Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume14 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 4===

"Kamito! You're late!"

"Indeed, my stomach is protesting noisily!"

Standing dressed in aprons, Claire and Ellis were pouting, looking quite displeased.

The kerchiefs they were wearing on their heads looked cute, just like cat ears.

"...I'm sorry. So you two are helping out with cooking to serve the refugees?"

"Yes, manpower seems to be short&mdash;"

"I threw together some ingredients from the castle and tried making soup."

Inside the tent, there was a large pot with rising steam. A fragrant aroma was wafting in the air.

The hellcat spirit under the large pot was releasing fierce flames.

"Wow, even Scarlet is helping out. Good job."

Kamito petted Scarlet's head as praise. Scarlet meowed in apparent joy.

"Vegetable with peppers added will help warm the body. There is also beans in the pod, bread and boiled potatoes. If only there were more ingredients."

"...It is all due to the great blizzard at the Kyria Mountain Range. The transport of food supplies has been greatly affected."

Milla spoke quite apologetically.

"No, it's good enough. This soup is very tasty&mdash;"

Feeling curious about something at this time, Kamito asked Ellis.

"By the way, Ellis, your injuries are fine already?"

This had happened before they set off from the Academy. Ellis had been gravely wounded by Lurie Lizaldia and would normally need to be hospitalized longer. Since she had pushed herself to visit Laurenfrost, Kamito was very worried about her injuries.

"...~Uh, umm, that is because..."

Saying that, Ellis went bright red in the face for some reason.

"I-I already recovered. Even I myself am frightened by this astounding rate of recovery."

"...Really?"

"Uh, yes, that is the gist of it..."

Ellis turned her face away, looking very shy.

"I guess... it probably is... thanks to you..."

"...Me?"

"...~B-Because, umm... with you... that k-kiss..."

Ellis stammered with her face red. At that moment&mdash;

"Hey! Is the food not ready yet?" "We're all starving in the back of the line. Hurry up!"

Gruff voices of soldiers could be heard from behind. Never in their wildest dreams would these soldiers have imagined noble daughters from the Fahrengart and former Elstein families to be cooking for them.

"Leave this to me. You two go have breakfast first."

Milla requested a shift rotation.

"...Yes, sorry about that. Thanks for doing this."

"That's so helpful of you. Scarlet, you can take a break too."

"Meow&mdash;"

Scarlet crawled out from the blazing flames. The fire under the pot weakened.