This morning’s breakfast consisted of soft, flaky croissants layered like rolled pastry, fragrant and tender, paired with a fresh salad of vegetables picked this very morning.
There were scrambled eggs made from double-yolked ones, and thick-cut bacon sautéed until crisp at the edges.
A smooth corn soup made from large, sweet corn kernels completed the classic Western-style breakfast set.
The drink was milk from the Mineral Moomoo, something people in this world customarily drink fresh.
It carried a gentle sweetness and rich thickness. They say that drinking it from childhood makes your bones grow strong.
……Just a short while ago the breakfast table had threatened to descend into complete chaos, but
『I’m starving… Is breakfast ready yet?』
With that single, deflatingly honest remark from Makoto, all the tension evaporated. Now everyone could enjoy a peaceful meal.
……Turns out Makoto can actually be useful sometimes.
「Haaa… The bread is so fluffy! The thick bacon is super juicy! And the eggs are delicious too!」
「Maa-kun. Eat some vegetables too.」
「Ehh… I’m really not that fond of them…」
「Hmm. I understand completely.」
「Oh, Shiro-san feels the same way? Yay!」
「Yay!」
Though they were too far apart for a proper high-five, the two shared an air high-five and somehow bonded over their mutual dislike.
I’m going to have to have a word with Makoto later about teaching strange things to our Shiro.
「It is not ‘yay’. If you don’t eat properly you won’t grow big and strong, you know?」
「Muu… But Makoto has grown big. So there’s no problem.」
「Shiro-chan, your body might get bigger, but what about the inside? If the inside doesn’t grow too, that’s no good.」
「Muu… That would be bad.」
「Um… Does that mean you’re saying my inside hasn’t grown…?」
Mika-chan completely ignored Makoto’s timid question.
The silence apparently felt like confirmation to him; his shoulders slumped with an audible droop.
Still, he immediately reached for another piece of bread, so he clearly wasn’t too deeply wounded.
As expected of a shield-user, mental durability is top class.
「Man, this breakfast is seriously delicious! Mika and… um, was it Mizera-san? You two made it, right? It’s insanely good!」
「I didn’t really… Mika-san did almost everything.」
「That’s not true at all! The soup Mizera-san made is really tasty.」
「I only followed the recipe Wendy-sama taught me. The amazing one is Wendy-sama.」
「No no. Just following a recipe perfectly is already difficult enough.」
「Exactly. Mizera, when someone says it’s delicious, you can just say thank you.」
Mizera looked at me, so I smiled back at her. She blushed a little in embarrassment and bowed her head toward Makoto.
「Geez… Thank you very much.」
「Oh… Uh… Yes…」
「Ara, Maa-kun? Were you entranced by Mizera-san?」
「Mizera has quite a few fans even at the Adventurer’s Guild, you know.」
「I can understand why… She’s so slender and delicate, like a princess, with that fragile air that really stirs up the urge to protect her! …But sorry to say, no matter how you look at it, she’s completely in love with Itsuki-oniisan!」
「Wha, no, that’s not…! I just got a little captivated, that’s all! …Damn it… Aniki is so unfair!」
「Yeah, yeah.」『Riin riin riin』「Oh, a visitor? Aina, can you handle it?」
「Aa. Understood.」
Still, who could be visiting this early in the morning?
Was it Yasis? Some adventurer coming to fetch Aina and the others? Or maybe Meira or Darwin? …Ah, it could be Origol too.
Hm? What’s that? Multiple footsteps, thudding heavily…
「「Sensei!」i」
「Wha…」
No way.
I dropped the piece of bread I was holding right onto my plate.
「Ehehe, we came!」
「We came to sensei’s housee!」
They weren’t wearing school uniforms.
Two young girls dressed in adorable matching outfits stood there, striking symmetrical poses with sideways peace signs held beside their faces.
Their true identities were… the daughters of Marquis Belsen: the elder sister, Raz Belsen, and the younger sister, Cran Belsen.
My own students, the two of them.
「Why are you two in Einzheil?」
「Ehehe. We finished a new perfume, so we brought samples to Einzheil!」
「Ehehe. We thought we’d stop by sensei’s house on the way, but you weren’t home. But but, we heard you came back yesterday, so we decided to charge in first thing this morningg!」
「I won rock-paper-scissors!」
「It was a fierce battle!」
「I see, I see… So why are you slowly creeping closer?」
「Ehehehe」「Ehehehee」
「「Dooon!」」
「Guh!」
Tackles from both sides at once…
This feels awfully familiar.
It reminds me a lot of that habit some tiny perverted lord has of doing exactly this.
「Mmm… Sensei’s scent…」
「Thanks to smelling nothing but perfumes lately, my nose has gotten really sharp. This is so calming…」
They pressed their faces against my sides, sniffing deeply with suu haa breaths right against my skin.
I had washed my face, but I hadn’t showered yet, so I must smell sweaty.
