Ojamajo Doremi 16 - Volume 3 - Chapter 6.5

Chapter 6.5

CHAPTER 6 – VALENTINE’S KNIGHT-SAMA

PART 05

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MAHO-do experienced the best sales it ever had that Valentine’s Day .

Momo-chan’s gateau chocolat cakes and heart-shaped madeleine cakes were all well-received, and were snatched up before we even realized it . As a result, we were able to close shop really early .

“How delicious, as expected of Momo-chan . This month’s desserts do have a slight adult taste to it . ”

Onpu-chan had dashed over as soon as she could, and we held an impromptu Valentine’s gift exchange party .

Of course, Momo-chan’s gateau chocolate must taste eons better than my ‘Experimental Cake No . 3’ .

Ai-chan had lent us a hand with wrapping up the desserts, so we thought we would definitely be able to meet demand, yet everything still sold out so fast . Come to think of it, there were many adult customers I’d never seen before who came in to our store today .

“Ai-chan, chocolate stimulates the brain, so I think it’ll be good as an after-training snack . ”

Ai-chan had received a large heap of chocolates, which were emitting a sweet fragrance .

“That’s amazing, Ai-chan . Did you get so many presents last year too?”

“Hmm, I’ve always been getting some from friends, but never this much . ”

Ai-chan was energetic and boyish, but I was sure that alone didn’t warrant the vast amount of presents she’d received .

“Maybe it’s because of that bridal-style carry you did? It must have left such a huge impression!” Momo-chan suggested .

“I see . That must be it!”

That caught Onpu-chan’s attention, and she pestered us to tell her more . And so, Momo-chan enthusiastically regaled the entire story of how Ai-chan carried Yuuna-chan bridal-style to the school infirmary .

“I’m sure that’s the main reason behind the gifts,” Onpu-chan nodded in understanding as she refilled everyone’s tea cups . “There’s always lots of cute chocolate gifts during Valentine’s, so everyone at my school puts them up on display . Some people also gave gifts to their seniors . ”

“Yep . I saw lots of chocolates with cute packaging from famous confectioneries, so I bought them all . Let’s eat them together next time,” Momo-chan added .

I’d received some gifts from a few classmates too, like Yuuna-chan, whom I gave some cute chocolates to as well . As for Ai-chan, she was so cool on the race track, set new records, was always so friendly, and to top it all off, was the star of the bridal-style carry incident . She was just too cool, so I understood why many girls took this chance to give her a present .

“Yada-kun got a gift from you too, right, Hazuki-chan? Did he like it?”

“I guess . I got some gifts from my classmates too . You gave something to Kotake-kun too, didn’t you? I’m sure he’s been waiting for your chocolates, Doremi-chan . ”

It was just like Hazuki-chan to skilfully divert the attention back to me .

“I did my best to bake a cake following Momo-chan’s recipe . I’ll be giving it to him later . ”

I’d prepared some chocolates for the soccer team members, and left them together with Kogure-senpai’s chocolates in the club room for the members to help themselves to before they headed home . However, it seemed that Kotake himself hadn’t dropped by to pick his share up yet . I also spotted numerous chocolates left on Leon’s desk in the staff room . The sight was slightly disturbing .

“Maybe Ai-chan was the one who received the most chocolates in Misora High . ”

“Well, it’s all from girls, so I got none from any of the guys . How about all of you?”

I’d been feeling slightly nervous as I wrapped up the cake and towel I’d be giving to Kotake, but looking at Ai-chan’s chocolates, I felt a little better . It’d be alright, as long as I thought of it purely as giving a gift to a friend .

I hoped our team would be chosen to represent the prefecture this year . No, there would still be numerous matches before that, so I’d have to work hard . And speaking of working hard, weren’t exams just around the corner too?

Pop had been accepted into her school of choice, Hazuki-chan had been chosen to represent her violinist batch, and Ai-chan was on the road to recovery . I guess I’d reached my limit of happy incidents, and painful incidents would soon come .