Unlike a few days ago, when the Ore Town Spring Horse Racing Conference required the middle of the Rose Square to be blocked and transformed into a large field for competitions, today's Rose Square, in addition to arranging some balloons and streamers with a festive atmosphere, is only a long wooden table, which is divided into many areas.

By the time Anne arrived with her roast chicken, there had been a lot of food in the divided area, and there were plenty of people gathered around the long table, pointing and discussing something, while patiently waiting for the game to begin.

'Annie! ’

'You're here?' Oh! I see, the dish you brought today seems to be a big roast chicken? Yes, come on, this empty seat is reserved for you, put down your food, there is a heated carbon stove under it, to ensure that nothing will happen, and then you can go around and talk to everyone for a while? ’

'We'll have to wait for everybody to arrive, it's still early, you'll be able to eat a lot later, we'll make it a semi-buffet format to make sure everyone can try it once......

'Come on, yes!' Just leave it like that, don't worry, we have a glass cover to help you cover it, there will be no problem. ’

'Soon, when the game is over, we can eat openly, soon!!' ’

When Anne arrived with her own food, she was soon led to the long table by the enthusiastic old man Thomas, who had told her to put her food in an empty compartment in the long table and put it on the glass lid like everyone else, and the old man with a bad nose motioned for her to cool off.

“！！”

(ー`′ー)

"Damn! It was a super champion roast chicken that people had just baked with great difficulty, and they didn't even let people taste a piece of it first......"

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Anne, who had been driven away from the long table by the mayor Thomas, muttered a little bit of thought, obviously, she thought that as long as she brought food, she could move, but who thought, the other party would not let her eat it now?

If she knew that this was the case, maybe she should have pulled a chicken thigh to taste the taste, and she wouldn't be like now, just staring dryly.

（…… ）

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"I hate ......"

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After being chased away from the long table by Thomas's nasty old man, Anne had no choice but to follow the other party's instructions, away from the long table where the inhabitants of Ore Town had placed all kinds of food, and go around the Rose Square to chat or hang out with the others.

"Huh?!"

∑(′△｀)？！

"That...... Uncle Dort? Don't you like this kind of hilarious event? You didn't even show up for the horse race the other day? Why are you here today? ”

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Suddenly, Anne saw a man still wearing a white coat? The guy with a hearing device around his neck? Seeing that the other party turned out to be the hospital's doctor Dot, she felt a little strange, and leaned in and asked.

“？？”

"Is it Annie?"

"But? Am I that old? Why do you call me uncle?! ”

Yes? Dott was a little unhappy about that.

Originally? He just graduated from medical school this year, and he is still a top student who has skipped a grade, not yet twenty years old? Only two years older than Ellie? Why is this little guy in front of you called Sister when she is called Ellie? And when it's your turn, you call yourself uncle, what is the reason?

"Ah......h

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"Okay then? That person calls you 'Dotshu Millet'! ”

(*^▽^*)

Seeing that the other person doesn't seem to like the title of 'uncle'? No way? Anne had to change to another one that was a little kinder than 'Uncle'.

“……”

Dott suddenly stopped talking? Because he thinks 'uncle' and 'Shu millet' both sound the same old? So what's the difference between changing and not changing?

"You haven't said it yet, Dot, why did you suddenly come to the square to participate in the competition?"

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Seeing that the other party stopped talking, and seemed to have acquiesced to the title, Anne continued to ask unconcernedly.

"Ah......h

"It's nothing!"

"Because I heard that Perbley's mother, Aunt Lilia, was also coming to the competition, and she was very weak, and I was worried that something might happen to her, so I came to the square just in case."

That's right!

In Dot's opinion, it was better for that Lilia not to leave that chicken farm, or even to not even come out of the house? On weekdays, it is best not to do anything in the chicken farm, let alone be stimulated too much, that is the safest treatment plan!

