[-] The little girl runs off with the balloon.
[player] How did you realize that she wanted the balloon?
[Cynthia] I just thought about my first time at an amusement park. At that time, I didn't know my adoptive parents well enough to express my true thoughts to them.
[Cynthia] Before we left, my mom asked me if I wanted the balloon the staff was holding. My precociousness made me overthink foolishly, so I told her I didn't want it.
[Cynthia] Afterwards, my dad passed away and my mom got sick, so we never came to the amusement park together again. I never got the chance to tell them that I actually really wanted a balloon.
[Cynthia] In fact, I really wanted it. I should say that I felt envious... When I looked at the children who had balloons around me, I felt that I could be like them if I also had a balloon... I felt that I could be a child who was having fun with her parents.
[-] Cynthia looks at the little girl with both regret and relief. Maybe she feels that the little girl has received the balloon she likes on behalf of her childhood self.
[Cynthia] Just now, the look in her eyes reminded me of when I liked something but didn't dare to say it out loud.
[player] Shall we ask the staff for some balloons too?
[-] Since you can do something about it, why let yourself live with regrets?
[player] Haha, it's not embarrassing at all. I'll get one now.
[Cynthia] Huh?! W-Wait up!
[-] I quickly buy a balloon from a staff and hand it to Cynthia. After seeing that she isn't taking it, I tie it to the back of the bench next to her.
[Cynthia] You... don't you have any sense of shame?!
[player] Miss Cynthia, where are we?
[Cynthia] A fairy tale village. So what?
[player] Bingo! This is a child's paradise. The people who come here get to be children who never grow up.
[player] Which means it's not necessary to feel ashamed about asking for a balloon.
[player] What's more, both good deeds and evil deeds will be rewarded in kind. You helped someone else get a balloon, so I helped you get a balloon. Now the number of balloons in this world is balanced again.
[Cynthia] This is sophistry...
[-] Cynthia is about to complain about something else when a ringtone interrupts our conversation.
[Cynthia] Okay, got it. I'll be right there.
[-] Cynthia unties the balloon from the back of the bench. After noticing that I'm smiling at her, she rolls her eyes at me again.
[Cynthia] This belongs to me now since you forced me to take it, so it's normal for me to take it with me. Stop making such a disgusting smile.
[player] This is a normal smile, okay...
[Cynthia] ...PLAYER, do you have any plans for tonight?
[player] It doesn't matter. Make time for me even if you already have plans. I'll treat you to dinner tonight.
