"Meeting this afternoon?"
Dorothy declined to go with Shade, and the blonde-haired and blue-eyed young lady kissed him again:
"I'm staying home to work on my manuscript. There's nothing much going on this week anyway, so help me ask the Doctor for leave. He'll understand."
"That's no problem, but wouldn't that mean only the Doctor and I are meeting?"
Shade asked, holding Little Mia.
"Yes. Have a pleasant chat. When you head home, remember to stop by Betty's Coffee Tearoom in the north of the city and buy some fresh cream scones—thirty of them. Yesterday, when Leisha attended a tea party with the Noble Ladies, she heard from Marquis Bonan's daughter that the pastries there were delicious."
The maids could have handled something like this, but it was indeed on Shade's way, so he nodded.
"Isn't thirty pastries a bit too many? Are some for Leisha?"
Dorothy looked at him in surprise.
"What are you talking about? Leisha and I both enjoy eating sweets in each other's bodies, so we don't feel guilty about it. Even if Leisha wanted to eat them in her own body, she wouldn't have you deliver them to Yodel Palace. She would simply have a servant buy them. She cares about you a great deal.
We're buying so many because we want you to bring some to Angelina. She has never been to Kasonlik, and Leisha is worried she may not adapt to the food there."
But judging from the current situation, Angelina had adapted very well to the food there. With Emilia and the little Unicorn keeping her company, she was living quite happily. Yesterday, she had even started worrying about her weight.
"No problem. Fresh cream scones, right? I'll bring them back."
After saying that, the Outlander suddenly felt that his life was