Hot And Fresh Delivery Pizza, Straight To You! (7)

“Ooh…”

The young master exclaimed as he stared intently at the several baskets of pizza arranged before him.

His eyes were sparkling, exactly like a child’s when faced with pizza.

Ahh, we did it. The pizza was unquestionably a huge success.

“Young Master, every one of these pizzas has a different flavor. Please open whichever one you like!”

I said that with a smile.

It added the excitement of wondering what might be inside. At the same time, I wanted the young master to open the baskets himself.

After all, opening the box yourself was one of the most enjoyable parts of pizza.

“Hmm, which one should I choose… All right, this one!”

With that, the delighted young master pulled the second basket from the right toward himself and flung it open.

And inside was—

“My, congratulations, Young Master! You’ve chosen my personal recommendation: shrimp mayo!”

Exactly what he was being congratulated for aside, it was shrimp mayo. Shrimp mayo!

As the name suggested, it was a pizza topped with shrimp and mayonnaise.

And these were no ordinary shrimp.

I had used enormous, extraordinarily delicious, freshly caught shrimp supplied to the Royal Palace, slowly grilled over charcoal.

They were so delicious that simply biting into one with a little salt would make you want to shout, “This is amazing!”

And when shrimp of that caliber was paired with mayonnaise making its grand debut in this world, there was simply no possible way it wouldn’t be delicious!

Incidentally, mayonnaise could be made simply by mixing eggs, oil, and vinegar together.

Of course, “simply mixing” still required care and technique if you wanted it to taste truly good, but I was glad it was something people in this world could easily reproduce.

“Shrimp mayo… What a peculiar name.”

The young master murmured that as he stared at the pizza as though being drawn toward it.

One particularly wonderful thing about shrimp mayo pizza was how colorful and appetizing it looked.

The red shrimp, the white mayonnaise drizzled in a lattice pattern, and the color of the cheese combined into an unbeatable formation.

And naturally, the flavor was just as magnificent.

The young master picked up a slice and put it into his mouth, and once again his face filled with surprise.

“This tastes completely different from the last one…! This is incredibly delicious too! No, I may actually like this one even more because I’ve never tasted anything like it before!”

Unable to resist, the young master kept eagerly shoveling bite after bite into his mouth.

Of course, of course. I knew very well just how devastatingly effective shrimp mayo could be against a child’s taste buds.

Countless flavors began parading through your mouth and threw open the gates of heaven… That was shrimp mayo.

Give it to a child once, and they were practically guaranteed to fall in love with pizza.

“Ah. It’s all gone…”

The young master had devoured the entire shrimp mayo pizza at remarkable speed.

He stared sadly at the empty basket for a while before finally reaching for the next one, opening it, and exclaiming happily.

“The next one has a different kind of meat!”

The next pizza was topped with Anne’s special roast beef and plenty of little sausages.

It was seasoned with a sweet-and-savory sauce, creating a hearty, impressively substantial pizza.

Anne looked rather proud as she watched the young master happily devour it, and seeing her like that made me happy too.

Then came the third one. The instant he opened it, the young master looked puzzled and spoke.

“…? I’ve never seen this either. Shirley, what’s this topping?”

“Yes, Young Master. That’s tuna!”

I answered with a smile.

Tuna. That’s right, the same tuna used in tuna sandwiches.

In truth, it was simply cooked tuna meat.

All you had to do was prepare cuts of tuna, then simmer them in olive oil flavored with garlic, pepper, and other seasonings.

It was an incredibly simple dish, but as everyone already knew, its flavor was anything but ordinary.

It possessed a distinctive taste that was impossible to forget after just one bite.

And tuna paired wonderfully with bread.

Naturally it was delicious on pizza too, and once mayonnaise was added on top, well…

No further explanation was necessary.

“…Tuna. Another strange word. Still, it looks delicious.”

With that, the young master boldly bit into the pizza.

His expression immediately lit up yet again.

“This is delicious too…! And this white sauce that’s been on several of them tastes really good!”

It seemed the young master had finally noticed the mayonnaise.

Well, of course he had. Ketchup and mayonnaise were the two great condiments that struck directly at children’s taste buds.

And when both were involved, it would have been stranger if he hadn’t loved them.

Ah, God. I did not know what you had been thinking when you gave me memories of my previous life.

But because of you, I had committed a sin.

Yes, the grave sin of introducing the young master to mayonnaise…!

While I looked up toward the heavens in contemplation, the young master moved on to the fourth pizza.

The instant he opened it and saw what was inside, he exclaimed in surprise once again.

“The edge is different from all the others!”

That’s right. This pizza had a thick rolled edge with something hidden inside.

And that something was… sausage!

In other words, even the crust was delicious. Yes, I copied the idea. I’m sorry.

But the entertainment value of a delicious stuffed crust was simply outstanding.

The toppings in the center of that pizza were potato, butter, and corn.

Once again, ingredients children absolutely adored.

The young master happily munched through it, and then finally reached for the last basket—the one I had deliberately placed farthest away.

And inside was…

“…All four kinds are on the same pizza…!?”

That’s right. It was the forbidden pizza known as a quarter pizza, divided into four sections with four different toppings.

One indulgent pizza that allowed you to enjoy four different flavors at once.

The four sections were meat, shrimp mayo, tuna, and potato-butter-corn.

It was nothing less than a dramatic reunion with all the pizzas he had just enjoyed.

Encountering those flavors again while their deliciousness still lingered in your mouth… was an extraordinarily pleasant experience.

Looking almost sentimental, the young master picked it up and ate each section one by one, as though enjoying both a reunion and another farewell with each flavor.