I Was Possessed By An Unknown Manga

Chapter 197

Lunch at a nice family restaurant.

Of course, from the perspective of a student living on a small allowance, the price was far from nice, but I managed to cover it with the money I’d saved up carefully.

On our way out after finishing our meal.

Rika spoke to me with a still worried expression.

“Let’s just split the bill.”

“It’s fine. Let me cover this much. You’ve been paying for everything since earlier.”

The only money I spent today was for the all-day pass when we entered.

Other than that, Rika volunteered to pay for everything, so I didn’t get a chance.

Regardless of anything else, it pricked my conscience to just keep getting treated.

“If you enjoyed the meal, that’s enough for me.”

“Really…”

In the end, Rika, looking embarrassed, turned her head, seeming to give up on splitting the bill.

“Anyway, now that we’ve had lunch, let’s get back to having fun. Is there anywhere you want to go?”

Rika then took out the amusement park pamphlet from her handbag and said in an energetic voice.

“Then let’s go see the parade! It starts at 2 o’clock!”

“Shall we?”

With our next destination set, we moved to the Fantasy Land area nearby to watch the parade.

The Fantasy Land area was filled with various fairy tale symbols that come to mind when thinking of Disney, recreated as buildings.

Cinderella’s castle, the Seven Dwarfs’ cabin, Peter Pan’s pirate ship, and more.

Everywhere we looked, beautiful buildings and attractions made it feel like we had stepped into a fairy tale, so we lost track of time while moving towards the parade area.

“Wow! The parade has started!”

Looking where Rika pointed, we saw huge carriages with princesses on them, and various characters in costumes waving as they paraded down the avenue.

The sight was so unique that children holding their parents’ hands, couples, and even foreign tourists all stopped to watch the parade.

“It’s beautiful…”

And that was the same for Rika and me.

The parade had a charm that made us look on with our mouths open without realizing it.

It truly felt like a long-lost sense of wonder was being revived.

The parade seemed to last about an hour, and people followed the parade floats like children chasing after an ice cream truck.

Seeing that made me feel like we should follow too, but Rika, having seen enough, suggested we relax with a cup of tea at a nearby dessert cafe.

“Oh, since you bought lunch, it’s okay if I buy dessert, right?”

“Do as you please.”

Maybe still holding onto earlier, Rika quickly made the suggestion, and I nodded with a wry smile.

“How dare she?! Even I haven’t had a cafe date yet!”

“Calm down, miss.”

Minami, watching Kumiko chew on her handkerchief like a villainous lady from a comic, spoke calmly.

“How can I calm down in this situation?! That vixen got the upper hand first!”

“You said you would let her have today.”

“But it’s still infuriating!”

Eeeek!

Kumiko, biting her handkerchief even harder as if to vent her frustration, saw the desserts being served to Kim Yu-seong and Rika’s table and asked Minami.

“Minami, is there an ice cream shop around here?”

“Yes. Shall I get you your usual green tea flavor?”

“No, get me mint chocolate. I feel like I need some sugar today.”

“…Understood.”

As Minami quietly left to buy the ice cream, Kumiko spat out the handkerchief she had been biting and stared at the clueless Kim Yu-seong.

‘Yu-seong probably has no idea that I’m following him.’

It wasn’t that she didn’t trust him.

But people’s hearts were truly fickle, and there were definitely people who couldn’t believe something was true unless they saw it with their own eyes.

‘This will be the last time.’

If she could confirm with her own eyes that her trust wasn’t misplaced, this wouldn’t happen again.

Kumiko, dressed suspiciously, with sunglasses, a wig, and a trench coat, holding branches in both hands, made this resolution.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Even after having tea at the dessert cafe, Rika and I continued to have a blast.

In fact, it felt like we spent more time walking and waiting than actually riding attractions, but that was just how amusement parks were, right?

After enjoying various foods and attractions in themed areas like Adventure Land and Western Land, we finally rode Rika’s favorite ride, the flume ride, and before we knew it, it was past 5 PM.

Unlike in summer, the autumn sun set quickly, and the sky was already turning a shade of orange.

It was time for the amusement park’s evening hours.

“Ah! That was fun!”

Sitting on a bench and stretching, Rika then asked me.

“How was your day, Ryu-chan?”

I, with a can of soda in my mouth to quench my thirst, turned my head in response to her sudden question.

Rika was looking up at me with her usual sparkling eyes.

I always felt this way when I saw them, but Rika’s green eyes had a mysterious charm.

Maybe it was just me, but there was a certain depth to them.

Because of that, I missed the time to answer for a moment, but I cleared my throat and turned my head.

“It was fun. I can’t even remember the last time I came to an amusement park and had so much fun.”

“Hehe, that’s a relief.”

Rika laughed shyly and scratched the back of her head.

Crushing the empty soda can in one hand, I tossed it into the trash and said.

“Then let’s head back before it gets too late. It takes about an hour to get home, and if we’re too late, our parents will worry.”

“Oh, okay.”

Hearing my words, Rika hurriedly stood up from the bench.

Just as we started walking towards the exit to leave the amusement park…

“Ryu-chan.”

Suddenly, Rika called my name and stopped.

“Huh?”

When I reflexively answered and turned around, Rika, looking tense, stared at me and said.

“Can we ride just one more ride, really, really, for the last time?”

“What do you want to ride?”

When I asked that and tilted my head, Rika swallowed nervously and pointed to a ride.

“The Ferris wheel.”

The Ferris wheel.

In a way, it could be said to be one of the essential elements, the alpha and omega of romantic comedies.

And the moment Rika suggested we go on the Ferris wheel, I realized.

That Rika was about to confess to me.

Honestly, it wasn’t that I hadn’t anticipated this moment at all.

Rika had suggested going on a date first, and I had given the President a heads-up in preparation for this situation from the beginning.

But when the moment actually came, I couldn’t help but feel my heart pounding.

“Then, have a great time.”

As we sat in the empty seats inside the round cabin, the staff kindly closed the Ferris wheel door with a friendly sales pitch.

Clank!

The Ferris wheel soon started moving with a vibration.

Since it takes about 15 minutes for the Ferris wheel to make one full rotation, we still had plenty of time.

As we gradually felt the floating sensation, Rika turned her head to the side.

The ground was gradually receding.

And the sky was getting closer.

It was a unique view only seen from the Ferris wheel.

As we climbed higher, we could see all the structures of the amusement park we had passed through earlier.

Since it was almost nighttime, colorful LED lights turned on, making the night view incredibly beautiful.

Rika, who had been gazing at the view outside the Ferris wheel without realizing the time, suddenly snapped out of it with a startled voice, “Ah,” and turned her head.

Sitting in front of her, I straightened my back without realizing it.

Because I instinctively realized that the moment I had been waiting for had arrived.

Soon, Rika, with a tense expression, started to speak first.

“Um, Ryu-chan, what do you think about me?”

“Huh? About you?”

“Yes.”

Afraid of hurting her with my lack of vocabulary, I chose my words as carefully as possible.

“A good friend. Someone who doesn’t judge by appearances, even if they look fierce, who just looks at people for who they are inside and approaches them warmly. Such a grateful friend.”

Yes, that’s right.

Currently, Rika and I were friends.

Unless there was a special reason for it to break, this relationship would continue even after I graduate.

But unlike me, Rika didn’t seem to want to keep this ambiguous relationship going.

After hearing my answer, Rika gulped, then looked at me straight with a face turning red and asked.

“Um, Ryu-chan, would you like to go out with me?”