"Boss, one more time!"
Legend slapped the money on the table and took a few more coins from the stall owner.
"Legend, you're still playing..." Dober said with a speechless expression.
"You've played so many times, and you haven't hit once..."
So stupid!
Nice Nature had a mischievous grin on her face.
"Can a gamer's business be called failure?" Legend muttered that restarting is part of the gaming experience, and one mistake is nothing.
The scene was filled with joy for a moment.
"Forget it, let me do it."
Nice Nature couldn't watch anymore and snatched the toy gun from Legend's hand.
"Watch closely, this is how you play."
Nice Nature finished the game in no time and set a new record.
"So amazing."
Dober praised.
"...Nothing special!"
Legend, having turned into a grumbling platypus, muttered quietly.
"Yosh, so what about this prize?"
Nice Nature took the first-place prize from the stall owner, a fluffy bear doll.
"Can't you just keep it, Nice Nature?" Legend said indifferently.
"I don't need it, I already have enough in my dorm."
"Then give it to Dober?"
"Eh? I'm not suited for these things."
Cute things like this don't suit me.
Dober refused with a smile.
"Who says that? A cute doll goes with a cute person, what's not suitable about it?"
Legend said with a smile.
"Ugh..." Dober blushed and lowered her head.
"Ho~ A cute doll goes with a cute person, huh..."
Nice Nature's tone was filled with murderous intent for some reason.
"...Why does it feel a bit cold?"
Legend rubbed her arms.
"...Um, Nice Nature-senpai, you should keep it yourself."
Dober, seeing Nice Nature looking at Legend with murderous eyes, chose to decline.
"...It's fine, Legend is right, cute things go with cute people, this is for you."
Nice Nature shoved the doll into Dober's arms.
"However, don't you have anything to say? Legend-san?"
The look in one's eyes when wanting to kill someone cannot be hidden.
"Ah? Say what?"
Unless the person involved is a blockhead.
"Hmph!"
Nice Nature stomped on Legend's little toe.
"Let's go, Dober."
"O-okay. Then, we'll wait for you up ahead, Legend-san."
The two Uma Musume walked away first like that.
"...What did I do wrong?"
Legend was dumbfounded.
Seriously, what happened?
"Although it's strange for me to say, praising another girl for being cute in front of a girl is something anyone with a bit of emotional intelligence wouldn't do."
A very distinctive voice rang out.
"But I was just telling the truth! Isn't Dober cute?"
Legend couldn't understand.
"That is true."
The person who arrived nodded, her pink hair swaying.
"By the way, when did you arrive? Agnes Digital-san?"
"When you were asking the boss for game coins."
Agnes Digital answered truthfully.
Doesn't that mean you were there from the beginning?
Legend was speechless.
"By the way, Legend-san, aren't you going to chase after them?" Agnes Digital pointed in the direction Nice Nature and Dober had left.
"Since Nice Nature said that, it means she doesn't want me to follow right now, maybe she wants to talk to Dober about something?"
So I'll just stay here for a while.
"...That's truly unexpected." Agnes Digital blinked.
"What?"
"Could it be that you, Legend-san, are a genius at playing dumb?"
"What are you talking about?" Legend was confused.
"Nothing, anyway, regardless of which one you are, I don't mind."
Thank you for bestowing upon me the Venerated One!
Agnes Digital crossed her hands in prayer in front of Legend, looking just like a devout nun.
"Nani sore? Imi wakaranai." Legend struck a confused pose.
"By the way, Agnes Digital-san, why are you here?"
Legend just now remembered the key question.
"Because my Zun-radar sensed food nearby, so I came!"
Agnes Digital answered truthfully.
"Food? What stuff?"
"Specifically, it's that."
Agnes Digital pointed to the side, and Legend looked in that direction.
"First place is mine!"
"The one who wins will definitely be me!"
Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka, laden with bags, were running side by side.
"..." Legend was speechless.
"Ah, the rivalry between rivals, the mutual appreciation between friends, it's just wonderful."
Agnes Digital's eyes sparkled with hearts.
Is this the devotion of an ultimate DD? Legend covered her forehead.
"Hm?" Legend suddenly noticed something discordant.
"What's wrong?" Agnes Digital very keenly sensed Legend's gaze.
Did I do something rude? It's true that approaching someone so presumptuously is very rude!
But with such a beautiful Uma Musume as Legend-san right here, I simply couldn't refuse!
But it really was my rudeness! Should I apologize with a dogeza?
At this very moment, Agnes Digital's brain was spinning rapidly.
"Stand still and don't move."
Legend approached Agnes Digital, reached out, and adjusted the ribbon on Agnes Digital's chest.
"Hm, that's right, your ribbon was crooked, pay attention next time."
It seems that after hanging out with Senior Kinkaku for a long time, my aesthetic sense has become pickier; if it were before, I wouldn't have noticed at all.
Looking at the ribbon she had finished adjusting, Legend nodded in satisfaction.
"..."
Agnes Digital didn't move an inch.
"Agnes Digital-san?"
LP8000 -> LP500
Agnes Digital's life was like a candle in the wind.
Agnes Digital was tottering.
"Huh? Agnes Digital?" Legend hurriedly caught Agnes Digital, who was about to fall.
"!!!"
Feeling Legend's soft skin.
Agnes Digital's HP hit zero.
Agnes Digital collapsed.
