“Oh, jeez, this is so terrible, so terrible I say! It was the last one!”
“Ow, ow, ow, I’m sorry, I’m sorry already! But you didn’t eat it, so I thought you were full!”
“I just left it here for a minute! To enjoy it! I was looking forward to it! I wanted to savor it!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, but it’s just a piece of dorayaki and just because I took it, you’re giving me a hard time!”
“What? You think it was nothing? How dare you take away someone’s delight! You’re a wicked man! Evil! You’re evil!”“Yes, I am the evil one, Yuki, the Demon Lord! Hahahaha, I’m sorry, my wife Leficios!”
And as we were arguing like that, Lyuu spoke up in exasperation, “You’re twice as annoying as the rest of us!”
“Moo, you two, that’s enough! Here, Lefi, you can have mine.”
“Muh…! Are you okay with that?”
“I’m so full, I was just thinking about what to do with it.”
“Lyuu…! You are a great member of the family! I may not be the next to give away the pastries, but I’ll give you something back in spirit!”
“In spirit?”“You shut your mouth! You wicked husband!”
“Yes, yes, I’m the evil one…”
“Don’t say it twice, you already said so!”
The little girls smiled happily at the sight of us.
“You’re always so serious when it comes to sweets, onee-chan!”
“Onee-chan, you love sweets, right~?”
“…Layla’s sweets are so delicious, it can’t be helped.”
“Let me tell you a good thing, girls. Even adults enjoy what they like! To enrich your life, you should always enjoy your favorite foods and hobbies.”
Layla spoke next to Lefi, who appeared to boast in vain.
“Fufufu, it’s worth making because you all enjoy eating it~”
“But even so, I wonder how far Layla’s skill will grow. Even with just one Dorayaki, it’s already driving us to the limit.”
“It is certainly on another level. Layla could be a pastry chef.”
“Pastry chef…! What a wonderful name. Well, Layla. Pastry is a very deep subject, and I am sure it will satisfy your curiosity. What do you say, do you feel motivated?”
“Don’t put any pressure on Layla.”
While we were taking out time to relax like this, the communication ball glowed.
Whenever this activated something usually happened, so regardless of who it was from, I often treated it as an important message, so I immediately put magic power into it and activated it.
[Ah, it’s connected. Onii-San, can you hear me?]
It was Nell.
“Oh, I can hear you, Nell, what’s up?”
[It’s not an emergency or anything like that, so everything’s fine. If you have time, can you come to the royal capital? ]
“Yes, sure. Is it urgent?”
“I’d be glad if you could come as soon as possible, but not right now.”
“Okay, then, I’ll come over there tomorrow morning. Is that okay?”
[Tomorrow will be fine. Thanks.]
“Nn, was it the King who wanted to see me?]
[The King probably wants to see you as well, but it was Naphthalese-sama who came to our country that wants to talk about something with you.]
Naphthalese was the Queen of the Elves, if I remember correctly.
So, maybe there had been some progress in the interaction between other races?
