Volume 5 Chapter 6 Part3 (1/2)
”Just take a bath after father's done.”
Said mother, so Rei gathered her bath towel and change of clothes and walked toward the bath room.
”Oh, Rei, sorry for making you bother today. Everyone was happy.”
She ran into father, whose body was still steaming from the bath. The evening cla.s.s was the end of training today.
”No problem. I hope it fit everyone's taste.”
”What was it called, bound cake?”
”Pound cake.”
Bound cake would be something that jumped. She imagined cake bouncing around like a rubber ball.
”The senbei you made last year was good, too, but it worked just as well.”
”Is that so.”
She made cookies for Valentine's Day last year, but she didn't correct him. Father lived the path of the sword. There was no need for him to be knowledgeable about pastry.
”It's simple to make, shall I make some more?”
”Hmm&h.e.l.lip; well, if you've got time, you should go train.”
”Yes. I'll make some as a change of pace, then.”
”Mm.”
On Valentine's Day it'd become a tradition to hand pastry to father's students. At first, mother invited the students secretly and popped chocolate in their mouths, but at some point Rei's cooking had begun circulating.
”My daughter made too much, so help yourselves.”
Was how father put things, and so in order to keep up appearances, Rei made ”too much” pastry on Valentine's Day.
She didn't find anything bad about that. Plus, because of that habit, she'd been saved this Valentine's Day.