Volume 24 - CH 38

It's the birthday of the King's younger brother in Toran.

If I couldn't make the sweet-toothed gourmand's tongue roar here, Yulia's virginity would be taken away.

It's not that Yulia is my lover, she just followed me around on her own, so it's doubtful that she's my companion, but she's still my sister at the Welbard Dojo. Naturally, if she got into a bad situation, Welbard-sensei wouldn't be happy about it.

Because of Fianna's amazing cooking, the gaze of His Royal Highness the King's younger Brother of Toran is also getting sharper.

「I-I'm counting on you, Saki-san! I've devoted myself to swordsmanship, and I'm not going to die in a place like this!」

「Leave it to me. Well, I'm sure you can still practice swordsmanship even if you're not a virgin anymore.」

「That's not the point! I'm so nervous that I can't concentrate.」

Your skills are pretty good, but you're not mentally ready yet, Yulia.

「Just let me eat it quickly!」

「I can't stand it either!」

The judges' table also shouted for her to hurry up, but yes, what's in the dish is more important than the preliminaries.

But...

The cookies on the first plate are still good .

The second plate is the problem.　

There was not even a plate in sight, but instead a large piece of cloth covered with something was waiting.

It was too big to be a sweet. After all, it's about two meters tall.

Don't tell me that Saki is planning to take the King's little brother of the Toran hostage here to nullify this review?

――No, no, no, that would be a bad move no matter how you look at it.

If we were good enough, we could handle the guards here, but as King of Vernia, I'm officially here, and my country has a bad reputation (whose fault is that?). It would be bad publicity if I ruined the match with a hostage.

What's more, I don't want to play such a match.

「Hey, what's in that cloth!」

The Toran's guards were indeed wary and questioned her.

「Well, I'll show you this later, so let's start with the hors d'oeuvres (Appetizer).」

Saki says with a smile. I don't think there's anything wrong with hors d'oeuvres for sweets, but whatever.

「Cookies? ...... Mmm, well, they taste pretty good.」

The king's younger brother, who had just eaten an amazing dish, took the first bite, but he was brave.

I picked one up and nibbled on a cookie.

Yep, it's good.

......,However, it's hard to say whether this will counteract the negative ten-point impression I got earlier.

「Now, how about Saki's cookies! *munch-munch*...... Yep, I guess it's okay. I think it's a little light in flavor. What do you think, Hannah, the commentator?」

Letty, doesn't seem to like it either.

「Yes, indeed, it's a plain cookie, and it's thin. But I've been wondering about that thing for a while now. ......」

「Ah, Saki's second item, huh, I wonder what's in that white cloth? Well, if it's a large piece of candy, I'm sure it'll make this place more exciting, but did you see what's inside, Nene-chan on the charge report?」

「N-no, I'm sorry, Letty-sensei. I was also distracted by Fianna-oneesan's amazing cooking at the time, so I didn't look at that. I don't think they had that many ingredients on hand at the time. ......」

「Fufu. Now, it's time for the main dish.」

When Saki clapped her hands, a soldier from Toran removed the white cloth, as if they had already had a meeting.

「「――Houh」」

Me and The King's little brother, Baan were impressed with what Saki had prepared.

There was a young woman wearing only her lower body underwear, lying on her back with a pudding on her stomach.

「Here it is! This is my ultimate weapon, Pudding a la mode!」

It's called a woman's body. How wonderful.

「Hey! Saki, what are you thinking! There are small children in the audience!」

Serina is angry.

「Now, now, now. It's not like we're going to be doing anything erotic here, so what do you think?　Your Royal Highness, is it legal to be nude in this country?」

「Umu! Normally it's illegal, but today it's a festival! Therefore, it is specially permitted!」

「Thank you!」

「Hey, ......!」

Serina is making a sour face, but the judicial body of this country has decided that it is legal, there is no problem. If you want to start a feminism's movement, you can do that all you want, but right now we're seeking sugar for the purpose of feeding Cerberus. This is all for the sake of helping our captive friends. And it all started when she forcibly bought up all the sugar.

「Serina, this is my authority as leader. For the sake of our adventure, I know it's hard, but you have to be patient here.」

I said to her, pretending to sympathize with her with an ostensibly somber face.

「What's so hard about it? You're so happy!」

But of course, how can a man not be pleased to see a beautiful woman naked?

It's a shame for a man not to eat what's on the table, so I thrust the wooden spoon into the pudding on her stomach.

「Mmm. ......!」

Shove-shove

「Mmm!」

!! There, there..

「Aahnnn!」

「Aleeeec!」

Oh man, she's so annoying.

I put the pudding in my mouth.

Yep, it's good.

The slight bitterness and sweetness of the caramel gives it a mature taste.

「――Very well. This time, the cook of the Kingdom of Vernia wins!」

As expected of the royalty of a great nation, you have gracefully admitted defeat.

「We did it!」

「Uuohhhhhhh!」

「I want to eat more!」

「「「Pudding, Pudding, Pudding! 」」」

「No, that's neither a dish nor a snack. It's just an erotic old man stretching his nose――mumbling-mumbling.」

Yulia tried to complain, even though her virginity was at stake, and Hannah did a good job of keeping her mouth shut, thus confirming this victory. The other party is a royal family supported by the people, and if I complain too much, I don't know what will happen to me for disrespecting them.

「Well then, happy birthday, Baan-Toran. As promised, I'll take your sugar and and woman virgin.」

「Well, I've had some good sweets today. I'm satisfied. You can take only one virgin, but you may take as much sugar as you like, King Vernia.」

We bowed to each other, and we left the special hall with ease, amidst the cheers of the crowd.

We were victorious.

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「Saki, you didn't forget to bring Cerberus's share, right?」

I'll make sure of the important thing.

「Of course I did. But the pudding, and raw food, it's going to go bad soon.」

「Hmm? We've got cookies and everything, right」

I was wondering, but

「Too bad! I ate them all!」

「Me too, me too! It was delicious.」

「Yep, it was delicious.」

The idiot trio, Marilyn, Jouga, and Lily seemed to have done something unnecessary.

「Idiot. What's the point of ......」

「I'll take care of it! Even if it's raw, if it's in the hands of this genius A-ranked mage, I'll freeze it to a solid!」

「Well, then, Letty, it doesn't have to be solid, just keep it at the right temperature. Oh, but you can leave it in the [item storage].」

「Indeed, that's true, too.」

Strangely enough, it doesn't deteriorate in [item storage].

I've already tested it a few times.

「Alright, as soon as we get our gear together, we'll leave right away.」

「「「Roger!」」」

Next up, it's finally Cerberus.