Chapter 88

"Hey? Ed, did you eat lunch?"

She was surprised to see Prince Egil Edilus there as if it were natural.

"Yeah, I did. It was awesome."

Prince Egil Edilus smiled, and Lina couldn't help but let the corners of her eyes droop.

"What are you doing?"

She asked, looking through the glass at the bread dough in the oven. It seemed he was curious about what she was doing.

"Huh? I'm making bread."

"Bread?"

"Yep, bread."

It was still in the fermentation stage, so it would take a while before it was ready.

"Oh! Is it that soft bread!?"

It seemed he remembered.

"Yep. It's still in the fermentation stage, so it will take some time."

"Fermentation... Is it the same as apple fermentation?"

Prince Egil Edilus asked a difficult question.

"Umm... It's fermentation, but it's different, I think."

It wasn't completely different, but it felt different when put precisely.

"Hmm?"

Prince Egil Edilus looked into the oven and said curiously, as if he thought asking was a waste of time.

"Oh, right, a message from Fael."

He seemed to remember something and took his eyes off the oven.

"Huh? A message from the king?"

A message from the king didn't give her a good feeling.

"Not enough."

"......Huh?"

"That's not enough, he said."

So it wasn't a bad thing. But, not enough?

"Ah, I see."

That was all she could say.

Actually, she had made the food and taken it with the food Rick and the others had made, so there shouldn't have been a shortage.

Maybe it just meant her food was really good.

"...And, as a thank you for the delicious meal, he said he would give us a reward."

"Really!!"

Getting a reward from the king was a huge stroke of luck.

Moreover, getting a reward for doing what she wanted was a win-win situation.

"Rina! Isn't this amazing!!"

Rick was as happy as if it were his own good fortune.

"I wonder what he'll give us?"

Monica asked, and the others seemed to think the same, as they started to buzz.

"Is there anything you want?"

Prince Egil Edilus asked.

"Anything at all?"

She needed to know the limits to make a request.

"About as much as a meal?"

"Hmm..."

"Meal's worth" meant a reasonable amount. But what Lina wanted wasn't reasonable.

"Anyway, if there's something you want, just say it. If it's not possible, we'll say so."

He said this to Lina, who seemed to be thinking hard about something she wanted. It didn't cost anything to say it.

"I want a bathtub."

Lina said, thinking it might be too much. It seemed like an excessive reward for that level of food.

But she wanted to soak in a bathtub. She was tired of the meat bun bath.

"Bathtub...? What's that?"

Prince Egil Edilus frowned, not knowing what a bathtub was.

Well, if he didn't know, it probably didn't exist.

"A container to soak your body in water?"

She had no idea how to explain it.

"Body in water...? Is that necessary?"

It seemed he couldn't see the necessity, having grown up in a culture without it.

"Absolutely necessary!!"

Lina said strongly. She didn't feel like she had taken a bath unless she soaked in it. She wanted to warm up slowly.

Escape! Meat Buns!!