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"Now, let's go!"
"Aye~"
"Roger! Nanodesu!!!"
Tama answered Lady Karina's yell in her usual carefree manner, but Pochi raised her voice louder than usual.
I wonder if the slight desperation I've heard is because of the stress from the meat absent.
From now on, let's make it only two days for the meatless punishment.
"I'll prepare full-course meat party tomorrow morning, so do your best okay."
"Guah! I'll do my best nodesu!"
Pochi who has regained brightness on her eyes grips both her hands and psyches herself.
"Full cour~se?"
"That's right. Starting with three kinds of roast beef as the hors d'oeuvre, then shabushabu, karaage, teriyaki chicken, beef stew, and last but not least, thi~ck steaks. Of course there are seven kinds of hamburg steaks including the orthodox Japanese style and Western style. For the entremet, there will be shrimp and crab dishes with sukiyaki."
Pochi's tail is swinging faster whenever I narrate each item.
"Aaa.... I'm looking forward too much, I don't know what to do nanodesu!"
It's not only Tama and Pochi who can't express their joy, Liza seems to be excited with the meat festival, her tail is banging on the floor.
They like meat that much huh.
I see the energetic beastkin off, "Do your best."
I've come to the lodging estate where Zensan's Selected Corps are staying, but Zensan who's been waiting before the gate of the estate looks awfully tense.
Hmm?
I get off the carriage I've borrowed for the date today and escort Zensan to it.
The old coachman puts a stool on the ground to support Zensan who's wearing skirt to get on the carriage.
"Zensan, have you eaten breakfast?"
Her reaction is slightly slow when I talk to her.
"If you're still not feeling well, why don't we postpone the outing?"
She doesn't look that fine, so I'm going to refresh her at a place with good sceneries.
I narrate back what Leriril has told me to Zensan who's wide-eyed after seeing the trees and lawn of the park.
Putting that said, since Zensan's vigor has come back a bit, let's take walk here.
"Would you like to take a bit of stroll?"
I tell the old coachman to wait here, take Zensan's hand, and relaxedly walk on the lane under the tree shadows.
"Satou-san...."
I do not urge Zensan who's faltering after saying my name, I'll just wait for her to collect her words.
It's very cool here, probably due to the vapor from the morning dews.
"Um, Satou-san, have you, umm, been a noble since you were in Seryuu city?"
It seems she wanted to hear that, Zensan's shoulders lose her tense after hearing me saying so.
I briefly talked about how I saved some relatives of a noble from thieves, brought them to Baron Muno which ended up in Liza and the others repelling the monsters that attacked Muno city, as the result, I was granted chevalier title by the Baron.
"....Then, that beautiful person was?"
Someone whom Zensan expressed with [Beautiful], meaning it's either Lady Karina or Nana?
"Is it about the woman with rolled blond hair?"
Zensan looks puzzled, I guess the daughter of a baron exploring a labyrinth is unexpected.
"She probably wants to become strong since she said she wanted to become the hero's attendant."
You do huh....
I heard a small sound from Zensan's stomach during that time.
There should be Tama's napping space ahead of these trees.
We can't see it from the lane, but if you just follow the animal trail for a bit, you'll arrive at Tama's napping space.
I put a sheet on the meadow for us to sit down, and take out sandwiches and whale karage from the lunchbox I've made this morning.
"Um, does Satou-san has [Item Box] skill?"
I pass the magic bag (Holding Bag) to Zensan who was eagerly admiring it, letting her touch it as she wants.
I hid it in Seryuu city it, but there's no problem showing it now because I've been using it normally with everyone's fairy bag as the camouflage ever since we arrived at the Labyrinth City.
"Now then, why don't have a bite."
I pass Zensan a handmade paper napkin and teach her the way to eat the sandwich.
"Is this a white bread? This is the first time I've seen a bread this thin and soft."
I made this loaf bread for Arisa who requested it strongly.
Arisa bit the completed loaf bread in her mouth while running in the corridor, saying "I'm late, I'm late", which made her getting scolded by not only Liza and Lulu, but even Ms. Miteruna.
"You could eat this karage as is, but dipping it in this red sauce or this yellow sauce would make it taste even more delicious."
The red one is a slightly sweet tomato sauce, the yellow one is a slightly bitter mustard sauce.
