The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 209

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Side Story Episode 9

Side Story 2. The Room You Can’t Leave Without Kissing

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“There’s something seriously wrong with you two’s dates.”

One sunny afternoon, inside Airi’s Small Room.

Airi’s eyes widened at Cookie’s cruel words.

“…Why?”

“It’s completely virgin-style dating.”

Airi clutched her chest at the brutal truth.

That was right. Airi was a lifelong single who had never dated anyone other than Berry.

“But that should be the same for you too, Cookie, right?”

When she looked at Cookie with suspicious eyes, Cookie lifted his chin up high and said.

“What do you take me for! I’m a dating expert!”

“Why? Have you ever dated someone?”

Cookie said seriously.

“That’s a secret.”

“You haven’t.”

“Anyway, that’s not important. What’s important is that you two’s dating is all wrong!”

At Cookie’s protest, Airi tilted her head curiously.

“What’s wrong with it?”

“Look carefully at you two’s dates now. This is your route.”

Cookie smoothly pulled out a small tree branch.

That tree branch looked exactly like a ‘rod of love.’

With that branch, Cookie poked at the floor while saying.

“You meet every morning.”

“Yeah.”

“And then you have a meal.”

“Right?”

Cookie let out a deep sigh and muttered.

“Then you eat dessert. Mercilessly devouring my kind.”

“Hey, but in good conscience, we mostly eat cake instead of your kind. Strawberry cake is the most delicious these days? Oh, right! Berry knows all the dessert shops in the Capital City and Northern Region! Isn’t that cool?”

“…”

“It is cool.”

“How very childlike and romantic of you…”

At Airi’s innocent words, Cookie held his forehead.

Just as Airi’s expression was becoming puzzled at his attitude, like he was looking at an immature little sister.

Cookie spoke seriously again.

“And sometimes you watch opera, or dance performances, or watch Berry’s sparring matches.”

“Yeah. We do that, but why?”

“What do you do after that?”

“Well… um, we take walks too.”

“And?”

“Ah! Last time we went to a boutique and tried on similar looks together. Berry looks great in a pink suit. He was so cute.”

At those words, Cookie let out deep sighs as if the ground would cave in.

Just as Airi tilted her head at his expression, as if their behavior felt painfully childish to him.

“And then?”

“…That’s all.”

“No, this is seriously driving me crazy. Are you two still stuck in childhood or what?”

Airi tilted her head.

When she was with Berry, Airi was always happy.

So she didn’t really care about what course or route they took.

Just because it was Berry. Because she liked Berry. Anything she did with him was good. Wasn’t that enough?

As if reading Airi’s thoughts, Cookie quietly muttered.

“You might be satisfied with your current stage.”

“Yeah, completely satisfied!”

“But mature romance requires a somewhat different stage, little one.”

Although she had already become an adult, Airi still didn’t really know what ‘mature romance’ was.

Looking at such an Airi, Cookie shook his head back and forth.

With an expression that said, ‘Yeah, what would you know.’

But that expression quickly changed.

For example…

“Alright, I understand. Hehehe…”

Cookie smiled ominously.

No, maybe it wasn’t ominous. Anyway, it was some kind of strange smile.

Airi somehow felt flustered by such a Cookie and blinked her eyes.

“What’s wrong, Cookie?”

But Airi’s question quickly faded away.

Because at that moment, Airi’s mind was more curious about tonight’s dinner menu than Cookie’s sinister laughter.

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Meanwhile, Cookie had been in quite a good state lately.

The meaning of ‘quite a good state’ was that Cookie’s magical abilities as a summoned being were developing day by day.

With that great ability, Cookie these days was dedicating himself to making potions.

“Interesting, interesting.”

Since they’re young ones.

‘Ah, I wonder if I just need to add this much potion? Heheh.’

“Hehehe. This great inventor Cookie!”

The only way to escape Grandmother’s food obsession and oppression(?) was to pretend to do productive work.

So Cookie decided to live the painful life of a researcher.

But…

“Hah, if only I could properly apply this great power! Berry and Airi…!”

The two had maintained a rather distant relationship even after becoming adults.

Cookie smiled wickedly while rolling his round chocolate eyes around.

He gathered his great power in his round hands and shaped a small cookie.

A cookie containing ‘Hidden Room magic’ that would bring the two closer together.

If you eat this cookie, you get trapped in a Hidden Room.

Then, I designed it so they can escape outside if they hold each other’s hands!

“This is it, this! This great Cookie’s great invention will bring those two closer together!”

…Of course!

“Hmm… Did I put in too much yeast? I should try making it once more.”

Cookie tapped the cookie with his round hands while tilting his head.

“Hmm, I have a somewhat ambiguous feeling about this…”

Still, Cookie wrote a letter first.

[To Airi.

This is a cookie for your date with Berry!

Try taking it on your picnic with Berry.

-From your reliable, sturdy, and precious inventor summoned being Cookie-]

Cookie, who had placed the letter to the side, temporarily packaged the experimental cookies.

‘I’ll hold off on these experimental ones and try making Airi’s again.’

Just as Cookie was pondering the mixture, right at that moment.

Airi’s Room door burst open.

“Airi, are you inside?”

It was the Marquess’s wife, Airi’s Grandmother.

Cookie waved his hand gently toward Grandmother and said.

“Hello.”

He was a polite and brave hero’s best friend summoned beast belonging to Airi, and he was also a polite Cookie to the Grandmothers.

“Yes, Cookie. Where did Airi go?”

“Ah! Airi went out for a moment.”

“Really?”

Grandmother paused while trying to close the Door, and Cookie was excited about checking the ‘experimental cookies’.

Yes, at that time Cookie thought everything would just end like that. But…

Grandmother’s eyes, which had scanned Cookie from head to toe, gleamed sharply.

“Oh my, this tiny little Cookie!”

“Huh?”

…Tiny little Cookie? Him?

Cookie asked back with a puzzled and trembling voice.

“Um, Grandmother?”

“Yes. You rascal! Why have you become so frail and small? Huh?”

What could it be. He had just been doing research diligently, but this Grandmother seemed to be thinking something was wrong.

“Frail? Me?… That’s not right? I’ve been eating three meals a day properly and even plenty of late-night snacks.”

But Grandmother didn’t seem to have even the slightest intention of changing her opinion.

“Yes, you’ve gotten smaller. You tiny little thing.”

Cookie became even more confused by Grandmother’s single remark.

So, Cookie hastily summoned a small hand mirror.

‘That’s not right? My eyes are correct. I’ve actually gotten plumper?’

Really, everything was going strangely.

He still had sturdy legs and arms like iron, didn’t he?

So Cookie quickly brought out words of rebuttal.

“That can’t be. I’m very healthy and sturdy.”

Then, a thunderous sound echoed from Airi’s Grandmother’s mouth.

“Oh my! Don’t even talk about being healthy or sturdy!”

“Eh, yes? Heek…!?”

Cookie jumped in surprise at that lightning-like roar. Then Grandmother quietly lifted Cookie’s body and whispered ominously.

“This tiny little small thing.”

“No, I’m not tiny little and small, I’m the great hero, Airi’s Summoned Beast, Coo…”

“Yes, this tiny little small Cookie. Come here. This Grandmother will give you some simple snacks.”

“No.”

“Come here quickly!”

Cold sweat like marble ice cream dripped down his spine.

“No, no, no…”

30 minutes later.

Grandmother summoned Cookie.

To none other than, a 50-dish feast.

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