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Su Shi covered her mouth tightly, trying hard to suppress her laughter.

The contrast between Li hope's confident expression just now and his current dejected appearance was truly hilarious.

Li hope knew she had embarrassed herself, so she could only blush, glare at Su Shi, and then remain silent.

But while remaining silent, Lixi stole a glance at the lamp... and her face turned even redder.

He tried to show off but ended up embarrassing himself, especially in front of someone he cared about...

I wish I hadn't come here today.

Li hope thought to himself.

However, just as Li hope was filled with shame and indignation, Le Nai mercilessly delivered the finishing blow.

"Lixi... is so weak."

...I did it all for you!

Lixi looked at the sarcastic cat beside her and was furious.

"Aine, why don't you give it a try?"

Nagasaki Motoyo barely managed to suppress the urge to laugh, then looked at Aine.

After Li hope's failure, she would absolutely never try it herself.

Because as long as she doesn't do it, she's guaranteed not to fail, and she can continue to stand on high and ridicule Li hope.

"Eh...me?"

Ai Yin seemed a little hesitant, and at the same time glanced at Li hope.

Ai Yin thought to herself, what if she caught him... wouldn't Riki be in an awkward position? So she decided against it.

But Lixi completely failed to understand Aiyin's good intentions and instead said...

"Hmph... You don't actually think you can catch it, do you? I advise you not to waste your money."

...And yet people are still worried about your feelings.

Provoked by Li Xi, Aine's competitive spirit was also ignited.

So Aine decisively stepped forward a few steps and then inserted a coin.

Volume 1: Chapter 152 The Return of Humanity?

Aine quickly suffered a crushing defeat.

Seeing that Aine had also failed to catch the doll, Lixi felt much better and didn't say anything sarcastic.

Seeing that Ai-yin had failed, Deng, who was standing nearby, immediately stepped forward and challenged the claw machine as well.

The lamp had no desire to win; she only stepped forward for Aine's sake.

She never expected to win the plush toy, so she just fiddled with it casually and then retreated in failure.

"It's okay... Aine, look, I didn't catch it either."

This was the comforting method that Deng came up with.

With the comfort of the lamp, Aine's mood instantly returned, and she gave Riki a provocative look before enjoying the lamp's head pat with a clear conscience.

[I have a light, pat on the head, do you? Are you envious?]

Lixi clenched his fists.

For some reason, even though neither she nor Aine managed to catch the doll, she had a feeling that she had lost miserably.

So... since Su Shi wasn't interested in the claw machine, only Xiangzi was left who hadn't tried it yet.

All eyes were on him.

Xiangzi immediately tensed up.

But she still decided to go and try. Because whether she succeeded or failed, it would bring her closer to everyone.

As soon as Su Shi saw Xiangzi walk towards the claw machine, her heart began to stir.

She was thinking... if Xiangzi wasn't caught either, could she do what Deng did and go to comfort him...?

The result of Xiangzi's challenge was obvious. Having never touched a claw machine before, her technique was much rougher than Le Nai's, so how could she possibly win?

Upon seeing Xiangzi retreat, Su Shiyi Lingqi + `Wu j`iu Sijiu Bar skirt immediately put her thoughts into action.

"No...it's alright. No one caught it...it just means there's something wrong with the machine, that...there's definitely something fishy going on. Anyway, it's not your fault, Xiangzi."

Because of excessive tension, Su Shi's words of comfort became intermittent.

"Yes, thank you."

Xiangzi simply smiled calmly at Su Shi, but that was enough for Su Shi.

Su Shi happily retreated, but just as she was basking in Xiangzi's smile, she discovered that Li hope next to her had nudged her hard with his elbow.

"So hypocritical...it's disgusting."

Li hope, with a stern face, muttered something unpleasantly.

Fortunately, she controlled her voice and no one else could hear her.

ha?

Su Shi was puzzled by Li hope's actions. Just as she was about to ask him, she noticed that Li hope snorted coldly again and then turned away from her.

……

Everyone tried the claw machine but failed, so they all lost interest in it. Just as they were thinking about where to go next, a voice suddenly came from behind them.

"What are you doing?"

Su Shi was the one who reacted most strongly to this cold tone.

Because she was the one in this group who was most afraid of Arakawa Kirika.

It makes sense; anyone who has been threatened with their most cherished family members would be traumatized.

Almost everyone turned their heads at the same time.

"Mist flowers..."

The lamp murmured.

When Xiangzi saw the person who came, her expression immediately darkened. She looked like... Cinderella at midnight.

Is the wizard coming to take away her magic?

Xiangzi felt a little uneasy; if possible, she didn't want to break her promise to Deng.

“Saki…”

Standing right next to Arakawa Kirika was another person.

The only person who would use this term to address Xiangzi is clearly Mu, his childhood sweetheart.

Aine looked at Arakawa Kirika's clothes and then fell into deep thought. She felt as if she had grasped something.

Arakawa Kirika and Mutsuka, standing before them, were both dressed in elegant yukatas.

The pattern on Mutsu's yukata is a cucumber flower.

Arakawa Kirika's yukata is embroidered with bright red spider lilies, surrounded by many gold thread patterns.

Compared to the unremarkable scientific name "Lycoris radiata," people prefer to call that eerily red flower "Lycoris radiata."

Aine looked at Xiangzi's yukata again, and she finally understood where that subtle feeling came from.

Although the bathrobes worn by Xiangzi, Master, and Wuhua had different embroidered patterns, their styles were exactly the same.

Wu Hua and her master... did they come specifically to find Xiangzi?

Aiyin deduced this conclusion.

……

Upon seeing Arakawa Kirika, Rakuna immediately ran towards her and skillfully threw herself into her arms.

Arakawa Kirika teased Rana as usual.

"We're trying to win a prize at the claw machine... but everyone's so bad, nobody's winning."

"Is that so?"

Arakawa Kirika replied casually, then glanced at the machine placed by the roadside.

"If you want a doll, Lenai, come with me to get it later. There are plenty in the warehouse."

But... everyone present sighed in unison in response to Arakawa Kirika's statement.

Arakawa Kirika truly doesn't understand romance; this was something they had already confirmed long ago.

"Mist Flower doesn't understand at all... Dolls only have meaning if you catch them yourself..."

Ai Yin shook her head and grumbled.

Arakawa Kirika was taken aback; she had indeed never considered this point before.

So she turned her head and looked at Mu beside her.

"Is that what you think too?"

Arakawa Kirika asked.

Mu blinked, seemingly surprised that Wuhua would ask such a question.

Wuhua... she's been acting really strange lately, she keeps asking for my opinion...

They never cared about my thoughts before.

But Mutsu was naturally delighted to see Arakawa Kirika's transformation, and this feeling of being valued by her made Mutsu truly happy.

Mutsu smiled and nodded, acknowledging Aine's words.

"Is that so?"

Arakawa Kirika lowered her head, lost in thought.

"Want to try Mist Flower?"