(Card Story) Dripping with Sweet Malice

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Card: [SR] (To Wish Upon a Shining Stone) Owen
Event: Stellato of Overflowing Dreams
Characters: Mitile, Owen, Riquet

Chapter One ✧ Chapter Two ✧ Training Episode

Chapter One

Location: Manor Kitchen (Night)

Owen: (Smiling) Well, well. Good evening. Mitile.

Mitile: M-Mister Owen? What were you doing here...?

Owen: I wonder, I wonder. What do you think I was doing, hmmm? How do I reflect in your eyes?

Tell me everything, Mitile.

Mitile: (Uncomfortable, looking away) Uhm...

Riquet: For shame. You refuse to confess you were pinching snacks, I see.

Those are the sundae ingredients we've prepared for the party. Should you eat any of it, you will find no forgiveness from me.

Owen: (Smiling) .......

Mitile: Riquet... Y... You don't need to go that far...

Owen: Are you afraid I'll get angry, Mitile?

Mitile: Huh—? I-I...

Riquet: Owen! You must cease your unjust castigation of Mitile!

Owen: Fufu. Well, isn't that nice, Mitile? You have your stalwart little Riquet here to protect you.

Mitile: (Uncomfortable, then smiles) ... You don't need to worry about me, Riquet, so... Why don't we focus on making the sundaes and taking them to the party, instead?

Riquet: (Smiles) ... You make a very good point. We'll be making sundaes for all of the Sage's wizards, so we hardly have time to waste.

Owen: For everyone?

Mitile: Yes, that's right. Riquet and I will be making sundaes based on the recipe Mister Nero lent us. Which means we'll be making one for you, too!

Owen: ... And?

Mitile: Um, I'm sure they'll taste very good when we're done, so would it be all right to ask that you wait just a little longer for us to finish?

Owen: ......

(Smiles) Then hurry up.

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Chapter Two

Owen: (Smiling) Hey, are you done yet?

Riquet: We're very close. Let's see... Now we make the Starshine Syrup, and then we'll be done.

Mitile, Riquet: ......

Riquet: ... How do we make this?

Mitile: We should've read through the whole recipe before we started...

Riquet: Perhaps we ought to seek out Nero for succor? Ah! But the ice cream is melting...!

Owen: ≪Cur Memini≫

Mitile: Oh! Now the bottle's full of syrup!

Owen: This is what you need, isn't it? Hurry up.

Mitile, Riquet: (Surprised) R-Right away!

(Sound of syrup being poured)

Owen: Add more. Just who do you think made this for you?

Riquet: But if we put so much on one sundae, there won't be enough for everyone else.

Owen: I'm going to eat this one. As if I care about anyone else.

Riquet: Huh...?

Owen: Ahh... You poor things. Did you really think I was doing you a favor? Lending you a hand in your time of need? Acting out of the kindness of my own heart?

Riquet: W-Well...

Mitile: I did!

Owen: .......

Mitile: So, could you please share your syrup with everyone? We can't finish their sundaes without it. Please, Mister Owen.

(Sound of syrup gushing)

Owen: (Surprised) ... Ah.

Mitile: (Surprised) Ah.

(Smiles) Ahaha... Now the bowl's overflowing with syrup.

(Owen closes eyes eyes, flicks wrist; sound of something shifting)

Mitile: Oh!

Owen: (Sighs)... I don't need it anymore, so you take it.

Mitile: T-Thank you, Mister Owen!

(Sound of Owen walking away)

Riquet: (Smiling) I wonder what that was all about... But now we'll be able to serve everyone their sundaes!

Mitile: Yes! Let's hurry and top these off with syrup, Riquet!

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Training Episode: To Our Youngest Wizard

Location: Manor Hallway

Akira: Owen, do you have a moment?

Owen: (Smiling) No.

Akira: D-Don't be like that...

I just wanted to thank you for helping with the Tanabata party. Riquet and Mitile mentioned you helped the two of them make the desserts they served, so I...

Owen: No clue what you're talking about.

Akira: Huh, really? But they seemed so happy... And they sounded like they really wanted to thank you.

Owen: Hmmm. Isn't it more likely that they've both just lost their minds?

Akira: (Oh... I think he really has no idea what I'm referring to.)

But it's true you did talk with them, right? I feel like I don't usually see you interact with either.

What kind of people do they seem like to you?

Owen: Both of them are well-behaved, good boys. They don't understand anything about what the world is actually like. They're quick to doubt, and quick to get angry.

Mitile is especially cute. Whenever he sees me, he starts trembling... as if he were a little rabbit cornered by a ravenous wolf.

Akira: Please don't keep bullying him so much...

You know, Nero sometimes teaches the two of them how to make sweets, so, if you get along better with them, they might just give some to you.

Owen: (Narrows eyes, smiling) ... Is that so? Thank you, Master, for telling me something so important.

I think I'll head off now. I ought to start getting along with them right away. Just as you ordered me to do.

(Sound of Owen walking away)

Akira: Ah! Owen!

(Maybe I shouldn't have said that...?)

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