Chapter 191 – Dayte (7)

I squinted my eyes for a moment at the light that stimulated my optic nerve, and I followed Rapid outside and looked around.
As soon as you come out of the dark, a colorful souvenir shop unfolds in front of your eyes.
Penguin dolls, dolphin keyrings, turtles, tropical fish, etc… The store is full of products modeled after animals.

“Whoa, look at this… It’s huge!”

Lapid, hugged by a large polar bear, was delighted with a innocent smile like a child.
It’s innocent and cute.
Since she is busy as a magical girl, maybe she doesn’t go out to play like this very often, she is amazed at everything she sees.

“Wow… There is something like this…”

After escaping from the arms of the polar bear, Rapid held the moving doll’s keyring in her hand this time.
It is a responsive doll made using prosthetic limbs and prosthetic functions, which have been in high demand due to the invasion of negatives.
It was a doll that had been out for several years now, and it was a product that was out of fashion and not selling well.

“It’s amazing, it feels like I’m alive.”

The doll, shaped like a sea serpent, moved between her fingers in a weave ring as soon as Rapid touched her.
Everyone who sees it for the first time is amazed like Rapid.
However, after a while, you automatically realize that there are only a few set movements, and the impression that dolls are dolls changes.

“Oh… They say it moves when you put it in water.”
“Maybe we can take a bath together when you take a bath.”
“Ah! I see… It’s a toy to play with like that.”

Next, Rapid held in her hand a bath product modeled after a fish called Discus.
It is made with a simple driving method that automatically gains energy from the flow when you put it in the water and turn on the bath water.

“With this, I don’t have to take a bath alone…”
“Yes?”
“Ah! That is… Aren’t you a little lonely in the bath? I’m bored… ? I just thought that people like that would do well.”

Do you want to have
Rapid held the bath toy for a while, then carefully set it down on the merchandise shelf.
Even as she puts it down, she glances at the toy again and again, as if regretting it.
Seeing that, I suddenly had an instinct that I didn’t know existed and thought that Rapid wanted to buy this toy.

“Do you want one?”
“Yes? No, no… Not really…”

Rapid says that, but I intuitively feel that Rapid wants this very much.
I immediately picked up the toy and brought it to the counter.
Then, Rapid panicked and hurriedly pulled the hem of my clothes.

“Hey, hey?! For a moment… Mr. Anger?”
“I’ll buy it for you.”
“Yes? No… I-I never said I wanted one…”

No matter how much I say no, I feel it.
The attitude of wanting something, the instinctive hesitation, the gaze, the regretful gesture…
I’m just hesitating, saying I shouldn’t buy it, but Rapid wants to have it.

“I just want to buy it. As a souvenir.”
“No, I… This is a children’s toy.”
“How are you?”

Whether it’s a kid’s toy or an adult toy… It doesn’t matter.
Anyway, money can be filled somehow.
If you can buy Rapid’s favor with these material things, anytime… I want to buy anything, and I can buy it.

“Too… It’s not like a child… ?”
“Then what about… ? If you like Mr. Rapid, that’s it.”
“Ah… Hmm…”

As he pushed recklessly, Rapid quietly shut his mouth.
Having already decided to purchase, I took it to the unmanned sales counter, paid for the product, and handed out the toy in a small paper bag to Rapid.
It is the first gift given to Rapid.

“Okay, take it.”
“Ah…”

When he presented the gift, Rapid hesitated and carefully accepted the paper bag.
I feel hesitation whether I can accept this or not.
But in the end, Rapid accepted the gift with a smile and held it.

“Go… Thank you.”
“Now I can take a bath with Blue Heart.”
“Blue heart… ? Ah!”

The toy I bought for Rapid was a blue discus toy.
I laughed as I told him the name Rapid had given him when he first saw Discus.
Then Rapid opened his eyes wide and replied with delight.

“Oh, I see… His name is Blue Heart!”

After giving it a name, Rapid hugged the envelope containing the toy, as if he had already fallen in love with the toy.
I wondered… I think it was Rapid himself who said that people who feel a little lonely when taking a bath would like it.
Looking at the delighted Rapid, I suddenly became curious about the time and took out my vision phone.
It’s already time to make a restaurant reservation.

