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Hinotori Publishing, the production of the game "Fate/Stay Night" is in full swing. Alice has extended her bed in Takumi's office and is busy all day at the company.

Her attitude affects the other employees. Although they don't understand what has happened, they all feel an inexplicable urgency and can't help but speed up the game production.

In contrast, Takumi is having a great time in Japan.

Traveling is the best activity to bring people together. Shiori curbed her aggressive behavior, and Takumi seemed to have returned to the time of their first date. Shopping together, enjoying snacks... and, of course, admiring the cherry blossoms.

Leaving crowded Tokyo, they found a sparsely populated park in Saitama Prefecture, where cherry blossom season was in full swing.

There are over 500 cherry trees in this park, a number lower than Japan's top ten, but still spectacular. The whole world seems enveloped in white and pink, and the cherry blossoms swaying in the wind are charming.

There aren't many tourists in this park, and they are scattered under the cherry trees, having dinner and chatting.

"Please come..."

Yoshida Keiko led Takumi and the other two to their reserved cherry tree. The tree was tall and offered an excellent view. One could see the cherry blossom forest from their seats. Each time the wind blew, cherry blossoms sparsely fell, allowing people to perceive the rich spring scent.

"It would be nice if there were more people..."

Takumi shook his head and said it was a shame. He thought that if he could bring Alice and Genji, they would chat and have dinner together under the cherry tree. It would be very pleasant.

Japan is doing a great job developing cherry blossom tourism. He has heard that the Japanese mainland is also colorful. Takumi thought about looking for an opportunity to explore the surroundings in the future.

Under the cherry tree. There was a mat on the grass. Since it was inconvenient to prepare it themselves, the organizer offered them a dessert banquet with local flavors. The unique taste made Takumi feel very original.

While tasting the dessert, Takumi listened to Yoshida Keiko and Aika talk about life's trivialities. He couldn't utter a word, but he liked the feeling. Shiori sat to one side and offered him her favorite dessert from time to time.

"Young man," half an hour later, Yoshida Keiko suggested to Takumi: "There are usually activities in this park. If you get bored, go take a look."

She pointed in Takumi's direction, and Takumi nodded.

"Then I'll go take a look."

He walked towards one side of the park, followed by Shiori, and Aika did not get up. There weren't many people in the park, and it was well organized. She wasn't worried that the two young people would get hurt.

Takumi and Shiori found a noisy spot. It was a small market with various stalls. The stall owners shouted, and the fragrant aroma spread with the wind.

"I didn't expect such a place to exist." Shiori seemed excited. She ate many desserts and smelled the aroma of grilled fish and barbecue in the wind. She felt even more eager.

"Go take a look." Takumi was also very happy. He and Shiori ate some grilled skewers and snacks, and then found some shooting game stalls in the market.

Shiori was fascinated by shooting games. She could take things home by shooting them from containers with guns. When the stall owner shouted to passersby, he added some stimulating words, like "Young lady, don't be shy," which excited Shiori, who wanted to take everything she had.

But Takumi wasn't interested in that kind of game. He looked around and saw that there were many young people gathered around a stall.

"I'll go take a look...", he said to Shiori, and approached curiously. He pushed his way through the crowd and discovered they were also playing a game he was very good at: a drawing contest.

The objective of the game was for contestants to draw the park scenery. The theme was cherry blossoms; one or more trees were fine. The first prize was a luxurious family trip to a hot spring for three days and two nights, valued at tens of thousands of yen.

Takumi discovered that the first prize was two days later, and he felt tempted. Although the travel expense was not a problem for him, who wouldn't want it to be free? A closer look revealed that the contestants weren't very strong. Most of the young people were observing, and occasionally laughter could be heard.

"Give it a try...", Takumi thought, and he signed up. The line wasn't long, and it was soon his turn.

"Please...", a young woman said. He sat in line with three other people and lowered his head to draw.

"Are you from Tokyo?" someone asked while drawing.

"No, I'm from Osaka," Takumi replied naturally. He was thinking whether to draw a scene with many cherry trees or just one. After thinking it over, he remained convinced that a single cherry tree would better showcase its beauty. He decided to draw it for dinner.

"Sir, when did you come to Tokyo? Is it to enjoy the cherry blossom season?" the voice continued to ask.

"Yes," Takumi replied. He was very fast and drew the tree in less than a minute. At that moment, the fastest of the others had only drawn half of their picture, and the young people around him were amazed.

"How fast!" he asked.

"And it's very beautiful. It will undoubtedly win a prize."

The girl took Takumi's drawing, and her eyes sparkled.

"Please wait...". She bowed slightly: "I'll give it to some judges and give you the results in five minutes."

She hurried off with the drawing. Takumi looked at her back and felt a little strange. Judges? Why would she leave the stall to find them? It would only take five minutes, so it would be fine to wait.

He waited calmly. The girl returned earlier than expected. Before the other three finished their drawings, she rushed back and bent down to congratulate Takumi.

"Congratulations, young man. Your drawing has received unanimous praise from the judges. First prize is yours!"

The crowd roared, followed by enthusiastic applause, and the young man whistled for Takumi. Takumi took the envelope with the family trip ticket and was a little surprised that first prize had been so easy.

Inside was a map, round-trip tickets for four people, and also free entry to several hot spring hotels.

"Four people, perfect..." Takumi was happy. There were exactly four, including Yoshida Keiko, and the vacation was long, so there was no problem staying in Japan for a while.

After winning first prize, Takumi turned around and found Shiori. The girl had almost emptied the shelf, leaving only a few scattered items. The stall owner watched her with a sad expression.

"Hey, young lady, will you let me go? I'll give you back all the money, double... triple, I can even give it to you five times! If this continues, you'll take all my inventory!"

Takumi discovered that next to Shiori, the pile of products reached a meter high. Shiori not only took everything from the shelf, but also extracted things from the stall owner.

"Well, stop playing." He interrupted her with a smile: "You can't take so many things after shooting them, so forget it...".

They were still traveling and would buy some special works of art, so the original package was too much. If they took Shiori's things, the group could become porters.

"Okay...". After listening to Takumi's persuasion, Shiori reluctantly put down the weapon. She asked the stall owner to return five times her consumption amount and then returned to the restaurant with Takumi, carrying only a swan statue.

Back at the venue, Takumi took out the tickets for the hot spring trip, and the three women were stunned.

"A three-day, two-night hot spring trip?!... Young man, where did you get them?" Yoshida Keiko asked first, and after Takumi explained, Aika looked very happy. They can play a few more days, and this trip has been too expensive, and Aika has always been very worried.

The happiest is Shiori. She is tasked with delaying the trip Alice gave her, so naturally, she wants to stay in Japan a little longer. However, none of the four knew that the news of the hot spring trip had secretly spread.

In a corner of the park, the girl who gave Takumi the ticket was talking excitedly on the phone: "Really, what I said is true! That's Takumi-sensei, absolutely true, I tried so hard not to show any abnormality...".

"Yes, he's going on a hot spring trip, I gave him the ticket, the time and place are...".

That night, Takumi's fans in Japan found out about his appearance. They were so excited that the hot spring hotel Takumi was going to, as well as the surrounding hotels and inns, quickly filled up.