Vol 3 Prologue (1/2)
Start: The Girl Carrying a Head
28-year-old Minazuki Natsuko was the owner of the cafe Indian Bar in the shopping district She opened this cafe three years ago, and the place was alulars, possibly due to the gloo expressionless and silent to the point where people began to think that she was a decorative doll in the shop, continued with this unprofitable business Furthermore -
”Heehee”
No one could tell what she was happy about, but every sh
Spring was a time when people assimilated into society and when students assian a new life
Just about everything about the season ca as if in defiance to hu people with no time to prepare Sometimes, there were people who could not keep up and tried instead to confirh odd actions
Basically, ”There are weird people”, ”Oh, that's because it's spring”, that kind of thing
She's also one of the people who turned strange because of spring's witchcraft, Natsuko thought as she looked at a girl who had been in the cafe for two hours already
”Nom nom nom, slurp slurp, mmm”
She was probably a high school student, though she acted and felt more childish than she appeared, and even her clothes were childish, so it was hard to detere
The most prominent part of her bizarre outfit was the hat she wore - one with giant round ears on top - over brown hair tied into two short pigtails Another oddity was the curled tail hanging froh it ar her belly and thighs, though she also wore needlessly large, out-of-place gloves
It truly was a strange outfit, so that seemed like cosplay
”Gulp, nooom nooom Nom”
For soirl leefully ate Indian Bar's super-large sweet chocolate parfait that was ruh to kill a man This chocolate parfait was one that irls surrender halfway through However, the girl already had three empty cups in front of her
”Oooom”
With an angelic s that same noise she put the chocolate and fresh creaht shake of her body, she lowered her head for a while before quickly raising her face, red with excite, ”Mmm-”
”Bang, bang bang”, she noisily knocked on the table
”Mmm, mm! Mmm -- it's so awesoood!”
”Oom”, ”Ooom”, with joy on her face she ate, one bite after another
”Aah, the cherries are chewy, the cornflakes are crispy, the thick chocolate and fresh creael? Who could it be? Who could made food this wonderful-”
The girl stroked her cheeks with hands in giant gloves and wriggled about
”Nooooo My brain will melt if I eat this”
It would have been fine if she just ate it nore sounds to herself; such a troublesome customer But there weren't any other custo trouble It ht be okay to leave her be
Or so Natsuko thought to herself as she squinted at the girl eating the chocolate parfait
Speaking of the parfaithow could someone possibly eat so much of that stuff?
That thing was triple the size and sweetness of any chocolate parfait found in a normal cafe, and she'd only placed it theparfaits non-stop - a worrisoht indeed Had she lost her sense of taste? It wouldn't be odd to get diabetes after a single cup of that stuff - even those eren't doctors would be worried!
Furtheresture every once in a while
Someti it to her stomach rather than her mouth
A place like that obviously would not have aherself dirty But when she brought her spoon back to the parfait, as on it before would have mysteriously disappeared
That wasn't all She would occasionally put the spoon in her backpack, which she had placed on the seat next to hers
”Mmm, sis, you wanna try some? It's a new taste, a new flavor, a new experience; a triple pleasure for you to enjoy”
Her spoon swayed as she said those incoht the spoon to her stomach, the cream in the spoon did not disappear
Noting this, the girl puffed her cheeks and unhappily put the spoon in her mouth
”Really, you're like this every tiood if you're so picky”
Suddenly, Natsuko noticed soirl's innocently
”Ki-chan, I' since lost any enjoy - which I can tell is too sweet just by looking at it - I'd get sick Met sick, this body would immediately restore itself”
”Then you want some?”
The girl s her spoon into the parfait, scooping up a big helping of cream But a cold voice rejected her
”Who'd want that! I have been freed fro, which allow so many impurities to enter my body - for that, I aain, Ki-chan, didn't I tell you to not talk to me in public? I hate disobedient children”
Hearing those words, the girl's face suddenly turned white, and she desperately shook her head Tears appeared in the corners of her eyes
”No, no Sis, don't hatetasty”
”I know Ki-chan, you're a considerate child”
Those hispers that could not be detected by a nor But Natsuko heard them, and she furrowed her eyebrows
This voice was
”Actually, our luggage still isn't ready, right? Stop indulging in food, and let's hurry up and go home!”
”Alright, sis Just one more bite - Aahm”
The girl scooped up the remainder of the fresh cream and sent it down her mouth with an enchanted smile
”Ah - this is great Thein heaven Main”
The girl spoke to herself, and stood up in high spirits Then, like a small ani her hand on the counter, she giggled as she said, ”The bill, please”
Natsuko nodded, took out the bill and se chocolate parfaits were rather expensive, and the girl had four, so the price would obviously be extreh
”It comes to 5400 yen in total”
”Whoa” The girl's eyes opened wide, and she poked her head
”I ate too h?”
With a rustle, the girl searched in her backpack She was probably looking for her wallet, and Natsuko tried not to look in; but in that situation, it was impossible to hide
Natsuko looked at the bag, and gasped after seeing as inside
””
A head
It was a human head
A fe head was turned backward, so its face could not be seen But Natsuko knew, she understood, and she went on guard
This head, this woman was --
”Ooh, I found it!” The girl slapped a bundle of notes on the counter, see to not notice Natsuko's state
A bundle of money?
”Keep the change”
Saying so, the girl briskly turned around If those were 10,000 yen bills, then there would have been a hundred thousand, or possibly even a million yen Natsuko calmly picked up the thick bundle of money and inspected it
The top and bottom were two notes worth a thousand yen
Everything else was folded-up newspaper
””
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As Natsuko looked at the stack of newspaper, the girl stopped walking Probably realizing that she had been caught, she once again searched in her bag and took out a cute wallet, and she pulled out three thousand-yen bills and soe