"Love, eel!"

I brought a bowl of eel into Kaede's private room and thrust it out before Kaede sitting quietly.

Then Kaede stares at the bowl with a confused look.

The face is similar to Kinushisa. I guess it seems that cooking eel would not be delicious anyway.

But that is a big mistake. If you try it, you will understand it.

"Kojiro, my part soon ..."

"Yes"

When he smiled while looking at Kaede, he was urged to eat an eel bowl on his mother sitting next to him.

After all, she seems to eat her mother's bowl as a matter of course. Rather, I guess he had to ask Kaede to eat the eel bowl from the beginning.

I can't seem to think that when I look at my mother who's sowasova somewhere.

While thinking about such a thing, I handed the una bowl which I prepared just in case.

However, the important maple does not show any taste of eating just by glancing at the bowl.

"Let's eat the eel bowl"

"……I understand"

When I asked her, Kaede picked up chopsticks and lifted the bowl.

Taking off the lid, the steam rose, and the smell of fragrant eel and thick sauce began to drift.

The eel with a beautiful roasted color and sauce appears, and below it you can see rice soaked with sauce.

Oh, again, the smell of Unadon is explosive. Just smelling this smell will make you hungry.

It has a magical fragrance that is different from other dishes.

Kaede couldn't resist this, and his expression was full of surprise and curiosity.

"Ko, this is una bowl"

"Yes.

Speaking with a grin, Kaede tightened her loose expression.

"... the important thing is the taste."

I mean, the scent is good.

The cheeks loosen with the sister's easy-to-understand strength.

Ok, next is the taste.

Eat a una bowl, give in to its deliciousness, and let the previous word be withdrawn.

When I watch the future while anticipating such a future, Kaede eats eel and rice.

Then Kaede opened his eyes wide.

"How is it?"

When asked with confidence, Kaede slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"--I"

Apparently, there seems to be no voice in the deliciousness of the eel bowl.

"Hmm? I can't hear you?"

"It's bad"

When I asked again, Kaede replied briefly.

I don't understand the meaning of the words Kaede uttered, so I asked again while my voice was sharpened.

"What did you say now?"

"That's why I said it's maz. It's not something that I ate very much!"

It is? Is the una bowl that I made bad? It is a such a fool.

When we made the una bowl, we tasted it, but it didn't feel like it was special.

Of course, things like burning may be sweeter than Al. The fire went through properly and the surface should be crisp.

I also try to eat the maple rice bowl that I ate.

It's the taste of a bowl that's the same as yesterday. The one who groaned his general, Gouki and his mother's tongue.

My mother, who is by her side, also has an embarrassed face like, "Is it true that Unadon is bad?"

"What's wrong with this! I'm sure I'm inexperienced and poor, but the surface is crisp and soft. The sauce and rice go well together!"

"But what's bad is still bad! If you just make something like this, your brother should be a swordsman!"

What you finally wanted to do. It was said that this.

It's good to say my dish is maz. It's because my arms were immature, and Kaede might not like eels in the first place.

But I couldn't forgive the food that my friend Al taught me.

"... Maple, shut up."

I was surprised by myself.

Kaede heard that and had an openly frightened expression. It's not my intention to hit such feelings on my cute little sister, but now I can't control my feelings.

However, Kaede utterly speaks.

"Don't be silenced! Your brother should be a swordsman!"

"In any case, it's impossible if you give the sword to Takeki-sama."

"Well, I'm going to apologize with you."

Kaede's determined expression and words told him that he was worried from the bottom of his heart as a sister.

Speaking of harsh things, she is more caring and caring.

I can't be happy that heart.

But there are things that I can't afford. I haven't quit the swordsman from the beginning if it is such a thing that it fluctuates.

"... I'm not going back to the castle"

"That's no use. It's a duel."

Speaking of that, Kaede stood up and quietly spoke.

It's a determined expression, a determination as a swordsman.

"If I win, my brother will return to the castle."

"Okay, so if I win, withdraw the previous statement and apologize."

This is not a theory. It's like a collision of emotions.

Kaede wants me to return to the castle and continue the swordsman.

I want Kaede to recognize Unadon.

That's it.

The body has already left the swordsman without a duel. You can escape, but then there is no face to match Al.

"Let's admit the duel. We use wooden swords, one game."

When Kaede and I were glaring, my mother strictly uttered.

It has rice grains on its cheeks and seems to have been eating Una-don.

I'm glad I liked Punadon, but I want you to read a little more air.

I decided to duel with Kaede and moved to the garden with a wooden sword.

This is a rehearsal space used by the Inaba family, so it doesn't have the beauty of a garden. It's just soft soil.

When I finished changing clothes, Kaede was already waiting.

Kaede meditates quietly with his eyes closed.

Are you simulating the battle going forward?

I and Kaede have practiced with a sword since I was little. Thousands and tens of thousands of people have practiced with each other.

