Best Lunch, Best Friends

Translated by NotBlueYet
Edited by Kingavent

As soon as they took a bite of the “Angel’s Fluffy Bread” that I made, my friends’ bodies slumped and they looked peaceful, as if they were in heaven.

However, they were soon shattered and slumped to the ground one after another.

I called out to one, “Are you okay?” but he had a look of euphoria on his face, as if he hadn’t heard me at all.

“This …… is such good bread …… for the first time ……!”

I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name.

“Leo kun …… Leo kun ……!”

“This is the first time I’ve ever eaten bread,…….

I didn’t know it could be so delicious ……!

Master, Master, Master, ……!”

Monaka and Kotone are hanging on to my legs with nasal squeals in their voices.

Ma-chan and the rest of the merchant coalition seemed to be under a mass hypnosis.

they look up at me with an expression of mixed joy and fear, as if they have been given forbidden pleasure by the hand of the Great Demon King.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name. …… leopin kun …… soo …… amazing …… too amazing ……!

I don’t know how many times I’ve said this word …… but I can’t say it enough… ……!”

He said, “you grew wheatgrass, built a water mill that threshed it automatically, and even milled your own flour. ……

Not only do we have to beat up Payper-sama and let Monaka-sama and Kotone work the fields, but also ……”

“I didn’t know you could bake bread this good. ……!”

“Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo Shugo ～～～～～～～～～～～～～～!

The trainer-tamers were eating with the pets on their shoulders as if they were brothers.

“Ha, ha, oihii! Oihii!”

“‘But what’s wrong with them? These kids would even make sanding motions at the bread sold in the store!”

“Leopin-kun’s bread is so good that even pets are captivated by it!”

“No matter what bait I was feeding him, he was never this hungry!”

“I mean, I can’t stop either. I can’t stop. I can’t stop. ～～～～～～～～～～

The only one who was not a mosquito, Payper, was somehow acting alone.

“Pee-pee! I can’t believe an unemployed person would bake bread. ……!

Oh, of course that bread is bad!

Paaa……! But it’s so fluffy and it looks so good……!

Hey, Leopin, are you interested in the finest sandwich?

I’m tired of eating like that, so I might as well give it to an unemployed piece of trash like you.

I’ll take a slice of this half-eaten sandwich and 200 of that bread …… ah!”

Payper steps out and knocks over the basket at his feet.

Every single sandwich inside was blown all over the field.

“Poof!

This “Royal Sandwich Basket” is a luxury item that costs 500,000 Yen to purchase!

I’ve only had one bite and it’s all ruined! What a waste! What a waste!”

The payer picks up the muddy sandwich like a wad of cash and blows on it to remove the mud.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Sandwiches don’t make fertilizer, so you better put them away.”

That’s all I said to the payer, and I took the empty tray back to the kitchen.

“We’re all going to eat this up in no time, so we’d better hurry up and bake some more.”

I tore off the dough I had kneaded and put it in the baking oven again.

Then Onesco, Shinobuko, Tomoe, and a trio of valets arrive, like stray cats after a fish.

“‘Don’t be in such a hurry, the next one will be ready soon, okay, looks like it’s done.”

I’m going to give them one of those hot, freshly baked loaves of bread.

Then the trio began to tear off and eat the bread, passing it around in coordinated movements.

“Ha, ha, ha, yea, it’s still good ……!

And, but don’t get me wrong!”

“Mofumu, mofumu, mofumu, mofumu, when we finish eating, that we will kill each other-degozaru!”

“Hug, hug, hug! That’s right!

We haven’t forgotten how you kissed Monaka-sama and Kotone-sama!”

This trio of valets are still holding on to the fact that Monaka and Kotone kissed me on the cheek after “Seven Days of Fire”.

The trio of valets had allowed the two of them to hug me when they were overwhelmed with emotion, saying that this time was special.

But they didn’t expect that they would even kiss.

I didn’t see it coming either, but I have a point.

“Don’t make it sound like I forced them to kiss me, that was Monaka and Kotone who did it out of the blue.”

“I’m sorry you had to see that, Leopin!

“Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh!

Leopin, you could have done it!”

“Huh, mug, gokkun! To use the ninjutsu I taught you for such a thing, that I have despised you!

“It’s a good thing that only our supporters can see our pioneering life now!

“You’ve just made enemies of all the neighboring countries!

“Ninnin, hamu hamu, a life harsher than a ninja out of the woods awaits-degozaru!”

“I understand that you guys want to protect your masters, but you can’t just say that with crumbs all over your mouth. ……”

I was about to finish, when I suddenly thought of something.

“Maybe you guys were worried about me too?”

“‘Mogh, that can’t be right!’ ‘Hagh, stop laughing!

When I saw that Sinobuko didn’t say anything, I slapped her hand because she was trying to get a new pan.

Anyway, thanks to everyone’s help that day, we got a lot of farm work done.

Not only could I harvest sesame seeds, but I could also plant the next crop, and even expand the field.

We were able to secure a large field on the other side of the forest.

This will allow us to grow plenty of different crops, and at least for vegetables, the people in the residential areas won’t have to worry about the price manipulation of the senior merchants.

And after school, the area around my house became crowded with people.

They all started helping me with my farm work.

They not only plow the fields, but also come to sow seeds, water the fields, and thresh in the water mill shed.

Thanks to you, I’ve become a lot more comfortable.

Everything is smooth sailing.

Just when I thought we were going to keep this momentum going and expand our base, …… something comes along.

A new PE teacher will replace Nick Bakker.

It was literally the beginning of a new “war” for me.