Chapter 74
After a while, dozens of transparent, small, glass bowls were placed on a tray and presented in front of us.
I kindly started explaining for the first-time visitors to my house.
“This is watermelon jelly, this one tastes like grapes.”
“What about this?”
“This iss blueberry jelly. Oh, Alice likes blueberries, right? The princess likes strawberry flavor. Come on, here. Take it, both of you.”
In response to my questions, the two nodded their heads as they took the jelly.
“Yes, that is correct! I like blueberries.”
“Yes. How did you know? I like strawberry flavor.”
I saw it in the book, so I have no choice but to know!
I couldn’t tell them this….
Because of this, I did not answer the two of them right away and just smiled softly.
“There’s no way I don’t know. I know everything. Hehe.”
With that said, I passed the milk-flavored pudding to Jake.
Milk-flavored pudding is Jake’s favorite, because he’s always looking for it.
“Thank you, Mir.”
Jake whispered in my ear, and I laughed a little.
“What are you laughing at?.”
And Cedric, who was looking at me like that, asked me in a low voice.
No, only his voice is low and he has a somewhat dissatisfied face.
“You don’t know what flavor I like?”
There’s no way I don’t know.
I wanted to say that, but I couldn’t.
Because……
Cedric’s favorite flavor is the same as mine!
‘I like banana chocolate pudding the most, and Cedric likes chocolate.’
However, the only pudding that had chocolate among these was the banana chocolate pudding that was originally prepared for me.
Besides, the pudding had only one flavor each.
Because of this, with a childish and greedy attitude, I kept my mouth shut and wiggled my hands.
Cedric asked again as I seemed frustrated.
“…do you really not know?”
Oh, he seemed a little hurt.
I’m sorry.
In the end, I had to answer.
“…No, I know. I’m thinking about it because I have a bad memory. You like chocolate, Cedric.”
“Haha, that’s right! I like chocolate.”
Cedric’s face brightened immediately at my answer.
Soon after, it was Cedric, who urged me with his eyes, as if he were saying, ‘So come on, give it to me too’.
In the end, I couldn’t help but hand the pudding to Cedric.
Sniff, my precious pudding that I had craved…… Goodbye.
“…Yes, here’s Cedric’s.”
“Yay!”
Cedric was about to eat the pudding with joy, not knowing my feelings.
Right then he said,”Wait! Mir, you also like this pudding.”
“…Yes, by the way, when Lady Emir introduces herself, she says she likes banana chocolate pudding…!”
Jake and Alice looked at me at the same time and shouted.
Soon afterward, the two looked at each other with bewildered expressions, then exchanged glances and nodded.
‘Have you two been friends? Both of you. You remember what I like.’
I was overwhelmed with emotion and I was moved.
Yes, I’m full even if I don’t eat pudding! So what if I don’t have pudding when I have good friends like them?
And there was one person who was bewildered while alternating glances between me and the two of them, and that was Cedric.
“…I-I didn’t even know that the Lady likes this pudding! If I had known, I wouldn’t have eaten!”
Cedric quickly put down the spoon and shouted with his blushing face.
As he was about to start to eat pudding, a few spoon marks remained on the smooth surface.
Cedric seemed a little unbelievable that he had given me the one leftover pudding, but he looked apologetic.
Then, the spoon-marked pudding was pushed toward me.
“You eat. This.”
“It’s okay, I’ll ask the chef. I can eat this pudding every day. Go ahead and eat.”
“But… Then what about you?”
“There are still a lot of puddings and jellies left, so it’s okay.”
Saying that, I pretended to grab any cup of pudding that I could hold in my hand and eat it in a hurry.
But there was problem.
‘Wow. This is mint soda jelly.’
In fact, the jelly I chose had mint in it, which I hate the most! Oh my….
Contemplating whether to spit it out or not, I swallowed the jelly while holding my breath.
At the same time, there was a voice restraining me as if it had noticed something.
“Hey you. Wait… Doesn’t that have mint in it? You said you hate mint.”
The voice’s owner was surprisingly Cedric, not Jake or Alice.
I widened my eyes and asked.
“How did Lord Cedric…?”
“What do you see me as? I-I remember that too. I mean, you introduced yourself before. You said you didn’t like the mint taste.”
Oh, did I mention the food I hate too?
I remember seeing Cedric’s strangely smug(?) face.
“…….Yes, that is correct. I don’t like it.”
“Then why are you eating it? Come on, spit it out. Do you know that you’re looking like you’ve been chewing poop right now?”
Hearing that question, I touched my face with both hands.
Hmmm, is it very obvious that I failed to manage my facial expressions?
Then I shrugged and answered.
“But I already swallowed it.”
Cedric’s and the other children’s expressions turned into sullen faces when they heard my answer.
Then Cedric said.
“Then vomit it out!”
“Ah, that’s a bit…”
I waved my hand.
Fortunately, Cedric did not encourage vomiting anymore.
Instead, he seemed to be deeply thinking about something.
Then Cedric cautiously suggested to me.
“Then eat this pudding with me.”