“That ice cream shop is supposed to be super delicious!” Rakuraku raised the page on her phone and showed it to Nadeshiko.
“Ai—su—kui—ri—mu? What a weird name.” Nadeshiko read the promotional name out one character at a time.
“Humph~ I heard their ice cream is super delicious. Want to try some? My treat!” Rakuraku excitedly pulled Nadeshiko toward the shopfront.
Although Nadeshiko didn’t have much interest in sweets, seeing Rakuraku looking this happy, she didn’t refuse either.
“Welcome to Aisukuirimu~” The clerk who looked completely like a little girl said in a cloyingly sweet voice.
“This shop really doesn’t hire child labor, does it…”
Nadeshiko tugged at Rakuraku’s sleeve and stood on tiptoe to whisper beside her ear.
“Nothing of the sort~ What would you two like to order?”
It had clearly been a whisper, yet the clerk miss standing behind the counter seemed to have heard it anyway.
She narrowed her eyes and showed an innocent, naive smile.
“Then… I’ll have one signature ice cream!” Rakuraku tapped the biggest ice cream on the menu.
The ice cream in the picture was piled high with candy flakes and dried fruit. It looked like one bite would send your sugar over the limit.
“What does Nadeshiko-chan want?” Rakuraku turned her head and said to Nadeshiko.
“The same as you is fine…” Nadeshiko tugged at the corner of her mouth, not taking the matter to heart.
Although she vaguely felt something was a little off.
After a short wait, the clerk miss walked over holding two enormous ice creams.
“Two signature ice creams~ Please enjoy.”
“It’s really so big!” Rakuraku raised her phone and framed the two of them together with those enormous ice creams.
Nadeshiko cooperatively made a peace sign.
The two of them’s cute faces could cause a sensation on Rakuraku’s limited stories even without any retouching.
“Let’s go to the aquarium, Nadeshiko-chan.” Rakuraku held that somewhat enormous ice cream in one hand and Nadeshiko’s hand in the other as they left Aisukuirimu.
The clerk miss smiled as she watched them go into the distance.
Beneath the counter where they couldn’t see, the clerk wearing the Aisukuirimu uniform was foaming at the mouth and passed out on the floor.
The clerk miss jumped down from the stool and placed a pillow under the unconscious clerk’s head.
“It’s delicious, right, my ice cream~” The clerk miss smiled again.
Her originally brown pupils began to flow like melting maple syrup, revealing their original gorgeous colors.
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“Speaking of Seika Tower, you have to mention the aquarium!” Rakuraku pulled Nadeshiko and walked all the way into the scenic elevator of Seika Tower.
The aquarium was located at the top of Seika Tower.
At an altitude of 600 meters, you could see schools of fish swimming freely in the enormous body of water, while the background was the clear sky.
It was simply like a dream.
In order to guarantee the visitors’ experience, tickets to the aquarium had always been sold in limited quantities.
And Nadeshiko’s pair tickets just happened to include the aquarium tickets.
Come to think of it, these had been given by her former teammates back when the aquarium had just been completed.
She hadn’t expected to use them now.
Nadeshiko held Rakuraku’s hand as they passed the ticket gates, thinking of this and that.
“So amazing—” Rakuraku at her side let out a sigh of admiration.
They were clearly only at the entrance, you know?
“How did Nadeshiko-chan manage to grab the tickets? I heard these are super hard to get…” Rakuraku turned her head and asked.
“This… they were a gift from some old friends.” Nadeshiko laughed it off and muddled through, pulling Rakuraku through the entrance.
“Since this chance is rare, let’s have a proper good time today!”
“Oh—” Rakuraku raised her hand and chimed in like an idiot.