That's Too Much

Dinner was a Japanese kaiseki-style course meal, but in its original form it was mostly a spread of small, lightly seasoned dishes meant to be enjoyed with alcohol or tea.

By kanji, it’s divided into sake and tea versions, and since the only ones there were Shaka’s Tennoji Shizuka, who doesn’t drink, the minors Utaha and Eve, and Ophelia, who also doesn’t drink, they went with the latter this time.

Naturally, Eve had no idea what tea tasted like, and she wanted to stuff herself full of delicious food, so she was baffled by the bland little side dishes trickling out one by one.

“Ophelia..! What even is this..!!”

“….”

Thanks to Rei’s quick eye, Eve managed to finish a satisfying meal after stuffing herself with a kids’ pork cutlet bowl, tasty tamagoyaki, grilled eel, and all sorts of other dishes until her stomach was stuffed to bursting. After all, the realm of gourmet cuisine isn’t something ordinary people can be forced to understand.

“U-um... maybe...”

Utaha and Shizuka beside her were likewise given a full spread of large-portioned, kid-friendly, punchy dishes. Meanwhile, Ophelia alone quietly kept learning the excellence of Hoshinoya Kyoto’s kaiseki through taste data, and the whole situation kept unfolding in a bizarre rhythm.

“—Based on those factors, it was a splendid dish.”

“Sob... overwhelming thanks..!”...