What is a social assistance center?

The question on the other side of the phone touched Alice's blind spot of knowledge. She felt a guilty conscience of being shattered by an adult for a prank, she hesitated for a while, and finally said sorry to the other side, and hung up the phone in a hurry.

——Did I get into trouble?

She pursed her lips nervously.

"Ango, Ango."

Alice shook Ango's arm, but only the young man's steady breathing responded to her.

"Okay...then you squint for a while."

Alice reached out and stroked his forehead—the way she would when Izumo came to say goodnight to her before going to sleep—and stopped interrupting.She covered up the crooked paper shell when she pushed Ango just now, and moved to the other end of the bench to continue sipping ice cream.

She wanted to eat slowly, as slowly as she could, because ice cream was hard to come by.

But today, the sky is bright and clear, and the sun is shining brightly. The sun melts away the chill in the spring breeze and makes the ice cream melt faster.In the beginning, Alice, who was able to lick the ice cream leisurely, could only gobble it up in order not to cause any waste of ice cream. She was able to relax until the ice cream in her hand melted into water and was placed in a cone. Cream drank.

After eating the ice cream, Alice felt a little cold in her stomach.

I rubbed my stomach with my hands, but the clothes on my body were too thick, and after rubbing for a long time, I could only feel the cloth rubbing against my stomach.

She felt a little uncomfortable. In order to make herself more comfortable, she squatted next to the bench and rolled herself up, trying to use this method to warm up her stomach, which was filled with a whole ice cream in a short time, as soon as possible.

A list of ants passing by with bread crumbs passed by, and Alice stared at them hard at work.

One side of the promenade is a lawn, and the other side is a river with gurgling water.

The side near the river is not only surrounded by a fence, but also a warning sign saying "Dangerous water depth, no swimming" will be erected at intervals.

The wind is shaking the leaves on Alice's head, the sun is sparse on the ground, and the water is sparkling.

The wind blowing from the river bank smells of green grass.

If today is not a working day, there should be more people coming here to bask in the sun.

Alice stared at the river for a while, not knowing whether it was because the reflection on the water was too dazzling or she had hallucinations from watching too many cartoons—Alice felt as if she saw a person floating on the water.

But how could someone bubble in the river in this weather?

She rubbed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the person was gone.

It really is an illusion.

Alice felt a little hot from the sun on her face, but not too hot.She yawned, remembering what Dodora said, in this weather, she should hug a furry and make herself a cup of coffee, then lie down on the rocking chair and take a nap.

It's a pity that all the fluffy ones kept in Barbara ran away - in fact, even if they were all there, they would not be willing to pet Duo Duo Liang even more.

The temperature of the sun quickly warmed Alice up.

My stomach doesn't feel bad anymore.

Being bored, she opened another sandwich from her kind aunt and started to eat it.The toast was baked golden, and Alice took a bite, eating the melted cheese inside, fried luncheon meat with a crispy crust, fresh green lettuce and juicy tomato slices.

It was so delicious.

Alice opened the sandwich, trying to make sense of how it was so different from convenience store and supermarket deli sandwiches, but she didn't see any difference other than the more substantial portion.

Alice ate two of them in one go.

Her appetite is actually not that big among children of the same age, but nine out of ten children are intermittent gluttons who will keep stuffing their mouths when they encounter something they like.

From Alice being ordered not to eat ice cream at the very beginning, to Misaki Hatta urging her to drink more water every day with a cup, and to not being allowed to feed Daifuku to her without Kusanagi's permission, it can be seen that at least this little one The self-control in "eating" should not make adults worry too much.

When the last ant crawled into the neglected lawn, she was clutching the plastic wrap that wrapped the sandwich in her hand, when she suddenly heard the sound of dripping water.

Along with the sound of water came the sound of pattering footsteps.

Very heavy, like wearing a pair of rain boots filled with water.

Alice looked up curiously.

Looking over the fence she could see the river gurgling in the sun—at least that's what she'd seen whenever she looked up for the previous 15 minutes.

But now, at this moment, at this moment, Alice saw a pale face.

It didn't just grin when Alice looked at it, it was grinning from the start.

If it weren't for the water plants caught in his hair that reflected the eerie green color in the sunlight, Alice might have thought that this unknown creature was a water plant spirit crawling out from the bottom of the river bed...

Under its deep curly hair soaked in water, a pair of iris eyes with crooked smiles were watching Alice with interest.

It is very difficult for a person to speak when they are greatly frightened—and all Alice can do is to widen her eyes.

