Translator/Editor : Léabyss
We have started preparing for a party for the children. Of course, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Gale’s parents and Hector for building a home for us.
Our guests are the parents of my partners, the Mintz family, as well as the guild escorts and staff; lecturers, leaders, doctors, researchers, the elves who are developing drugs, the dwarf engineers who are developing medical devices, and some assistants. I regret that the kings, Cyril and Albert are too busy to accompany us.
Mintz seems to have no one to call relatives, Glenn’s family from Urfair cannot come so the only family present is Parish’s.
They asked me to make food for the party. Something typical from Japan, to be the centerpiece of the celebration. The hors-d’oeuvres can be perfectly prepared by the chef Hector brought in, but they seem to want something to surprise them. The cutlet is something that I have to cook forcibly . I would like to make a dish that is easy to eat while standing up but is rare enough for them.
Sushi … No. How about sushi rolls?
Nigiri sushi has big hurdles in terms of cooking and ingredients, but since these are not rolled up, I can add anything I want, even raw fish or shellfish. However, I am concerned about the presence of vinegar rice because it is a flavor that people in this world are not used to trying.
There are many variations of ingredients so they can include sweet fried eggs, fried chicken, stewed meat, fried shrimp and even just salad.
I can get all this done, since I happen to have Sebastian.
While I was thinking about it, I had another idea. Earlier they told me that Douglas and Gale were very fond of sweet things. There are quite a few products that I can bake, but maybe it would be appropriate to make something that contains fruit … I can make some crepes and prepare various garnishes so that they experience different flavors. I can put strawberries, chocolate and honey in it. You can cook orthodox and easy to eat crepes with your hands or some more elaborate ones for those who want to eat slowly while drinking tea.
The sushi I tried was popular with my mates and Mintz, so it should be fine to serve it to others.
And now, we are fighting on the battlefield called the kitchen. The warriors in the act are Mintz, Alex, Sebastian and Johann. I was scared that Alex, who is royalty, would help me cook … But I can’t help it when he’s so excited about learning culinary skills. Sebastian is an indispensable person for me so Johann seems to like to stay glued to his back. Besides a guard, he wants to learn other ways to cheer up Hector.
I didn’t think about it much. We have to start by making the rolls!
For the rolls I added dried shiitake mushrooms and fried eggs with a fairly sweet seasoning. I wanted Kanpyo eel, but obviously that was not possible … The next thing I made was sushi rolls with fried chicken and shrimp. The fried chicken rolls are topped with lettuce tempura, lined with hot sauce and lightly served with sweet mayo. Likewise, fried shrimp rolls are topped with lettuce scallops and then shrimp scrambled fries.
“I’m sorry I left you with all the fried food.”
“No, this is fine. Johann, are you ready?”
“I guess so?”
Together with Sebastian, who is smiling enormously, Johann is so nervous that if he makes a mistake he will surely run away and won’t be back for a long time. I feel sorry for Johann from the bottom of my heart.
The meat rolls are made with boiled meat, lettuce, pepper and tortilla. It’s very simple, but this is a dish that was very popular with my mates in the initial test. In front of me, Mintz is simmering the vegetables after cutting them into small pieces.
This time, I decided to ask him something that had been bothering me lately: “Is it okay if we talk?”
“Sure, what’s up?”
“Did you realize I was going to have twins … Because of the light?”
“Yes…”
“Is it very common for twins to be born?”
Mintz, suspecting something I want to know, shrugs his shoulders.
“No, there are not many cases … But it seems that the probability increases if some conditions overlap.”
“What are the conditions?”
“That is, the amount of magic the Animus has. Chika has more than enough conditions to have twins … Excuse me, I should have told you from the beginning about the possibilities of this happening. Oh, and one more thing.”
“Yes?.”
“The greater the amount of … of semen that is poured into the Animus, the greater the probability of having a multiple pregnancy. The semen of the Anima also contains magic.”
I can’t find the right words to answer. I can feel my face burning.
“It seems that the cores that received enough magic from the Animus and Anima were able to split in two. Each of the two nuclei grew up and became your children.”