And today, the other party has to support his weak body to participate in the food competition, which is very unwise and undesirable in his opinion! If he could, he would warn him later that it was best not to eat indiscriminately here...... Anyway, he will definitely stare at the other party, and once the other party makes an inappropriate choice, he will definitely step forward in time to correct it.

"I see?"

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"Then you must pay attention to it, people will go over there first."

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Hearing this, Anne, who had long known that Perbley's mother, Aunt Lilia, was indeed weak, nodded, and then stopped pestering the Dotshu in front of her, who was doing important business, and jumped to the side with a smile.

'What do you want to cook?' ’

'Hmm...... What a headache......

'Mom! ’

"It's okay if you don't cook, change me or Perbli, Pobli has just gone to the hot spring to get the hot spring eggs soaked last night, and you can come back soon, and then it should be okay with my egg fried rice!" ’

'No, Rick, your craft is certainly no match for Mr. Dart. ’

'But we don't have to win, mom, you can't ......'

'Ahh I've figured out what to do, Rick, you help me out, I need you to shred those onions, hurry. ’

'But Mom ......'

'Don't do it, please hurry! ’

‘……’

When Anne wandered to the other side of Rose Square, she found that Aunt Lilia and Uncle Rick from the chicken farm were busy in front of the simple stoves that were fried and sold on the side...... There was even a stove in the square, something that Anne had never imagined!

Only then did she realize that if she needed to, she could come to the square and then go to make it?

'Haha! ’

'Anne, you're here too?' ’

'I'm telling you, today's game is going to be exciting, I have a hunch...... I'm very excited about this time of year because I can go and eat a variety of delicious meals for free, which is much better than the rice cakes at the Rice Cake Tournament! ’

Then, Anne ran into Uncle Gotts, who was lazy for a day and didn't work, and the other party even had the dishes and chopsticks ready, and seemed to be really waiting for the game to be over and rush to have a good meal?

'Yo~! Annie! ’

'I heard, you seem to be in the competition?' ’

Then you have to come up with your best and most delicious dishes, because the judges of our Ore Town Food Festival today are gourmets, and if you take ordinary dishes, you will definitely not be able to fool him." ’

But I don't think you're going to win with what you little guy brings, and no one knows it better than I do!" ’

Immediately afterward, Uncle Zack, who had not been injured for a long time after healing and had finally lived a normal life, also smiled and came over to greet her after seeing Anne passing by.

“！！”

o(′^')o hum!

However, what the other party said made Anne a little unhappy to listen, so she turned her head arrogantly and snorted coldly and walked aside.

‘……’

'Daddy! Are you confident? ’

'Absolutely!' ’

'Really? ’

Of course it's true! Lynn, just wait and see, I'm going to show my strongest strength this time, and I must win the championship of the food festival, because it is related to the reputation of our store! ’

‘！！ ’

'Hey! Uncle Dart, don't be too arbitrary, I, Kalian, the Mystery Chef, also participated in the competition! ’

'Just you? ’

'Haha! Lynn, come and see, your friend Karene wants to challenge your father and me, the cooking gods! Who doesn't know that your dad and I have the best cooking skills in the whole Ore Town? ’

'Daddy! Don't be too complacent, I'm in the process! ’

'Hahaha! Lynn, you can't do it either, you're still a little too tender......

‘…..’

'Mana, who do you think has a chance to win, Dart or Karen?' ’

'I don't know...... But Sasha, I've heard that Lilia is also competing, and if she comes, I'm not sure who will win. ’

'Lilia? ’

'Yes! ’

She can't do it, you know, her body is too weak, I heard that she hasn't cooked for almost two years, she must feel rusty, right? And her strength can't shake the spoon......

'That's ...... too'

'Then Dart should win?' ’

Maybe, but I'm participating! ’

'Ahh Manna you ......'

On the other side of the square, Uncle Dart and Miss Karen, who were in a tense manner, were arguing fiercely with each other, so much so that the young lady Lynn who was caught in the middle didn't know who to help...... And that Aunt Manna and Aunt Sasha were also talking about something in a whisper.

