Koutarou and the others were all together to guard Elfaria, but they looked less like guards and more like a group going out to play together. Elfaria was no longer wearing her empress clothing, but had changed into Earth-style clothes. So at a first glance, it looked like some foreign tourists being guided around by a group of Japanese.
“Mother, this is called takoyaki”
”Takoyaki? How round and peculiar. If I were to guess it looks like a food”
”Ruth, I'll leave the detailed explanation to you”
“Yes, Your Highness. Your Majesty, takoyaki is one of the snacks that civilians on Earth like to eat, it is very popular”
”So it's similar to our country's Lakron?”
”Image wise it's close, but it's more normal”
”Why not have her try some before you explain. That way is more fun too”
“Shizuka is right. Mother, have some”
”Fufufu, okay... hot hot”
Elfaria timidly put the takoyaki in her mouth. And she rolled her eyes in bewilderment from the taste being different from what she had thought and the contents being hotter than expected. Seeing Elfaria react like they had hoped, the girls around her smiled.
“Takoyaki, huh...”
”Maki-chan, do you like takoyaki?”
“I haven't tried it that much, so I don't know”
”Then give it a taste. Satomi-san!”
Yurika escaped from the circle of girls and ran up to Koutarou who was looking at the surroundings from a short distance away. She then presented both of her hands with a wide grin on her face.
“I want to treat Maki-chan to some takoyaki, so please give me money!”
Yurika was poor but haphazard, so she had no spare money. So she decided to request Koutarou's support. She believed that he would do something.
“You've finally started to straight up ask for money, huh?”
”Is that a no?”
Yurika tilted her head with a sad expression.
“...Just wait a minute”
Koutarou reluctantly opened his wallet and pulled out a 1000 yen note. He would have rejected her request if it was just for herself, but if it was for Maki, who rarely asked for anything for herself, he couldn't refuse. While she was haphazard, Yurika was still acting for Maki's sake.