Published at 25th of March 2019 11:09 pm

Chapter 91: Cake-like sweetness

I imagined the capital would have rich, curly-haired high-class ladies and old ladies with fancy ways of talking in flashy dresses, while their servants would be holding boxes with many purchased goods inside behind them.

However, it was actually a lot more of a reasonable place.

“The price of the cakes here is suited for the working class, and yet the shaping and texture is profound, so it is very popular right now in the capital.” (Forna)

The strong-willed part about humans is admirable.

Although scars certainly did remain, they still looked up and are reconstructing.

In this capital that became a battlefield, although there are destroyed buildings, broken paths and smashed shops, everyone cooperated in reconstructing them and some shops have already reopened their businesses.

“Ufufu, I am glad this place immediately reopened. I have tea here with Sannu, Hawk and the others on my days off, but I did want to come here with you at least once.” (Forna)

“Keh, what a carefree princess. While everyone else is working hard reconstructing, you wanted to go on a date, huh.” (Velt)

“Ara, please say that I am contributing to their sales instead. Or rather, various shops in the capital have been inviting me to come together with you after that medal awarding ceremony the other day.” (Forna)

“Haa? Come to shops together with me? What’s the point in that?” (Velt)

I’m currently taking care of Forna…… or rather, we’re going on a date after a long time.

“But man, this cake really does taste good. It’s kinda similar to tiramisu. This is nostalgic~, they didn’t have this in the Elfarshia Kingdom after all.” (Velt)

“Teiramisu? What is that?” (Forna)

“Hmm~, nah, don’t worry about it.” (Velt)

“Ufufu, Velt, although that cake is delicious too, this cake I am eating right now tastes good too.” (Forna)

“Ohh, it kinda looks like crepe.” (Velt)

“Crepee? Is that what it is called? Since all the cakes were named after the chefs, I did not know of the formal name.” (Forna)

“Well, anything’s fine, and also, they aren’t called chefs, but patissiers.” (Velt)

While strong guys are busily working to repair the broken buildings, Forna and I are eating cakes at a somewhat fancy open cafe that reopened immediately, since it didn’t take much damage compared to the other places.

“Well, that is fine. Rather than that, Velt, um, have a bite of this cake too. Here, a~nn.” (Forna)

“Hmm, ohh. Ho~, it has just the right amount of sweetness to keep on eating.” (Velt)

“Hey, Velt. Um, if you are fine with it, could you let me have a bite of your cake too?” (Forna)

“Hah? Aren’t you always eating it?” (Velt)

“It, it is fine, right! Come on, aann.” (Forna)

“Nn, well yeah it’s fine. Here.” (Velt)

I cut off a bite-size piece with my fork and put it in Forna’s mouth.

Then, Forna happily stuffed her cheeks with a full face smile.

“Ku~, uu~~~.” (Forna)

“You-, what are you raising that strange voice for.” (Velt)

“Too, too, this is too much happiness. Then, next is mouth-to-mouth feeding. Nn~.” (Forna)

“Idiot. That’s way too dirty no matter how you put it.” (Velt)

“Geez~, Velt, you don’t need to get embarrassed over something like this~.” (Forna)

“I’m not getting embarrassed.” (Velt)

“No, you are getting embarrassed! You are embarrassed, right?” (Forna)

Well, she’s happy so I don’t mind, but isn’t it rude to carefreely have a date during this serious time?

Even though everyone should be working laboriously, wouldn’t they feel unhappy looking at us?

…… That’s what I thought, but……

“Hey hey, did you see them? They really are close.” (Citizen)

“Kya~, princess Forna is so cute. She looks so happy.” (Citizen)

“She totally just ‘a~nn’ed so naturally right now.” (Citizen)

“Ku~, if only I was twenty years younger.” (Citizen)

“Geez, what a happy kid that guy is.” (Citizen)

“But I really am glad that the princess is happy.” (Citizen)

What does this mean? Their eyes are genuinely warm.