"Hello, you're Annie, aren't you?"

"Speaking of which, this should be the first time we've met, and the last time I saw you come to the church, you came to see it twice and ran away...... After that, after all those days, I never saw you go to church again. ”

"That's not good......

"Anne, don't you even need to pray?"

At this time, a strange man dressed in black and holding a black hat in his hand came to Anne's side and took the initiative to greet him.

Apparently, the other party was the priest in the church, the guy Anne remembered as Carter!

“……”

(￢д￢。 )

"Well, Uncle Carter, the game is about to start, and there are still things to do, so let's talk later?"

ヾ(￣▽￣)?

What kind of joke to ask Queen Anne to go to church to pray? To whom to pray, and who can bear her prayers?

Therefore, Anne, who felt that there were some things that the other party must not understand, did not think about it, and directly made an excuse and ran quickly towards the long table, because now that Mayor Thomas had stepped up and started to speak, she must go and prepare for the food festival competition to start soon.

However, she suddenly discovered that the names of some Shu millet in this ore town are really too easy to confuse, such as Uncle Dart in that bar, Dott Shu in the hospital and the current Uncle Carter...... Sometimes, she can't remember who is who!

……

Soon, without waiting for Anne to get tangled up for long, the selection competition for the food festival officially began under the announcement of Mayor Thomas!

Although many of the residents of Ore Town brought different dishes, there were not many people who were confident to participate in the competition, and there were only six people in total. So, everyone of them, including Anne, stood at the table, stood in front of their own dishes, and waited for the big mouth, the gourmand who looked like a pig, to come forward and judge them one by one.

'Hmm......'

'The ingredients are abundant, the flavors are well blended, the cooking techniques are experienced, and the heat is just right? ’

'All in all, very tasty and tasty! Great! ’

The first thing to be judged was Uncle Dart's cooking, and then, as he had already opened a restaurant and had to cook for customers every day, he naturally received a very good and very high evaluation.

'As for this one......

"After adding the green peppers, the whole taste is much more mature, are you the daughter of the Dart contestant just now?" Yes, yes, it seems that he has really inherited some skills, although there are a little flaws, but it is still great to have this skill at a young age. ’

The second is Uncle Dart's daughter Lynn, who also received a good evaluation, but judging from the evaluation that gourmets can tell at a glance that her cooking skills are in the same vein as Uncle Dart, she is definitely not as good as Uncle Dart.

'Yikes! ’

This one is really special, although it is relatively light, but the fragrance is very strong, the lamb chops are fried very delicately, there is no mutton smell at all, it is not greasy, and the taste is also very refreshing, it is amazing!! ’

Immediately afterwards, Anne saw that the third contestant, that is, the weaker Aunt Lilia, also received a very good evaluation for the other party's small fried lamb chops, and even faintly above Uncle Dart?

'This is ......'

'Aha! ’

I ate it, and the soup was filled with the juice of three vegetables, and a little bit of milk, and it was very gentle, and although it was a little bitter, it was still very tasty overall! ’

It's a pity that the soup made by Aunt Mana, the fourth contestant, seems to have a little flaw, so Anne heard it, and the big-mouthed gourmand didn't give the other party too good a rating?

‘！！ ’

'This ......'

'What kind of weird smell is this...... Ay...... Ahh Sorry, this dish is so weird that I don't even know how to rate it. ’

When the fat-headed, big-eared and big-mouthed gourmand finished evaluating the dark dish that Miss Karen overturned, and spit out the food in his mouth, he ran away from Miss Karen angrily, and finally, it was finally the turn of Anne, the last one who had the courage to come to the competition, to make her own cooking.

"Is this a roast chicken?"

"It smells good and looks good, but I'd better try it first......

Standing in front of Anne's cooking table, holding the one-sided glasses on her right eye and studying the roast chicken for a while, the gourmand was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, but directly pulled a chicken wing, and then took a bite into the most tender meat.

