Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume15 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 6===

It was evening.

The celebration banquet to commemorate Mireille's spirit contract officially commenced in the castle's spacious courtyard.

Bonfires were lit all over the courtyard while the tables were laden with abundant delicacies.

There was honey-roasted pigeon, turnip and lentil soup, and local river fish, a Laurenfrost specialty, steamed while wrapped in spices. Also, grilled deer steak, smoked quail eggs, barley bread fresh out of the oven and topped with cheese... At the time same, the wine cellar was opened up to distribute quality wine to the local residents who had gathered here. As for children and people who could not drink, soda and fruit juice was prepared for them.

"Looks very luxurious."

Sitting at a table in a corner of the courtyard, Kamito remarked while eating bread.

This was bread that had been deep-fried with a thick coating after being stuffed with a filling of meat and stewed vegetables. As a famous Laurenfrost specialty, it was so popular that it was rapidly all taken as soon as it was served.

"Yes, I believe that by doing this, we can raise morale in the reconstruction efforts to some extent."

While savoring hot wine, Rinslet replied. As a side note, the one directing the cooking in the kitchen was Rinslet herself. Although she could not personally cook due to the great quantities required, every dish without exception was an exquisite masterpiece in flavor under her direction.

On the altar set up in the middle of the courtyard, dressed in a ritual attire, Mireille was performing a dance together with her contracted spirit, the snow weasel.

Despite being only nine years old, her dance performance was quite spectacular.

"Rinslet-sama, the Lord of Ornore would like to greet you."

"Understood, I shall be there presently."

Called by head maid Natalia, Rinslet stood up. Starting from a while ago, she had been busy nonstop, rushing about to greet lords from various territories.

Claire, Ellis and Fianna were lining up respectively at the long lines for various popular dishes.

At that moment, Kamito felt someone grab his sleeve and tug slowly.

He looked back to see that Est had turned back into human form at some point. She was staring at him intently.

"Est, is there anything you like? I'll go get them for you."

"Yes, I am hungry."

Est nodded.

"You worked really hard too, Est&mdash;"

After all, she had clashed with Greyworth's sword many times. An ordinary spirit probably would have shattered in the initial impact.

Holding a plate to carry the food, Kamito was just about to get up when&mdash;

"Could this little miss be a spirit?"

A local old lady inquired.

"Yeah, that's right..."

"Wow, just as I thought huh? This is my first time to see a humanoid spirit in my entire life... Thank you, thank you..."

The old lady brought her palms together and started to pay respects to Est. Seeing that, the surrounding locals also gathered around to worship Est. Although it was widely known that the highest ranking spirits could take human form, chances for meeting humanoid spirits were extremely rare, even for the students enrolled at Areishia Spirit Academy.

The residents brought plates piled with food to Est one after another.

"Being worshiped by humans seems like a very distant memory... Ahm, ahm..."

Served with enthusiastic hospitality, Est kept eating nonstop.

...Somehow, watching this scene felt very soothing for one's soul.

"Kamito, feed me too."

"Yup, I got it."

Kamito picked up a fresh hot donut and brought it to Est's mouth.

"Ahm... Very tasty, Kamito."

"Ouch... Est, don't eat me along with it..."

Seeing Est trying to eat his fingers too, Kamito smiled wryly.

"Meow meow!"

This time, it was the hellcat's turn to call out at Kamito's feet.
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"Oh, Scarlet, you want some too?"

"Meow..."

Kamito picked up venison wrapped in vegetables and fed it to Scarlet.

"Hold on, don't start feeding Scarlet without permission."

At that moment, Claire and the girls returned with plates filled with food.

"Oh, umm... I've brought your share too, Kamito-kun."

"O-Okay..."

After making eye contact, Kamito and Fianna blushed mildly as though recalling what had happened earlier, looking away in embarrassment.

"So you brought your uniform."

"Yes, I keep my clothes inside Georgios."

After Fianna took her seat at the table, Kamito asked quietly:

"Uh... Are you okay now?"

"Y-Yes... Thanks to you, Kamito-kun, it has calmed down."

Fianna nodded.

"...What are they talking about?"

Watching the two of them, Claire frowned in puzzlement.