What Mama Wants to Serve at the Tea Party
A few days later.
“Young Master Kaito.”
“What is it, Marle?”
“Milady is calling for you.”
I wonder what it is? Led by Marle, I headed to Mama’s room, one I was already used to visiting.
Knock, knock!
“Milady, I have brought Young Master Kaito.”
“Kai-kun, welcome. Come now, sit next to Mama, right here.”
Mama’s smile is nice. She’s beautiful today too!
“Okay.”
I sat beside Mama.
She smells nice.
So calming… yeah, yeah, I love Mama.
“You see, Kai-kun. Mama is thinking of hosting another tea party. I’d like to introduce miso soup, what do you think? For the miso soup, I think tonjiru would be best. Because it’s tonbelievably delicious. I definitely want to introduce it to all our vassals so they can learn how tasty miso soup is. And maybe serve it together with garigarikuu steak, what do you think?”
Mama, you’re right that it’s tonbelievably delicious, but… that’s a totally different “ton-demo-nai,” you know. The correct reading is tonjiru. And wait, you’re serving tonjiru and garigarikuu steak? Huh? Isn’t that already not a tea party but a full-on meal?
“Mama, isn’t that not a tea party but a meal gathering?”
Ah~ she realized it, and her face turned bright red. Cute. Seriously, Mama is such a tease.
“Mm… yes, you’re right. It would be a meal gathering.”
But still… maybe it’d be fine for family or the household staff? Or maybe not? I’ve been thinking about this for a while. Yeah… maybe it’s not good after all. As someone who used to be Japanese, serving miso soup in a soup plate just feels wrong. Instead of scooping it with a spoon, I want to drink it straight from a bowl.
“Umm, Mama. I want you to wait a bit before introducing miso soup. We need rice bowls (chawan) for it.”
“Kai-kun, what bowls (chawan)?”
Uh-oh. How do I explain this? I just said “chawan” like it was normal. What do I do? Um, um… ah, got it.
“Well, um… it’s like a bigger version of the cup you drink tea from. Apparently, in some country, they call that kind of container a ‘wan.’ And if we make it in that shape, it can hold more, and since it has depth, it’s easier to scoop with a spoon too.”
“My, I’ve never seen such a thing. Has it existed? Marle, do you know what a ‘chawan’ is?”
“A chawan…?
(My, what is it, Young Master Kaito? You’re winking at me so much. Oh dear? Do you like me? Goodness, not at my age… the difference is just too much…)”
This is bad. Even though I’m signaling Marle to go along with me, she’s not getting it with just winks.
“Ah~ umm, you see, I happened to read about chawan in a book in the library.”
But why is Marle blushing?
Why’s she fidgeting?
Hm? And you guys standing behind Marle?
Why are you all fidgeting the same way? Huh? If everyone’s holding it in, I need to wrap this up quick!
“I’m not familiar with it either. I’ve never heard of a chawan before.”
“That’s true, it’s hard to imagine, isn’t it? This is difficult.”
Mama’s doing the “thinking person” pose again.
Yeah, I should do it too and pretend I’m thinking really hard.
“Aah, Young Master Kaito is doing the same pose as Milady~ so cute!”
“Seriously~ he did that before too, didn’t he? He was cute then, but now… no, actually, he’s even cuter now!”
“He’s so cute I’m literally shaking!”
““““““Yeah, yeah!””””””
“Cuteness is justice! Our fave is precious!”
“““““““Exactly!””””””””
They’re whispering about something…
Is everyone really holding it in that badly?
Can you last a little longer? Are you okay?
What do you think about this chapter?
