“Shin-dono! I’ve come to pick you up!”
“Hmm?”
The next morning. When Shin and Yuzuha were getting ready to dress themselves, a voice came from outside the room.
Shin opened the door while thinking, “Where have I heard that voice before?”. It was Cuore, kneeling in a proper seiza posture.
“Breakfast is ready. Come this way, please!”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
Since she didn’t talk much at the dinner table, he didn’t know it was her, with only her voice. Also, because it was not a maid, but Cuore, what kind of thing was that?
“Um, why is Cuore the one who is summoning me? Yesterday, I was told by the maid about dinner.”
Supposedly, Shin was a guest of Wolfgang, so the maid came to pick him up at dinner time.
“I asked to take over.”
Why would she do that? Shin thought, while thinking back that he had the same feeling at yesterday’s dinner. Within Cuore, the existence of High Humans was quite glorified, especially Shin’s, for some reason. Though she didn’t talk much, her manner and gaze showed eloquence toward Shin, too.
It was also probably because Shin was Girard’s master. Apparently there were too many anecdotes that were told when she was a child, so she seemed to feel strong admiration.
From Shin’s point of view, his embarrassing past being dramatized was nothing but a punishment game(batsu game) to him.
(I somewhat feel like her image of me is too far away from reality.)
Furthermore, the Cuore of today, her tension felt higher than yesterday. Shin became a little worried about that.
Did Girard tell her about the duel? It seemed to have slightly forced her tension to raise a little.
When he checked the route they were walking, while thinking about what was up with her, he noticed that they were going to a different place from the dinner.
“Isn’t the destination different from yesterday’s hall?”
“Yes, I was told to guide you to Girard-sama’s private room.”
Since the dinner was a banquet feast, he wondered if he could eat peacefully in the morning. On the account of the work, Cuore seemed to finish it earlier.
“It’s here. I think your companions will come soon. Then, I will be on my way.”
“Thank you.”
Shin thanked Cuore who was leaving with a bow, and entered the room. Inside were Girard, Van and Rajim.
Schnee and Tiera entered after a few minutes.
“Then, let’s eat.”
They finished greeting each other and began to eat breakfast. There was rice, miso soup, grilled fish and pickled vegetables when he looked at the contents of the menu.