Before her sat the plates of French toast which lined the tables.
Having seen Mira in the kitchen, Christina had been looking forward to seeing sweet food on the table.
Having a huge sweet tooth, she was always on the lookout for sugary snacks. And in order to get her hands on such things, she’d picked up some skills so extraordinary that she could even weave her way through very strict security and surveillance measures as she strove to get her hands on delectably sweet fruit.
However, this only satisfied her to a point. After all, fresh fruit was great, but it couldn’t really compare to the kind of sugary thrill one got from eating things as sweet as cake or pudding.
But just like Alfina had implied earlier, sweet things were only very rarely on the menu. And yet, would this still be the case if things were a little different than normal? This was precisely the kind of hope that one could glean from Christina’s earlier words.
She couldn’t help fantasizing about how they might very well dine on pancakes or waffles if the sweet-toothed Mira made breakfast.
And now, sitting before the incredibly famished Christina were plates of the very type of sweet food she’d been fantasizing about! You can very well imagine how she must’ve felt when she laid eyes on the French toast.
“That’s what Master requested for breakfast,” Floedina informed her, at which point Christina’s face grew even brighter.
“I should’ve expected as much, Master! But yes, indeed. This is a real breakfast!” she said, heavily implying that she hoped French toast would become a breakfast staple. “It’s nice to have stuff like this sometimes,” Floedina agreed.
Both of their words were aimed rather squarely at Alfina. It seemed she was the reason why sweet food wasn’t often on the menu.
“Yes, you’re probably right.”
First and foremost, the dish was the one that Mira, their master, had requested. Since she was completely devoted to her master, it seemed as if Alfina was now reconsidering her thoughts on the matter.
“Um, uh… This one looks like it’s the biggest! I think I’ll grab it!”
Her eyes sparkling and displaying unparalleled focus as she appraised the plates of French toast, Christina and her expert eye for sweets showed their stuff. While still within the margin of error, she chose the plate of French toast that did indeed look to be the biggest and then pranced over to her seat with plate in hand.
“Hey, Christina! We still haven’t gotten our Master’s plate ready…” Alfina said, making to scold Christina, who was all smiles.
Mira stepped in and said, “It’s fine,” staying her wrath. “Floedina did make all of them, after all, so I’m sure each of them is equally delectable,” she continued.
Hearing this, Floedina smiled self-consciously, and Alfina appeared to decide that this was probably true and let it go. She had done something very similar not too long ago, but she seemed to have chosen to forget that it had ever happened.
“Good morning… Huh? Ah, Master?! Good morning!”
“Oh my, good morning, Master. Alfina and Floedina are here too. Wow, Christina is as well.”
A moment after coming to Christina’s rescue, the fourth sister, Charwiena, entered the dining hall along with the second-eldest sister, Elezina.
“Hrm, morning.”
After they greeted each other like this, Mira suddenly realized something. Charwiena had stayed up very late. It must have been because of the manga that Mira had lent her the night before. She’d come looking half-asleep, but when she saw Mira, she’d woken right up. It was as if she were desperately trying to hide the fact that she hadn’t kept her promise to Mira that she wouldn’t stay up all night reading.
Jeez, guess there’s no helping it…
That said, Mira knew full well just how impossible to resist manga could be, and so she decided to let it slide this time and moved her gaze elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Elezina, who had most likely begun working on her new arrows the night before, didn’t seem sleep-deprived whatsoever. She bowed with grace and poise, in an incredibly ladylike fashion.
She must’ve been quite good at balancing rest with research. Impressed, Mira nevertheless failed to notice the slight bags under Elezina’s eyes, perhaps because she’d been able to cover them up so well.
“Ah, I smell something kind of sweet.”
“Oh wow, you’re right. I wonder what the deal is?”
Perhaps because of their particularly sharp senses, Charwiena and Elezina had managed to quickly pick up a scent that would normally be impossible to detect. Then, when they soon caught sight of the French toast, both girls’ eyes lit up.
“Are we really having something sweet for breakfast…?!”
“Wow, that’s fantastic!”
It certainly seemed that Christina wasn’t the only one who was famished. Seeing the sweet treats in front of them, they also trembled while they both rejoiced at this unexpected miracle.
Seizing the opportunity, Christina declared, “This is the result of bringing Master’s request to life!” and eagerly explained to the two why plates of sugary-filled French toast lined the tables. Most importantly, their magnanimous master had requested the sweet dish so as to give all of them a good boost of morning energy.
Elezina seemed to understand the assignment. “Of course, Master did. But that’s true. Eating something sugary and delicious in the morning does indeed provide one with energy. If we had dessert and stuff, not only today either, we could probably work even harder, don’t you think?” Elezina agreed, with a modest smile on her face.
“It’s enough to make you think that getting a moderate amount of sugar in the morning might be good for body and mind,” Charwiena said, also picking up on what was going on and throwing her support in as well. None of them wanted this sugary miracle which Mira had brought about to be a one-time deal.