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Turn back some time.
Celebration Year 12 (1607) December 25th -
Thousand princesses were still swelling their puffy little cheeks today.
The orchid of her samurai, who found it, inquired with her eyes round.
"Oh, is Thousand in a diagonal mood again?
"It's like Yichai is up to something again!
"Oh my goodness, Etsy... what are you up to this time?
"Mmmm! It seems like it's going to be a 'creeping' day, and I left it strained when I made something that's going to be a 'keeki'!
Of course, there is no such thing as "celebrating Christmas" or "eating cake" in Japan these days. In the first place, the culture of eating cakes for Christmas began in France in the nineteenth century with "Bushdonoel", and in Japan it was spread by confectionery companies at the end of the Taisho period.
Thousand princesses can't even know.
But Yichai has been standing somewhere since this morning, and she went out with Aoyagi to Kyou in search of ingredients.
- You must definitely do something against Hideyoshi!
and it won't be impossible for her to doubt it either.
The orchid was looking up with his hand on his chin, but he came up with something and said, "Pom!," he clapped his hand.
And with a bright voice, he suggested to Chihime.
"If it's about words you're unfamiliar with, ask Akashi-sama!
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Same day...
Thousand princesses and orchids, as well as the three original Chitoshi princesses, came to the school in Kyo.
Of course, I asked all Akashi, who works there, about "Kurasuki" and "Keiki". Then all Akashi answered with his hands together in front of his chest.
"Christmas is the day when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God."
Orchid and Chihime frowned and looked at each other.
And Chihime questioned the orchid in wonder.
"Is Ichita a Christian?
"No, that can't be right. I'm going to visit both the shrine and the temple, so..."
Then why are we celebrating the Christians' festivities?
"C 'mon... he acts unintelligible from time to time, so..."
"Mmmm... I can't figure it out anymore"
About a thousand princesses troubled with arms together, Orchid asked all the boards about 'Keiki'.
Then all the boards shook their heads to the side after a little thought.
"I know it's food..."
In response to the unfortunate remark, Orchid comforted him as he put his hand on his shoulder, "Well, there are things that all of you don't understand."
And all the boards gave them one piece of advice.
"Father Organtino might know something."
Thousand princesses and orchids face to face again. When they both smiled with a nickel, they nodded at the same time.
"Thank you, Master Akashi!
The two bowed their heads and rushed toward the church in the school where Organtino lived.
It's like, "Hey, wait! When it was time to go back, the temple of the stars..." she chased while Kirikitori and Yuan blued her face.
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"Ooh! That's the 'cake' death of the English word!
"Go? I heard a thousand of them say 'Kee-ki'! It's not" go "!
"HAHAHAHA! Thousand sama! It's not" keki, "it's" cake, "Mars!
In a cheerful manner peculiar to the Italians, Organtino diligently teaches pronunciation to a thousand princesses with difficult faces.
The orchid asked, trying to block the exchange between the two.
"Bye, Mr. Organtino! Tell me about the 'cake' and what food they are!
On the question of the orchid, Organtino clenched his neck and came up with it.
Cakes can be shaped and made in a variety of ways depending on the country or region.
There are several kinds of Panettone, Pandoro, etc. even in Italy alone, which is from Organtino, so it won't be impossible to wonder how he can answer.
So he tried to teach "Panettone," meaning "large bread" baked with a mixture of dried fruits and the like.
"Yes, Desne. First, a very 'big' death!
"Hmm."
Thousand princesses peek into Organtino's face as if to get a word.
But decades have passed since he came to Japan, and even he has to answer while exploring his old memories, which are far away.
He answered in the order in which he thought it would be puffy and evocative.
"Then 'Brown' Death"
"Hmm."
"More 'round' Death. And then..."
"And then...?
He was once a cutter. He is now also an old man of seventy-five.
No matter how squeezed your head is, all it evokes is fragments.
And the last time he spoke of his memories of a distant childhood.
"And then there's 'very tasty' Death!
"Oh! That's delicious!
"Big," "Brown," "Round," "Very tasty"......
But I can't imagine what this information alone is like at all.
Then he shrugged.
"When I say round, brown food, it's like rice with miso on it"
In this moment of words, Chihime and Orchid looked at each other.
