After getting home and enjoying Emily and Wendy's cute outfits, Hayato and I made our way to the kitchen.
I have to prepare dinner for everyone who's helping me, and then I'll have to worry about the quality of the Christmas cake.
Just as I'm about to enter the room, Chris comes out into the hallway.

''Ah, Hayato-sama, big brother. Welcome back!

Chris greets me with a face with cream on his cheeks.
He's not going for it, which is intensely cute because he's not going for it.

'Chris, you have cream on your cheeks,'
What's that?
Please don't move.

Hayato gently takes the cream with his index finger and puts it in his mouth with a snap.

It's like a lie that we were in the snowy mountains just a few minutes ago.

''Ha, Hayato-sama.......I'm embarrassed.......''
Uh....

They seem to have noticed it now and their faces are red.
If you'd like, I can lend you the guest room?
Can I take a couple of hours to relax?

'Oh, uh, yeah. It's done!　Cake!

Chris reports back to me to distract me from the conversation.
Oh, yeah.
I had asked him to serve the cake.
It was already in the air, sweet and feast-like.
I had forgotten all about it....

'Oh, you were making a cake!　Wow, I'm looking forward to it.
'Well, I know you guys are lovebirds, and you don't have to make up for it.

I smiled at them and they fell flat on their faces again, their faces turning red.
I would expect these two to have an initial reaction forever.

Now, the main topic of the cake........

''Oh.''

Neatly painted cream.
The top and sides were not only covered with fruit, but also baked goods, and except for the size, a pretty, girlish cake was made.

'Dom, what do you think?'
'Nice!　No problem at all!
Yes, it's big and looks good.

It's not a bûche de Noël, it's a giant hall of shortcakes, but I was relieved that Hayato seemed to be satisfied with it without any problems.
Alright, then, let's put the cake away securely in the magic space and make dinner for today, shall we?

''I'm home!''
There you are. Welcome back.
I've brought you a fine one.
It was hard work at the gate...

Ah. That's right, if you bring a whole tree with you, the Gate Guard will be confused.
I didn't pay enough attention to that area.

"I left it in the garden for now, what should I do?
'Ah. Talk to Wendy and ask her where you can plant them in the garden. They'll all be hungry and we'll be ready for dinner in a minute, please.
" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

I'm sorry to be so tired, but I'll get a good night's rest tomorrow, please!

Rookie. I think I've made some decorations.
Uh, we're going to put up the tree later, so we'll have to decorate it...Hayato, can you supervise?
I'll take care of it!　Then I'll go help out over there.
'So I should take my decorations and go to the garden?
Yes, please.


But well, if I'm going to force myself to do it in two days' time, I guess I deserve this much.
There's a lot of things I have to do tomorrow, and I have to go to bed early after dinner today to prepare for tomorrow........


The next morning, I wake up and immediately head to the alchemy room.
Today I have to think about the presents I'll be giving out to the kids today and make them.

Speaking of gifts to give out to the children, are they toys, after all...?
But there's no such thing as a video game, and if I'm limited to the toys I know the structure of and can make, then something that can be played with itself, like a dokuraku or a yo-yo, would be good.
But it takes some skill to be able to spin that thing.
But we can play with everyone, so let's think about that.

For the girls, I think accessories are still a good idea.
Something simple and cute, like something to put in their hair?
If it's too expensive, we might be targeted by prying eyes, so let's keep it to a minimum while focusing on design.

Hmmmmm...

Start building from the humming toy.
I don't want to wind it up with a string, but rather with a stick that can be pulled to make it spin around.
It's just like a certain toy manufacturer's product, but we're in a different world!
Now we just need a field to play in.
Let's put that in the orphanage.

All we need is a yo-yo.
It's still that thing.
I should be able to do the long sleeper with it.
It seems to be fun to make the bearing and so on, though it is my personal obsession.
But it would be dangerous if it's all made of steel, wouldn't it?
I'll just cover it with a film of slime to take care of it.
If it seems to be OK after testing it out, then we're good to go.