For them to feel calm from a smell like that… this is a seriously bad situation.
「Itsuki-oniichan… this feels like a crime…」
「Stop it!」
「Aniki, don’t tell me you and your students are in a forbidden…!」
「Stop it!!」
「「Suuun… haaaa…」」
「You two need to stop that already…」
How long are they planning to keep sniffing like that!
Don’t do it out loud too!
「It can’t be helped. Sensei’s scent is really calming.」
「It’s like the smell of a father I don’t hate… makes me feel all meltyy…」
You two had better never say that in front of Karant-san, got it?
He’ll slap me dead on the spot.
While I was thinking that, Wendy stood up with a serious look, the chair scraping loudly backward as she drew everyone’s attention.
「……I understand completely!」
Having said only that, Wendy sat back down with a satisfied expression.
She did the exact same thing when she came to observe the classroom once. Did she like it that much?
Even Sorte, Renge, Shiro, and Aina were nodding along.
When I glanced toward the last bastion, Mizera, our eyes met. She quickly looked away, but gave the tiniest nod anyway…
「Haaaa… I’m completely satisfied now.」
「We have to come back regularly to get our dosee.」
Finally seeming content, the two of them pulled away from me… Satisfied with what, exactly?
More importantly, what “dose” did they just take?
I never taught them anything like that.
Since I never taught them, stop looking at me with the eyes of someone who’s been conditioned by a pervert, Hikari-chan.
You don’t need to use my lap as a pillow, so just sit quietly. Makoto’s watching.
Also, Misa-chan is clearly enjoying this way too much.
If you’ve got time to enjoy yourself, do something about Mika-chan over there, she’s covering her mouth and completely buying into it…
Actually, someone, anyone, please fix this atmosphere…
「I felt myself being summoned! Hyahahaa! The city lord has arrived! All you peasants, stand aside!」
……Wrong person.
I wished for someone to fix it, but not you!
There’s no way this won’t scatter total chaos everywhere!
Has anything ever stayed peaceful after you showed up?!
「Yo yo, Wendy-chan. By the way, I haven’t had breakfast yet. Mind if I join you guys?」
「Ah, yes. I’ll prepare something right away.」
「Yes! It’s worth asking, huh!」
……Yeah. Good. If he’s going to eat breakfast, that should buy me an interval.
「Hey, you two want to join us for food too?」
「「Really」y?」
「Of course. All right then… I’ll make the omelets myself. Any requests? Sunny-side up, scrambled, boiled, sweet omelet, savory omelet, anything goes.」
「「Sweet omelet!」」
「Got it. Origol, same for you?」
「Yeah! If Onii-chan’s making it, I’ll eat anything happily! Packed full of love!」
Fine by me.
If it means I can step away from this chaos even for a little while, pouring love into omelets is a small price to pay.
「Milord, I will help.」
「Yeah. Then please take them out as soon as they’re done.」
Now, Shiro will probably want some too.
In that case, might as well use the premium eggs, the 『Yotsu-tamago』.
Literally, when you crack one open, four yolks spill out, and each one is plump and perfectly rounded.
To make omelets with them, you need a special frying pan designed for the purpose.
And butter, don’t skimp on it. No browning allowed; the inside should stay creamy, the outside fluffy, golden, and beautiful…!
「……That’s so unfair. It’s definitely going to be delicious.」
「Mizera, want one too?」
「Is that okay?」
「yeah. While you’re taking some to the twins, ask Aina and the others, and Misa-chan’s group too, if they’d like any.」
「Yes. Understood.」
In the end, I wound up making omelets for everyone.
Well, Yotsu-tamago really are that good.
「So? What did you come here for, Origol?」
「Eh? Why are you asking only me? Actually, I’m the one who wants to ask questions! Why are the Twin Star Beauties here, huh!? Onii-chan, don’t tell me you’ve already taken these two for yourself!?」
「「Hmmya?」」
Hey. Don’t tilt your heads with spoons still in your mouths.
If Karant-san sees that, he’ll get mad.
「As if. For a while I was standing at the podium in the royal capital’s academy. They were my students back then.」
「Woooow! Onii-chan was a teacher!? Sensei, teach me something naughty in the empty classroom after school!」
「Not happening…」
「Why not! It’s after school in the classroom! Teacher and student! There’s only one thing that’s supposed to happen! ‘Mmm… Can’t answer, can you? Then you need punishment.’ ‘Aah! Sensei! Nooo! Dameee!’ That’s how it goes, right!?」
「It doesn’t.」
What kind of erotic manga is that.
No it isn’t, so stop covering your mouths and staring at me like that, Raz and Cran.
「Now now! Leaving me aside, these two just came to see onii-chan, right?」
「Yeah!」
「Ah, but we do have a purposee!」
So they do have a purpose. They actually have one.
It wasn’t just coming to see me and sniff around… Of course not.
Oh, right. They did say they brought perfume samples. There are probably some existing ones too, so I should ask if they can spare a few.
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