And as we both tried, it was a full laugh, "Thank you! Organtino!" he said in unison, then rushed out to a glance.
"Hey, wait for me!
I'm going after them with all the sickness I can on their backs and ex.
It was organtino smiling and dropping that off...
"OH... I forgot to say the key thing..." Sweet sweets "and..."
And he moaned with an exaggerated trick as he slapped his petin and big forehead.
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At eight o'clock on the same day...
- Dotta! Dotta! Dotta!
Chihime was running down the hallway of Osaka Castle like the wind.
Behind her is an orchid, and a kitchen with a basin with "giant rice with baked miso on it," followed by an ex.
Then I said it seemed painful.
"Oh, ma'am! Ro, you can't run down the hallway!
"I thought Yichai had already entered Hideyoshi's room with" Keiki "! And now it's a fire!
"Yes! And my ex-husband is a man's habit, so loud about the details!
"Well, I don't know... if this thing could be found in the temple, it would be..."
"Scatter like a samurai then!
While we were having such an exchange, we even came to the front of the room where excellence rested.
Then he heard a pleasant conversation from within.
- Haha! This is good! That's Yichai!
- Hehe, Master Hideyoshi. There's cake on your mouth.
- Hey, Itcha! Don't get too close because you're embarrassed!
Thousand princesses tremble when they hear it.
"Mmmm! Hideyoshi Saba..."
"And let's get in quick anyway! Otherwise after this..."
"After this, what?
Against the orchid whose face is bright red, ask with eyebrows as a letter to.
But the orchid says, "It's still an early story for a thousand!" When he spoke quickly, he stepped out in front of her and laid his hands on her.
And...
- Suppan!!
and opened it up with momentum.
"Whoa! Oh, a thousand!?
Surprised by the sound of a suddenly opened swing, Hideyoshi's backward voice also reaches the ears of a thousand princesses.
As she trembled in anger, she slowly turned her legs toward the room from the back of the orchid.
Then I jumped into her sight...
"Dear Sir... and everyone... what the hell is this all about?
What a delightful way to surround the table, including Lord Ozo, Princess Kofi, Aoyagi, and even Reisei Kimura, Gideo Ono, Suzuku Horiuchi, and Akashi Regina.
I couldn't help but think that Chihime, who had assumed that Itcha and Hideyoshi were spending time alone, accidentally ate the noodles.
And against the thousand princesses whose eyes were dotted, the temple spoke in a gentle tone.
"Isn't it a thousand? We were all looking for you."
Aoyagi, who was sitting on the edge, rises up and rushes over to Chihime, "Sasa, we have your seat over there," he takes Chihime's hand and directs her to Hideyoshi's left neighbor.
Thousand princesses, who were still decent, lowered their hips to their seats without understanding why.
That's what Hideyoshi said to her in bright shape, grinning.
"It's 'Christmas Party'! Let's have a thousand fun together!
"Tickle up. No? What is it? It is"
"Well, simply put, it's a Nanban celebration! Enjoy yourselves while you eat cakes and more!
"Keiki......"
Before her, who shrugged so, a small basin is offered out of Yichai's hand.
There was an adorable treat there, decorated with strawberries and micahs, on a pancake called modern times.
"This is' Kee-ki '?
"Yes! Enjoy it, Master Thousand!
Thousand princesses carried her eyes round the cake she saw for the first time in her life, to her dreaded mouth.
- Paku...
And the next moment......
Her face melted.
"Yeah, man! Sweet, yeah, man!
- Paku! Paku! Paku!
Her surroundings flattened all at once with a surprisingly large mouth, immersed in the cake aftertaste with a happy look.
"I've never eaten a thousand of these delicious things"
"Ha ha! Glad you're happy! Echa."
"Ha! I never thought I'd have all the flour, eggs, milk and sugar, so I'm glad!
When Hideyoshi and Ichicha laugh, the air of the place wanders again and everyone strikes their tongues out at the cake.
Soon the orchid was added, cheeky with joy.
And where the place had fallen, Hideyoshi casually inquired of Chihime.
"So where was Thousand going? Everyone looked for me in the castle, but I was worried because I wasn't anywhere."
To the inquiry, Chihime, who returned to me all the time, turned blue in her face and looked at the orchid.
