Semiramis was introducing the interior of the garden to Ritsuka's group.
"This is the Chocolate Room of Spirit and Time."
"That sounds really familiar... Does time flow differently inside compared to outside?"
"Exactly, Ritsuka. However, it slows down only when doing work related to chocolate. Otherwise, one could slack off. When writing something, if chocolate isn't the subject, the time is the same, and when making something, if chocolate isn't the main component, it doesn't slow down."
[What's that... Using something impossible for modern mages for chocolate...?]
[I sympathize with the Director's reaction, but Age of Gods mages are originally like that.]
Solomon, who has occasionally done such things himself, informed Olga Marie that Age of Gods mages originally used magecraft for useless things.
[Speaking of which, Illya-san once made a Jewel Sword Chocolatier before, right? A mystic code that pulls chocolate from some parallel world.]
[Using the Jewel Sword for chocolate... Ah, my head.]
[Director, that's also art~ But Queen of Sheba, did you experience that too?]
[I was present at that scene. Hokusai-san would know too.]
"I do know~ Like a Chocolate Holy Grail appearing and causing a chocolate flood."
"That's a strange scale...!? Just what has Dammiti-san..."
Looking at Hokusai casually talking about calamity-level events, Mash couldn't grasp what kind of hell Dammiti had been through.
"Is there a place that makes food with chocolate? I'm hungry..."
"There is. X or something? You can work off what you eat afterward."
"Ack...! But, since I haven't worked for a while, my conscience pricks me too, so I'll do it!"
"Only chocolate, huh. Then the rule is to dip the takuan I brought in chocolate and eat it."
"No, that's a bit... Wait, perhaps the sweetness of chocolate and the sourness of takuan could create a new food?"
[Even the only sane person, Boudica, is thinking of British monstrosities...!]
[Be quiet, Romani... Chocolate, huh, but I'm curious about chocolate.]
"Is there a hamburger made of chocolate?"
"There is."
"That's good."
"Chocolate food, huh... Mash, aren't you looking forward to it too?"
"Yes, I am. What kind of foods are there?"
"There might be chocolate snails~ French cuisine, you know~"
Ritsuka's group follows Semiramis to the chocolate restaurant.
Then, while walking down the corridor, Mash sees a certain chocolate fountain and feels an inexplicable sense of unease... She follows to the restaurant first for now.
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"What's this, you didn't go?"
Walking down the corridor without much thought, I came to the recreation room...
There, of all people, was Nobbu.
"Your presence was certainly lacking. After Gudaguda, no one even knew if you existed."
"Haha... A freebie Servant who can't even ascend, no one wants her, right? Hahaha... Damn. They say a person truly dies the moment they're forgotten by everyone. Yes, therefore I am dead!"
"Descartes? She thinks she's Hiruluk."
"But my presence is literally zero! No mentions, and no one cares! Master and that group went and I'm the only one not there!? Why does no one question it!? Even X abandoned me and left! Ugh, so my true partner was Okita all along! So I beg you! I'll even do a naked dogeza, so call Okita for me!!"
"No, I don't want to..."
"That's right~ To begin with, if Master says even one word, of course we could do it, so don't show off like that~"
"Koyanskaya. What kind of pervert do you take me for...? I won't, to begin with, I've never even imagined ordering such a thing..."
"Is that so?"
Really, such a headache...
"I'll give Ritsuka ascension bones later. Will that do?"
"... You had them!?"
"On the contrary, why did you think I didn't? I'll give them later, so receive them and get stronger."
"My chance has finally come...! Hmm, screaming made me hungry. Want to grab a meal together?"
"Why is the premise that you're going with me?"
"Because if I'm with you, I'll get screen time!"
"Stop breaking the fourth wall, you bitch. Fine, I'll go with you."
Thus, reluctantly, I head to the cafeteria with Nobbu. Koyanskaya sticks with me under the pretext of being a secretary... The chef for today is visible in the cafeteria...
"Uh... Is today's meal head meat?"
"Yes."
"Ah, thanks for the answer."
That came out of nowhere.
"Was today's menu this one's head by any chance?"
"That can't be... It's probably just pressed meat or head meat boiled pork or something."
"That's right."
"That's right."
What Xiang Yu showed was indeed boiled head meat. From where...
"Hmm, chewy and delicious. What animal's head is it? Cow?"
"...."
"... It's cow, right?"
"Pig."
"Ah, okay."
For a moment, I thought it was human.
"Here, eat this too~"
What Tiamat brought was seasoned brain salad. Of course, it's meat that looks like brains. She really likes brains...
"Somehow... doesn't it feel like a demon's meal?"
"Can't give this to Sakura..."
"Don't worry. Sakura-chan is receiving nutritional management from Nightingale-san and many others."
"No points for scoring with Sakura."
"Yes."
Hmm... She's not plotting something suspicious again, is she?
Clatter...
Then, Shiki appeared and gave me a new food bowl. Some red soup. Is it borscht? The red soup eaten in Eastern Europe.
"Hmm~ Delicious. Did you make this yourself, Shi──"
Uh...
"You made it yourself...?"
"Yes, it's my handmade cooking."
"Hey kid... That girl gives off a dangerous vibe... She's a murderer surpassing Okita..."
"No no, she's still my Servant and likes me... Yeah, it's fine. So, what are the ingredients?"
To my knowledge, it's soup boiled with things like beets and beef.
"I put in tomatoes and pomegranates.... And, I put in good meat."
"Did you put in prime Hanwoo beef? The texture is good."
"Yes, because it's good meat."
"It's beef, right?"
"..."
".... It is, right?"
"Uh........"
"It's human flesh soup!!!"
"No, I just put in Ugal meat? It's a texture you're tasting for the first time, right?"
For a moment, I almost screamed like Nobbu... It's chilling, somehow. Is today's cafeteria a horror concept? It's not even Halloween, strange...
"Well, it is tasty... Just, could you wipe off the blood while doing it."
"Got it~☆"
How chilling... I hope Sakura didn't see this. No, I hope the kids didn't see it...
Vrrrrrm~!!!
A chainsaw sound comes from the kitchen...
"What are they doing in there?"
"Bunyan and Protea said they want to make hamburgers, so they're mincing the meat."
"Ahh... With a chainsaw?"
Following Tiamat's words, I glance inside the kitchen and see a blood-covered Bunyan and Protea. Today is a feast of original gore...
"You're late...."
Tamamo, waiting alone and lonely in a large room. Preparing a lavish feast and using warming magecraft to keep it from getting cold while waiting.
"But, he'll come soon, right? Since he's my Master."