"Asleep? It's time to wake up! ”

A soft voice sounded in my ears, and I could feel that someone was pulling the futon that wrapped my whole body. The brain seemed to be stuck in the head with a stick, and after frantically stirring, the boy lifted his dazed head and looked straight at her. The girl was overwhelmed by the stares, and after a moment she took out a dress from her side and shook it in front of the boy's eyes, explaining to him what she meant.

"Clothes—" The boy lay down again, recalling what Airi had said to him as he left.

Seeing that the boy was not to blame for her interruption, the girl gently touched the boy to get him up and waited to change his clothes. Without much thought, the boy lifted the futon and sat up, and a cool breeze howled in and almost made the boy fall back into the quilt. The girl quickly put on his shirt, untied the bandage in his hand, and after making sure that the wound was okay, she brought the clothes of her lower body.

"The rest of the clothes... I'll wear it myself! ”

After seeing the boxer underwear in the girl's hand, the boy felt that his cheeks were constantly warming, and he twisted to protect his lower body, and then he realized that he was sitting naked in front of the girl.

"Hey~ You shouldn't be shy!" Seeing the boy's rosy cheeks, the girl smiled evilly, "What does it matter, we wiped your whole body while you were unconscious." ”

"In other words, you've been seen by us!" The girl deliberately slowed down her speech and approached the boy provocatively, only to see that his cheeks were as red as ripe apples.

In the bright aisle, the girl walked happily ahead, followed by the boy twisting his body, hanging his head, and his cheeks were still flushed. There was a strong aroma in the air, and the already empty stomach became more and more violent under the inducement of the aroma, constantly eating away at the stomach wall, and the dull pain made the boy have to press his abdomen with both hands.

"Welcome to the gastronomic paradise of Alomelade – the Chef's Room of the Twelve." The girl pushed open the door and boasted to the boy.

Looking in through the figure of the girls, the girls were busy running around, some cautiously walking with plates, some busy with their backs to us on the kitchen counter, the rich aroma filling the room, everyone with smiles on their faces.

"Why are you still standing stupidly? I'm just waiting for you to eat! The girl gently slapped the boy on the back and led him into the room.

"It's so cute, I want to hug you."

"You remember me, my name is Leah."

Seeing the boy come to the kitchen dressed in a gorgeous way, the girls who were free quickly came to the front and pulled him over, and then sandwiched in the middle towards the seat position. Airi looked at them and sighed, stirred the spoon, scooped out a spoonful and put it on a plate to taste, and then picked up the crockpot and walked towards them.

After entering the kitchen, I found that it was much larger than I imagined, but the interior was relatively simple, with all kinds of kitchen utensils placed on the kitchen counter, all kinds of vegetables and fruits in the bamboo basket on the side, and a flat pile of firewood in the corner.

The two tables are cobbled together and filled with a variety of delicacies, and tableware is neatly arranged in front of each chair. Seeing Airi walking slowly with a crockpot, one of them immediately ran to the kitchen counter, took a wooden plank-like object from the kitchen cabinet, and placed it in the center of the table, and Airi placed the crockpot on the wooden board steadily.

"Alright, don't make any more noise." Leah sighed as she watched several people compete for seats around the boy.

When Airi returned to his seat and sat down, everyone folded their hands and closed their eyes with smiles on their faces, as if devout believers were praying before a meal. The aroma of the food in front of him was like a girl's hand, constantly touching the boy's nose, provoking his desires, and the hungry stomach kept roaring hysterically, and if it were not for the boy pressing it tightly, it would have been eager to devour the food on the table on its own, along with them.

"Alright, everybody! Mother Elsie has important business to attend to tonight, so I'll be hosting tonight's dinner. Leah picked up her glass and stood up, "Today, we..."

"Haven't you eaten yet..."

In the atmosphere, the only boy struggled to endure the pain of hunger, Leah was giving a speech, and the other girls were laughing and raising their glasses. Slowly looking at them, and realizing that their attention was on Leah, the boy had an evil thought.

"They won't find out if they take one, right?"

The boy glanced around, and finally fixed his gaze on the bowl not far away, where several pieces of golden-skinned, wheat-scented bread were lying still, and the other bowls were filled with dishes that were not easy to reach.

After some struggle, the boy finally reached out to it. One hand pressed tightly on the abdomen, and the other hand was like a snake crawling on the table, slowly approaching the target. Just as he was about to get his hands on it, a pair of slender chopsticks picked up the bread in the bowl and handed it to the boy.

"Oh, I must be hungry!" The girl smiled softly and took the jug from the side and poured a glass for the boy.

All eyes were on the boy, who was standing at the table in an extremely strange and comical manner, his thin arms trying to grasp something, but the table was holding off his chest, so that his arms could only be waved in the air.

"Come, sit down, if you want to eat, just say, I'll help you clip it." With that, the girl on the other side pulled the boy back to his seat, picked up chopsticks and kept picking up the dishes and putting them in the boy's bowl.

The boys stared blankly at the bowl, not knowing whether they had been spotted and did not dare to move, or if their actions had touched their hearts, and at the moment the tempting delicacies were lying in front of them, but they did not want to pick them up.

