Satou's here. I like meat, not as much as the beastkin girls do though. Or rather, besides vegetarians, there should be not a lot of people who aren't fond of meat
This doesn't have anything to do with the above, but there was an illustration of a heroine's silhouette with only the word 'meat' written on it in a light novel I read long ago .
Meat are nice, aren't they.
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"Fuh, I feel so refreshed."
"Please wait Karina-sama, I haven't tied the girdle."
"Karina-sama, don't move until after I dry your hairr~"
Lady Karina and her companions who had refreshed themselves on the bathroom in the main building after the long journey entered the room.
She does wear the same bathrobe that we usually use after bathing, but I didn't think that she would enter the living room just wearing that.
Lady Karina is wearing the knee-length robe so the area around her waist is covered, but the breast area is dangerous.
I feel like getting sucked into the deep valley.
Ah, the devil is whispering to my ears. I'm in the same mental state of Adam who was being tempted to reach his hand toward the [Fruit of Knowledge] by the snake--
"Guilty. ■■■■ Darkness"
--The joyous image was cut by Mia's spirit magic.
I won't ever forget the image just now.
Absolutely!
"What? Magic?"
"Shameless."
"That's right, you can't entice him with those cheat weapons."
"Karina-sama, the stimulus from those clothes is a bit too much, so I'm sorry, but please change into this one piece."
Bewildered Lady Karina was getting complaints from Mia and Arisa, and then Lulu followed up.
I cannot see them since they are on the other side of the darkness curtain made by Mia's magic.
Of course I could have seen it if I just used [Clairvoyance] magic, but that would be like peeping, so I restrained myself.
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Mia canceled her magic, and then Lady Karina who had her breast area firmly guarded came back to the room.
It seems these girls didn't bring any change of clothes for their journey, they had only prepared the dress Lady Karina was wearing earlier for her.
I feel sorry if they have to change back to dirty clothes after taking a bath, so we've lent them Lulu's and Nana's clothes for today.
It seems to be a bit too tight, I wont' say where though. The clothes are screaming.
"Please bear with those clothes today, I'll call a tailor to make new clothes for you first thing tomorrow morning."
"I still have the dress I've got from before, so I don't need a new one desuwa."
Lady Karina curtly refuses my suggestion.
I don't know if it's because she has just got out of the bath or because of the bathrobe appearance from before, she's blushing in slightly cherry blossom color, it's a bit sexy.
"We have been invited by the viceroy's Madam to a tea party, you can't possibly attend with the same dress right?"
"I will be absent. I'd like you to convey my refusal desuwa."
That can't be accepted, so after some back-and-forth arguments, she agrees to have new armors and weapons to challenge the labyrinth.
And also one other thing.
"We will be departing to the Royal Capital for the Kingdom Conference in five days. A letter jointly signed by Consul Nina and Baron Muno has arrived, instructing me to take Karina-sama along."
"No desuwa!"
"The matter has been decided."
"N.O."
Lady Karina is throwing a tantrum like a child.
"Karina, selfish~?"
"Your right will be scolded if you don't do your duty properly nodesu!"
There come supports from Pochi and Tama, but the content of the persuasion is subtly strange.
"You can go back to the labyrinth city again once the Kingdom Conference is over right."
"But, won't they tell me to go back to the barondom then?"
I personally think that's fine, but returning home five days after arriving from a long journey seems bitter.
"I'll support you when that happens."
"You absolutely will desuwayo!"
I will support you.
I can't ascertain that you will absolutely go back to the Labyrinth City though.
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"Meat-san, why are you meat nanodesu?"
Pochi is being melancholic while staring hard at the meat on a picture book.
Was she really that shocked with the meatless dinner earlier.
Even though I, Lulu, and even Mia accompanied Pochi by eating meatless vegetable-only dinner.
Tama's share wasn't without meat, but there were only half of the usual quantity, so she looked a bit painful.
"Pochi, tomorrow--"
"Do you mean! The meat ban is lifted tomorrow nanodesu?!"
Pochi hyper-reacted to my words and said such things, but she really has to introspect herself this time, so I won't be lenient.
"--there's no meat, but I'll make the curry that Pochi loves."
"Dejected~ nanodesu."
Pochi who had a short-lived elation helplessly crumbles on the cushion.
Her favorite curry didn't help to recover her huh.
I pick up the jerky that Tama tried to secretly give to Pochi with [Magic Hand].
"No~?"
"No."
"Tama's feeling is already quite enough nanodesu. Pochi the criminal has to receive her punishment nanodesu."
Pochi looks like she's acting somehow, looking at how she keeps glancing at me, it must be suggested by Arisa, so I ignore it.