Alice Tale in Phantasmagoria - Volume 2 - Chapter 163

Chapter 163

I’ve noticed an alarming situation .




That is, I don’t know what Silvi-chan likes .
No, that isn’t just limited to food items, I don’t know what she likes or what she dislikes, what she’s good at and what she might have trouble with .
Strictly speaking, that girl might not be the child of this current instant’s『Alice』but, isn’t that an excuse .
I always feel that girl offers me her fondness saying o-ka-sama, o-ka-sama .
Like, what is this cute lifeform, precious, or rather, I’ll die .

「Lumina-chan is also cute but, Silvi-chan’s normally cold side also gives her a gap and perhaps you could say I can’t have enough of it……」
「Is that how it is . 」

Haa!?
It’s unclear just how many times Sitra interjected but, I’ve finally come back to my senses after (I get a feeling like) I’d endlessly droned on about my daughter .

「I, I’m sorry Sitra? Going on about an uninteresting matter and……」

What sort of penance is it to have to listen to endless bragging on family .
I lower my head while reflecting and, Sitra waved her hands about .

「Alice-sama, I very much enjoyed listening . 」
「E, eeh～ but I’d fall asleep while walking if I were in the reverse position you know?」

The limit would be the first 5 minutes if I was listening .
I wonder just how many times I made Sitra listen to me talk?
Even though the basket we brought was empty when we entered the forest, it now has lots of herbs and such in it .
Rather, I wonder when I collected this……?

「Fufu, is Alice-sama normally like this?」
「Thi, this is……?」
「That is to say that you’re a very adorable personage . 」

I’d like to look into my mental state as a former male that has me being called adorable by a 12 year old saintess .
No but, females are proper ladies when they reach 12 years of age . Their mental framework can’t be compared to that of a male’s . But, given that, it could be said that just my mental age is low……
While I worried and muttered, Sitra flusteredly lowered her head .

「A, ano, I’m sorry . I, a disrespectful thing……」





Somehow it seems I made her think I couldn’t find the right words due to anger .

「For causing a misunderstanding, forgive this side okay, Sitra? I’m not angry or anything you know . 」
「Is that so? If so that’s good but……」

Sitra’s still seems somewhat apologetic .
But I’m actually impressed by Sitra’s maturity, and her knowledge of the edible herbs and such that we gathered to fill this basket is incredible . On that note, there hasn’t been a time where I talked leisurely with Sitra .

「Hey, how was Sitra raised? I’d like to listen if it wouldn’t be unpleasant . 」
「It’s not something unpleasant but, whether it’s all that interesting of a story either……」
「If it’s not an interesting story, what of what I did a bunch of?」
「Fufu, Alice-sama you……」

Is the Sitra laughing as she covers her lips with her white hand, really like a noble?
For that girl to have gone through such a thing as showing up on a battlefield at such an age, the world is complicated .

「I, was set up as something like a saintess but, I was no more than the youngest child of a fallen noble . 」
「Heei?」

When I accidentally let out a surprised voice, Sitra smiled in a mischievous manner . That smile was unusually befitting of her age .

「And I didn’t live with my family anymore so, I was picked up by the church at a fortunate time when I was practically an orphan, the fact that I occasionally used healing magic there caught the country’s eye . After that, I went from battlefield to battlefield seeking to revive my house using national funds . Fufu, though I was fine with my house either way…… It was because I couldn’t move if I didn’t have a reason to . 」

I see, was that the start of the artificial saintess .

「As a member of house Asternya, I went out onto the battlefield to fulfill my role as a noble…… I learned of the beastmen-sans’ reality . I taught of edible wild grasses and such to those who couldn’t even obtain food . The wisdom to survive . 」
「……」
「Aah, that’s kind of strange . The god-sama who let the me who was practically an orphan live, shouldn’t do such a thing as this, perhaps I had such a rebellious spirit? ……Before I noticed I was going along with the white witch’s experiments……I killed my enemies again . Because, to save the beastmen-sans, I couldn’t hesitate or such . Because I couldn’t see such things as the hellscape I heard the battlefield described as, I could walk through even a river of blood with an unperturbed face . Does that disillusion you? Fairy of Silver Lightning-sama .

