Part 2
Card Shop
Alright then, it’s time for the grand unboxing ceremony!
What should I do… I’m starting to get nervous… Can someone else please open it for me?
Sorry, Nagi. Even if it’s a request from my little brother, I could never rob you of the joy of opening a new pack…
You’re right... After all, everyone looks forward to finding out what they get from the Frames of Happiness Trading Cards too.
Alright, carefully now… don’t tear the cards…
…Huh?
What is it?
What did you get?
Woah, it’s really sparkly—
‘The Fairy King Veiled In Flowers’...?
! That’s…!
WOAAAHH!? You did it, Hachinoya-shi!! Even I’m seeing the real thing for the first time!
Eh, huh? Did I do something?
That’s a card going for no less than 300,000 yen—it’s traded at a really high price, you know…!
Thr—
…………
H-He’s starting to tremble all over!? Hachinoya-shi! Get a hold of yourself!!
Nagi, are you alright?
I’ve…
I’ve gotta do something about this debt, fast—!!
Nagi runs out of the store.
Nagi!
Hachinoya-shi!?
Later that day.
Hah, hah…
Nagi! You're back.
Good heavens, what’s with all those flowers…!?
I brought… as many flowers as I could carry from the shop… Here, these are for you two.
Ah, thank you.
F-For me as well!? I’m deeply obliged…!
(Shunin said he won’t be back in HAMA until night…)
(If I don’t spread at least a little happiness around before dumping it all on Shunin at night, I’ll probably—no, surely, die before I get to see him again—)
Ah, everyone at that table too—please, have some. Take one each… no, actually, take as many as you like.
Huh…? Th-Thank you.
This is the first time I’ve ever received flowers!
The store smells so nice…! I’ve never experienced anything like this!
(Alright, everyone’s happy…)
So you went all the way back to your shop to get flowers. Hasuda-shi and I were worried, but I’m glad nothing happened.
Ah, sorry for leaving so suddenly. I had some personal matters to attend to.
I feel bad that I ended up forcing my flowers onto everyone like this…
Not at all. Thanks to you, the card shop is livelier than ever.
You even gave me this beautiful white rose… thank you.
It reminds me of pure white snow, and I thought it would suit you, Yu— I mean, Kazeyuki-san. Also, the flower’s meaning felt perfect to me.1
The flower’s meaning… Is that so? I’ll look it up later.
Ah, y-yeah.
Bringing happiness to people through flowers… ‘The Fairy King Veiled In Flowers’ must have come to Nagi for a reason.
(...I see. So this Fairy King must be my destined card.)
I’m so touched…
I’ll buy a frame for it on my way home. I have to make this a family heirloom.