While flipping through the guidebook Kuro gave me, I think about what
shop we could visit.
I don't have time to read through the book page by page, so I would
make a rough selection based on the illustrations and rating stars.
A shop where seasonal dishes are recommended, but it isn't suitable for
this time of the year. A shop that is open only at night. I tried to find a
restaurant as close as possible to where we are now, excluding those
that require reservations… and found two choices.
One is a very exclusive restaurant which Kuro rated as 8 stars… A fairly
high rating. Reservations aren't required, but the price is high and the
portions are small for the price, but the taste of their food is described
as first class.
Kuro rated the other one with 5 stars… 3 stars lower than the earlier
restaurant. The restaurant isn't really that extraordinary, but it serves
fine cuisine and is located in a somewhat secluded area, so we
apparently don't need to have a reservation. The most eye-catching
thing is that the food in this restaurant is said to be very large in
quantity and can be eaten with gusto.
Both restaurants are reasonably close to where we are now, so either of
these two candidates would be fine.
The question is which one to choose… The 8-star for luxury or the 5-
star for quantity. Well, they are both high ranking restaurants, but it's
about making a comparison between quantity or quality.
[…Hey, Alice.]
[What is it?]
[Would you rather eat a lot of food at a reasonably good restaurant or a
small portion at a superb restaurant…?]
[Fumu… Well, this Alice-chan is a woman who clearly knows the
difference. Let's go with more quantity!!!]
[...…]
A powerful response with no hesitation at all. Yes, I've had this feeling
that she would choose this but… As I thought, she's someone who
would choose quantity over quality…
Since this dinner is for Alice anyway, I'm OK with whatever she wants.
[Alright then, let's go to this shop.]
[Yeeeeess… Let me see? Hooohhh, if it isn't that shop with the meat
tower! This is a great shop.]
[Meat tower?]
[Just as its name says, it's a tower of meat.]
I- I don't really know but, that sounds like something that would be
sought for by those who eat large amounts of food. As a self-proclaimed
maiden, why the heck are your eyes glittering when you think about
that meat tower?
After ten minutes of walking from the Arts Plaza, we arrived at our
destination.
The inside of the restaurant is made of wood and has a calm
atmosphere, and as expected of a high-class restaurant, I can feel a
sense of elegance around the place.
However, there aren't so many customers in the restaurant. No wonder
it's called a little-known good place… The only thing that bothers me is
that there are so many large build customers in this store.
Thinking about it, the door of the store is quite large. That should mean
that this store might be specializing in serving large-bodied Demons.
Then, the waitress led us to our seats and I decided to order that meat
tower that Alice had mentioned.
[Please choose what volume you would like to have. There's half,
normal, double, quintuple, and tenfold.]
[…Alice.]
[Tenfold!]
[Very well. Well then, please wait for a moment.]
This freaking woman… She didn't even hesitate to choose tenfold. Even
the waitress-san was looking twice at Alice… As expected, looking at
her size, it doesn't seem like she could eat this meat tower with ten
times the size…
As we waited, chatting with Alice for a little while, the door in the back
opens… The waitress brought "along six people" as they brought a huge
plate, where a mountain of meat piled up on it.
T- That is the meat tower huh… I see, that literally is a tower of meat.
I began observing the giant tower of meat on the table. This tenderlooking, beautiful log of meat, which I can tell is high-quality at first
glance, I don't know if roast beefs are supposed to look like this, but it
looks like a tower made of red jewels.
The tower of meat is surrounded by decorative slices of vegetables and
garnished with colorful sauces in the crevices between them, making it
look gorgeous.
[…T- This is amazing…]
[It's because this store is very popular with the Ogres and Orcs.]
[That somehow certainly makes a lot of sense.]
This is the ten-times size huh… I probably won't be able to eat even one
serving of that.
It's a beautiful cuisine, brimming with high classiness… But as I said,
the size really is out of the ordinary, so I was rather taken aback, but
Alice was looking at it with glitter in her eyes.
[Well then, let's eat.]
[Yes!… Ahh.]
[Unnn?]
[...…]
If Alice is happy, then I'm happy as well, so I'm going to eat sparingly so
that she can taste it well. Just as I was about to start eating, thinking
about that.
Thereupon, for some reason, Alice's expression changed to a look of
contemplation abd her eyes began to scurry about.
[Is something the matter?]
[…Uuuuuu, uuuuuuu… P- Please wait a moment! I'm gathering my
resolve now.]
[…Resolve?]
Concerned about Alice, who wasn't touching the food yet, I asked her,
but she didn't tell me what's happening.