Her sapphire blue pupils were tightly shrunk together like a cat, and she put her two small hands on her knees, staring blankly at this strange creature covered in water and water plants...

"... River, Kappa?"

Then the strange "kappa" was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled even brighter.

It suddenly spoke: "It's not a Kappa."

Alice: "..."

This is as unbelievable as a drunk Tatara saying that I am not drunk.

"It's really not a kappa." He took his hand out of the pocket of his long coat, opened his palm, and waved his slender and beautiful fingers in front of Alice. "Look, I don't have finger webs."

"There is no turtle shell." He lifted his water-filled shoes and spun around in a circle, exposing his back with several water plants hanging on it.

Alice: "..."

He lowered his head again, letting Alice look up at the top of his thick hair: "It's not bald like Ango."

"—This proves that I'm not a kappa, right?"

"Kappa" asked with a smile.

Alice: "..."

But Ango is not bald either...

She muttered in her heart, and felt that this "kappa" was inexplicably unkind to Ango.

Then the "kappa" jumped up and down several times on the spot.The water droplets on his body splashed, and the sound of wet shoes stepping on the ground was far louder than that of dry shoes.

Alice was splashed by the water thrown from his clothes, and she covered her face in embarrassment until the Kappa stopped jumping around.

"Hmm... So, Ango's ability to sleep so soundly in this environment is your masterpiece?"

The kappa who settled down touched his dripping chin and started talking again.

Alice: "..."

She doesn't understand.

refuse to answer.

Like a puppy with airplane ears, while protecting Ango next to him, he stared vigilantly at the Kappa in front of him.

As long as the kappa moved, Alice's head would follow his movement.

It wasn't until a smile appeared on his expressionless face again—like the smile when Zun teased her—that Alice realized that she had been played.

Her facial features immediately wrinkled into balls of anger and grievance, and angrily stared at them with her eyes that had no deterrent power.

The kappa laughed, and he raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"My name is Dazai." Kappa bowed to Alice and saluted, "Dazai."

"My dear young lady, what is your name?"

Alice still didn't speak.

If this Dazai Osamu hadn't made that series of actions just now, she would probably be happy to introduce herself.

But he is too bad!Still dirty!

She didn't want to tell this dirty and bad person her name.

"Then let me guess. You just have to tell me if it's right, right?" Kappa discussed with Alice.

Alice felt that this kappa was really stupid. There were so many names in the world, how could he guess it.

So Alice snorted and rightfully agreed.

"Then let me guess—well...is your name a foreign name or a Japanese name? Does it start with the letter A?"

Alice didn't expect him to guess so accurately the first time, and she blinked in horror.

Then, the Kappa scratched his head in distress: "But it's a bit difficult to guess your full name... Amelia? Aya? Alice—"

Alice: "...!"

When she heard her name, she opened her eyes like a little owl.

The kappa didn't continue to list down. He clapped his hands as if he was inspired by the gods: "Ah! I see. Your name is Alice, isn't it?"

Alice: "..."

Alice: OAO! ! !

How could there be anyone other than Anna who could read minds in this world!

So this person is indeed a Kappa! ! !

"Then, dear Miss Alice," the Kappa suddenly showed a look of concern, "As a friend who has exchanged names, I would like to ask you to lend me my mobile phone, is that okay?"

Alice: "?"

He and Kappa still use mobile phones?

"What are you going to do with your phone?" she asked, "And, don't you have your own phone?"

"Yes." Dazai Kappa took out a flip phone from his pocket, and as soon as he opened it, water gushed out of the phone immediately.It seemed that it was not a mobile phone, but a crushed water balloon.

"But as you can see, it's broken."

Alice: "..."

This kappa really doesn't know how to live.

"To commemorate our friendship, I wanted to take a photo of this memorable moment."

Osamu Dazai's tone suddenly changed, turning into an aria like an opera.

Alice was stunned by him for a while, and after thinking for a long time, she felt that she should be more generous, just took a photo, and it didn't matter if she lent him her mobile phone, so she finally borrowed it.

Afterwards, Osamu Dazai patted left, right, towards the sky, towards the grass, towards the bench, and even flipped over the paper shell on Ango's body, if Alice hadn't stopped him In time, he even wanted to throw the water plants on his body on Ango.

How is this kappa so wilted!

Alice crossed her hips angrily.

But Dazai was quite cooperative. After taking the photo, he sent a copy to his mailbox with Alice's mobile phone, deleted the sending record, returned the mobile phone to Alice, and thanked her.

"Have a nice day, dear Miss Alice."

The kappa named Osamu Dazai bowed to her before leaving, and then walked away gracefully with those watery shoes.

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