The seven of them were traveling in Austria, a country with towns brimming with music.
On that day in the Love Bus, Outlaw was saying...

Outlaw「Love, you know, it's tough」
Hisayon「You've changed」
Outlaw「Yeah, I've changed. I'm being influenced by Suuzan」
Hisayon「You're being influenced？」
Outlaw「Ha, ha, ha」
Hisayon「Aren't you being persuaded？」
Outlaw「Lately, even when we're in different rooms I go hang out with Suuzan, you know」
Hisayon「I think Suuzan is someone who can earn respect」
Outlaw「Right」
Hisayon「Yeah. But I think if you'd tell him that he'd say he doesn't think so」
Outlaw「Ah, ha, ha, ha」
Outlaw「Like if Suuzan was a member of the opposite sex・・・」
Hisayon「Yeah, yeah」
Outlaw「♥I'd be attracted, you know♥」

The next day, the place they had arrived to was Salzburg.
That city, whose name meant 「The castle of salt」, had developed with the trade from salt mines.
At once, the seven of them decided to explore the city.

Hisayon「Huh？Huh？We can wear costumes？」
Izumi「Can we？」
Suuzan「I think we can」

What they had found was the local photo studio.
There, they could put on medieval clothes and have their picture taken.
They decided to choose costumes, and changed into them.

Ten minutes later, Tagamikun appeared dressed as a pirate.
Outlaw was a rider.
Suuzan was a soldier.
And Alec・・・ had a poet costume which suited him perfectly.
Izumi, the pro Mahjong player, as a feminine medieval noblewoman.
Unyielding, Hisayon too was fighting off as a medieval noblewoman.
And Goki・・・ making use of her tall figure, was a handsome man.

There, as it is the Ainori custom, they had to pick the best costume, so the boys decided with whom they wanted to have their picture taken with. As such...

Alec「Izumi！！」

Immediately, Alec asked Izumi！

Outlaw「Goki, let's have our picture taken together」

Outlaw had picked Goki, the new participant.

The two last boys had to compromise over the only one left, Hisayon
In such circumstances, Hisayon had the following reaction...

Hisayon「Wow, like, I'm hopeless, I'm hopeless」
Suuzan「How about me？」
Hisayon「That won't be necessary, I can have a picture taken by myself・・・」

At that moment, Hisayon realized there was not even one arrow going towards her.(Note: See Ainori's participant chart).

Goki「It looks like a picture from a wedding ceremony, you know」
Tagamikun「Ha, ha, ha, it's really good」
Suuzan「Alec really looks like the real thing」

The poet's love for the noblewoman was getting deeper・・・

The next day, Alec, who was in top shape, was worried about one thing・・・
That was his relationship with Izumi, after going back to Japan.

Alec「I think always feeling excitement is important」
Izumi「Yeah I think so」
Alec「You'd think that, right?」
Izumi「Yeah」
Alec「Yeah but, like・・・ but even if you feel passionate just by looking at your soulmate, you know. What about, for example, if your job didn't go as you'd like・・・」
Izumi「？」
Alec「It's extreme, but if it would come to a situation where one glance wouldn't be enough to move me anymore, I don't think I'd be able to live with my soulmate」

They had been driving for 5 hours. The surroundings were pitch black. Then...

Goki「Aah, the moon is so bright, look」
Izumi「It's like, scary」
Goki「It's scary, right?」

At that point, the moon was shining red.
Soon, invoked by the moon's strange red light, the feelings of each of the participants seemed about to erupt in one shot・・・

The next day...

Hisayon「Ah, like, this is a very nice place」
Izumi「That's right」

The place they had come to was a 『Heuriger』, a traditional Austrian izakaya. It was a 「Beer Garden, wine version」, where they could enjoy drinking wine outside.
Hisayon「It's looks like juice, really」
Tagamikun「That's true」
Hisayon「It looks good」

That was an alcohol called 『Sturm』. Made from wine in the middle of its fermentation process, it had a low 10％ of alcohol.

Suuzan「It's delicious！It's juice」
Hisayon「Ah, it's delicious！」
Izumi「It's good」
Suuzan「It's slightly carbonated」

Then, after that, the incident happened・・・
Here are the boys and girls who got carried away with their respective feelings:
Suuzan- The man who was regretful thinking about Mie.
Alec - The man who set his mind on Izumi.
Izumi - The woman who had one way feelings towards the 20 year old Tagamikun.
Hisayon - The lonely girl who was shocked by the fact nobody had an eye on her.
Tagamikun - The innocent, heartless boy.

