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“Here, keep at it.”
“I can still eat a lot more.”
“Okay, here you go.”
“I won’t lose to Erw.”
“I don’t plan to lose to you either, Wend.”
When we went out to check the new noodle restaurant opened in Baulburg by Akira, they were actually doing 『All-you-can-eat-soba-noodles』, no kidding. Apparently they would treat others to such all-you-can-eat feasts as congratulatory gift in a small part of Mizuho.
Personally I hadn’t expected for all-you-can-eat-soba to exist in this world as well… Out of nostalgia and to sate my hunger, I immediately tried it with Erw. The waitress kept bringing us bowl after bowl. Erw and I continued to pile up empty bows as if competing against each other.
Erw has an advantage thanks to his physique, but because I’m a magician, I eat more than a normal person.
For a while we continued our match while being almost equal…
“I can’t anymore…”
“Erwin-san, you have 189 bowls!”
Erw seems to have eaten quite a lot of soba, but I still haven’t stopped eating.
As I continued to eat, I finally heard…
“Milord, you have 200 bowls!”
“Yahooo!”
I won against Erw. I’d be troubled to give a good answer if someone asked me what’s so special about it, but I still think that victory in itself is already a great thing to achieve.
“What a failure…you sure can chug down lots of food, Wend.”
“Well, I also happen to like soba.”
The frequency with which soba appears on our family’s menu outclasses other noble families by leaps and bounds. As such you can say I had an advantage in this match against Erw from the very start. After all, you can eat a lot, once you get used to it.
“I won’t lose the next time.”
“That’s all fine and so on, but the real big eater is Wilma.”
“…She still hasn’t given up, huh?”
Everyone else also challenged the all-you-can-eat-soba, but Wilma was unquestionably eating the most of us all. At this point she has already exceeded 500 bowls and yet her eating pace hasn’t dropped at all.
“Erw, won’t you talk about not losing the next time to Wilma?”
“No, I doubt anyone could beat her.”
Okay, he’s right about that. Wilma eats way more than the big eater fighters who frequently appeared on TV in my previous life. There’s no way you can win against her easily.
“It looks like she’s going to push for 1000 bowls.”
“Incredible…”
“Aaaargh! I cannot fit any more into my stomach!”
“Doushi-sama, you have 405 bowls.”
Today Doushi was with us as he had come to check on Friedrich and the other babies, so he had also participated in the all-you-can-eat-soba with us. It’s unthinkable for Doushi to skip on an event like this.
405 bowls are something I’d have expected from him, but compared to Wilma…
“I have lost once again!”
Doushi was deeply frustrated as he looked at Wilma slurping down the next bowl of soba noodles. He’s really childish…but you can also say he gained his reputation as magician because of that. In short, he hates to lose.
“As expected, you can’t win against Wilma either, Doushi.”
Doushi can eat a lot as well, but his capacity dwarfs when compared to Wilma’s.
“I will definitely win next time!”
Or so he says, but I think he’ll find it extremely difficult to beat Wilma in an eating competition. Yet, Doushi doesn’t give up on winning and challenges Wilma each and every time. At this point it’s become a normal sight, but no one could have expected that a big change would occur a few days later.
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“Wend-sama, I have received a written invitation. From an all-you-can-eat-store.”
“Ah, the place I gave advice to before, right? Still, I admire them for having the courage to invite you.”
“From my point of view, the fact of you having given advice to a restaurant, which you don’t know, surprises me a lot more, Wend.”
“It’s from back when we went out in the capital a little while ago. I think it’s about time to change the diapers of the babies. Alright, I’m going to take charge here!”
“Milord, how many times do I have to tell you that this is the maids’ job? Please continue talking about the restaurant with Erwin-sama. I too have been practicing how to change diapers in preparation for the future.”
“Erw, your fiancée is quite stubborn, isn’t she?”
“She’s not wrong in what she’s saying, though. Do you want to change baby diapers so much?”
“I am surprised since I have never seen a noble like that so far.”
“I don’t know any noble other than Wend who would behave like this either. So, is the restaurant, which sent the invitation, really an all-you-can-eat-store? Literally?”
