With the chicken in the oven, Theia and Ruth went to take a bath since it would take some time before it was finished. Once the two were done, Koutarou would take his turn.
Because of that, Koutarou positioned himself in front of the oven, peeking at the chicken and adjusting the temperature from time to time.
“Right... the temperature should be fine like this...”
Since this was different from roasting something over an open flame, it took Koutarou a while before he could properly adjust the humidity, but the chicken was now cooking the way he wanted it to. All that was left was to avoid overcooking it.
“Hm?”
That was when Koutarou felt the presence of someone behind him.
“That was fast, are you done already?”
Koutarou figured that the presence was Theia and Ruth and he turned around to look in the direction of the entrance to the kitchen.
“Huh?”
However, he didn't see Theia nor Ruth. The sliding door simply opened, but nobody was behind it. As Koutarou was wondering why the door had opened, several faces appeared by the frame of the door and peeked at him. Those faces belonged to young boys and girls.
“Is that the Blue Knight?”
“It is.”
“But, he's not blue at all?”
“Stupid, it's not like he's always going to be wearing his armor.”
“I think his face is the same.”
“Then it must be the Blue Knight. But why is the Blue Knight cooking?”
“Why I wonder?”
The children were talking about something while looking at Koutarou. However, since Koutarou couldn't understand the language they spoke in, he wasn't sure what they were saying.
I shouldn't have left the bracelet behind...
They were children from Forthorthe who had come to Earth with Elfaria, and they were speaking in their native tongue. Koutarou would have been able to understand what they were saying if he used the translation functions in his bracelet.
However, he had left it behind in room 106 since it might get in the way of cooking, and his armor had been stored in the hangar after the repairs on it were completed. As a result, Koutarou had no way of communicating with the children.
“Do you have any business with me?”
That said, he couldn't just stand there and watch them. He had to talk to them in order not to scare them. In the worst case scenario, he'd have to try and talk to them using gestures.
“Wah, he's saying something.”
“What did he say?”
“I don't know, I couldn't hear it because he's far away.”
“Let's go. He doesn't look that scary either.”
“He's cooking after all.”
“Yeah, let's go.”
Koutarou still couldn't understand what they were saying, but he did understand that they seemed to have reached some kind of consensus. Based on the fact that they were now coming closer, he figured they must have been talking about that.
“What is it? Did you smell the food?”
Koutarou figured that the children must have smelled the chicken in the oven during their exploration of the ship.
“So this is the Blue Knight...”