Quiet as ************.

Qiu Hitomi tilted her head and stared at the miniature hedgehog that was placed on the windowsill, and I was left to the side.

'Please let me in, you have something to say!' ’

-- This kind of complaint is absolutely unspeakable to a guy like me, who came with me.

Like a stranded population, I looked around in a daze and decided that I had to say something to break the suffocating embarrassment!

Thereupon:

"I'm hungry!"

I read out the stupid lines that I wanted to kill myself with a coin.

“……”

The room was quieter.

Hehe, sure enough, it's more suitable for me to be alone.

The little hedgehog on the windowsill turned over and basked in its belly, and I stared at it with a look of picking ingredients.

Why didn't you see you so honest at my place just now, huh!

I froze like an Easter Island stone statue until Akitomi stood up and walked out of the room with a cold face.

"Hey, where are you going?"

God, the world is finally alive! - I took half a beat to get out of my original stiffness and blurt out.

"Cook."

The response made me stunned for 5 seconds, and then I shouted in a daze:

"Don't be too greasy!"

“……”

I don't know if there's a response -- because I'm hitting the wall......

The little hedgehog is probably very strange, this primate that suddenly starts banging its head against the wall, runs and plays......

…………………………

Already in despair of myself, I collapsed to the ground weakly, only to be lured back to my soul by a burst of fragrance.

"It's ......"

I stumbled downstairs, and next to the huge black hedron table, which looked like a Western banquet in a movie, Qiu Hitomi sat quietly like a delicate porcelain doll, munching rice with a bulging face.

Obviously, there was no place on the table for me.

Like a wild cat peeking at cheese, I tiptoed out a pair of chopsticks from the cupboard, slipped over to the rice cooker and filled myself with a large bowl of rice, then floated to the table with a leaf on top of my head and pretended that others couldn't see me......

"Humph!"

A cold snort sounded, and I quickly turned my head from side to side sneakily, trying to find the guy who made the young girl squad leader angry.

"Pray before you eat."

Whew-I see, I wiped my cold sweat, clasped my hands in front of my chest, and looked pious:

"Thank God for giving me food!"

So the cold gaze still stayed on my face.

"Thank you, Akitomi-sama, for giving me food!"

However, the hairs on my face were almost frozen by the temperature of my vision......

"Thank you Master Qiu Hitomi for giving me food!"

The temperature of the normal world has blessed me!

I started eating with tears in my eyes...... Ahh

It's hard to imagine how she managed to make such a large number of dishes in such a short amount of time!

I stuffed food into my mouth, soothing the hunger that had been bothering me lately.

"Woo~~ delicious! (○^~^○) I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good?! ”

I made a muffled sound as I ate.

"Why do I have to accept your unreasonable evaluation?"

"But you want to...... Isn't it true that a small, weird, flat-chested tsundere like you can only burn highly toxic food! …… Huh? Don't take it away! ”

The place of eating was shifted from the dining table to the corner, and I glanced aggrievedly at the new pet hedgehog who was squatting on a small plate next to me to eat, and muttered indignantly while firmly picking up the food in my mouth:

"Don't think you're the only one who can make this kind of food that is super large but just the right amount of food, mellow, rich, and delicious, and not greasy at all..."

My voice grew quieter, but don't worry about the details! I refreshed:

"The food I made is very tasty, and it's even more perfect!"

"Oh? Is it? ”

Qiu Hitomi sat at the dining table next to me and looked down on me, looking like an elegant lady.

"Hey, just wait a while and beg me to give you the work of this chef in tears!"

With a look of disdain, I ran to fill a large bowl of rice......

So, I stood in the kitchen with a smug look after finally eliminating a pot of rice, and then turned to Qiu Hitomi with an embarrassed face:

"Do you have a pallet balance at home?"

“…… What kind of weird guy would have to have that kind of thing at home? ”

"You're the least qualified to say that!"

I was immediately unhappy, and pouted:

"That's the necessities of life!"

It's a pity that people have ignored me, and they have taken care of the little hedgehog on their heads and walked upstairs......

"Three streets away, there is a store of supplies in the house."

Such a voice came from the second floor, and I scratched my head strangely:

"Shouldn't it be in the kitchenware section of the supermarket?"

Anyway, after almost an hour, my preparation was finally complete.

Cake flour, eggs, caster sugar, blender, butter, lemon juice, milk...... And, of course, the all-important pallet balance!

All kinds of materials and utensils flew flexibly between my five fingers, and for the first time after becoming a 'ritual', the kitchenware seemed to be given spirituality as handy, ah, I was almost intoxicated!

The ingredients were applied to the milligram and the textbook-like precision made me feel like the San Pellegrino Award was beckoning to me.

It didn't take long for the sweet aroma to overflow from the oven, like the pale white petals blooming at midnight.

Triumphantly taking out the finished cake and putting it on the table, my nostrils greeting to the sky.

"Right...... Hey? Obviously you look like this, but the cake you make is unexpectedly impeccable? ”

"Does this have anything to do with my looks?"

Even with the surprised praise that didn't make me happy, Qiu Hitomi pinched another piece and stuffed it into her mouth, with an expression that she couldn't understand, why was I just punished by being degraded to a place to eat with my pet!

Ding――

The oven went on again.

"The second portion is cooked!"

I wore thick gloves and went to get another one, and the sweet aroma doubled.

"Woo......"

Qiu Hitomi first squinted like a cat, savoring the touch of the cake that gradually melted in her mouth, and then her expression gradually became strange.

"Why does it taste exactly the same as before, hey!"

"As the ultimate perfection, of course, there will be absolutely no increase or decrease!"

If I had weight, I would have crushed the floor and been sucked to the center of the earth by now.

"Then please make eight more servings and eat them all."

"Hey, hey! Did I hear me right? Akitomi used the word 'request' to me! …… Wow Ka Ka, for the sake of you being so quiet, this chef will fulfill your wishes! ”