@DevLogger he didn't hear her clearly, which is why he got drowsy and asked her to repeat herself to be able to continue to force the status quo to remain the same.
@shanoc5902: Well, I suppose that fits the direction of this series; still, I think it would have been better with a few extra scene transition panels, lol.
Now I'm rereading and noticing that Soujirou asked Osada if she burned her face with the tea. Did he not see that she barely avoided spilling it on him? I guess maybe he thought she had gotten her face a little too close to the hot water kettle prior to serving the tea?
@FredFriendly yea that's the one gripe I have with this author, even in their other work with the female knight. It's so cute but the lack of progress gets tiresome after a while