Published at 18th of December 2022 3:32 pm

Chapter 272: Eating Sandwich Leisurely In The Shade

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「Alfried, want to trade your sandwich with mine?」

Perhaps he saw a chance while Elna-kaasan and Natasha-san are having a meeting right now that Eric comes next to me and casually negotiates about his sandwich.

However, they don’t give me any merit.

「No, I took what I like already so there’s no meaning for me to exchange them. Why don’t you take out the vegetables and put something like meat between them?」

「I see, so you’re going to take care of the removed vegetables from my sandwiches?」

「What are you trying to force me do?」

I don’t want others to treat me like someone who takes care of their leftover food.

「Well then, who would eat them!」

「You」

「Impossible!」

「Then, leave them alone if you don’t want to」

「My mother will get mad at me if I do that!」

He doesn’t want to eat the vegetables, and he doesn’t want Natasha-san to scold him. What a selfish guy.

That’s impossible, isn’t it?

「Then, you could just eat the vegetables little by little together with meat, right? Though it’s slow you can reduce the number of vegetables if you do that.....」

「Even though meat alone is delicious, why should I put something bad together with them? Are you stupid or what?」

Despite giving him a solution and trying to help him with good intentions, Eric said that as if looking down on me.

As expected this made even me who is mild-mannered to be irritated.

「Mou, I don’t know anymore」

Eric should just get sick due to the lack of vegetables in his diet.

「Wait Alfried! It was my bad! I’ll eat my sandwiches, forgive me!」

「But you apologize as a pretense only to push the sandwiches you dislike to me, right?」

Your shallow thoughts are completely visible, y’know.

Rather, despite being straightforward in swordsmanship, Eric becomes sly when vegetables are involved. It’d be great if he can make use of that when he’s using his swordsmanship though.

「If you have to eat them but you can’t, it’s fine if you put mayonnaise on them, right? I gave it to you yesterday」

「I, is that how it is!」

After I desperately say that, Eric shouts as if he found a means of escape from his current situation.

Then Largo approached from the side, maybe he listened to our conversation.

「Good job Largo! Give that to me!」

Eric joyfully receives the mayonnaise in a small bottle Largo presented.

After that, Eric takes out only the vegetables from his sandwiches and starts to thickly spreads the mayonnaise on them.

The fresh and delicious-looking lettuces and tomatoes had completely turned yellow.

「Yo, yosh, with this.......」

Eric intently stares at the vegetables that had been smeared with the mayonnaise as he says with a trembling voice.

Then after swallowing his saliva, he brought it to his mouth in one gulp.

「Ummu! I can eat vegetables as long as I have this just like in the royal capital! Rather, just this sauce is enough!」

Eric elatedly talks while mayonnaise is sticking to his mouth.

Sure enough, he’s fine as long as he has mayonnaise. If anything, it seems that he can just eat that mayonnaise alone.

「Hahaha! As long as I have this, there’s no need for me to be afraid of eating vegetables!」

Eric continues to take out the vegetables from the sandwiches and spread mayonnaise on them while laughing loudly.

It looks to be his strategy to deal with the vegetable by spreading the strong seasoning that is mayonnaise.

「Eh? Eric is eating his vegetables properly! Is it because of that mayonnaise-thing?」

Perhaps she thinks it’s unusual for his son to eat his vegetables, Natasha-san raises her voice in surprise.

However, the expression of Elna-kaasan next to her is not bright.

That’s because Elna-kaasan knows the danger of the thing called mayonnaise.

「……probably. But, that is a double-edged sword, so to speak. He may be able to eat vegetables if there is mayonnaise, but it means that he will not be able to eat vegetables if there is no mayonnaise. And besides, he might have too much of an unbalanced diet since he likes eating mayonnaise. It’s worrying since that seasoning seems like it makes it easy for you to gain weight」

It certainly as Elna-kaasan said. Mayonnaise contains more calories than the vegetables one eats.

You might get fat if you eat them repeatedly each day. And above all, it will be terrifying after a few years if you continue eating them.

「Th, that’s.....if so, what to do.....」

「In the end, we have no other choice than to make him eat his vegetables steadily. That is our duty as their mother」

「You are right」

Natasha-san and Elna-kaasan talk to each other with a much more tense expressions on their faces.

Hereafter, Eric’s diet will probably become more severe.

