Dragging the thoroughly battered Margrave behind them, Emilia-sama and the others finally returned.
“My, Ken-chan, you certainly seem to be enjoying yourself.”
“Yep! They are round cakes!”
Kent-chan replied with a radiant smile as he chatted happily with Emilia-sama.
The one he was eating right now had cheese inside, and it seemed like it would be especially popular with children. Then, at that moment, I held out one particular round cake toward the Margrave.
“Margrave, would you like to try this one?”
“Mm, (munch munch). A rather stimulating flavor, but it’s manageable enough.”
“Let me try one too. Yeah, this is still nothing to worry about.”
Uh… I intentionally gave the spicy round cakes for sampling, yet the Margrave looked completely unfazed. Even the craftsman wore an expression that said he could handle it easily. It seemed beastmen from the western frontier territory were perfectly fine with spicy food.
Then—
Snatch. Chomp.
“Ah.”
““Aaaaah! IT’S SPICY!””
“Awaawaa…”
Before anyone could stop them, Kent-chan and another child had grabbed the spicy ones themselves.
Meanwhile, Shiro and Fran who also sneakily stolen bites of the spicy round cakes were now rolling around on the ground in agony.
You two did the exact same thing back in the Northern Margrave Territory when you stole bites of the death curry and nearly died from the heat, didn’t you remember?
Horn hurriedly cast healing magic on them, but by then Shiro and Fran’s lips had swollen up like bright red cod roe. In the end, the round cakes settled into three standard varieties—meat, seafood, and cheese—with the fun coming from discovering which filling you got after taking a bite.
We were also serving okonomiyaki-like pancakes and tandoori-chicken-style skewers, so the menu should be more than sufficient now. With everyone’s stomachs finally full, it was time to resume the afternoon work.
Snip, snip, snip.
Picking up where we had left off earlier, we returned to making artificial flowers.Honestly, this kind of meticulous work was strangely calming. It really helped me focus.
Patter patter patter.
“Shun-oniichan, Shiro wants to make flowers too!”
“Huh? Weren’t you helping with the wedding preparations?”
“They said we’re done for today! Sue-oneechan’s coming here too!”
Shiro wrapped herself around my back in a clinging hug, but it seemed the wedding preparation team had already finished for the day.
And so, everyone ended up joining in to make artificial flowers together.
“Hmm hmm hmmm~”
“Maybe like this?”
The surprising part was that Shiro and Horn turned out to be incredibly talented at it. Both of them skillfully worked with their hands, steadily crafting beautiful artificial flowers one after another.
“Umm… like this?”
“No, like this!”
Fran demonstrated a truly impressive level of clumsiness. At this point, she and Kent-chan had practically turned the whole thing into playtime. Well, they were having fun, so that was fine too.
The real issue, however, was these three.
“Hmm… I can’t get it right.”
“This is difficult. It’s even harder than embroidery.”
“I should have learned sewing during my bridal training, but…”
Sue, Casey-san, and Telma-san were struggling far more than expected. They all had sewing experience, but this kind of craft seemed completely new to them. Still, with a little more practice, they looked like they’d improve quickly enough.
“Honestly, if you can’t even manage this much, it’ll be troublesome once you’re married.”
“““Ugh… we’ll do our best…”””
Even Emilia-sama, who had effortlessly finished her own flowers in no time, ended up giving the three of them a gentle scolding. Since we’d still be making artificial flowers tomorrow as well, hopefully this would help improve their future-wife skills a little.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
Previous ⚜ Table of Contents ⚜ Next
Yume Neiji's Works 