After receiving a wonderful birthday present from Lilia-san, Luna-san
was the second one to climb the stage. Perhaps, it's the order in which I
met when I came to this world, or something like that?
Anyway, Luna-san is usually a prankster, but as expected, even she
wouldn't play around in this situation, giving me her birthday present,
an assortment of marshmallows.
According to Luna-san, she decided to give me something that I can
consume because she's sure that I will receive many presents. I
appreciate her thoughtfulness… but I wonder if Luna-san likes
marshmallows? If that's the case, I'll keep that information in mind.
The third and fourth in line were my two kouhais, Aoi-chan and Hinachan. Aoi-chan gave me a bookmark made of beautiful flowers, while
Hina-chan gave me a pair of socks.
Even though they didn't have much time, I was really happy that they
had prepared presents for me.
The fifth person was Seigi-kun… who I hadn't expected to see here. I
hadn't really seen him earlier, but apparently, he rushed in right after he
finished his speech as a Hero, but he couldn't make it to the Karaoke
Battle.
The present Seigi-kun gave me were sweets that are the specialty of a
small village in Hydra Kingdom. He said that it had a strange texture but
was very tasty, so I'm looking forward to eating it.
"Alright, now let's keep up the tempo. Next would be one of the problem
children… Kuro-san."
[Eh? Why am I a problem child?]
"Alright, let's see what kind of baby castella she is going to give Kaitosan as a present!"
[I'm not going to give Kaito-kun a baby castella as a present, okay!?
Well, I do carry baby castellas with me at all times but…]
…So it's finally her turn huh… One of the people who seemed like she
would bring me a ridiculous gift. Kuro's someone who had given me a
huge ship as a memorabilia of the Six Kings Festival… She's someone
who would nonchalantly give away a luxurious cruise ship, so I wonder
what kind of present she brought for me this time?
As I waited, feeling half expecting and half anxious, from out of
nowhere, Kuro brought out a large… what is that? A bed?
[Kaito-kun! Happy birthday! My present to you is this!]
[…W- What in the world is this…]
It's a large object, about the size of a double bed. It looks like it's made
from crystals but… I mean, isn't this a magic crystal? This is the biggest
one I've ever seen.
Is this magic crystal her present, or is the magic tool created with this
magic crystal her present…
[This is… Kaito-kun remembers that virtual world magic tool back at
the Six Kings Festival, right? This is the scaled-down version of it!]
[…Eh?]
[There are still too many issues that need to be cleared, and since the
price would be too high, it will probably take decades before it is
released to the general public, but the scaled-down itself was
successfully made. I heard from Shalltear that Kaito-kun liked this, so I
made some adjustments and gave it to you as a present!]
That means, I can play that VRMMO that I experienced on the fifth day
with this!? A- Amazing… I'm getting pretty excited to play this.
[After having scaled-down, only four people can play at the same time,
but unlike the prototype we showed at the Six Kings Festival, you can
play several different games!]
[A- Amazing… Eh? Can I really have this?]
[Of course! I've also prepared the stuffed costumes for the four players
to connect to!]
[…Ahh, it really has to be those stuffed costumes huh…]
To be honest, this makes me incredibly happy. I've always liked games,
and I really enjoyed the racing game I played at the Six Kings Festival. At
that time, it was just Alice and me, but with this, I can play with Aoichan, Hina-chan, Lilia-san and the others.
I'm ashamed of myself for saying I was half anxious about her present.
[Kuro, I'm really happy. Thanks!]
[A- Ahaha, that makes me a bit embarrassed. Let's talk about where to
set this up in your room later, and I'll do the initial adjustments, okay?
Then, we can play together!]
[Yeah!]
I'm really looking forward to it. I'll just have to be careful not to get too
hooked in this.
After receiving the best present from Kuro, the next person to come up
to the stage was… Chris-san. Ahh, speaking of which, I met her as the
driver of the carriage I rode when I went to eat barbecue with Kuro and
the others before, so that's why she had this spot.
Chris-san present for me was a brush for large monster species. This
also made me happy. I was just thinking of getting a new brush for Bell,
so I'm really grateful to receive this.
The bristles are great to touch, not too hard and not too soft, and it feels
like it suits Bell's hair texture. I'll brush him as soon as I get home.
After that, Ein-san gave me a magic box as a present. It seemed to be
filled with desserts made by Ein-san.
Ein-san's cooking skills are top-notch, and I'm looking forward to eating
it. I think she said there were 100,000 desserts in this magic box in
total, but I think I just misheard her. It would be great if I really
misheard her…
After her, Sechs-san gave me a book with an interesting title, Raz-san
gave me a very cute hand towel, Acht-san gave me a set of T-shirts that
looked just right for loungewear, and Neun-san gave me a
paperweight(?) and a writing brush… before finally, her turn has come.
Since the order they were giving me presents was by the order that I
met them… the next person is definitely her.
"Well then, the next one is… Shallow Vernal-sama!"
Dear Mom, Dad——– I was so happy with the birthday presents that I
received one after another, but finally, or rather, just when I was getting
excited——- one of the two most dangerous people in the world is on
the move.