ALSAR ( Part 01)

Chapter 61 : On Our Way to The Inn

"Now then... Ren-chan. You promised, didn't you? Let's return to the inn so we can talk it through~"

Chris-san said with a laugh after we left Eva-san's place.

"Umm, you mean the room you guys used at the guild?"

"You know what I'm talking about, right?~ Fufu~ It's alright~ We will only talk first~ The three of us all rented a single room in the guild so it's too cramped for us four~ And we can't go to Malik-san's house because I'll get anxious if he were to come back suddenly~"

I tried to pretend I didn't have any inkling he was going to bring me to a love hotel but as I thought... Chris-san saw through my act easily.

Well I did see the room they were in yesterday. It was true there wouldn't be enough space for the four of us to sit down and talk there.

"I understand... I don't know where it is though. Is it close?"

"Right. Well there's a red light district 20 minutes from here. We can find a love inn there."

Fer-san answered.

Tsurekomiyado... They are called 'love hotels' nowadays, right?

I never had anything related to that kind of thing ever since I arrived in Alsar so I didn't even know where the red light district was.

Malik-san had told me to never go near the red light district but from what I had overheard from the adventures in the guild, it seemed there were brothels and rental houses with beautiful men and women. But I guess... There were inn designated for that kind of thing too, huh...

Sig-san took my right hand and walked with me.

"Which reminds me, Fer-san, Sig-san. The two of you also know Eva-san, huh?"

I didn't think anything was amiss back then but now that I thought about it, it seemed they already knew each other.

"Yes. Eva-san is a close friend of my grandmother, the former queen. She always comes to visit the imperial castle once a year."

"I only went there a couple of times to eat. We talked for a little bit then."

"Ah... I see."

I'm always surrounded by amazing people. Like Malik-san and Eva-san who turned out to have a close relationship with the former queen. Well, I mean, Fer-san is a genuine prince as well.

"Ken-san, who always comes with her, will cook us a meal. Thanks to Ken-san, our head chef also learned several dishes from the other world. Manami-sama who came from the same world is greatly overjoyed with this."

"Of course she will feel happy being able to eat some meal from her hometown. Not to mention, she doesn't have much opportunity to cook with her duty as the queen..."

The dishes from other worlds Fer-san mentioned must be the meal from Earth, right?

I didn't know how old Manami-san was when she had come to Alsar but I'm sure she must be happy being able to eat some meal she was familiar with. Especially since she was a queen, it'd be difficult for her to make some free time to cook in the kitchen.

"Ah... About that... My mother, I mean... Mother Esther although it is rare, she still cooks for us every once in a while. Of course the head chef would be standing beside her to help but you know? Manami-sama came here as an adult but she couldn't cook... To be precise, the food she made is not edible. Hence why father forbids her from entering the kitchen, let alone cook for herself."

"So she's bad at cooking..."

Turning my head around to take a glance at Fer-san, I saw he was frowning heavily with a grim expression on his face. The memory of Manami-san's cooking must be traumatizing for him. I wonder how terrible the meal Manami-san had made for Fer-san, who usually smiled gently at me to look this traumatized.