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Let’s leave my father alone and I’ll get something to eat.
Today’s main dish is a loin cutlet. I’m going to eat it with a special soy-based sauce.
Crunchy and juicy.
Yummmm !
In contrast to the light texture of the cutlet when you bite into it, the juices of the meat spread in your mouth, and when the sauce was poured over it, the delicious flavor exploded on your tongue.
It was like the scene when a drummer who had been absent from a live performance joined the show, and the audience burst into a frenzy.
“Takeda san, it’s so good today, too.”
“Sahara kun, your mother made that today.”
“What do you mean ! Mom, it’s delicious. You’ve improved your skills. You’ve earned your license.”
“Thanks. But why did you take the liberty of teaching me how to cook? You haven’t even taught me one-tenth of what you know.”
For a while, my mother wondered what would happen to her after becoming Takeda san’s apprentice, but there is no doubt that she is steadily improving her skills.
But where did she learn to cook? Was she self-taught? Is this what you call a natural talent? I’ll have to ask her.
“But then, why are you such a good cook?
“My mother loved to cook, so when I can remember, I was naturally standing in the kitchen. I don’t feel like I was taught much about it, but I guess a better way to describe it would be to say that it just came naturally to me. Of course, it’s still my mother’s gift.”
“Heh〜, I see. Is your mother in the cooking business? I have a feeling that it is no longer a hobby.”
“……That’s right.”
“I wonder, is it possible that she is in the Culinary Institute—“
“No, she’s not.”
“Culinary—“
“No, she’s not.”
The second time, she denied it after I had almost said it. There must be something going on. It would be better not to ask too much.
Takeda san cleared her throat and changed the subject as if to say that this topic was over.
“By the way, Sahara kun, how was the pool today?”
“It was fun. You should’ve come too, Takeda san.”
“You and Tachibana san……didn’t do anything strange, did you?”
“……..W-we didn’t. What are you saying, Takeda san?”
“You did, didn’t you?”
The eyes peering through the gaps in the tiger mask are sharp, like a real tiger hunting its prey.
But wait a minute. There are a lot of things that are force majeure. If I explain them carefully one by one, she will definitely understand. I have no choice.
“You seem to misunderstand it, Takeda san. It’s true that I smeared sunscreen on Tachibana san and we were in the same float in a flowing swimming pool. But the indirect kiss on the shaved ice was a misunderstanding on my part, and I only gave her a soft touch on top of her bikini because it was about to come off. I had nothing, absolutely nothing, to be guilty about.”
“Ah…..that’s still not good ! Haa…..if it comes to this, I should’ve gone too…..”
No, Takeda san, you can’t go to the swimming pool dressed like that. It would be really bad to go to the pool wearing that outfit. You’ll be reported before you enter and you’ll be forcibly sent back to the ring.
At any rate, the crisis seems to be over for now. I still have my fingers attached..
Why am I trying so hard to explain myself?
For some reason, Takeda san’s silent expression, which I could sense through his mask, made me silently offer him a cup of tea. As is her custom, Takeda san accepted the cup without saying a word and disappeared into the kitchen.
“Oh my, you’ve done it Onii chan〜. You really have no delicacy.”
“I’m sorry, Miki, but I’m having a hard time deciding what to do about the tiger in the kitchen.”
“You’ll get bit in the gulp someday if you keep doing that, okay?”
“Please bite me sweetly if possible.”
“You know, Onii chan, there are two tigers, right?”
“Eh, what do you—“
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“Thank you, Takeda san.”
I received a bowl of hot rice from Takeda san and proceeded to eat the loin cutlet again as a side dish. Yum-yum-yum.
Let’s concentrate on the meal now, without thinking about anything deeper.
*****
After dinner, Miki handed me the game controller. This is my chance for revenge. This time, I should beat her up.
However, my opponent was not Miki, but Takeda san, a game novice.
The game we played the other night.
Well? The opponent is Takeda san, right? I had to go easy on her a little bit.
Takeda san uses Blanca. She is a green-skinned gorilla-like character.
Now, let’s play !
Oh, take this, damn……kuh, I think I went a little too easy on her. Next time, for sure.
Take that, eat that, and quick kill—ah, what was that? Hey, Takeda san, aren’t you strong?
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble.
“Oh, no, s-stop, I’m gonna die〜!”
Apparently, unbeknownst to me, Miki was secretly sharpening the tiger’s fangs……
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