âReally, you should excuse yourselfâŠâ (Mitchan)
Just as I arrived in the dining room, Mitchan already complaining from the beginning!
Well, I rushed to the house of Marquis Mitchel without an appointment for the night. It canât be helped if they feel mad.
âBut I donât have intermediary, so I donât know how to make appointment! So, I came to make an appointment myself but then I thought if I already came here anyway, why not just meet right nowâŠâ (Mitsuha)
âAre there any noble who will go make an appointment by themselves?â (Mitchan)
She is still mad at meâŠ
When I was getting disheartened, Marquis-sama sent me a lifeboat.
âWell, Micheline, donât treat Viscount Yamano too harshly. She is now far away from her parents, perhaps she canât get used to the unfamiliar foreign land yetâŠâ (Marquis-sama)
With Marquis-samaâs lifeboat, I managed to avoid Mitchanâs scolding.
No, of course, I also thought that I have to send notice first, at least once. But even if I try to write a letter, I donât know Mitchanâs address, and I donât know where to buy stamps, and thereâs no postbox or post office whatsoeverâŠ
Moreover, there are no public telephone, and I donât have their number⊠tte, I guess thereâs no way such thing exists in this world.
The advance notice is usually sent by a servant and they wait for the reply. That is the common sense here. That is, so as to not disturb their pleated skirts, or make their white sailor collars flutter.
(Note: I think there is no correlation between the common sense and that line, but that line is reference from maria-ga miteru, so I just left it as it is.)\n
âOh right, these are souvenir!â (Mitsuha)
The contents were taken out from the bag hung on my left shoulder and the bag I held in my right hand, then I arranged them on the table.
âYes, itâs liquor from our country. Itâs usually for casual drinks, but Iâd like to hear what you think⊠For Mitchan, itâs our country sweets that I made. Of course, Iâd like to hear your opinions on whether it will sell in this country or not⊠â (Mitsuha)
No, as expected I canât say [I brought the cake from our country], so I have to say that. Moreover, I canât explain how the cake can be brought here in this fresh state. If itâs cookies that can be kept for a long time, the impact would be small, she wouldnât be very pleased because itâs not unusual. Thatâs why, it canât be helped!
Ah, if she ate all these cakes in one day, Mitchan would get fat⊠No, on the contrary, eating all of these cakes would upset her stomach, so maybe sheâll lose weight?
Ah, the madam instructed the maid to prepare the tableware.
I heard from the gatekeeper-san that the meal was just over, do you want to eat it now? Oh, deserts goes to another stomach? Is that so.
Marquis-sama will also eat the cake? Brandy with shortcake is a bitâŠ
Oh, no, Iâve heard that brandy has a slightly sweet taste, so some people prefer to eat chocolate cakes along with it. Iâve read articles about enjoying Valentineâs chocolate cake with brandy.
Apparently, the shortcake seems to have been recognized as a prey not only by Mitchan, but also by the whole family. Staring with Mitchan and madam, everyone glaring at the cakeâŠ\nWell, itâs looks like, it canât be helped. There is no one who doesnât want to eat this just by looking at this.
And Mitchan looks a bit sad realizing that it is impossible to monopolize everything.
No, as expected, it would be impossible to eat the whole 15 piecesâŠ
And as a result of Mitchel Family meeting, Mitchan will have 4 pieces, Madam will have 3 pieces, and Marquis-sama and the three sons will have 2-pieces each.
They were disputing it up until that point, but they started to dispute it further.
The female team (Mitchan and Madam) strongly asserts against the male team who insisted to [choose the ones you like one by one in turns] by saying [Mitchan and Madam will first choose everything they want, then the men can divide the rest as they like].
Well, if they do as the male team says, Madam and Mitchan would have to pick the last three that didnât get chosen by everyone, and that would be unpleasant.
âWhy should I get the leftovers! In the first place, this is a souvenir that is intended for me, please be grateful that I was generous enough to share with you! Look at father, he isnât even trying to share what he has received!â (Mitchan)
Ah, Mitchan, I thought she was more cool-headedâŠ
No, is the appeal of shortcake that much too great?
Hmm, it has excessive war potential huhâŠ
âN-No, Strong liquor like this is still too early for youâŠâ (Marquis-sama)
In front of the Marquis, who is making excuses, his wife puts a glass.
Well, of course it would be like thatâŠ\n\nAh, both? Is that soâŠ
But this brandy and shortcake proves their effectivenessâŠ
Then what kind of reaction do the guards will have if they hear that even the senior noble, a Marquis, also drink the same thingâŠ
Iâm scared of the repercussion when I meet them next time!
Unlike the men who have already finished eating, Mitchan and madam who are eating a lot still enjoying the taste slowly. Their faces were loosely become softer.
Her dere side? Is mitchanâs dere side coming?
ââŠthen, viscount Yamano. The question you just mentioned⊠should I start explaining that?â (Marquis-sama)
The Marquis said that, tightening the loose face and staring at me with a sharp gaze.
Yeah, thatâs the most important thing.
Of course, I should consult with the Marquis, who may belong to a large faction, or perhaps lead the faction, to determine my friendship range. There is no aristocrat who doesnât understand the meaning of that. Well, apart from idiots that tried to get their minions sneak into my store.
ââŠyesâ (Mitsuha)
I nodded to the question of the Marquis.
ââŠMitsuha. The talk that you came to play with me, was that just an excuse?! Your actual intention is that you just wanted to talk with Father about evil tricks, right?!â (Mitchan)
Mitchan, who stopped eating the shortcake, stared at me suspiciously.