228 (9) Face-to-face

And the day came.

The thirtieth day of the White Moon - it is a dinner of goodwill, with the nobles of Genos.

The culinary number and a group of escorts were to enter Count Turan's residence from within the high sun.

Two moments, as I say in Castle Town.

It is noon, which leaves only four and a half hours before the start of the dinner party.

A Totos car that prepared me for the Kingsguard Corps, knocking around the castle gate just like half a month ago.

The Rimi-Loux, the first castle towns, could not express their admiration for the scenes of the unknown world glimpsed through small windows.

"Wow, wow! The stone capital is really made of stone!

"It's really amazing...... I never dreamed I'd be stepping into a castle town"

Exactly. The hunters of the escort had a tenacious look on their face, but I still think their eyes were a lot calmer than the other day.

That's how I arrived at the Mansion, and now I'm alone in my surprise.

When she entered the hotel with guidance from the Kingsguard, holding a leather bag filled with Gibba's meat-and-poitan powder, a beautiful woman with honey-colored curly hair and purple eyes awaited her.

"Welcome everyone from Moribe... I've been waiting for you..."

"Chiffon-Cher! Were you staying at this mansion?

"Yes... it must have been difficult to move the likes of me to a margin... because in this Genos there is only one thing, the people of Mahydra, in this hall and in the estate of Turan..."

From just five centimeters higher than me, Chiffon-Cher smiles with a grin.

"I am now at your disposal to take care of Lifreia… Asta seems magnificent and above all…"

"Yeah, you look good, too, above all."

In a once distressed claustrophobic life, it was this Chiffon-Cher and - and the rest, at best - about Roy, who has been heartfelt within the days.

Among them, Chiffon-Cher was the only one who was worried about what kind of situation he would find himself in due to the weakness of his position.

Such a safe reunion with Chiffon-Cher gave me more relief and joy than I could have imagined.

"Now, I'll show you... here you go..."

"Is that it? Don't you have to keep the knife?

Rudd-Lou remarked as he wandered around looking at Chiffon-Cher's snappy figure, and the Kingsguard responded more "yes".

"It would be difficult to serve as an escort without a sword," he said. However, please do not set foot anywhere else we guide you. "

"... Got it"

Dalm-Lou answers low.

I guess the head of this convoy will be Dalm-Lou because he is the second brother of the main house of the chieftaincy muscle Luu.

Ai-Fa, Dalm-Lu, Rudd-Lu, Rau-Ray - even with just four people, such a comforting facial rash shouldn't be.

"Okay, here it is..."

Continue along the brick corridor with guidance from Chiffon-Cher and two soldiers.

This time, he was led to the right wing, not the left.

That means - it's the building on the side where I was once locked up.

I wonder which room Cycleus and Refraia are trapped in.

Besides, I'm not exactly talking about it, but where did Deal, his father, etc. get transferred to?

We were reaching our first destination while we thought it would be hard.

So, the building of that familiar door makes me tickle.

"Oh, you know, Chiffon-Cher, maybe this isn't the bathroom?

"Yes... before entering the kitchen, you must clean yourself up..."

"And is that learning effective even if the Lord replaces it?

"Yes... that's how I lay down..."

In the sight of Chiffon-Cher, the Kingsguard nodded.

"We serve food to people in your position, so this will be a necessary measure. All entrances and exits are guarded by Kingsguards, so don't worry."

"Is it the left..."

Well, I was forced into this custom every day while I was locked up, so I just can't resist.

But will the women be okay?

"Let me show you first, ladies...?

Chiffon-Cher tries to knock on the door, taking Rimi-Lou, Raina-Lou and Sheila-Lou, who floated the question mark.

"Wait a minute," Rudd-Lou called out there.

"In short, what kind of water bather is that? Then follow me, too, Ai-Fa. If everyone looks away, they can't act as escorts."

"Uhm."

That's why the men were to stand blurry on the spot for a while.

No, I'm the only one who was blurry, and Rudd-Lou and the others are constantly searching around for signs without alarm.

So after only fifteen minutes of time, when the door was opened again - all the women who dampened their hair and uplifted their cheeks came back.

They all looked kind of comfortable, so I'm relieved.

but if i was thinking about having only one eye-fa look all red...... and all that, rimi-luu jumped to eye-fa's chest at his usual condition.

"You felt kind of good!... but I didn't think I was that ticklish."

"That's not true! I just don't like other people messing with my body!

"What? That's what I thought, and Rimi helped you, but even Rimi can't -?

"A, did I-Fa also purify his body?

When I accidentally snap my mouth, I get stuck with the feeling of eight hits.

"I just got stuck because Limi-Lu says he can't handle it.... you were forced to learn this every day while you were captured by this mansion?

"Ugh, yeah."

"... that was a difficult thing to do"

The usual sweet fragrance snuck into my nose fluttering with its detachment, pointing at the puffy.

