Ch.17 Harmony
After Lotus’s words we decide to go towards the dining room.
Things like eating in the main dining room, only happened on the first day. From the second day I intruded into the servant’s dining room. This morning I ate there also, this way suits to a T but I can’t say this.
From Lotus’s guidance, father-in-law and the Duke, behind then mother-in-law and I follow their figures and start moving but as soon as we leave the entrance way mother-in-law suddenly stood still,
“Wow, such pretty flowers! I wonder, were there these flower varieties at the house?
She said while looking my way.
Ahead of my mother-in-law’s gaze are the entrance flower vases I placed there this morning. The flowers arranged there were the variety I asked Bellis to order and grow. They are a newcomer so it is no wonder mother-in-law does not know.
“These are the latest I asked Bellis to order”
I answer and,
“Huuhhh?! Bellis did??
Mother-in-law is exaggeratedly surprised.
“Yes. Bellis has ordered and grown flowers to my liking”
Bellis (Demon king), is skilled so he grew them very skillfully~. It’s bad about his unsociable deferential treatment!
“Ohhhhh!! Bellis has opened up?!
Mother-in-law puts her hands on her cheeks. Is it that much of a surprise?
“Yes, he is a extremely gentle person”
“Viola-chan, you are doing well. Haha, these flowers, are very very lovely!”
Mother-in-law completely changes from a surprised face, now to a tender, sparkling, smiling face. Uh huh, it seems like something in my mother-in-law has been acknowledged. Was there some sort of barrier?
“Truly. It is a good thing to be greeted by flowers in the entrance”
Father-in-law also turned towards this way, giving a smile.
“I am very happy you said that! Bellis will also be delighted”
I also became happy. Because Bellis’ great work is being praised!
“Ah, not Bellis, are we not saying that Viola-chan has made the mansion gorgeous like this?”
“Oh, me?”
“That’s right,”
Mother-in-law is smiling and giggling. But I, only decorated with the beautifully bloomed flowers~?
It somehow feels like I am snatching Bellis’ achievement.
In that manner, we are stopped in front of the flower vases but,
“Look, the meal will completely cool down. Let us go”
Said the Duke’s calm voice, once again starting movement. Ooh, the Duke was here! Until now he was very quiet (because he didn’t make an utterance!), his existence had completely changed into air.
We follow behind the Duke and father-in-law but, the Duke is looking here and there smiling. He is himself and, yet, not himself? Well, for the Duke it as been quite a long time since he last lived in the main residence. Furthermore, isn’t it the first time entering since I came here? I did things like decorate with nice flowers everyday and replaced the fabrics and furniture, I enjoyed spending my time customizing with the servants, so I think the impression has completely changed. It has wholly gone in the direction of ‘feels young again’.
“Oh~ it completely feels young again! Uh huh isn’t the cheerful atmosphere great!”
“Yes, yes! Viola-chan, your sense is great~!”
Mother-in-law and father-in-law also praised me again. Just the Duke remained reserved as ever.
We hardly sit down in the dining room, the maids lying in wait, carry in the lunch.
This is a roughly a relative lunch so, the arrangement is father-in-law and mother-in-law are matched up on the inner side and the Duke and I are matched up this side.
Today, as expected, it is impossible to eat the servants food. It will be a one-on-one fight with intestinal terrorists. Do your best my good bacteria!!
Once when consulting the menu beforehand,
“Please make my dishes slightly less”
“Vi, Mada~me”
“Certainly. I will pay attention to make a mistake with the platters!”
I secretly made necessary arrangements with Carthame and the maids in charge of the errand boys!
“The main dish is herb stir-fried chicken, from a Reinean source”
Lotus with a elegant movement serves the platter in front of father-in-law.
Ooh, today’s cooking is as proposed by a cook from the region of Reine! Aah, I wanted to eat today’s servant meal.
There is also a dish brought in front of me who has made petit trips to the servants dining room.
The lovely light brown fried colour is quite beautiful. As expected of Carthame, his skills are super……well, great. The Reine specialty herb is used and that unique aroma also incites the appetite!
Staring at the plate and thinking these things when,
“Oh? Isn’t this the Reine region’s local cuisine?”
Father-in-law gave a happy voice.
“Yes, that is right”
Lotus answers.
“As I thought. We went on a trip before and the cuisine there was delicious”
“Yes, it was”
Father and mother-in-law, gaze at each other and smile at each other and blush……, please do this somewhere else. I had heard they were actively in love but it has developed in front of my eyes…… eew, violently sweet.
“I never thought I would be able to eat it at this house”
Said father-in-law coming out of their two person world,
“That is right. Lately, various places with local cuisines has been increasing. Has Vi noticed this?”
The Duke who had been quite up to this point suddenly spoke. Furthermore he called me by my pet name! Ah~it startled me. I was unprepared because he had turned into air.
On that subject, the ‘travelling feeling from local cuisine and supplies’ has been secretly adopted into the meals taken to the Duke and Calendula. I think it’s not to the degree of noticing but, in the manner of things like source and art of cooking.
“Ye,yes, well…… the cooks are also studying and because these apprentice cooks, seem to come from various regions”
Well, I cannot talk about it in detail so I sugarcoat and explain.
“Really? So that was how it was”
Oh? The Duke seems a little surprised and raised one eyebrow quickly*. The Duke is personally surprised to become aware of this! He is secretly surprised at Lotus and others, it just does not show on his face.
“You have thought of very interesting things, Viola and Carthame have”
Father-in-law said in a admiring like way but I merely just wanted to eat unusual and rare things~. Studying and so on is a postscript just cause!
“Cercis do you call Viola, Vi?
Mother-in-law. Is that the place you held onto! We are talking about local cuisine right now? Talking about studying cooking? And yet, why that!
I endure collapsing when,
“Yes, that is right”
The Duke answers nonchalantly smiling. Amazing acting ability! His face is entirely as if what?, as if he has always calls [me that]!
“That’s adorable! I wonder is it alright if I also call you Vi-chan?”
Mother-in-law petitioned me with a sparkling smile. Wow! It is a sight for sore eyes [1]
“Of course”
Smile. I respond, as a ordinary daughter-in-law, giving a smile with all my might. Uh huh, a smile is zero yen(dollars) a smile isn’t a crime. Even though I’m ordinary a smile is good. Uh huh.
My eyes were hit by beautiful sight for sore eyes face, and I am a smidgin sulky.
Harmoniously lunch comes to an end, even moving to the reception room the father mother-in-law couple’s waa–kya–[2] (mainly mother-in-law’s) continue. At any rate, in name and in reality, the trousseau [things a bride brings with her] from the warehouse have been revived and are enshrined in the reception room. Mother-in-law at last cried!
If I were to speak of the Duke, when he entered the reception room, once again after a little while he turned into air. Turning into air seems to be the state of affairs in which he spends time processing his intracerebral data.. The result of my personal observation.
Because though he did know I had customized as I pleased, he did not know to what extent I had~
The results of the home visit. I am very pleasing to the parents-in-law couple.
I have become a good daughter-in-law! I have done a good job!
Authors note:
Thank you for today as well（＾－＾）
Fundamentally the Duke is not so much chatty.
T/N:
[1] This was in the last chapter but the kanji for the sore eyes she is talking about means from seeing something beautiful or precious. Not how in english we would say ‘sight for sore eyes’ is when we see something after a long time.
[2] These are exclamations of wonder. Like ‘wow’ or ‘ooh’