Ash had just taken the Sin Stamp from his pocket and waved it in front of Itsuki when Itsuki rejected him before he could say what he had planned to say.
"What a buzzkill..." Ash dejectedly put the stamp away, but he had no intention of giving up. Especially seeing how serious Itsuki looked right now, an "evil plan" quietly began to take shape in his heart.
"All right, that's enough for today~" Ash patted his backside and was about to get up and leave when someone tugged at the hem of his clothes. Turning around, he saw Itsuki holding out a lunch box to him.
"What's this supposed to mean?" Ash raised an eyebrow at the item before him. If he remembered correctly, that fairy was probably hiding in the lunch box. If you're offering her to me yourself now, I'll be very disappointed... Oh?
Opening the lunch box, he found octopus sausages, rolled omelets, fried chicken, bright green stir-fried vegetables, and plump rice. Faced with such a full lunch box, he had to admit that he was quite surprised.
"Because Mr. Timons always takes the lunch Mom makes for me, so..." Itsuki became somewhat bashful after offering the lunch box, but she still gathered her courage and spoke with a faint blush. "So I thought I should prepare one for you too. I made this lunch myself, um, I hope you like it."
"Oh, ah, yeah." Ash blinked after hearing Itsuki's words, taking quite a while to respond. "Well, honestly, I didn't expect this. How should I put it, um... anyway."
"Thanks."
Ash scratched his smooth chin with his index finger. Before Itsuki could say anything else, he turned away, took out a silver box, released a rope from it, and swung off.
"He left..."
Watching Ash's departing