Chapter 311 I Gave Up on Resistance (1/2)
I somehow managed to calm Alice down, but I still was quite embarrassed.
[S- Sorry for showing you something unsightly……]
[U- Unnn. Let’s forget about that for now.]
Feeling slightly awkward, I was about to change the subject when the food arrived at just the right time.
[Thank you for waiting. Here’s the appetizer, “Grossierip & Vegetable Aspic and Marinated Zude Shells”.]
The waiter puts a plate in front of Alice and I while announcing the name of this dish that somehow has a high-class French cuisine like vibe around it.
The Grossierips and Zude Shells are probably shrimps and shellfish, right? I don’t know what an aspic is though.
[……Alice, what’s an aspic?]
[It’s bouillon made from meat and vegetables and turned into jelly.]
[I- I see……]
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I don’t really understand it that well, but that means that the star-shaped jelly on this plate is aspic. Indeed, if I look inside, I could find some bits of shrimps mixed in it.
Glancing at Alice, she said “Please try it.” with a smile and began moving herself.
I’ve been in this world for nearly half a year now…… so I’ve gotten used to eating with a knife and fork and eating course meals with elegance…… Ah, no, I guess it would be better to describe it as being able to eat that doesn’t make it too unseemly.
While thinking about trivial things like that, I brought the aspic in my mouth…… Unnn, I see. It has quite an elegant taste. However, I think it’s a bit bland……
[Kaito-san, I think it would be better to eat it with the sauce, you know?]
[……U- Unnn.]
I- I’d like it if you told me that beforehand……
When I ate it again with the sauce that I thought was a design for the plate, the sauce accentuated the elegant taste I felt earlier and made it taste many times better.
While personally experiencing its deliciousness, I turned my gaze towards Alice…… She’s eating her food with an unimaginable grace from her usual appearance.
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Vexing it may be, but her movements look flawless…… If only there wasn’t that mask on her face, everything would have been perfect.
[Speaking of which, Alice. It seems like Kuro and Isis-san have been busy lately…… I guess you all were busy preparing for the Six Kings Festival huh?]
As we chatted over food, I mentioned the Six Kings Festival, which also involved Alice.
The reason is that lately, Kuro’s time visiting me has been decreasing. She used to stay for more than three hours every day, chatting and helping me practice my magic, but lately, she leaves after about an hour.
No, well, she’s still coming every night……
Isis-san was also the same, as when I’ve gone to visit her twice, she wasn’t home, so I guess she would also be busy preparing for the Six Kings Festival…… Even though she’s the Six Kings, why is it that Alice looks quite carefree?
[Ahh~~ I know what Kaito-san is thinking, but I’ll have you know that I’m pretty busy too.]
[Really?]
[Yes, 20 of my Alice-chan clones are working right now……]
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[I- I see……]
Apparently, Alice is leaving the work to her clones while her main body is with me.
[Since Kuro-san was the one who suggested this event, it can’t be helped if Kuro-san is busy.]
[Fumufumu, even Isis-san?]
[Ah, errr…… Isis-san, ummm…… S- She’s doing her best, I guess?]
[Eh? What’s with that questionable way of saying it?]
When I asked Alice, who stammered for some reason, unlike when she was talking about Kuro, Alice continued speaking with a complicated expression on her face.
[No, in a way, Isis-san is even more enthusiastic for this festival than Kuro. Well, Isis-san had never organized a festival like this, other than for the Festival of Heroes, and she seemed to be very happy about it.]
[……Isn’t that a good thing?]
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[……Isis-san, you see. She’s super good at breaking things down, but she isn’t very good at building and fixing them……]
[Ahh……]
Hearing the words Alice muttered with a troubled look on her face, I remembered the time when I went to the Demon Realm to see Magnawell-san before.
When she tried to help Lillywood-san fix the broken rock mountain, instead of fixing it, she ended up breaking another rock mountain……
[Especially this time, Isis-san was so excited, telling us that “she would help out a lot”. Well, for us, hearing those words makes us feel despair instead.]