Chapter 41.2 - Minstrel (1/2)

Chapter 41.2 : Minstrel

While we continued chatting about several things, we heard a voice coming from outside our room.

When I opened the door, Rietto was standing in front of the door.

In front of her was a wheeled cart with lots of food in it.

It seemed that she brought our meal.

Honestly speaking, we should be dining with the king, but we have to dine in a separate place because of Regena.

「I! I! I brought your meal!」

Stuttered Rietto. Well, she might be nervous. And then, Rietto pusheed the cart into the room.

「Uhm, that’s…」

She seemed to be hesitating to say something. She might be scared of us.

It’s still fresh in the memories of the people of Algore how Reiji-kun wreaked havoc here sometime ago. I could still feel their fear when they saw us.

Rietto was arranging the dishes with trembling hands.

If I convert her age to the one in our world, she should be around the upper grade of an elementary school student or middle school student. In short, she’s a cute little girl.

Being feared by this cute girl was rather saddening.

The dishes that had been served was a rather general dishes, even by this world standard.

Bean soup and turnip along with fruit and grilled chicken meat, and the small bottle on the corner of the cart might be the fish sauce.

Though the amount of our meal was on the larger side, it had less variety.

The difference is just like heaven and earth compared to the meal that was given to us in Veros kingdom.

Well it’s not a surprise for me since I knew that Algore isn’t a wealthy country. I mean we most likely won’t go back to Algore if it’s not for Regena.

「W-………… Well, I’ll excuse myself……….」

Saying so, Rietto left the room as if running away from us.

It really couldn’t be helped, even though I wanted to talk with her for a while longer.

Looking at our food. Though it simple and didn’t seem to be delicious, I really couldn’t say that it’s luxurious either.

「Will you eat with us too, Regena? It’s the dishes of your birthplace you know.」

I said so to Regena.

I meant last night aside, it seemed that she’s really hungry right now since she doesn’t seem to have that much appetite even during breakfast.

A lovely rumbling noise suddenly resounding. It’s the sound of Regena stomach. It seems that the food here is stimulating her appetite.

We then looked at each other, grinning ear to ear.

「W-What are you laughing for! ! I-It’s not like I’m hungry! ! 」

Regena was pressing her stomach with flushing red face.

「Fufufu, Regena-san. Kuroki-san will be sad if you’re not as lively as usual when you meet him again you know.」

Kaya-san was baiting her using Kuroki name.

「You’re right……… I shouldn’t make my dear master sad……….」

Here you go, even Regena had no choice but to eat when Kaya-san mentioned Kuroki name.

Really, what is so good about Kuroki anyway?. There should be more disappointing side about him.

「…….Wow, quite a luxurious meal we got there aren’t we? As expected, even uncle Montes won’t have the guts to be so rude at the little sister of the hero…….」

Regena said so as she looked at the dishes.

「Is this luxurious meal for this country? 」

Asked Kyouka-san. Even though It sounds like sarcasm if it’s said by another person but, Kyouka-san isn’t that kind of a person. She simply wanted to confirm that fact from Regena.

「That’s right. This is a luxurious meal for this country. They won’t go as far as taking out fish sauce if it’s not for important time…….」

Regena’s replying so to Kyouka-san as if it’s just a matter of fact.

The general seasoning of this world is involving salt, vinegar, and fruit oil. Fish sauce isn’t included in there.

But by our knowledge, it shouldn’t be too hard to obtain these fish sauce regardless of its popularity. It might be a valuable seasoning in Algore.

「It really is a poor country……. There’s no fruit growing around this land. It’s even poorer than Nargol in certain meaning.」

「Nargol is, a poor place? 」

「For human, that’s it. Nevertheless, we got something to eat in there thanks to my dear master consideration. The meal in this country is even poorer than that of Nargol.」

Regena’s replying so after hearing my question.

「U~hm, come to think of it, what is Kuroki daily meal? 」

「My dear master dai-……..」

Regena was starting to tell us more about Kuroki.

Regena is really thin lipped in regard to bragging about Kuroki. She kept feeding us the information about Kuroki that we’re dying to know.

In this way we managed to secure many information about Kuroki from her.

According to her, Kuroki didn’t seem to be completely under someone control.

And despite that girl called Kuna dislike Regena, Kuroki was still keeping her by his side.

It seemed that Kuroki was really cherishing Kuna.

According to Regena evaluation, it seemed that Kuna was the Demon King daughter. She just suddenly appeared one day though she never appeared when Kuroki took Regena to Nargol for the first time.

And then there’s a fact that she always told Regena that Kuroki is her man.

That’s why she’s definitely the one who was controlling Kuroki to act as the Dark Knight from behind the scene with magic. But then, from Regena testimonies, it seemed that her control over him wasn’t perfect.

That’s my conclusion after hearing her story so far.