I squint at the morning sun coming through the curtains. I wondered why there was night and morning when we were in the tower, but we were a group of cheats in that area, so I guess I could do something about it.
　It was heaven....or was it hell?　I don't know........all I know for sure is that I made it to the day of the Sixth King Festival without sleeping a wink....

　No, I honestly thought that once the three of us were asleep, I'd be freed from tossing and turning or something, and I'd have some freedom back.......but I was naive.
　Black didn't turn over and let out a lovely sleep on top of me, and Isis-san didn't turn over as well. Alice did from time to time, but my hands were the only thing she was adamant about not letting go.

　As a result, I had to fight a long and painful battle with reason, and in the end I didn't get any sleep.
　But, however. At last, the morning has come........and I'm finally free of this heavenly hell.

　As I was thinking about this, the first person to wake up was Black.

''....................Umu.
Oh, good morning, Ku-Ha?

　I was completely caught off guard by Black, who opened his eyes woozily with a cute voice, 'Forgetting what happened in the past,' I reflexively called out to him.
　Then Kuro turns his half-open eyes to me, and a smile forms around his mouth.

''Ah~ It's Kaito-kun~''

　As I recall, Black's sleepiness is.........bad!　You can't just run away!
　Memories of the past come back to my mind and I try to escape as soon as possible, but my arms are trapped by Isis-san and Alice, and there is no way to escape.
　Then, in front of my panicked face, Black's hand is extended straight to my face, holding both cheeks firmly in place.

''Kite kun~shukii~chuu.''
Hmm?

　With a sweet voice, lips pressed against mine without hesitation. Without a moment to taste the soft and sweet touch, Black's tongue, covered with plenty of saliva, mercilessly pries my lips open and invades my mouth.


''~~!

　The tongue, which moves in all directions as if it were coating the whole of my mouth, soon finds my tongue and twists it around and makes a watery sound.
　The kiss was so thick that I felt like I was going to pass out, and it continued for several minutes.

　Kuro was staring at me with a dazed expression, but after a little while, a light came into his eyes.

''........hmm?　Huh?　Kite, good morning~
Well....................

　I can't do this anymore, I'm going to be unconscious - it was worse than before.








　Due to the sleep-deprived blackout from an all-nighter, I got violently fatigued as soon as I woke up, so I secretly ate one of the fruits of the World Tree before breakfast.
　This takes away the fatigue, but it doesn't help with the sleepiness and mental fatigue. There's a lot of anxiety from the start, the Sixth King Festival.

　And although it was still quite early, the organizers, Kuro and the others, seemed to have preparations to make, so we had to eat an early breakfast.
　The breakfast that Ein-san prepared for us was........miso soup, white rice and takuan, dashi-maki tamago and baked fish, pure Japanese style......perfect.

'.........I'm happy with Japanese food, but will Kuro and the others be okay?

　Rice is not very popular in this world, and there are many people like Lilia and others who say, "Rice for breakfast is a bit....... So I asked Black and the others to see if it was okay.

''Yeah?　I'm just 'business as usual' food, okay?
'What?　Really?
'Yeah, we have a noin - we always have breakfast.
'Oh, I see...'

　Perhaps due to the influence of Noin-san, who is a big fan of Japanese food, Kuro seems to be accustomed to eating Japanese food, using chopsticks in a familiar manner.

''I ... don't usually eat ... so ... either way.

　Isis-san seems to basically eat very little, so she doesn't seem to have any obsessions like bread or rice.

''I........''
I didn't ask you.
'What?　Hey!

　As for Alice, I wasn't worried about her from the beginning. That's because this guy eats anything and everything, and he was eating a lot of food at the barbecue restaurant....
　When I thought I had treated Alice like that, for some reason she smiled at me.

''Fufufu, it's time for you to have that kind of attitude.......Now, Kite, you're a 'quintessential Alice! And they will honor me.
What kind of nonsense...
Well, I'll just get this one for now...
What?　What....well, this can't be....
"Yes, 'Alice's special seaweed tsukudani'!

　　This guy.........what a guy.
　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with your friends.


Yeah, right!

　It's frustrating, but this one totally took one. And it's so good.
　I have the regret of having said what Alice declared, but more than that, I'm more impressed with this tsukudani.

''But this tsukudani is very tasty. Hey, Ali.........?

　With a heart full of emotion, I turned back to Alice........Alice was holding a sheet of paper at her chest with a big smile on her face.
　On that paper was 'Alice-chan's special seaweed tsukudani assortment of 5 types of seaweed, 1 gold coin. A seaweed set, 5 silver coins'.

　Shame........is this a 'trap'?　By daring to offer the first bite for free, they make you realize how delicious it is and induce you to loosen your purse strings. What an efficient strategy.

'....give me four of each.
You're here.

　Although it's a complete defeat, I want to feed Aoi and Yona, so I decided to buy it gracefully here.
　Oh no, business is really getting better and better........versus me only.......

You're not going to be able to get your hands on one. Let me buy one of those too.
Huh?　Yeah, that's fine.
Thanks.

　After paying Alice and receiving the set and putting it away in the magic box, Black stops eating and tells her that he wants her to sell it to him as well.

"Hey Kuro. What do you want to use it for?
'What?　To the new baby sponge cake....

　Now, what should we do?　Baby sponge cake with seaweed - what do you think?　I don't know. I can't imagine what it tastes like.
　But I don't think it's going to go well with the sweet dough, so I hope you'll add or subtract from that.

'Oh, it's fine!　I'll make sure to 'feed you first', Kite-kun!
...Oh, I see...

　It's all in your head, isn't it?　That statement was out of pure goodwill, wasn't it?　It sounded like you wanted me to be a test subject... and I know it was my imagination!

　Dear Mom and Dad - I had a delicious breakfast, while I was gutted and tired before the start of the Sixth King Festival. However, the seaweed tsukudani made by Alice was really good, but........Black, what can I say - you can't just make everything into a baby sponge cake, can you?