"Not to your liking?" Seeing that the boy was slow to move, Airi got up from his seat.

"Do you want me to feed you? The food is delicious! Tia preemptively walked over to the boy with a cup of jelly-like dessert and scooped a spoonful into the boy's mouth.

The soft and tender taste, rich milky aroma, sweet but not greasy taste have not dissipated in the mouth. There was a strong sourness in his nose, his vision blurred as if he had been shrouded in something, and a tear jumped out of his eye socket and slid down his cheek at great speed.

The boy raised his hand to wipe away his tears, stretched out his hand to take food out of the bowl and kept it in his mouth, and after a bite or two, the bread was quickly swallowed by the boy. Picking up a piece of steaming, sauce-coated piece of meat and throwing it into his mouth, the tip of his tongue was burned by the hot breath the moment it touched it, and pushed the piece of meat to his teeth, and after chewing for a while, the inner wall of his mouth couldn't stand it, and pushed it to his tongue, which had nowhere to hide, and threw it directly into his throat. Before he could rest, another piece of hot food was sent into his mouth.

The girls were shocked by the boy's behavior, and saw him stuff the food he could grab into his mouth like a vicious beast, not caring about his image or clothing. Seeing that the boy was so hungry, the girls silently brought their food to him.

At this moment, he was like an emperor surrounded by twelve girls in the center, and when he choked, the girls gently stroked his back and brought him water; When they were hungry, the girls quickly brought food and provided feeding services; When the tears flowed, the girl next to him wiped his tears with a napkin.

The food was delicious, but there was a tingling sensation in his mouth, and the empty heart seemed to have something pouring in, forcing his heart to beat violently continuously, and the accompanying labor pain made the boy slowly put down the food in his hand.

The boy cried and cried loudly, and he didn't know why he was crying, but the tears flowed uncontrollably. Why speak up? If it had been before, he would have been able to endure any kind of pain he suffered, but... The warmth took off the disguise and took him out of the darkness, and now he was like a newborn bathed in the sun, able to pour out his heart loudly to the world.

"Could it be that the food is not to his liking..."Nagawa was the first to break the silence and said cautiously.

In the face of the boy's loud crying, the girls were at a loss to see what to do, and at first Lily wiped her tears with a napkin, but after a few attempts, she reluctantly chose to give up. The playful and cute Romme brought his favorite doll bear and performed a dance music for him, but it didn't stop him from crying. Calmly picking up the boy's leftover bread and trying to shove it into the boy's mouth to stop him from crying, Lily intervened to stop him.

"Could it be that the sweet potato pudding I made is too unpalatable and makes him feel uncomfortable..."Tia scooped up a spoonful of pudding and put it to her mouth, and stood on the sidelines and was about to cry.

"It's not your problem! It's all to blame for Leah's long talk..."Shangshan on the side hurriedly comforted her, took her spoon and took a sip.

"Okay, good boy, sister, please eat something delicious, don't cry..." Kaoru brought a plate of delicately plated and fragrant biscuits, trying to attract the boy's attention.

"Otherwise, let's let Mother Elsie come over," Ayase whispered as she sat in her chair.

Seeing that the girls were all worried about the boy's crying, Airi hesitated for a moment, then walked to the kitchen counter, took a wooden chair from the corner and put it under the cupboard, stood on it, stood on tiptoe, opened the cupboard, and took out a crockpot from it. In full view of everyone, Airi took out two lollipops from the crockpot, put the crockpot back in its place, and walked towards the boy.

"If you're unhappy, eating a candy will give you a lot of comfort." Airi stripped off a blue candy and put it in the boy's mouth, and as she wished, the boy immediately stopped crying.

"Tia, too, your sweet potato pudding is delicious, and we all love it, so don't be sad." With that, Airi handed her the yellow candy.

Pick up a crisp white napkin and wipe the tears off the boy's cheeks, and wipe the food residue off his palms, cuffs, and clothing. Tie a napkin for him, tidy up the mess on the table, refill the hot and fragrant food for him, take the spoon from Leah's hand, show it in front of the boy, and give it to him.

With Airi's help, the restaurant gradually returns to its original bustle, the tables are tidied up, the food is rearranged, Leah gets up and serves everyone a hot and fragrant soup, and Nagawa presents a beautiful song. The cheerful and warm image makes the boy wave his arms and want to play with them.

"yes, yes, can you tell me your name now?" Rom curiously approached the boy's side.

After making peace, Airi and Leah put the plates together, while Ayase and Lily cleaned the table, and when everything was done, everyone sat in their chairs and talked about tomorrow's plans, until Rom's actions drew everyone's attention back to the boy.

"Name—" The boy lowered his head and looked at the vague figure reflected in the water glass, not knowing how to answer.

The atmosphere was freezing cold with the boys' silence, and the girls didn't know how to speak for a moment, and Rom covered his mouth and nose with his hands when he realized something was wrong.

"Hmm... Why don't we come up with a name for you? ”

His eyes quickly gathered on the speaker's body, and he saw Shangshan raising his arms, a little overwhelmed by the sudden enthusiasm.

