The misunderstanding between me and Zwei was successfully resolved....well, I can't help but feel that it was a slightly problematic solution, but for the time being my relationship with Zwei was improved.
　After going around the nighttime festival with Laz and the others, Zwei had to leave for work.
　When he left, he invited me to come visit him in the town where I'm keeping him, so I plan to find time to visit him even after the Sixth King Festival is over.
　The city Zwei-san manages is probably the city where Kuro's castle is located, which I visited briefly before. At that time, I was too busy making music boxes to have time to go around, so I was grateful for the offer.

　After that, we went around the night festival for about an hour with Raz and his friends, and as it was getting close to dinner time, I left them there and headed for the central tower.
　As I walked down the relatively empty road to the central tower, I was thinking back on my day.

　I've met so many people today. We're all at the same festival, and I'm sure we'll see each other like that... but I'm a little surprised at the rate of encounters to that extent in this large venue.
　Zwei-san was the most shocking of all. I wasn't actually hostile, but it wasn't often that I was dealt with in a cold way like that, so I was quite confused.
　When I think about it, I'm really blessed with people around me........

''........Huh?''
Tsk........kite........

　As for Zwei's attitude, we crossed paths because of my misunderstanding, and because he didn't know how I felt about it. However, there is another person I know who is bitter towards me. And as for this person, it's like he knows everything and is taking it with a grain of salt.

''........Why do you give me a tongue-lashing every time you see me, Shea-san?''
''It's not that I don't care about you. I'm a solitary goddess, and I don't like to be bothered.

　Shea-san, who I met by chance on a road with few people, replies to me with a sullen expression on her face as usual. Well, when it comes to Shea-san, it's not that she doesn't like me or anything, it's just that this response is her default.......

"Shea-san.........is she a loner?
'I don't know what that word means, but I do know that I'm being ridiculed I'm going to hit you.
I'm sorry. But it's so weird to see you here.
Well yes.

　Well, at least they call me names and talk to me, and I'd like to think that they don't hate me, because they're willing to talk to me if I talk to them. Well, he told me he didn't like me when we first met....
　As I was thinking about that, I suddenly remembered something. Come to think of it, I was going to thank Shea-san for the Fea-sensei incident. I hadn't had a chance to meet her very often, so in a way this was a good time to do so.

''Speaking of which, Shea-san. I know it's taken me a while to thank you, but thank you for helping me before.''

'Still, it really helped me a lot. At the very least, please accept this as a thank you.
"...Yeah?　What is this?

　While Shea-san swears while turning away, I smiled and took out what seemed to be a spicy vegetable that Shiro-san had made for me before.
　It would be the best way to thank Shea-san for his spicy food, but.......what do you think?

　This vegetable, according to Mr. White, is so spicy that even if I, who has Mr. White's blessing, ate it, I would lose my taste buds for a few days, and if an ordinary person ate it, I would die.
　Shea-san looked at the vegetables I took out and accepted them with a strange expression on his face. By the way, this vegetable had no smell, and it wouldn't affect my skin even if I touched it.

　Shea-san looked at the vegetable and me several times in turn, then took a bite of the vegetable and her eyes widened.

''Wha, what's this?　
....

　It's something that will kill you if you eat it.

This is the most pungent taste ever, yet it's so pure and elegant that it's absolutely priceless. This is the ingredient I've been looking for all along...
Um... yes.
Kite!　Where on earth did you get this?　Tell me, please!
Oh, uh, this is...

　Shea-san came to me with a frenzied appetite, and I told him that Shiro-san had made this vegetable for me, and that I could grow it in three days if I planted the seeds.
　Shea-san was astonished to hear that White-san had created it, but by the time he received the seeds, he had an unusually happy expression on his face.

''........As expected of Sharovanal-sama, to be able to mass-produce this flavor so easily......it's truly amazing.
I'm glad you liked it.
'Oh, I'm sorry Kite, thank you. Your reputation is skyrocketing in my mind.
Oh, I see...
"Have confidence, you are a proper 'intelligent life form'. I can vouch for you.
I never had any confidence in that part of my life.

　

　Dear Mom, Dad -- although Shea-san was as foul-mouthed and indirect as ever, he still seemed to really appreciate my thanks this time. Shea-san's evaluation of me was also, yes, very reluctantly, raised to the level of an intelligent life form at last--even though I was very reluctant to do so.