winning the lottery is a piece of cake! - 10

"Seia-chan~"

 

 

Nod nod-

 

 

"What were you doing?"

 

 

To Mika's question of what I was doing, I showed her a small piece of paper.

 

 

"...Lotto? Seia-chan. Gambling is bad..."

 

 

Is lotto really gambling? I had that thought for a moment, but I decided to agree with Mika.

 

 

Gambling can lead to losing a tremendous amount of money. If you're not careful, it could lead to addiction.

 

 

"...!"

'But what I'm doing isn't gambling?'

 

 

"Huh? It's not?"

 

 

Mika expressed her doubt as I waved my finger left and right towards her.

 

 

Gambling is gambling because it's based on probability.

 

 

To me, lotto isn't probability!

 

 

Scratch- Scratch scratch- Scratch- Scratch- Squeak-

 

 

In an instant, I scribbled down the memorized numbers on the paper and showed it to Mika with a flourish!-

 

 

"Ahaha☆ Seia-chan? I don't understand what you're trying to say?"

 

 

'Fufufu. Our Mika is still a child and doesn't understand!'

 

 

"...Whoa. Seia-chan just made a really unsettling face."

 

 

What face did I make? I didn't quite understand Mika's reaction, but I decided to let it go for now.

 

 

"...!"

'Don't worry and just watch, Mika-chan! I'll show you me winning the lotto first prize!'

 

 

"Ahaha... What on earth makes you so confident..."

 

 

It seems Mika doesn't believe me either, but to understand my perspective, we need to go back in time a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

 

"..."

'This is the first time I've woken up in the Tea Party in a dream...'

 

 

I'm dreaming in the Tea Party.

 

 

I always woke up in different areas, but waking up in the Tea Party felt strange, like seeing a familiar landscape in an unfamiliar place.

 

 

"Mika-san, Seia-san. I told you to stop watching TV..."

 

 

"But Nagisa-chan... We're almost there!"

 

 

Nod nod!-

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Now if we just get one more number right..."

 

 

-The last number is...! 10!

 

 

"Uwaaaah! No! The chance for the lotto first prize...!"

 

 

Droop...

 

 

 

 

"See? There's no way that would happen, logically."

 

 

"Ugh..."

 

 

"...!"

'B-But it seemed possible...'

 

 

 

 

 

1, 23, 24, 35, 44, 45 + 10

 

 

The lotto numbers echoed strangely in my head.

 

 

Why was that?

 

 

"...?"

 

 

Could this be, a prophetic dream?

 

 

As soon as that thought crossed my mind, I grabbed a notebook and pen.

 

 

"...Seia-chan?"

 

 

"Why are you writing down those numbers...?"

 

 

If it's a dream, there's no time to answer that question!

 

 

'I'm a little sorry to Nagisa and Mika, but this is a chance to strike it rich!'

 

 

Holding back tears, I ignored Mika and Nagisa calling my name and memorized the lotto numbers throughout the dream...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And that's how we got to the current situation.

 

 

"...No way."

 

 

"Did you really win the lotto first prize...? When Mika-san told me, I thought you had gotten into some strange game..."

 

 

'Hehe! I told you I had something up my sleeve, didn't I?!'

 

 

My words probably didn't reach them, but they seemed to understand from my triumphant expression and the way I lifted my shoulders with a snap.

 

 

"Puhahat! As expected, Seia-chan is cutest when she makes that face. Don't you think so, Nagisa-chan?"

 

 

"?!!"

 

 

Mika said that while patting my head.

 

 

"I think Seia-san looks better when she's shy."

 

 

"Ahaha☆ That's definitely cute too!"

 

 

 

 

Poke-

 

 

'Don't compliment me in front of me...'

 

 

"Wow! Seia-chan's face turned red!"

 

 

It seems Mika and Nagisa don't care if I'm embarrassed or not...

 

 

'This won't do... If I don't change the subject, they'll keep treating me like I'm cute...!'

 

 

Having decided that, I got up from my seat, where I had been sitting for a long time, my body feeling heavy.

 

 

"Huh? Seia-chan?"

 

 

"Ah?! Seia-san! If you get up so suddenly...!"

 

 

'Uwaaat...??!! My, my head...!!!'

 

 

And dizziness came over my head.

 

 

Seia's body was quite weak. Therefore, it was natural for her to have orthostatic hypotension, which is common in people who sit for a long time.

 

 

'Uwaaaah...! My, my vision...! I'm, I'm gonna fall...!'

 

 

"Mika-san! Catch Seia-san!"

 

 

"Okay☆"

 

 

Thanks to Nagisa, who knew about my condition, I avoided hitting my head when I fell, but my plan to go out and receive the lotto money crumbled.

 

 

"...It's no use. Mika-san. Let's go get the money ourselves."

 

 

"Yup yup. That sounds good. Seia-chan, you rest here!"

 

 

"...! ...!! ....!!!"

'Ugh... I wanted to see the bank teller's surprised face...!!'

 

 

I wanted to show them the lotto ticket and give them a cool look when they were flustered...!

 

 

It seems my plan won't come to fruition.

 

 

"Seia-san, wait here. We'll be right back."

 

 

"Yup yup☆ You guys better take good care of Seia-chan, okay? If Seia-chan gets hurt, I'll throw all of you in jail☆"

 

 

"Y-Yes!!"

 

 

"...Mika-san."

 

 

"Just kidding!"

 

 

Mika gave a chilling joke to the Tea Party attendants and followed Nagisa out.

 

 

'...I hope it's just a joke.'

 

 

Somehow, I felt like Mika might actually do it, so I was a bit uneasy, but what could possibly happen to me inside the Tea Party?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

I thought nothing would happen...

 

 

But something did. And it was my own fault, not anyone else's.

 

 

"Seia-sama! Are you alright?!!"

 

 

 

 

Shake shake-

 

 

First, I waved at the Tea Party attendant rushing towards me and pointed to my injury.

 

 

"Oh no... This is bad... I'm going to jail now...! I should have stayed right by Seia-sama's side...!"

 

 

Seeing the attendant blaming himself upon seeing my injury, I couldn't help but make a flustered face.

 

 

"...?!"

'I fell by myself?!!'

 

 

My dizziness had subsided a bit, so I thought I would be fine~ and went to work on some documents, which was my downfall.

 

 

Coming out of Nagisa's room after working on the documents, I couldn't overcome my dizziness and fell. Unfortunately, I fell on the stairs.

 

 

'It's a good thing the height was low... Otherwise, I could have broken something...'

 

 

"Uwaaa... What... What should I do??"

 

 

I calmed down the attendant, who was about to panic looking at the injury on my hand, and then picked up my phone to start persuading them.

 

 

-My clothes are long anyway, so Mika-chan and Nagisa-chan won't see it. Don't worry too much and go back inside.

 

 

"A-Are you sure that's okay?"

 

 

Nod nod-

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A-Alright...! I'm really sorry!!"

 

 

I smiled faintly at the attendant, who kept apologizing even though they hadn't done anything wrong.

 

 

'Anyway, if Mika-chan or Nagisa-chan finds out about this... Just imagining it is terrifying...'

 

 

With that thought, I put a small bandage on my palm.

 

 

Hoping that they wouldn't find out until the injury healed.