“！！”

"Uh-huh......"

"I ate it, and although I didn't put salt or any other seasonings, I had a very good grasp of the heat...... Not...... This roast chicken is fat but not greasy, fragrant but not burnt, and this chicken is really fragrant and tender, and it is full of the most primitive umami in the mouth, it should just be washed with hot spring water, right?

"It's amazing, I've never had such delicious chicken, and it's a big step ahead of the other players in terms of ingredients alone......

"Little one, what's the name of this dish?"

I thought that a little girl's food must be a very ordinary gourmet, but in the end, I was unexpectedly amazed!

So, while asking the little girl's name, he thought about it, and even made an exception to reach out and tear off the wing legs of the chicken wings he had just pulled.

"It's the Grill Champion Chicken!!"

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The kind of food she made by herself but didn't be the first to eat it, that kind of thing had already made Anne a little angry, so while answering, Anne also unceremoniously stretched out her hand, and pulled one of the biggest thighs to hold it first, so as not to be robbed by others, so that she didn't eat it?

"Champion Roast Chicken?"

"Hmm...... Not bad! It is indeed worthy of the name 'Champion'! ”

"So ......"

"Now that the tasting is over, it's time for me to announce the names of the winners of this food festival competition!"

"The winner is ......"

Soon, when Anne unexpectedly defeats Uncle Dart, who thought she was going to win, and Aunt Lilia, who was a little disappointed, and won the final victory, the food festival in Ore Town has finally begun!

People flocked to the festival with all kinds of utensils and began to share the food that others had brought to the food festival, and soon feasted on it, turning Rose Square in Ore Town into an open-air and bustling buffet party.

"Hey! Wait a minute! ”

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"Mayor Thomas, they've won now, but what about their prizes, have you forgotten something?!"

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While the others were busy eating, Anne munched on her chicken thighs as she rushed to a-nosed town where she was also eating, and asked sharply.

“？？”

"What prize? What are you talking about? ”

Thomas, who was grabbed by the corner of the dress with the little girl's oily little hands, asked a little inexplicably while feeling sorry for his clothes.

"Of course, it's the prize for the winner of the food festival, and the person is the first place, isn't it the same as the horse race?"

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"Huh?"

"Who told you that it's the same as a horse race?"

Hearing that the other party was holding on to himself, Mayor Thomas asked back after breaking away from the other party's hand holding his clothes.

“！！”

!？ (?''??)?

"Then you mean, there are no prizes for today's competition?!"

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Anne was suddenly a little disappointed, because she felt as if she had made a mistake.

If she had known that this was the case, she probably wouldn't have brought such a good roast chicken at all! She could have eaten the champion roast chicken for one person at home, and then brought something else to make up the number, such as grilled fish or something, and then just went to eat and drink it herself?

"Of course not!"

"Because the food festival is just a food festival for everyone to share and celebrate the festival together, plus by the way, who can make the best dishes, where are the prizes?"

"Of course it's not for nothing!"

"The name of the strongest chef in Ore Town, that is, the best reward?"

Shaking his head, looking at the little girl in front of him who was as if he was petrified by his words, Thomas didn't know what to say.

"That's it!"

"Anne, hurry up and get something to eat, you can eat here with your belly open all day today, I heard from Lynn and Dart, it is said that you little guy is very good at eating?"

"So, hurry up and go......"

After explaining, Mayor Thomas patted the oily marks on the corner of his clothes, and felt distressed for several seconds before he walked towards the long tables full of various foods in the distance, holding up his equally fat figure.

“……”

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"How can it be like that, if I knew that there was no reward, people would eat up the chicken alone, and they wouldn't bring it at all!"

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Anne began to regret it......

Her champion roast chicken, which had been slowly roasted over low heat for a night, had only eaten one thigh...... Looking at the number of people around the long table now, she knew that the chicken was probably only enough for each of those people, and she would definitely not have it when she went later.

