Chapter 1653: Within the Night As It Grows Late ⑦

<Author’s Notes>

I didn’t have time to write, so today’s chapter is short.

The photo, taken with the camera magic tool, perfectly captures the scene of Alice kissing my cheek, with me looking a bit stupid, completely caught off-guard, but I still feel like it’s a photo with a considerable lover-like feel to it.

The only issue is its size. It’s big. It’s not like the typical photo size in our world, and was instead as large as an A4 sheet. Well, I suppose there are technical issues around this, and to begin with, the concept of photo size shouldn’t be prevalent at the moment, so I guess this is unavoidable.

[……N- No, ummm, Kaito-san…… Doesn’t that look a bit inappropriate? It’s already going too far as a joke, lacking any traces of shame…… It’s too perverted……]

[……No, you’re the one who did that though!?]

[W- Well~~ That’s true but…… Y- You see, I did that in the heat of the moment, and when I calmed down, the embarrassment was no joke…….]

As we stepped away from the line and looked at the photo we had taken, Alice, her face blushing red, poking her index fingers with each other, she whispered.

Even though she herself was the one who did that, she still seemed to be feeling embarrassed…… but I could still feel that she was quite happy.

[W- Well, since we went through the trouble of taking the photo, let’s keep it as a memento. Ahh, I’ve prepared Kaito-san’s too. I anticipated something like this might happen, so I bought some extras.]

[Ah, we can buy more copies huh. My bad, thank you…… Hmm?]

Saying that, I accepted the photo Alice handed to me, but the photo was neatly placed inside a beautiful picture frame.

She framed it before I knew it…… Moreover, it was excessively adorned and intricately designed. No, but what am I supposed to do with this? I definitely can’t just display this photo of us kissing on a table or somewhere else. After all, if I do, she’ll definitely start complaining about it…… I guess the idea is to just keep it as a memento for the time being?

[……Alice…… You really must like this photo huh?]

[What are you talking about? Ah, I’ve casted State Preservation Magic on it, and I’ve bought about 10 spares just in case, so if you want another one, just let me know.]

[……U- Unnn.]

She really likes that photo huh. It seems like she was just shy initially, but as she realized the photo itself turned out well, seemingly satisfied with it, she’s gradually getting hyped up.

I’m guessing she probably likes this kind of unmistakably lover-like atmosphere. She’ll probably make a smaller-sized version of this photo and pin them to a corkboard or something like that.

Well, as for me, I’m just happy to see Alice looking happy, so I don’t have any problem with it……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [………………]

Makina : [Those eyes, does that mean you’re ready? Ah, no, her hands are shaking……]