Chapter 18: Daily Life In Kivotos (2)

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“He~ You certainly drew it well…”

“Hmm, my judgment is accurate, right?”

“You didn’t have to glance at us while drawing~”

“Haha… It’s not yet at a level where I can show it to others…”

“Still, I think it’s amazing for the 3rd week…”

As soon as I finished the drawing, I was joined by them, the After School Dessert Club.

Since it came to this, I started talking while showing them the drawing.

“So… Sora is in the Tea Party…so, the student council?”

“Yeah, you know the entrance exam? I guess I stood out there.”

“It’s a complete elite course~ But it’s a bit different from the image? I thought the elites would be concentrating on studying as the exam period approached…”

Yoshimi throws a question from the topic that Airi brought up.

Well, it’s a perfectly reasonable question.

In fact, until yesterday, Friday, many seniors were studying whenever they had free time during Tea Party duties.

It’s a story that doesn’t apply to me, but even so, the Tea Party members don’t neglect their studies for the exam.

Rather, because they often can’t attend classes due to Tea Party duties, there are many members who study harder on their own.

“Studying also requires rest sometimes… Actually, I’ve prepared quite thoroughly, so, ah, this is delicious.”

“Hee… I didn’t know you were such a high-ranking person.”

“I’m not a high-ranking person. I don’t have a special position, regardless of what I do.”

-Munch, munch-

“….You seem to have some knowledge about desserts… You…won’t you join us…Ugh! Ugh!!!”

“Don’t mind this side. What are you saying to someone who’s already in the Tea Party…”

Natsu asks me to join them, I don’t know if it’s a club invitation, but Kazusa covers her mouth and she struggles.

Judging by Kazusa’s expression, which doesn’t seem strange, she seems to show that appearance frequently.

Still, it’s also proof that they’re close, so isn’t it a good thing?

Anyway, as Kazusa said, I’m already in the Tea Party, so joining a club is impossible.

But… If the Eden Treaty ends, putting myself here seems like a pretty good choice.

“Phew… Kazusa… Look carefully. The dessert that Sora ordered, it’s a sweet type similar to ours, but the ones served with it don’t overlap, and it’s a short and intense type.

In other words, it erases the taste of other desserts in the mouth, has a strong presence, and is a guy that doesn’t interfere with the next dessert. She’s definitely a person with knowledge of desserts!”

“Why don’t you fix that habit of inviting anyone who has even a little knowledge or interest in desserts to join the club?!”

“Ahaha….”

Ah, the two started bickering again.

Next to me, Airi was laughing as if it was familiar but unavoidable.

Yeah, I’ve decided on this.

When I leave the Tea Party, I’ll come here right away.

As a bonus, Natsu’s observation of me regarding desserts was surprisingly accurate.

Since I often have tea time at the Tea Party, I naturally embodied the method of paying attention to the combination of desserts or the combination of flavors.

No, it’s not natural.

It’s not natural because it’s knowledge I gained from listening to the senior I picked up with Seia every morning in the spare time after picking her up.

“Ahaha… That’s accurate. The Tea Party often has tea time, so paying attention to the combination and arrangement of desserts is a kind of habit.

Even if it’s not a habit, if you reflect it to some extent, it can be a better experience to eat desserts. But the club invitation…can you do it again if I get fired from the Tea Party?”

Well, there’s no way I’ll be fired, but if I leave the Tea Party, it’ll be me leaving on my own, but you never know, right?

“See! I got a positive response, didn’t I?”

“Sigh… Well, yeah… If you take it that way, I have nothing to say…”

So another day passes.

The next day, around lunchtime, I’m in D.U. now.

Well, there’s no special reason, and everyone is concentrating on studying for the exam period, so the meeting was canceled due to lack of time.

I was thinking about drawing again, but I just came out to D.U. to hang out.

And, incidentally, I had a reason to visit the gun shop…

“Welcome~”

“Can I get a coloring job?”

