Master’s Smile

Episode XVIII: The Dining Room Cold War [2]

"Khuuu!

"Lord Van Peel, if you envy me, I'll be honest with you. You look like a lady."

Sorgross says to Van Peel, who stares at me with red eyes and drinks up plenty of water.

Van Peel is as graceful as a nobleman, so I guess he doesn't like me for forgiving Laradi for clearly violating his manners.

"Go ahead, Mr. Reese"

"Oh, thank you, Chevalt....... yeah, yummy"

Schwart chops up a very large chunk of meat, puts it on a plate and offers it to the leash.

Reese brightens his eyes and receives it.

The meat is still dripping blood and looks very fresh.

Reese opens his mouth wide and eats it perky.

There's blood on the edge of your mouth, Reese.

"Wow..."

I point out, Reese rushes to wipe his mouth.

And he looks at me in embarrassment.

Doesn't make the trick look manly or feminine.

That kind of thing, though, is her charm.

"With both of you? You shouldn't eat while making noise, huh?

"Ugh."

"Ha."

Coolin and Crankheit, said, had been preached by Anato in his meal manners.

We're both, like, mad at each other for the same thing, or we're close.

Nevertheless, the path seems quite risky: the adult woman that Crankheit aspires to be.

"Master, uh"

Laradi, sitting on my lap, is bringing food to my mouth.

I wonder what. Is it her current fashion to take care of something?

The speed of the meal will slow you down, but I'll hang out with you for a lovely little Laradi play.

"Yes, then it's the master's turn. Ahem."

As soon as I finish my meal, now Laradi opens her mouth.

Well, if you do, I'll have to pay you back.

When I put food in Laradi's open mouth, it looks deliciously moggy and chewy.

"It's more delicious"

I also find the food very delicious when I'm eating with everyone.

Well, anything Chevalt cooks for me would be delicious.

The meal proceeded very calmly except for the occasional sharp gaze flying towards Laradi.

"Hey, we have so many guild members, can we have a regular meeting today?

Reese, who looked satisfied with plenty of blood dripping meat, suddenly said that.

Oh, regular meeting?

My guild... or so I think all guilds do, but about a day a month, guild members get together to talk about different things.

The other guilds would be just the executives, but my guilds are very small in number in the first place, so they are all in.

Members who are often not in the Alliance also come back then all the time.

"Hey, I don't know when we'll all get together next, and it might be nice"

Anato, the summariser, answers with his hands on his chin.

"Master, is that okay?

Yeah, fine.

I'll give it back to Anato. [M]

Anato nods cocklessly, stopping a gentle smile and turning into a serious face.

Then, the members who were noisy with Wye also become quiet, creating a serious look.

Laradi, who sat on my lap until earlier, is also returning to his seat.

Anato nodded satisfactorily when he saw the situation, keeping Cohon and his throat in order to make a declaration of the start of the regular meeting.

"Now we have begun the regular meeting of the Dark Alliance's Army of Salvation (Yerkchilla)."

You see how special my guild is?

Yes, our guild is the Dark Alliance.

From the kingdom and other guilds, as a crime guild, it is the guild of the questioner.

... Oh, I wonder how this happened.

It's no big deal when it comes to regular meetings.

Regardless of the emergency meetings that we hold in the event of an emergency, it's what I'm holding to see if everyone is doing well at this regular meeting.

So basically there may not be anything to discuss at this meeting.

Everyone is well and above all.

Everyone seems to be very keen to work, so they leave the guild away all the time.

Still, although some reside in the guild......

"It's okay, master. Because we never get hurt 'at work'."

Laradi smiles adorably as she blows my worries away.

Hmmm...... I didn't say that.

Even now, to Ritter, Reese and Coolin, Crankheit seems to be hurt...

The four of them wear bandages and gauze everywhere.

"Yes. So you won't get hurt at work."

... yeah?

I don't really understand what Laradi is saying.

Did the four get hurt in training or fighting between guild members?

So, if it's a job, it could hurt you a lot more?

Because I'm a good knowledgeable member, and that's why I'm doing things differently.

"That's not..."

Laradi says that with a teh laugh.

...... yeah?

"Well, I don't think I'll be reporting back to the master, and no, is that enough for the regular meeting?

Anato joins hands with Pong to ask.

Yeah, you're right.

I saw everyone's cheerful face, and I guess that's enough.

Thus, since the regular meeting is over, I try to leave the dining room, but I don't see anyone standing up except me.

What's the matter with you?

"I'm going to report to Lara and the others on my work."

When you're wondering, Laradi tells you.

Um, I see.

There are also a few things in the job that are subject to confidentiality.

I don't know how much, Guildmaster, but I can't hear the secret.

Ugh... I wish I could get some work too, but everyone strongly disagrees, right?

... Don't you trust me that much, me?

Even so, I traveled before I met everyone, so I have experience in rough things.

Well, I can't help complaining now.

I told everyone to work moderately hard and leave the cafeteria behind.

"Now, let's begin the discussion of deciding the matrix for presenting this world to the Master."

... because I didn't hear anything.