It was way too early in the morning when Rei left the shrine to go to school.

Not that it was an unusual thing, Rei was always on time. Every night she fell asleep at nine o'clock. Every day she woke up one hour before school started. Every time she walked there, occasionally stopping if something on the road had changed since last time, then sat by the same parkbench in the schoolyard to read her books before class.

Tradition, routine and sameness comforted her.

Rei bit her lip. Running away to save Usagi marked the first time in months that she had broken her everyday routine. And she suspected this would continue. Soldier of justice, huh? Fighting youma was not something you could put on a schedule. The enemy could attack any moment, any second. Perhaps sometimes Rei would be able to predict it by looking into the fire, but she did not always have fire with her. School, for example, had no fire.

The sound of voices interrupted her thoughts.

Rei looked to her left. Lots of people were standing at something that looked like a small shop. Rei recognized it from before: it had been closed down due to not having any visitors. However, there it was, open, with lots of customers, despite it being so early on the morning. Rei hesitated, but her curiousity beat her, and she walked up to the people.

"Please, one more chance!" a man begged. "My wife and I really need these tickets..." He pouted. "Our marriage needs it."

The salesman smiled. "Just come back tomorrow and try again one last time, Mr Aino."

The man with the last name Aino sighed. A woman looked really frustrated. Rei felt slightly unease in the crowd, but was not sure why.

"Oh," the salesman said, looking at Rei intently. "You are the priestess with psychic powers."

Rei gulped. Everyone had turned around to stare at her. She disliked attention, especially since the bus incidents. Even though they had stopped since then, after what was rumoured to be due to the mysterious heroines in sailor-suits, some people were still staring at her and wondering about her involvement.

Of course, her actual involvement in the situations was definitely not the role of kidnapper... But no one could know that.

However, the salesman kept smiling. Rei realised the unease she felt was coming from him. Something was wrong with him. As if he had other intentions...

"Why don't you try our wheel of fortune?" he asked.

Rei glared at him. One part of her wanted to throw an ofuda in his face, but she remembered when she had accidentally done so at Usagi. All the people here were already suspicious towards her after the bus incidents, and more attention was definitely not something she wanted, especially not since she became a guardian of justice. Staying out of the spotlight was more important than ever.

There was only one way to determine if her intuition was wrong or not...

"That sounds fun," Rei said coldly.

The salesman grabbed the wheel. A woman next to Rei turned closer to her and whispered in her ear:

"Good luck. I've heard the odds of winning are less than 1 percent... Such a robbery!"

Rei did not reply to the woman. Instead she let the man start spinning it. She watched him closely. Maybe I am biased because of how much I distrust men, Rei thought to herself. An image of her father briefly showed up in her mind. Rei felt herself starting to shake in anger just by the thought of him.

"Stop!" Rei commanded.

And the wheel started to slow down.

Rei's eyes did not leave the salesman.

Everyone suddenly gasped.

"CONGRATULATIONS!" the salesman screamed. Rei blinked and stared at the wheel. Indeed, she had won. Her eyes widened as the crowd started half-cheering, half-swearing over how the winner wasn't them. Before she had the time to ask what she had won, the salesman put two tickets in her hand. "Tickets to the luxury romantic cruise!"

Wait, what-...

Rei's face immediately turned red. Romantic cruise. Of course. The only thing in her life she was certain she did not need. But everyone around her were congratulating her on winning. Rei forced a smile and then put the tickets in her pocket, turning around to run away from all the people as fast as she could.

Romantic cruise, the words rang in her head.

She finally stopped running when she reached a nearby park. The park made Rei feel comfortable and nostalgic, remembering how grandpa used to take her there, insisting leaving the shrine occasionally was a good thing. Rei disagreed of course, but she could not deny that she now appreciated it.

What can I do with these? She thought to herself, looking at the tickets in her hand.