Chapter 7 (2/2)

「There’s a faint fragrance of soy sauce, I can’t get enough of it!」

「Mm, what is this. It’s delicious, too delicious!」

「You guys get to eat such good food everyday~, I’m so jealous!」

「How about it, chef? Can Nalthon Kis.h.i.+dan get in on this?」

「「No way!!」」

「I- It was a joke. So stop pointing your knife over here! Uwah-!」

Everyone pa.s.sed time eating and got friendly. Good, good.

After, I cleaned up and went to sleep after it got dark.

Rustle Rustle

Who is that? To come at such a late time&h.e.l.lip;

I saw a person’s shadow pa.s.s as I woke up.

「Uu, Uu, Sob, Sob」

It seems like someone’s crying.

「U- Um-, are you okay?」

「Eh&h.e.l.lip; oh, it’s you, Kio-san.」

「Ah, Roy-kun (ロイ) right? 」

Roy-kun returned to the Kingdom just on time. He’s a newcomer to the Order.

「Did you have a scary dream or something?」

「No, this is my first war. Just thinking that I could die is keeping me from sleeping at night.」

「I see.」

「Squeak, squeak-!」

「What is it, Nezumi-kun?」

「Squeak-, Squeak-」

He used his fore paws to point to the luggage.

「Is there something in my luggage?」

「Squeak-」

He nodded his head with a yes, yes.

When I opened up the luggage, Nezumi-kun went inside and tapped something.

「This is&h.e.l.lip; a lemon, isn’t it? Are you going to make something with it?」

「Oh, I see. Do we have any honey?」

「We had honey so I made hot lemon*. 」*TL: You can see some recipes in j.a.panese (Google Translate if interested) if you google ホットレモン. It’s usually hot water, lemon juice, and honey. Sometimes added with ginger, orange peel, orange juice, etc. Very refres.h.i.+ng and full of vitamin C.

「Roy-kun, thanks for waiting. Try drinking this.」

「Ah, thank you very much.」

Gulp, gulp.

「Ah, it’s sweet and tasty. It’s also a bit spicy.」

「The sweet is from the honey. The spicy is from a little ginger I added, to warm you up.」

「Um, I’m really grateful.」

「No problem.」

「And everyone’s afraid like you. Leader, the Vice Captains, Sara-san, and of course I are all afraid. But everyone has something to protect, so they are trying their best. Even you have something you want to protect right?」

「&h.e.l.lip;Yes, I have family. My younger sister was only just born. I want to protect my family.」

「Then it will be fine. Let’s win this fight and return to your family. There is nothing to worry about, since we are the Lint Bloom Kis.h.i.+dan who can silence crying children! If worse comes to worse, the Leaders will save us, and of course, me too.」

「Yes, thank you so much. For spending time with me. Well, it’s late so I’m going to sleep.」

「Okay, good night~」

Roy-kun returned to his own tent.

On the next morning, when I asked Roy-kun if he was able to sleep well, he replied,

「I slept super well!」

He was very energetic so I felt happy. In his face, I saw that he had made some kind of resolution.

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