“There’s a time limit, but yes.”
“Can such a restaurant operate while inviting a glutton like Wilma?”
“I gave them the advice to run it like that… Although I won’t take responsibility in regards to the question whether they can make a profit while using Wilma…”
“Why do you know about such things, Wend?”
High-ranking nobles have it hard. When I was cuddling with my babies during my free time, they peed into their diapers and started to cry because they felt uncomfortable. I tried to quickly change their diapers, but I was immediately stopped by Lea, who claimed that this was the job of our maids.
Unable to dispute this, I left the diaper changing for all the babies to the maids.
My 『Margrave Baumeister Caring-Father-Plan』 fails at defying this world’s common sense and doesn’t advance at all, but I won’t give up, no matter what. The resistance to it is still huge, but I’m going to keep pushing that plan behind the scenes.
But, leaving that aside, I got Wilma to show me the invitation, checking its content.
Just as I thought, it’s the restaurant in the capital I consulted before. Following my advice, they introduced a buffet-styled all-you-can-eat-menu. Nowadays they’re being hyped as the most thriving restaurant in the capital.
“Man, Wend, you sure love this kind of stuff,” Luise joined the conversation without a moment’s delay.
“I just gave them a bit of advice. Isn’t it great that the number of restaurants, which we can visit to eat out when in the capital, has increased thanks to that?”
I regularly took my wives out on dates in the capital. Since we’d be eating out on such occasions, it’s better to have as many delicious restaurants as possible. I mean, it also adds to the joy of picking a place.
“I can understand the reasoning that you’re happy about an increase of restaurant options. But, why would an all-you-can-eat-restaurant go so far to invite Wilma? I can’t imagine that they’ll make a profit from that…”
It’s definitely as Katharina says. It’s reckless for any all-you-can-eat-restaurant to invite a glutton like Wilma. If it’s a small restaurant, it’s possible that they’ll immediately drop into a financial crisis.
“Wend-sama, they say they’ll have a special business day on that day.”
“Ah, you’re right.”
Once I read through the invitation letter, it seemed like their business was running rather well, so they apparently planned to do an event which would serve as publicity and celebration at the same time.
“Quite a few people besides Wilma boast about being big eaters in the capital. The restaurant is going to award the one eating the most and give them some prize money…so they’re going to decide a big eater champion, huh…?”
It means they’re not going to care about profit on that day. They’re going to gather a bunch of big eaters from all over Helmut Kingdom and have them compete against each other, I suppose…
“Dear, an invitation has reached us from a restaurant in the capital which I have never heard of.”
“I got one too? Ah, for the party, eh?”
As soon as I read the letter handed to me by Elise, I understood that they had invited us to the party celebrating the first year of service after the renovation, following the big eating contest. That’s good since I wouldn’t have been able to live up to their expectations, even if they had invited us to the big eating contest.
“You are the patron of this restaurant, after all.”
“I just gave them a bit of advice.”
Before starting the buffet service, this was a truly plain and inconspicuous restaurant. It’s not like their taste, prices, or selection of food were bad. They weren’t deserted or writing red numbers. The salary of their employees wasn’t low either. You could say that they were successful since the restaurant didn’t have to close, but the owner was seriously worried, not knowing why his restaurant was around in the first place.
When I had coincidentally entered the restaurant by myself, I ended up giving the owner advice against my better judgment since I heard him sighing so deeply. When I asked him why he didn’t try starting a buffet, he jumped at the idea so eagerly that I got weirded out by it. Still, his fervor resulted in my giving him as much advice as I could.
The owner accepted my suggestions readily and succeeded in renovating his restaurant. Given that he didn’t allow a restaurant so plain and mediocre to go into the red, the owner must have been a talented man to begin with. Because you could eat all sorts of meals and desserts after paying a fixed amount of money, it still remained highly popular, even after copycats had started to appear. The owner has already started several branches as well.
“So they’re going to call in the big eaters of the Kingdom and hold a tournament as an advertisement for the restaurant before the party to which they invited Wend and all the other patrons, huh?”
“That’s probably it.”
If the buffet-style restaurant invited Wilma during normal business hours, they’d have definitely made a loss.
