"Natsuki, what are you holding in your hands?"
Driven by curiosity, Emilia finally asked the question she had been wanting to ask.
"Huh?" Natsuki Subaru froze, then quickly realized that standing there hugging a cup of instant noodles and staring blankly was far more suspicious.
"This is the ultimate delicacy in human history—one kind of instant noodle! It normally sells for more than ten Saint Gold Coins, but if Emilia wants it, I'll reluctantly sell it to you for five Saint Gold Coins!" Natsuki Subaru struck an exaggerated pose to hide his inner panic.
"The ultimate delicacy?" Thinking of what Natsuki Subaru had done yesterday, Emilia was already seventy or eighty percent convinced.
If it had not been some so-called "ultimate delicacy," why would Natsuki Subaru have used it to trade for the insignia?
At the thought of the stolen insignia, Emilia felt somewhat displeased with Natsuki Subaru.
"Hey!" Puck, who had been soaring through the sky, landed atop Emilia's head and pointed a tiny, adorable cat paw at Natsuki Subaru. "Kid over there, don't take advantage of my daughter's innocence to deceive her!"
"D-Deceive?!" The panic on Natsuki Subaru's face flashed away. "I absolutely don't mean to deceive anyone. Instant noodles can completely be considered the ultimate delicacy in human history! If you don't believe me, go ask Kurumi! You have no idea how many people instant noodles have accompanied, or what they mean to them!" The more Natsuki Subaru spoke, the more righteous he sounded, until even he felt as though it were true. The cup noodles in his hand seemed to have truly become a "holy relic."
Puck was confused. It had clearly smelled the scent of a lie just now, but now... could that "ultimate delicacy" truly possess such magic?
For a moment, Puck became interested