"I don't seem to have an appetite, but are you okay?
(Ham is gentle. Ham is Ham. Your Majesty is the Emperor, so don't make me look so harsh. Ham, Ola, I'm sorry for being stupid. Ham loved any ham.
……
Eleonora felt like she was grasping the back of her throat and was about to start crying.
Don't cry, drop your gaze on Alexei, and you'll notice that what he does is exactly like Ham. Of course, there is no proper fork or knife in the Magic Forest. I was eating in a wooden cutlery made by Eleonora.
(Even though it's small, I thought Ham was eating beautifully. If I told you I wanted to be able to eat like that, you could tell me. Ola, it didn't go so well. But Ham never got angry. The teacher who became Eleonora was often angry.
"Are you still not feeling well? It doesn't seem to be eating very well."
Alexei was Alexei and I was worried about Eleonora. Eleonora believes that Ham is not as ruthless and brutal as Alexei. If Alexei were to be disillusioned by finding out that she was Ham, I would definitely want to avoid that. I don't want you to like it, but I want you not to hate it at all.
The two silenced each other and the dinner ended in a terribly dark atmosphere.
"If you don't mind, let's have a drink or tea at the salon."
Alexei asks Eleonora with a little tension. There was no one to wait for her at home, and she nodded.
When they moved to the salon, Alexei ordered wine and Eleonora ordered tea.
"You don't seem to be feeling well from earlier, but has anything bothered you?
Eleonora lays her eyes down.
(Ola hurt Ham. Ola, Ola... I loved any ham.
"Lower the Chamberlain and cast Sound Resistance Magic"
Alexei used soundproofing magic to leave Eleonora alone in her room so she could speak freely.
"I don't care what you say, Pie."
Eleonora finally burst into tears.
"Pie, what's going on?
Alexei gives the handkerchief to Eleonora as she unfurls.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Ham."
Um, I'm not Ham...
Eleonora raised her face as she wept.
"You're a ham chimp. Ham loves me no matter what."
Alexei stayed still and glanced.
"The Emperor may be scared. But I don't think you can do it unless you're scared. However, I'm short-circuited, and I only know about young Ham, so assume it's not Ham."
Eleonora wiped her tears with a handkerchief and looked straight at Alexei.
"Ham, I'm sorry. Ola, you're embarrassing me. No matter what Ham does, no matter what he does, he's a ham. It's getting bigger, Ham...."
He stared at Alexei with love, but he was distracted.
"Pie... I killed a lot of people. It's not me you know. He's a brutal man."
Eleonora shook her neck to the side with tears still flowing.
"Ham-chan is ham-chan. There must have been a reason. Hmm, even if there's no reason, Ola liked Ham."
The next moment, Alexei held Eleonora in her arms.
"Pie....!
Eleonora was surprised by the sudden embrace, and the words hardly came out.
Ham is a sweetheart even when he grows up.
The words that finally came out of my mouth were for Ham. When Eleonora whispers in Alexei's arms, Alexei reveals herself in her chest.
"I missed you....! After Pie died, I could only live by hating people. Pie was killed because I didn't have the power. If I had the strength, the pie wouldn't have been killed."
"No, Pepe. Ham, that's not true. There are still nine kids who can do anything. That's what I said. Grown-ups sew their mouths! I'm a kid, so don't worry about it."
Alexei thanked Pie for his soul.
"Hmm, Ham has grown up since I was a pie."
The arms and hands holding Eleonora are huge, and the chest is thick and wide.
She raised her face and stared at Alexei from below.
"Ham is more of an adult....."
Eleonora turned bright red when she realized that.
"Hey, hey, don't hug me like this! Oh, Ola and Ham were grown-ups! This is not supposed to happen!
Eleonora was ashamed of her chest twitching. If I recognized Alexei not as Ham, but as a man, I couldn't see his face anymore.