It’s the same eyes the people had when Forna was still in the Elfarshia Kingdom five years ago.

―――Whisper whisper.

―――Glance glance.

―――Smile smile.

―――Smirk smirk.

―――Grin grin.

…… What are those…… eyes that are watching over us.

“Ohh, you’re already atoning for your sins the king told you about, huh.” (Barts)

“My my. I am glad you two are close as ever.” (Shalt)

“Good morning, princess.” (Hawk)

“Princess! Velt-kun, Morning!” (Sannu)

Either because they’re patrolling the capital or because they have free time, Barts, Shalt, Hawk and Sannu came to make talk to us.

“Look, Velt-kun. You are here on a date with the princess, so you should look happier.” (Hawk)

“Yeah~, princess always sighed sadly while seeing other lovers on dates here.” (Sannu)

Hawk and Sannu. That reminds me, I wasn’t able to properly talk with these guys yet.

Well, leaving aside Hawk, who was the committee chairman-type that looked at me like an enemy when I still went to school, I don’t remember talking to Sannu that much in the first place.

However, I remember that she was over-familiar, or rather, friendly, even though she’s a high-class daughter from a good family, so she was popular with people.

“Like, why are you guys here in the first place? Are you on a double date?” (Velt)

“Eh, ehhh? Da, date? A, hahahaha, doe, does it look like that~?” (Sannu)

“Nah, we’re just patrolling the capital.” (Barts)

“…………………… Barts………… fuu, Sannu, do your best.” (Forna)

Barts casually denied my question of whether it was a date or not, but Sannu was clearly sad from that and Forna is consoling her right now.

Ahh, was it that kind of correlation chart?

“Yeah, and I’m pretty sure Shalt is Hawk’s…………” (Velt)

“Wai-! Wait wait wait wait! Velt-kun! Why do you always say such important things so easily!” (Hawk)

“Nn, Hawk, what was that about me?” (Shalt)

“……………… Shalt………… Rather, why is Velt the only one that is not dense here?” (Forna)

Yeah, and the honour student-type Hawk likes Shalt, who’s an honour student like her, right?

Her face is bright red, but has she really not changed since when she was ten-years-old? Like, these guys should just realize already.

Even though they can beat up cyclopes, why can’t they realize the feelings of such obvious brats?

“Well, whatever. You guys especially came here, so go get take some seats and sit down.” (Velt)

“You, what stupid things are you saying! You know~, the princess wants to be alone with you more!” (Barts)

“That’s right, Velt. Good grief, you should try and understand the feelings of women a bit more, okay?” (Shalt)

That’s a total boomerang, you know?

Sannu, who’s making reproachful eyes, and Hawk, who has a complicated face, are both getting depressed.

“That reminds me, I just remembered, but what happened to Ura? I thought she would’ve been fighting over you with the princess.” (Barts)

“Ura? Ahh, she’s training with Musashi in Forna’s garden right now.” (Velt)

“Hee~, is that so. I thought she would definitely get in the middle of you two.” (Barts)

“She’s actually pretty thoughtful, so despite what she says, she’s letting Forna have me for a while.” (Velt)

“Really? Then does she still feel the same way for you right now?” (Barts)

“Yeah. She still loves me from the bottom of her heart.” (Velt)

Well, since she was considerably sulky, I’ll need to buy her a cake as a present.

“Hey, princess. Velt-kun isn’t dense but he has way too little delicacy, doesn’t he?” (Sannu)

“The princess and Ura must be going through hardships.” (Hawk)

“Well, he is Velt after all.” (Forna)

No, it’s not about being dense or not, you guys are just too obvious. Or would it be better if I didn’t notice?

They get angry if you’re dense and make complicated faces if you’re blunt, women really are troublesome.

“However, there are other reasons why Ura can’t walk through the capital.” (Velt)

As I said that, their warm faces finally changed a little.

