If the weather is bad, the brush will not progress ( 'ᾥ' )

After completing various tasks such as confirming the preparation for departure, it is almost time for dinner. I sat in the Black Lotus cafeteria and ate the food prepared by our chef, Tetsujin...... Didn't.

"Why do you look like you've bitten off the sand like that?"

"I'm not a strong drinker, but I think it's because I've got a lovely fiancée in front of me who is about to empty a bottle of wine."

"Hmmm...... And it can't be helped."

As she said this, her fiancée—Serena, dressed in a fancy evening gown—looked away, her cheeks flushing a light red.

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I explained the situation to Serena while checking the preparations for departure, and when I told her that I would be leaving the Imperial City as early as tomorrow, she hurriedly disconnected the communication and contacted me again from there ten minutes or so later.

"That ...... That...... Ouch!? Ugh...... Would you like to spend the night with me......?"

I was asked to turn red in the face through the hologram of a small communication device. I can't say no to this. Well, if you think about it calmly, yes. Serena has a military job, so she can't come to me. Moreover, I plan to go to the territory of the Countess of Dlainwald after this, and then go to the Holy Empire of Verzarus. Since you're going outside of the Empire, you can't just bump into them on the road like you used to. In other words, you won't have the opportunity to see Serena face to face for a while.

"Okay, I'm going to spend tonight with Serena, no matter what, and I don't know who it is, but thank you."

There's someone banging her ass behind Selena's back as she's communicating. No mistake.

"Ugh...... So that's what we're talking about. I'll send the plan to your device right away.'

With that said, Serena hung up the communication, and as soon as she declared, she sent me a date plan, .......

"The date plan that was sent to me is changing all over the place."

I don't know how it works, but the schedule after "boarding the shuttle car in front of the Black Lotus" is changing rapidly. After eating at a restaurant somewhere, I went to Russia, which is attached to a luxury hotel, and if I thought that the plan was to go to the bar that is also attached, I thought that after a light tour of the custom-made shops of swords and costumes handled by aristocrats, I had a raised set dinner in a suite with a pool at a luxury hotel somewhere. Hey, I don't think it's a good idea to suddenly go to a hotel for that purpose.

Obviously, multiple planners are doing whatever they want. I think the identity of the planner is around the mother-in-law Mr./Ms., but maybe the married sister-in-law Mr./Ms. is also entering. I didn't have a chance to meet him at the Marquis of Halls' mansion, but I was told that there is a pattern of Thailand living with a partner somewhere in the Marquis Halls mansion even after marrying into another family. After all, the structure itself is a mess and huge. It seems that there are mansions of nobles of yoriko and branch families in the structure of the mansion.

「…… Let it sit until the time. Oh, I'll just ask you what you're wearing."

If possible, it would be nice to be able to go in the mercenary uniform that I usually wear, but I would like to adapt to the demands of the other side as much as possible. I'm probably going to have a sleepover...... I think about it while looking at the date plan that changes rapidly.

Talk to Mei.

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Well, that's how I ended up having dinner with Serena in Thailand.

By the way, in the end, we settled on a simple plan of taking a break after eating. This is a plan that prioritizes the three major needs.

"I've never been on a date with a man alone...... It's the first time."

While saying this, Serena has a subtle expression. Yes, it's the first time. Until now, I've always been with one of Mimi's friends so that I don't want to be alone.

"When we met again in the Alayne system, we were planning to go on a date in a private room in a restaurant alone, so why are you so upset now?"

"It's a different situation than it was then...... And at the end of the day, that's what I'm going to do."

"Are you so tempered with that in mind......

I can't help but smile wryly at Colonel Serena, who is red in the face and sipping a wine glass. That's why I'm afraid of failure. I think it's a shame that the amount of alcohol will increase.

"I don't think it'yes too late, but it's true. You don't have to worry about anything."

「…… Is that so?"

"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't be baring my fangs against the Countess."

「…… But at that time, it wasn't just me, but Mimi Mr./Ms. and the others, right?"

Saying this, Serena purses her lips while her face is reddened. Haha, I see. I Thailand to say that the reason I did this against the private army of the Countess of Ixamal was because Mimi and the others were imprisoned, and that I was just a bonus, right?

"If it was just me and Serena on that boat at that time, and we were in a similar situation, I think I would have done the same thing."

「…… Really?"

"Maybe, I mean, there have been many times in my life when I had to deal with Selena when my life was in danger."

"That's true, but ......."

Serena purses her lips again and turns away. He's a really troublesome kid.

"Besides, you're alone with Serena right now, why not?"

"Hmm...... I feel like I'm being deceived somehow."

"I didn't cheat on anything."

With a wry smile, he uses a knife and fork to bring a sumptuous dinner to his mouth. It's a very nice hotel, and it looks like a pretty prestigious restaurant, but thanks to the private room, you don't have to worry too much about dining etiquette. I really don't know the bare minimum of dining etiquette.

"But it's delicious, but the amount is not enough."

"You can't get enough to fill up in a nobleman's shop like this."

"I guess there's some kind of historical background that led to that."

They say that it is mitted to eat enough to be full, or that aristocrats tend to dislike such things because humans lose concentration when they are full, or that the original purpose was to reduce food loss, and it continues to do so.

I think there was a story that even in that country that loved tea in the original world, the not very tasty but nutritious bread that was popular during the war almost took root as it was.

「…… Aren't you trying to deceive me?"

"I didn't do it, Serena really gets drunk badly when she drinks...... If you drink too much and get tired, you're going to have a hard time after this. A lot of doubts, a lot of love."

「…… Sukebe"

"That's right."

In that sense, dinner at this restaurant, which is not too full, may be just right.

Well, I got a new insight.