Goki「I'm pouring to myself」
Tagamikun「The youngsters are on water, you know」
Goki「Ha, ha, ha, ha」
Goki「I wanna see how everybody looks like when they feel good getting drunk」
Tagamikun「Yeah, then we'll be the only ones sober, right?」
Goki「Ha, ha, ha, ha, right. Only the two of us」
Tagamikun「Not being drunk」

Goki and Tagamikun, who was innocently having fun, were of the same age.
Izumi and Hisayon couldn't bear looking at them.

At that moment！Suuzan started acting strange.

Suuzan「Haa～aaa～ I feel weird」
Izumi「What？What's up？」
Suuzan「I feel so weird」
Alec「No problem, no problem, do whatever you like！」
Suuzan「I want hair」
Tagamikun「Ha, ha, ha, hair. You're crazy. You're so funny. He's like an armadillo. Ha, ha, ha, ha, he's so funny」
Izumi「What are you doing？」
Suuzan「I'm not drunk」
Hisayon「Yes, you are. Totally」
Suuzan「Help me～」

Suuzan had gotten drunk real quickly.
Izumi, who had decided to tend to Suuzan, scuttled away from the seat across Tagamikun.

Then...

Suuzan「Sob, sob・・・」
Izumi「Are you crying？What the hell?」

From Suuzan's diary:“I was so mixed up, I felt like crying. Mie is always on my mind. I wanna see her！”

Then, Suuzan started climbing up a tree.

Izumi「Ha, ha, ha, ha」
Suuzan「Wa, ha, ha, sob, sob, I'm having so much fun！」
Izumi「Wow～ How'd you get up there？」
Suuzan「I grabbed that branch and hauled myself up」
Izumi「From here？」
Suuzan「Yeah」
Izumi「Great～ You're good～ It's awesome～」

Outlaw「There's really love in the air！」
Alec「No way！ Are they getting romantic？」
Alec「What romance？That, that... how is that romantic？Goki, eeerrr ～ They're cool, right？At this time」
Goki「Yeah, well, frankly speaking, aren't they getting there？」
Alec「No way！Where？」
Alec「No way！That・・・That・・・In such a rotten situation？」
Outlaw「He, he, he, he」
Goki「Ah, ha, ha, ha」
Alec「Huh？Like, a romance・・・ That has nothing to do with romance at all. There's no romance going on with that monkey （Suuzan） at all, right?」

Alec「Looking at him （Suuzan）like that, what do you think？」
Izumi「Ha, ha, ha, ha, he（Suuzan）is a monkey, ha, ha, ha, ha」
Alec「Do you like that monkey （Suuzan）？」
Izumi「Well, not particularly・・・ It's not a question of liking him or not, right？」

Alec「What the hell！Everything is normal！（Read: She doesn't like him）」

Izumi「Hey, monkey. If I wanted to enter your world, I wonder if I could？」
Suuzan「It's really not easy, you know」
Izumi「It's really not easy？Ok, as part of the human race, who's learned how to make civilized tools・・・ Does it look like I can make it？」
Alec「Hey！No, no, no, no, no. It's definitely wrong！」
Izumi「Why？」
Alec「It's completely wrong！」
Izumi「Like, I would need one more step」
Alec「No. You don't need one more step. That's enough！Oh no, oh no」
Izumi「I'm asking you, don't pay attention, ok?」
Goki「You want me to help you up？Come on, I'll help you up」
Izumi「Will you？」
Goki「One, two, three」
Alec「Enough！」
Izumi「I did it！」
Alec「You now, like, like, I'll be blunt here, but we all saw your panties, you know」
Suuzan「What an idiot！」
Tagamikun「What an idiot, that guy！」
Alec「I'm not an idiot！I'm only telling the truth！」
Tagamikun「Idiot！」
Alec「What were you thinking about? No, really～！」
Outlaw「What do you think, Hisayon？Looking at this, now?」
Hisayon「Do you mind if I go think by myself？」
Outlaw「Sure」
Hisayon「Ok？」

Putting some distance between her and the others, Hisayon was by herself.
Then...

Hisayon「Aaa～～～ (sobbing) I wanna feel some excitement！ Why did it come to this? Sob, sob, sob, sob. I don't know what to do. Sob, sob, sob. I wanna fall in love～」

Suuzan「Izumi, watch out. I could be throwing up any time」
Izumi「Hey, stop it. That's the last thing I'd want you to do. I'm begging you」

Izumi「What are you angry about？」
Alec「I'm not angry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry」
Izumi「No problem」
Alec「I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Izumi♥」
Izumi「Like, he got down before we knew！」
Alec「Why the hell did he get down?」

At that point, Suuzan was eating grapes.

Suuzan「Cough, cough」

In addition, he picked up a branch (and was swinging it around)...