There are two kinds of sandwiches; egg sandwiches, and cheese & ham sandwiches.
"Delicious"
Zensan mutters a single word and becomes speechless after nibbling a light bite of the sandwich.
"It's really delicious. I thought this red one was pepper, but it's sweet isn't it."
It seems the sandwich and the karage were to Zensan's liking, they were gone into her stomach in a blink of an eye.
When Zensan hears about the fireworks that adorned the wedding at the end, she leaks a sigh like she's envious from the innermost depth of her heart, "It sounds wonderful", while looking entranced.
With Zensan who has fully recovered, we leave the park behind.
"Wakuwaku~"
"It sounds very wonderful. In order to empty my stomach, I will also be participating in the labyrinth exploration today."
I felt a slight pity toward Erina and the others who are being dragged by Lady Karina, but since they would also participate in the meat festival, I encouraged them to work hard also.
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"Satou-san, it's a good day today isn't it."
"Yes, the cloud unusually come out, it makes the sunlight feels nice."
What is she tense about after all this time?
She might be embarrassed because Lilio and some others unfamiliar faces from the corps are peeking curiously from the other side of the gate.
He's someone dispatched by the cab carriage association, I often employs him when I use cab carriage since he drives the carriage carefully and is unexpectedly attentive despite his taciturn unsociable-like demeanor.
"Y-yes."
Maybe her condition isn't good after all?
"No, I'm fine."
I instructed the old coachman to take us to the park near the Ivy Mansion.
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"I didn't know that there's a place with such rich greenery in this city."
"There's a facility made by someone called the Elf Sage nearby that enables water from a water-source to flow on the ground surface. The nature here is rich as the aftereffect."
In fact, it's not just merely a water source, it also draws up [Mana] from the earth's vein.
I tell the old coachman to stop the carriage on the grassland near the park entrance.
"Yes, I'd be glad to."
"It feels really refreshing to walk around here, I'm sure you'll feel pleasant."
"Yes."
In addition, the sounds of birds chirping between the trees are really nice on the ears.
"No, I was a normal commoner at that time."
It's not that important of a thing right?
It's probably Lady Karina since I've introduced her to Zensan before.
I explain to her, guessing so.
"Y-yes."
"That person is Karinsama, she's the daughter of Baron Muno. She's always wanted to go to the labyrinth city since a long time ago, she's currently enjoying herself exploring the labyrinth, guided by Liza and the others."
"I can understand that!"
Zensan and Lady Karina might unexpectedly have similar taste.
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While taking half a hour stroll, I talked about the event when I met Mia and Nana.
Of course, I can't exactly tell her the thing about the [Maze of Trazayuya] and the [Undead King Zen], so I've revised the content here and there.
She probably hasn't eaten breakfast after all.
Let's have a lunch there today.
Small butterflies are flying among the sunlight between the trees, small squirrel-like animals peek their face from the shadow of the branches.
It's a space that's quite pleasing for hearts.
I've prepared honeyed lemonade as the drink. Though I've said lemonade, I used some handball-sized fruits that tasted like lemon to make the fruit juice.
"Oh it's just that this bag is a magic item. Just like the [Item Box], it can hold a lot of item."
"Amazing. You're like the magician from picture books."
Surprisingly enough, there wasn't anyone who tried to steal this bag as it seemed the Red Iron Plate worked as repellents.
We're going to eat the sandwich by wrapping it in paper napkins, but I've brought two forks for the karage.
"It's a kind of white bread called loaf bread."
I got the bread's yeast in the Royal Capital, but it took me half a month before I could made good loaf bread.
I understand the parody, but just what was she trying to do.
I had prepared tuna flakes too, but since that peculiar flake sensation was popular among the mansion maids who tasted it, I passed it off this time.
It's been awhile since I see such reaction.
"Yes, that's a flavoring made from the royal capital's specialty fruit called tomato."
While Zensan is having a late breakfast, I tell her about my workshop visits and Sir Tisrad's wedding in the duke castle at the duchy capital humorously.
Since that behavior was so cute, I unconsciously promised Zensan to show her fireworks next time.
I feel bad if I have to ask Arisa, so let's make some magic tools that can shoot fireworks once again.