TEASER Chapter 3 Part 6
Nozomu's POV
Nozomu and Irisdina were walking down the
streets again. In their hands is a candy that the owner of the candy store gave
them as gratitude. When they try it, the sweetness melts in their tongue and
the sweet scent spreads in their mouth.
"This candy is wonderfully crafted, and
it tastes good."
"Yes, If you bring it for Somia-chan, she
will be happy too. "
"Yea, but she doesn't have an eye for sweets. She
is worried about cavities."
While showing her appearance as an older
sister instead of a mother, she looks strangely cute as she holds her candy and
smiles, and Nozomu's cheeks loosen like hers. At first, Nozomu was nervous, but
now his nervousness has been released, albeit a little.
"But was that okay? Irisdina-san's candy
over there is..."
The candy she was licking was an ill-shaped
candy that I made, and it couldn't even be called a craft.
"Yup. Isn't this your first work? Rather, was it
okay for me to eat it? "
"Yes, of course, it's okay. The taste
will probably not change, and it's a waste to throw it away just because it
didn't work."
"That's right! In that case, I might as
well enjoy it!"
After being convinced, Irisdina chewed the
ugly candy. Nozomu continues walking on the road, which is gradually becoming
more crowded while looking sideways at her eating candy deliciously.
"Oh! The beautiful lady over there! If it's alright, Would you like me to
forecast your fortune?"
"Hmm, what?"
"Well, a fortune-teller?"
When we turned our eyes to the person who was
suddenly called us out, there was a small store on the
side of the road, and the signboard of the store said
"Fortune-telling". There is a white-haired old man with a white beard
inside the store, and he smiles at us ...
"Um, I'm called Zonne, as you can see,
I'm a fortune-teller."
"Hmm, fortune-telling…………"
(Is he really a fortune teller?)
Nozomu had doubts about the appearance of the
store. There are many strange things inside the small store.
A jar full of crystals, cards, and thin wooden
sticks, which are supposed to be used for fortune-telling, is randomly placed
on the desk. On the wall of the store, talismans that seem to be from the East
and things that seem to be amulet accessories are hung without gaps, and for
some reason, there is even a skull of a ram. It's no longer a fortune teller,
but a suspicious magical organization or a recruitment place for religious
groups. Besides, the atmosphere of the old man is also strange. From the old man's presence, Nozomu felt familiar with the same presence as
the one he known.
