Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
As I sat in the kitchen at night, eating the food made by Hakuou, I spilled out all my pent up frustrations.
“I don’t want to, but sometimes I can’t help but feel angry.”
“Hmm, so that’s why.”
“It doesn’t feel good when he’s too overprotective.”
Even while listening to me, Hakuou’s hands never stopped moving, deftly serving up one dish after another.
Back on the first day, I ended up causing him extra work because some of the flavours made it difficult for me to finish the dishes, but now he seemed to have understood my taste very well, and even dishes that I tasted for the first time wouldn’t cause an adverse reaction.
The thick, creamy soup he made after simmering a hearty amount of vegetables—together with some well-blanched, odourless meat—for several hours was delicious and easy to swallow.
Food with a strong spice content was too flavorful in my mouth. It was good that spices could remove the bloody taste, but to someone who was used to living on only vegetables, such strong flavour profiles were too heavy for me.
But lately I had gotten used to them, and I even managed to try out the strawberry-flavoured ice shavings that the children liked.
Right now, I was eating the finishing dish—milk-flavoured ice shavings, as a palate cleanser.
“I’ve been eating a lot lately without paying attention, I’m going to be fattened by you.”
“Un~ But I think Lilius-kun would look better with a bit more meat on his bones.”
“……Good luck with that.”
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“—?!”
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Glv, vlv tf rjs “mtlivgfc” pera cbk……?
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The expression on his face was so familiar that I was startled again.
Wait, didn’t that guy say something about this before?
His other father also worked at this mansion.
“—I did think Seth didn’t resemble Belus much. So he follows after Hakuou.”
“Fufu, it does look like it, hmm? He seems to have inherited my bad habits, so the young master is always annoyed at him.”
“By ‘young master’, you mean…”
“Isn’t it right? That kid made Lilius-kun get all worked up. He’s still too childish inside.”
“……”
Seeing his appearance when he talked cheerfully, it was a mystery how I hadn’t connected the dots earlier that he was Seth’s father.
They looked exactly alike when poking fun at Jill!
“Since he won’t make a move, then why don’t you do it, Lilius-kun?”
“M, me……?”
“Honestly, if you leave it to that child, you’ll probably be left waiting until death.”
“Wait, until death……”
That was. Actually probable.
The possibility was so huge that I couldn’t deny it.
Seeing me at a loss, Hakuou offered a solution.
“Why don’t you try setting the mood or something before you do it?”
“Set the mood?”
“The young master is quite taciturn. He’ll probably be moved if he sees your hard-working side. So why not try cooking something for him, eating a meal together, and then invite him back to bed afterwards, Lilius-kun?”
“……That’s impossible, right? I can’t even cook, plus I don’t think something like that could break someone so ridiculously patient like him.”
“Really? I can see the young master falling for it quite easily though, and he’ll be all over Lilius-kun in an instant.”
What should I do? Should I try it?
Though, for some reason, Hakuou’s calm and ‘pure’-sounding suggestion seemed a little bit off at the edges.
But,
“……Can you teach me?”
“Certainly. Let’s make some hamburger steaks—all you have to do is mix and knead.”
“Please take care of me.”
“Of course, it’s my pleasure~”
And that was how I found myself taken under his helm.
I really hope this will work with Jill.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
thanks for the chapter <3
Here I was having sus feels about Hakuou, but he just turned out to be Seth’s dad 🤷