Chapter 10 (2/2)

As formy best, to control my hand and only take a few cookies Oh my? This cookie is delicious Yeah, I’ll have one more I’ll have another Oh, there’s a muffin in a place like this I’ll try one

At any rate, there sure are a lot of sweets left Sincewith each other, these prepared sweets have barely decreased at all Such a waste ……If there’s any Tupperware I want to take some home I wonder if I can borrow any Tupperware from the Hunt family

“Nee-san”

“……Ke, Keith!?”

Suddenly, I jumped up involuntarily whenthe greetings Keith had i behind me

“You surprisedeveryone without incident?”

“Yep, just about finished with everyone That aside, why are you spacing out here?”

“……Uh……”

“You couldn’t have been thinking about taking the extra sweets back home, could you?”

“!?”

Keith is a!? What is this child, an esper? So aweso

“A You know me so well!”

“……I know you so well…… isn’t what you should be saying, nee-san If you do such a thing, the Claes’ fanity will become suspect And ifsweets for a while, nee-san”

“…… Ugh For sure”

The other day, when I ate a cookie that fell bythe three second rule, I was banned fro it If I get discovered trying to bring sweets ho sweets for three days to a week That would be quite troubling…… Even though it’s regrettable…… I guess there’s no helping it

And since I can’t take any of it back with me…… more and more of the sweets lined up ended up in otten to oblivion

Keith said several tih already, nee-san” and tried to stopthe sweets

I mean, it would be such a waste since there’s still thisis so delicious

Oh, this is also delicious That one too, and this one over there…… As a result, I got carried away eating too ot a painful stomach ache

I told Keith orried about ht, and walked myself slowly in search of a restroom

I asked a servant where the restroouide me, but I rejected that and ran towards the restrooraceful, I won’t make it in time And somehow, I barely made it in time……

I had been running so desperately that I didn’t even kno to get back to the room with the tea party anye as the Claes mansion, since they were a Marquis’s fa, it didn’t seem likely that I could return to the tea party on my own If only I could meet a servant, and ask the way back……

Like this, as I alking around absentht There were flowers spread out in some place sort of like a courtyard

They were so beautiful that I ran up to the in the flowers all by her lonesome

Having heard irl noticed my presence and addressed me

“……K, Katarina-sama Why are you in a place like this?”

Oh yeah, thinking back, this girl seereeted earlier, Mary

“……Uh, just a little change of pace”

There’s no way that I could tell her that I gave ot lost and couldn’t find the way back anymore Since there way no way I could say it, I told a suitable white lie

“As for Mary-sa here?”

Setting the matter of the lost hter of the party organizer to be here?

“……I’ood with really lively places……”

Mary said so with a quiet voice like when she greeted irl, it’s such a waste when she has her head down like that

……Anyways, it must be that she’s scared of the villainous face…… However, if I use this villainous face to tell her “I definitely won’t bully you,” it’s quite likely that I’ll scare this pitiful beauty even ot to let her know that I mean her no harm!

“Th, this garden is quite so All these flowers are really beautiful”

For the tioff any villainous vibes

However, what instantly cas

This garden was really beautiful, eventhan the one that the Claes faeous in their full bloo plants

……That’s right!! I got a great idea The person that brought up these a field

As soon as I thought of it, I asked Mary

“Hey, Mary-saardener-san responsible for this garden to me?”

“……Eh……”

“To the gardener-san that can grow such gorgeous flowers, I would love to be able to consult the”

To the bewildered Mary, I begged her by allhard Then, I heard her soft voice yet again

“……It, it’s me”

“Eh?”

“I’arden”

What’s this!? Mary’s taking care of everything by herself!?

“Mary-saarden!?”

“No, not everything by myself, just the flowers and plants that you see here are what I’ care of”

So, this location’s wonderful bloo flowers are all Mary’s handiwork……

“……A”

“……Eh……”

“It’s so aarden! How on earth did you get all the flowers to bloom beautifully like this! There must be some secret technique! Or some secret to the soil!”

“……Uh, uh, Katarina-sama”

I was so excited that I had edged up to Mary instinctively Then I noticed that the pitiful beauty had been co Oh no…… I was too excited I took a deep breath, and tried to santly as possible

“Well, by all means, I would like to request a consultation with Mary-saarden”

“…A consultation?”

“Yes”

I told Mary aboutbefore the summer harvest At first, she asked me if I made the field myself, and was very, very surprised to hear that I had, but she listened to me seriously about the condition of my field I was relieved to see that her expression was no longer as frightened as it was before Then, she finished listening to the story

“……Since you’re putting so much trust in my abilities, I would love to be of soetables before, so, I can’t say anything by just listening to your story I’m really sorry to not have been of any help”

“Well then, how about co over to my place?”

To Mary as bowing her head in sadness, I simply said this at a critical moment

“That, but……”

To the puzzled Mary, I argued vehemently that she would most definitely be welcome to come over

This is a matter of life or death for my important field I don’t want it to have a life like that of ain

And then, as I desperately persuaded with Mary to the breaking point, I was finally able to obtain a pro out to see the field herself However, when I said “it’s really good to have met you,” I was rejected……

Well, I becauided back to the tea party after that by Mary without any problems

Then, Keith who had been worrying aboutme exactly where I had been Soer brother have been completely reversed

Thus, I co time somehow