Orchids are also gripping their faces with gibberish.
"Hmm? What's going on?
As Hideyoshi peered into Chihime's face wonderfully, she replied blushing as the bumps seemed badly nagging.
"Keh, keh..."
"Cake? You want more cake?
To the gentle inquiry of excellence, a thousand princesses shake their necks beside each other when they bust.
Soon the slightly awkward air began to dominate the place.
And the orchid, which had finally become unbearable, answered on her behalf.
"For Hideyoshi's sake, Chihime was making Kurizu Keiki!
"Ra, orchid! Stop it!"
Chihime became desperate to block the words of the orchid.
Because her 'Kurizu Keki' is incomparable with the 'cake' she spoke of earlier...
Even though she didn't know, she couldn't face the embarrassment anymore.
Nature and tears gather in large eyes.
But the orchid continued with a voice that echoed all over the room.
"Thousand people went all the way to Kyo, listened around and made it hard, knowing nothing about what the hell was going to be a 'kirizu-kiki' thing! This is all for Hideyoshi!
- Oops!
Together leaking an exclamation without expecting the words of a tall orchid.
Hideyoshi also looks at Chihime with her eyes round, but she's getting smaller and smaller.
- Forget it... if I say 'kick ass' of that stuff, I'll definitely be laughed at by Hideyoshi...
She was desperate to cry out now as she repeated with her chest words she could never speak.
And...
"And Lord Yuan! Before Hideyoshi," Kurizu-Keki "!!
and ruthlessly the orchid spoke toward the one Kiryu holding back in the hallway.
Finally, Chihime meditates her eyes and shivers her shoulders.
Are people stunned, without raising their voices at all, and all they could hear was the sound of the original approaching us?
- Gotthong.
The sound of a large basin placed in front of Hideyoshi was like the gates of hell opened for a thousand princesses.
- Hideyoshi will hate you...!
While she stands in the abyss of despair, she still suffers tears that are about to spill desperately.
You can't cry in a place where everyone is having fun.
It was her will to do so.
Time for a little silence to be as intensely painful as she is getting her heart crooked.
And no more...
Let's cry...
I almost gave up like that, it was then...
- Fuwa...
and a gentle, warm hand wrapped her head around it.
She looked up unexpectedly and stared at the owner of her hand.
Of course I jumped into that gaze...
It was an excellent smile.
"That sounds like it! Can I have a thousand of these?
Thousand princesses can't speak, one big nod.
Then Hideyoshi narrowed his eyes and laughed nicely, eating an unprecedented bite of giant miso nigiri rice.
"Ooh! Shit! It was all sweet, so extra good!!
I said it out loud.
And he said, "And ex! You're going to have to behave like a thousand of them! I ordered."
"Well! That this is exquisite flavoring. You're a good cook."
and if the temple smiles gently,
"Yeah! It's so delicious! You're using good miso!
And Itcha is happy too.
They are not the only ones.
Everyone began to smile and cheek 'Kurizu-keki'.
Jitoshi Ono and others quickly flattened out and received a replacement as soon as possible.
Chihime looked no further than just staring at everyone like that with a full face of surprise.
Then Hideyoshi, who offered her rice on a plate, told her in a gentle voice.
"I do not know such a cage of hearts and delicious cakes. A thousand is a lot because everyone smiles happily."
The moment I hear that word, something will hang up all the time in a thousand princesses.
Then a large amount of tears flooded my eyes.
"Heh... Hideyoshi well..."
"Don't cry, O thousand. You did really well."
Hideyoshi stroked her head softly and she made a happy smile.
And...
"Excellence. Well! I love it!!
And I hugged...
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'Cakes' in different countries and regions of the world vary in shape, in how they are made, and even in ingredients.
If none of them are the best, there is no decision that they have to be any.
But there's something in common about all of them.
That's...
Bring happiness and a smile to the people you eat.
The Christmas party ended safely and the crusty Chihiko went to bed and fell asleep immediately.
Thousand princesses sleep with an easy and happy sleep.
... and one shadow appeared there.
The shadow gently placed a small wrap of 'Christmas presents' on her pillow.
And don't wake her up,
"Merry Christmas"
And when I whispered, he left the scene quietly -