Volume 4 - CH 4
Act 4-4: Meal in Babel
After finishing the booking formalities for the inn, we headed towards the restaurant recommended by Rose. It was a restaurant located along the main street, that stretched from east to west of the city. We saw students wearing various uniforms in the restaurant building, which looked like it was built by an novice builder, leading me to guess that this was fairly inexpensive restaurant, truly a Rose-like choice. Well, I guess it also suited my liking, since this place was obviously much informal and allowed my mind to relax, rather than those high class, luxurious restaurants with unbending rules.
「Let’s take that seat.」
Urged by Rose, we choose the corner seat.
「It’s so delicious-nodesu!!」
「Delicious!」
The gluttons Faf and Myu stuffed meat delicacies in their mouths.
「Yeah, it’s delicious.」
The chef in this place was quite skilled, not as much as Kyuubi though. The basis for that conclusion was Faf, who was honest by nature, kept shouting ‘delicious!’ from starting to the end of each dish. So, the cook should at least be top-level in this world.
Nevertheless, even though we took the corner seat, we had been the center of attention for quite a while now. The reason was most probably Rose. Enrolling into Babel didn’t change the fact that she was the Amelia kingdom royalty, and most probably the sanest one. Though her real self was a sorry beauty, her popularity was sky high.
And then, as I was enduring the sensation of lying on a nail bed from all the stares, another small commotion was started by the appearance of a silver-haired girl with long ears who approached our table. She wore pleated skirt and a vest with white and violet as their elementary colors. To top it all was a gorgeous, ornamental robe.
「Nice to meet you again, Kai-sama.」
The silver-haired girl gave me a curtsy. If memory served right, her name was Millefeuille. She was Rose’s classmate in Babel.
「Uhm. It’s good to see you lively as usual.」
「Nice to meet you too, Rose.」
She waved lightly to Rose,
「Yes, nice to meet you too~, Milfi~.」
Witnessing Rose replying with a smile on her face, the silver-haired girl, Milfi, then moved her gaze back to me,
「May I sit in your presence?」
She asked me directly. The restaurant got stirred upon hearing her request. What in the world are they surprised about? We are just eating together as fellow students, right? And yet, why did it look like a really big deal for them? Well, I guess their reaction had nothing to do with me.
「Yeah, I don’t mind. Right, Rose?」
I looked at Rose as I asked for her permission, but saw her making cold smile as she said,
「Yes, why would I mind?」
That made me flinch. Rose, seriously, stop making that kind of smile, you’re scaring Faf and Myu. Could it be that the relationship between Millefeuille and Rose isn’t well? I mean, their greeting made me believe that they are not on bad terms. I mean, Anna had literally ignored Rose’s reaction and was busying herself with wiping Faf’s mouth, so I guess this kind of interaction between the two of them was a common.
「Then, feel free to choose your seat.」
She took the seat beside Rose gracefully. Milfi then placed her order to the waiter.
Though she was clearly scared when we met for the first time, she seems to be relaxed this time.
「Are you staying in this city too, Kai-sama?」
「Most likely.」
It was a huge disappointment on my side though.
「That’s only natural, Kai is my knight after all.」
Milfi ignored Rose, and bent forward to grasp my hands.
「Kai-sama, I’m rooting for you in the unified exam next week! Achieving the top score is just a simple matter for you though.」
Wait, this is the first time I am hearing about this.
A test is next week? Why am I only hearing about this just now?
I sent a blaming look to Rose, she averted her gaze in panic. So, this girl was deliberately keeping this a secret from me.
Well, whatever. It’s not like this information would cause any trouble for me.
I was about to speak when the restaurant was stirred again. And this time, it was a turmoil bigger than the previous one.
I looked at the source of the commotion, propping my chin with my hand, a group of people wearing the same uniform as Milfi, led by a blonde-haired hunk entered the restaurant. I had seen that blonde once before, during the announcement of the start of crown contest. Amelia kingdom’s prince, Gilbert.
「The heck, are you sure that the food in this worn-out restaurant is really delicious? 」
The red-haired youth beside Gilbert was looking around inside the restaurant with an egotistical gaze, as if looking down on everyone in the place.
「Y-Yes! The dishes in this place is really delicious! I’m sure that Your Highness will find its taste it satisfying!」
A youth with freckles on his face replied with in a stutter.
「Is that so? The incompetent you must’ve fed up with us a long time ago. Especially when it comes to His Highness’ meal. Failure is not tolerable! 」
The youth with freckles looked like he was about to cry, when another youth seized the former’s collar and barked,
「Take it easy guys, I think he also understand the importance on His Highness’ meal and won’t make such mistake. If it turns out to be not to your highness’ taste, you know what’ll happen to you, right?」
A blonde-haired young man who, in pure white armor-apparently the escort-muttered so to the freckled youth.
