After everyone had changed into their kimonos, they sat around the table, waiting for the inn's waitresses to serve plates of fragrant, specialty dishes, which made Akame, Kurome, and Leone drool uncontrollably.
When Sayo finally served the last dish, everyone dug in with gusto. Akame and the other two girls ate with an especially exaggerated enthusiasm, their cheeks puffed out like little balls. It was a mystery how their small bodies could hold so much food, and yet they never gained weight—a sight that endlessly envied anyone who dared not eat too much for fear of gaining pounds.
After dinner, Ye Yu and the others sat together chatting, planning to head to the hot springs a little later, as soaking right after a meal could lead to indigestion.
Chapter 55