Published at 1st of July 2023 10:00 am

Chapter 342: Viscount Dole's Puppet Show Project

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After the toast and we finished moistening our throat, we started our meal.

And maybe because she didn’t really like the taste of the red wine that Eleonora-neesan quickly took some kaarage and ate them as though to remove the taste of red wine from her mouth.

There are a lot of Eleonora-neesan’s favorite dishes today. She can remove the taste as much as she wants.

「Let us have spaghetti first. Bastian, get the spaghetti for me」

「Certainly」

After Viscount Dole said that, Bastian quietly approaches the table and dexterously took a portion of spaghetti with a spoon and fork.

Viscount Dole is the type to leave troublesome things to his servants. Oh well, it’s the common type of noble in this world though.

But our family and Sylford’s family are the types that will just take care of those kinds of things ourselves.

「Well then, let’s eat」

After he said that, Viscount Dole deftly uses the fork in his hand to twine around the spaghetti and brings them into his mouth.

Since Viscount Dole has such a large build, the fork looks like those used by children.

「Delicious! The meat sauce is properly spread throughout the spaghetti! This is much better than anything I ate before!」

Viscount Dole raises his voice in happiness and continues to quickly eat the spaghetti using the fork.

That’s good to hear. It looks like the food here suit’s his fancy.

Seeing that our guest is eating the food happily, Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan somehow sigh in relief.

Even so, seeing other people eating food deliciously like that makes the food to looks very delicious.

I also decided to eat the meat spaghetti nearby.

Twining the noodles sufficiently with the sauce, I put them onto my plate, and then I take a mouthful of the spaghetti.

Un, the meat sauce is viscous as it mixes with the paste, it’s delicious. The cut vegetable is juicy, and the compatibility between the meat and tomato is excellent.

The sauce, vegetable, and paste seem to be able to be swallowed at once.

「Hmm, are these steamed vegetables? They are all big and have nice colors」

While I was eating the meat spaghetti with relish, Viscount Dole fixed his eyes on the steamed vegetables.

There are fresh vegetables like potatoes, carrots, broccoli, edible wild plants, and string beans on the large plate. Due to being steamed, there are faint steams rising from the vegetables.

「Viscount Dole has good eyes. At first glance, they looked like plain steamed vegetables, but these are made by making full use of the finest vegetables harvested from our territory that we are proud of」

「Hou, they even made Elna-dono’s praises them like so? Then I will definitely have to eat them」

That’s right, you can’t underestimate it just because it’s steamed vegetables. Eating the vegetables from Koryatt village raw is the best, but when you steam them like this, the umami will be brought out many times over.

It is also very tasty to eat them after you steam them thoroughly at low temperatures.

Viscount Dole stabbed his fork into the vegetable served by Bastian and eat it.

Immediately after that, Viscount Dole’s eyes open wide suddenly and he shouts.

「Mu! What sweetness! Were carrots this sweet!?」

The umami was condensed inside the vegetables due to being steamed and it brings with it sweetness like fruits. It’s inevitable that people are arguing whether they are fruits or vegetables.

「It will also taste delicious if you add this sauce called mayonnaise」

「Ooh, then I will have those」

After Sylvio-niisan - who sits near him - casually passed a small plate with mayonnaise on it, Viscount Dole takes some mayonnaise, adds it to a carrot, and eats it.

「Ooh, what a superb sauce to have both sweetness and sourness. This sauce has excellent compatibility with vegetables, isn’t it?」

It looks like Viscount Dole really likes the compatibility between steamed vegetables and mayonnaise, he is eating the steamed vegetables heartily.

Un, I’m glad he didn’t freak out like Eric and tried to add mayonnaise to everything.

That guy has really become a genuine mayonnaise lover.

If you think about it, it might be a mistake when I simply gave him mayonnaise just because he doesn’t like vegetables. I should make him eat steamed vegetables like now. It would be great if he knows about the original umami from the vegetables.

Shall I let him try it when he visited the Harvest Festival? Nah, it may have been too late for him.

I eat the steamed potato while thinking something like that.

I slowly bite into the potato while rolling the hot potato around inside my mouth.

The potatoes have been thoroughly cooked all the way until the inside that it softly crumbles, releasing a simple sweetness.

Aah, this kind of gentle taste without any flashy taste is especially good. This warms my heart.

