I could smell the aroma of Soba and Tempura when I got back to the mansion.
"Satou."
Mia who's come to greet me leads me by hand to the dining room.
Tama and Pochi run from the kitchen and join us halfway through.
When we arrive at the dining room, Nana and the others are currently preparing the plates.
I feel sorry for the maids who don't have anything to do, so I urge everyone to sit down and leave the job to the maids.
"Welcome back~, you're coming too fast after the 『Kaeru Call』 earlier. You should've contacted me earlier."
....A, Arisa. [Kaeru (come home) Call], what era are you from.
Well, no use retorting that after all this time.
The Tempura Soba on the table is more important right now.
Everyone starts eating with the signal of [Itadakimasu]. Pochi and Tama have become able to use chopsticks recently, but it seems they can't hold all the Soba with them, they've exchanged them with forks.
I quickly dip the noodle on the soup and gulp it one go.
When I chew it, the aroma of Soba and the salty-sweet taste of the soup spread in my mouth.
A Japanese person should be eating this with slurping sounds, but since it seems to be a breach of etiquette in Shiga Kingdom, I refrain myself.
In fact, Lulu is scolding Arisa who's eating the Soba messily.
"Like I said, eating Soba like this is the right thing to do!"
"You can't do that even with such excuse. Master would dislike you if you eat vulgarly like that you know?"
"That's impossib~le. Right, Darling."
Who the heck is Darling.
After biting a shrimp tempura called Shiga Sakura Shrimp, I continue eating the Soba in Shiga manners like before.
They call it Sakura Shrimp, but the size is of normal shrimp. It probably got the name from its sakura-colored shell.
"Look, even Master eats elegantly."
"You traitor~~~~"
I'm enjoying the Soba that I haven't had for a long time with Arisa's scream as the BGM.
By the way, Tempura Soba was selected because Lulu consulted Arisa when she found the buckwheat flour in the food warehouse.
"It was delicious, Lulu."
"Thank you very much, Master."
Lulu's voice sounds happy enough to make you think like there was a music note attached at the end.
It sounds nice no matter how many times I hear it.
"Hey~, since it was my idea, praise me too."
"Right, I felt like having Soba today, so good job Arisa."
'Praise me', Arisa asks for more praise upfront.
"Don't say that with only words, show it with actions too."
I would have praised her more if she didn't assume the posture of wanting to kiss.
"Arisa is a spoiled child nanodesu."
"Spoiled child~?"
Pochi shoves a Tempura into the mouth of Arisa who's closing her eyes. Tama also thrusts a Tempura from the other side.
"Mogaga. Wait,yougyys. Nn-gu. Hey why were they Perilla Tempura. There are the shrimps and octopuses ones right!"
"I mean, Lulu said that Perilla is good for your health~?"
"Shrimp-san wants Pochi to eat it, it said nodesu."
Ignoring the heartwarming children's bickering, I talk to Lulu.
Liza should be onto them after a bit more.
"Where did you get the Perilla?"
"Mia-chan found it in the garden."
"Happened during a stroll."
"That's amazing, Mia."
"Nn."
I'm impressed she could find it even though it could be easily mistaken with weeds.
I quite like Perilla Tempura.