"That's a good idea, but what's the name?" Ayase echoed.

Everyone's eyes refocused on the boy, looking him up and down like an antique, their brains racing, and everyone said the name in their hearts, but they couldn't pass it by a unanimous vote.

"Huh."

A majestic and familiar voice came from not far away, and the girls stood up and saluted the owner of the voice. The boy looked up as well, and saw the familiar figure slowly approaching—Heatrice.

"Born from the darkness, but as white as a snowflake." Heatrice crossed her hips with one hand and said sarcastically, "I'll see if it's true as it sounds, or if it's deliberately hiding the depths of darkness." ”

Heatrice looked around, made sure nothing was out of the ordinary, turned away, and stopped just about to walk out the door.

"Airi."

"Yes, Lord Heatrice."

"You find a new set of nice clothes for him to change into, and tomorrow you will take him to Count Andrew, and by the way, help him tidy up his appearance while he bathes." With that, he disappeared.

Silence enveloped the surroundings until the girls sat down with a soothing breath. They whispered to Heatrice what she had said, pondering the names they had given to the boy, until Arri stood up and walked over to the boy, and they got up together to attend to their own business.

"Then I'll go boil hot water first and wait for you to take a bath." With that, Ayase and Nagawa walked towards the door.

"Eri, you can take him to find good clothes first, and we will take care of the rest." Leah took Lily from the table and walked towards the sink at the kitchen counter.

Rom staggered to the corner, picked up his tools and began cleaning, Shizuzu and Kaoru separating the tables that had been put together and putting them back in their original positions. Shangshan took a wooden bucket, put some tattered towels in water to wash, wrung them out, and wiped them carefully on the table.

"Then let's go find the clothes, Young." Looking at their hard-working figures, Airi didn't say much, so she led the boy towards the door.

The night gradually covers the land, the sea breeze is howling, the seabirds are soaring and crying in flocks, the maids in white aprons are struggling to put away the bedding and clothes that are hanging out, and the guards on the high walls are curled up to patrol and look into the distance.

The carved castle was brightly lit, and the male and female servants were busily shuttling through the corridors. Behind the door of one room, a large amount of water vapor is filling the room, and the white mist fills the whole room, as if you are in a fairyland.

The boy sat obediently on the wooden chair, staring at himself in a daze. The girl behind her picked up a basin of hot water and walked behind her, drenching the boy's whole body from top to bottom, the huge pressure of the water almost knocked the boy from the chair to the ground, and then walked to the bath to scoop up the next basin of water.

Stretching out his hand to wipe the mist from the smooth mirror, a thick, jet-black face with a thin, fair face was reflected in front of him. The boy stroked himself in the mirror in disbelief, his heart was mixed, and when he saw the tears pouring down from his eyes, he quickly reached out and wiped the tears for it, no matter how hard he tried, the tears could not be wiped away.

"It's a mirror, and whatever you do in front of the mirror, it repeats the same action you do." Airi came over with hot water and saw the boy scratching the mirror.

"Could the person in the mirror be me?" Curious, he reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes in confusion, and the boy in the mirror did the same.

"Yes!" Airi motioned for the boy to sit down, picked up the wooden spoon in the basin, and poured hot water over his head.

The whole body warmed up with the infusion of water, and the self in the mirror became blurry with the white mist that spread. The slender and powerful palm rubbed the hair, and the unknown thick liquid slowly dripped into the ends, and after a few moments, the delicate and fluffy foam spread.

The boy reached out and took a piece of falling foam, and looked at them quietly, thousands of bubbles kept spinning and rolling, reflecting the light emitted by the light, and then disappeared into nothing.

"I'm going to have to eat well in the future, and it will be cute if I gain more weight." Airi smiled and ruffled the hair from the boy's forehead, rubbing them carefully.

A gust of wind blew the fog from the mirror outside the window, and a pair of deep red eyes stared at him. The girl behind her frowned and walked to the window, looked at it for a moment and then chose to close, and the white mist instantly filled the room again.

"It's too cold tonight, and it looks like it's going to rain tomorrow," Eri muttered back behind the boy, "now close your eyes and get ready to wash." ”

The rushing water crashed against the ground, washing away the cold and even more so the foam. Airi struggled to wash the boy's body, rubbing his tank top from time to time to keep it from catching a cold. When the cleaning was done, Airi brought a trimming tool and trimmed the boy's messy hair.

"After rinsing this once, you can go into the bath and take a good bath." With that, Airi slowly poured the water from the basin into the boy to clean the sticky hair.

"Okay, you can take a good bath in the bath first, and I'll go get you clothes."

Airi took the boy by the hand and walked to the bath, carefully helped him in, took a drenched towel and put it on his head, cleaned the bathroom and left the room.

Looking at the silent, white mist room, the boy half-buried his face in the water, feeling his body absorb the heat. It's just that an inexplicable feeling came to my heart, and I really wanted to find someone to talk to or someone to accompany me.

"I wish you were coming back soon..."

"Also, it's so hot...", she looked up.