Chapter 12 (2/2)
「Wow . Today’s looks just as good as usual . I’m guessing you had to prepare your Master’s share too?」
「Yes I did . 」
「That’s… one tough life you’re living . Here, it’s not much consolation, but I’ll share one of these with you . 」
She gave me a reddish fruit called a Eppla . I didn’t really understand why she did, but I was still grateful anyway because it was relatively expensive .
「Huh? Uhm, thanks . 」
I cut the fruit into slices and trimmed the skin in order to make the individual pieces resemble bunnies before splitting the final product into two separate portions . [1]
（Goshujin-sama’s going to eat these bunnies right up… Kufufu . One day, he might just eat me right up too…）
I put a flat lid on top of the pot, placed everything else I made on top of it, and brought it upstairs . I didn’t have to carry any plates or spoons up with me because I had them in my Round Squirrel Pouch .
「Hey Minnalis . I just got back . 」
「Welcome back, Goshujin-sama . 」
Goshujin-sama happened to get out of bed right as I entered the room .
「Dinner’s ready . We’ll be having Cream Stew today . 」
「It looks pretty good, as usual . 」
The meal began after I handed him a bowl of soup with extra vegetables .
I nonchalantly observed Goshujin-sama as I ate . He seemed to be enjoying everything I made; tonight’s dishes were in line with his tastes . Knowing that made me happy, but I was too busy being jealous of the spoon to feel the full extent of my happiness .
Goshujin-sama was putting on a front and acting calm, but I could tell that his mood had been a bit sour as of about two days ago . He’d gone out hunting alone, came back covered in blood, and ended up really miffed ever since . Realizing that had caused me to want to squirm because of how adorable he was .
「How’s gathering intel going? Have you still not managed to figure out what you wanted to know?」
Goshujin-sama had used the experience he gained from killing all those Red Caps in order to gain yet another new weapon, one he called the【Heart Flame Ghost Blade . ]Its ability allowed him to wander around as a ghost . He could go anywhere he wanted without being noticed, but he’d lose control of his body in the meantime, which was why we’d told the guild that he was injured .
Though Goshujin-sama would often seem happy, he’d actually be feeling quite the opposite . It wasn’t something that normally showed on his face, but I could tell because I’d always been watching him really closely . The reason he was almost always feeling down was because he was conscious of the fact that he’d gotten tricked prior to his reset .
「Gathering intel’s been going quite well . Today, I even managed to get my hands on a detail that supported one of my hypotheses . 」
Goshujin-sama’s face suddenly clouded over in hatred . His expression had contorted the same way it always did when he lost control of his emotions .
「It’s just that I happened to see something Yumis keeps in her mansion . Seeing it pissed me off so much that it made me want to kill her right there and then . I never actually thought that I could grow to hate her even more seeing unless she tried doing something to me, but, I have . Observing her these past two days has really let me confirm that she’s nothing but the lowest of the low . 」
He began smacking the plate his soup was in with his spoon as he spoke .
「Revenge isn’t something you can justify . It’s ultimately just an act of self-satisfaction, so I obviously won’t do anything that’ll leave me feeling unsatisfied . That’s why I wasn’t planning on letting anyone else take even the smallest piece of it from me, but…」
A dark smile appeared on Goshujin-sama’s face .
「It might be interesting to see what happens if I allow other people to join in on it this time around . I haven’t really plotted out the details of exactly what’ll I’ll have happen just yet . In fact, I think it might be worth running this one without a detailed plan, and just improvising . 」
「Goshujin-sama, can you stop insinuating things and just let me in on your plans? I’ve been doing the Adventurer’s Guild’s requests all by myself lately, and even managed to get us promoted today . All this adventurer stuff is starting to irritate me . I want to hurry up and do revenge things, not sit around all day . 」
Goshujin-sama never ended up punishing me for being off guard, but I still wasn’t able to forgive myself for it, so I allowed him to neglect me for a bit while I leveled myself up and honed my skills to prepare myself for when we finally began to put our next major plot into action . To be honest, I was hoping Goshujin-sama would eventually realize how I felt and give me an order that took my feelings into consideration, but I ended up becoming too impatient to let that happen . I couldn’t stand not being involved in his plot any longer, and thought I’d just about disciplined myself enough already . I was worried that I might actually miss out on everything if I didn’t start acting now . I wasn’t actually planning on being more than someone that helped out around the scenes this time around given that this particular slice of revenge was one with Goshujin-sama’s name on it, but that didn’t mean I didn’t still feel like I wanted to be a part of it, especially because our desires for revenged were shared . His hatred flowed into me, but I didn’t have anywhere to release it . It almost kind of felt like my mind was being manipulated, not that I particularly minded because it was Goshujin-sama that was doing the manipulating…
I realized the direction my thoughts were heading in, so I made sure to use the pokerface skill so my emotions wouldn’t show on the surface .
「My bad . I guess it was a bit cold of me to get all worked up in a vacuum all by myself like that . Wait, you said we ranked up? That’s some pretty good timing . I guess we should probably stop doing things for the guild for now . How about we iron out a few of the fundamentals after I double check a few things tomorrow?」
「Does that mean it’s finally happening…?」
「Yeah . I’ll fill you in on all the details after we finish eating . I’d love to tell you everything right here and now, but it’d probably spoil the meal . 」
Goshujin-sama tossed the last piece of bread on his plate into his mouth as he spoke .
「Man, this stuff sure does taste good . I don’t know what else I should’ve expected from a cheesy piece of bread that looked like it came straight out of Heidi . 」[2]
I wasn’t quite sure what he was talking about, but, it looked like my plan to make him fall for my cooking was proceeding really smoothly .
Goshujin-sama and I were also once again going to start spending more time together, as we were finally going to start plotting out our revenge . I wanted to get to the nitty gritty, but first, I would need to finish the meal I had set out in front of me .