Chapter 45 (1/2)
Chapter 45 – The smell of platinum blonde on New Year’s
The next day, I woke up earlier than normal. That said, it was only 6am… Since I used to be a NEET, there was no need for me to wake up early the last time. After giving my parents the New Year’s greetings, I went back through the mirror to the other world.
Both Diana and Marina had already woken up in the mansion. Marina was drawing water from the well, and transferred it to the jug in the kitchen with a seemingly good mood. She appeared to be quite a hard worker, working so early in the morning.
When she noticed me, she gave me a morning greeting with her best smile. It would seem that she woke up in a splendid mood on the first day of the new year….
Diana, on the other hand, had indeed woken up. However, she was still in the bedroom, looking groggy as she laid in bed. Her hair was surprisingly neat for someone who had just gotten up, making her overall appearance still look elegant.
…N-No. I shouldn’t! No matter what, she’s still a princess!
“Morning Diana. Did you sleep well last night?” [Jirou]
The moment I called out to her, she trembled, looking shocked, as if she had not noticed my presence until now. She was probably half-asleep earlier. Well, it was true that I didn’t knock before entering just now.
A faint blush seemed to sweep across her face. (It was hard to tell due to the tattoo)
“Ah….Goshujin-sama. Good morning….I-I just got up a little while ago.” [Diana]
“Then you must have slept well. Did you share the same bed with Marina in the end?” [Jirou]
“Yes. I had a hard time persuading Marina though. She was pretty insistent in trying to sleep on the floor.” [Diana]
I did instruct them to sleep together, but as expected she was still adamant about it.
As I thought, if you are a man, then you should aim for “Elves Donburi” instead. [1]
When I asked her how she managed to persuade Marina…”I’m also a slave the same as you. So you don’t need to feel reserved.”
That was what I thought, but….
“I had first told her that she didn’t need to feel reserved, since we’re both slaves, but she was still quite stubborn about it. So I tried changing the strategy a bit, and told her, 『Then this bed would be exclusively for Goshujin-sama and me only. We will prepare another room for Marina.』 As soon as I said that, she obediently replied, 『I-I changed my mind. I will sleep with Hime.』 Hmph, she became so docile, all of a sudden, even though she was so tense when she was asked to sleep with Goshujin-sama in the inn the last time.” [Diana]
“I was also really nervous though…. Rather, aren’t you the one who was being too direct?” That was what I thought, though I didn’t say it out loud.
Well, anyway, are you two getting along? They did sleep together, so let’s have them deepen their friends.h.i.+p like this for a while.
While she was having the conversation with me, Diana was slowly combing her waist-length platinum-blonde hair.
In the olden days….or rather, even now, women’s hair can be sold for money depending on the region. [2]
There wouldn’t be much profit in selling black hair, seeing that it is a common colour for j.a.panese, but there would certainly be demands for Diana’s long beautiful hair.
Marina’s purple hair is also pretty, in my opinion, but it is still incomparable to Diana’s waist-length hair.
Her platinum-blonde hair appeared to be as delicate as silk. Whenever the light shone in through the window to hit her hair, it made her hair s.h.i.+ne brilliantly, and despite that, they still looked soft and glossy. Under different conditions of lighting, the colours occasionally appeared to be in a smooth gradation of gold, ivory, and flaxen coloured.
To be honest, blonde hair was a rare sight, and even if there were people with blonde hair, the colours usually looked bleached or dyed. Hence, Diana’s beautiful hair is absolutely one of a kind.
Her hair might fetch a good price if I were to sell them in this world, or sell them as real hair for the wigs of dolls in j.a.pan.
While I was thinking of such things, I was still staring blankly at Diana. This made her throw glances here several times, and she spoke up apologetically in the end.
“E-Erm, Goshujin-sama, if you were to stare at me so intently when I’m in this state….don’t you think it might be embarra.s.sing? Though, I know that it’s not my place as a slave to say something like this.” [Diana]
“Ah sorry. I ended up getting fascinated when I watched you.” [Jirou]
“Eh?” [Diana]
When I expressed my thoughts honestly, Diana seemed surprised at my unexpected answer.
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There was one time when she made enough curry to last 2 to 3 days. It was also a common occurrence for the miso soup made in the morning to last till dinner. We siblings are not fat, but this is relatively the amount of food that we consume, so it might be something that became natural for us.
Therefore, it was natural that there was also a big quant.i.ty of zoni[3] made in the kitchen, making it easier for me to ‘steal’ some, and then sneak it back to the other world. Both Diana and Marina are also new to this food, so I’ll just hand them a portion of mochi each for now. I had baked the mochi using an oven toaster in advance before transferring them to the pot of zoni.
They seemed to have no problem with the soba last night, but I wonder what their response to mochi would be.
“This is what we call, mochi. It is made by pounding glutinous rice into paste. They don’t exist in this world….I think. Well, anyways, just try eating it!” [Jirou]
Thus I proceeded to introduce zoni, a food that they have no knowledge of, to them. At first, they were wary of the strange, soft, and sticky object, but they decided to give it a try eventually.
It was the same as what happened previously with the Christmas cake. At such times, Diana would casually make Marina a guinea pig, as if she was letting her be the one to taste the food for any poison first before trying it herself, which was quite cunning of her.
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“Hafu! Hafu! It has an unusual texture. It’s chewy, sticky and tasty!” [Marina]
“Hahaha. You’ll choke if you eat them too fast.” [Jirou]
Seeing that Marina was happily scarfing down the food, Diana timidly lifted the mochi to her mouth.
“Ah, this….resembles mukkufu. But unlike mukkufu, it doesn’t have a dry texture. It’s tasty…” [Diana]
Diana seemed to like it too.
Well, I would very much welcome it since it would provide me the opportunity to taste many different cuisines.
I didn’t really have the intention to be rich by going into the food business anyway.
“Well then…now that we’re full, I have something that I’d like to let you both know. Today is actually the New Year in my world. In short, it’s the beginning of the year.” [Jirou]
“Oooo, is it such an important day? Marina doesn’t know anything about it at all. I’m such a failure as a slave…” [Marina]