Honestly, even though keeping the surroundings in control for everyone to away from his escort target was an escort’s duty, but was there a need for an adult like him to threaten children? Well, I guess I couldn’t expect any more from shitty nobles of Amelia kingdom.
「Y-Yes… It’ll be alright… I think.」
The freckled youth replied with low voice.
And then, Gilbert’s group arrived at the center of the restaurant,
「Oi, move out of here! This table going to be used by His Highness!」
One of Gilbert’s lackeys shouted at the student eating at the table.
「Y-YES!」
The student gave away his seat since he didn’t wish to get in trouble. And then looked for another table.
U~hm, I know that they are a bunch of arrogant bastards, but to think that they could stoop this low. Rather, was this some sort of common sense in Amelia kingdom? Well, not that I knew about that matter in detail, since Heineman house was just small noble in rural area.
Anyhow, it seems they forgot that this place was Babel, not Amelia kingdom. No matter how powerful their military might be, I honestly questioned the sanity of the government of Amelia kingdom who allowed this to happen in neutral area such as Babel. I mean, no matter how you look at it, they smeared mud on Amelia kingdom’s honor.
Anna seized Rose’s right arm upon seeing the latter about to stand up from her seat, and shook her head, gesturing the latter to stop. It seems this kind of trouble happened almost everyday for Rose and co.
At this point, Gilbert had finally noticed Rose, his face warped into that of annoyance and he turned to the chair pulled by his escort.
Those fellas were even more childish than Myu.
The restaurant fell into silence. Most in the restaurant did not dare to speak at this very moment; after a long and uncomfortable silence, the dishes were finally brought to Gilbert and co’s table.
Gilbert face was dyed in the color of hatred.
「What in the hell is this? Are you telling me to eat this crap? Even my pet ate far better dishes than this.」
Spitting at the dish, he threw the plate with the dish to the floor. Naturally, the plate broke, scattering into pieces.
「CALL THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THIS PLACE!」
The blonde-haired young man shouted in rage,
「Y-YES!」
The waitress hurriedly moved to the kitchen.
Soon, a short man wearing black clothes, apparently the owner, came grabbing the arm of a petite, blue-haired girl wearing a chef’s attire with a sulking look on her face.
「My apologies if the dish isn’t up to your palate! Hey, you go to apologies to them!」
The owner then forced the petite girl to apologies to Gilbert too.
This time, it was me who stopped Rose-who had made an expression akin to evil god- from leaving her seat.
「Kai, why――」
「Leave this matter to me.」
Even I had enough of those unsightly beasts in human clothing. Or should I say that they, really are touching my nerve. I stood from my seat and,
「Keep it in moderation, Shifu. Your domestication training is a little bit too much for those ignorant youngsters after all.」
Zack said something that made anyone doubted my credibility.
「That’s right. Master’s compassion is too good for those water flea. There’s a saying “One day one evil deed”, you don’t actually need to soil your hand just for disciplining them. Master, we can do it for you.」
Asta made such an ambiguous remark.
「The heck, I never heard such saying! It should be “One day one good deed” right? Well, I guess I’ve nothing to say if Asta-neesan say so!」
Zack retorted to Asta while waving his right-hand.
「Kai-sama is going to deliver his punishment, right? I really can’t wait to witness to such an event!」
Milfi leaned forward with expectant look on her face.
「Kai, I won’t tell you to keep it in moderation like Zack, but just don’t overdo it.」
Anna spoke in a considerate tone that made me wonder, the old her would never said this while distributing the dishes; all in all, she was very calm.
「Anna, even if that’s a joke, you’re a knight that protects royalty, right? Aren’t you supposed to stop him?」
「Trying to stop Kai from doing what he’s going to do is fool’s errand.」
「Well, no doubt about tha— no, that’s not the point!」
「Moreover, I still can’t forgive that guy for trying to sell you to the empire, Rose-sama!」
Anna had also changed a lot; she was considered as oddball amongst the oddballs now. Even though the old her was more――
「Anyhow. Teach him a good lesson, Kai!」
Anna raised her thumb as she said so. The heck, you people are surely enjoying this, right? Right?
「Onii-chan?」
I patted Myu’s head as she was the only one in the group worrying about me. Yup, this onii-chan is really happy that you’re the only decent one amongst these oddballs.
「Just enjoy the dishes with Faf.」
I told her so as I pointed to Faf, who enjoyed food despite all those commotions.
And then, seizing the water jug on the table, I walked to Gilbert and co. to conduct a beast domestication ritual.
