"Well where do we go now princess?" Rio asked as Rebecca just stood at the entrance not sure which place to visit first.
"Wait, I'm thinking." She said glancing around at the crowd of students just enjoying their ti, playing gas or just sightseeing. Feeling confused over what to try first. She didn't want to go sowhere which had too much crowd or so annoying idiots who could jump up to pester her or ruin their ti together.
Getting no response, Rio sighed and spoke up. "Co, I'll show you sothing fun." He said and started walking in one direction.
"Wait," Rebecca said as she followed him too.
Rio took her to a small shop that was set up on one side of the garden, while rows of few students were already standing there and cheering happily from ti to ti.
"What's this place?" She asked as they walked through the crowd who gave way seeing their appearance. (Being a high noble and known genius sure had its perks.)
"A race ga. Sothing like what we used to play when we were children." he said as he bought the tickets and walked inside.
"The ones you always lost." Rebecca said jokingly which was also true.
"Lost willingly, cause you were a sore loser and a crybaby." Rio teased back. "Do you know how many tis aunt had to step up and ask to go easy on you."
"Lies and excuses, that's all what you're saying." She replied in total denial. "And I'll prove it to you by defeating you today."
… . (Few minutes later)
"Hehehe I just let you win the first ti as a trial, so you wouldn't cry later on."
"You just got lucky, I'll beat you this ti." ×2
"You cheated on that turn by distracting , let's play again." ×3
"My hand slipped, let's try again." ×4
"This ga's lagging, I clearly turned right on ti. Why didn't my avatar change?" ×5
"Sigh, it's too boring, let's go sowhere else." ×6
After 6 consecutive losses Rebecca gave up on her luck and stood up to leave while silently cursing this guy for not even going easy on her once.
'Would he die if he lost once, what a show off.' She said, glaring at him as she noticed the students nearby holding their laughs seeing their matches.
The whole row of shops in that line were just so random small gas made by either using illusion magic or tech from the dungeons like video gas. Affter trying a few other normal gas, Becca got bored and decided to leave, and try sothing magical. (Or sothing where she could win.)
"Co, let's play that ga." Becca said, dragging him to what looked like a casino.
She always liked betting gas, as the high lucky halo of heroine always made her win.
… (few minutes later)
"Hahaha you loser, do you need my help to win. Why don't you ask nicely, and this generous princess would show so pity." Becca said while laughing at Rio who just sat there with a black face.
'System, if you're ssing around with , I'll beat yo ass.' Rio said to his system, not believing how his luck can be so bad to not guess anything right in like a dozen tries.
"Co on, don't be sad, I'll teach you how to play." Becca said, patting him on the shoulder like coaxing a child.
"This is definitely rigged, let's go try sothing else." Rio said and walked out of that shop faster than eye could see.
"Let's go to that place." Becca said, noticing a shop nearby from where she could see a big banner floating upside.
[A dreamscape]
Seeing the new na and feeling curious Rio followed her and went to check the new shop. But as soon as he entered through the open doors, a surprise awaited him as he felt he was pulled into an illusion. A stone monunt was placed in the empty zone ahead with rules explaining what this was about.
But seeing that this ga was a team match that required ten mbers to start, they both just got out without waiting.
"What a sham, they should write it that it's a team battle ga, and more players are needed." Becca said and left, while Rio just stared at the noticeboard at the side, which they both ignored while entrying.
"That looks like fun." Becca's voice ca to his ears and Rio followed her gaze and found her pointing at a tent house which said 'horror house' at the door.
"You wanna go there?" He asked doubtfully.
"Of course. Are you scared, big boy?" She teased hearing his hesitation.
"I'm just worried about you, okay. Don't co crying to when you see a ghost." Rio said jokingly, pointing at the rule board first this ti, which said that this tent had spatial properties of a maze and there might be real ghosts trapped inside too.
"Co on. I can purify them easily with my magic." Rebecca replied proudly after reading it.
"Magic's not allowed to be used inside." Rio said, pointing at the rule which said no magic so no one can damage anything or hurt anyone.
"Well, anyway I'm not scared. Even if there are real ghosts, they're probably just so little roaming spirits who're harmless." Becca said, excitedly moving forward.
"Rember, that's what you said." Rio said and followed her with a mysterious smile lingering on his face.
… . [Few minutes later]
Phew huhh phew
"Why the hell did all those damn ghosts swarm us?" Becca said, bent down with her hands resting on her knees as she breathed heavily to calm her racing heart.
"Maybe they heard you saying you don't fear them, so they took it personally." Rio said, passing her a bottle of water.
"You_ you didn't do anything, did you?" She asked while doubtfully glaring at him.
They had just entered the dark house when all of a sudden dozens of ghosts, real ghosts, ignored everyone else and sward onto them. Even the students nearby got a scare of their life with how they always followed and jumped onto them from every corner.
"Who, ? I didn't do nothing, swear." Rio said, controlling his laughter while hiding the video recorder that was still on.
[When Hela gave you that cloak, she didn't think you'd use it to lure ghosts in haunted houses and prank girls, host.]
[And not only to take advantage of girls, but also recording it in video, what a pervy host I have.]
'Don't twist my actions, you idiotic system.' Rio said to his system, who made him sound so bad.
I an he did do those things, but just to scare Becca and record it to tease her later on soday, not to hug her or hold her or anything.
..
"What's up slowpoke, still cooking up excuses." Rebecca shouted flying on a Phoenix illusion, while Rio tried to catch her on a flying sword.
"You're testing your luck princess, stop hovering above the clouds or you'll fall down faster when I chop those wings off your birdy." Rio replied.
"Chop wings, using what? The broom you're holding," Rebecca said and burst out laughing.
The ga they were playing was simply a ga of tag using magical creatures.
When she rolled the dice it landed on the avatar of a top tier Phoenix, and as for Rio, he got to play the role of a knight in armor flying on a magic broom.
Knowing he wouldn't be able to even see the shadow of princess on that low grade magic broom, he just used the loophole and climbed onto the sword he was holding and used it to fly instead.
Even though the speed didn't increase, but the image did.
Flying on brooms is for idiot children and old witches, both personalities not suitable for his handso appearance.
"You lost." Becca said, slowing down as the tir on the watch hit zero, and the ethereal form of phoenix disappeared.
"Yeah yeah whatever." Rio said, walking through the crowd of students.
"What now? We've been roaming around the gas for hours." He said, thinking how many years had it been since he spent ti so leisurely playing around.
They've been going through the crowd clicking on every shop, checking every ga or event planned for this party. Be it gaming, betting, haunted houses, small magic competition, a fun duel, karaoke and dancing on beats, going through a maze and solving riddles or a treasure hunt. Not to ntion the half an hour they wasted just taking various pictures in that one shop down the line.
- it's been like this nonstop cycle of walking from here to there excitedly from morning to evening now.
Though he enjoyed her company and his ti of no worries very much so, it simply wasn't him.
Sothing always felt missing, hollow, and he didn't know how to fix it.
Acting happy and actually being happy are such a different things.
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