It seems that the vapour of medicinal water reminiscent of yomogi could not erase the scent of gibberish fruit either. Rather, that seemed to overwhelm my sense of smell when the effects of hot air and water gas combined with more activity than usual.

"Now, please welcome Master Asta..."

"Oh, oh, yes"

Looking around, I wondered what my escort would do, and Rudd-Lou and I got eyes on each other.

"Easy, but I'll follow you. Say hello to Brother Dalm and the Chibi Limi."

"Oh."

Me and Rudd-Loo turn to the door while Dalm-Loo and the others drop us off.

Then Chiffon-Cher took the initiative to knock at the door again, so I rushed to raise my voice of restraint.

"Um! I haven't forgotten how to clean myself up, so I don't need to show you"

"Oh, you did... excuse me..."

Chiffon-Cher chuckles.

For God's sake, I hope you don't mouth off the extra while I'm gone, and I walked through the refrain with Rud-Lew into a steamy bathroom.

"Wow, what is this! Bright white!"

"Yeah, I was surprised at first, too."

Anyway, to get it done, I threw my clothes off in the grass basket.

So, I use something like bamboo sticks to rub my body down. Cleanse yourself with so-called dirt scrubbing.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a bathtub in this bathroom. If I were you anyway, I'd like to grab a slow hot tub. Thinking about it, Rudd-Lou called out, looking hot in his clothes.

"Hey, you're kind of gonna clap it out. Thank you. Genos' parents seem to be trying to reconnect with the forest folks without any mastery or anything?

"Yeah. But that would make him happy, wouldn't it?

"Well, of course you're right... but as soon as Cycleus and his sins are uncovered, you know, this is it, right? I don't know, I don't know."

That's probably because Malstein's measures make him feel like a lizard tail cut.

Since Cycleus lost his leg, Malstein seems to be fully committed to fixing the situation, acknowledging the Genos side's inaction.

It's just - it's Camua-Josh, after all, who set up the meal so far.

If Camua had found a witness named Barsha and not even involved the Marquis of Banaam, what the hell would have happened?

The people of the woods alone will surely not uncover their sins - they probably would have turned out to be as far as Genos was concerned.

If that were the case, how would Malstein have behaved?

Maybe it was the people by the woods who were truncated then.

I guess it's because we can't abandon that kind of concern that the Donda-Loux and the others can't fully trust Malstein either.

(I kept laughing at him with a smile and innocence, but I guess he's not that easy on me)

With that in mind, I drew water from the bucket behind me and washed away my clean body.

Slightly warmer than human skin. Which water temperature, but very comfortable for a body steamed in steam.

That's how I plush the water with a cloth as big and soft as a bath towel, and wear the clothes I took off as they were.

Leaving the bathroom, the fellows by the woods waited for us like nothing had changed.

I guess Chiffon-Cher didn't tell extra memorabilia or anything either, as he didn't get a cold glance at me for once.

"I will now show you to the chef…"

The road from here, I remember blurring too.

Until just twenty days ago, it was a path that was walked every day.

That was only an extraordinary experience for just five days, but it's carved into my chest with bitter pain.

That was a good experience - it'll be a while before I can even think of it.

"Here it is..."

Again, in front of a familiar door, Chiffon-Cher stops.

So one of the guards raised his voice again.

"There are no other entrances or exits in this kitchen besides this door. After you've given us your insides in advance, we'd like you to work with us outside this door to protect us."

Darum-Lou nods and steps indoors with Lau-Ray.

That's how they made sure we were safe, and then we were finally allowed in.

So Limi-Lew raises his voice, which he says is "Wow" again.

It's the first kitchen in 20 days for me at Count Turan's.

Even if it was a small cook for servants, the scale and adequacy of its facilities is immense.

A fine kamado and workbench for the numerous cookware that even the Forestside settlement, rather than the Inn Town, never sees. Iron oven. Wood, ceramic or metal or vitreous dishes, tightly packed in a cupboard.

Everything seemed to look the same as when I saw it before.

Raina-Lou and others who entered the room following Rimi-Lou have a sight like a maiden in love.

"That's amazing! This is a paradise room for Kamado!

If I had been officially invited as a guest then, I would have felt even as happy as they did.

Hopefully today, I can override bitter memories with pleasant memories.

Let me show you further to the stocked food depot, and Rimi-Lou says, "Yikes!," burst a further voice of joy.

"Lots of vegetables I've never even seen! Hey, hey, what does this taste like?

"What is this vanilla? It smells so bitter."

Instead of shivering friendly sisters like children, Sheila-Lou is breathing as she felt too.

There was still food stored there of a mass almost no different from when I was being put to work.