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Faf in heaven! From left: Faf, Asta, Tiamat, Kai
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TN: Next chapter is 24/07/2022
After finishing the booking formalities for the inn, we headed towards the restaurant recommended by Rose. It was a restaurant located along the main street, that stretched from east to west of the city. We saw students wearing various uniforms in the restaurant building, which looked like it was built by an novice builder, leading me to guess that this was fairly inexpensive restaurant, truly a Rose-like choice. Well, I guess it also suited my liking, since this place was obviously much informal and allowed my mind to relax, rather than those high class, luxurious restaurants with unbending rules.
「Let’s take that seat.」
Urged by Rose, we choose the corner seat.
「It’s so delicious-nodesu!!」
「Delicious!」
The gluttons Faf and Myu stuffed meat delicacies in their mouths.
「Yeah, it’s delicious.」
The chef in this place was quite skilled, not as much as Kyuubi though. The basis for that conclusion was Faf, who was honest by nature, kept shouting ‘delicious!’ from starting to the end of each dish. So, the cook should at least be top-level in this world.
Nevertheless, even though we took the corner seat, we had been the center of attention for quite a while now. The reason was most probably Rose. Enrolling into Babel didn’t change the fact that she was the Amelia kingdom royalty, and most probably the sanest one. Though her real self was a sorry beauty, her popularity was sky high.
And then, as I was enduring the sensation of lying on a nail bed from all the stares, another small commotion was started by the appearance of a silver-haired girl with long ears who approached our table. She wore pleated skirt and a vest with white and violet as their elementary colors. To top it all was a gorgeous, ornamental robe.
「Nice to meet you again, Kai-sama.」
The silver-haired girl gave me a curtsy. If memory served right, her name was Millefeuille. She was Rose’s classmate in Babel.
「Uhm. It’s good to see you lively as usual.」
「Nice to meet you too, Rose.」
She waved lightly to Rose,
「Yes, nice to meet you too~, Milfi~.」
Witnessing Rose replying with a smile on her face, the silver-haired girl, Milfi, then moved her gaze back to me,
「May I sit in your presence?」
She asked me directly. The restaurant got stirred upon hearing her request. What in the world are they surprised about? We are just eating together as fellow students, right? And yet, why did it look like a really big deal for them? Well, I guess their reaction had nothing to do with me.
「Yeah, I don’t mind. Right, Rose?」
I looked at Rose as I asked for her permission, but saw her making cold smile as she said,
「Yes, why would I mind?」
That made me flinch. Rose, seriously, stop making that kind of smile, you’re scaring Faf and Myu. Could it be that the relationship between Millefeuille and Rose isn’t well? I mean, their greeting made me believe that they are not on bad terms. I mean, Anna had literally ignored Rose’s reaction and was busying herself with wiping Faf’s mouth, so I guess this kind of interaction between the two of them was a common.
「Then, feel free to choose your seat.」
She took the seat beside Rose gracefully. Milfi then placed her order to the waiter.
Though she was clearly scared when we met for the first time, she seems to be relaxed this time.
「Are you staying in this city too, Kai-sama?」
「Most likely.」
It was a huge disappointment on my side though.
「That’s only natural, Kai is my knight after all.」
Milfi ignored Rose, and bent forward to grasp my hands.
「Kai-sama, I’m rooting for you in the unified exam next week! Achieving the top score is just a simple matter for you though.」
Wait, this is the first time I am hearing about this.
A test is next week? Why am I only hearing about this just now?
I sent a blaming look to Rose, she averted her gaze in panic. So, this girl was deliberately keeping this a secret from me.
Well, whatever. It’s not like this information would cause any trouble for me.
I was about to speak when the restaurant was stirred again. And this time, it was a turmoil bigger than the previous one.
I looked at the source of the commotion, propping my chin with my hand, a group of people wearing the same uniform as Milfi, led by a blonde-haired hunk entered the restaurant. I had seen that blonde once before, during the announcement of the start of crown contest. Amelia kingdom’s prince, Gilbert.
「The heck, are you sure that the food in this worn-out restaurant is really delicious? 」
The red-haired youth beside Gilbert was looking around inside the restaurant with an egotistical gaze, as if looking down on everyone in the place.
「Y-Yes! The dishes in this place is really delicious! I’m sure that Your Highness will find its taste it satisfying!」
A youth with freckles on his face replied with in a stutter.
「Is that so? The incompetent you must’ve fed up with us a long time ago. Especially when it comes to His Highness’ meal. Failure is not tolerable! 」
The youth with freckles looked like he was about to cry, when another youth seized the former’s collar and barked,
「Take it easy guys, I think he also understand the importance on His Highness’ meal and won’t make such mistake. If it turns out to be not to your highness’ taste, you know what’ll happen to you, right?」
A blonde-haired young man who, in pure white armor-apparently the escort-muttered so to the freckled youth.