“Wend-sama, they say I can eat a lot.”
“If it’s you, you should be able to win this.”
“I’ll become the champion!”
“The prize money amounts to 10,00 cents, it seems.”
The owner is being very generous as he apparently estimates this to become great publicity for his restaurant. One million Yen as prize money for an eating contest is wild…
I think the contestants will definitely get pumped by this.
“But, the world is a big place. Maybe there are some gluttons who can eat more than Wilma.”
“You think so?”
It’s certainly true that there’s many big eaters we don’t know. But, I kind of doubt any of them will be able to win against Wilma…
I feel like she’s playing in a different league compared to normal big eaters.
“Have you ever run into someone who can eat more than Wilma, Katharina?”
“Not so far, but you cannot deny the possibility of someone like that existing out there, can you?”
Does she think such a manga-like development would be possible?
“I don’t know whether they can win against Wilma, but I can immediately think of a person who’s going to get all psyched up and try to win.”
“Ina-chan, everyone could have thought of him, I believe.”
“Wend, do you think Doushi has received an invitation?”
“I can’t believe Doushi wouldn’t frequent that place while knowing about it, so isn’t it unrealistic that he didn’t receive an invitation? Ah, but, if it’s a buffet-style restaurant, Doushi might have been forbidden from entering it. Maybe he didn’t get an invitation after all…”
“Don’t thou have it backwards? Wouldn’t he receive an invitation to an eating contest exactly because he’s like that?”
“Oh, you have a point!”
It’s just as Therese says, I think. But, assuming Doushi takes part in that contest, I still don’t believe he can win against Wilma. At most he’ll be able to make the contest a bit more interesting. Then again, it’s not like there’s a particular problem with that either.
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———- End of Part 1 ———-
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“Margrave Baumeisteeeer! This is the moment for you to repay your debt!”
“Eeehh? What debt?”
“I would like you to train me!”
As soon as Doushi flew over from the north at high speed, he drew close, pressing me before I could even take a sip of the tea prepared by Elise.
But, I wonder…what does he mean with time to repay my debt? I feel like I’m missing a lot of information here.
“Just as I trained you in the past, I would like you to train me as well!”
“I don’t quite understand what you’re talking about.”
Even if I were to train Doushi from now on, I don’t think he’d become any stronger. After all, Doushi can raise the amount of mana even by himself.
“This is not about my magic! I want to learn the techniques of a big eater!”
“From me?”
I mean, it’s not like I’m that much of a glutton…
Because I use magic, I can easily eat twice or thrice as much as a normal person. But that’s the extent of it.
“I thought that you might know a trick or two how to increase the amount of food I can eat!”
I sighed, “…Doushi, did you also receive an invitation from a certain restaurant?”
“I am mortified!”
“Why?”
“I am allowed to frequent that restaurant!”
“Isn’t that a good thing then?”
I think it’s much better than being forbidden from entering…
“Rumors about Wilma-jou are being circulated among the restaurants of the capital and it has become a rule that she can challenge restaurants, which are holding eating contests, only once. Margrave Baumeister, have you not heard that Wilma-jou has been banned from entering the recently popular all-you-can-eat stores?”
“No, I haven’t…”
Although I’m visiting the capital regularly, it’s not like I frequently go to restaurants with eating contests. And all-you-can-eat-restaurants have only recently started to pop up.
So Wilma has been forbidden from entering those before she even went, huh…? I guess they’re worried about going deep in the red.
“Right now, Wilma-jou is the only person who has such measures taken against her by the restaurants of the capital!”
That alone is already proof of how much of an economical burden Wilma’s eating would be on an all-you-can-eat-restaurant. We often eat at regular restaurants, but the bill poses not that much of a problem for me and looking at it from the restaurant’s point of view, which decides the price for each menu, Wilma can be labeled as guest of honor.
When it comes to restaurants with eating contents, she’s occasionally invited as a guest in the beginning. Sometimes she’s also invited as a buzzkill, if it’s an eating contest that cannot be completed by anyone. Since she’s paid prize money and even a fee for participating on top of being able to eat for free, it’d be no exaggeration to call Wilma a binge eating fighter of this world.
