What Do You Mean by Tomato Tomato Lava Cake

Power really is a wonderful thing.

Ellie could not quite understand why the former Ellie had been unwilling to make proper use of it.

After waiting at the entrance for only a few seconds, she, her maid, and the knights were invited inside.

The maid and the knights were led to a lounge to rest, while Ellie—after receiving a round of encouragement and cheerleading from the maid—was invited into Furs’s office.

Judging by Aegmaed’s temperament in her previous life, as the commander of the knight order, he particularly disliked paperwork.

Aside from documents that absolutely required his approval, he would usually hand everything off to the vice-commander at the time, Kalle.

It could be said that most of the work was done by the vice-commander, so the commander’s office and the vice-commander’s office were basically the same room, collectively called the “Commander’s Office.”

This time seemed to be the same.

After all, the commander was still that same guy.

Only the vice-commander had changed from Kalle to Furs.

So what happened to Kalle.

Did he focus on becoming the richest merchant in the imperial capital in this life.

Did he give up on his knightly dreams.

“Your Highness, you’ve arrived.”

The moment the office door was pushed open, Furs stood up from behind the desk.

He had absolutely none of the smile one would use to welcome guests.

In fact, for Ellie, if she really did see him smile, it might trigger a bit of the uncanny valley effect.

But his attitude was decent, as it always had been.

He stood up politely, offered a salute, and poured Ellie a cup of hot tea.

“You’ve come today about that bandit, correct.”

Only after Ellie sat down did Furs take a seat across from her.

“Yes.”

Ellie nodded in response and picked up the cup of black tea on the table.

Although her maid had brought water and food when they set out, eating while walking was obviously improper for a young lady strolling through the noble district.

And if she were to actually sit down somewhere leisurely, with her frail body, she would likely tire out completely.

She might end up sitting there for half an hour.

So she had simply pushed through in one go, heading straight to the knight order, thinking that even if she collapsed from exhaustion afterward, it would at least be there.

For some reason, although she knew that the Furs of this world was no longer the same Red Raven who once stood at her side, if she had to show a bit of weakness, she would rather do so in front of Furs than in front of the maids around her.

…Perhaps it was because he kept his mouth shut, and he would not make a big deal out of such things.

If it were the maids or guards, they would certainly make a fuss and shower her with concern.

Furs probably would not.

After all, what she had valued most about him in her previous life was his emotional stability.

As Ellie thought this, the tea in her cup was already gone in a few gulps.

Although she did her best to maintain the etiquette of sipping slowly, this was currently her way of recovering stamina.

So after saying just three words, the entire cup of black tea had already gone down.

“The bandit has been placed in a single cell according to your instructions.

Do you have any other requests.”

Furs was perceptive.

Seeing that Ellie had finished her tea, he said nothing extra and even poured her another cup.

At the same time, he stood up and took a small box from his desk.

“Requests… not exactly.

I just need to see him now.

Alone.”

Ellie picked up the black tea again and casually swept her gaze around the office.

There was not much difference from her memories.

After all, the main commander was still Aegmaed.

But because the vice-commander was now Furs, some of Furs’s personal items had appeared here.

For example… photographs.

Was that a photo of Furs and Eveleah together.

It was quite rare that those two even had a photo together.

And then—

“What is this.”

Ellie lowered her head and looked at the small box Furs pushed toward her.

It was clearly a container meant for food.

It looked like something brought from home as an office snack.

“Tomato tomato lava cake.”

“Tomato tomato… huh.

What.”

Looking at the bright red contents of the box, and hearing the strangely combined words come out of Furs’s mouth, Ellie squinted at him.

At Furs, who still had no expression to speak of.

In her previous life, the last time she saw Furs pull something red out of a box, it had been a severed limb from a mission target, used as a report.

But this time it was…

What tomato tomato lava cake.

That was what he said, right.

Aren’t tomato and tomato the same thing.

“Lava cake.”

“…😨”

Lava.

Lava of what.

Tomato sauce.

“This is something my younger sister likes.

She often makes it for me.

It has a sweet-and-sour taste, and I think it’s quite good.

The black tea here is a bit bitter.

If you’re not used to it, you can have some of this.”

“….”

Furs’s tone was extremely calm, as if this lava cake were the most ordinary thing in the world.

Ellie had not eaten many kinds of food in the past.

To maintain her figure, she had eaten only specially prepared palace nutrition meals.

Now, with Eric having transmigrated here, he instead felt that this body was too frail and needed to put on some flesh.

So there were fewer dietary taboos.

But still…

Was this thing really normal food.

Faced with Furs’s recommendation, Ellie instinctively wanted to take one.

After all, aside from his final betrayal, her former Red Raven had never done anything detrimental to her.

But looking at the blood-red color, Ellie’s hand trembled and withdrew at the last moment.

Smelling the sourness of tomato sauce, she felt that her fragile stomach might not be able to bear such pressure.

“I still have to go to the prison later, so I won’t—”

But when she looked up, she noticed that there seemed to be a trace of expectation in Furs’s eyes.

Like a child sharing delicious food with a friend, only to feel a fleeting disappointment when the friend said they did not want to eat it.

“—So I won’t eat it right now.

I’ll try it when I come back later, alright.”

Seeing the disappointment in Furs’s eyes, Ellie immediately adjusted her wording and agreed.

After all, in her heart, whether it was Furs or Eveleah, they were both once her most trusted Red Ravens.

Although their betrayal had hurt her deeply, looking back, she had indeed failed them as well.

Alright then.

For something this small, she would satisfy him.

“Alright.

Then take one with you for now.

I can portion it here.

You can eat it on the way.”

“….”

Eat it on the way.

Eat this tomato tomato lava cake while touring the prison.

Is that really appropriate.

She knew that Furs could be rather straightforward at times, but…

Was it more accurate to say he was thick-skinned.

Or perhaps it was simply that a place like the prison was too familiar to him.

Maybe he even ate breakfast while doing his rounds.

Unable to refuse Furs’s goodwill, Ellie accepted a piece of tomato tomato lava cake wrapped in greaseproof paper.

Furs, being the type who moved immediately from one step to the next, placed it into Ellie’s hand and then put on his knight order uniform coat and opened the office door.

“Your Highness.

I’ll take you to the prison.”

For most people, Furs’s work pace might feel too fast.

But for Ellie, who had worked with him for over a decade in her past life, this speed was just right.

So she casually slipped the cake into her sleeve, holding it in place with her wrist, and followed Furs toward the knight order’s prison.