Because you can understand each other's habits and hands, it's important to bargain and read.

When I came and reached about 10 meters away, Kaede opened his eyes there.

Kaede quietly holds the wooden sword with both hands.

A glance with a sharp and strong will is pointed here. A serious pattern like never before.

But that's the same thing. I will not lose this time.

"Are you ready?"

When I also hold a wooden sword, my mother, who is a watchman, speaks from the veranda.

I and Kaedo nodded quietly.

"Then start!"

The sharp voice of my mother resounds in the tense atmosphere of the training room.

"Dah ah ah ah!"

It is Kaede that first started. The distance that was open was quickly reduced, and it began to slash.

Punching, slashing, rounding up to the right and basic techniques that have been driven in since childhood.

It's a basic action that everyone takes for granted, but when used by a maple expert, it's a deadly thing that has tremendous speed and sharpness.

If you were a normal swordsman, you would have just taken one without fear of receiving or avoiding this.

But I'm not an average swordsman. And I knew that Kaede would attack that way.

I was the one who taught me how to strike.

You can't understand the advantages and disadvantages of your skills.

I deflect myself at the last minute where the wooden sword is swung and try to avoid one after another.

Then, go to the place where Kaede is empty and tries to rebuild his posture.

"Wow!?"

Then Kaede was hooked on it and fell down in front of him.

"That!"

However, Kaede immediately reacts and stands up if he is not pursued.

The nose is swarmed or red, and the cheeks remain sandy.

When you see such a sister, you'll want to be worried, but you're in a duel now and can't be called.

Without worrying about the sand on the cheeks, Kaede starts to cut again.

I've seen it all, avoid them with a single piece of paper, and pour them off with a wooden sword only where necessary.

Such delicate avoidance exercises are tedious because they use nerves, but I can't say that just today.

"Why, why? I've always been meeting more ..."

"Bad, Kaede. I'm serious today."

In actual discussions, my win rate was 60% and Kaede was 40%. It's almost like fifty-fifty.

But that's only for training in the castle.

"I'm serious today ... do you always say I'm not serious?"

"Ah"

It is a fact that women still have a strong sense of discrimination against women, regardless of their ability.

If you continue to make Kaede a cotten bread by training, you may raise questions about the female swordsman.

Despite the support of Mr. Takeki and the backing of the Inaba family, the swordsmanship against female swordsmen is still strong.

"I'm a sloppy older brother, but I thought he was more serious about swords than anyone!"

Hearing my words, Kaede rushes with some disappointed anger.

As the maple becomes more muffled, the sword muscles become straighter and simpler.

I knew that habit from a young age, so I shuffled the pace by reducing the distance from here.

Kaede moved and tried to cut it, putting his feet in the same way.

Kaede rolls on the ground, but still stands up immediately.

Do you want yourself to be a swordsman? Will you affirm that I should be a swordsman? I'm glad I'm an older brother to my sister who hit such a straight feeling.

But there are things that I can not afford. Leave the swordsman, make a delicious rice bowl, open a shop and spread it to Kagura.

I swore to my friend. I can't just stumble in such a place.

I swing a wooden sword aiming at the place where Kaede raised his arm to cut the upper row.

The maple sword flew far away and fell to the ground, probably because he was hit at a moment when his grip was not strong.

I put a wooden sword on the head of Kaede who looked up stunningly.

"This is one."

When you hit a certain one, Kaede sheds tears from her eyes.

"Uuu……"

"What happened ?? Did it hurt quite a bit? Or did your face hurt when you fell?"

I was puzzled by the sudden tears of my sister.

Would it be too much to roll many times in a duel? But if I kept avoiding it, the strong and stubborn Kaede would not have been convinced, and I should have done it.

"Hey, no. It doesn't hurt."

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to do something a little bit more.

"Uh, gull ... then will you return to the castle with me?"

"No, it is not possible. The duel is my win."

Even though I'm weak to my sister, I can't hear that much.

Or rather, I won the duel.

"It's alright, older brother's aho!"

When I said it, Kaede shouted and ran away.

When I saw that sad back, I wanted to chase, but I can't do it now.

When I'm standing, my mother comes here.

"Kaede has been chasing your back all the time, and you're glad you're lined up in the castle."

"Yes, I knew it."

From a long time ago Kaede chased my back only and was very happy to meet me.

I enjoyed my time with Kaede.

When she was almost crushed by the pressure of the Inaba family and her mother, she was saved many times by her innocent smile.

I was very proud of being a swordsman at the top of the castle, my brother and sister.

But I found a new path and belief that I couldn't stay there.

I want to complete that una bowl, which I learned from Al, and tell someone the same emotion as me. I want to make people smile.

So, I want to make Kaede smile after eating Unadon.

You may spend days disillusioned with Kaede for a while, but eventually you will make Kagura the most delicious rice bowl.

And I want to be a proud brother to Kaede again at that time.