Chapter 87.1 (1/2)

Chapter 87.1

I heard the bell of 6 o’clock1, so I decided to have lunch at a nearby open place.

Of course, there are no conveniently placed chairs or tables, so I laid the waterproof cloth on the ground instead. Basically, a picnic seat.

When I tried to get the backpack that the prince was holding, I suddenly noticed I was still holding hands with him.

…… I completely forgot… Were we seen when we walked through the castle and when we entered the garden?

Now I understand the meaning of the gaze from the guard knight. I guess we created quite a bit of misunderstandings.

Fortunately, we didn’t walk through a very movimented part of the castle, and even then, it was quite dark as well…

I took several deep breaths to calm down, and put the picnic cloth on the ground. Though for some reason my hands were feeling a bit lonely now that they had separated.2

We took off our shoes and sat down, then I picked the basket from the backpack and put it on the cloth. Seems like preparing the tea in advance was the best idea after all, preparations were complete after pouring it on a wooden cup.

「Saa, shall we eat? 」 I said.

Taking of the lid of the basket, we could now pick the sandwiches and the side dish.

Although it’s cold, it should be delicious anyway, as it was made by already taking that into account.

「As usual, what Sakura makes is delicious… You said this is a sandwich? This meat with vegetables looks very delicious.」

「Prince likes meat, right? While I may be a bit biased, it’s quite luxurious to have this kind of picnic lunch. I may not have red sausage, but I have all the cla.s.sic things for it.」

Yes, we have the standard mini hamburger steaks, sausages, fried chicken eggs, meat dumplings, bacon, cheese, ham, potato salad and cauliflower. I’m sad that there are no mini tomatoes, but it couldn’t be helped.

Since the basket is a knitted one, it’s difficult to put something with juice in it.

Since I made this thinking of larger number of people, there might be a bit too much… It’s not a problem though, I can just eat the leftover later.

「Mu? Who told you I like meat? 」