v1c21 - Lydia's Delicious Dinner and the Dangerous Introduction Time
“H-Hey, what are you doing! Right now I’m having an emotional reunion with Alex!”
“What emotional reunion! From what you said earlier, it’s been only a few days!? There’s nothing to be emotional about!”
Ellie and Lydia started arguing while hugging me.
But Lydia’s right, it certainly hasn’t been long enough to be an emotional reunion.
But does this mean I have to use silence magic again?
“Mister. Nina is also hugging you, but she’s being left out of the group.”
“No, I don’t think you should get mixed up in this …… So, stop, both of you. Lydia, I’ll leave dinner to you. Ellie, let’s calm down for now. Then why did Ellie come here?”
“Ugh,…… Alex’s response was less than expected …… Ahem. Well, a lot of things happened that brought me here.”
I stop Ellie and Lydia for now and ask them to step away from me.
When we move to a corner that serves as a temporary kitchen — though there is only a large box with ingredients – I ask her to talk loudly so Lydia can hear it too, and not to hug me suddenly. Ellie promised, and we were finally able to hear what was going on.
She told me that after I left, Ellie was almost attacked by Roland, and she came to me out of spite.
“…… I see, Roland did something like that.”
“Yeah. He suddenly pushed me onto the bed, so I told Stella and the others to be careful and left the party.”
“But weren’t Roland and Ellie lovers?”
“No! Who would want to be with a man like that! That’s just Roland saying it one-sidedly, and I …… it’s that. Um …… anyway, it’s a big lie that I’m lovers with Roland. Believe me, Alex.”
Then Ellie stares at me with her face flushed red.
Ellie’s face is so red that she seems to be growing angry with Roland for having lied to her.
“Okay. If that’s the case, I want you to work with us to cultivate this demon territory.”
“Yes, leave it to me! …… but why is there a girl and an elf in this demon territory? I thought it was supposed to be a no man’s land.”
“Yeah, about that……”
Ellie’s question is perfectly natural, so I explain to her about my newly acquired Slave Release skill…
“…… W-What the hell!? That skill! I’ve never heard of such a thing, and why is it just girls being freed!?”
“No, I’m not sure what to say if you ask that to me.”
For some reason, she comes at me with a terrible grumpy look.
At that timing…
“Mr. Alex. I need to use fire. Can you help me with my magic?”
“Y-Yeah. I understand. Ellie, just give me a minute.”
“W-Where are you going!?”
Lydia asked me to go outside the cabin.
I told her it was just around the corner and Ellie followed me, so we all decided to watch Lydia cook…
“……I was supposed to be the one in that role, though …… Wait, Alex!? Why are you touching that woman’s arm!? If you want to touch someone, you can just touch mine!”
“No, it’s not that I’m trying to touch her arm, I’m just sharing my magic power with her. I often share my magic power with Ellie too, didn’t I?”
“Ahhh …… Then, why do you keep sharing your magic!”
“This is demon territory, after all. There is nothing to burn. That’s why we have to keep the fire going.”
However, I have had Lydia cook for me every day like this, but with Ellie’s attack magic, it might not work like this.
The magic used by arch wizards is powerful when it is used, but there have not been many types of magic that could be used for a sustained period of time.
“It’s done!”
“It smells delicious. Thank you as always, Lydia.”
“…… that was supposed I have to say too, though.”
I called out to Ellie, who was puffing out her cheeks for some reason, and returned to the cabin to find Nina had finished arranging the dishes.
“Rice, rice!”
“Today I made my first stew, pot-au-feu, in the pot that Ms. Nina made for me! …… Um, Ms. Ellie? You can have some, too.”
A soup with lots of potatoes and broccoli was laid out.
“For now, let’s start by introducing ourselves while eating, but let’s eat first. Thank you for the food!”
“Thank you for the food.”
“…… Thank you for the food.”
Nina and Ellie said after me and bring the food Lydia has prepared to their mouths.
“Mmm. As expected of Lydia’s cooking. It’s very delicious.”
“Ehehe, thank you very much. I’ve been wanting to use the consomme I found among the seasonings for a while now, and I finally got to use it.”
Then we proceeded to eat for a while.
“Now, since my childhood friend Ellie will be living with us today, I’d like you to introduce yourselves to each other …… Then we’ll start with Lydia, in the order in which you came here.”
We decided to start introducing ourselves…… We did, but…
“I am Lydia. As you can see, I am an elf.”
“…… Eh, Is that all?”
“Then …… using spirit magic, which is my specialty, I am cooking a delicious meal with lots of love for Mr. Alex. And also, using the same spirit magic, I clean Mr. Alex’s body, and at night we sleep in each other’s arms and keep each other warm ……”
“Wait a minute! Well, it’s not a mistake, but isn’t your representation a little strange!? Or rather, let’s go to Nina next. Come on, Nina, please!”
Lydia’s self-introduction was misleading on so many levels that I decided to end it.
Then Nina started introducing herself…
“Nina is a Dwarf, so she is good with minerals. Mister saved her life, but we’ve shown each other everything, so I guess we’re like family now.”
“…… Showed each other everything? What in the world was Alex’s life like here? I’d love to hear more about it.”
“Ellie? I, I think you’re misunderstanding something strange! Ellie!? Ellieeeeee!”
Although she did not have a wand that amplifies magic power, which she uses in battle, for some reason, Ellie began to gather magic power in her hands, and I had to do everything in my power to stop her.