Chapter 48.1 - Vesteria Kingdom and Elite Guard [11] – part 1 (1/2)

48. Vesteria Kingdom and Elite Guard [11] – part 1

I was invited by Ria, and we decided to go on a date around Vesteria today.

The time is noon 1pm.

We hadn’t eaten lunch yet, so we decided to walk around various stalls and try the food there while sightseeing.

「Oh, look, Allen! Butter Potato is on sale! Let’s eat together!」

Ria quickly found what she wanted to eat, and pointed to one of the stalls.

「Fufu. Ah, let’s go」

「Yes!」

When I nodded, she rushed to the stall with a blooming flower-like smile.

「Excuse me, I’d like two butter potato!」

「Aight, coming right up! Oh, if it isn’t Ria-sama!?」

The owner of the stall was a bear-like woman wearing a blue coat.

She was only a size smaller than Paula-san.

In other words, she was very large.

And then the bear-like woman,

「Oh my? The attractive person over there… are you the boyfriend?」

With a grin on her face, she asked.

「U-Umm…」

I couldn’t reply right away.

(How should I answer this…?)

At present, due to His Majesty Gris’ misunderstanding, we are supposed to be in a love relationship.

But this is a story we exchanged between us and His Majesty.

(A love relationship with the princess… I don’t think it is something that should be spread wide…)

And as I was thinking of how to answer it,

「E-Ehehe… yes, that is so…」

Ria responded while blushing.

「Kuh, the small Ria-sama has already grown up so fast… Anyway, this is a joyous day! Yoshi, I’ll add another one as service!」

「Thank you very much!」

After that, we received the butter potato and left the stall.

「I actually said it…」

「Are you alright?」

「U-Un! I’m fine… most definitely!」

Then we went around the various stalls and ate various things.

「Even so… hamu! He selfishly called us here…Nnー! And when his business was over, he selfishly told us to go back…! Father is truly selfish! Mou… this is so delicious, Allen!」

While eating strawberry ice cream, Ria expressed a mixture of dissatisfaction towards His Majesty Gris and her impressions of the ice cream.

「Aa, this is good ice-cream. Umm… And you know, if we stay too long, His Majesty Gris’ mind could change? Depending on how you look at it, it might not be a bad idea to leave tomorrow, right?」

I carefully answered each of her questions.

「That is… quite possible… Un, let’s definitely go home tomorrow!」

Ria seemed convinced and nodded.

In this manner, we fully enjoyed eating together and walked around Vesteria,

「Ah, it finally came into view. That’s one of our tourist attractions – the National Vesteria Museum.」

She pointed to a large building visible in the distance.

「…Oo, it’s so huge.」

National Vesteria Museum.

An architectural style reminiscent of a temple.