and instantly bit into the fruit.

''Ugh it's my first meal in 'four days'. It's so delicious.''
Four days since...?
Yes, I've had zero customers since Kite's visit before. I was seriously prepared to die.
'Hey, wait a minute, didn't I spend nearly R5,000 last time?　What's up with that?

　When I heard Alice say she hadn't eaten anything for four days, I reflexively asked her back.
　I've bought it at this store before for about 5,000R, or nearly half a million yen...that's the amount of money that I would have been able to live on for two months in this world, even though the prices are different.
　When I asked her where in the world she had decided on this, Alice made her face down and squeezed out a small voice.

''........It's gone now.
Why the hell would I... do I owe you money?
....
'What?　If there's anything I can do to help you...

　I don't know much about Alice yet, but when I met her before, she said she didn't have any money at all... maybe there's some reason for that.
　If that's the case, it makes sense that she was so desperate to buy it. Perhaps it's the debt left by your parents, or you were tricked into taking on a large amount of debt.......
　d*mn it, I should have listened carefully. Maybe Alice was having a very hard time, and she was acting so cheerful in an attempt to distract herself from it.
　I don't know what's going on, but if I can help you, help me...

I can't stop.........gambling....

　I heard the joke, and I reflexively slammed my genius into him.

'Why are you hitting me?!'
'I rather thought you wouldn't hit me!　Huh?　
That's all right!　We just didn't have any luck this time but we'll get it back next time!
'That's what everyone who goes broke gambling says!　I mean, I'm not saying don't gamble, but consider the degree!　Mercy!　Don't spend all that money on food!
Mr. Kite, it's painful....

　Grabbing Alice's chest, I violently rock back and forth.
　 ...

　Dear Mom, Dad--I've seen Alice again and I've learned a bit about her situation. No, really, what can I say, Alice was a terrible--no good person.