winning the lottery is a piece of cake! - 10
"Seia-chan~"
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"What were you doing?"
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To Mika's question of what I was doing, I showed her a small piece of paper.
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"...Lotto? Seia-chan. Gambling is bad..."
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Is lotto really gambling? I had that thought for a moment, but I decided to agree with Mika.
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Gambling can lead to losing a tremendous amount of money. If you're not careful, it could lead to addiction.
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"...!"
'But what I'm doing isn't gambling?'
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"Huh? It's not?"
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Mika expressed her doubt as I waved my finger left and right towards her.
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Gambling is gambling because it's based on probability.
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To me, lotto isn't probability!
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Scratch- Scratch scratch- Scratch- Scratch- Squeak-
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In an instant, I scribbled down the memorized numbers on the paper and showed it to Mika with a flourish!-
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"Ahaha☆ Seia-chan? I don't understand what you're trying to say?"
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'Fufufu. Our Mika is still a child and doesn't understand!'
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"...Whoa. Seia-chan just made a really unsettling face."
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What face did I make? I didn't quite understand Mika's reaction, but I decided to let it go for now.
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"...!"
'Don't worry and just watch, Mika-chan! I'll show you me winning the lotto first prize!'
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"Ahaha... What on earth makes you so confident..."
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It seems Mika doesn't believe me either, but to understand my perspective, we need to go back in time a bit.
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"..."
'This is the first time I've woken up in the Tea Party in a dream...'
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I'm dreaming in the Tea Party.
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I always woke up in different areas, but waking up in the Tea Party felt strange, like seeing a familiar landscape in an unfamiliar place.
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"Mika-san, Seia-san. I told you to stop watching TV..."
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"But Nagisa-chan... We're almost there!"
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Nod nod!-
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"Now if we just get one more number right..."
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-The last number is...! 10!
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"Uwaaaah! No! The chance for the lotto first prize...!"
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Droop...
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"See? There's no way that would happen, logically."
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"Ugh..."
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'B-But it seemed possible...'
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1, 23, 24, 35, 44, 45 + 10
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The lotto numbers echoed strangely in my head.
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Why was that?
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"...?"
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Could this be, a prophetic dream?
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As soon as that thought crossed my mind, I grabbed a notebook and pen.
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"...Seia-chan?"
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"Why are you writing down those numbers...?"
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If it's a dream, there's no time to answer that question!
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'I'm a little sorry to Nagisa and Mika, but this is a chance to strike it rich!'
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Holding back tears, I ignored Mika and Nagisa calling my name and memorized the lotto numbers throughout the dream...
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And that's how we got to the current situation.
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"...No way."
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"Did you really win the lotto first prize...? When Mika-san told me, I thought you had gotten into some strange game..."
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'Hehe! I told you I had something up my sleeve, didn't I?!'
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My words probably didn't reach them, but they seemed to understand from my triumphant expression and the way I lifted my shoulders with a snap.
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"Puhahat! As expected, Seia-chan is cutest when she makes that face. Don't you think so, Nagisa-chan?"
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"?!!"
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Mika said that while patting my head.
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"I think Seia-san looks better when she's shy."
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"Ahaha☆ That's definitely cute too!"
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Poke-
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'Don't compliment me in front of me...'
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"Wow! Seia-chan's face turned red!"
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It seems Mika and Nagisa don't care if I'm embarrassed or not...
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'This won't do... If I don't change the subject, they'll keep treating me like I'm cute...!'
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Having decided that, I got up from my seat, where I had been sitting for a long time, my body feeling heavy.
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"Huh? Seia-chan?"
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"Ah?! Seia-san! If you get up so suddenly...!"
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'Uwaaat...??!! My, my head...!!!'
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And dizziness came over my head.
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Seia's body was quite weak. Therefore, it was natural for her to have orthostatic hypotension, which is common in people who sit for a long time.
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'Uwaaaah...! My, my vision...! I'm, I'm gonna fall...!'
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"Mika-san! Catch Seia-san!"
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"Okay☆"
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Thanks to Nagisa, who knew about my condition, I avoided hitting my head when I fell, but my plan to go out and receive the lotto money crumbled.
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"...It's no use. Mika-san. Let's go get the money ourselves."
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"Yup yup. That sounds good. Seia-chan, you rest here!"
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"...! ...!! ....!!!"
'Ugh... I wanted to see the bank teller's surprised face...!!'
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I wanted to show them the lotto ticket and give them a cool look when they were flustered...!
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It seems my plan won't come to fruition.
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"Seia-san, wait here. We'll be right back."
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"Yup yup☆ You guys better take good care of Seia-chan, okay? If Seia-chan gets hurt, I'll throw all of you in jail☆"
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"Y-Yes!!"
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"...Mika-san."
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"Just kidding!"
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Mika gave a chilling joke to the Tea Party attendants and followed Nagisa out.
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'...I hope it's just a joke.'
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Somehow, I felt like Mika might actually do it, so I was a bit uneasy, but what could possibly happen to me inside the Tea Party?
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I thought nothing would happen...
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But something did. And it was my own fault, not anyone else's.
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"Seia-sama! Are you alright?!!"
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Shake shake-
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First, I waved at the Tea Party attendant rushing towards me and pointed to my injury.
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"Oh no... This is bad... I'm going to jail now...! I should have stayed right by Seia-sama's side...!"
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Seeing the attendant blaming himself upon seeing my injury, I couldn't help but make a flustered face.
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"...?!"
'I fell by myself?!!'
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My dizziness had subsided a bit, so I thought I would be fine~ and went to work on some documents, which was my downfall.
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Coming out of Nagisa's room after working on the documents, I couldn't overcome my dizziness and fell. Unfortunately, I fell on the stairs.
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'It's a good thing the height was low... Otherwise, I could have broken something...'
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"Uwaaa... What... What should I do??"
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I calmed down the attendant, who was about to panic looking at the injury on my hand, and then picked up my phone to start persuading them.
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-My clothes are long anyway, so Mika-chan and Nagisa-chan won't see it. Don't worry too much and go back inside.
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"A-Are you sure that's okay?"
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"A-Alright...! I'm really sorry!!"
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I smiled faintly at the attendant, who kept apologizing even though they hadn't done anything wrong.
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'Anyway, if Mika-chan or Nagisa-chan finds out about this... Just imagining it is terrifying...'
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With that thought, I put a small bandage on my palm.
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Hoping that they wouldn't find out until the injury healed.
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