Mintz continues to explain, but my head is full of the above words. The amount of semen. The amount of semen! I’m sure Douglas has a deep memory of that day …
Damn, what inappropriate talk.
I suspend the fact of impact, I am careful and start working on the last salad roll. I have the essential ingredients to roll salads and I also have extra hands.
I think most people in my country use canned food, but I learned how to make tuna by hand from a friend who liked to prepare his breakfast that way. Now, I guess I have to thank him for helping me out of trouble. It is very easy to do because it only involves boiling the fish in salt, sprinkling, removing the extra water, chopping the celery and simmering in the sunflower oil with garlic and other flavored vegetables and herbs. I carefully adjusted the heat to simmer and that was it. With just this, you make something like canned tuna. This method of cooking in oil seemed to be shocking and even Sebastian was surprised by my hand movements. After that, I put everything with pepper, lettuce, put it in the oven and it was ready.
Each of my helpers rolled the rolls for the sushi.
Now I’m making crepes while carefully choosing the ingredients for the toppings. I would also like to enjoy the fun of choosing and assembling my favorite crepes … When I told Sebastian about this dessert, he immediately said that he was going to serve as a butler at the party, so he could prepare them especially for me. I really wanted Sebastian to come to the party as one more guest, but I understand that he loves what he does and that convincing him otherwise would be very difficult.
The taste of the crepe that Sebastian made as a test was exceptional. I chose my favorite berries and lots of fresh cream. I think the combination of fluffy fresh cream and a slightly tart berry is exquisite. Apparently Alex loved it as much as I did.
“Chika, let’s sell crepes in town! They will be extremely popular!”
If this is the case, then my spouses, who like sweets so much, are surely going to be very pleased to try it. It’s a shame that neither Richt nor Hikaru can have one due to their age … But I guess I’ll have many more opportunities to offer this to them in the future.
Then the sun goes down, and the streets finally light up …
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Douglas, who greets the guests, Gale and I, were dressed formally when we finally left.
I still admired the appearance of Gale in his black men’s clothing and Douglas in his white royal clothing. I find myself in the middle, holding their hands … I look very normal compared to them I guess.
Douglas holds Richt right afterwards, because he knows that he starts to feel stressed when he’s around strangers. Richt’s black shines brighter over Douglas’s white.
Each guest praises the cuteness of Richt, the black lion, and Hikaru, who cannot sleep in arms other than Gale’s.
Virgil-san and Richam-san, who were late, look very dignified when wearing the same menswear that Gale was wearing. And after that, from all the greetings and effusive hugs, Albert and Cyril came. I had thought I would have to wait much longer to see them again! Albert’s outfit is very similar to what Douglas wears, but there are more embroidery and gold thread decorations on his chest. Cyril-sama is dressed in a suit the same color as his hair. Something elegant but perfect for his slim body, a fine fabric that further enhances the contour of her exotic face.
Gale immediately opens his mouth:
“Your Majesty, Cyril-sama, it is an honor that you came to this place.”
“Gale, you must stop talking to us like that. We are already family, aren’t we?”
“Thank you very much for coming, even though you are so busy!”
“We had to be here with you, Chika-dono. It has been a long time since our last visit.”
“Can we see the children?”
“Yes, of course you can.”
Albert-sama and Cyril-sama each have a baby. They hold Richt and Hikaru gently, without aversion. Judging from their appearances, it even appears that they are holding their own children.
“When I see Hikaru, I remember when my Alex was a baby. Compared to Theo, Alex really gave us a fight. It was difficult to make him grow, he needed me a lot and he worried me all the time …”
” In my world, having a slow growing baby like Hikaru and Alex is normal. To tell the truth, I am very surprised by the growth that Richt has.”
“Richt is the most adorable lion in the world … Theo was very surly when carrying him, but I see that with him that is not the case.”
“Hikaru is a beautiful boy … Now I understand why my son seems to be crazy about him.”
Whoops.
“Excuse me?”
“Don’t make that face, Gale. My brother did not say it in that sense because he knows that you will never let our child get involved in something like that.”
“Theo is a very dear person to me so this would cause me too much trouble … I don’t want to fight with Douglas’s family.”
