That was what Shiori thought to herself.
Then she spoke up.
"Then... could I have that cat plushie?"
Miku smiled and made an OK sign.
"Mm-hmm! Leave it to me~"
She made a show of rolling up her sleeves, then paid the girl running the stall.
The girl handed her three plastic rings.
"Hyah!"
With a shout, Miku threw the first ring.
But it veered away from the prizes and landed on nothing.
"Hah! Watch this!"
When her first try failed, Miku threw the second ring.
Of course, the result was exactly the same.
"Wow, you're terrible at throwing."
"Ahaha..."
Lingmeng couldn't help blurting that out.
Beside her, Shiori gave a wry smile but didn't disagree.
Honestly, the prizes at this stall weren't especially hard to ring.
Most people could land one if they took it seriously.
Yet Miku had missed twice without catching a single prize. Clearly, this wasn't her strong suit.
"There's only one ring left, right? If she misses them all, Miku will probably be upset. One of you two should help her."
Kotori issued another order.
Shiori walked up to Miku first.
"Um... Miku, why don't I—"
But before Shiori could finish, Miku turned to the stall owner and opened her mouth.
At first, Shiori thought Miku wanted to buy a few more rings and try again.
But she was wrong. What Miku said to the girl was—
"Give me that cat plushie."
It was a "request" infused with Spirit Power.
The girl's expression immediately turned vacant.
She nodded blankly, picked up the plushie from the mat, and handed it to Miku.
After accepting it, Miku beamed and held it out to Shiori.
"This is yours, Shiori-chan~ And for you, Meng-chan, how about that puppy plushie?"
She pointed to a puppy plushie on the mat, then