Honestly, even though keeping the surroundings in control for everyone to away from his escort target was an escort’s duty, but was there a need for an adult like him to threaten children? Well, I guess I couldn’t expect any more from shitty nobles of Amelia kingdom.
「Y-Yes… It’ll be alright… I think.」
The freckled youth replied with low voice.
And then, Gilbert’s group arrived at the center of the restaurant,
「Oi, move out of here! This table going to be used by His Highness!」
One of Gilbert’s lackeys shouted at the student eating at the table.
「Y-YES!」
The student gave away his seat since he didn’t wish to get in trouble. And then looked for another table.
U~hm, I know that they are a bunch of arrogant bastards, but to think that they could stoop this low. Rather, was this some sort of common sense in Amelia kingdom? Well, not that I knew about that matter in detail, since Heineman house was just small noble in rural area.
Anyhow, it seems they forgot that this place was Babel, not Amelia kingdom. No matter how powerful their military might be, I honestly questioned the sanity of the government of Amelia kingdom who allowed this to happen in neutral area such as Babel. I mean, no matter how you look at it, they smeared mud on Amelia kingdom’s honor.
Anna seized Rose’s right arm upon seeing the latter about to stand up from her seat, and shook her head, gesturing the latter to stop. It seems this kind of trouble happened almost everyday for Rose and co.
At this point, Gilbert had finally noticed Rose, his face warped into that of annoyance and he turned to the chair pulled by his escort.
Those fellas were even more childish than Myu.
The restaurant fell into silence. Most in the restaurant did not dare to speak at this very moment; after a long and uncomfortable silence, the dishes were finally brought to Gilbert and co’s table.
Gilbert face was dyed in the color of hatred.
「What in the hell is this? Are you telling me to eat this crap? Even my pet ate far better dishes than this.」
Spitting at the dish, he threw the plate with the dish to the floor. Naturally, the plate broke, scattering into pieces.
「CALL THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THIS PLACE!」
The blonde-haired young man shouted in rage,
「Y-YES!」
The waitress hurriedly moved to the kitchen.
Soon, a short man wearing black clothes, apparently the owner, came grabbing the arm of a petite, blue-haired girl wearing a chef’s attire with a sulking look on her face.
「My apologies if the dish isn’t up to your palate! Hey, you go to apologies to them!」
The owner then forced the petite girl to apologies to Gilbert too.
This time, it was me who stopped Rose-who had made an expression akin to evil god- from leaving her seat.
「Kai, why――」
「Leave this matter to me.」
Even I had enough of those unsightly beasts in human clothing. Or should I say that they, really are touching my nerve. I stood from my seat and,
「Keep it in moderation, Shifu. Your domestication training is a little bit too much for those ignorant youngsters after all.」
Zack said something that made anyone doubted my credibility.
「That’s right. Master’s compassion is too good for those water flea. There’s a saying “One day one evil deed”, you don’t actually need to soil your hand just for disciplining them. Master, we can do it for you.」
Asta made such an ambiguous remark.
「The heck, I never heard such saying! It should be “One day one good deed” right? Well, I guess I’ve nothing to say if Asta-neesan say so!」
Zack retorted to Asta while waving his right-hand.
「Kai-sama is going to deliver his punishment, right? I really can’t wait to witness to such an event!」
Milfi leaned forward with expectant look on her face.
「Kai, I won’t tell you to keep it in moderation like Zack, but just don’t overdo it.」
Anna spoke in a considerate tone that made me wonder, the old her would never said this while distributing the dishes; all in all, she was very calm.
「Anna, even if that’s a joke, you’re a knight that protects royalty, right? Aren’t you supposed to stop him?」
「Trying to stop Kai from doing what he’s going to do is fool’s errand.」
「Well, no doubt about tha— no, that’s not the point!」
「Moreover, I still can’t forgive that guy for trying to sell you to the empire, Rose-sama!」
Anna had also changed a lot; she was considered as oddball amongst the oddballs now. Even though the old her was more――
「Anyhow. Teach him a good lesson, Kai!」
Anna raised her thumb as she said so. The heck, you people are surely enjoying this, right? Right?
「Onii-chan?」
I patted Myu’s head as she was the only one in the group worrying about me. Yup, this onii-chan is really happy that you’re the only decent one amongst these oddballs.
「Just enjoy the dishes with Faf.」
I told her so as I pointed to Faf, who enjoyed food despite all those commotions.
And then, seizing the water jug on the table, I walked to Gilbert and co. to conduct a beast domestication ritual.
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Faf in heaven! From left: Faf, Asta, Tiamat, Kai
===
TN: Next chapter is 24/07/2022
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