Obsessed with Regressors

Rumored Ice Cream Shop

Under a calm blue sky, in a small plaza where a warm but pleasant breeze passes through, “Alme Titty’s Ice Cream Shop” is still attracting customers today.

The robber on the day of the Four Seasons Festival was safely caught and the case closed. Now that the festival is over, the days of diligently running the shop will begin again—Alme thought so, but…

The inside of the shop was filled with a more lively atmosphere than before the festival.

Standing at the counter, Alme broke out in a cold sweat and listened to the customers.

“I wonder if it’s true that if we wait here, Mr. Shirotaka will come.”

“Didn’t you say that a priest came to buy at the festival stall? I heard that the stall is from this shop.”

“I heard Mr. Shirotaka was with a black-haired woman at the bank the other day. The owner of the ice cream shop also has black hair…”

“I don’t think the rumors that he loves this ice cream shop are false.”

“If we come here every day, maybe we’ll meet someday.”

“I’ll bet 100 G that Mr. Shirotaka will show up today!”

“Rumors about Shirotaka,” which began to spread around the city after the festival, brought an air of excitement to the ice cream shop.

Women and girls chatting while eating ice cream, and men and children who stopped by just out of curiosity.

–The rumor is that “Mr. Shirotaka is a patron of an ice cream shop in the back of an alley”.

The number of customers has increased along with a certain lively atmosphere, which is a mixed feeling for Alme. She is grateful for the business, but also nervous…

After all, the rumored person is now relaxing in the back of the shop in the kitchen.

In the morning, just as the shop opened, the regular customer who came to the shop whining about how hot it was, happily picked out an ice cream…the “white falcon of the far north”, Mr. Falkert Raltoze was standing a wall away.

Alme was secretly sweating coldly because it would be a big fuss if the customers found out.

A once little known commoner’s shop in a back alley has earned a title like ‘a shop where celebrities may be frequenting’.

Celebrity is an analogy in a previous life sense, but it doesn’t seem to make much difference here in the city of Luorio.

In the distance, another group of female customers came to the shop.

“Hello. I’m here to eat an ice cream called Shirotaka-chan.”

“Oh, is it this white stuff by any chance? Is this milk?”

“Is it true that good things happen when you eat Shirotaka-chan ice cream?”

“…… uh, I don’t think there’s anything …… particularly lucky about it.”

Alme responded with a customer service smile. Milk ice cream is not a magical item, but…something is definitely peculiar about the direction of the rumors.

All the female customers ordered a combination of Shirotaka-chan ice cream and another ice cream.

She is genuinely happy to see the smiling faces of her customers laughing with delight, so she’ll just leave it at that.

Aiming for a place to rest when the wave of customers had stopped, Alme quickly withdrew into the kitchen in the back.

She entered the kitchen and call out to Falk, who is idly pecking at the ice cream bowl on the table.

What he is eating is cookie soft serve ice cream. He has been totally addicted to it since that day they reconciled.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Falk…for pushing you into the back of the shop and kind of leaving you alone.”

“No, no, it’s good that the shop is busy. Or rather, I’m sorry for all the strange rumors floating around.”

Falk smiled with a troubled look on his face.

He has now undone the magic of disguise. He removed the chain of the necklace that wet with sweat, he doesn’t like the way it clings to his neck in this hot weather.

He had already revealed his identity to Alme, so now he is relaxing in his original appearance.

Silver-white hair and golden eyes. A man who looks like a beautiful male god is in the kitchen of a messy commoner’s shop, it’s like a strange collage painting, and it’s a bit amusing.

As she smiled, the bell on the counter rang. It seems that another customer has come.

When she was about to leave the kitchen while saying “Welcome”, she realized that it was not a customer. It was Ena who came to the shop.

“Hello, Alme. It’s crowded today as well! It’s a little early, but I came to help.”

“I’m saved~ there are many customers today. Come on in.”

She exchanged greetings with Ena and invited her into the kitchen as usual.

She’s been getting Ena’s help from time to time, but since she’s been particularly busy lately, she decided to have her work here on certain days. Of course, she also paid her a good salary for her time.

That’s why she asked her to enter the back as usual, but she forgot that there was a previous customer inside.

“Oh, that’s right, Ena, there’s something I wanted to tell you…”

“Eep…!!!”

Ena let out a short scream and came out instantly, as if rewinding, just as she entered the kitchen. Her eyes widened and her face scrunched up.

“Hey, there’s something…! There’s something…!”

Her reaction was like finding a black bug.

–A black bug is an insect that looks like a cockroach from her previous life. They are the ones that often appear in kitchens and other places. In the year-round warmth of Luorio, the black bug is a troublesome neighbor.

“Sorry ……! I forgot to tell you! Um, he’s Mr. Falk…you met him in the underground palace the other day, right?”

“… huh!?”

After hurriedly adding an explanation in a whisper, Ena looked into the kitchen with her eyes wide open and confirmed Falk’s appearance.

“Mr. Falk? Are you kidding me ……? Because that figure ……”

“Hello Miss Ena. Um, I apologize for the delay, but my real name is Falkert Raltoze…”

Falk put his hand on his chest and greeted her with a beautiful Shirotaka-like gesture.

Ena’s blue eyes rounded and she muttered to herself.

“Is this for real?”

“Ena, it’s rude to scream as if there is a black bug in here.”

“Black bug…?”

Falk had a puzzled look on his face. It seems that there are no black bugs in the northern towns, so it’s possible that Falk has never seen one.