The Tanaka Family Reincarnates - Chapter 11
Chapter 11 – Want to Eat Cake
No matter how much William tried to look repulsed, Joshua did not hesitate to introduce the girl who was holding a thick book.
6-year-old Lady Marina, the youngest in today’s tea party, had light pink hair and pink eyes, which was unusual for someone around the region.
“What’s that book that you’re holding?”
As soon as William spoke, she briskly answered, perhaps showing that she is not a timid person.
“This is, you know, a book about magicians. Has William-sama ever met a magician?”
It looked like a book from that magician series that’s popular with kids.
“A magician? I don’t know anyone like that… What’s in it?”
“Ano ne, ano ne[1],“
[T/N 1: Ano ne literally translates to ‘that, you know’, and is typically used by young children excitedly conveying a message. May be translated as ‘listen, listen’ but presented in Japanese to convey how cute it sounds.]
???
The girl was engrossed in the story of her favorite book.
“Umm… William-sama, quick question?”
Joshua, who wanted to extract Emma from the situation as soon as possible, interrupted the conversation.
“Aah… Oh, that’s right! Would you like a cake, Lady Marina? Our cakes here are superb!”
“Cake? I like chocolate cakes!”
“Joshua… Would you mind popping over and getting me some cake?”
“Eh?? No, no… William-sama, there’s a more important talk than that cake!”
“Bring every kind on the biggest plate, okay~.”
“……”
George, who got the message from the wink that William gave Joshua, said, ‘I will help too…’ and headed to the table with the cakes.
???
Meanwhile, Emma was hungry.
All she wanted, all she wanted was to eat some cake.
She was creeping closer to the cake by millimeters, but she couldn’t reach it since people kept getting in her way, taking turns to talk to her.
Anyhow, her mother had restricted what she could speak of during conversations for today’s tea party.
Emma was only allowed to say yes or no, greetings, and ‘is that so?’.
‘Even if you make a mistake, just don’t talk about insects and don’t hover near the food,’ Melsa said with a smile, except her eyes weren’t smiling in delight.
‘If you are confused, deceive them with a laugh,’ she said…
However, it’s not supposed to feel like the number of people was increasing every time she laughed.
“Emma-sama doesn’t wear jewelry very much, do you! When is your birthday? Let me gift it to you!”
“Fufufu”
Being surrounded by boys as young as her friends’ children from her previous life, she certainly was popular, but ‘Minato’ (an adult) was thinking, “these children must have been instructed by their parents to do their best to talk to me, huh.” That was when a large number of cakes moved in front of her eyes.
Joshua and George were carrying plates of cake in both hands.
Joshua kept glancing at Emma with an anxious look.
…could it be that Joshua’s plate of cake is more of a burden because he is feeble, unlike George nii-sama?
To have that much cake… Joshua, did you like sweets that much?
Moreover, he has all kinds!
“Joshua! Those cakes look heavy! Let me carry half of them! (So let me have a bite each)”
Just like that, Emma went to William’s table alongside Joshua wearing that angelic smile so cherished by Joshua on her face.
“Ahh, Miss Emma…”
“Who is that boy!”
“He is not a noble, right”
“Even though we were getting to the good part…”
For him to make so many enemies in exchange for that angelic smile… But that was an another story for another day.