Cycleus has been taken prisoner, and a great many of his squire have been laid off, so he should no longer need this much food, but because he cannot suddenly cut off his business with the pedestrians, as always, the ingredients are delivered to this hall every day.

"Besides, it seems that the hardship of the guardian is not extraordinarily due to the fact that we have to do something about the business with the restaurant Cycleus managed and the Jagal iron fixture shop."

And so on, Camua said.

I guess the majority of that will be taken over and managed by the Genos family, but anyway, Cycleus had his hands on business in various ways, so it seems that it still takes time and effort to end all of them.

Well, we have our work to do as we leave such hardship to the nobles.

"Shall we start the work then? Let's make soup first."

I gave instructions to move the necessary ingredients to the cooking place while I managed to keep the Rimi-Lou people at the extreme of joy.

It is quite a portion of the dish for thirteen people, including Kamadoku and the escort.

I carried Aria, Nennon, Chach, Guigo, and things like tau oil and rock salt and fuwano flour, and I tried to take a knife - and a closed door was knocked from the outside.

"Asta, the Castle Town cooks want to say hello to you."

The door opened with the voice of such an eye-fa, and the men in white clothes stepped into the cook all over.

One of them, a young man scattered a scab on his ivory face, said, "Ah!" I raise my voice.

"Roy! Are you coming to dinner tonight, too?

"Oh, I'm just a cook's assistant."

Once one of the cooks of the Turan family, Roy has responded that way with such intricate faces as he is angry and not.

He also dropped me off from the front door when I was supposed to leave this hall with the guidance of Ai-Fa and Polearth, but I couldn't make time to say a proper goodbye greeting in front of Cycleus or Leflaia.

"… he has quite an arm not suited to his youth, so he asked for help today."

And there were those who interrupted with strangely tense tenor voices.

There are four men in white, and the oldest of them finally bowed their heads to me.

"You're the cook by the woods, Lord Asta of Fa's house, right? My name is Timaro, and I am the cook of Selva's Spear Pavilion, and I once held the post of deputy chef at this Count Turan's house."

By the time I was a year, would I have crossed the forty road a little? He was a gentle, serene figure with a lean stomach and swollen stomach.

The skin color is yellowbrown, and the hair and eyes spilled from the barrel hat are dark brown. He has a nice, clingy, bloody face and a white cloth on his mouth for whatever reason.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Asta from Fa's house.... Um, thank you for tonight."

"Yes, let's squeeze our strength together to deepen the ties between Genos and the woodland"

Under the white cloth, Timaro and I seemed to smile.

It is a truly relaxed standing behavior.

It's just - it also makes me feel like I'm not laughing very much at that eye.

"As I was asking, it looks like four of you can hold up your day's work. … In keeping with that, we have prepared just the same manpower"

"Yes? Go with this one, is it?

"Yes, and let me assure you that there are more ingredients available in this kitchen, but we will not use any ingredients that are not available in your kitchen."

"Ha. What the hell is that all about?

It was somewhat disturbing.

Timaro smiles again, seeing my complexion like that.

"You don't have to worry about anything. I just wish to cook on equal terms with Lord Asta of Fa's house. … I'm not talking about using rare and rare ingredients to improve the quality of your dishes, so let me also try to create the best dishes from a limited range of ingredients"

If you look at me, even the oil and the nectar of Panam are rare enough, but there are more ingredients in your pantry.

Speaking of which - I think Michelle also said that Honmaru's food pantry is the same for Cycleus.

Whatever it was, the anxiety that arose in my chest never eased.

"Um, today is not the purpose of flavor comparison, it's a dinner party for Marquis Genos and the chiefs to enjoy cooking, right?

"Oh, of course! I am just delighted to have the opportunity to cook the same table of dishes again with Lord Asta, who was to receive so much praise from Master Refraia. Get to work today with pride as a cook."

"Yes, thank you"

Timaro nodded, returning his elegance like a play actor.

On that back, Roy throws the word.

"Timaro, can I have just a moment? He and I used to work in the same kitchen."

"Yeah, I don't mind. … the same conditions make no sense unless you spend the same amount of time cooking. When you return to the cook, we shall begin our work, too."

"Thank you. I'll be right back."

That's how Timaro and his two cooking assistants left the cook, and only Roy stayed on the spot.

After taking a small breath, Roy sneers at me.

"Well, that's why. Timaro's gonna do everything he can to stand up to you, so you're not gonna hit him bad, too, are you?

It was an acute thing, with no aftertaste of reunion or snagging.

Well, when it comes to sounding like Roy, it really sounds like Roy.

"Yeah, of course I'm not going to come to this job with all my might.... does that Timaro guy not have good feelings for me after all?

"You bet. Whatever I made, I didn't have to go over your dishes, so I'm desperate to regain my pride as a cook. I would have felt the same way if I had been in the same position."

Saying, Roy carved a deep crease in his brow root.

