(MC POV)
The game went completely in Iris's favour after that, no one else could match her after she got serious.
This was basically a pro player playing with some kids right now.
Final score of the game ended up being three to nil with Iris scoring all the goals. She could have scored more but it seemed like she understood that it would not be fun for the others if she did that, once again showing her growth.
When the game was over, everyone simply cheered and just complimented each other on how well they played the game, a few of them even asked Iris to teach them too.
Awww~ You might not be able to tell since Iris is showing her usual stoic face but she's actually quite flustered right now. Clearly she doesn't know what to do when faced with so much attention.
She's so cute!
Now, I wonder if I could go down there and end the game or does Cai Hong have another game in mind?
Cai Hong went up to Iris and hugged her, "Yaaayy!! That was so fun! Can we play more, please? Mama?"
I sucked in a breath when she called Iris 'Mama'.
Thankfully, Lilith managed to distract the others from noticing it by directing them towards my split bodies who had prepared sweets by the side of the field for them to enjoy after the game.
Iris also seemed quite bewildered to be hugged unexpectedly but she didn't push the loli dragon away and merely stood there to accept it.
"We are currently tied at one win each anyway, so we do need a tie breaker for one of us to win, don't we?"
"Ah! That's right! Play! Play!"
"Ara? Are you letting me choose the game this time?"
"Mnn! Mnn! Mama play!"
I didn't need to use omniscience to know that Iris was struggling to find a game suitable for both of them to compete in.
"Ufufufu~ How about… We compete to see who can destroy a World the fastest?"
Iris… I know that can be considered a game but that's not something you suggest in such a situation ok?
Cai Hong also agreed by puffing her cheeks, "Muuuu!! Mama not cute!"
"Ara, ara? That is true~ I can't believe I almost forgot about that~"
Nice save, Cai Hong!
"In that case… Let me see what kind of games could be played… Oh? There's such a thing called party games? How interesting… Ara? This one looks interesting~ We have a bowl of marshmallows that we will stuff in our mouth and try to say a word without causing any of the marshmallows to pop out~ How about that?"
"'Marshy mallows'! Cai Hong want!" The loli dragon cheered.
So cute~
Considering the fact that neither of them can choke, I suppose this game is quite innocent and cute enough to be played.
Plus, Cai Hong does like her 'marshy mallows' after all and perhaps Iris might even learn to like it as well.
Cai Hong looked up into the air and waved, "Papa! Papa! 'Marshy mallows'?"
Ah, she wants me to help set this game up huh? Well that can be easily done.
I did some manipulation with the fabric of existence and materialised a bowl of marshmallows at where the two were. I made sure that the marshmallows were of the smaller kind as well instead of the big ones in consideration of them being in their child forms.
I even gave the bowl a special property of having never ending marshmallows, if you were to take one piece out from it, another will appear.
"Yayyy! Thank you Papa!" Cai Hong cheered, pulling Iris towards the bowl immediately.
She then turned around and looked at Iris with sparkly eyes, "What do we do Mama?"
Iris picked up a marshmallow from the bowl, "We start off with one marshmallow first, then we say a certain word or phrase and try not to spit out the marshmallow while saying it. Each round we'll just keep adding a marshmallow into our mouths and the first person unable to say the word or spits out a marshmallow loses~"
Cai Hong sucked on her finger, "What Cai Hong say?"
Iris thought about it for a moment, "How about… 'Best Papa'?"
"Yayyy! Papa best Papa!"
Oh my… Iris, since when did you become so cute? I want to just hug you and pat you right now.
Speaking of which, Brendan is still napping quietly in my arms, also looking really cute.
Iris placed the marshmallow in her hand into her mouth, "I shall start… Best Papa~"
Cai Hong joined in and popped a marshmallow into her mouth, "Ehehe~ Best Papa!"
I can't… Why are they so cute~ I want to go down there and cuddle them right now~
Alright, that's it. This will be the last game. Doesn't matter who wins, I'm going down there and cuddling the both of them the moment it ends.
The two of them went a few more rounds and that caught the other children's attention, prompting them to go over and ask about the game they were playing.
They then asked to join in and soon enough, there were several other kids also stuffing their mouths with marshmallows while saying "Best Papa!".
Somehow, they managed to stuff up to ten marshmallows before the first child got eliminated when the white fluffy sweet was spat out from his mouth.
That actually set off a chain reaction where several other children also spat their own marshmallows out when they started laughing at the sight, although some of them managed to keep it in.
Soon enough, they were past their fourteenth round and only Cai Hong and Iris were left in the game.
I made sure to check if they were using their cosmic powers to their advantage but it seemed like both of them knew that would not be allowed and both of them avoided using that.
Both of their cheeks were now stuffed full of marshmallows which made them both look like hamsters with stuffed cheeks.
Iris picked up her fifteenth marshmallow and added it to the pile in her mouth, somehow still looking calm even with her mouth stuffed full of the sugary treats.
"Besffft Pawpaw…" Iris muttered, still managing to keep the marshmallows from spilling out.
Unfortunately for Cai Hong, that sight was enough to set her off into a laughing fit which caused the marshmallows in her mouth to tumble out.
Whoops… Seems like Iris is the winner after all.