Looking down, Sitra makes a self deprecating laugh .

「Fufu, it’s not a fun story is it? Thus, I truly truly loved Alice-san’s earlier heartwarming story . Thinking something like, aah, people can be loved like this, it’s blindingly bright . 」





I wonder why the people of this world, have such a hard lifestyle .
All of my comrades have too many wounds .
Is that the reality of other worlds……

「I understand . 」
「?」

Sitra tilted her head at me, as I nodded with great force .

「I’ll teach you, love . 」

On the way back from picking wild grasses, I made a shameless declaration to the love deficient Sitra .



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And so Sitra efficiently did the work of chopping and strangling a bird like creature’s neck .
I applauded Shion-san and Maria-san who came in from their hunt but, I was swooning .
Hai, sorry for being a modern child .
I tried asking if Sitra wasn’t afraid but her「I, can’t see so . Is it something to be so afraid of?」as she wiped the blood on her cheeks with a peaceful smile felt dreadful didn’t it, it did .
There were such minor things but, I eventually reached my battlefield .

「Alice-san cooking～

I try reciting lines like a cat shaped robot’s .
It’s not like a convenient tool would come out though .
I got applause from the saintess-sama who’s here to assist with the food preparations for me .
This child, is upfront and cute . Though she is occasionally scary .

「Today’s cooking is chicken meat and something that uses vegetables . If we had rice I’d make porridge as well but, that’s a luxurious worry isn’t it . 」
「Alice-sama is in the royal family? Do they make you cook?」

This child didn’t know that, including my previous world, I had a solid foundation as a commoner .





「Cooking is a lady’s etiquette . At the least, that’s the case in my country . 」

On that note, men are also more popular when they can cook .
Ah, forgive me okay, I didn’t have a romantic tale you know .
I kept to myself while cursing my cohabiting neighbors in college .
Eei, I have Kran and Eclair now so it doesn’t bother me .

「? Did Alice-sama not come from the elves’ village . 」
「That’s wrong you know, I came from a place more distant than the edge of the sky . 」

It’s troublesome to hide it at this point so I answered with a gentle feeling .

「Is that so……Alice-sama was also, alone then?」
「Un .

In my case, I really do think it’s good that my family wasn’t pulled into this though .

「Therefore I learned to cook, so that I could live properly on my own . 」
「That’s impressive . 」

It’s just a hobby though okay .

「Then would you promptly use this knife and cut the chicken meat into small portions . 」
「Hai, like this?」

Chop .

「Hiii!?」

Sitra swung the knife down faster than I could say「Ah」 .
What is with this child, she has too little hesitation and it’s scary .
I trembled at the sound of the knife striking against the cutting board at a speed that wouldn’t be expected in cooking .
I fearfully fearfully check on the cutting board and, the mass of bird meat-san was cleanly split in two .

「Please stop already! Bird meat-san’s HP is 0 you know!」

That’s overkill you know!?
I retrieved the knife from Sitra .

「Did I do something wrong?」
「Rather than saying it was wrong……」

Scary .

「Si, Sitra hasn’t had an occasion to cook then?」
「Hai, since I was an insignificant noble…… and I was taken in by the country soon after I was taken in by the church so, I have these eyes right? I was given an attendant so, I don’t have lifestyle skills . 」
「Herbs and wild grasses are wisdom of the battlefield arren’t they . 」
「I suppose so, I was also accustomed to hunting and processing animals there . 」

Though normally it’d be stranger to be accustomed there .

「Well, it’s fine . I predicted this development . 」

Since there’s almost no one who can cook among my comrades .

「U～n, is that so……」

The ingredient is chicken meat? And I don’t really know but there’s types of herbs that are said to be edible .
There are seasonings so, I’ll somehow be able to give it flavour .
Silvi-chan is sick so……it’s best if it’s soft and easy to eat right?

「I’m making minced chicken soup . 」
「Minced……?」
「I’m hand making minced meat by cutting it finely . Eei, this is the moment Sitra . 」
「?」

Sitra tilted her head adorably there .
 

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