It was the morning of the second day of the Six Kings Festival. I thought
that I would sleep with the trio of Kuro, Isis-san and Alice again, but it
seems like they noticed that I hadn't slept at all last night, and Kuro
suggested that we sleep together every other day instead. I guess we
can't just not sleep together huh…
Anyway, thanks to her suggestion, I was able to get a good night's sleep.
I think I'll be able to do my best on the second day now.
(T/N: Author wrote Sacred Tree Festival here instead of the Six Kings
Festival lol)
Speaking of which, I wonder where Kuro and the others are? Are they
preparing breakfast?
As I walked down the huge corridor to the cafeteria, I heard familiar
voices coming from behind the other side of the door.
[K- Kuro-san, I really think you should stop already… That isn't a baby
castella anymore, that's just "dark matter in the form of a baby
castella"!!!]
[You see… I'm always seeking new flavors. I want to be adventurous.]
[What's with that look of enlightenment on your face!? If Kaito-san eats
that, rather than you being adventurous, Kaito-san will just end up
going on an adventure to another world, you know!?]
…That's quite the frightening conversation you're having there, oi! Is it
a new creation? Did Kuro make another new creation?
This is bad, my sixth sense is letting out quite a terrifying alarm. Let's
just quietly leave this place before they notice…
[…Kaito… Good morning.]
[…G- Good… morning.]
However, reality is a cruel mistress. Just as I was about to run away, the
door in front of me opened, revealing the lovely Isis-san wearing an
apron.
And then, the two people inside the room would obviously notice me…
[Ahh, Kaito-kun! Lookie, lookie, I made a new baby castella!]
[Kaito-san! Run! You'll get killed!]
In front of Kuro, who had a big smile on her face when she found me…
was an "unknown red-spotted something that glowed golden"…
This won't do, its color clearly screamed that it wasn't something a
human should bring into their mouth. Even Alice is desperately telling
me to escape…
[…K- Kuro. Their colors look dangerous, don't they…?]
[T- That's not the case! This is delicious… I think. "I haven't tasted it
myself", but I think it'll be delicious.]
Those few final words clearly sound ominous, you know!? That's
definitely no good. With the words she said, that definitely doesn't taste
good at all!
[N- No, in the first place, why didn't you taste it when you're cooking it
first…]
[Ehh, but I want Kaito-kun to be the one to taste it first…]
The apron-clad Kuro, whose cheeks were slightly blushing red, looked
really cute.
N- No, but still… They probably used the right ingredients to make it, so
at worst, it'll just taste bad, right? A- After all, Kuro made it for me…
[…If it's just o- one bite…]
[Yay~~!]
[Kaito-san, don't you think you're spoiling Kuro-san too much!?]
I knew what Alice was trying to say, and I was well aware of it. But if I
refused to eat it, Kuro would be sad. And that's something I don't want
to happen.
If it's to protect Kuro's smile, I'll take on any challenge, even if it means
"dying"!
[No, you don't have to eat a mouthful, okay!? Don't speak about dying,
okay!?]
[Now, now, enjoy it while it's fresh out of the oven~~]
[You just ignored what I was saying!?]
With Alice's tsukkomis in full swing, I pick up one of these
frighteningly-colored baby castellas. Uwaahh, even though it has such a
color, it's this soft…
F- Fufufu, the path to challenging the future sure makes my heart race…
the trembling of my body must have been shivers of excitement. Even
the sweat running down my back, it's probably just my increasing
fighting spirit.
[T- Thank you for the food… Ugghhh!? Agghhhh…]
In front of the smiling Kuro, I moved my trembling hands and threw the
baby castella into my mouth.
Along with its soft and squishy texture, an inexpressibly bad taste
spread in my mouth.
Ah, but this might be surprisingly good… my tongue became numb and
eating it was quite the hair-raising experience, but I guess you could
call it some sort of delicacy.
[…Ahh, if isn't Mom and Dad… What are you waving at me for? Hahaha,
I can't hear what you're saying, you know… wait a moment, I'll be going
over there…]
[Kaito-san!? Get a hold of yourself! Wherever they are, please don't
follow them!!!]
Hearing Alice's voice within my foggy thoughts, my consciousness
slowly disappeared.
Dear Mom, Dad———– The human body is quite strange, and
sometimes our defense instincts kick in without our will. What
happened today was just like that… in response to dark matter (baby
castella) that Kuro made——- It tasted so bad that I lost consciousness.
When Kaito fainted after eating a baby castella, an awkward look
appeared on Kuromueina's face. The nearby Alice fiercely flared up at
her.
[Hey, Kuro-san!? Kaito-san started hallucinating, you know!? What did
you put in there!!!?]
[E- Errr… First is "Golden Frog meat"…]
[What were you thinking when you put frog meat into a baby castella!?
Are you the Devil!!!?]
For once, Alice's words were completely correct, and Kuromueina sat in
a seiza, curling her body smaller and smaller as she received Alice's
scolding.
Looking at Kuromueina, Alice let out a big sigh before carrying Kaito to
the sofa.
In the midst of such turmoil, only one person… Isis was the only one
who acts as if it had nothing to do with her, as she went to the kitchen
to make a lovely bento.
Arranging colorful and tasty dishes in a round-shaped container, she
then finished it with a cute heart symbol in the center.
[…I hope… Kaito will be pleased.]
The morning commotion caused by Kuromueina coming up with a new
baby castella. Kuromueina, who was making a bizarre baby castella, and
Alice, who struggled to stop her.
The result was… Isis, who had made lunch without caring about what
these two were doing, she was the sole winner.