I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace
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Chapter 1654: Within the Night As It Grows Late ⑧ After taking pictures with Alice, we continued to enjoy the festival, but at a certain point, Alice started looking restless. It’s probably got something to do with whatever Alice was aiming for…… [The special prize is a pair ticket to a luxury cottage on a private beach. And since I would be staying here today, after the Founding Festival ends…… Putting aside how long we could stay, it’s certain I will be staying here for the night.
Chapter 1654: Within the Night As It Grows Late ⑧ After taking pictures with Alice, we continued to enjoy the festival, but at a certain point, Alice started looking restless.
It’s hard to describe, but it was as if she was on the watch for some sort of timing.
It’s just, I don’t know what exactly she was on the watch for.
[Hey, Alice…… What are you so restless about?
] [Uwehh!?
Ah, no~~ Ummm…… It’s no big deal, you know!?
F- For real, it’s no big deal!!!
] [……Sounds like a pretty big deal though.
] She clearly looked flustered.
And her face was also red…… I could tell she’s embarrassed, but I don’t know what’s the cause of it.
There’s no odd one out among the stalls we’ve been up to this point, and since some time has passed since we’ve taken a photo, it doesn’t seem like she’d feel embarrassed about it.
[A- Ahh~~ Kaito-san!
There’s an interesting-looking stall over there!
] [Unnn?
Over there?
……Isn’t that place already off the street?
] [It’s in such places where you can find the good stuff!
Come on, let’s go.
] [You’re acting kinda suspicious…… Whatever.
] Her leading me to that area was clearly deliberate, but Alice is probably doing it knowing that I’m already suspicious of her.
In that case, aware that I might catch on, had she prepared something at that stall?
Having such a thought in mind while being led by Alice, there was a lottery stall in a secluded spot off the main street.
Suspicious…… Its suspiciousness just overflows.
She’s definitely up to something…… [……Hey, Alice.
In the end, what are you really after?
] [What are you talking about…… Oh, they have a lottery over here.
Since we’re here anyway, why don’t we try it?
] [……Hmmm.
What in the world are you up to……] Staring at Alice, who kept on feigning ignorance while tilting her head, I just did as she said and drew the lottery at the stall.
They had a lottery wheel-type here, and when I turned it, a golden ball came out.
(T/N: Lottery Wheel) [Congratulations!
You got the special prize!
] [……T- Thanks.
] What’s with these complicated feelings…… I mean, isn’t this totally planned!?
It’s a lottery wheel where it’s already expected I’ll draw the special prize!
Even if you congratulate me, I wouldn’t know how to react to that…… I mean, what even is the special prize?
It’s probably got something to do with whatever Alice was aiming for…… [The special prize is a pair ticket to a luxury cottage on a private beach.
] [Eh?
A- Ahh, errr…… Pair tickets for a cottage?
] [Yes.
However, please note that the coupon can only be used “today”.
] [Today!?
] Stunned, I looked at the contents of the envelope I received from the stallkeeper, which contained a map and the accommodation tickets.
Is there really such a thing as a lottery prize accommodation ticket that expires on the very same day?
N- No, well, this lottery was completely just a pretense for her to give this to me, so in effect, this was like a gift from Alice.
[Unnn?
Errr, in other words, we’re not going home today and would be staying overnight at a cottage…… Unnn?
A private beach with a cottage…… Hmmm?
] Arehh?
That kinda reminds me of something.
Since it’s a private beach, it would be a cottage by the seaside.
And since I would be staying here today, after the Founding Festival ends…… Putting aside how long we could stay, it’s certain I will be staying here for the night.
Today is a clear, cloudless day, so the moon should be beautiful tonight.
……Illuminated by the moonlight, in a cottage by the sea?
The moment I realized what was going on, I felt heat gathering on my face.
And if it’s for this reason, Alice’s suspicious behaviors before now make sense.
I mean, well, ummm, I guess Alice was ready huh.
And since she handed me this ticket in the form of a lottery prize, it should be related to the “Please take me to that place” request she asked me before, a message asking me to be the one to invite her.
[Ahh~~ Errr, Alice……] [Y- Yesh!?
] [……Since I’ve already won this, how about we spend the night here together?
] [I- I- I- I guess so.
Let’s do that……] After nodding with a face redder than I’ve ever seen from my words, Alice silently took out a shovel…… Unnn?
[Wait a minute there…… What are you doing?
] [Ah, no, my embarrassment is about to go over the limit so I’m gonna bury myself for a bit.
] [There are too many things I’d like to throw a tsukkomi at, but for the time being, calm down…… Or rather, can you not dig a hole in the middle of a city!?
] H- Hmmm…… Errr, with her being like this, is she really gonna be alright?
Serious-senpai : [……It’s over.
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