“I have not once been told that I am forbidden to enter an establishment!”
For him to be sad about something like that…people really have different sorts of problems. Either way, if Doushi visits an all-you-can-eat-restaurant, that place should definitely go in the red. Yet they still don’t forbid him from entering like Wilma.
I think the reason for this is yet another publicity stunt. Doushi is a busy man──although not with his job as royal head wizard, but with playing around and acting as adventurer──and so there’s many restaurants he often visits. Even if a celebrity like Doushi, who only shows up every once in a while, eats and drinks a huge amount, his presence in the restaurant becomes good advertisement as he’ll be seen by other customers, so it’s unthinkable for those restaurants to lock him out.
Another issue is the wine, I guess.
The all-you-can-eat-restaurant, which sent us an invitation, charges extra for all drinks, including alcoholic ones. I told them to do so. The pricing for drinks is also slightly higher than usual. The idea is to compensate for the small profit margin of an all-you-can-eat buffet with the profits from the drinks.
Given that Doushi won’t let his visit end without drinking a whole lot of wine, his burden on the finances of the restaurant might be surprisingly lower than thought.
“Isn’t that better than being barred from entering the restaurants you like?”
“It still is mortifying! Margrave Baumeister, I would like you to train my stomach! I am certain that someone as resourceful as you should be capable of it!”
“…I can give you advice, but I can’t guarantee you that you’ll be able to win against Wilma.”
“I do not mind!”
It was difficult to turn down Doushi’s request and so I ended up cooperating in training his stomach.
“Looking forward to it.”
On the other hand, Wilma, who had been arbitrarily labeled as rival by Doushi, genuinely looked forward to the eating contest. Rather, a lack of unnecessary ambition might allow one to become as successful as Wilma.
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“Doushi, please eat as much of this as you can.”
“You mean this? But, that is only thin porridge…”
“This is going to expand the capacity of your stomach.”
On the next day I started a training menu to expand his stomach, based on my impromptu knowledge. Doushi needed to make his stomach bigger in order to with against Wilma in the eating competition.
Accordingly, I had the maids cook a huge amount of porridge and made Doushi train by eating that porridge every meal until he couldn’t fit any more.
Only one week was left until the eating contest. It was the perfect time period for adjusting his stomach in advance.
“Please look. There’s also dried plums, pickled vegetables, and preserved food boiled in soy provided by Akira. Your stomach will widen if you eat a huge amount of porridge while eating them bit-by-bit.”
“Widen the stomach, you say?”
“You won’t have any chance to eat a lot if you don’t widen your stomach.”
Given that it’s impossible to stuff in more food into a stomach than its current capacity allows, the binge eaters of my previous life would expand their stomachs with food and water before a contest, I heard. Ultimately I only read this information on the Internet, though.
“Doushi, usually you freely eat and drink whatever you like, don’t you?”
“I do admit that, but I feel like it is fine to eat whatever, if it is for the sake of expanding one’s stomach.”
“You’re naive!”
“Why?”
“Listen, Doushi, this training serves to widen your stomach, but at the same time it’s also for precisely measuring the capacity of your stomach.”
We will precisely measure how much porridge he can at once and then increase the amount so that his stomach would be expanded further.
“If you don’t actively expand your stomach by drinking water as soon as you hit the limit of porridge, the amount you can eat won’t increase and you won’t be able to win against Wilma. Doushi, do you want to win against Wilma?”
Up until now, Doushi often challenged Wilma to an eating contest and lost. Each time we would approve of him having worked hard while aiming for the next time. But, it’d remain impossible for him to ever win against Wilma, if he didn’t rely on rationality and science.
“It’s not enough to say that you’re going to work hard at it.”
“I understand….”
In reality, Wilma isn’t such a soft opponent that strategy, where he aims to win the next time by eating as much as he wants every day, is going to work. Instead, I’m going to have him tackle this problem logically. Or rather, it’s questionable whether he’ll be able to win against Wilma, even if he goes that far. But, if he doesn’t do it properly, the chances for him winning will become increasingly slimmer.
