89 – 089 – We are at the corner of the world #3
089 – We are the corner of the world #3
“So Viktor-kun, how are you planning to pay back?”
Enio showed interest.
“The opponent is the Duke of Arclight. Wouldn’t that be an easy opponent? A giant among giants. To the point where even I can’t be ashamed of myself.”
yeah, it’s not too hard
“But if you don’t voice that it’s not easy. we will be ignored It will look shallow. You always have to live with being stepped on.”
If you’ve been wronged, you need to speak up.
If you just wait, there’s a good chance it will happen again and again.
It is better to protest even in a small voice than to stand still.
At that time, Arnoi said with a sly smile.
“How about a night raid… ? After putting the sack over them, they beat everyone… !”
Contrary to what it looks like, it was a very violent solution.
Of course it is dismissal.
“Even if we raid while sleeping, we lose.”
As of now, we cannot defeat the duke.
The duke is a twilight middle-aged man who has already gone through all of the prenatal battles.
We are now grown-up youngsters.
No matter how much we unite, we can’t win.
“i get it… !”
shouted Nike.
Did you find out something?
“… oh! I really don’t know!”
I don’t know.
“Victor, what are you going to do?”
I answered Nike’s question simply.
“I heard that the duke’s dinner will be held at Victory’s Restaurant tonight. That’s where we put our hands.”
“Dinner dinner?”
Nike tilted her head like a little bird.
Next to Nike, who thinks, “Hmm-.” Enio asks, “No way, are you thinking of getting poisoned?”
Like a member of the Black Star family who is good at memorization and scheming, you think about poisoning first.
“Of course not.”
Dukes don’t die just because they’re poisoned.
Rather, it is more likely to be reversed.
“Well, we have tried several times. all failed There was no poison that worked.”
Did the Blackstar family really try to poison the other family?
The level of alert against Enio rises even higher within me.
From now on, you can’t recklessly eat anything Enio gives you.
Can I use this kid as the assistant chef?
I said coolly to overcome the slightly spooky atmosphere somewhere.
“The method of revenge is simple. We are going to declare war today by straight air method.”
There is someone to visit before that.
“Now, are you asking me to change the cooking for dinner?”
“Yes, Rebekah. I’m going to cook dinner tonight.”
“Doing a house, like some kind of surgery… .”
Rebekah, the restaurant manager at the club chain store Seungri, frowned at my suggestion.
“I don’t know what you’re trying to do. like. I’ll keep you out of the kitchen. Personally, I am interested in what will happen.”
“yes.”
“Instead, I would like to share one additional recipe. towards the side menu. It would be nice to have something to drink in particular.”
“i get it.”
Rebekah was honest with her desires, so the deal was over quickly.
Thanks to that, I was able to acquire a position that would serve as a springboard for revenge today.
“Everything starts in this kitchen.”
Are the materials well sourced?
As I was waiting while fixing the cooking utensils, Nike appeared with a heavy sack.
“Uh, okay. As I said, I brought a lot… ! But, what are you going to do with this… ?”
“This is the material we will use this time.”
“These flowers? Are you using the flowers for cooking?”
“It’s not like that, but it’s better to pick as many as you can.”
“It’s okay because I like picking flowers… . I wonder how this will be used.”
“It will be faster to see it for yourself later than to explain it.”
The cooking was meticulously done.
Roast A-grade meat to make a Tier 2 food called “T Steak”.
Since it was a dish favored by nobles, it would fit in the mouth of a duke.
actually it’s pretty good
“Enio, is the drink you asked for ready?”
“Wine. I’m ready. Black Star’s vintage wine, which is delicious in one glass and poisonous in two.”
“that’s enough. Everyone is doing well.”
“What should Arnoi do?”
“This Ariole also wants to do something… !”
They were nymphs who came to the kitchen and messed around.
What should I do with these guys?
Then I saw the flowers Nike had brought.
“Decorate the store. With the design I tell you.”
“Decorate flowers… ! It’s a very nymph-friendly act… !”
“This Arior also likes flowers very much… !”
Can I trust these guys?
Decoration is the most important thing today.
Contrary to my worries, however, Arnoy and Ariol started to decorate the interior of the restaurant with flowers.
It’s like a flower garden.
It must have been no exaggeration to say that nymphs are nature’s fairies.
* * *
Dinner came quickly.
Arnoy, who was watching in front of the store when the sun was getting dark, started making a fuss.
“Hey, people are starting to come from the other side… !”
Like Arnoi said, I could see many people heading this way.
As I had heard, it seemed fitting that the Duke’s dinner should be held at this restaurant.
I was wondering what would happen if I went somewhere else, but I’m glad I did.
Principal Midas and the Duke entered the store.
I quietly watched their movements in the kitchen.
Midas said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
“What flowers are like this… . This is how it looks like a flower garden rather than a store.”
“… … .”
The Duke’s expression was blunt.
I don’t feel emotions.
However, his pupils were emitting a colorful light.
It was okay to say that he was agitated.
It must be because the shapes decorated with flowers are familiar places.
“Victor-kun, what does this mean now?”
Enio, who was hiding in the kitchen with me, asked.
I answered such Enio simply.
“It means nothing.”
Right now.
However, they were images that would become meaningful someday.
The final battle with the Duke takes place in a secret garden that looks just like this.
In other words, this place is like a duke’s tomb.
Principal Midas, who had no way of knowing that, raised his eyebrows.
“It’s pretty, but it also seems a bit crazy. Senpai, should we have someone remove the flowers?”
“No, leave it as it is.”
