From the mountaintop, they could see not only Kankakei but also the entire Seto Inland Sea.
The countless little islands stretched out before them, like stars in the night sky.
James stopped complaining and started snapping away with his camera.
"Where to next?"
Vincent looked at the two little witches.
"Chōshi Gorge, down the mountain."
"We have to walk down too?" James grimaced. "By the time we get there, it'll almost be dark."
Hermione thought for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up.
She exchanged glances with Daphne and Rinne. Then all three stared at Vincent's suitcase.
"No way!"
As if! He wasn't a professional driver.
"There won't be any tourists around this time of year."
"It's fine, as long as we're careful."
"Are you scared?"
"Heh." Vincent gave an awkward laugh, opened the suitcase, and took out Rascal Rabbit.
"Two at a time. Who's first?"
In the end, everyone got to check it off their list.
Rinne and James went down first.
He'd thought something might happen with the girl of his dreams, but the bitterly cold wind ruined it all.
They went even faster than freefall. His brain hadn't even registered what was happening before they'd arrived.
James, still dizzy from the wind, raised a hand. Vincent had already ridden off on Rascal Rabbit and disappeared.
"What's wrong?"
"N-nothing."
He raised his camera, hoping to ask Rinne to take a picture together, when a cold wind suddenly blew down from above.
Hermione and Daphne came down this time.
Neither of them said a word. Their little faces were red, probably from the cold wind.
James raised his middle finger at Vincent's retreating figure.
With an attitude that thought so little of being considerate toward girls, he was destined to be single for the rest of his life.