“Mr. Rapid, it’s almost time to make a reservation.”
“Oh, already?”

While visiting the aquarium, 50 minutes of time disappeared as if it had melted.
I thought that not much time had passed… He seemed to be enjoying the aquarium so much that he didn’t even feel the time passing.
I took Rapid into a restaurant right next to the souvenir shop.

“Welcome! Could you show me the waiting number?”

When making a waiting reservation at the entrance, show the message sent to the vision phone to the clerk and follow the clerk’s instructions to enter.
The inside of the restaurant was as dark as an aquarium, and the surroundings were illuminated by the dark lights decorated with water tanks installed like walls.
Arriving at a seat that doesn’t look bad at a glance after being guided by the clerk, I first took out a chair for Rapid to sit on, and then sat down.

“If you decide on the menu, please press the bell next to it~”

The inside of the restaurant has already been confirmed by the reviews, but unusually, the wall made of a large water tank is sagging, and each table is shaped like a small room.
When the clerk left the menu, Rapid threw the toy bag into the air.
I think I liked it.

“Have you decided on the menu?”
“Ah! Yes.”

After deciding on the menu, Rapid and I called the clerk and each ordered something to eat.
I have lobster pasta, Rapid has scallops and grilled octopus, and seafood soup.
After the clerk comes in and takes the menu, silence lingers between Rapid and me.

I think I looked around the aquarium pretty well… The oddly awkward atmosphere doesn’t go away.
After all, it’s the first date, so I can’t help it.

“Aquarium… It was fun.”
“Yes? Yes it was fun.”

I brought up a story to lighten the atmosphere, but the conversation stopped again.
It is awkward…
Awkward is cute, but… This is a little tough.

According to the known information, Rapid is definitely a lively and bright personality… When I talk like this, I am much quieter and calmer than I thought.
I think it’s because I’m very shy.
There is an anecdote that Rapid was traumatized when he held a fan meeting and saw many fans excited… Maybe that’s why.

I’m not that close with Rapid yet… Can not help it.
To avoid this kind of atmosphere, we need to be more friendly.
You need to talk to Rapid.

I make the most of the hypnosis I’ve already put on Rapid.
Get close to each other naturally… They get closer by making it impossible to even suspect that they are hypnotized.
It doesn’t matter what conversation you start with.
I tried to talk with a smile while looking at Rapid.

“Mr. Rapid… Do you usually only go to District 4?”
“Yes? Oh, right… District 4…”

First, bring up a topic that Rapid likes and can talk about a lot.
The hypnosis I put on Rapid is a hypnosis that the more I talk to me, the more I feel rationally attracted to me, the more I feel at ease, the more I want to share my secrets and the more I want to get closer.
Even if you start a conversation and carry it on for a while, Rapid will want to keep talking to you.

“What’s your favorite place in District 4?”
“I like everything, wherever I go… Because it feels like old times.”
“It feels old… That’s right, District 4 has some going there for that, right? A lot of people like that atmosphere. Feels like an old shopping mall… ? The people are also full of energy, and they seem like people from the old market.
“Ahaha… Even though everyone seems like that, they say they haven’t been in business for a while.”

I guess so.
As far as I know, the people in District 4 are the ones who were brought to the mall by a person called him.
There won’t be many people who have been doing business in the mall from the beginning.

“Are you all doing really well for that? The cake party man also makes cakes well…”
“Ah! My uncle used to be a cake maker. After getting hurt, he opened his own shop.”
“Also… Well, that taste is not something you can get out of in a day or two.”

As the conversation began, Rapid’s expression began to noticeably loosen up.
Unlike when I was at the aquarium where I quietly looked around, I could clearly see that I was feeling more and more comfortable with myself.
As I was about to continue the conversation, I suddenly wondered how much Rapid knew about the people of District 4, and I fell into a short thought.

District 4 Mall is a mall built for Rapid…
Then, how much does Rapid know about mall number 4?
… Shall we sneak a peek while talking?