Suuzan「Ouch！」
Suuzan「Shut up！Don't talk back！」

Then, Izumi said:

Izumi「Hisayon is still crying？」

Almost painfully, Izumi could understand Hisayon's hardship caused by Tagamikun, who wouldn't hang out with her. However, Tagamikun himself said...

Tagamikun「I have no idea why Hisayon is crying」

Upon hearing those words, Izumi snapped！

From Izumi's diary:“Despite that chain of events, Tagamikun was making a face like: 『That's not my problem』. When I saw it, it made me so mad”

Then...

Izumi「Tagamikun, do you know the reasons for these entanglements？」
Tagamikun「Me？I don't have the slightest idea」
Alec「Honestly, I don't know either」
Izumi「You don't know？」
Alec「I don't know」
Izumi「I'm not sure if I'm right, but I think this is all your fault」
Tagamikun「Me？I have no idea what you're talking about. Why me？」
Alec「Really？」
Tagamikun「Me？What・・・ who？To who？Who？What？」
Alec「Frankly, today he didn't drink, he's totally normal. The most normal one among us is him」
Tagamikun「I'm the most sober, here」
Izumi「That's not the problem. There are many things interlinked, you know」
Tagamikun「Things interlinked？」
Alec「Eeerr・・・Plea... please have a seat」
Izumi「No！I don't really wanna be with you！Figure it out for yourselves」
Alec「Aaaah～ I was told 『I don't really wanna be with you』」
Tagamikun「Why is it my fault？」
Alec「No, I get it, it's not your fault」
Tagamikun「I don't get it・・・」
Alec「Now, the girl （Hisayon） who is crying should have felt good drinking, right from the start」
Tagamikun「That's right. Why did she lose self-control？」
Alec「For some reason, it turned out like this, but it shouldn't be your fault. The reason is you're not drunk, and you have not contributed to her mood swing. You haven't contributed to the reasons for that either. Yeah. Plus, for some reason, the one who always seems strange to everybody・・・Outlaw, who's really suspicious, looking at him taking that role, putting his hand on her shoulder, comforting her, I have no idea what to make of it」
Tagamikun「It's totally incomprehensible, right?」
Alec「And that crazy monkey （Suuzan）over there, keeping still・・・ Huh！？ There's someone else with him. What's going on with that idiot！I've had it already～」

Izumi「Drinking is bad, you know～ For everybody, really」
Suuzan「It's bad, yeah」
Izumi「I mean, really」
Suuzan「Yeah」
Izumi「We're getting emotional」
Suuzan「Yeah」

Tagamikun「What went wrong？」
Alec「What is this？What is this？」
Tagamikun「I don't get it！」
Alec「What is this？」
Tagamikun「Aaa～aaa」
Alec「I don't understand」
Tagamikun「It's troublesome just thinking about it」
Alec「We came here to drink good wine, how did it turn into this?」
Tagamikun「That's right, and I'm not even drunk」

The next day, they had come to Innsbruck.
That city, surrounded by the majestic Alps, was a center for winter sports, and the place where the winter olympics had been held twice.
The Love Bus was riding downtown.
However, due to the previous day's events, the atmosphere between the seven of them was prone to be gloomy.
Especially Alec was really down.
Izumi had been attending Suuzan all along.

Alec“At that moment, I got scared. I got scared because of that. I thought Izumi was like, falling for Suuzan”

He was troubled by the possibility that Izumi had had a change of heart for Suuzan・・・

That night, Alec was reminiscing about his trip.

Alec, who had fallen in love with Izumi, the pro Mahjong player, an idol who had jumped out of a video game.
Then, when they fell off a horse, he noticed Izumi's feelings for him （Misunderstanding #１）.
Further more, he had also noticed Hisayon's feelings for him （Misunderstanding #２）.
As such, a very popular Alec had been worried about this two-timing situation.
Then, Izumi had cried for him （Misunderstanding #３）。
He then had pledged himself to keep his feelings for Izumi only.
However, Izumi had had a change of heart in Suuzan's favor. （Misunderstanding #４）。

Alec“I think there's no way Suuzan will make a move in this country, so before he makes his move I'll make mine with Izumi・・・ Like, it would be great if we'd go home together”

Then, what Alec headed for was・・・ The Love Bus！

Alec「Hello」
Alec「I'm going to declare my love to Izumi, so please give me the tickets」

It is Ainori's rule that when you decide to declare your love to someone you get the return tickets to Japan, and call out the object of your love to tell them what's on your mind.

Alec「OK Danke schön（Thank you） OK OK OK, I'm going now」

The Italiano had decided to take up the challenge without realizing it was based on a number of misunderstandings.

Alec's final movement had begun.

NEXT TIME ON AINORI (April 17)

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