After Ark departed, I got down to serious cooking. Yes… the thousand hand mode (no, it wasn’t a thousand, but it’s the mood that counts) was activated.
“Gross! It's all so wriggly!"
Although this was unpopular with Rinka, what I focused on was efficiency. It's certainly a bit of a wriggly, insect-like…… efficiency-oriented thing!!
“It's so gross! I'm scared! Ow!? It hurts! You are terrible! I'm against violence!"
Rinka was so noisy that I hit her. However, she was only noisy.
“Rosarin, I’m going to carry the finished ones out.”
And Dirk was working briskly. Huh? I’m on the receiving end of the celebration, aren't I? Ah! Curtis took the whole pot again... and Rinka, too! They're so close!!
“But it's rare to see Curtis wanting to get involved with others.”
Alphage-sama was also peeling potatoes for some reason. Huh? Prince? Why are you helping out so naturally?
“Alphage-sama, you can cook?”
“Of course not. But I can at least help out. I try to help like this when I go on subjugation expeditions. I can hear interesting stories, and it's not bad to see what everyone is thinking… sometimes, from a different point of view.”
“... Is that so?”
There is no change on the outside, but inside, Alphage-sama has changed so much. He finally gave off the feeling that he was loved by his Okaasama………
“Sometimes people talk about me badly, spreading rumors all over the place... it's funny when I tell the Knights that I’m looking forward to the assessment.”
“That’s super nasty of you!!”
People don't change that easily! And the black-heartedness was alive and well!
“Ahahaha.”
But it's not bad to see Alphage-sama really enjoying himself, with the fake smile gone. Even if he has a bad personality, I forgive him when he shows a real smile.
“... Uh, are you really not reducing their salary?”
Dirk asked timidly. He is a kind-hearted man who is probably worried about his former colleagues.
“No? Not if they do their job properly. I have done it before to habitual slackers, though.”
“... I see.”
“I did remove some from the Royal Guard selection, too.”
“”.........””
That’s unfortunate to hear, but well… I guess I don't blame him… you wouldn't want a guy who talks bad about his master in the Royal Guards, which is a highly-sought position that sometimes involves other countries.
“Alphage, you've become so rounded. Before, you would have played with them more, mentally tearing them down.”
Curtis, who had emptied the pot, joined the conversation. Rinka was like a piece of luggage for some reason.
“Alphage-sama, that’s scary!”
“Savage!”
Rinka and I were both shocked, and Alphage-sama laughed.
“Have I done things like that before?”
“Alhpage, you know that one, you did it to the one that bad-mouthed Aldin.”
“”It can’t be helped then.””
Me and Alphage-sama made our voices harmonize.
“Ehh!? Even though you were drawing away from him just a moment earlier!?”
“Ah~ it can’t be helped if it involved Aldin-sama.”
“Dirk-sama too!?”
“Alphage-sama loves Aldin-sama this much, so he probably couldn’t stand it. Even I see Aldin-sama as a pure, diligent, and adorable.”
“Right? I can’t help but ruin those who talk unfavorably about my little brother.”
“Yeah!”
We are comrades in arms. We shall protect Aldin-sama!
“Uwah… there are no traces of the game’s personalities left… but well, as long as you guys get along.”
Well, in the game, Aldin-sama is incompetent, high-handed, and has a complex about Alphage-sama, and in Alphage-sama’s route, Aldin-sama would be disgraced. I am once again glad that such a future did not come to pass.
By the way, we handed out meat to the party-goers and everyone had a good time.
What do you think about this chapter?
