Labyrinth Restaurant

Three days after the festival.

It's about lunch one day when the end of all the aftermath is about to be seen.

"Oh, Alice. Did you do something to make such a dove look like it was turned into a full-body hive with a bean cannon?

"What kind of face... that odd way of talking. Are you sure it's a cosmos?

"Yeah, if you change your mind a little bit."

Alice, who saw Cosmos, who tried to Imechen, in a restaurant store that normally reopened, was already surprised with her eyes open.

That would be so.

Whatever, Cosmos' current height and various other sizes were smaller than Alice's, and they were about the same child size as Simon and Lime. It's a little bigger than my physique when I first met Alice, but the expression Toddler Girl seems to fit better than Girl.

In addition to his own self-declaration, Alice would not have believed it without the distinctive silver-haired silver-eye, which and the usual peculiar personality.

"Oh, so how the hell did you end up like this again?

"Actually... I was drugged by a pair in black clothes at the amusement park, and when I woke up, I was like this"

"I can tell you're lying in a second. Thanks for explaining that."

"Body is a child, brain is an adult, its name is"

No more.

In the first place, there is still no facility in this world to be an amusement park, and there is no secret organization full of black clothes made up of spies and traitors by the majority of its personnel.

"The truth is, I've spent the night changing my stature using the function of the tuning tank."

"Oh, is that the device you were born with? You could have done that."

"Yeah, I could do it. Now you can meet all kinds of demands."

The physical age of the homunculus is fixed and neither aged nor rejuvenated at the most functional times (around the twenties, called in humans) if nothing is applied, but it is also possible to manipulate the appearance age by making adjustments acquired. Normally there's no benefit, so there's no point in taking the time and effort to do it.

"No, it's good to have a light body when the weight on your chest disappears"

"... that's good to hear"

Alice was damaged for some reason because of the uncomfortable feeling of Cosmos, who became a child's body and became all sorts of lighter. You decided that continuing this topic seemed like a heavy burden to your spirit, and Alice openly goes off topic.

"In the first place, it will also be hard to work in a child's body...... or what's wrong with your job today?

"Oh, I got paid for a while. And if you stay overnight, you can restore it to its original body, so don't worry."

Cosmos, who worked all the way through the festival preparation period here recently, was on extended paid leave. I know that too, so I'm not willing to complain about taking a vacation.

But it was the exhaustion of luck that made my tongue dull there.

Relentless sexual harassment by Cosmos strikes Alice.

"Ha ha, if it bothers you enough with the thickness of your chest armor that way, why don't you rub it on the Demon King and turn it up? Look, I'm glad we got engaged."

It was the worst thing I was saying when I said I was just a kid looking terrible.

"Hey, what are you... talking about!?"

"What? To be specific, you and Meshibe..."

"Don't be specific!

Alice's face is already bright red. I can't even go on a physical attack like I always do because Cosmos is a child's body, blocking my own ears with both hands and pretending to hear nothing.

"Huh... maybe you haven't done anything yet?

"Ma, I'm just, uh, engaged... and that kind of thing happens when you're properly married..."

Alice's voice became so much finer and finer of embarrassment that Cosmos gave her the expression, "This woman, make me super troublesome".

"Then why don't we just get married? Tomorrow? Or the day after tomorrow?

"Yes, I have a lot to prepare... I'm talking to the Demon King about having a ceremony next spring or so..."

"Oh, my God, aren't we also talking about specifics properly? Next spring, about six months from now."

As for the cosmos, I struggled to take it all the way to the engagement because of it, and now I was worried that the engagement would continue on a semi-permanent basis, but that seemed to end with worry. The Demon King is very blunt in favor of others, but it seemed worthwhile to the extent that he tried to shape it properly, if he was made explicit in his will.

Well, even if we don't have a specific story, it's cosmos enough that my parent-child relationship with Alice didn't even remodel my flesh because it's my original physique, so I guess I'll do something about it then.

"Now, Alice, I'm going to have to wait until six months to dig in on your night's life..."

"No, be patient with that forever"

"In the meantime, let me eat something. Because I haven't eaten anything since last night."

When you adjust your physique, you have to make your stomach crap to avoid glitches.

With a grunting little tummy rubbing (and pretending to not hear Alice), Cosmos finally conveyed his original purpose for coming to this place.

◆ ◆ ◆

"Damn, I'm having trouble with Cosmos."

"Haha, I guess I'll be fine"

Alice, who told the kitchen demon king about her cosmos order, is still blushing and spilling her stupidity.

The demon king, who found out that was the result of being teased by Cosmos, was moving his hand but mocking Alice with a slight laugh.

What the Demon King took in his hand was a large chicken breast. That's three.

Remove those from the vault that have been pre-drilled a few holes in the skin eye and then soaked in shoga soy sauce and liquor for a lower flavor, and cover the whole area with chestnut flour.

"Chestnut flour, that means fried dragon fields."

