Chapter 1698: Noontime Founding Festival with Shallow Vernal ⑤

I have come to the realization that people have to take responsibility for their own words, and there’s a difference between saying something and actually doing it.

What I want to say here…… is that doing it 100 more times ended up actually taking up quite a long time.

[Well, I’m glad Shiro-san seems satisfied…… but isn’t it about time for the gondola to move?]

[The gondola is still moving. It’s just that I’ve stretched out time, so it’s only moving a fraction of a second.]

[When it has taken this long and it’s not moving visibly, I don’t even want to imagine how long it will take for us to reach the end, so let’s get moving.]

[You’re right. Once I’ve given you my return gift, I’ll turn back time to its original speed.]

[……Return gift?]

Eh? What, there’s more? Judging from her statement, she seems to be implying it’s gonna be a return gift for my earlier actions, but if that’s the case, this makes me a bit anxious.

It’s because, as you can see, Shiro-san is in such a good mood right now. Shiro-san is literally beaming with joy. It seems that, from Shiro-san’s perspective, she has had plenty of lovey-dovey moments. Shiro-san in this state certainly looks very lovely, but I’m worried about what she might do when she’s this pumped up.

[It means exactly what it means. Like this……]

[Whoa!? Ah, eh? By return gift, you mean……]

In the blink of an eye, Shiro-san wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me close. It was a recreation of what I had done to Shiro-san earlier, and with Shiro-san’s strength, it was easy for her to pull me in.

However, I’d like to pause things here for a bit. I understand the meaning of her returning such a thing back, but this may be a little troubling…… Even if Shiro-san is trying to recreate my earlier actions, there’s a big difference between me doing it and Shiro-san doing it.

Yes, it’s her breasts…… Her chest. If things turn out the same development as before, Shiro-san will then hold my head with her other hand to her chest. In that case, my face would naturally end up being buried in Shiro-san’s ample chest.

Also, while my thoughts were racing and I was feeling flustered, I couldn’t voice out my thoughts, so I couldn’t stop Shiro-san’s actions and I also wasn’t able to ask her to wait.

No, Shiro-san can read my mind, so she should be able to perceive my thoughts, but it seems she’s just gonna ignore my inner voice, as she puts her free hand around the back of my head and hugs me without any hesitation at all.

[ ~ ~ ! ? ! ? ]

Then, just as I was thinking Shiro-san’s chest looms in my field of vision, immediately afterwards, I can no longer see anything, and my face is enveloped by something soft and warm.

There’s still Shiro-san’s pleasant fragrance that tickles the nostrils, but there’s this dizziness that threatened to overwhelm my senses in an instant…… but things don’t end there just yet.

[……Kaito-san, I love you.]

A voice with a hint of sweetness whispered so close to my ear that her breath brushed against it…… and a tingling feeling of pleasure ran down my back.

Just as how ASMR exists in my previous world, the pleasure derived from the auditory senses isn’t to be underestimated. Not only that, it’s done by Shiro-san, who even has a voice that seems to hold the beauty of heaven within it.

Moreover, what’s more is that…… she spoke her words not with her usual inflectionless voice, but a voice that firmly contained the heat of her emotions…… It’s really starting to make my head spin. I can clearly feel Shiro-san’s feelings for me, and it has more destructive power than I had imagined.

[……Well then, 99 more to go.]

[……Huh? Ah, no, please wai———-]

The Supreme Gods, who had been watching at a reasonable distance from Kaito and Shallow Vernal’s gondola, exhaled lightly.

[For the time being, I suppose this means we can have a break for the next 20 minutes? Of course, we still can’t let our guards down but……]

[Yes, you’re right…… Oya? God of Fate? Is something the matter?]

While they managed to respond to Shallow Vernal’s heightened excitement, such as dealing with emerging 3D letters, they found themselves a moment of respite when they thought they could take a breather from tasks such as guiding people and adjusting stalls. However, at such a moment, Fate’s face gradually turned paler.

[Ah, this is bad. This is really bad…… Some kind of tremendous force is moving…… Nope, nope, that’s just impossible! I can’t stop that with my power…… Shallow Vernal-sama’s excitement is increasing even further…… S- Something of a greater scale, unlike any other is coming!!!]

[W- What!?]

[N- No way, what in the world is———— This is!?]

Right after Fate urgently conveyed those words, Chronois and Life turned pale as they gazed at the sky that had seemingly been painted over, changing into a starry sky, and a dazzling meteor shower of the word “happiness” filling the sky.

With the day suddenly turning to night, those attending the Founding Festival stopped to look up at the spectacular view of shooting stars filling the sky.

Given the considerable distance, most people would likely just perceive them as regular shooting stars rather than falling words, but even someone with exceptional eyesight could only see them as Japanese words, of which they don’t know the meaning. Amidst the colorful meteor shower that filled the already beautiful sky, which seemed impossible to replicate with existing magic tools, a sight so beautiful that many people’s eyes lit up…… The three Supreme Gods looked at the shooting stars with eyes like that of a dead fish.

[……Nope, it’s over. That’s completely a global event over there.]

[How do we even patch things up here? Could even patch it up? I mean, can we even do something about it……]

[……Wouldn’t patching up this situation be impossible unless there’s some special intervention from Shallow Vernal-sama?]

Fate, Chronois, and Life whispered, their faces filled with indescribable sorrow.

Meanwhile, Laguna and Lilia, who had moved to the ceremony venue, also looked up at the sky and had expressions of despair on their faces. Fortunately, however, it was clearly not a situation that could be handled by human hands, so the response would have to be left to the Gods…… Of course, that didn’t mean the pains in their stomach would go away……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [I- It’s also doing a lot of damage to my stomach…… All this flirting is really a danger to the stomach……]

? ? ? : [Can you please stop adding weird new settings like watching people get lovey-dovey will damage your stomach?]