"How did it change?" Erika Ikuta's face was very close to the cards. It seemed that the closer she got closer, the more clues she could see.
"Magic, the secret must not be revealed."
"Tch, stingy."
"This card of yours won't have any marks, right?" Mai Shiraishi picked up the cards on the table and turned them over, looking at them carefully.
"...This is just an ordinary playing card, and I didn't bring this card." The Great Condor said.
"It shouldn't be..."
Mai Shiraishi held the cards in her hand and just didn't believe in evil.
"Well, let me change it into another one for you."
The Great Condor mixed the eight cards on the table into the pile, shuffled the cards, sifted through them, and selected seven cards.
"What is going to change?"
"I will choose the card you choose from the seven cards in a moment."
"Why seven?" Mai Shiraishi asked in the spirit of never letting go if she could find a loophole.
"...Good question. I like Nana Sai, so seven cards are OK. Is this the reason?" The Great Condor replied, "If you want, eight, nine, or ten cards are fine."
As soon as these words were spoken, Nishino Nanase, who was watching from the side, lay down inexplicably, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
However, seeing what the Great Condor said, Shiraishi Mai did not continue to criticize, and the magic continued.
The Great Eagle put the seven cards together, shuffled them as before, asked Mai Shiraishi to choose one, put it back in the queue, shuffled it, and finally turned over the seven cards one by one and arranged them horizontally on the table.
"Now, the card you chose could be any one of these seven. I can't know, right?"
"Uh, um..."
Mai Shiraishi answered hesitantly, as if she felt a little led.
"However, when people see something they care about, their heart beats faster. It's like seeing you and me." As he said that, the Great Condor gave Mai Shiraishi a heart sign on his chest.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The most fearful thing was that the air would suddenly become awkward. Not only Shiraishi Mai, but also everyone else around her didn't know how to respond to these words.
"Ahem." The Great Condor cleared his throat, easing the awkward atmosphere. "Next, I will find out your favorite card by feeling your heartbeat. Please allow me to put my hand on you. on the chest."
Halfway through the words, the Great Condor stretched out his right hand to strike at Mai Shiraishi's chest, but before he could touch it, he was cut off halfway, and a slender hand grasped her wrist tightly.
"There are other ways to measure heartbeat, right?"
Matsumura Sayuri pinched her wrist and said with a slight smile.
"Uh...yes, Matsumura-san is right. Give me your hand and let me feel your pulse." The great condor said in turn.
It's a pity, it's just a little bit different!
The great condor sighed secretly.
The great condor held Mai Shiraishi's wrist and rocked it back and forth on the seven cards.
"The one you chose should be black, and the number... should be quite small. It should be this one, 3 of spades."
"Eh~"
Except for the Great Condor himself, everyone else who joined in the fun had watched Shiraishi Mai when she was choosing cards. Judging from their reactions, it seemed that the 3 of spades was gone.
"Humph." The great divine eagle curled her lips, enjoying the admiration of everyone.
"You're looking at the front and back of the card, right?"
After a while, Hashimoto Nanami seemed to see something and said something.
"No! No! You're talking nonsense! It's just based on your heartbeat."
The Great Condor quickly retorted, but it was clear from the looks of it that Hashimoto Nana was right.
"What do you mean by the pros and cons of a card?" "Is it true or false?" "You can see how you see it."
Seeing the reaction of the great condor, everyone gathered around to ask.
"eagle!"
At this time, a voice came from the door. The Great Condor looked for the sound and saw that it was Ikoma Rina standing at the door calling her.
"Ikoma has something to do with me. I'll leave first. Bye bye."
The timing was perfect. If it had been a little later, she would have been stuck in the crowd and couldn't get out.
"Saved, thank you, Ikoma." Walking to Ikoma Rina, taking a look at the group of members behind Hashimoto Nana who were asking questions, the Great Condor breathed a sigh of relief.
"Saved from what?"
"Nothing. What do you want from me?"
"Today is Erika's birthday. I have prepared a cake. You can send it to me."
"Me?"
"Yes, she stepped forward last time for the Valentine's Day project and you didn't choose anyone else. I just want to give you a chance to make up for it this time."
"Erika is not as glass-hearted as Saito Asuka...Besides, I also gave her a gift."
"What did you give?"
"Barbecue voucher."
"...Yes, this thing is better for her than anything else."
Ikoma Rina opened the door and the two walked out of the lounge. There was already a person standing in the corridor with a cake box. The big condor took the cake from his hand. Ikoma Rina helped her open the cake box, revealing the cake itself, which was snow white. The cream wraps the cake embryo inside, and in addition to the words 'happy birthday' written in jam, there is also a plastic piece that looks like a little girl inserted on it.
"Let's go."
Rina Ikoma patted her shoulder twice behind the Great Condor and opened the door to the lounge for her.
"Happy birthday to you..."
The two of them stopped at the door and started singing birthday songs. A group of people gathered around Hashimoto Nana and asked about the magic trick. Hashimoto Nana had sharp eyes and saw them coming over with the cake, so she also sang. He got up and caught the attention of others.
January 22nd is Erika Ikuta’s birthday.
The members' singing voices gradually became unified, and the time signatures in their hands became more and more consistent. As the birthday girl, Erika Ikuta had already guessed that every member would do something like this on their birthday, but she was always a little shy when it came to her own birthday.
Relatively speaking, she was still greedy for the cakes prepared by the company. Every time other members celebrated their birthdays, they couldn't get enough of the cakes. Several people shared them. This time it was finally her turn to be the protagonist, and she had to eat them thoroughly. pause.
"Click!"
Just as everyone was clapping their hands and singing, and the Great Condor was about to give a cake to Erika Ikuta, the door to the lounge behind the Great Condor and Rina Ikoma was opened. Suddenly, the door frame hit the junior of the Great Condor, and he looked at the door. Her speed was not slow and she knocked down the big condor in one fell swoop. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and used both hands to support her body before her face hit the ground.
However, the price was that the cake prepared for Erika Ikuta flew away, spun around in the air a few times, and fell to the ground. She was not as lucky as the big condor, and the cake hit the ground on its head and fell to pieces.
"Something..."
Outside the door, Saito Asuka stuck her head in. She felt like she hit something when she opened the door.
"..."
"..."
The birthday song stopped abruptly.
"No!"
Instead, there was Erika Ikuta's heartbreaking cry.
