.........Another disgusting incident.

'Miss Pandora!　Enough!　Because it's like a ban on air!
I raised him.
Don't look so smug!　Please, please stop Mr. Pandora!
'....Yes~. Pandora, leave it at that. Don't show Kite that gory scene.
'Ha!　As you wish.

　Hearing Alice's words, Pandora-san finally stops moving, and in front of her is Kong-san, who is bound and limp by the large number of chains that have emerged from the void.
　Pandora-san, I'm scared.

　Anyway, Alice stops Pandora-san from stopping and Kong-san soon recovers with Alice's magic.
　I was worried about his mental health, but he seemed to be in good spirits, saying, "I won't lose next time," and seemed to have no problems.
　Kong-san gave me a second stamp and I walked out of the arena, feeling my stomach ache.

''........Pa, Pandora-san. Thank you very much.
No, no, it's my pleasure. I'm sorry, but I have to get back to work. If you ever need a substitute again, feel free to call me.

　...that's fine. Really, I'm fine. My stomach can't hold it.

　After parting with Pandora-san, I head to a stall some distance away from the arena.
　I understood that it was a poor idea to move around as long as I was waiting for Lilia-san and the others, but right now, I wanted something soothing like this.

　It's a good thing that we have a very bad guy to rescue for the second time in a row, and I'm very anxious that another bad guy will appear next time as well.
　For God's sake, someone decent........come on.......

''Master!''
Huh?

　I heard a familiar voice and turned around to see Anima scuttling towards us from a short distance away.
　She was prepared for the Six Kings Festival. Dressed in a jacket with a starry sky-like pattern on a black background and trousers of the same color, Anima smiled softly as she ran up to me.

''I'm late. I'm glad we were able to meet up--whew!
"Anima!
'Gosh, Gosh, Master!　Wha, wha, what are you........

　I wasn't particularly conscious of it, but when I saw Anima's face, I couldn't help but reflexively hug her.
　While blushing understandably, Anima settled into my arms without resistance, and her extremely cute and sluggish heart was soothed.

　The god of the earth tries to obliterate the battle craze that refuses to listen to me when I tell it to run away. A gorilla who is a ditch-ball conversationalist, and the Phantom King's men who are exhausted from the brutal battle, where even the demons are blue.
　Anima, who came to me in her exhausted state, is like a refreshment.








''........uh, Anima. I'm sorry about that. I was just in a state of high spirits...
'No, no!　The master was tired, and it can't be helped. Jeez, don't mind your own business.

　I apologized again to Anima, who was red as a boiled octopus, probably because I had been hugging her selflessly for a while, and was crunching her mouth.
　When Anima heard my words, she immediately shook her head from side to side with tremendous speed, but her face remained red.


No, I came here on my own.
Really?
'Yes. Lady Lilia and the others are still in the process of collecting ten stamps.

　Hmm, apparently Lilia-san and the others haven't finished collecting stamps yet.

''When I saw Master's Hummingbird, I was about to head over here immediately... but since Lord Lilia and the others looked like they wanted to challenge the five Warlord generals, I suggested that I was the only one heading over first.
Hmmm.....　Was Anima good?
Yes. I am not interested in myself. I was wondering if I needed ten stamps to help my master, but when I saw your hummingbird, I decided that I didn't need stamps if I was representing him, so I came here.

　What an angel in this place..............I'm really happy for Anima's feelings.

'I see, thank you.'
'No, no, it's only natural for a master's squire!　 I thought they might want to talk, so I ordered them to stay behind at their own discretion, but.......
'Yeah. I think I'm okay with that, too.

　What can I say, well, it's like the position of Chief Squire is totally on the board, and it's kind of funny.
　I reach out my hand and stroke Anima's tactile hair, and Anima's eyes narrow in comfort.

　As it is, I stroke Anima for a little while and then put my hand back, Anima nods once and then opens her mouth again.

''So........so what do we do now?　It will still be some time before Lord Lilia and the others arrive. Shall we try the second arena first?
'Oh, no, actually, I've already cleared that up.
'Oh, really?　This, two Count-class bodies in such a short time.......as expected of a master!
'No, no, I didn't do it...'

　I couldn't stand the sight of Anima, who was giving me glittering, pure respect, and I explained the events up to this point in detail.
　And then I returned to the topic of what to do now.

''........hmmm. I don't want to rush Lilia-san and the others, and since Anima has come all this way, shall we head to the next arena first?
'Yes!　I'm fine!　I'll be the one to take the victory on behalf of my master, and that's it!
Yeah, yeah. I'm hoping. Well, since we're on a budget, let's just look at the stalls on the way.

　While being soothed again by Anima's loveliness as she saluted with a big salute, I confirmed the location of the next arena in the guidebook and moved on.
　I sent a hummingbird to Lilia and the others to inform them that we're going around the arena in order with Anima, so that shouldn't be a problem either.

　Or, frankly, I want to see the stalls. Since this is a festival, it's been full of violent scenes the whole time, so let's just take it easy on the way to the next arena.

'....Speaking of which, Anima. Was it still a battle or something like that that Lilia-san and the others were collecting stamps?
No, there were many different types, but there were many sports. I don't know much about it, but there was a ball game called 'squash' and a sport called 'bowling'.
...Oh my God, that's so much fun...

　Strange?　It's a refreshing change from what I've experienced up to this point, but I liked it that way too!
　No, no, there's no need to panic just yet. The Sixth King Festival has just begun and we can go around from here.

"Anima.
Ha!
From here to the next arena you get a date with me.
'Ha!　....Huh?
All right, then. Let's go!
'Gosh, gosh, master!　

　It's quite a distance to the next arena, and we'll play in the facilities where we can get stalls and stamps in between.
　We've got such cute anima here, and it would be a shame to just walk to the arena.

　Perhaps as a reaction to what we've done up to this point, I realized that my tension was getting a little high as I walked towards the stalls lined up, pulling the hand of the flustered Anima.

　Dear Mom, Dad - the refreshment that appeared in the midst of a series of violent developments...............and Anima. Thanks to that, I felt much better and decided to go out on a date with Anima. Yes, I've already given up on taking on the Five Warlords, but it's the festival that we're here for - if we don't enjoy it, it's a loss.