Since there's no ability attached to them, you can make a large number of them with your forgery (multi-copying) skills, and if you put meaningful patterns on each of them, this will be an item that will tickle your heart.

........I hope you'll be happy with it.
With that in mind, I put my heart into each one of them and carved a pattern.

Now, the next step is to make stylish accessories for girls.
This is a difficult task.
The same as before, but it's not good if it looks too similar.
The girls are small, but they are actresses.
Each of them will have their own sense of beauty.

I heard a knock at the door.
When I turned around to answer, an unexpected person appeared with the sound of a door opening with a clatter.

'Newcomer-san. Huh?　What are you doing?
'Mr. Leet. You're here again today.
Yes, well. We do have time for you, though. Oh?　You're making something strange again, aren't you?
Yes, the kids from the orphanage are coming over, and I thought I'd get them a present.
Oh. It's a pleasure.
Yes, but I'm having trouble getting a girl's present for her...
Yeah, what are you doing now?

Leet-san looks at her hand as if she were peering into it.
In doing so, my chest hits my shoulder slightly, but I don't move now.
I'm trained, after all!

Well, I had toys for the boys but I thought I'd get some accessories for the girls.
It's nice. The orphans in the orphanage don't have many luxuries and the money they don't have will be used to buy necessary clothes and other items. Then should I also prepare some simple cosmetics?
Are you sure?
'Yes. If it takes some of the burden off the newcomer, I'll be happy to help.

Oh, Leet is such a nice person........
Why is such a kind and beautiful person still single?
If it was the original world, he wouldn't be able to pull it off.......
Is it because of Rainrich?

But with cosmetics, it's only going to be a simple one because of allergy issues.
Yeah, it's for kids, so it shouldn't be too fancy.
So I'll just make it up as I go along.
'Yes. Aina and the others have gone to invite the kids over today, and I've asked Wendy and the others to continue working on their clothes from yesterday, so I think we can take our time making them.
'Uh ... that bright red outfit, right?'

Oh, you've already seen that.
Oh, did they check it before coming to the alchemy room?

''Um... maybe... but... there's some for me too...?''
''No.......I'm just going to make sure it's only for my family members, but.......''
'Oh, right. That's right!　I'm not even funny when I'm old enough to wear it!
'What?　I think it looks good on you, though?

Rhett is usually pretty, and he's got a great style to it, so I think he'd look good in it normally.
But I'm going to ask my customers to wear that dress!　I wondered if it would be bad to say....

Is that so?　Haha, haha.
Would you like to try it on?
'What?　I wonder what I should do. But if a newcomer wanted to see it, I'd probably wear it...

Uh ... that.
I'd like to wear something cute for my age, but I think it's too hard to be real.　It's a pattern that I feel like if only I could get a push from someone else, I could wear it because of that.
I need to give her a boost to thank her for her daily efforts!

I'd like to see. Mr. Rhett as Santa. So I'll go ask for it!
'What?　Oh, really?　If that's the case, it's not too late........ If you don't mind making a show of yourself........
'No, no, I'm sure it will suit you. I'm sure they'll measure you later, so I'll ask for your help then.
I get it!　Haha, you got carried along so well.

If it's Leet-san, it's perfectly fine.
If Rainrich says he wants to wear it or something, I'll stop him, but Mr. Leet is still the youngest person in me, and I can just recognize him as an adult who's a little bit flamboyant!

The rest of the day went smoothly and without a hitch, and at lunch I was able to ask Wendy to make some Santa clothes for Leet.

In the afternoon, Meira and Dharma came to visit and decorate the outside of the house, and there was only one thing left to do tomorrow, the day of the decision.

.........I can't help but feel like I'm forgetting something, but I guess it's not a problem if I can't remember.
Cake good, cooking good, Santa clothes good, tree good, snow good, presents good.
See, everything's fine.