Natsumi, who regained her energy, pointed to a tall building under Xion's inquiry.
The table was covered with cakes, cupcakes, pudding cakes, cupcakes, cupcakes... in short, tons of desserts.
Xion, Natsumi, and Leith's eyes lit up in front of them.
Since she was at work, Lena was more reserved, but she still looked at the desserts from time to time.
Haruma and Katsuki had a "wow" expression.
Among the various reactions, Theon clasped his hands together. "I'm starting!" he shouted, and immediately picked up the nearest cheesecake with his fork.
The tall building shown by Natsumi is the largest hotel in Miami.
That hotel is offering a slightly more expensive dessert buffet for a limited time.
After hearing this, Xion decided on his original purpose and dragged the other five people straight to the hotel and straight to the dessert buffet.
After that, I quickly put the desserts on the table from beginning to end, forming the current state.
“As expected of a high-end hotel, the standard is very high.”
"It's true, this chocolate cake is so delicious."
"Do I like this Montblanc?"
Xion, Les, and Natsumi were making noises, and Haruma looked at them with annoyance.
Although there was a cake placed in front of him, he had barely touched it yet.
"...So, Les is over there too?"
"Hahaha, I'm sorry."
Although not as aggressive as Theon, Les also put the dessert into his mouth easily. He also has a sweet tooth.
"For a buffet, you can eat as many dishes as you want. It's really a good idea."
"Well, that's not what I think. I just think that Xion likes it very much."
“I haven’t liked dessert buffets since I was a student.”
Everyone was in harmony - but the three of them were talking at the speed of eating dessert.
By the way, although Theon noticed Lina hiding in the shadow and enjoying the strawberry cake, he didn't point it out. I have a feeling that spring’s mental health won’t continue like this.
"You guys have such a sweet tooth."
"...That's not the case Ji. What a surprise."
Most of the ones in front of Ji are the same as Chunma, not very sweet. Her hands-on ability is a little different from Haruma, but she is definitely not a sweet tooth.
"I thought you and Xion had a good relationship, so their food preferences were very similar."
"I basically don't care about anything as long as it tastes good. It's just that it's a little too sweet to that extent."
"Ah, but it looks delicious." Ji said and quickly snatched away the chocolate cake from Xion's hand. Seeing his figure, Haruma's somewhat hopeful eyes lost their light.
Unfortunately, there are no companions here for Haruma who doesn't like sweets.
The hands eating the cake did not stop, and Xion clasped his hands together in his heart.
Perhaps because he felt the desserts filling his vision, Haruma said he had to go to the toilet and left his seat.
Everyone present guessed that he might not come back for a while.
Shortly after watching him go away, Lina suddenly spoke.
"Xion, what happened between you and Haruma?"
"……Woolen cloth?"
At least Xion had no such thoughts about Lina's sudden question.
And in Theon's opinion, there was nothing particularly suspicious about Halma's words and deeds.
Rather, she didn’t understand why Lina had such an idea.
"Ah, no. I didn't speak well."
Linna seemed to have discovered something from Xion's reaction. After speaking hurriedly, she seemed to be looking for the right words and fell into deep thought.
"I'm afraid what Lina wants to say is, have she and Haruma reconciled?"
Reyes spoke first than Lina, who nodded.
"Compared to before, I think Haruma's attitude is a little softer, so I guess that's what happened."
"I think so too... although it doesn't feel as good as it did when we were students."
Xion himself agreed with what the two said. Although I didn’t pay much attention to it, compared with before, I can indeed talk to Haruma normally now.
There is also a clue about the opportunity. However, if I ask them if they have reconciled, I am somewhat confused.
"No reconciliation? But we have made an appointment."
"Promise?"
"If I did something obviously bad, they would kill me openly."
Xion said this nonchalantly, and the four people present immediately stopped moving.
"Ah? Killing, agreement..."
"That's a quick summary."
Faced with the wavering Rice, Theon always responded calmly.
In fact, the agreement with Haruma was a simple agreement that could not be expressed in words, so there was no other way.
"Is there anything that could soften the attitude?"
"Well, brother Guangmu doesn't seem to think I've done anything bad, so he thinks I'm gentle, right?"
In the past, Halma seemed to have a strong understanding of "Theon = evil", but now she has changed to "Theon = not evil at the moment", and her attitude has softened relatively.
"Is that so? As long as you want." Ji said and started eating cake again, but the other three people didn't seem to be in that mood yet.
"I would like to take this opportunity to ask Rice and the Chairman. To be honest, what do you two think of me?"
Although Haluma did not think that Theon was evil now, she was ready to point a gun at him as soon as she concluded that he was evil.
Natsumi (unintentionally on Theon's part) doesn't believe Theon is evil.
So what is the stance of these two people? Xion is a little concerned.
There was a slight pause in Xion's question, and it was Lina who spoke first.
"As an individual, do you think you are an enemy of mankind? To be honest, no. ...However, this is not a matter of my personal subjective judgment."
Lina's eyes, which looked at Xion, always remained calm and rational.
"When I think about you, I cannot bring my personal feelings or make judgments based on my own imagination. I will only judge based on facts."
This is the unique answer of her kind-hearted, calm and serious person, and Theon agrees with it very much.
Then he looked at Les urgingly, and he smiled awkwardly.
"I don't think I can be as decisive as Lena... because I don't consider Theon an enemy in any way."
Being a human army is a very bad answer.
Rice seemed to have given up something when he said this, but his words were crystal clear.
"When I was a student, I often ate sweets with Xion like we do now, and we would also argue over trivial matters... I don't know if he is being called a magician now."
Rice, who said this, obviously had not completely given up his hesitation.
"It's not a question of good or evil, because in my mind Sion Istar is just a person who can be seen everywhere. I can't regard you as an enemy."
I knew that the other person would say "that's too naive", but I couldn't refute it.
Although this candid attitude may seem silly, Theon would never dislike such a person.
After listening to their respective answers, Xion nodded.
"I know what you two are thinking, and I don't plan to say anything about this."
I'm not innocent enough to say something like, "I hope you believe me," and I don't intend to say that.
Theon respects what each of them believes in their own answer.
"If I have to say it, the two of them have not admitted that they are enemies yet, so I think it is a bit too sweet. Sugar cubes and the like should be more conservative."
"I don't think this is what the person involved said...why does Xion always want to make people suspicious?"
Natsumi puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, and Xion didn't answer, just chewing the cream puffs.
Choosing a completely sealed dessert, Natsumi noticed that she had no intention of speaking and started making her own cake as if giving up.
Watching the conversation between the two, Lina and Les both showed surprised smiles.
"A person who talks like a child cannot be warned as an enemy."
"Then we can't erase the edges?"
"Sorry for what?"
"Maybe you're acting, right? The one just now..."
"Do you understand?!"
The tension-free dialogue made everyone laugh.
Haruma finally returned to the table with a surprised expression, and time passed in the atmosphere of student days.
Xion and others spent two hours eating a lot of cakes, so much so that the smiles of the people in the store twitched. They left the hotel in high spirits and came to Miami.
Although he felt quite satisfied, there was actually still a ninth-level reward left.
