Although I Was Reincarnated As The Villainess Of The Otome Game I Was Playing, I Only Bought It For

14 - You Can Only Take As Much As You Can Eat

The steel giant continues to toss the wok and mix with a single-minded focus. It’s to ensure that the ingredients to be stir-fried are combined well.

Honestly, I couldn’t even begin to have imagined this scene.

Because the Sacred Machines were only ever used as weapons, I’d never even considered you could cook with one.

“… I never thought Sacred Machines could cook,” Prince William said.

He seemed to share my opinion but his eyes seemed more interested than surprised.

That ought to be right because Lady Lillie’s piloting her Sacred Machine is as delicate and accurate as of the hands of a craftsman at work.

It’s no exaggeration to say that if this was on the scale of human beings, the movements would be of the greatest chef in history.

“But, isn’t this a good demonstration?” Prince Alex said. “It shows that she doesn’t just have the appearances of an aristocrat, she’s doing what a noblewoman should be able to do.”

Maybe Prince Alex spoke like that because he had been on the frontlines as a soldier and just returned, he was looking at Lady Lillie’s movements much more intensely than Prince William.

“Ivy,” Alex said, turning to me as I stood beside him, “I don’t know what you’re going to do after you graduate from the Academy. You don’t necessarily have to become a Sacred Machine pilot, after all”

I’m sure he knows exactly what he’s talking about. I’m here at the Academy because I can pilot a Sacred Machine, not because I wanted to attend.

I’m not interested in Sacred Machines, and I think it’s enough if I can live a normal life, marry a good man, have a child, and have normal happiness.

That’s why he strikes me with those words.

“But if you choose to keep piloting,” Alex said, “use her as an example.”

He pointed to the right hand of Lady Lillie’s Sacred Machine.

“If you can move so delicately, your future shouldn’t be too troubled even if you can’t fight,” Alex finished.

I watched Lady Lillie stretching her fingers towards an egg carton.

A raw egg from a very common chicken, it’s normal to use something like this for cooking, but the size of the finger reaching out to it was beyond common sense and reason.

Eggs are something that even a weak child can easily break.

If you use strength incomparable to humans, if you try to pinch it with the fingers of a Sacred Machine, it should be easily crushed.

“… Amazing,” I said.

Lady Lillie picked up three eggs at the same time, sandwiched between her Sacred Machine’s fingers. It’s incredible control to be able to do that without even a single scratch.

“To be honest,” Alex said, “I’m being told to go back to the front lines but even I can’t grab that many at once.”

His words were of respect.

“You’re a pretty wild guy, aren’t you, Alex?” Prince William says. “You’re far from subtle, so there’s no surprise there.”

I think he’s teasing him but he seems to just be boasting of him being in a different direction.

“But, if you could move like that, you’ll hardly have trouble in your future career,” Prince William added. “There’s always a great demand for recruits in the Rescue Corps.”

Then, on top of praising Lady Lillie’s maneuvers, he suggested a future career for me.

The Rescue Corps.

It’s one of the careers for Sacred Machine pilots, assisting natural disaster relief operations and rescuing people left behind in dangerous areas.

“To be able to lift an egg without shattering it is similar to the techniques for lifting humans without injuring them, I don’t think it’s possible, but if anyone can do it, I think it would be you.”

For someone like me who doesn’t want to fight but still had to pilot, I felt the light of hope, maybe this is why Lady Lillie is doing all this, I can’t help but wonder if she had planned this.

“Oh, looks like it’s done,” I said.

While I was lost in my thoughts, it seems that Lady Lillie’s cooking was finished.

A mysterious dish I’ve never heard of before is about to be served on a big table.

“Now then, before we eat, I have two important things to say to everyone.”

I saw a young girl sticking her face out of a cockpit.

Needless to say, she was:

“First, before you get any food, I’ve something I’d like for you to understand.”

Unlike Lady Lillie’s usual attire, she was in a luxurious dress. It’s natural because she was riding her beloved robot, but even so, her atmosphere is completely different from when he was at the school.

“The soldiers on the frontlines and those living near those battlefields may not always have enough to eat,” Lady Lillie said, “so second, please follow this important rule for the food I just cooked”

She spoke in a soft tone of voice, but then the next, she spoke like her pride at school. It was as if she was putting on her aura like a dress.

“Today’s food is buffet style, but my home cooking is only for those who only take as much as they can eat. I will not allow you to put back what you have taken, do you understand me?!”

Her powerful words were like a demon or a Demon King from the demon world, even the most high-ranking nobles straightened up their spines. It was as if hell was about to break loose in this world.

Perhaps she was satisfied with what she saw, Lady Lillie returned to the soft aura I mentioned, she smiled at us and beckoned me to come forth onto her sacred machine’s hand.

“I’ll be in trouble if you don’t come over here soon,” Lady Lillie said. “This party is not for me, but for you.”

She’s urging me to hurry to her.

Ah, this is exactly how Lady Lillie planned it.

“Then, shall I ask the guest of honor to declare that we will hold a party, to celebrate the first victory of my first friend at the Academy?”

I ran to her, I stood in the palm of her Sacred Machine and lifted, I saw the entire venue from that high vantage point and felt that I was unworthy of this position.

“I don’t mean to be cliché, saying you’re the protagonist of your story,” Lady Lillie said. “But if you say the right things, people will believe it’s true.”

This person really was genuine in supporting me.