Translator: Michiko
Editor: Lastinline
“Father. Get up properly and change your clothes. And remember to eat lunch later!”
“Yes, yes. I get it, I get it.”
“Okay? Don’t wear pajamas the whole time just because I won’t be here.”
I glared at my father, who responded in a half-asleep manner, and straightened my outfit.
It had been a week since I arrived in this country.
Day after day, I go from our small house in a corner of the royal palace, which was provided by the country, to the prince’s living room in the inner part of the palace.
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Even if His Highness the Black Lion was a selfish prince who had a tendency to quickly go into hiding.
I now possessed the job of having to drag Faus to the study room every day.
“Theodore Medico here!”
When I cheerfully shouted my greetings at the entrance of the royal castle, the court lady, who had become acquainted with me, held my hand with smiling eyes.
Even if they didn’t hold my hand, I could still get to the room without getting lost. However, the court ladies seemed to have decided that they must hold my hand every time.
“Theodore-sama is a very good boy.”
When we reached the entrance of the room, the court lady said such a thing with a smile on her face.
In other words, she meant Faus was not a good boy.
He must have done something in the room that was troubling her.
I understood that much, even with the short length of our relationship.
“Did Faus-sama do something?”
“He is saying that the meal is bad.”
“Geez. He blames others right away.”
I was exasperated. I almost puffed out my cheeks and hurried to go pacify him.
The court lady smiled at me for making different faces.
She was always smiling, so much that I wondered if there was a “Do not get angry” condition in order to be hired as a court lady.
“I won’t eat, won’t eat, won’t eat. I won’t eat carrots or onions. I’ll only eat meat.”
Sure enough, in the room, the selfish prince was being unreasonable.
Perhaps because it was during breakfast, the unduly wide table was serving an unbelievable amount of food for just one person.
As expected of royalty.
Faus complained in front of the sumptuous meal.
Since he was a lion beastman, could he live on meat alone?
I was suddenly curious and looked up at the court lady who led me here, and she chided him, “If you are picky with what you like and dislike, you will never become a splendid adult like His Majesty.”
What.
He was not just a lion, so I guess meat alone was not enough.
Even carnivores are said to eat the intestines of herbivores.
“Faus-sama, I have come to escort you.”
“Mm. Theo, you are here. I’m in the middle of a fight. Wait for me.”
I wasn’t sure what he was fighting against, but he was definitely asserting himself.
I exchanged glances with the court lady and smiled wryly.
“These guys are trying to get me to eat carrots and onions.”
“You should eat them. Shall we go to the study room? Teacher is also waiting for us.”
“You want me to eat that? Theo. You are a cruel man. Today, instead of studying, let’s run and play hide-and-seek. Theo, you are slow at running, so I will wait for you.”
Faus would always say whatever he wanted to say.
It was already decided that today we were going to study history and a foreign language.
I wanted to sigh, but Faus could be weirdly caring.
He had even delivered, on the same day, a replacement for my glasses, when they had been crushed by the first prince, even though they were a makeshift pair.
What I was wearing now was still a huge pair of coke-bottle tinted glasses.
They did not function well enough to protect my eyes.
“Faus-sama. We’re making the teacher wait. Let’s race after studying, shall we?”
“Theo always says things like an adult. I think it’s more fun to play hide-and-seek than to study.”
“We can’t just do things that are fun. You need carrots and onions just as much as you need to study!”
“Geez. Theo is also my enemy.”
“I’m your ally.”
“Then, let’s play hide and seek.”
“No.”
“…”
“Please hurry up and eat your carrots!”
His golden eyes glared at me resentfully as he gripped his fork.
The carrots that were struck onto the fork were beautifully cut into decorative slices.
To be able to make butterflies out of carrots – the head-chef was amazing.
It’s an incomprehensible level of craft.
He probably tried to make it more appealing for the prince, who hated vegetables.
It was inspiring.
“Well then, Faus-sama. Let’s play a game.”
“Game, you say!”
Faus’ eyes sparkled, even though he hadn’t heard the details yet.
Were you an elementary school boy?
No, that was about right. We were both six years old. Six-year-olds liked rhinoceros beetles, stag beetles, and sentai heroes.1 Sentai heroes aka Super Sentai is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi.
I liked them too.
I would have liked to be cool blue if it were possible.2Referring to Super Sentai Blue.
“I will make Faus-sama eat carrots and onions by the end of the day. If I win, Faus-sama must study properly every day. If Faus-sama wins, I will ask the teacher to change the lesson to a racing game. What do you think?
“Racing games every day.”
The brightness of Faus’ eyes increased.
His shining golden eyes were so beautiful that they seemed to suck you in.
But I didn’t say we could play racing games every day.
No, it’s okay. I had a chance of winning.
It should be easy, having seen how the head chef was sincere enough to make butterflies out of the carrots.
“Do you want to play? Or will you run away…?”
“I, Faustelaude Venere Oltrabella Ravaglia! I’ll take up the game in the honor of my father and mother!”
“Impressive! Then, the game will start at lunch.”
I was surprised to hear him say his full name out of the blue, but Faus was cute as he snorted and threw out his chest. His black, round ears twitched with pride.
I guessed he wanted to say this long speech at some point. Cool speech.
“Theo, Theo.”
He called me over with one hand.
“Yes?”
As I approached the table with the friendliness of a classmate, his golden eyes narrowed with a smirk.
I wondered what was going on.
I guessed he was looking forward to the game. Even though it was almost a given that I would win.
“Open your mouth.”
“Yes…muhm”
The fork in his hand was shoved into my mouth mercilessly.
The court lady screamed, “Your Highness!”
What was shoved into my mouth was the beautiful butterfly carrot I saw earlier.
Uuuh.
There was a taste that kids wouldn’t like.
It was placed in my mouth, so I had no choice but to chew it.
Crunchy.
Hard.
This was basically raw, wasn’t it? And it had no flavor. Not even salt was sprinkled.
Head chef! Focus not just on appearance, but taste too! Please! Not only Faus, but I too wouldn’t like this.
“Is it delicious?”
“…”
Faus squinted at me wickedly. They were the eyes of a cat that played with its prey.
With tears in my eyes, I nodded my head with all my willpower.
Head-chef.
He might really need my advice.
In the same way, raw onions were also shoved into my mouth.
Head-chef. Head-chef. The inside of my mouth was in pain.
TN: The next update will be in September as I got covid for 3rd time. Enjoy reading.
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