It's direct, and the tone is rough. Again, he, like Chiffon-Cher, seemed to be no different at all.

"What the fuck are you laughing at," Roy looked so scared when that made him feel a little happy and relieved of his mouth.

"I'll tell you what, what Timaro specializes in is caron food. At that time, all I could do was cook Kimmus dishes at the behest of Master Refraia. If you think you're on the same side and you're off guard, you're gonna shrug your legs, okay?

"Hey, nothing to be alarmed about, because I'm not going to compare flavors..."

"Still, you'd regret it if the guests were to admire all Timaro's food, wouldn't you?

"Oh, well, that would be a little regrettable,"

"Besides, you have to use Giva's meat, don't you? Can you cook decent food with that kind of meat?

"That's okay. Even so, I've only tasted the meat from Caron's torso about the taste of Roy's cooking."

At any rate, it was unlikely that we could handle the meat from the caron's torso in Moribe or the boarding town, so it was very much me around there.

"I can't count on it," Roy blurred.

"I'm better at what you do. Giva's meat has a reputation for not being stinky, hard and very edible. Are you sure you're okay with this?

"It's okay. I wish Roy had known how delicious Giva meat tastes, too."

Responding that way, Roy's eyes narrowed much.

"... you're really confident, aren't you?

"Yep. I'm confident in the taste of giva meat"

Even Michelle and Jan admitted the deliciousness of Giva meat.

Even for people in Castle Town, you can believe that the taste of Giva meat works.

"Then you can cook more.... No, you don't have to make more. It's the same four of us, so you can share half of the dishes that we and your cooking number eat. I'll call Timaro and tell him to do that."

"Yeah? Why do you have to do that?

"Just the words of the guests. Then maybe Timaro isn't convinced, is he? The people of the woods followed the generosity of the nobility and made the dishes that were not even delicious to say they were delicious, if they were listened to, you wouldn't be convinced, would you?

"... is that guy the kind of person who brags about that?

"Well, at least you're not the kind of person to admit your loss unless you're sure with your own tongue."

That said, Roy snorted in frustration.

"Besides, I'm sure of my cooking skills. I can't afford to be human after I leave the cook. 'Cause earlier, you were holding your mouth to this, right? That's a sign of intent that I don't want to breathe the same air as a lower bitch.... if you deal with nobles, the bad parts of nobility become contagious."

"Uh, that sounds like a lot of trouble, Jen."

Nevertheless, I do not intend to bring personal feelings into today's work.

When I was thinking about what was going on, they pulled the sleeve of the T-shirt because of the flanking.

"Asta, I don't care what kind of eyes you have on rational people, but I'm just very interested in what kind of dishes a Castle Town cook makes."

That was Raina-Lou.

In its eyes only the light of pure curiosity and upliftment glimmers.

"Is Asta the only one who can be present at the dinner party? If that's the case, I'd like to take a look at the dishes in Castle Town with this eye and see what they taste like... How about that?

"Um, yeah, hey. Well, if it's as good as tasting your dishes, I wonder if there's anything wrong with that."

I don't know if the bad reviews in Castle Town will have any minor impact on Inn Town.

But it was still a much more unpleasant story to get the bad reviews out of a dish that I hadn't even eaten.

"Oh, but it goes against the woodland mastery to mouth a dinner made in the margins, doesn't it?

When I said it, Rayna-Lew shrugged her neck smiling like a prank kid.

"If it's just a taste, I'm sure Donda's dad won't be mad at you either"

If you are going to put a character on it, the word "hehe" is the perfect way to do it.

I smile bitterly and turn back to Roy wondering if he still had this charming look on his face.

"Okay. Well, for someone named Timaro, Roy..."

That's what I'm supposed to say, and I'm supposed to hold my mouth.

Roy, who looked so grumpy until recently, had opened his mouth.

At the end of his eyes, opened to its surprise, was the figure of Rayna-Lew.

"... you know what?

Rayna-Lew smiles a little confused.

Roy shook his head, looking at me more as he was about to drop his hat on his head.

"So that's it, then? If you just slap that big mouth and cook that crude dish, you're gonna be mocked without an excuse?

"Yes, I will try not to"

"... Hmm!," snorted meaninglessly, finally glancing at Rayna-Lew again, before Roy left the cook.

By the hands of Ai-Fa and Rudd-Lou, who have been silently watching this interaction for a long time, the door closes again.

"You were kind of a noisy guy."

Rayna-Lew smiled, seemingly not understanding anything.

He is a very adorable figure, wrapped around a thin veil and shawl, just like when he is in business in Accommodation Town. The face is very neat, pungent but the proportions are excellent. I don't think a girl so full of charm exists.

(... that's why Donda-Lou wouldn't be willing to let all the people in town just daughter-in-law either)

With extra help in mind, I decided to give a voice "Let's get to work then".