As I saw the sun was beginning to set outside the window, Alice told me
that "the party was ready", so I went out of the store… and became
dumbfounded.
What the heck is happening? I thought I was getting used to the
absurdity of this world to some extent but…
[…Hey, Alice.]
[What is it?]
[Could it be that I'm seeing things? It's just outside of the royal capital…
I think I'm seeing a "castle floating in the sky"…]
[You're seeing it right.]
The thing I was dumbfoundedly staring at was a huge castle floating in
the south of the royal capital. If I had seen it when I was completely
ignorant of this world, I would have just thought it was straight of
fantasy, impressed by its beautiful color, just like white shining
porcelain.
But the premise this time was different. Looking at the floating castle in
the distance, how should I say this… I have a very bad feeling about the
situation.
[…If I remember correctly, there was nothing like that over there,
right?]
[Yes. "It was built today after all".]
[…Hey, Alice.]
[What is it?]
[…I don't think this was the case but…]
[It's the venue for Kaito-san's birthday party.]
[...…]
Apparently, the prediction I had in mind had perfectly hit the bulls-eye.
This is strange… Something is fatally strange. I thought it would be
something like a home party in Lilia-san's mansion or something like
that but… a castle!?
[…Ummm, I'll ask just in case, but what's with that castle?]
[It's something the Gods built in half a day.]
[For me, errr… It was nice how the guests are limited to my
acquaintances but…]
[Kaito-san, Kaito-san… That's impossible. Your acquaintances are the
heads of this world, you know…]
[…I guess you're right.]
I wonder why I haven't thought about that? The acquaintances I have…
are the three rulers of the Human Realm, the Six Kings of the Demon
Realm, and the three Supreme Gods and the God of Creation of the God
Realm… even a God from another world.
If Shiro-san was going to participate in my birthday party, the Gods
would become enthusiastic about it, and with the participation of the
Six Kings and the rulers of the Human Realm, it's to be expected that it
would be an extravagant party… No, but that doesn't mean I could have
imagined why they'd build a new flying castle for a birthday party.
[…Hey, Alice.]
[What is it?]
[I can 100% understand trying to make the birthday party extravagant.
However, the one who came up with the idea of building a castle… Who
is it?]
[Shallow Vernal-sama and Eden-san, from what I heard? It seems that
for once, they were unconditionally cooperating with each other.]
[The worst tag-team ever was born!?]
A tag-team of the two pinnacle Gods, who have their ability to read the
mood turned off by default, possessing power to achieve ideas that are
out of the norm… They're the worst combination imaginable.
No, of course I'm glad that they're trying to celebrate my birthday, and I
appreciate their thoughts… but these two are people who definitely
don't understand moderation at all…
[I mean, how am I supposed to get to that castle?]
[What are you talking about? Kaito-san has this reliable Transcendental
Beauty of a lover, don't you? Your love-dovey lover will carry you, so
there's no problem at all!]
[…Can I request for a change to Kuro or Isis-san?]
[Wait, Kaito-san!?]
I mean, hearing Alice carry me reminds me of the trauma I had after
visiting the Demon Realm…
[It's alright! I've come up with the best method to transport you this
time! It will feel like you're just riding a big ship!]
[…Just hearing you say "transport" completely loses my trust in your
method. Also, I'm not sure if it's my sixth sense telling me this or not,
but I feel like I should run away right now.]
[Hahaha, you're joking around again… Well then, please get on this.]
[No, I'm not joking around… wait, what the heck is this?]
Alice took out a circular wooden board with a radius of about 1 meter…
and when I got on it, the wooden board floated in the air and
automatically moved… isn't what happened. Staying away from it with
apprehensions in mind, I saw a mischievous smile suddenly appear on
Alice's lips.
I looked back at the wooden board carefully, but I couldn't find anything
unnatural about it at all.
[…Alice, be honest. What kind of magic did you cast on this wooden
board?]
[Eh? It's just State Preservation Magic to prevent it from breaking
though.]
[...…]
[No, no, I'm saying the truth here! Come on, we're running out of time
here, so please get on already!]
Rather than just looking questionable, this thing is really suspicious.
However, we certainly are keeping everyone waiting, so we'd better
hurry.
Thinking about it for a while, I timidly got onto the wooden board but…
nothing special happened.
[…Arehh?]
[See, there's nothing weird about it, right? Well then, let's go~~]
[Y- Yeah… No, wait, why are you taking out a new wooden board?]
As I was feeling relieved that nothing happened, Alice then took out a
long, thin wooden board, which I think I remember seeing somewhere,
before attaching its end parts to the round wooden boards and casted a
State Preservation Magic to keep it from breaking apart…
[…Wait, Alice. Is it just my imagination? It kind of looks like a "seesaw",
you know…]
[…Tehe~]
[I'm get——- [ Angle, check! Fire! ] ——-Uwaaaahhhh!? Aliiiiiice! You
better remember this!!!]
Seeing through what was going to happen, I hurriedly tried to get off
the wooden board but… Alice's palm was faster as she smacked the
wooden board opposite of the one I was on.
And then, the worst thought I had really happened, as my body soared
into the sky.
Dear Mom, Dad——- I was thinking that Alice was a bit quiet lately…
but she went and did something outrageous again. Yes, this would
definitely get me to the venue quickly, but there were definitely other
ways to get there, right? It was also obvious that she chose this method
of transportation because she finds it interesting. But this freaking
b*stard——- I'm definitely going to scold her later.