Omake - Mash Potatoes
Fate world1994One day before Arcueid's capture
(Arturia's P.O.V)
So, let me set the scene for everyone..
For lunch, I decided to try serving Mash Potatoes with Yorkshire Puddings, covered in gravy. Something I loved in my first life and the feeling of Mash Potatos conjured unusual unease which I shrugged off.
In hindsight that should have been the first warning that something was off about the choice of food for lunch.
When it was finally time to serve, we all sat down and began to enjoy it…
All except Mordred, Artoria (Saber), And Mashu, who flat out don't even try the Mash potato and just go straight for the Yorkshire puddings instead, liberally coating them in gravy before just going with that instead.
All while I see an unusually happy Merlin watching the entire exchange as if a long-standing prank is still ongoing…
This ultimately prompts me to ask why the sudden need to regard Mash potatoes so poorly.
Almost as if rehearsed, all three of them simply accuse one person, with that person simply being..
"Gawain.." This prompts me to immediately look up Gawain's history, particularly his Culinary History. That's when I realize exactly why I felt that strange feeling of unease when I was thinking about cooking Mash potatoes…
And who was the culprit of having Gawain essentially inflict his brand of Mash potatoes on the Knights of the round, a certain unusually happy Magus of flowers..
"Merlin.." I say with an almost eerie tone, making the white-haired troll of a woman freeze as she was about to take another bite of the Mash potatoes.
"Could you kindly join me outside for a moment~" I say, looking downright evil with my grin as I know that around this time, Mashu would have let out Fou. Something that Merlin has yet to be made aware of.
While I was going to warn her, now though she's ruined my enjoyment of my past life's favorite dish. I flat out have no choice, I cannot rightly condone this travesty of culinary arts to go unpunished..
"Uuuh, s-sure…" She says, looking unsure but follows me out of the manor. Right as she leaves the safety of the house though..
"MERLIN FOU!" A white blur immediately pounces from out of nowhere and begins to beat up Merlin's beautiful face.
"NO CAITH PULG, PLEASE!" Merlin cries out, I flat out decide to ignore her and leave her to be dealt with by Fou. After which I quickly go to make some sandwiches to ensure that the three who didn't want the potatoes are able to have a filling lunch like the rest of us, packing in meat, cheese, sauce, and even some chopped onion.
I will never serve JUST Mash potatoes to any of my family ever again. And if I ever serve it, it will ALWAYS be accompanied by a second choice of main dish, I will not subject any of us from Camelot to that fucking prank from Merlin ever again…
Author's Note
So, this entire Omake came about because one of my readers commented to me at how the Mash potatoes should have caused some form of PTSD-like episode, and after learning the details I just absolutely HAD to make this omake.
Yes this is canon, yes this did happen.
Goddamnit Merlin.
