Story Reader / Festival Event Story / White Wishes / Story
As time passes on, the vendors begin to pick up shop. However, the market is still full of people who are now exchanging gifts they had prepared for their sweethearts.
These gifts may be for confessions of love...
Or gratitude for long-lasting friendship...
Or simply just a thank you for daily help...
Commandant, can people who aren't romantically involved exchange gifts on White Day?
Lucia asks you, perhaps because the scene before her seems to be different than what she was told when she first came here.
They are just using the holiday as a chance to express their gratitude, even though they could do that normally...
Hearing this, Lucia looks at the happy face of a man.
It's a pity I didn't prepare a gift for you and everyone else.
She gives a sigh of regret.
Shouldn't gifts be made by hand?
...
Understood. In that case, we need to hurry, Commandant.
"Bang"!
Before you can finish speaking, you hear a thunderous explosion behind you. Lucia pulls you behind her instinctively and grabs the hilt of her blade.
You smell a sweet and greasy aroma in the air. People laugh jokingly at you two.
Based on the calm crowd around you and the lack of fireworks, you realize it must be...
Looking over, you see a black cylinder with a pressure gauge and various valves. Golden, puffy kernels fill the black cylinder, their sweet smell floating along the breeze.
You noticed the device earlier, but you didn't realize it was for making popcorn.
After paying with a few pieces of hardtack, the person operating the machine retrieves a tub of popcorn.
Looks like you can make your own.
That's it.
Lucia's eyes fix on the popcorn machine with the desire to give it a try.
This will be my gift to everyone.
Constructs don't need to eat, so they rarely carry food or drinks. Fortunately, you grabbed some in case of emergency before departure.
I won't disappoint you this time.
