Chapter 35: Lucia’s date (Creeping shadow) Part 2
In the east districts corner it was a place where restaurants gathered and one of those restaurants was our target.
It was recommended by Silvy so there’s no mistake about the taste.
It wasn’t formal as a restaurant should be but it had popular store style that made it easier for ordinary people to enter.
The time is just right for lunch and the climate was good.
We sat on seats of the terrace and we ordered bread and stew and beverages.
But, I got caught up in an unexpected situation.
“Here, Master open your mouth and say *Aah*”
She said that and got close to me so that she can give me her scoop of stew.
Lucia explicitly came next to me even when the food came to the opposite sides of the table.
It seems she wants me to open my mouth wide so that she can give me food.
But thanks to that the surrounding gazes got stronger again.
Sigh, I just want to enjoy the food without getting too much attention.
“Oi, oi if you do that then you wouldn’t be able to eat? You don’t have to mind me and just eat.”
I said so.
“It’s not anything like that! I want my Master who I admire to open wide and say “Aaah”. We will look like a real couple!”
She strongly declared that with a red face.
Muuu… If Lucia strongly wishes for it then it cannot be helped.
At any rate the date we are on now is Lucia’s wish after all.
Since she is so eager, I’ll have to grant her requests as much as possible.
The surrounding glares from the men were stabbing like needles, sigh can’t you guys just endure it.
Good grief, to be so free to be able to be jealous.
They don’t have it as hard as me after all.
I also want to return to your care-free positions.
I was thinking that from the bottom of my heart.
“I want that too. I’ll request it next time..”
“Rather than that I also want to be spoiled like a cat.”
Nm? Once again I heard a voice that I could recognize.
“Master, how is it? Is it delicious?”
Lucia’s voice cut in and the voice from earlier got cut out from my consciousness in an instant.
Nevertheless, it seems Lucia is minding every single one of my actions.
I should calm down and just eat.
“Aah, it’s delicious.”
I answered bluntly.
Lucia’s face floated up a happy smile when she heard that.
“Eheheh, I’m glad.”
Sigh, what’s there that makes her so happy with me.
“But, Master’s home cooking is even more delicious.”
Lucia ate her own portion and replied that as if was obvious.
“Oioi, that cannot be true, I am not even professional.”
I said that with a laughter.
“No, there’s no mistaking Master’s cooking is better. I think that Master’s cooking skills have already surpassed that of a professional.”
She replied to me with a serious face.
Sigh, you’re exaggerating.
“It’s not that good.”
I replied while shaking my head.
“Yeah, why is Master’s self-evaluation of himself so low?”
She asked as if she was troubled.
Fuumu, I’m happy for the praise but I haven’t done any special cooking practice.
If I could say it’s just that I can do it naturally.
That’s why there’s nothing to boast about since my cooking is nothing especially delicious.
Now, continuing to eat like this only is inexcusable.
Aa, that’s right.
“Allright, let’s change. I’m going to feed you now.”
I proposed it this time.
“No, no! That’s not good since I would like a child being fed! I’ll look distant from a wife!”
But she hurriedly replied and returned back to her own seat.
Fumu? What does she mean?
I could only tilt my head in confusion.
Well, at any rate she started eating her food so it’s okay for me.
With that kind of talk I was released from Lucia’s “Aaah” attacks. Fuumu, tough.
The surrounding men’s killing intent seemed to softened a bit.
The surrounding men were smoldering with killing intent because somebody like me was going on a date with a transcendently beautiful girl like Lucia.
Good grief, just because I am trusted a lot by Lucia and liked but that does not mean she loves me.
I too am envious of the man that Lucia will like.
Because for certain that person will be the happiest man alive.
Naturally, if somebody receives real favor from her, the surrounding men would just go mad with jealousy but their jealousy towards me is just a misunderstanding.
Good grief, the man that Lucia will love I wonder who that person will be.
I think that man will be a winner.
“The home town of Lucia was in the Lahawk region, right? How was it there?”
I opened my mouth and started this topic.
Lawahk is a region in the northern part of the country where beastpeople live, and the place where Lucia lived before she became a slave.
“I’m sorry, as a small child I don’t remember much of the details. But I was happy since I had my father and mother. Poverty also was there, the nature was beautiful and the time passed slowly there than here.”
She looked a bit troubled and distant when she said that.
Lucia’s parents are already dead from the illness and Lucia as a collateral became Golett’s slave.
“I asked the wrong question.”
I bowed my head.
“No, on the contrary. Thank you very much, Master.”
But she shook her head and answered with flower-like smile on her face and gaze with total trust.
Hn? What does she mean?
“Until a few days ago, I was feeling sad and couldn’t remember my parents properly. It was impossible for me to talk about my parents as I do now. But right now it’s not like that. But, their disappearance I’m still sad about it, but I can face reality now. Because my dear father and mother can now continue to be in my heart.”
She said that she wasn’t alone anymore.
“You’re amazing. You’re overcoming your hardships with your effort.”
“No. It’s thanks to Master.”
She said that while shaking her head.
“Thanks to me? Are you not wrong about something?”
“It’s thanks to Master.”
She shook her head on my words and repeated herself again.
Fumu? I tilted my head.
“To every day that the dream of my father and mother disappearing that wakes me up at night, I find Master to comfort me on those days. To the weeping me at night, Master caress my head until I fall asleep. Treating me delicious cooking and treating me kindly!”
I didn’t say anything I just listened to her.
“Always next to me. Teaching me many games to play. Helping me with my studies. Teaching me special moves. Helping me make friends in the orphanage. Lot’s and lot’s of happiness!”
“But, because Master was here I was becoming a person that could do anything. The death of my dear parents, becoming a slave, getting ill, dying a lonely death, filled with despair. Thanks to your kindness I can feel again.”
Lucia was looking directly at me when she was saying that.
“Thank you very much, Master. Master has taught me a lot of things. It’s not just saving me. Thanks to Master, I can forward to the future once again. I can finally accept the death of my parents and move on.”
The speech was so long as if she was visiting a grave and said that.
She had a refreshed face. But, there were tears falling down.
I didn’t look.
I think that you will be spoiled when you want to be spoiled.
The trust in me was already that much.
“That’s right, do you want to go to Lahawk to visit their graves? We have to properly greet Lucia’s parent’s right?”
I said that to Lucia with a smile.
“To greet father and mother!? We’re going to do that tradition!? I am okay with it!”
She did a complete change from the serious face into a blushing face and replied with vigor.
Uun, we’re just visiting their graves, why are you strangely energetic.
Though, since she said it’s okay there’s nothing more to worry about.
“Allright, that’s decided. The next time we have time we’ll go visit them. But I still think that it was due to your own effort that you can move forward. I only helped where I can.”
She listened to my words and stared at me.
She cleared her throat and started blushing and with a high spirit she began to talk.
“I wasn’t able to say this some time ago but the number one reason I could face forward is Master and, etto…”
“Yeah? What’s wrong?”
“Hau… That’s why, I, I, I-I about Master l-l-li-li…”
Is there something wrong with the vinegar? (TN: The word in japanese 好き begins with su so he misunderstood that she was talking about the vinegar.)
“Do you want boiled vegetables with soy sauce?”
“That’s not it! Listen carefully! Hou, haa. I am going to say it! About Master I li”
But, she couldn’t finish her words to the end.
“You guys run away! This shop is in danger!”
“Wahahaha! It’s too late, my great magic Ella Light Tears will make you disappear!”
That voice resounded in the place.