CH 325

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Liza Was Given Dessert “In that case, could you ask her about that as well, Mr. Takumi?” “Yes. I don’t know how much I will be able to ask, but I will try.” “Thank you. We do not want to do anything that would upset her, of course…” “Yes. It’s possible that she will be sad when talking about her past. I will be careful.” Still, how should I go about it? I suppose I should ask her about life in the slums, even if they were unpleasant memories. And about her grandfather as well… Though, I would have to see how she reacts first. At least now that she was used to being around Leo and me, she seemed rather cheerful. Perhaps the reason that she looked worried every time we were separated, is because she has already experienced losing her grandfather. She was still young, and was not used to having to say goodbye to people. “Excuse me. Lady Claire, lunch is now ready.” As I was thinking about Liza, there was a knock on the door and one of the maids entered. She had come to tell us that lunch was ready. “Ah, I see. Well, Mr. Takumi. That is enough talk. Let us go to the dining hall.” “Yes. …Ah, I will call Liza from the drawing room first.” “I see. Very well.” “Mr. Takumi, someone else went to the drawing room to inform them, so they should have gone to the dining hall already.” “Ah, is that right? Thank you.” “Not at all.” I was about to go and tell Liza that it was lunch time, but was told that another maid had already done that. Since Ms. Lyra and Ms. Gelda were in the drawing room, they would be able to take Liza to the dining hall. Besides, Leo was there as well. Leo would not stay still if she knew that it was time to eat. “Well, let’s go then.” “Yes.” And so the three of us headed to the dining hall. Now that I thought about it, I had ended up leaving all the work to Milina… “Papa!” “Oh, Liza. I hope you were behaving?” When I entered the room, Liza saw me immediately and threw her arms around me. She had been helping Milina with the medicine and yet, she didn’t seem very tired at all. Did she even get tired? “Yes. I was making medicine with mama!” “I see, I see. …Ms. Lyra. How is the medicine?” “Liza and Milina were able to use all of the herbs, and I then delivered the medicine to Helena.” “Thank you.” While hugging Liza, I whispered over to Ms. Lyra, who was standing near the door. So, all the medicine had been finished and was sent to Ms. Helena… There had been quite a lot of herbs, so Milina must have worked really hard. Liza as well. “Hehe. She really is fond of you, Mr. Takumi.” “Thankfully.” Ms. Claire chuckled as she saw us. And then I put Liza down in her chair, and I sat down as well. Ms. Claire sat on the other side of the table. It was the usual arrangement. Mr. Ekenhart, Tilura, and Ms. Anne were already seated. Leo was also sitting, and her tail was wagging impatiently for the food to arrive. Now that everyone was present, the servants began to place the food on the table. Shortly after, everyone’s plates were served. Aside from Leo’s large plate of sausages, everyone had the same thing. Today, we were eating the york pudding that Ms. Helena made when I first came to this mansion. It was on the menu occasionally, but Ms. Helena had probably made it today because of Liza. There would probably be dessert as well. “Helena clearly worked hard today. Let’s eat.” “Yes.” “Wuff.” “Kyau.” Mr. Ekenhart looked at the food and announced that we should eat. Ms. Claire, Ms. Anne and Tilura started eating immediately, and Leo and Sherry followed. I put my hands together, and while Liza’s eyes shone at this unfamiliar food, she put her hands together as well. And then she picked up her fork awkwardly and took a bite. Her eyes widened and her expression was of surprise and delight. That was to be expected, given how good Ms. Helena was. “It’s delicious!” Liza said with a big smile. The others all chuckled as they ate their food. Leo and Sherry were only focused on eating their food quickly. Were they really that hungry? No, they were always like this. “I never ate this before…” “It’s sweet, isn’t it?” “Sweet…sweet! Yes, it’s sweet!” After lunch, dessert was served immediately. When eating it, Liza was surprised once again. Apparently, she had never eaten something sweet before. I suppose there was no sweet food to be had in the slums. “Never had sweet food? Well, it can be rather expensive… It is a luxury.” “Indeed. Sweet foods generally cost more than other kinds of food.” “Mmm. While you can eat some in towns and villages, the slums are a different matter.” “Indeed…” Mr. Ekenhart and Ms. Claire talked as they watched Liza. As for Ms. Anne…she stared at Liza’s ears every time she reacted to eating something. Was she amused by it? Well, I would leave her to it then. Leo and Sherry had eaten to their fill and looked quite satisfied. They were now huddled together into a ball with Tilura… Well, it was like Leo was surrounding them. Considering this morning, Liza liked being wrapped in Leo’s fur as well, but she was too preoccupied with eating something sweet for the first time.

CH 325

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