That’s uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable. I should change the subject …
“I thought Hector would be very excited, but he just went to sit in a corner.”
“Oh, that? As a king it was my duty to scold him for building a house for two families without anyone’s permission.”
“Well, Chika and Gale have already forgiven him … Maybe your scolding is not going to be as useful as you think.”
“Anyway, if you have a problem at any time, I wish you could trust me. I will do whatever is in my power for you.”
“Yes. Thank you very much for that, dear brother.”
“Now, we should not monopolize so much the protagonists of today. They have to go and have fun with their children.”
Cyril and Albert are very kind people. It seems like they are always busy working, but actually they protect me all the time. As I talked to them about the things that I had cooked, Alex joined us in hugging his father. He immediately said:
“Chika, if you want, my brother, my grandfather and I can take care of Hikaru and Richt now. You know, while greeting the other guests.”
Certainly my father-in-law seems eager to take Hikaru in his arms … But my partners don’t seem to agree with doing things like that. Not after what Albert has said about Theo, worshiping him.
I decided to ignore their stares, their dangerous auras and passed them carefully to Alex and his grandfather. Richt, who is hugged by Hector, is happy for him to lift him up and leave him on top. I feel relaxed by the beauty of our children and I feel the joy of having a beautiful family for the first time.
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“It’s been a long time since you and us enjoyed a good time together. They are right, we should have fun.”
“Listen to Gale … It’s been a long time since we had a night just the three of us. Is there something you want to do?”
“I need to go see the crepes. Sebastian told me that …”
But Gale held me from behind and held me, just like a princess.
“Oh, is something wrong?”
“We have recently been busy with Hikaru and Richt. We haven’t had enough of Chika.”
” Let Sebastian take care of that. Ok, honey?”
Certainly the crepes that Sebastian prepares are very popular and you can even see people coming and going over and over again to try various flavors.
“I’m sorry that Sebastian has to act as a butler even now, I would have liked him to be one more guest …”
“Well … You know you can’t fight him.”
“Chika? Is this the surprise you said you had for us?”
“What? Oh, it’s true. I heard you both really liked sweets so these are some desserts that I loved when I was living in Japan.”
Gale seems scared of my words. He even flinches a little.
“No, Chika, actually the sweet …”
“Gale, what a shame. You should be honest. I’ve seen you eat sweets very willingly since you were a brat.”
“Yes, Gale! I know you are worried about ruining your image with me … But, since we are a couple … Shouldn’t we trust each other and be who we really are? I love you, whether you like sweets or not.”
These were my honest feelings … Because I thought it would be wonderful to see Gale eat the crepes that I had made with him in mind.
I do want to see it.
“Is that so? I thought I was going to look very sad …”
“That is not the case! I would never believe it so please eat with confidence!”
“Well … how is he supposed to eat this?”
“Well … You have to apply the cream, the chocolate or whatever you want to try to this dough here and then, you choose your favorite fruits to go on top.”
“Okay, so if that’s the case it will be difficult to choose a suitable one. Sebastian! Hears! What do you recommend?”
” Leave it to me, Bocchan”.
Sebastian creates a very puffy crepe with a good toasted color. It looks so good, Douglas can’t seem to shut his mouth.
“Whoops! I feel like I already love this food, even though I’m barely smelling it! The dough looks great and the cream looks great and the fruits look great too.”
It seems that Gale feels a bit ashamed of Douglas, his way of expressing himself and above all, his exaggerated way of drooling.
“Don’t worry Bocchan, I’ll give you a special crepe that will be perfect for you.”
And again, Sebastian started cooking. He applies pastry cream to the base and a few thick apple slices on top.
“This is it.”
He must like Sebastian’s special crepe a lot because, after all, he seems to know more about him than I do when it comes to food.
“Well, if Gale-san is afraid to try it first, maybe … Could I take a bite?”
” Oh, of course you can.”
He held me by the hip, lifted me up, and let my face stay level with his face. I didn’t want to do that … It was embarrassing!
“Come on!”
Two people bite the edge of the crepe, along with me.
