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The Promise Before
After I finish with my summer hell’s training, I drink milk in the living room after I get out of the bath.
Of course, I drink it while standing and with my hand on my hips. Actually, a small jar would be fine, but I didn’t prepare anything like that so I drink it from a cup.
My body was becoming hot due to the strong sunlight but it has cooled down due to the cold milk. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Maybe my body was asking for water so I drained the milk in one go.
「Puhaa, a drink after taking a bath is so delightful」
The milk from the cows in Koryatt village truly has a rich flavor. It doesn’t taste raw, it has a rich flavor and is strong in sweetness. I wonder if this sweetness alone is enough so that it can pass and be used as a sweetener.
「Ah, Al, I also want some milk」
So Eleonora-neesan said, but she was sitting on the sofa as she hold up her cup at me.
I was about to have another drink but, let’s fill her cup first for now since Eleonora-neesan wants some milk.
After quenching my thirst, I also want to lie down on the sofa after all.
Though it is troublesome to carry a jar of milk that is likely to be more than a liter, so I walk toward Eleonora-neesan’s direction while floating the jar of milk with Psychic.
Eleonora-neesan noticed my intention but she put her cup on the table, so I tilted the bottle of milk and poured it into her cup with Psychic.
For me, I can actually just pour the milk into the cup even if you hold the cup in the air, but it looks like Eleonora-neesan is worried that I’m going to spill it so she put her cup on the table each time.
Just because it’s in the air doesn’t mean that I will spill any.
「Here」
「Thank you」
I sit down on the sofa at the same time as I finish pouring the milk into neesan’s cup.
Then I pull the milk jar toward me and continue to also pour the milk into my own cup.
As I was drinking the milk as though relishing it, Eleonora-neesan drank her milk in one gulp and then put her cup on the table. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Al」
「You want another glass?」
「No. Make me a shaved iceー」
「Ahh, that. Sure」
She doesn’t want milk but shaved ice this time?
If it’s shaved ice then I can make them even when I sit down, it’s simple.
「Ara, please make me some as well」
「Can I also have some?」
「Me tooー」
Just when I was about to prepare the plate for the shaved ice using Earth magic, Elna-kaasan, Nord-tousan, and Sylvio-niisan came in after they had taken a bath at just the right timing.
This season makes it so that the requests for shaved ice increase.
I quickly make plates for five people including for myself. Then I use Ice magic to smoothly start making ice to pile up on the plates.
「For me, I want them to have a nice crunchy texture」
「Mine has a soft texture」
「Yes yes, I already know everyone’s preference」
Eleonora-neesan prefers the ice to be coarse so that it will be crunchy when she eats it. And Elna-kaasan prefers fine ice with a soft texture that makes it as if it melts just by placing it on one’s tongue.
Incidentally, Nord-tousan and Sylvio-niisan prefers a texture in the middle between those two.
Oh well, the ice texture will change if you also change the size of the ice grains, so I don’t know if they have certain preferences.
After finished making the shaved ice, I make spoons with Earth magic.
And after that was done, Sylvio-niisan brings Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan’s shaved ice to the table where they sit.
As expected from Sylvio-niisan, he’s really thoughtful. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Nevertheless, Eleonora-neesan, you won’t help even though it’s in front of you? So I thought and I look up but Eleonora-neesan was gone from the sofa in front of me before I notice it.
「I got jams and other things from the kitchen!」
Apparently, she headed to the kitchen first to get something to put on the shaved ice.
There are various types of jam, fruit juice, honey, and sugar in her arms.
That’s right. When it comes to what Eleonora-neesan’s like, she was well prepared for it. I misunderstood her.
My older sister has also gotten used to eating shaved ice for a long time now.
「I wonder what should I add to my shaved ice now? I put apple jam yesterday, before that was grape, so.....should I put orange jam, today? 」
「Adding jam is nice, but you can also mix some juice and a bit of sugar into it」
「Aah, there was also that option. I’m confused now」
Our parents are having such a pleasant conversation in front of the toppings on the table.
They are lines unthinkable from the adventure story of the Dragon Slayer.
Maybe it’s because I recently read the book Eric lent me that I’m thinking like that.
「Neesan what are you going to add?」
「I’m going to add Kikka’s grape juice!」
「Then, I wonder if I should also do the same」
It looks like Eleonora-neesan and Sylvio-niisan are going to add Kikka’s grape juice to their shaved ice.
Such rich flavor will definitely go well with the shaved ice.
Now then, I wonder what should I choose as my topping.
Kikka’s grape juice is nice and the refreshing orange juice is also okay. The gooey jam with its combined sourness and sweetness is also good.
……yosh, shall I add everything I want to my shaved ice? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Elna, the ice will melt if you don’t quickly add toppings to it」
「Wait a minute. I’m really thinking over which is a good topping to add」
Giving a sidelong glance at the troubled Elna-kaasan, I take the toppings of grape juice on the table and pour it on one section of my shaved ice. Next I take the orange juice and pour it on another section, and then I add each jam to the remaining places.
「Yosh, now this is fine」
My mountain of shaved ice has become colorful, with purple, red, and also orange colors to it. The color at the bottom part has probably mixed up and become something amazing, but that’s fine and it’s okay as long as it’s tasty.
「……ah, Al, what are you doing?」
When I finished adding the toppings and was about to return to the sofa, Elna-kaasan asks me as though she saw something unbelievable with an incredulous look on her face.
「Eh? Since I want to eat all of them, I decided to just add all of the toppings to my shaved ice?」
「……right. I should have added all the toppings on it if I can not choose」
It’s like saying you should just eat a cake if you can’t eat bread.
With a refreshed face, Elna-kaasan - who was worried and having a difficult time choosing - starts to add several toppings to her shaved ice.
She put more toppings than I do, but even though she’s like this, she still have the high level of femininity from a noblewoman.
It doesn’t give the people who look at it any unpleasant feeling, it’s like looking at beautiful toppings of a parfait.
「「A parfait?」」
「Ah」
Crap. Was my astonishment escaped from my mouth? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Elna-kaasan and Eleonora-neesan turn around to look at me at the same time.
Please stop. Please don’t look at me with a sharp look as if you’re aiming at your prey.
「Come to think of it, before Al went to Kagura, Al was yelling about unknown words like ‘ice cream’, ‘pudding’, and other unknown sweets, didn’t he」1
「Then, that ‘parfait’ must also be among them」
Even though they don’t know about it, how pointlessly sharp. Or rather, still remembering the words I said such a long time ago, they have a pointlessly good memory as ever.
「Now that you mention it since we allowed Al to go to Kagura, should you also make that ‘ice cream’ and ‘pudding’ as the result?」
「Eehh!? But that’s negotiation card is not counted since Roomba had become my escort, right!?」
「Sweets are included in the negotiation so it is counted」
Although I protest against it, Elna-kaasan still shook her head - horizontally.
Darn it, even though it is so that I can buy rice freely doesn’t mean that I should have said it thoughtlessly. I should have been more unwilling to give them my condition.
「F, fine. Then, you can choose ice cream or puddin――」
「Kaasan, I think that ‘parfait’ is good! You can add the same amount of toppings like this after all, so it should be a better choice!」
This is why I don’t like my sharp-intuition neesan. When a parfait is involved in this, then ice cream and pudding will also get included. The work in making them will simply more than double.
「That’s right. It will be a difficult choice when it comes to ‘ice cream’ and ‘pudding’. And so, Al. Please make that ‘parfait’ next time」
「……okay, okay」
The two of you, I wonder if they actually know what a parfait is despite asking that. I can’t help but think like that after experiencing their devilish cooperation technique.