“Okay, please eat as much of this porridge as you can and confirm the capacity of your own stomach.”
“Got it!”
“Here you go, Doushi-sama.”
“I am going to eat lots!”
Doushi wolfed down one plate of porridge after the other while LEa kept serving him new ones. His appetite was astounding, but…
“(Wend, do you think he’ll be able to win against Wilma by doing this special training?)”
“(It might be difficult)”
“(Hey!)”
“(But, if he doesn’t do this, he’ll have even less of a chance to win)”
“(Right…)”
For Erw, who was usually watching Wilma delete food en masse, it was probably hard to imagine that Doushi could win. I agreed with that opinion, but…Doushi has no choice but to bet on the smallest possibility.
“By the way, Doushi, you’ll eat the same for lunch as well. Moreover, alcohol is forbidden for now. Drinking water outside the meals is also forbidden.”
If he doesn’t pour lots of porridge and water into his stomach all at once over a short period of time, he cannot expect his stomach to expand.
“That sounds challenging…”
“This too has the goal of defeating Wilma.”
“(Wend, you sure got a bad personality for the most part)”
“(Erw, that’s what you call a misunderstanding).”
I’m doing my best to make Doushi win. Since he’s usually taking me for a ride in various ways, I won’t say that getting my revenge on him plays absolutely no role, but it’s necessary for Doushi to expand hi stomach to win against Wilma and the intake of huge amounts of porridge and water is an exceedingly efficient method for that.
“(But you know, where’s Wilma storing all that food in her small body?)”
“(…Who knows?)”
Wilma has the Hero Syndrome. It’s common knowledge that people with that syndrome will starve if they don’t take in enough calories, but if you consider her body’s size, I cannot imagine her stomach to be overly big… Is her digestion crazy fast? Having said that, this should have a limit as well, but I guess it’s pointless to apply the standards of Earth on the phenomena of this world.
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“The day of the contest has finally arrived!”
“Doushi, please slowly drink this vegetable juice for breakfast.”
“Am I going to eat lots to keep expanding my stomach?”
“If you did that, it’d have an impact on the contest. If you eat breakfast, the food you ate should move from your stomach to your bowels until noon when the contest starts, but it’s going to remain there and will have a negative impact on the contest. Your stomach should have expanded over the last week due to your special training, so now it’s time to warm it up by moving your stomach. That’s why I gave you vegetable juice.”
“I see!”
“You sure know a lot for someone who doesn’t even eat as much.”
“Well yeah (I guess I can’t say that I’ve seen all of this in a binge eater manga…)”
At last the day of the eating contest has arrived. Doushi had been freeloading in our mansion for the last week to carry out his special training. Now I was making him drink veggie juice to activate his stomach without putting any burden on it.
“Off we go to the contest hall!”
“Aye!”
“Looking forward to it.”
I teleported to the buffet restaurant with the usual members, which naturally included Wilma as another participant in the contest.
“Margrave Baumeister-sama, our business is thriving thanks to you. After Wilma-sama and Doushi-sama enjoy the eating contest as participants, a dinner party for you and your friends awaits. I will use that as an opportunity to show off my skills to the fullest.”
“I’m really looking forward to that. Also, I wonder who’s going to win the contest.”
I know that Wilma and Doushi can eat a lot, but maybe other strong binge eaters live in the capital as well.
“Maybe some of the participants will be able to eat more than Wilma.”
“Wilma-sama is famous among the restaurant owners in the capital. It might be a high hurdle for others to exceed her binge eating.”
“I am here as well!”
“Doushi-sama, you’re a favorite for the championship as well, so I naturally hope to see a good performance from you.”
However, with her rumors up until now, he’s pretty much flagged Wilma as overall winner. So far as it goes, he brought up names of several championship candidates, but all of them cannot compare to the overwhelming support and reputation of Wilma.
“Looks delicious…”
“Please eat to your heart’s content today.”
Since the losses for the restaurant would usually be too big, Wilma couldn’t enter this store. Because of that her eyes were now sparkling in front of the heaps of food and she seemed to be awfully excited about it.
“But, how are you going to know how much the contestants ate, if there’s so much food here?”
