I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace
Chapter 2280: Miyama Kaito's Birthday Celebration Party Continues ㉔

<Author's Notes>

Since I’ll be on a business trip tomorrow and won’t be able to write, there will be no update. The next update will be on 6/20.

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When I receive a present, I'm transported to a parallel world, and it's through Alice's words that this is communicated. So, I spin the garapon again and receive another gift.

Basically, it's a cycle of repetition, and when I'm feeling tired, I can take a short break before spinning the garapon again. Well, since I’m only receiving presents, there’s not much of a sense of fatigue, and it feels like all physical exhaustion is completely gone once I move to the parallel world, so it’s probably just mental fatigue, which doesn’t seem like much of an issue.

<ROSEMARY>

Next is Rosemary-san…… Come to think of it, I feel like I haven’t seen much of her around. Well, she did appear briefly here and there, but since she didn’t really take part in any of the festivities, her presence was barely noticeable.

Well, Rosemary-san is extremely shy, so in gatherings like these, it can’t be helped…… though come to think of it, many of the people here from the Demon Realm belong to one of the Six Kings' factions, meaning she should actually know quite a few of them.

If that’s the case, then maybe Rosemary-san might actually be okay in this setting……

[……H- H- H- Happy birthday, Kaito-kun.]

……She does not seem okay. Her expression is stiff, her voice barely audible, and the atmosphere detectable through Sympathy Magic makes her feel like a completely terrified chihuahua. She's in full-blown social anxiety mode.

[Thank you very much. Errr, are you okay?]

[T- Too many strangers…… it’s scary……]

[Ah, I see. Since a lot of people here are from the Six Kings’ factions, I figured you’d recognize quite a few faces……]

[F- Fufu, Kaito-kun…… even among the World King’s faction, I can’t really say I can talk normally with everyone, so there’s no way I could interact with people from other factions……]

[R- Right, that makes sense……]

Rosemary-san’s shyness runs deep. Even within the World King’s faction, she can talk just fine with her subordinates and those she interacts with regularly, but she apparently still freezes up around people she doesn't see often.

It also seems to take her a long time to warm up to new people. For example, she still hasn’t been able to have a proper conversation with Lanza-san, who serves under Camellia-san.

Well, Lanza-san is quite energetic and assertive…… more like a Blossom-san type, so it’s understandable that it’d take Rosemary-san longer to get used to her.

[Ah, errr, I should give you your present now. Choosing a gift is pretty difficult, isn’t it? I’m best at preparing valuable or nice things like art, but I’m not entirely sure about Kaito-kun’s preferences. I also wanted to give you something related to roses since this is a special occasion, so I really struggled with it.]

[I guess it's common for Flower Spirits to give gifts related to their own flower huh?]

Now that I think about it, the gifts I’ve gotten from Rosemary-san before were often rose-themed, like rose cookies or a rose herbarium.

[U- Unn. Tree Spirits might be a bit different, but for Flower Spirits like me, we often give gifts related to our flowers to the "people we like". Since it’s your birthday, Kaito-kun, I wanted to prepare something special for you…… so here.]

[Ah, thank you very much. It’s pretty big…… is it a painting?]

Maybe because she’s so extremely shy, Rosemary-san tends to get very close to people once she opens up to them. Even now, she casually and naturally said something like "I often give rose-related gifts to the people I like", without even realizing the impact, which caught me off guard.

No, even though I understand that it’s probably meant in a close-friend kind of way, when someone as stunningly beautiful as Rosemary-san says something like that, it’s hard not to get flustered.

Setting that aside, the gift Rosemary-san gave me was a large rectangular box, big enough to require both hands to hold. It wasn’t very thick, so I figured it was probably a framed picture and asked her about it, to which Rosemary-san nodded in confirmation.

[Unn…… I made a painting using rose petals of various colors. I thought it would suit the atmosphere of your home, Kaito-kun, so if you have any space to spare, I’d be really happy if you could display it……]

[Making a painting out of petals…… that sounds like a lot of work. Thank you so much. Since you went through the trouble, I’ll definitely display it in my room.]

[Unn, that makes me really happy.]

In my room, I already have the painting from Alice that I received during my previous birthday party, but since the room is quite spacious, there’s still plenty of room left. I’d been thinking it might be nice to hang up another piece of artwork anyway.

I already know Rosemary-san has great taste, so I’m certain this rose painting must be elegant and beautiful as well.

Since the size is quite large, unwrapping it here and now would be a bit of a hassle, so I’ll look forward to opening it once I get home.

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<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [……That’s it. The reason Rosemary gets kind of sweet is because once she lets her guard down around someone, she becomes a bit defenseless, or rather, she tends to show her favor pretty openly……]

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