Chapter 1
Sad news below in case people didn't see my. Though I recommend that you do as I tried to briefly translate what might have happened (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
After some deliberation, Miyo decided to prepare breakfast.
Although she had initially thought that cooking was not something one would attribute to the wife of the Kudou family head. However, since this engagement was mismatched from the start, she changed her mind. Miyo knew that no matter how hard she tried, she could never become a wife that would wear pretty dresses and smile happily. If she was to be driven out of the house for this, then now was the time to do so.
Moreover, she was worried about Yurie. Yurie seems to be a regular servant. But it was probably hard for her to come down every day, early in the morning, to prepare meals at her old age. If that's the case, Miyo thought that it'd be better for her to do it.
Well, that was her excuse if she were to be reproached.
(Here are the ingredients... I'll prepare rice and miso soup, and grill some fish. As for vegetables...)
Miyo wordlessly prepared the food as she thought to herself.
Originally, food preparation was the chef's job, but Miyo could also cook to a certain extent. This was because, back when she was at the Saimori house, Miyo would not receive any food even if she waited. Strictly speaking, she was not a servant, but she was most definitely not considered a family member. As such, it was not possible for the luxurious dishes prepared for her father, stepmother and stepsister, to be served to her.
Hence, Miyo could only make use of the leftover ingredients from the kitchen to make a meal for herself. If there weren't any leftovers, she would have no choice but to go hungry.
After cooking for awhile, the kitchen door opened to reveal Yurie.
「...Miyo-sama?」
「Good morning, Yurie-san... I apologise for doing this without permission.」
「Good morning, Miyo-sama. There's no need for Miyo-sama to get permission or anything of that sort from me. Miyo-sama is here as Bocchan1's fiancé.」
Yurie smiled cheerfully, waving it off, unconcerned. If anything, she apologised for letting the future mistress do such ch.o.r.es.
(I might have done something unnecessary...)
Miyo didn't mean to make Yurie apologise. As she felt increasingly regretful, a warm hand gently touched her back, causing her to lift her head.
「Miyo-sama, for you to offer your help to a wrinkled old lady like me. I'm immensely grateful for that.」
「...I-It's nothing...」
Miyo replied with a m.u.f.fled voice. Yurie had a smaller stature than Miyo, but the warmth of her smile permeated through Miyo's heart.
「Alright, there's still some time before Bocchan wakes up. There're other
「Yes, well, if that's okay...」
Yurie nodded satisfactorily at Miyo's response. She got ready and left the kitchen in the blink of an eye.
The depressed feelings Miyo had dissipated slightly as she quickly finished preparing the breakfast as was entrusted to her. Yurie would appear in the kitchen from time to time as she worked. Once she heard that Kiyoka would be ready soon, Miyo plated the food that was already prepared.
Although it was not on the same standard as that of a chef, she was quite happy with how they turned out.
When Miyo went to the living room with Yurie, Kiyoka was already seated there, reading the newspaper.
「Good morning, Bocchan, breakfast is ready.」
「Morning... Haven't I told you not to call me Bocchan in front of others, Yurie?」
Although his expression turned sour, Kiyoka still looked amazingly beautiful. His perfect good looks were so blinding Miyo was unable to look at her fiancé and had to turn her gaze aside.
「Bocchan, the breakfast today was prepared by Miyo-sama.」
Upon hearing Yurie's words, Kiyoka appeared to have finally noticed Miyo's existence. Since she was used to being ignored, Miyo wasn't particularly hurt or anything. On the contrary, the attention made her feel uncomfortable.
「...Is that so?」
「Yes! Miyo-sama is quite good at cooking. Her preparing breakfast for today really help me out a lot.」
To be honest, Miyo felt like she was going to be scolded.
As someone who wishes to become the future wife of the head of the Kudou family, it was inappropriate for her to cook. However, it soon became apparent that Kiyoka had something else in mind.
「Sit here.」
He ordered her with a cold gaze and voice. Miyo did as she was told and sat in front of the food that was set up for her. Then, Kiyoka did not pick up his chopsticks but instead said to Miyo.
「You eat it first.」
「Eh...」
She's not allowed to eat before the master. That was something that's deeply carved into Miyo's consciousness which resulted in her hesitance. Although Yurie had set her table for her, Miyo had no intention of eating with Kiyoka. The idea of having a meal with another person was impossible in Miyo's mind.
However, there was no way for Kiyoka to know the thoughts of Miyo, who was hesitant to eat.
「Can't eat?」
The low questioning voice sent a s.h.i.+ver down Miyo's spine. Seeing her tremble, Kiyoka seemed to have found his answer.
「T-That...」 (Miyo)
「Hmph, so you poisoned the food. It's so easy to see through your ploy.」 (Kiyoka)
「Eh...」 (Miyo)
「Poison...!?」 (Yurie)
Yurie exclaimed in shock, while Kiyoka got out of his seat menacingly.
「...Put this away. I don't know what you put in here so I can't eat this. Do a better job next time if you plan on killing me.」
Kiyoka spat those words out and left. Yurie anxiously rushed out after him, leaving a lone Miyo in the room. Her mind that had completely blank out finally processed what just happened. Kiyoka thought that Miyo wanted to a.s.sa.s.sinate him.
(Since he doesn't know what's in the food, so he can't stomach it...)
Come to think of it, Miyo recalled that her father was also very cautious of his surroundings. The more power one had, the more likely that they would be targetted. Surely, Kiyoka must have been targetted as such on many occasions. With poisoning as one of the many things, he had to be wary of.
(I feel floaty2.)
She left her family home and came here, and was entrusted with work by Yurie. She should have realised how unnatural it was for a lady from a distinguished family to be able to cook that skillfully. It's no wonder he was suspicious of her. Nevertheless, she didn't expect the time for her to be driven out to come so soon.
——She had failed.
She was wrong from the start. Miyo had done something superfluous. She was lucky he didn't cut her down there and then.
With shaking hand, Miyo picked up the chopsticks some of the rice that had been left out for some time and tasted slightly dry in her mouth. She should be accustomed to eating cold rice all alone, but for some reason, she felt like she was swallowing pebbles.
Kinda a repost from my announcement:
The web novel raws have been deleted from ncode syosetu. I only have the raws up till the end of the first part TT_TT so that's where I'll translate till unless there are people with raws to the rest of the chapters. Or willing to donate to me for me to purchase the light novel and translate... Idk... Idk what to do urghhhhhhh
I just lost all motivation to continue translating this
1. Young master
2. Written as 'わたし、浮かれていたのかな' in the raws. The way it's written sounds like she's in high spirits??? >~
I swear the ML is really a decent person >.
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