Chapter 6: The Knight Commander's Son Taste Tea

"Lost-sama"

When I leave the room, the maid came and inform me.

"My lady is waiting for you in the garden. I'll show you around."

"Yes. Thank you."

I follow behind the maid whose expression is not moving like a Noh mask[tn: said to be the most artistic Japanese mask]. A nobleman's mansion is unnecessarily large, so I had to walk quite a bit to reach the garden, but I managed to get there. The well-maintained garden, which can be called a smallholder, makes me almost let out a sigh of admiration, but I forget all of it when I hear the sound and sees the sight in front of me.

The figure of Alice drinking tea while holding a teacup is quite a painting, and I stare at it silently for a while. Did she notice my gaze? Alice looked at me and said with her expression shining.

"I've been waiting for you, Arth-sama."

"Thank you for waiting Alice-sama. I apologize for being late."

"It's okay...! Rather, I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's not a hassle. After all it's Beneficial for me"

"Beneficial?"

"Yes, I asked their permission to give Alice-sama as my wife."

"Fe!?"

Alice almost dropped her teacup at those words. Alice said embarrassedly while I was watching her cute reaction.

"Ah, um... what about your father?"

"It's the same as last night. You said the obvious thing, 'I won't forgive you if you make Alice cry.' By the way, your mother-in-law seems to respect Alice's will."

"I-Is that so... Huh? Mother-in-law?"

"Yes, Duchess Misty was also present."

"Is that so... ah, um!"

Then Alice let her gaze swim for a while and said as if she had made up her mind.

"Arth-sama. Could you please call me by that name with no honorifics?"

"Does that mean that it's okay to call it quits?"

"Yes..."

It's a happy offer, but I said after showing a worried look for a while.

"Can I present just one condition instead?"

"Is it a condition?"

"Yes. Please call me Arth as well."

After saying that, Alice nodded while looking embarrassed for a while.

"Wah, I understand... Arth"

"Yes. Thank you, Alice."

When I said that, Alice happily laughed, "Ehehe...". What a cute little creature she is. So pretty! Oops, I have to calm down.

"Well then, let's have some tea."

"Yes. Oh, yes. Do you like cookies, Alice?"

"Is it a cookie? Yes."

"If you don't mind, do this."

After saying that, I handed over the bag of cookies that I had entrusted to the maid here. After seeing that, Alice said with a surprised expression.

"This... is this from a brand I've never seen before?"

"Yes, that's right. It's handmade by me."

"Is it handmade? Is it from Arth?"

"Yes, if you don't like it, I'll throw it..."

"That's not true! I'm rather happy!"

After raising my voice, "Ah..." I said with a smile to Alice who was about to put her face down in embarrassment.

"Thank you, Alice."

"Y-yes... I'll let you eat right away. Get tea for Arth."

When I said that, the maid prepared a portion for me. I put my mouth on it. It's good quality and it smells great. It's normal if you have an aristocratic taste, but if you have a previous life's taste, you'll only know that it's great. Of course, I didn't show that on my face and said it with a smile.

"delicious"

"...delicious"

I hear those words at the same time. Looking at Alice, she was dumbfounded as she looked at the cookie that had been cut in half.

"This… was it really made by Arth?"

"Yes, did you like it?"

"Yeah. It's really delicious..."

"Then I will always cook for you"

As Arth, I have almost no cooking skills or knowledge, but in my previous life, I had decent cooking skills and some knowledge, so the cookies I made to increase my favorability seemed to be well received, and above all. When Alice eats the cookie, she looks happy, so when she sees it, she is happy and she smiles involuntarily. Alice asked me curiously.

"How are you?"

"Excuse me, I'm glad that you're eating so deliciously."

"Is that so? It's embarrassing..."

Alice smiles shyly. I said while looking at Alice with a smile.

"It's worth my effort just to see Alice enjoying the cookies I made."

"And it's really delicious."

"Yes, you can tell just by looking at it."

"Ehehe..."

Alice smiled embarrassedly. I can't help but click the shutter many times in my mind because of the divineness. Ah, I wonder if this kind of thing is the feeling of moe. It's the first time in my life that I've ever felt so cute in a real person, so I'm sure this must be a real feeling. Even if it's fake, it doesn't change, but I still think Alice is cute and I love her.

The two of us had tea like that, but I was a little disappointed that I couldn't stay too long because we had to go to school next day.