The special event wasn't limited to just Voomie and Caelum.
All across the Land of Sweets...
Countless pairings were quietly taking place.
Every participant found themselves transported into a private tasting space, where only they and their assigned opponent remained.
Each rivalry was as unique as the desserts they imagined.
In one such space.
Paul was leisurely enjoying an outrageously expensive ice cream.
Normally, there was no chance someone like him could ever afford such a luxury unless he asked for pocket money from his parents.
So he naturally intended to enjoy every single bite.
Just as he finished another spoonful.
The surrounding scenery rippled.
"Hm?"
Paul calmly adjusted his glasses.
These past few days, he had noticed something strange about himself.
For reasons he couldn't explain.
His confidence occasionally skyrocketed at the most random moments.
Sometimes he would become so composed that even he wondered if someone else had possessed him.