"Yeah, it's not normal, though"

Alice also doesn't know what the Demon King is making, as Cosmos' order was an outrageous "something delicious" thing. I anticipated fried dragon field because I covered it with single chestnut flour rather than bread or flour, but apparently it's not a regular fried dragon field.

In fried oil that made a noise with juju, the chicken turned into a delicious looking fox color, which began to smell like fragrant fried food. I'm sure it will definitely be delicious to eat as it is.

"Alice"

"What is it?

"Yes, taste. Ahhh."

The Demon King cut one of the three fried dragon fields into bite sizes with a knife, picked it with his finger and took it to Alice's face. You behave badly, but you can't possibly say no to Alice or anything.

"Mmm... it's delicious"

"That was good. Then we'll have lunch when the cosmos is ready."

It seems that the Demon King was frying all three breasts because they were cooking their own lunch together. Alice also managed to work her thoughts with her boiled head and was convinced of the amount of more meat.

What the Demon King then removed from the vault was a frozen (...) egg.

I froze the raw eggs, then I peeled the shell. And then I covered them with flour, and when I tangled and fried the single chestnut flour dissolved in water, I got heat in good shape and I could easily fry the semi-ripe eggs.

Give me this far and I'll be almost done.

If you whisk fried chicken and eggs into a boiled sauce until the alcohol flies by adding orange squeeze juice to the soy sauce, liquor and flavor, and on a hot meal with chopped cabbage, it's the completion of a changing parent-child bowl of fried dragon fields with chicken and semi-ripe eggs.

◆ ◆ ◆

"I'll have it."

"I'll have it."

"I'll have it."

Just when we were ready to cook, we ran out of guests other than Cosmos, so the Demon King and Alice were also going to have lunch with Cosmos.

"You're really getting smaller, Cosmos......... did you put that on the adjustment tank?

"Well, don't worry about the details. Let's have it before it cools down."

"Yeah, well, nothing."

As for the appearance of the cosmos, the boulder demon king also seemed surprised only for a moment, but seemed to adapt quickly after demonstrating his usual mayhem. Momentum just said it was more important for the meal to cool down than such a trivial thing, and we all started eating together.

The taste of chicken and the sweet and spicy taste of sauce invade your mouth all at once when you chew through your teethy clothes more firmly than deep-fried. It's flavored assuming it goes with rice, so it makes the sauce a pretty dark-eyed flavor.

"Hmm... this body seems to change your taste slightly. No, it's delicious enough."

Cosmos says when it comes to a child's physique, taste also seems to be childish.

I feel strongly about cabbage egumi and shoga spiciness that I don't care about in adult tongues, while I seem to prefer sweetness more than usual. Although overall they seem to be able to eat deliciously thanks to the fruity sweetness and acidity from the oranges in the sauce.

"It's delicious to eat egg yolks tangled in meat."

Alice seems to like to taste the yellow part of the egg and the chicken together.

If you break the deep-fried dragon fields of semi-ripe eggs in two with a chopstick tip, the trout yellow will overflow from the inside.

Eating chicken entangled in its yellow body does not allow for an intense flavor, and even if it is stirred with sauce-dyed rice, the sweet and spicy flavor swells richly to arouse your appetite.

"Cabbage would be nice, but radish grated would look delicious."

The Demon King has no spare time analyzing the dishes that way.

Raw radish spiciness may be tough on a child's tongue, but radish grates will also be enough ants for adults to eat.

"Oh?"

"What's wrong with you?

"No, that's actually..."

By the time I finished eating about 80% of the bowl, the cosmos seemed to be full. If you look under the table, your toddler little tummy is pounding and swollen. Apparently, Cosmos himself hadn't been able to read through the decrease in diet associated with changes in his physique.

"I was hungry, so I thought it would be nice, but it's not nice"

"Well, I don't have a choice. Then I'll take the rest."

"Please"

Unfortunately, we left 20% that we couldn't eat out, but that's not a problem either, as the Demon King took it on. Not as good as the Divine Son or the Gard, but the Demon King is also healthier than the crowd.

"Well, cosmos better stop dessert"

"The chestnut tart was delicious, but I'll see you next time..."

"I'll tell you what. Both of you. Didn't you say for a long time that sweet things are different bellies? I mean, if Gardo or Shinko comes, my share will be gone."

Even with a full stomach, that seems to make dessert want to eat as such.

In the end, Cosmos gambled through the pain and flattened the big tart beautifully, and because of that, he was framed for spending the entire afternoon roaring alone on Alice's bed.

◆ ◆ ◆

Omake

A few days later.

One act by Cosmos and Alice, who were back to their usual adult size.

"Oh, Cosmos. You're back in size today, aren't you?"

"Yeah, to clean the room for a bit. It's not a bad size to save energy over there, but it's more efficient to work with."

"It would seem useful to be able to change shape easily like that...... by the way"

"Oh, Alice, you can't change your shape because you can only adjust your body to homunculus. Well, don't be discouraged."

"Cared after being prefetched!?"