Chapter 175

Extra: The Banquet and Meat

After Kehma was honey trapped by the imperial capital big shots (Haku’s party members), Ichika, who had nonchalantly joined in, turned back to the food-laden banquet table with bouncy steps . No matter what, she would have to dine from now on due to her Goshujin-sama’s order . She didn’t dislike it . Rather, she was super enjoying it .

“Oh, Meat-senpai . ”

“Nom . ”

She called out to Meat, who had nomming on a piece of meat .

With a large bite, Meat swallowed down the meat . After that, she wiped off the sauce left around her mouth with a handkerchief she’d gotten from her Goshujin-sama and turned to Ichika .

“What’s wrong, Ichika? Is there something especially delicious?”

“Mmm, there’s lots of tasty stuff but Goshujin-sama is being popular over there . ”

“Goshujin-sama, popular?”

Fufun .

Meat pushed out her chest in pride . It was Kehma . A master’s honor is a slave’s honor .

“Well, he refused ’em all though . ”

“Really? It is Goshujin-sama after all . ”

“Meat-senpai isn’t going to try? Goshujin-sama might be taken away by some other person~?”

At any rate, since Meat was being used as his hug pillow and how he hadn’t reacted when Ichika made a move on him, she wasn’t worried in the least . It wasn’t a threat to the role that Ichika played after all .

However, Meat didn’t look flustered either .

“I am Goshujin-sama’s hug pillow, so I will continue doing my all to be Goshujin-sama’s favorite . If the time comes that Goshujin-sama doesn’t need me, then I will just have to do my best at that time . ”

“Hoh, so this’s a genuine slave?”

But I can kinda understand why you adore Goshujin-sama so much~—Ichika thought to herself .

No matter how one were to look at it, Kehma was the ideal Goshujin-sama . He gave them meals, the meals were delicious, he didn’t use violence, the curry bread was the best in the world, he made no unreasonable demands, but really, that curry bread . That curry bread was too strong . The world’s best .

“I’d be fine bein’ Goshujin-sama’s hug pillow too, but… Don’t you nibble on Goshujin-sama when you’re with him?”

“… Play-biting isn’t… about anger you know? Waking him up is no good though, of course . ” [1]

“Hooh, really? Heeh~”

Ichika picked up some food to eat and took a bite… it was great! Even if these were casually cooked dishes, they were things made for a banquet held by the head of an empire (Haku) by the top chefs with the best ingredients . There’s no way they could be unpleasant . In other words, it’d be a waste if there were much of it left over . It’d probably become food for the servants, but she couldn’t let that happen .

“It’s normal to store it in [Storage] . ”

“I don’t know [Storage] though! Meat-senpai, put it in yours!”

“If you don’t have permission from Goshujin-sama or Rokuko-sama for my [Storage], no . ”

“But… what should I do theeeeeeen!?”

Meat was a little amazed at how seriously Ichika looked like she was mourning .

“Haah, it can’t be helped then can it, Ichika? … I’ll teach you right now . ”

“Ah—now’s the time for my talent in magic to bloom…! Teach me, Meat-senpai!”

“The incantation for [Storage] is—”

However, even though she was taught the incantation for [Storage] by Meat, there was no way she’d be able to use something she hadn’t been able to this whole time so conveniently .

“There’s no helping it if you can’t . You should just eat what you can, then . ”

“No way… then I’ll just have to rely on the space magic in my stomach…!”

“Oh? Ichika, if you’re saying you want to go home with the leftovers, I could put them in my [Storage] for you?”

Rokuko, who was concerned over Kehma until just a moment ago, suddenly cut into their conversation .

“You were a goddess!? I’ll follow you for my whole life!”

“O-oh, it is a great meal, but I don’t think it’s enough to be treated like a goddess over…”

“Food grudges last a lifetime, but so do food debts y’know~?”

“Do they really? Well, if you say it’s alright, then okay…”

Rokuko put one of the big platters sitting in front of her into her [Storage] for now .

Ichika wondered if it was really alright to take the platters as well, but decided there wasn’t much of a need to worry about it since it was Rokuko .

“… Oh? Come to think of it, where’s Goshujin-sama?”

“Oh, right . Kehma fell asleep after Haku Ane-sama got him drunk . Meat, could you carry him to his room? You know the place . ”

“Yes, certainly!”

When she looked over to the spot Rokuko pointed to, she saw the red-faced Kehma laying on the floor, asleep .

There was a fluffy carpet, but he would probably end up catching a cold if he was left there .

“I’m off to bring Goshujin-sama to the futon, then . ”

“Yeah, I’ll leave it to you!”

Thanks to the golem assist, Meat was able to easily carry Kehma as she left the banquet .

“… Oh? Didn’t this turn into a huge win for Meat-senpai though? It’s a bit late, but Rokuko-sama, are you sure about lettin’ Meat-senpai do it?”

“Eh? Meat’s a hug pillow, there’s no need to worry… So, you’re not going to eat?”

“Ah—I’m eating, I’m eating! I have my eye on that dessert too~, wanna have some together?”

Ichika wondered what was up with her line of thinking, tilting her head .

But for now, she decided to just focus on eating what was sitting in front of her .

Footnotes:

I don’t particularly get the flow here . Sorry if that’s too apparent here