With the Duke’s permission, I nodded.
“Now.”
The menus prepared by the students of the restaurant club, who are working as waitresses, were presented in front of the Duke.
“… … .”
The duke looked at the menus without a word.
Arnoi laughed at that scene.
“Cheese and meat… ! Even though they selected greasy food, they didn’t serve a pickle… . That’s a really great idea… ! The duke will choke… !”
I didn’t really think so, but I thought about it.
There was not a single menu item to satisfy one’s appetite.
However, the Duke began to eat as if it was okay.
“Sir, do you like it? My menu tastes like some kind of meat that nymphs messed around with.”
It was time for the principal to ask the duke how the dish tasted.
Arnoy was terribly perplexed.
“… Why did the headmaster notice that this Arnoi is a piece of meat?”
Guy Arnoy, when did you get a massage?
At that time, Duke Arkwright gave a brief evaluation of the dinner.
“It is garbage.”
Arnoy, who was watching this situation from the kitchen, was enraged by that evaluation.
“Trash, the Duke’s tongue must have been broken… !”
However, the duke added a word.
“Compared to this now, the menu I ate for lunch today is trash.”
At that, Arnoi relaxed his expression.
“indeed… ! It doesn’t seem like your tongue is broken… !”
It’s made with hard work, so it’s impossible not to taste it.
Ingredients were also high-quality items that are available in the restaurant.
Principal Midas said then.
“Definitely tastes good. Rather, is this water that costs 50,000 Renae for that glass? Senior, can I have a drink first?”
“Yes.”
The principal took a cup and drank water.
As he drank the water for a while, his expression became subtle.
“… Well, it tastes like a nymph washing her hands in water. It tastes like being healthy.”
Arnoy trembled at the strange feeling.
“Why is the headmaster drinking the water he washed his hands with that he was going to give to the duke… ?”
Is it real nymph handwashing water?
no, why give me that
And how does the headmaster know the taste of nymph handwashing water?
It is shocking in many ways.
Seruk.
Duke of Arclight putting down his fork and knife.
“It was a delicious meal. I didn’t expect to be able to eat dishes like this at Luden’s. Is there any wine prepared?”
When the duke was looking for wine, I said to Enio.
“Enio, now it’s your turn.”
“Is it okay to just do what we promised?”
“yes.”
Enio, dressed up as a waitress, came out of the kitchen.
What was in Enio’s hand was a poisoned drink called the “Black Holy Grail”.
It wasn’t really poisonous alcohol, it was just strong alcohol.
It is an item that causes confusion throughout the battle when drunk. In D&A, it was a material item that could only be obtained in special places.
“Duke of Arclight, this is the first time we meet at Ludens. Would it be all right if I raised a glass?”
Enio was good at wearing a mask.
And the duke looking at Enio was also a man wearing a mask like hard ice.
“To meet all the ladies of Black Star in a place like this. Black Star has been through many battlefields. So, is Young-ae’s father well?”
“Thanks. It’s been a long time since you stepped down from the front line.”
Squeeze-.
Enio poured black wine into the Duke’s empty wine glass.
“… This is the Black Grail.”
“It’s 52 years old. It is brewed directly by the Black Star family, so the taste is unmistakable.”
“But it’s a drink you can’t drink two cups of. it will be poison The hangover the next day is terrible.”
“You know better than I thought?”
“My wife loved it.”
Cain looked at his glass.
Soon, he stretched out his thick fingers, picked up the glass, and shook it.
The item “Black Chalice” that is guaranteed when Cain is defeated.
It is, so to speak, a memento.
Of course, Cain couldn’t know that.
However, perhaps because of his mood, there was quite agitation in his eyes.
Are you aware of your fate of death?
said the duke, who had finally finished drinking the contents and put the glass down.
“It’s a great dinner. I want to see the chef’s face.”
“grow.”
I said lightly as I left the kitchen.
However, Cain was never surprised when he saw my face.
“It is you too.”
“Did you know it was me?”
“There are only you and me in this world who know the structure of this flower garden. These star-shaped flower decorations. It must have been from my wife’s garden.”
Your wife’s garden?
That was the first time I’d heard that too.
Wasn’t it just a field fighting the final boss?
The duke said while he was building new knowledge in his head.
“However, I never thought you could make these dishes. It seems that you, who were not even good at breaking things, had a knack for making things.”
“yes.”
“Is this where you believe? Are you just bragging about this kind of catch-up technique?”
“Now it’s a catch technique. But what if you polish it for 10 years? What if 20 years from now pass?”
“… … .”
“Our possibilities and future are endless. because you are still young It’s safe to say that you haven’t even stood at the starting line of life yet. But what about you?”
“… you the guy.”
“Kain Arclight. Although it is called the star of the sword. In the end, that’s it. you can’t be king I couldn’t even be the main character. You are just going to fade away.”
The boss Cain of the Arklight route.
As he died, he said, “Oldness cannot be hidden… .” he lamented.
In other words, getting old is a complex for him.
That’s what I said to Cain.
Even if you stay still, it’s a natural death.
“Make a note of this spot. The garden where these flowers are in full bloom will be your last supper and grave. This is a declaration of war.”
It was the selection of the place and the decorations for that purpose.
A place where you might die.
There must be something to be felt.
The principal made a fuss.
“Declaration of war!? Look at that guy, his way of talking… ! Viktor, no matter how much you know each other, what are you talking about to the duke!?”
But the duke was calm.
“Be quiet, Midas. Have you still not gotten over the habit of making a fuss?”
“… Me, senior?”