Despite being simmered, the crunchy texture of the apple is pleasant, fresh, smooth … And the sweetness that spreads in the mouth seems to be honey. The fragrance of the pastry cream, however, is unassuming so it strikes a nice balance.
“It’s very delicious. It’s delicious, Sebastian!”
The figure that stretches out before me is very pretty. Gale is part of the bear tribe after all so the way he loved honey was unimaginable.
I will use this for future reference.
“And I made this for the young husband.”
There was a crepe “Suzette” ready on a plate. Sebastian looked at me, smiled, and started flapping it.
“I noticed that by doing this, the orange scent was enhanced even more … I hope you can like it that way too.”
“Yes Yes Yes. Of course!!”
The crepe “suzette” was delicious enough to make me die! Also, both of them ate their desserts without saying anything and immediately put on a more than satisfied expression. I am happy to see just that face!
Suddenly, the music began to flow and the center of the room became very loud. When Douglas hugged me and leaned his chin on my shoulder, I could tell that there were several couples dancing due to a live band performance. I don’t recall requesting live performances, but it’s probably Hector-sama’s job.
Among the couples are Albert and Cyril, Mintz and Parish and Virgil with Richam. The three couples are very good, they dance in a beautiful way and also … They are absolutely elegant . Albert’s partner draws a perfect trajectory every time they turn and Albert, who has been leading powerfully, is quite masculine. Something like “Beauty and the Beast”. Mintz-san’s partner, Parish, is refined in all their movements, including their steps and turns. Its fluidity is impressive. Virgil-sama’s partner has calculated movements and a lot of dignity instead of beauty.
Glenn was by our side, gently carrying little Grants.
“Chika-kun, isn’t Mintz’s dance beautiful? Every time I see him, he seems more and more wonderful … Unfortunately I don’t know how to dance, but Parish always accompanies him so no problem.”
“You should try now, or you’ll never know.”
Suddenly Douglas walks over and puts his hand on one of my knees.
“My dear Chika … Please dance with me.”
His figure and his expression were extremely destructive to me. An attractive voice combined with unusual clothes and a stylish hairstyle.
“I’m sorry. I don’t know how to dance.”
Douglas laughs.
“You should try, or you’ll never know.”
Then Douglas tugs my hand and leads me right to the center of the room. I tried to give Gale a low-key look for help, but he apparently just ignored me. It was really something very strange to me! More now, that the music has certainly become lively.
“Okay, you don’t have to be so nervous.”
Saying that, Douglas supports my sides and leans towards me as much as possible. Until finishing almost at the same height. The music increased in intensity and when I realized it, he was already kissing me deeply.
Applause and cheers seem to come from the surroundings, but I don’t understand what they are saying. When I forgot to breathe and made my face turn bright red, he lifted me up again and started kissing now on my forehead. It was actually a very gentle thing.
But people said:
“I’m glad you’re both happy!”
“Is hot!”
“I expected no less from the Guild Chiefs!”
“It must be difficult for such a young child.”
“Douglas! What are you doing with Chika-chan? Animal!”
The last one was Hector.
As Douglas picks me up again, he winks at him and now takes me along with Gale.
“Douglas! What do you do?! Are you planning to abuse his body ?! Make him more children? Break his waist? !!!”
Despite this, Douglas does not appear to be ashamed or regret anything that happened.
“Chika, my love, your face is red.”
Without waiting for my answer, Gale hugged me and led me directly to the nearest balcony … Only the moonlight shines in the sky and the noise of the music, in the distance, can hardly be heard.
The cool evening breeze is very comfortable and not that harsh, because I feel Douglas’s warmth right on my back.
Gale holds my hand, puts one knee on the ground and starts kissing my fingers and then looks at me and smiles. It is a fantastic scene to see him there, with his emerald eyes illuminated by the light of the moon.
” I can’t do something as flashy as Doug … But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to show you off to everyone. Tell me, would you like to dance with me too?”
“I don’t know how to dance, but I’d love to. My beloved husband.”
There was a slow dance for only two people. No music, no noise … At the moment when it seemed that everything was about to end, Gale offered me a long, but truly gentle kiss.
” I love you.”
Illuminated by the moon, the night continues.
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