But......

At this time, not everyone gathered around the long table of the champion roast chicken, such as the Pobli family, and the three of them didn't seem to have the idea of eating chicken at all?

‘？？ ’

'Hey! Perbli, that champion chicken baked by Anne is delicious, won't you eat a little? It's not much, I just got a chicken wing, and it's delicious! ’

'No! Lynn, I'm never going to eat it, thank you! ’

‘？？ ’

'Don't eat? Come on, I'll give you a bite to try? It's not your chicken anyway, what are you so resistant to doing? ’

As she spoke, Lyn, who was carrying a half-gnawed chicken wing in her hand, directly stretched out the delicacy in her hand to Pobley's mouth, signaling the other party to taste it.

'No! Beautiful jade! I won't eat it, please take it away! ’

Poebley took a big step back, almost spilling the contents of his plate on the ground.

‘？？ ’

'Strange, Perbley, why are you doing this?' ’

'No why! ’

'I always think you're weird today......

'I didn't! I just don't like to eat that champion chicken, really! ’

"But it's not your chicken, why can't you eat it......

‘！！ ’

'How do you know it's not mine?' ’

Because Anne said she bought it and paid a lot of money! ’

'You!! ’

'What's wrong?' ’

'No! I'm fine......'

However, Lin didn't know that the chicken was indeed raised by Pobley's family before, and it was also a champion chicken that had been raised for several years, so she had feelings! So, where can they, a family who knows the reason for the matter and the source of the food, talk about it?

'That's really .....'

'Then Perbley, I'm going to find something else to eat!' I'll talk to you later? ’

Lynn didn't know where a bad little girl's cooking came from, but she just vaguely felt that today's Perbley was a little weird...... However, now that there are so many delicious things, she didn't have time to pay attention to what the other party thought, so after saying hello, she hurried to the dining tables around her, intending to fill her little belly first.

‘！！ ’

'Annie! This piece of back to the pot meat is the first thing I saw! ’

Soon, the last piece of meat on a dinner plate was snatched by a little girl before Lin could pick it up, which made her exclaim.

"But ......"

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"What if you see it first, someone else got it first!"

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When it came to her own hand, and it was still delicious, how could Anne return it?

'You!! ’

"Give me back, it's another dish made by Aunt Lilia, I didn't grab the fried lamb chops, you have to give it to me!" ’

Angry, Lin pounced directly, as if she was planning to bully the weak and snatch the food back directly from the hands of a bad little girl?

"Don't!"

Chew! o(′～｀)o =3 =3 =3

As she turned around and ran, Anne threw the piece of meat into her mouth.

'Don't!! ’

'Spit it out, bastard!! ’

Lin was so frightened that she rushed straight up, planning to break open the mouth of a certain little girl and snatch the meat out of the other party's mouth?

"I've swallowed it, I can't spit it out!!"

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'Stop! Don't run! ’

Lyn, who was angry in her heart, was so angry that she ignored the fact that this was the scene of the food festival, and directly waved the fork in her hand and rushed towards Anne.

"Wow!!"

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‘！！ ’

'Damn! Annie! Beautiful jade! What are you doing? ’

'Ahh I'm a new dress!! ’

'Stop!' ’

'Quick! Stop them!! ’

'Ahh It's hot! ’

‘……’

'Little Annie! My soup !! ’

'Stop!! ’

Soon, although it was lively and noisy, but the order of the Rose Square was made a mess by Lin who rushed left and right, and little Annie, who was running around, and the whole venue became chaotic in an instant! Then, for various reasons, more people had to join in the frolic of chasing and fighting each other......

（…… ）

?????? : Whew~?!

(At this point, a certain Ventibers, who had been preparing for a moment, finally seized the opportunity, and while the people in Rose Square were in a state of confusion, he jumped on a long table, and then burrowed into the flowerbed grass in the distance with a fat, large elbow in his mouth.) ）

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