「Being able to harvest these kinds of vegetables in one’s territory is so wonderful. This reminds me of the me in the past when I eat them」

「Viscount Dole in the past?」

I can’t imagine what Viscount Dole used to look like,

「Even though our territory is flourishing with the production of clothing and cloth goods, there are no ingredients that can be said to be our local specialties. So when I was young, I had an inferiority complex toward our own territory」

To me, I think Viscount Dole’s territory is great since it can produce the finest cotton and cloth. I mean, you can make as many soft and fluffy futon and cushions, right?

Be that as it may, a normal boy would not think something that, right?

「So why do you like dolls?」

「It is thanks to the doll my mother made. By knowing about the greatness of dolls, I became able to fully realize just how wonderful our own territory is」

Ahー, I think I was able to imagine that......Viscount Dole’s mother tried to convey their territory’s charm to him but it didn’t go well, then she made a doll while being troubled and the doll attracted the young Viscount Dole.

「That was surprising. I thought that Viscount Dole already likes dolls ever since you were old enough to understand things」

「Hahaha, there were also times when I was a naughty kid. I was really foolish at that time」

Foolish, you don't have to say it that far.......

Although, we learned a surprising fact about Viscount Dole.

「Speaking of dolls, I heard that you are writing a script for a puppet show」

I guess he’s very concerned with the matter regarding the puppet show that Nord-tousan asks Viscount Dole.

「Aah, that’s right. But it looks like it will still take a lot of time since I have to make dolls and train puppeteers and voice actors」

「’Puppeteers’ are people who are controlling the dolls, aren’t they?」

「That’s right. They are people who control dolls with the non-attribute magic Psychic like Alfried-dono. Our Tickle here is now under special training and being taught by Alfried-dono」

Everyone’s eyes turn toward Tickle - who is standing by - as she bows while looking embarrassed when Viscount Dole points that out.

「What are this ‘voice actors’? They sound like actors from their name of ‘voice actors’ though?」

This time Elna-kaasan asks, and Viscount Dole answers as though he was glad she asked.

「They are actors who specialize in acting with only their voices. They are talented people needed in breathing life into the leading actors, the dolls. Unlike the usual actors, they don’t appear and perform on stage. The actors on the stage will be the dolls until the end of the show. After I’m done writing the script, I planned to recruit people from my territory and even the royal capital」

「Even in the royal capital!?」

Elna-kaasan raises her voice in surprise at Viscount Dole’s statement.

Eh, wait a minute. Don’t you think it has somehow gotten too big to recruit in the royal capital? You’re not gonna have fun with it with just your own territory?

Despite me being surprised and my body stiffened, Nord-tousan have a serious expression as he asks,

「By any chance, does Viscount Dole aim for a theater performance in the royal capital?」

「Fuh, what are you saying now.....」

Viscount Dole snickers at Nord-tousan’s question.

Hahaha, that’s right, isn’t it? The scale of having a public performance of a puppet show in the royal capital’s theater is too big. As to be expected of him, Viscount Dole will certainly not do such things.

As I was thinking like that inside my mind, Viscount Dole says,

「Alfried-dono’s suggestion was so revolutionary it can shake the world. So it’s natural that we have to aim for a performance at the royal capital’s theater so it will convey the greatness of the puppet show to the people」

……eh? What is this ossan saying now?

While I was dumbfounded by his answer, Nord-tousan nervously asks.

「But still, it is impossible to have a performance in the royal capital, right?」

「There is no need to worry about that. The manager of the theater over there is on good terms with me. Their costumes for their plays like Dragon Slayer play are the product from my territory. Nonetheless, I don’t think there should be a need to ask for help from my connections or the like. I should be able to obtain a time slot if the puppet show Alfried-dono thought of is completed. I’m confident I can do that much! Right, Alfried-dono!」

Viscount Dole said 「Right!」 while giving me a thumbs up in excitement.

His expression was so lively and looks like a kid. There is no ill will in his expression.

Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan silent stare that seems to say 「See that?」 hurts.

That was something I came out with, so it’s impossible for me to ask him to stop with the idea of the puppet show. Rather, even if I say it, this person would still strive to complete the puppet show.

「Tha, that’s right, isn’t it? I’m looking forward to the completion then」

「Hm! I will quickly write the script, so please give me your impression after I finished it!」

And so I ate dinner while being exposed to Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan’s indescribable gazes.

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