The little girl froze for a moment, pinched her cheek, and murmured, "Could this be the summer limited edition Cardcaptor Sakura ice cream? The one limited to 9,998 nationwide?"
"That's right." Ren held the ice cream, which looked like Sakura's magic wand, and smiled. "Do you want to eat it? Just tell me what's wrong, and this ice cream is yours."
"Can I really have such a sacred thing?" The little girl was stunned, her appetite growing.
But then she remembered her teeth. Eating ice cream used to hurt even when her teeth were fine. Wouldn't it hurt even more now?
"No... no! I don't want to eat it right now! I want to save it for later. Just put it in the fridge for me. Take it back!" The little girl put on a righteous expression.
"Oh, so you'd rather not eat it than tell me what's wrong?" Ren slowly opened the bag in front of the little girl. "In that case, I'll help you eat it. It smells so good; it must taste amazing."
The little girl was beside herself.
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Tears, inexplicably, flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Ah, the limited edition ice cream! The cute ice cream!
The little girl tried hard to hold back her drool, her eyes fixed on the ice cream.
Her dad actually started eating it right in front of her. She could see every lick and chew clearly.
Why was he eating ice cream in front of her on purpose? She wanted to eat it so badly.
Her mind was filled with ice cream, but she could only watch.
Maybe she should just tell him...
But doctors are so scary!
Soon, the first ice cream was gone, eaten by her mean dad.
Then she saw her dad pull out another ice cream! This one had a Windy card design and was strawberry flavored. Though not limited edition, she had always saved it for later.
"Stop it! Bad Dad! That's mine!"
The little girl's eyes were wide, and she lunged at Ren.
But Ren held her head back, and she couldn't reach him no matter how much she flailed.
"Do you want it? Then tell me what's wrong."
"..."
The little girl hesitated but finally confessed.
"Toothache?" Ren and Jada were surprised. "Open your mouth."
"Ahh~"
"Just as I thought. Looks like we need to see the dentist," Ren said, looking at Jada. "I'll take her."
"Okay."
Pulling a child's tooth is quite simple since baby teeth are not as permanent as adult teeth.
Baby teeth will grow back, but adult teeth won't.
Still, the little girl suffered a bit after the extraction.
For two days, she had to avoid chewing on the side of the extraction site and stick to soft foods.
So, her favorite fried chicken and other foods were off the menu. She had to eat porridge while watching Ren enjoy delicious food, which made her very envious.
...
While the little girl was troubled by not being able to eat, the new chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist came out.
Edward and his brother arrived in a small town.
They heard from the townspeople about a priest who could perform "miracles," like granting immortality or even resurrecting the dead.
Edward immediately suspected something was wrong.
Not to mention resurrecting the dead, seeing the priest's alchemy made him even more suspicious.
Everyone knows that to gain something, you must give something of equal value. This is the principle of equivalent exchange!
However, the priest of the Leto Church, Cornello, performed alchemy that defied this principle!
To uncover the truth, Edward and Alphonse, guided by a local girl named Rosé, finally met Cornello and revealed the reason he could use such alchemy—the Philosopher's Stone!
But when Edward tried to confront Cornello, the priest forced Rosé to pick up a gun and shoot Edward and Alphonse.
Though Rosé hesitated, Cornello's words made her determined.
"What promise did I make to you back then?"
"You promised to bring him back to life!"
Yes, the priest had deceived Rosé, promising to resurrect her lover.
Rosé aimed the gun at Edward, thinking he was the Fullmetal Alchemist, but when Cornello realized Edward was the real Fullmetal Alchemist, he was shocked.
"Ha ha ha! This is hilarious!" Daniel laughed at the mix-up.
However, the story didn't turn into a comedy. The humor was just a brief respite.
Rosé's attack didn't hurt Cornello much.
Cornello, enraged, released his chimeras, created with the Philosopher's Stone, to fight Edward.
But Edward soon defeated them.
He tore off his clothes, revealing his automail arm and leg.
"This is the form of a sinner who dared to defy God!" Edward said to Rosé, clenching his fist. "Rosé, do you have that resolve?"
At that moment, Rosé remembered Edward's words in the church: "A hero who flew too close to the sun with wax wings fell when they melted."
He was talking about himself.
"Wow, this story is amazing!"
Daniel watched as Edward defeated Cornello, realizing the Philosopher's Stone was a fake.
But Rosé was devastated.
She believed her lover could be resurrected, but now, that hope was crushed: "Tell me, what do I live for now?"
"Figure it out yourself," Edward said as he and Alphonse walked past her. "Stand up and walk forward. You have two strong legs. You don't need anything else."
The story didn't end there.
In the final scene of the chapter, the man and woman from the first chapter reappeared and killed Cornello.
Gluttony, the fat man, then ate the dead priest.
This made Daniel recall the first chapter, where Gluttony seemed to be eating something too.
"Could it have been a human corpse?"
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