Chapter 200 She Confessed (1/2)
Slowly opening my eyelids, I saw Sieg-san brewing tea with a magic tool that looks like a portable stove.
When I raised my body and lightly shook the sleepiness out of me, Sieg-san noticed me and smiled.
[Good morning, Kaito-san.]
[Good morning…… Ummm, how long have I been sleeping?]
[Around two hours.]
[T- That long…… You could have woken me up though.]
[You were sleeping so comfortably earlier so…… Ahh, please wait for a moment, I’m preparing tea……]
Apparently, I’ve slept longer than I thought I would, and even though I’m feeling a little apologetic for making her wait that long, I accepted the tea that Sieg-san offered me.
The taste of the warm tea seeps into my sleepy body and I felt my consciousness slowly wake up.
[Kaito-san, eat this with your tea.]
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[……What’s this?]
[It’s called a fruit stick. It’s a popular snack among the elves.]
Sieg-san prepared a long, thin pastry the size of my palm…… It kind of looks like a spring roll.
Fruit stick…… Speaking of which, didn’t Alice mention this when she asked me to buy her a souvenir? I see, so it’s a famous sweet here in Rigforeshia huh.
When I picked one up and ate it, it seemed to have jam inside the sticky crust, and the natural sweetness of the fruit and the soft crunchy texture was very delicious.
It doesn’t seem to be like jam bread, or rather, a bread at all, though it isn’t as hard as a scone. The jam also contains large pieces of fruit, which change in texture from time to time, making it a wonderful product.
[……It’s really delicious. I really like this one.]
[I’m happy that you like it.]
[Somehow, it kind of reminded me of the jam cookies I bought the first time I went out with Sieg-san.]
[The shop we bought those jam cookies buy their fruits from Rigforeshia after all.]
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While lightly chatting with Sieg-san, we had a nice cup of tea and fruit sticks.
The fact that I slept for two hours after lunch means that it’s just about teatime, so drinking tea now felt just right.
[It’s just that, Kaito-san, there’s something wrong with what you said…… The first time I followed Kaito-san as your escort wasn’t that day.]
[Eh? Is that so?]
[Yes, in case you hadn’t noticed…… I was actually your guard from the first day Kaito-san came to this world. I’ve been relieved of my duties now that the Phantasmal King is here now though.]
My impression is that the first time I met with Sieg-san was when we were shopping together, but in fact, I just didn’t realize that Sieg-san was always guarding from a distance whenever I went out.
I see, so that was why when I was attacked by Eta and Theta, Sieg-san was the first one to show up……
[I hadn’t realized that. So I’ve been under Sieg-san’s care for a long time already huh.]
[……I’m a useless guard who lost track of Kaito-san on the first day though.]
[No, that is…… Errr, once again, thank you.]
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[……The one saying thanks should be me instead.]
[……Eh?]
She has been protecting me all these days without my knowledge. When I thanked her for that fact, Sieg-san slowly shook her head and her blue eyes directly looked at me.
[At first, I thought Kaito-san was an ordinary, somewhat unreliable person…… just letting the situation go with the flow, a bewildered person who doesn’t have a definite purpose. I thought you were just one of the many people you can find anywhere.]
[Ahaha, I think I really was like that.]
[No, I just had such an impression because I think my eyes were blinded. You were a much stronger and better person than I was.]
[N- No, I’m not that exaggerated of a person……]
With a gentle tone, Sieg-san began praising me, and scratching my head, I felt embarrassed to reply, but Sieg-san just looked at me with eyes that carried no hesitation.