“Tré~ Hey, Tré~”
“……”
It seemed like my best consolation efforts had failed, and Tré had confined herself in her room.
There’s no response even when I call out to her.
Luna was worried that she caused this situation, so I told her not to worry about it and that everything would be fine. But at this rate, Tré may not be leaving her room for a while.
Since there’s nothing else I can do, I gave up temporarily, hoping that Lily and Aura will be able to comfort Tré when they get back, or that time will heal it.
Right now, I had Luna preparing the breakfast for the king, so I should leave Tré for now and wake the king up.
Thus, I came before the normally unused room that the king was currently using.
“Your Majesty, are you awake?”
“……Yeah, I’m up.”
After a short pause, I heard the soft voice of the king. It seems he was awake.
“Breakfast will be ready soon, so it’ll be good if you get ready soon.”
“Got it.”
I wait in front of the door for a while, and finally the king exits from within the room, having finished changing clothes.
By the way, the clothes were mine.
However, it seems that the king hadn’t finished getting ready completely, since a few strands of bed hair was standing out on his head.
“Then, shall we go?”
Leading the king, I head to the place where I had been just now.
As we approach, the nice aroma of the cooking starts to drift our way, and the king also becomes aware of that aroma.
“……O-oh, it’s Luna.”
When the king noticed Luna’s existence, he seemed somewhat surprised.
……Ah, when I think about it, yesterday he fainted before meeting her, so he didn’t know about Luna being here.
“Good morning, Father.”
“N-now, what is Luna……?
And, as one should expect, he showed even more surprise at seeing Luna’s cooking figure than when he noticed her existence.
“Luna, have you ever cooked before today……?”
“No? Today, I was taught by Nest-san and was allowed to try for the first time.”
The king’s face pales when he heard those words.
I dare say, he probably remembered the cooking from yesterday.
……The king seemed reluctant to eat it, so I, together with Luna, made him eat the food. Impressed by the results of the cooking his daughter made, the king suddenly burst into dance. Anyway, all I can say is that it was quite a big deal.
“To think the day would come where I could eat my daughter’s home cooking……!!”
Now drinking tea after our meal, the king’s excitement had yet to lessen. As expected, Luna also gave a wry smile when she saw her own father’s state like that.
“I’m home~!!”
At that moment, Lily’s lively voice was suddenly heard from the entrance.
It was easy to tell that those clearly resounding footsteps were gradually approaching this way.
In the next instant, the door was opened vigorously.
“Welcome home, Lily.”
I pat the head of Lily, who came rushing to me with such spirit.
“Hm, a guest?”
She asks me while having her head pat, seemingly feeling good.
I suppose she’s talking about Luna and the king.
“Yeah, we have visitors.
When I finish patting her head, Lily looks up in wonder at the king, who was a little closer than Luna.
“……Scruffy~~!!”
Lily springs at the king’s bed hair.
It was so sudden that no one was able to respond, and even the king ends up letting Lily do so.
I pull Lily away from the king right away.
“L-Lily, suddenly doing that sort of thing is no good, wouldn’t you agree…..?”
Luckily, the king didn’t seem to mind it much, so for now I make Lily introduce herself and apologise.
“Well, uh.. I’m Lily. And I’m sorry for pulling your hair.”
“M-mnn. I didn’t really mind it so you don’t have to worry about it either, okay?”
The king kindly calls out to the apologising Lily.
Thereupon, Lily once again tries to leap upon the king as if misunderstanding something, so I had her stop.
“Come to think of it, where’s Aura?”
She was supposed to be with Lily, but Lily was alone when she returned.
“Well you see, Aura-oneechan said that she has something to talk to Asha-san about.”
While Lily sat on my lap like she is often seen doing, she tells me about Aura’s whereabouts.
“Mn, understood.”
Well, since that kind of thing happened before, she probably has all sorts of things to consult Asha-san about.
Which reminds me, in the end, I still don’t really understand that matter of Asha-san’s either……