「Fuhahahaha! I ate all the vegetables! Next is to put the meat in my sandwiches as much as I like!」

Eric - who had finally eaten all the vegetables between the bread of his sandwiches - start to put meat in his sandwiches as though it is now the real thing. Moreover, he even smears mayonnaise on them.

Looking at Eric seemed to almost give me heartburn somehow.

I’ll also eat my own sandwiches and stop looking at the person next to me.

First of, I’m going to eat the salt-grilled horse mackerel with a lemon sandwich.

I grab the sandwich from my plate and heartily stuff it into my mouth.

I can taste the umami of the horse mackerel and the somewhat strong taste of salt and pepper. However, they are all absorbed by the soft bread and the sourness from the lemon neutralized it.

The sourness of the lemon permeates my body, perhaps it’s due to having sweated from training since early in the morning. It seems like the fatigue in my body starts to disappear.

「This is delicious」

「Yeah, as expected of Egar-san’s recommendation」

Sylvio-niisan and Nord-tousan - who are eating on the opposite side - are also deliciously eating them.

「Hahaha! Especially so after sweating from training, right? You want to eat something with a strong flavor after you sweat. But meat is a little too heavy. At such times, this is easy to eat」

「Indeed! I fully understand that feeling!」

「There are indeed times when meat feels a little too much when you want to eat something with strong flavors after practice」

Sylvio-niisan and Nord-tousan in particular are people who belong to the fish faction rather than meat, after all. So it looks like they are able to empathize with Egar-san’s words.

Sure, you want to skip eating meat, but there are times when you want to eat something with solid flavors. I also understand that feeling a little, y’know.

It has a flavor that is easy to eat and has quite the volume too. Eric’s house’s chef is also the one who made it.

As I munch on my sandwich while thinking about that kind of thing, I have eaten up the horse mackerel sandwich in no time at all.

Now then, next up is the shrimp and salad sandwich.

The sandwich is arranged with brightly colored vegetables like lettuce and onion, plump and large shrimp on top of them, and smeared with cream sauce.

This, this is definitely a delicious sandwich!

Just seeing it alone makes me unable to endure it, so I heartily bite into it.

The texture of the fresh lettuce and the flavor of the plump and large shrimp. The sweetness of the cream mixed together. And the bread that releases the fragrant wheat flavor that envelops all of that.

It is just like sandwiching the salad itself with the bread. They taste fresh and juicy inside my mouth. A pleasant taste that makes you feel refreshed when you ate them.

Seabirds are squawking in the distant skies *kuukuu*, the waves are coming and retreats quietly.

The vast ocean continues to spread far and wide with its blue color, and the floating clouds in the sky are clearly visible.

I’m eating sandwiches leisurely while staring at the beautiful scenery. It’s rather elegant, isn’t it?

「Luna! I’m done eating!」

「……me too」

As I’m eating my sandwich while blankly staring at the sea, Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san suddenly started to stand.

You girls already done eating? As I look at them while thinking that it should be fine for them to not be in a hurry to finish their meal, Eleonora-neesan says something absurd.

「Then, let’s spar!」

「.......nn, I will beat you this time」

Luna-san nods without being agitated at all.

I can’t believe this. Even though we’re finally having a break time after training since early in the morning, you suddenly said that and want to have more training?

......you girls are insane.

And perhaps Eleonora-neesan had a misunderstanding as she asks me something ridiculous when I stare at her with an astonished look.

「What? Maybe you also want to join us Al?」

「Hahaha, stop joking around」

「Ha? I’m not joking though」

Even when I politely refuse her while making a strained laugh, it didn’t get through Eleonora-neesan.

It seems like she’s inviting me.

「I’m still having my lunch so I can’t join you」

「Oh, okay, then quickly finish your meal」

Then Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san start to quickly move toward the sunlight while bringing their wooden swords, maybe she felt that it was a waste of time to reply when I’m not gonna come anyway.

「Let’s go Luna!」

「.......mm」

Thus, those two start their spar and hit each other with their wooden sword.

「Ufufu, that Luna, she looks like she’s really having fun. I’m sure that she’s happy Eleonora-san came」

「It’s the same with Eleonora. She looks like she’s really having fun sparring with Luna-san, someone she can’t meet that often」

Looking at the two of them sparring on the beach, Natasha-san and Elna-kaasan had gentle smiles on their faces.

Indeed, Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san are also energetic today. I’m sure that the amount of energy inside them is different from mine, right?

I continued to eat my sandwiches in the shade while feeling like that.

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