Right after we stepped into the inn's dining room with mixed feelings, the girl who was serving us - Sylvia - noticed us and rushed over to us in a panic.

''Luke-san!　Are you okay!
'Sylvia?　You're over here.
Yes, I'm just helping out at the branch!　It's really not about that, it's really about my right arm: ......

　With concern from the bottom of her heart, Sylvia is looking down at her slackly hanging right sleeve.

　Seeing that, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

　When I made the decision to mortgage my arm, I thought I made my decision with a reasoning that disregarded the emotional criteria, but maybe I should have considered those points a little more.

　Both Garnett and Sylvia seem to be really worried about me losing one arm, and the other adventurers seem to have become surprised and worried as well.

'They said they don't have to worry about it. I can't tell you the details yet, but I've put my right arm aside for later use in preparation.

　I dare to explain in a voice that can be heard by those around me.

　The majority of the customers in this diner are adventurers, and they are all people who would use the fact that I lost my arm in the fourth level as a reference for their future course of action.

　So in order not to give them an excessive amount of caution, I needed to spread as much information as I could talk about.

''The local demons, including the dragons, were only able to fight off the local demons with as much stability as this party, and even my arm wasn't taken by the demons.
''Yeah, yeah. If it was simply torn off after being hit, of course we can do something about it by restoring it. Sakura was there too, so even if it fell to the bottom of a ravine, we could collect it with [shrinking].

　Garnett also laughed and gave me a helping hand.

　Everyone knows that I am, in a bent way, the leader of the White Wolf Knights and the lord of the surrounding area, and that Garnett is his bodyguard, unless you are an adventurer who has just arrived in Green Hollow.

　For those who weren't on the scene, the very fact that such a Garnett is behaving unconcernedly will be taken as proof that there was no blunder of guards in the loss of his right arm.

'Um, ...... I hope you're really okay ......'
I'm sorry to worry you. I'm in the middle of an operation, so I can't give you any details. But I think it was worth it.
Let's get something to eat anyway. I'm starving. Do you have any suggestions?　If it's there, that's it, please.
Yes!　Then we'll have a daily breakfast set for you!

　Perhaps it was worth the explanation, but Sylvia regained her signature smile (smile) and led us to an empty table and headed for the kitchen.

　Garnett and I sat around the table and reached for the breakfast set that had been brought to us with our left hand, reaching for our forks.

　However, I tried to stick the tip into the browned sausage, but it didn't stick well and slipped and escaped.

"...... Mmmm, there's a surprisingly difficult enemy ......

　While I was working on the fourth level, the only meals I ate were solid sustenance that I could eat with my hands, or soup cooked in a large pot, so I didn't have any problems with my non-dominant arm.

　But with a dish like this, it takes some getting used to eating it with your non-dominant hand.

　After struggling like that a few times, Garnett, who was sitting across from me, leaned over, took my fork and thrust it into the sausage with a crisp sound.

'Ora, open your mouth,'
...... Huh?

　A hot, browned sausage is brought close to my mouth.

　I can't react to the suddenness of the situation, but Garnett continues to thrust his fork at me.

'Just eat.'
............

　The pressure is too strong, and I take a bite out of the end of the sausage.

　Contrary to our earlier exchange, I don't even feel the urge to check what kind of eyes the people around me are looking at me.

　In fact, I just want to turn my head away as fast as I can.

　I don't know how it is for other people, but for me, this situation is so much like that, and it's unreasonable to tell me not to worry about it.

'So, what are your thoughts?'
I feel like I'm being fed by .......

　Garnett, who smirks and smiles deliberately, barely returns the joking words.

　I'm not sure if it's just the two of us, but it's unbearable to have this done in front of the public.

　It's also troubling that I can't get angry because it's not enough to expose my gender (or gender identity).

　If this is a retaliation for worrying about you, maybe you should be a little more lenient in accepting it. ......

'So, open your mouth again.'
Come on, man.

　...... It's a giveaway after this one, indeed.

　I take my fork back and throw the sausage I'm about to take a bite out of into my mouth.

　I decided to finish my breakfast for now, hoping that my complexion wasn't going to look funny and making up my mind to practice living on my left arm alone.










　As if he'd just finished a full meal, a man with a familiar face moved in from another table.

　A brown-skinned, strong young man - he was Chandler, a member of the White Wolf Order, sent by the Akabane Knights.

''Ussu, General.''
What, you're here too?
This is the best restaurant in our branch. There's something else that's been bothering me for a while now, so can I ask you something?

　It was unusual for Chandler to ask me a question with a reformed attitude, so I also turned and listened properly while sitting in my chair.

''The general's skill is probably [Repair]. Moreover, in addition to instantly connecting the arms and legs that have been chopped off, it was said that last time you made up for it with wood and ice.
'Oh, yes. What's wrong with that?
Then you can rebuild your right arm as well, can't you? Even if it's impossible to grow it out of nothing, I have a feeling that we can make it work if we gather all the materials and stick them together.
...... Well, you know. It's theoretically possible. ......

　Scratching the back of his head with his left hand, he casually looks around.

'Let's change places. This isn't going to be something we're going to talk about in a dining hall.