Just like that, Agnes Digital fell into Legend's arms with a peaceful expression, a trace of what looked like drool at the corner of her mouth.
"Ah, this..."
Legend held Agnes Digital, feeling somewhat at a loss.
What should she do? She couldn't just leave her here...
Forget it, she'd just carry her for now.
Legend sighed and scooped Agnes Digital up in a princess carry.
"Good thing I tried out the princess carry with Teio."
She was unexpectedly light.
Legend felt the weight in her arms and was somewhat surprised.
"Her physique is clearly better than McQueen's."
Legend muttered.
"Ah, right, Nice Nature and the others are still waiting for me."
Legend thought for a moment, then walked towards Nice Nature and Dober while carrying Agnes Digital.
...
"So, we were only separated for a little while, and you already snatched up an Uma Musume?"
You really are something.
Nice Nature looked at Agnes Digital in Legend's arms and didn't even know how to retort.
"Mm, what should we do? It feels like there are more and more of us." Dober had a conflicted look on her face, not knowing what she was thinking.
"There's no other way; I couldn't just leave her there," Legend said sheepishly.
"Can't you wake her up?" Nice Nature said in frustration, stepping forward to shake Agnes Digital. "Classmate, Agnes Digital? Wake up!"
"Wait." Legend tried to stop her.
"Hmm?"
Feeling the shaking, Agnes Digital slowly woke up.
The first thing she saw was Nice Nature's face right in front of her.
"!!!"
She recoiled in shock, but it didn't work.
The back of her head hit Legend's chest.
"..."
Feeling the soft resistance, Agnes Digital turned her head mechanically, only to realize she was now in Legend's arms.
"... @!##￥%...&*@!!!"
Agnes Digital was incapacitated once more.
"Ah, this..."
Looking at the smoke rising from Agnes Digital's head as she fainted again, Nice Nature was also speechless.
"What do we do now?" Legend asked.
"...Anyway, let's just take her with us. That's fine, right?"
"It's fine, she's not heavy anyway." Legend, unable to wave her hand while holding Agnes Digital, could only shrug.
"A prince saving a fainting princess—that seems pretty good, doesn't it?" Dober muttered to herself on the side.
"I keep feeling like our group is getting stranger and stranger," Nice Nature remarked.
"I think it's fine; it's more normal than those in my family."
Legend indicated that it wasn't a big deal.
"Your family? Oh, right, Legend, you come from a prestigious family."
"If you insist, I suppose so?" Legend wasn't even sure if the Gold Family was a prestigious family.
A prestigious family is one thing, but a noble family... does anyone actually respect the Gold Family? (Looks at the sky).
"Dober is also from a prestigious family..."
Nice Nature looked towards Dober.
"Eh? What about the Mejiro Family?"
Dober, interrupted by the sudden gaze, asked weakly.
"...Nothing. By the way, is Agnes Digital also from a prestigious family?"
"Agnes Digital? The Agnes family might not be considered a prestigious family, but they are an established one." Dober replied.
"I see."
The outsider is actually me?
Nice Nature only then realized that it seemed she was the only one present who came from a commoner background.
What to do, she suddenly got nervous!
"So, what's the plan for next?" Legend asked.
"Ah, about that, there will be fireworks later. I heard there's a special matchmaking firework tonight. Do you want to watch it together?"
Because of her nervousness, Nice Nature didn't even realize what she had said.
"Matchmaking fireworks? Why does it feel like everything here is about matchmaking..."
Legend thought of that amulet and remarked.
Ah, speaking of the amulet...
Legend thought for a moment and temporarily handed Agnes Digital over to Nice Nature.
"Right, Dober, this is for you."
Pulling the amulet from her pocket, Legend placed it in Dober's hand.
"Eh? Eh!!!!!"
Dober was greatly startled.
"Why are you yelling so loudly..."
Legend was struck by Dober's sudden battle cry.
"..."
Nice Nature's gaze suddenly turned sharp.
That was something I bought with such hard work!
"Weren't you here specifically to buy this thing? I thought about it, and it seems I don't need it either."
Nice Nature said this thing could only be bought once, and I couldn't give it away at all.
"Since you came to buy this, right? It's yours."
Legend, feeling she had thought of a good solution, didn't notice the murderous gaze from Nice Nature on the side.
"Ah, this."
Dober was a bit uneasy; she knew very well that she wasn't actually here to buy the amulet—that was just an excuse.
"If you don't want it, you can give it to me."
Not knowing what mindset she was in, Nice Nature spoke up.
"Hmm? Nice Nature, do you want it too?" Legend asked, surprised.
"Shut up. Dober, what do you say? If you don't need it, you can give it to me."
Nice Nature had a smile on her face, but there was no warmth in it.
She reached out, wanting to take the amulet from Dober's hand.
"No, I'll accept it!"
Not knowing what mindset she was in, Dober subconsciously grasped the amulet and held it to her chest.
"I will treasure it!"
"..." Nice Nature's expression darkened a bit.
"Alright, alright, Nice Nature, if you want one, I'll just go buy another one. I haven't bought one yet anyway."
Legend comforted her.
"...That's what you said."
Nice Nature originally wanted to say something, but hearing Legend's words, her eyes rolled, and she spoke.
"No problem, leave it to me."
Legend said confidently.
Dober, hearing this, didn't say anything more; she just exchanged a look with Nice Nature, and then they both looked away.
"..."
And Agnes Digital, currently in Nice Nature's arms, was quietly unconscious.
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