"Hinamatsuri~?"
"What is Hina Matsuri?"
"It's a girls' festival! Decorate the hina [empress] dolls and have a girls' party while eating hina arare [type of bite-sized Japanese cracker from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce ] !"
I heard Tama and Pochi talking to Arisa.
Come to think of it, it was almost March.
"Meat~?"
"Pochi likes sweets too, but she likes meat better."
"I don't have the image of meat dishes at the Hinamatsuri. ――Tulips?"
Arisa spoke to me.
"What is a tulip? It's not a flower, is it?"
"It's fried chicken wings with bones. Don't you call them tulips?"
Oh, come to think of it, I think there was such a dish.
"My mother used to make it for me on my birthday."
Arisa says nostalgically.
"Mother" in this case would be the mother in the previous life.
"I am interested~?"
"Pochi is also very curious about Meat Tulip-san!"
"Ahaha, let's have Lulu make it then."
The children ran into the kitchen.
After a while, only Arisa returns.
"So, Master, make a Hina doll."
So sudden.
"It's impossible without a sample. Isn't it possible for Arisa to make it? You used to make a figure of me, didn't you?"
"If that doesn't engage the libido, it's a bit."
Arisa shrugs her shoulders with a face that seems to say "I don't understand~".
"And I'm afraid to try my hand at traditional crafts with my poor skills."
"Then, would you like to make an origami Hina doll?"
"That's fine, but I feel like it's a little cheap~"
Arisa folds her arms and thinks.
"Arisa"
Mia, who came back from outside with Nana, called out to Arisa.
"What's wrong, Mia?"
"good idea"
Mia says with a confident face.
"Hina dolls" while pointing to herself.
"Odairi-sama" [emperor] and points at me.
"Does that mean we'll become Hina dolls?"
"yeah"
Mia nodded at Arisa's answer.
It's too late now, but Mia seems to know about the Doll's Festival.
It's probably the influence of Daisaku, the hero who brought Japanese culture to the elf village.
"If you're going to arrange a doll display, isn't there a shortage of people?"
If it's just the two above, it's fine, but if you include the three court ladies and the five musicians, it's a little lacking.
"Golems are fine for the missing two people."
"Hmm, that will be enough."
It's a bit surreal, but you don't have to be strict.
"Let's make the costume first! Master and Mia also help."
"Leave it to me"
"Arisa, I also want to participate."
"Then let's do it together."
That's how I made the costume for the real Hina dolls today.
"Is twelve-layered ceremonial kimono fine?"
"Yeah. That's right, but it's heavy if you wear it all, and only the collar is sewn with layers of cloth."
Since the policy has been decided, Arisa and Mia and I start making costumes.
"Master~"
"Liza brought us a lot of tulip meat!"
Tama and Pochi rushed into the room when the costume was nearing completion.
"Tulip meat?"
"Master, I found a flock of migratory birds, so I went hunting."
"A migratory bird with a spear?"
"Yes, I used the Magic Edge Cannon with a slight spread."
The legendary technique seems to be a hunting tool for Liza.
"--This is enough for everyone."
"Hmm, and done."
Arisa and Mia pose in Hina doll costumes.
"It is cute"
"I have enough for everyone."
"I also insist that Hina dolls are good."
"Tama too~?"
"Even Pochi wants to be a doll!"
I had expected it, but after all it became a scramble for the role of the Empress.
Liza intervened, but in the end we came to the brilliant conclusion that everyone would play the role of Hina dolls.
Of course, the embarrassed Liza is also a doll.
"Then let's take a commemorative photo. ――Yes, cheese."
I took a picture with the shooting magic, but the members other than Arisa were still dumbfounded.
Come to think of it, you can't just use "cheese".
Fortunately, the pronunciation of 2 is similar to a smile even in Shiga Kingdom, so ``1 + 1 is―― ２ (To)
"Huh? What about Lulu?"
She was there when we were making costumes.
"Sorry I made you wait"
Lulu appeared with a large plate full of fried tulips.
"Smells good~?"
"It's Karaage San-san!"
"All chicken is great, but I think the best is the fried chicken."
The beastkin girls overreacted.
"I praise that it smells very good."
"Ugh, the bugs in my stomach are making a fuss."
"Pochi and Bug-san are singing along in a loud chorus."
"Tama is hungry too~?"
"--muu"
"We have dumplings and amazake without alcohol for Mia-chan."
"N, thank you."
More like dumplings before flowers, more like tulips before hina dolls.
――Oops, before the meal.
"Let's play Hina dolls together, Lulu."
"yes!"
After taking a commemorative photo, we held a Hinamatsuri party featuring fried chicken and dumplings.
Hikaru and Shirogane members who arrived late are also join in the feast as human hina dolls.
"It might be fun to make it a festival in Shiga Kingdom."
"This looks like it could be a good product."
"Tifa, can you do the math for me?"
"Yes, Elle. Please leave it to me."
After Hikaru's exclamation, the manager of Echigoya Firm and Tifaliza began to think seriously about it as business material.
At this rate, next year's March 3rd will be the Doll's Festival nationwide.
Well, that sounds like fun.