When My Younger Brother Stole My Girlfriend, I Began Living Together with My Beautiful Childhood Friend Almost As If We Were Married - Chapter 45

Episode 45: Blackthroat Seaperch And Seafood And Happiness

Sooner than expected, after about fifteen minutes of waiting, our names were called.

Fuyuka-san dashed into the restaurant eagerly, while Reina shrugged her shoulders in exasperation and followed. I trailed behind them.

We were shown to a table and handed the menu.

“I found it! The blackthroat seaperch set meal!”

“I have some disappointing news for the excited big sis.”

Reina pointed to the small text written at the edge of the menu.

“The number available varies depending on the daily supply. Are they all sold out for today?”

“W-What…!”

“You won’t know until you ask. Excuse me!”

As Fuyuka-san slumped disappointedly, I raised my hand to call the waiter.

“Yes?”

“Do you still have the blackthroat seaperch set meal?”

“I’m sorry. We only have two portions left.”

Oh dear. Someone might not get to eat among us. In that case, I’ll step back this time. While I’m interested in the blackthroat seabass, there are actually other things that intrigue me more.

I’m curious about this seafood platter set meal. It looks incredibly luxurious from the photos.

As I made my decision, would Fuyuka-san and Reina still choose the blackthroat seabass?

“I’ve decided. What about you, Fuyuka-san and Reina?”

“Hayato, are you really okay with the blackthroat seaperch?”

“It’s fine. Enjoy it together.”

“I’ll share a bit with you. I’ll have the blackthroat seaperch set meal and a pot of oolong tea.”

“I’ll have the seafood platter set meal and oolong tea. What about you, Fuyuka-san?”

“Do you two have plans after this?”

“Not really…”

“Sorry. I’m feeling a bit tired, so I’ll rest at the hotel. I’ll have the blackthroat seaperch set meal and some local sake!”

Ah! She plans to drink from lunchtime!

What a luxurious way to spend time, using fatigue from the journey as an excuse to drink sake and rest at the hotel…!

The waiter took our orders to the kitchen.

“Big sis…”

“Well, I can’t help it! It’s intriguing!”

Well, the description does sound delicious.

When I reach the legal age to drink, I might want to try this devilish act of drinking during the day.

“Absolutely. I won’t be there to take care of you.”

“I won’t cause any trouble by getting drunk, I promise~”

Reina gave a slightly dumbfounded expression.

After a while, a delicious smell approached us.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. Here are your ordered set meals.”

“Wow!”

In front of us were sumptuous set meals.

The blackthroat seaperch set meals that Reina and Fuyuka-san ordered came with rice, miso soup, and pickles, along with simmered and grilled blackthroat seaperch as the main dish. And they even had tuna and yellowtail sashimi.

My seafood platter set meal also had rice, miso soup, and pickles, but it included various kinds of sashimi, simmered local vegetables, and some unknown simmered and grilled fish, along with a variety of seafood tempura and fried foods.

When the pots of oolong tea and Fuyuka-san’s local sake were placed on the table, it looked extremely luxurious.

“Let’s take a picture.”

“Me too, me too!”

“We’ll have to find time to come back here again.”

We snapped away with our smartphones.

Looking at the splendid set meals, my stomach made a foolish noise. My mouth watered.

“Shall we start eating?”

“Yes, let’s.”

“Itadakimasu.”

Reina and Fuyuka-san started with the blackthroat seaperch, while I began with the grilled fish.

“Delicious!”

This is the bounty of the Sea of Japan! I didn’t expect seafood to be this delicious!

Yesterday’s sushi was exceptional, but this had a different, deeper flavor spreading in my mouth.

“Here, Hayato. Open wide.”

Reina brought a piece of simmered blackthroat seaperch she had cut to my mouth.

It was a bit embarrassing to eat in front of so many people, but there was no choice but to take a bite.

In an instant, the sweet and savory sauce and the deliciousness of the blackthroat seaperch flooded into my stomach like a torrent.

“So, this is blackthroat seaperch…!”

“It’s really delicious, as you’d expect from a premium fish!”

“Exactly! Ah, Reina, here. Say ‘ah’.”

To reciprocate, I fed Reina some shrimp tempura.

She bit into the plump shrimp soaked in sauce with grated daikon, and the sauce splashed.

“It’s juicy and delicious! I might never have had shrimp tempura like this before.”

“It’s definitely different here!”

I also dipped my tempura into the sauce.

With the thickness of the tempura that you rarely see in other places, my mouth was pleading for satisfaction.

As I savored the flavor of the sauce and the shrimp, my taste buds rejoiced.

“Ahh! Coming here was the right choice!”

“You’re starting to look like an old man who loves his sake.”

“I felt the sweetness of the sake while watching this precious interaction! It brings out the bitterness and makes the flavor deep and rich!”

Drinking sake while eating grilled blackthroat seaperch , we three naturally found ourselves smiling.

As Fuyuka-san said, I truly think it was a great decision to come to Kanazawa.