“She’s a demon………… and that girl called Musashi is a demi-human.” (Shalt)

“That’s true. She was so natural with Velt and she lent us her power that we just normally accepted her.” (Barts)

“Yes, thinking about it properly, it is a bit of an abnormal situation. They flirt with no problem and it is weird that Velt-kun just gets called ‘lord’.” (Hawk)

“Hm~m, I haven’t really talked to them so I don’t know, but they aren’t bad girls after all.” (Sannu)

“Yes, they are not. No bad person could like Velt. Only people with wide hearts like me could love Velt, who is troublesome and has such a bad personality.” (Forna)

Well, I guess.

Also, Forna. The next time you say that with a straight face, I’m going to hit you, okay?

“Hey, Velt. Were there no problems with you and prince Farga journeying with them?” (Shalt)

“Ahh? Of course there were. Musashi tried to attack me for the resentment of the demi-human race at the start, and we almost died in a fight against Esamu of the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans.” (Velt)

“Hee~, is that so. You guys were against one of the Four Heavenly Beast ………… Demi-humans…………” (Shalt)

…………………… Hmm?

“““““As if that would happeeeeeen!””””” (Everyone)

The angry voices of the elites in the capital resounded.

“Velt, since when did you become a person that tells lies! There is a limit to how much you can make me worry! Ge, geez, my body trembled from just imagining that. Ve, Velt fighting against one of the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans………… even if you want to show off, you should not tell lies that make people worry!” (Forna)

“Look, Velt, the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans are the strongest in the world, that even the Ten Heroes of Light would all have to fight against one of them!” (Barts)

“Good grief. You surprised me, Velt. I was about to topple over because I thought you were saying the truth for a second.” (Shalt)

“Ah~, that surprised me. Look, the fact that you were able to report that you fought against one of the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans, even though you’re a normal human, is proof that you’re lying.” (Hawk)

“That’s right~, because you would get killed if you fought him, without being able to report it. And if you were a human that survived after fighting Esamu of the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans, it would be on the headlines and everyone in the world would receive a shock from it.” (Sannu)

I kinda just got called a liar.

That reminds me, the news of our fight in Shiromu wasn’t spread that much, was it?

Well, it’s annoying to be called a liar but Forna seems like she’s seriously about to snap from being too surprised and if she finds out it’s true, she would probably beat me up, cry and trap me in a room for the rest of my life, so I’ll just leave it as that.

“Ah~ geez, this is troublesome. Well, leaving that aside for now, basically, just a lot of things happened to us. But you know, that doesn’t matter anymore. We aren’t soldiers after all.” (Velt)

That’s right, because we aren’t soldiers that go to war, it doesn’t matter to us.

“Although there are pieces of sheets that would kill my old man and mum, there are also funny people like Musashi among demi-humans. There are guys like those cyclopes from before, and there are people like Ura too. Even among humans, there are people like Mackey Mouse. There are people like them, and different people too. We’re probably fine just leaving it like that.” (Velt)

Well, I don’t know if I would’ve accepted Ura and Musashi if it weren’t for Samejima and Miyamoto.

In other words, I probably wouldn’t have accepted other races without them.

“Hey, Velt-kun, are you actually some big-shot or something?” (Sannu)

“Of course not. I’m just not interested in deeply thinking about it.” (Velt)

Because of this, I don’t care whether they’re demon or demi-human. Ura, who is important to me, and Musashi, who I like, were just coincidentally not human.

Of course, I probably wouldn’t have been able to accept it in Asakura Ryuuma’s world, but it’s fine in a fantasy world.

That’s my personal opinion.

“But, I do thoroughly hate people that I hate. Just like that Mackey Mouse.” (Velt)

I don’t care about the race of people I like, and I don’t care about the race of people I hate.

And one of them is Kagami.

“Mackey Mouse, huh. That reminds me, have you heard?” (Barts)

“Heard what, Barts?” (Velt)

“A council was decided in a hurry today, and apparently deciding on how they’re going to deal with Mackey Mouse there.” (Barts)

Thus, today I would end up finding the meaning behind Kagami’s smile as he was taken away, and the complicated, troublesome structure of the human world.

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