Her cheeks are also slightly blushing, could she be nervous? Resolve,
she said, what exactly did she need to be ready for?
[…It's alright… I can do this… If it's me… I can do this…]
[O- Oi, Alice?]
[Kaito-san and I are lovers… it's alright…]
[Oiiiiiii~~]
It seems like my voice isn't reaching Alice, as she was mumbling
something while looking down.
After Alice continued to mumble something for a little while, she
dramatically raised her face and pointed her fork at the meat tower.
Wondering if she was finally ready to eat, I was just about to pick up the
tablewares and eat too…
[K- Kaito-san!?]
[Unnn?]
[A- A- A- A- A- A- Ahhn~~!!!]
[...…]
With a bright red face, looking like she's a bomb that is about to
explode, Alice held out a piece of meat stuck in her fork.
[…What the heck are you doing now?]
[P- P- Please eat it already! I- It feels really embarrassing!]
[…No, like I said, what the heck are you…]
[W- We're now lovers, s- s- so I w- w- wanted to try this a- a- a- at least
once.]
Turning really incoherent and the eyes are peeking out of her mask
turning moist, Alice holds out the meat to me while enduring her
embarrassment.
She looks very cute like that, and I would like to see her like this more if
I could, but as expected, she looked really pitiful if I just keep her
hanging like this, so I lean forward for a bit and eat the meat Alice held
out to me.
The meat is well tenderized and soaked in a slightly sour sauce that
really enhances the flavor of the meat in my mouth.
As I was savoring the delicious meat, I noticed Alice gazing at me.
Ahh, is this that? She also wants me to feed like her so huh…
[Here, Alice. Ahhn.]
[…A- A- A- A- Ahhhhhnnnn~~, whamf!]
[You're trembling too much…]
Her body shaking to the point where I would have thought there was an
earthquake, Alice ate the meat I held out to her and chewed it with a
bright red face.
Then, little by little, her face changed to a happy one, as she seemed to
have liked the taste of the meat.
[Should I feed you some more?]
[…W- W- Wha…]
[What's up now?]
[Why do you seem so calm about this, Kaito-san!?]
[No, even if you ask me why…]
[E- Even though I feel like my face is on fire!? Kaito-san isn't fair!!!]
No, even if I look calm… it was just because you were trembling that
much that I became calm instead…
Even so, while Alice was trying to scold me for that… looking at her
appearance as she glared at me, while her body was shaking and her
face was so bright red, how should I say this…
[You look cute.]
[Nywhat!? Nywhat nyow!?]
[No, you look so cute when your face blushed red… Here, Alice. Ahhn.]
[Mguuhh!?]
Hearing my words, Alice's face turned red and her mouth opened and
closed, to which I fed her another serving of meat again.
Thereupon, Alice, as if a bomb of red colors exploded right on her face,
quietly ate the meat and after she finished gulping what was in her
mouth, she opened her mouth again.
Apparently, she's feeling embarrassed, but she wants me to feed her like
that. Aware of how a smile on my face reflexively appeared on my lips at
seeing how cute her reaction is, I stabbed some meat into my fork again
before holding it to Alice's position.
[Ahhn.]
[A- Ahhn… omnom… Kaito-san, you're definitely acting like an S around
me…]
[Unnn?]
[It's nothing! Give me more please! S- Since it's come to this, I'll just
have Kaito-san feed me all of it.]
[Pfff… Yes, yes. Roger that.]
[Why are you grinning like thaaaaat!?]
It was funny, seeing Alice turning shameless and shouting in front of
me, forgetting that we're still in a high-class restaurant, and we
proceeded to peacefully eat and feed each other.
Feeding each other like this makes me feel like we're really lovers… and
I feel really happy. I wish I could feed her more like this.
…is what I was thinking…"but that still has its limits…"
[Omnomnom… Kaito-san, more please!]
[…H- Hey, Alice? How long is this going to continue?]
[Of course, it's only until we finish everything… Ahh, waitress-san!
"Three" more meat towers of this size!]
[Hey, m- my hand hurts already… Alice!?]
Yes, I underestimated it. Alice's bottomless stomach…
Regretting my statement about feeding her everything when we just
started eating, I held out my hand that was trembling in pain, and
brought the next serving of meat to Alice's mouth.
Dear Mom, Dad—- The restaurant I came to with Alice was a fairly highclass restaurant, though it isn't too fancy, and I was able to have a nice
meal while watching the cute Alice. I was able to do that… but…
seriously—- How long will this last?