“Ina-sama, today we’re going to have a special contest. Assistants have set the tables with small plates like that one. Given that all the food has the same weight, no matter what food you pick, the contest will be about the number of plates you empty.”
“The number of plates?”
“All the participants should have food they like and dislike, but if we handle it like this, the contest can be decided based on the amount of food eaten alone.”
Meat, fish, vegetables, noodles, rice, desserts; each plate has the same weight, but the choice of the food should have a big influence on the outcome. Avoiding oily and sweet food is basic, but if you only eat vegetables, it might kill your appetite. Also, if you keep eating the same food just because it’s your favorite, you’ll get tired of it too.
Picking the food wisely will become the key to victory.
“(Margrave Baumeister)”
“(Please proceed as I taught you during yesterday’s lecture)”
“(Roger!)”
“This time Doushi is going to win against Wilma.”
“I’ll win today as well.”
“Margrave Baumeister-sama, the eating contest is going to start soon. Please move to the seats for noble visitors.”
“Let’s go, everyone.”
Once we sat down after getting guided by the owner, one contestant after the other gathered in the contest hall. Going by their appearance, they all seem like they can eat a good chunk.
The owner served us a light meal of his own making and drinks. The extravagant dishes would come out for dinner, so the owner probably judged that it’d be best to go with a light lunch since we’d be just watching the contest.
“But…”
“Dear?”
“I don’t think any of them seem like they could win against Wilma. Also, I have some hope in Doushi who went through my training, I suppose,” I answered Elise.
When it comes to Doushi, the effect of his special training should show itself here, but whether that’ll be enough to win against Wilma remains unclear.
“You think Wilma is going to lose in binge eating?”
Neither Luise, I, or anyone else in our group ever saw someone eat more than Wilma. Wilma’s ability in binging food was just too outstanding.
“He went to proper special training, didn’t he? Under Wend’s tutelage. Though the question why Wend knows about such things is written on another page.”
“The amount of food he can eat should have increased significantly.”
I couldn’t tell Ina that it’s mostly knowledge from a manga. But it shouldn’t be an issue since it actually showed results.
“Doushi has been eating more than before. Yet, I still think it’ll be hard for him to win against Wilma.”
“Yeah.”
It just means reaching the summit called Wilma is just that high.
“The contest is going to start any moment now.”
“Now then, everyone who is participating in the eating contest! You’re free to eat whatever you like. The person who piles up the most plates, wins! The champion is going to receive 10,000 cents!
Alright, 3, 2, 1, staaaaart!”
At the same time as the owner gave the starting signal, the participants started to grab plates and eat.
Finally the eating contest has begun.
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———- End of Part 2 ———-
“(I can win this!)”
The results of the special training with Margrave Baumeister are showing! Even though he himself cannot eat as much, his teaching was truly rational and very efficient. I am convinced that my stomach can currently expand itself like never before!
Now I just have to focus on the contest. Margrave Baumeister said so as well!
『Don’t worry about the other contestants whatsoever』 and 『An eating contest is a battle against yourself』
“(I will avoid anything that is greasy and fatty!)”
The past me would have loaded his plate with all the food he like without giving a single thought! But, because of that I kept losing against Wilma-jou.
『It’s fine to eat what you like. But, not all meat and fish is fatty either. And please avoid sweet food to the utmost』
Greasy dishes and especially sweets quickly trick your mind into believing that you are full! Accordingly, I am going with lean meat and fish dishes as main while avoiding to become full too quickly by also adding vegetables into the mix.
It is also strictly forbidden for me to eat too much rice and bread. Those two easily bloat up your belly, causing one to feel full in no time, Margrave Baumeister said!
“(I will also refrain from drinking water!)”
Usually I would gulp down wine and other beverages with the food. But, I have received some advice about this from Margrave Baumeister as well!
『Please drink only a bit water, if you feel thirsty. If a lot of water enters your stomach, its space will get filled up and your belly will feel full. It’d be bad if the food in your stomach becomes sodden with water』
Just as Margrave Baumeister said, I only drank a bit to quench my thirst!
“(Even though I have already reached a level where my belly would be swelling somewhat, I can still eat plenty right now! How is it going for Wilma-jou…?) Oops, no good!”
