Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Grand Duke Josephine's gaze on Lucia changed slightly after she said she couldn't tell her country of origin. That colour floated on her face, as if she was pessimistic about her future, as if she were giving up something.

When Lucia noticed the expression, she thought Josephine was distracted. In the case of Lucia, when she feels uncomfortable, she usually--,

(Hmm? Could it be that you're hungry?)

—— most of the time if you are hungry (?) So...... after a short circuit, she suggested to Josephine.

"Speaking of which, aren't you hungry?" When I met you the other day, you said you hadn't eaten dinner, and you couldn't eat the food we took with you, and you slept all day yesterday... "

"Yes, that's right... my stomach is definitely... eh... I've been sleeping all day?"

“Yes, I brought Josephine here two days ago. I didn't wake up at all yesterday, and I was worried I wouldn't wake up and die, but I'm really glad I woke up."

"... you were sleeping so much, weren't you?"

How's your body doing?

"Yeah... thanks to you, I'm doing fine."

"Then you can eat your rice." I also made a bath, so you can come in whenever you want. "

"That's... um... (Eh? Did you make it?)... thank you very much. Um... by the way, when will you let me go?"

Josephine asked in horror. I waited for Lucia's response, worried that she might be used as a hostage to make ransom payments and political demands.

But Lucia's response, contrary to Josephine's expectations--

”Hmm... I'll wait and see how it's going all day today, and if there's no problem, I'll go back to town tomorrow.”

—— Answered as if assuming liberation.

Josephine listens to the response and turns her thoughts.... If we make it back to town, we should lead the knights and catch Lucia. Or should we decide that there is a great power behind Lucia and make a connection with them in the meantime?

"(... it's convenient to release it, and I can't throw away the possibility that it will actually be sold out to another country)"

--The word "return to the town" that Lucia uttered, doesn't mean that it will be released, but that it will be sold to an underground organization... In any case, it seemed that there was still a full day before liberation, so Josephine decided to use the time between them to think about her response to Lucia and the others.

... I don't even know how that's going to change her life.

"Well then, it's breakfast."...... Mr. Asteria, would you like BLT sandwiches and Inari sushi for breakfast today? ”

“What is a BLT sandwich?”

"Look, you smoked the boar meat you brought yesterday, right?" It's a sandwich in which the bacon is sliced and baked, and lettuce-like wild vegetables and boiled eggs are sandwiched into bread. "

"Huh! That means you want to eat meat this morning?!" I know! "Papa Papa Papa

"Eh... nh, well, bacon is also meat... I wonder?"

Josephine couldn't understand what Lucia and Asteria were talking about. Unlike the continent with the Mid-Eden Republic, the food culture of the Grand Duchy of Restofen is very different.

In fact, in this continent, because of various circumstances, the ordinary people could hardly eat meat. As a result, food separate from meat became central to the food culture.

Well, I'll tell you that story one after the other... "When she heard that she could eat bacon, Asteria expressed her joy by swinging her tail, which hung from her waist, into a thousand slices. Because she had never eaten bacon before in her life. Yesterday, the day before yesterday, the waltzes hunted the boar —— that is, the wild boar -- and ate a dish made of that meat. While smoking the remaining boreal meat to make bacon, the Asteria seemed to be looking at the kiln in love, with the saliva unstoppable.

Meanwhile, Josephine seemed to be tilting her neck strangely when she heard the explanation of the BLT sand. Actually, she didn't know the dish called bacon either.

Of course, because on this continent, rather than meat being eaten that way, the culture of cooking with insects has developed.