"Boss, one crepe."
The red-dressed Ojou-sama said this elegantly, then took the crepe handed over by the shop owner.
"I've been looking forward to this for a long time. Leticia said it's a food that you absolutely can't miss!"
After resting for a while, Kudou Asuka, who was wandering around alone again, couldn't help but think of the delicious food that Leticia had told her about.
The freshly baked crepe exuded a dense fragrance mixed with almonds and the charred aroma of caramel barbecue. While walking, Kudou Asuka took small bites of the crepe, showing an incredibly happy look.
"As expected of Little Garden. It even has such delicious food."
Saying this from the bottom of her heart, a small yellow figure in front of her suddenly attracted Kudou Asuka's attention.
"That thing...Is it an elf?"
Asuka said to herself, approaching the elf with the pointed hat with a curious attitude. Perhaps Asuka's shadow blocked the light from behind the pointed hat elf, startling her, and she turned around. Then, the two's eyes naturally met.
"Kya————!!!" In the next moment, the pointed hat elf let out a cute cry and turned around to fly away. So, without hesitation, Asuka took off and chased after her.
Boundary wall, stage area, art exhibition venue.
After a long chase, Asuka finally managed to catch the yellow pointed hat elf who was running away in a panic.
Placing the pointed hat elf, who was also exhausted from running, on her shoulder, Kudou Asuka wandered along the street again.
"I'm not going to catch you and eat you. Why are you running so fast?"
"Awoo..."
The elf was obviously exhausted from the race just now, lying on Asuka's shoulder in a starfish shape, letting out a tired cry.
Asuka broke off a piece of the crepe she had bought from the store not long ago and gave it to the pointed hat elf.
"Here, take this. It's proof that we're friends."
"...…!?" Lured by the sweet fragrance, the pointed hat elf sniffed with its nose, then immediately sat up, took the crepe, and began to eat it with "wooah wooah" sounds. After eating the crepe, which was almost the same size as its height, in a few bites, the pointed hat elf let out a cute cry and climbed onto Asuka's head.
"Haha...…Wahaha..." Feeling the little elf jumping happily on her head, Asuka couldn't help but be happy about the success of her food lure plan.
"Since we're already friends, let's introduce ourselves. My name is Asuka. What's yours?"
"Asuka...?"
The pointed hat elf, with a voice like a child, shook its head left and right several times before tilting its head slightly and calling out Asuka's name.
"That's right, that's the pronunciation. Be energetic. Don't doubt it," Kudou Asuka encouraged the elf on her shoulder with a smile.
"Asuka!" It shouted out decisively without hesitation.
"Hehe, thank you. Then, can you tell me your name?"
The pointed hat elf stood up on Asuka's head and said energetically.
"Rattenfanger~!"
"That...Doesn't sound like a name?" Kudou Asuka muttered somewhat strangely, and then the little elf shouted again.
"No...Community!"
"The name of the community? Then what's your name?"
"Rattenfanger~!"
To Kudou Asuka's question, the little elf tilted its head strangely, seemingly not understanding. It just continued to repeat that name that seemed to be the name of the community.
Having been talking to the little elf all along, Kudou Asuka didn't notice that she had unknowingly walked into a cave. This place was exactly the same as the streets outside, with exhibitions, and the wonderful items belonging to each community were neatly arranged here.
"Well, let's talk about the name later. It's really hard to talk to this little guy."
Kudou Asuka thought somewhat helplessly in her heart, then began to tour with the little elf.
The two looked around at the many exhibits. The exhibition venue was a corridor that had been dug into the boundary wall, looking like a cave, so the depths were quite dark, and the light from outside couldn't shine in.
However, this should also be a design to better highlight the brilliance of the exhibits, right? The many candlesticks and lanterns that emitted warm firelight, and the beautiful stained glass that was simply amazing under the light, all shone with more brilliant splendor than the other works that were admired outside.
Afterwards, the two continued to advance in the exhibition venue and came to a large cave, which should be the center of the venue.
However, there wasn't a single person visiting. Was it because it was too dark?
"That is..."
Looking at the huge object placed in the middle of the exhibition, Kudou Asuka opened her mouth in surprise.
The object displayed in the center of the large cave was a giant made of red steel. The whole body was very gorgeous and frighteningly large...Combined with the red and gold decorations, the estimated height was probably about thirty feet. The armor was painted with abstract paintings that should be based on sunlight, which was very overwhelming.
In addition to the huge hands and feet, which should be twice the size of a human, looking at the equally wide head and body, one couldn't help but wonder how it was moved into this narrow entrance in the first place.
According to the delicate decorations on the red armor, one could feel the creator's extraordinary enthusiasm for the work.
"So...So amazing, which community made it...?"
"Asuka! "Rattenfanger"!"
The pointed hat elf, with shining eyes, jumped down from Asuka's shoulder.
The sign on the exhibit indeed wrote "Made by: "Rattenfanger"" and "Work Name: Dean."
Asuka, who was admiring the huge steel doll, and the elf didn't notice that in the depths of the deserted cave, a chuckle rang out, and then countless scarlet eyes bloomed in the darkness.
Kudou Asuka looked around somewhat uneasily. It seemed that she had just felt something bad was spying on her.
A bad feeling lingered throughout her body. Looking at the quiet and deserted cave, Kudou Asuka felt a little scared.
"Let's go," she said softly to the little guy on her shoulder. Kudou Asuka wanted to leave this place, but at this moment, the noisy sound became louder.
"What! Why are there so many rats!"
When she clearly saw the figures of the creatures rushing in from the end of the passage, Kudou Asuka let out an incredibly high-pitched scream. Any woman, as long as she was still healthy in body and mind, would scream in fear when seeing such a scene, right?
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