Chapter 226: Aoba / Dining Table of the Family’s House (1/2)

Chapter 225: Aoba / The Bride’s Home Chapter 227: Aoba / You Just Get Outta Here

Translator: Reflet

「Come, Aoba, open your mouth」

Nighttime, the dining table of the Miyagi house.

Taiyou, Aoba, Atsuko, and Nazuna were at their seats as Mio in her maid outfit served them. It was an abundant scene at the Miyagi household.

Even from Taiyou’s perspective, he felt like he was growing used to it.

During that time, he was feeding Aoba the things he had piled on his plate.

What was currently on the table for a hors d’oeuvre was dry-cured ham, the first portion of the cuisine.

The maid Mio was flawless in the way she softly put it on the table and arranged it, and for a moment Taiyou felt excited like he was at a high-class restaurant, but he didn’t have the courage to put it to his mouth.

……As long as there were no food-tasters.

「Eh? Mouth? Eh?」

「Here, say “Ahhh”」

Taiyou brought the ham with a fork stabbed in it before her. He was trying to get her to eat it by saying the old “Ahhh” phrase.

Of course, Aoba was befuddled by it.

「Wh-What’s come over you, Natsuno-kun?」

「I’m gonna feed you, now come on」

「N-No, I’m fine. That’s just embarrassing」

「You don’t have to be embarrassed though. C’mon」

「Uu-」

「C’mon」

Taiyou further urged the reddened Aoba.

Perplexion, indecision.

After briefly looking back-and-forth at Taiyou’s face and the ham, she gathered her resolve and sunk her teeth into it with a *chomp*.

「Is it good?」

「……I dunno」

「Really? Hm」

She had said that she wasn’t sure about the taste, but there didn’t seem to be any poisonous sleeping drug slipped in, so he relaxed.

Stabbing the fork into the ham, this time Taiyou fed himself.

「Ah……」

「What’s wrong? You still want some?」

「N-Nah. It’s not like that, but…」

「……Mio-san, some soup」

「……It is a green pea potage」

After the hors d’oeuvre, a soup plate arranged with potage was brought out.

It was a course with strained green peas, stimulating one’s appetite.

Just like earlier, he took some with a spoon, putting it in front of Aoba.

「Aoba, ahhh」

「Whaaat？ A-Again？」

「Yeah, here, ahhh」

「Uu……A-Ahhh」

Her face decisive, Aoba put her mouth to the spoon.

「Is it tasty?」

「……I’m not good with those sorts of things」

「That right? Ah, but this is tasty. Not only are the ingredients good, but the flavor really shows you how skilled the person who made it is」

There hadn’t been any issue with Aoba eating it, so Taiyou relaxed and put the potage to his mouth.

He had feared that there might have been a sleeping drug mixed in, but if weren’t for that, the ham and whatnot that Mio had cooked was very much so delicious.

Lately, he had been going out with Kohaku, Youran, and the like, and this was a taste that outdid the high-quality restaurants they had gone to.

「It is delicious, Mio-san」

「……I am grateful for the compliment」

「Nacchi, whaddya think about that？」

「Shall we not observe a bit longer？」

「I’ll say. I just began thinking that way too」

Atsuko and Nazuna were whispering to each other about something.

Guessing they were up to no good again, Taiyou decided to not loosen his guard.

And like that, with every part of the full-course meal that Mio brought out, he always made sure to have Aoba test before tasting it himself.

Since the women didn’t stop her, he thought it was alright, but he did so regardless.