I was on the verge of making a mistake again! If I get impatient due to my opponent’s eating pace and mess up my own pace because of it, I will lose without being able to show my real strength.
Margrave Baumeister cautioned me about this, and yet I fail him like this!
“(I am going to eat at the same pace from the beginning to the end! It will also be bad to obstinately increase the amount of chewing movements!)”
If my eating pace drops too much because of my jaw being exhausted, less food will enter my stomach. Eating too fast is bad as well. I am going to eat while always maintaining a set pace.
This is yet another lesson I received from Margrave Baumeister!
“(I will not pay any attention to my surroundings, make sure to keep the same pace at all times, and avoid sweet and greasy food!)”
Binge-eating is a battle against myself. Up until now I kept losing because I paid too much attention to Wilma-jou!
But, currently I have broken all my previous records due to the special training…
“(Oh no! I am starting to feel my stomach getting full!)”
Ughhh! Even if I stop here, the championship….no! Wilma-jou is not that easy of an opponent!
“(I will loosen the belt of my pants…I can still keep going!)”
I have succeeded in improving my own record even further, but I am reaching my limit…
“(My eating record has improved quite significantly! Even if I stop at this point…no!)”
Binge-eating is a battle against yourself. I almost forgot that part again! There is no way I can win against Wilma-jou with that number of plates! But, this time I have largely exceeded the amount of food I managed to eat during past eating contests!
“(I will hold out a bit longer!)”
I stopped eating for a moment, stood up, and started to jump a few times. Doing this will cause the food inside my stomach to slide down to the lower part of my stomach while freeing up some space at the upper part!
“(This is something I cannot give up on! A bit more…a little bit more… Aahhh, there we go!)”
My final trump card. According to Margrave Baumeister, it helps to open the 『Pylorus』 which forwards the digested food from the stomach to the bowels. The food I ate at first should have moved on to my bowels now. And now that I have freed up some capacity in my stomach, I should be able to win this!
“(I am confident about this time!)”
As I continued to clear the plates at my usual pace, the time limit came into sight. Even Wilma-jou should not be able to win against me who has improved his eating capacity to such an extent.
Anyway, I ate up the last dish without fretting!
“Time is over! Please stop eating now!”
The owner signaled the official end of the eating time…having said that, I saw everyone around me had already stopped as they were full!
“This is the outcome of stuffing their stomachs quickly, just like I did in the past!”
But, this time I managed to continue to eat to the very end of the given time limit, thanks to Margrave Baumeister’s coaching.
“I should have won against Wilma-jou this time around!”
The plates of the participants were quickly gathered and tallied.
Now I just have to wait for the result!
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“Sorry for making everyone wait so long! We are going to announce the result of the eating contest now!”
The owner started the result announcement while standing on a stage!
“(It is not that I do not feel uneasy, but this time for sure…)”
The result of having followed Margrave Baumeister’s coaching over the last week should have materialized here. The amount of food I was able to take in has increased to a degree that is incomparable to before!
“(I have definitely won this!)”
“First off, third place goes to Witts-san! He cleared 67 plates!”
The venue broke out in cheering. He is one of the big guys said to be a candidate for winning the championship, so you could say him winning a prize ranking makes sense!
“(But!)”
He is no equal for Wilma-jou and I!
“(As expected, the battle for the championship placed out between Wilma-jou and I!)”
“I think all of those present already know, but the championship race narrowed down to Wilma-sama and Doushi-sama.”
To be honest, I did not care much about the other contestants since I have always regarded Wilma-jou as my sole rival in this! And this also manifested itself in reality.
“(But, there is a huge difference between the winner and the runner-up!)”
One of us is going to be the champion while the other will only finish second.
“(This time I have become victorious for sure!)”
While recalling all the hard work in the last seven days, I was convinced of my own victory. Soon the owner continued to speak.
“I want to announce the champion first. The winner is…”
“(Me!)”
All my hard work will certainly be rewarded! Besides, even Wilma-jou should not be able to eat more than that…
“The champion cleared 224 plates. And the one pulling off that feat was Wilma-sama!”
