#magentaide

My favorite food? Ah… Surely, compared to you, we swords haven’t tasted nearly enough kinds of food to choose a proper favorite, however…

When I’m not on duty, simple dishes such as omurice and gratin are the ones I seem to make the most for myself. Simple though they may be, they fill me with a sense of… What’s the word…

…”Home”?

[Hasebe laughed a small, quiet laugh, as if he couldn’t believe such a word came from him.]

A strange thing for me to say, isn’t it? Perhaps “home” isn’t the right word after all. But, from all the descriptions of it that I’ve come across - a warm, comforting place one returns to for a sense of peace - …it seems to fit this feeling.

[He was quiet for a long moment with his eyes cast down. He seemed to want to say something, but remained silent. Then, finally, he lifted his head to look at you again and spoke slowly, unsure of his words.]

Master… The day you gave me this form… The day you took me in…

It seems that the shock of the transition had taken most of my memories of that day away, but…

Hm…. Well, when it comes to knife skills, I think it comes naturally to us, so that’s where I started. There were only a few cookbooks in the kitchen when Saniwa-chan was new at her job, but we were able to learn a lot from them. Hasebe-kun was able to master a lot of the recipes and techniques quickly, so he was the one who taught me at first, but, well…

[Shokudaikiri closed his eyes for a second as a slight hint of frustration appeared on his face when the memory of those times came back to him.]

It’s kind of hard to do your own thing when he’s in charge. I know he follows the books exactly and everything he makes usually turns out good, but… That’s not my style, you know?

After I got the basics down, I started experimenting on my own and, well… The others seem to like what I make, so I guess that’s how I ended up pretty good at cooking.