“W-What!?”
T-That cannot be…!”
“She cleared more than twice as many plates as Doushi-sama, who secured second place with 110 plates. Well, Doushi-sama, you also managed to achieve an astounding result, but Wilma-sama went beyond that. Congratulations, Wilma-sama. What are you going to do with the prize money?”
“I’m going to eat something delicious.”
“Hahaha…nothing less of you.”
I could not say anything due to the devastating shock! It was a shock so terrifying that it blew away all my joy over having broken my personal record….
Just what do I have to do to be able to win against Wilma-jou in binge-eating?
I kept standing, rooted to the spot in a daze, without even congratulating Wilma-jou.
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“Doushi, you still haven’t given up?”
“Burkhart-dono, I have increased the amount of food I can eat to an amazing degree thanks to Margrave Baumeister’s training! Next time I will win for sure!”
Dinner consisted of various dishes served at the party to celebrate the first year of opening after the restaurant’s renovation.
It’s not really necessary to explain, but as expected, Doushi isn’t eating anything as he’s too full. He’s only sipping on some wine every once in a while. It’s a very rare sight, but I guess it makes sense after he ate so much at noon.
In spite of him having invested so much effort into this eating contest, Wilma beat him with a huge margin. The emotional shock from this should run deep…or no, Doushi is abnormally strong when it comes to his mental and emotional sides.
He surprised everyone by announcing that he’d continue to challenge Wilma to eating contests.
“Even if you increase the amount of food you can eat, you won’t be able to win against Wilma-jou-chan. You were able to fully experience it this time, weren’t you? That girl is special. Such people exist in the world of magic as well, don’t they? People call them geniuses who can’t be defeated by normal means.”
Burkhart-san, why are you saying this while looking in my direction?
“Burkhart-dono, magic and binge-eating are completely different. Next time I will win!”
Even though he lost against Wilma, Doushi scored second place with a huge lead over third place. If he continues to train, I think he might seriously be able to win against Wilma at some point.
“Ah, but, Doushi…”
“What is the matter, Ina-jou?”
“Umm…I think it’ll be difficult to win against Wilma in the future…”
Ina’s eyes were directed at Wilma who was continuing to eat the dishes at the same pace as during the day.
“Doushi, you aren’t able to eat anything because of the eating contest at noon, but Wilma-jou-chan is chowing down stuff just as always. The difference between you is gigantic. This is going to be a harsh uphill battle for you.”
“Wh-!? How can that be!?”
Even Doushi couldn’t help but feel dumbstruck by the speed of Wilma’s recovery.
“Wend-sama, delicious.”
“Well, they prepare many high-class dishes that use better ingredients than the dishes at noon.”
If they had served such dishes during the contest, it’d definitely impact their finances. I guess it’s only natural for them to differentiate.
“Certainly, all of them are high-class dishes! Moreover, even though they look great…ooph!”
“Wilma, you ate so much at noon. Are you still okay?”
“I’m hungry again after all this time.”
“That doesn’t seem to apply to Doushi though…”
Even though they had the same amount of time to rest, Doushi’s belly was still full while Wilma was already hungry. It would be quite hard for Doushi to reach Wilma’s level, even if he were to practice.
“Margrave Baumeister! Tomorrow we will continue with the special training!”
“No, I think that’s asking a bit too much…”
At this point in time, Doushi’s stomach is close to its limit in capacity. I think it’d be difficult to expand it any further.
“How about giving up at this point, Doushi?”
“I will not give up! No matter what!”
Afterwards Doushi would challenge Wilma to eating contest many more times, but it should be noted that he never managed to win against her.
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“Wend, where is all the food Wilma eats going?”
“In her case, the speed of digestion is a lot more relevant than the size of her stomach. Her body’s digestion is incredibly fast…still, there are many parts I don’t understand about this either.”
Let alone myself, I doubt that Wilma herself would be able to answer Luise’s question.
“Wend-sama, they served the main dish. Are you going to eat as well?”
“I will eat one portion.”
“I will bring it.”
“Thanks…”
“I will not lose next time!”
Doushi, you’re already an adult, so you should know when to give up.
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