“4||~”

Last month, I ordered it from Millennium for personal official duties, but I didn’t have many opportunities to carry it around, so I brought the weapon case’s Evolys,

which went back and forth between the trunk of the senior’s car and the corner of my house.

The midterm exam also includes a tactical exam, so I brought out the Evolys, thinking I’d use what I could use.

But since I kept it in new condition right after ordering it, and I didn’t use it at all after the kidnapping incident, the coloring is also in the basic state, so I thought it was boring and came to a reputable gun shop to have it colored.

“How should we decide on the main color and sub-color? Do you have a design you want?”

“Please make it white and…yellow or red. Just make it clean so it doesn’t stand out.”

“Can you come pick it up around…4 o’clock?”

“Yes, thank you.”

After that, I leave the gun shop.

I’m hungry.

I came out around lunchtime, and the time is ambiguous, so I haven’t eaten lunch yet.

I look for nearby restaurants on my smartphone.

Even if a restaurant has a high rating, there are many cases where it’s not delicious, and reviews these days aren’t reliable.

But WeTuBe, Kivotos’s video platform, WeTube’s review-specialized YouTubers are reliable.

There are many cases where subscribers or viewers visit the restaurant in person, so they often give truthful reviews.

A nearby restaurant.

Today, I’m looking for meat, especially since I don’t particularly distinguish between types, so I look for shops such as katsu, steak, and yakiniku, and I find a nearby yakiniku restaurant that looks good.

The store is on the 5th floor, and there are seats by the window, so the view would be nice, so I headed to the yakiniku restaurant.

It didn’t take long to realize that it was a mistake.

“Hmm, the smell is definitely good.”

As soon as I entered the store, the smell of the previous customers grilling meat pierced my nose.

I was hungry enough, so my stomach was stimulated even more and I couldn’t stand it.

“Hmm… It’s a bit difficult.”

“Huh? It’s unusual for the president to say it’s difficult~”

“I like it!”

“Hmm~ I’m a little disappointed in terms of quantity~☆”

I heard a familiar voice from the corner of the store.

It was a voice I didn’t want to hear.

“Oh? That time?”

” …”

The Gourmet Research Society, the person who made the decisive blow to me joining the Tea Party, and my bad luck were already seated at the store.

Silently, I reach for the Daedalus in my holster.

Are they going to blow up the store again this time!

“Hmm… It was ambiguous between a passing grade and a failing grade, but let’s give it a passing grade this time.”

” …”

I glare silently.

It’s an unbelievable person.

I silently stare at the woman who introduced herself as Haruna until she puts the detonator she had taken out back into her bag.

“It seems that you’ve come. Seeing that a person from Trinity came all the way here to have lunch, you must be walking the path of gourmet…

but it seems that you are going in a slightly different direction from us, so I’ll let it go. Enjoy your meal and we’ll be on our way.”

“…If I hear an explosion nearby, I’ll know it’s you and run over.”

“Oh? By all means, I’ll be looking forward to it?”

The Gourmet Research Society members leave, and I sit down at a table and order meat.

-Sizzle-

The tallow provided by the store, the solidified white tallow is a product provided to be applied to the grill before grilling the meat.

While my satisfaction was being filled by the heavy meat flavor and soft texture, and the feeling of swallowing, there was one thing I noticed.

Yeah, the heat is too strong.

The heat of the grill, that is, the brazier, is quite strong.

There may be a thought to increase the turnover rate of the store, but excessively strong heat can ruin the taste of the meat.

The meat itself was excellent, and the tare and side dishes provided were excellent, but this one thing could be cited as a drawback.

I knew through a background check that the Gourmet Research Society members are violent, but they are serious about food.

Haruna, who is called the head of the Gourmet Research Society, I think I know why she said it was ambiguous.

It was a little disappointing, but it was a sufficiently satisfying meal time.

After filling my stomach sufficiently, as soon as I left the store building, I heard an explosion from afar.

It’s probably definitely the Gourmet Research Society.

Valkyrie wouldn’t be enough… It’s none of my business, but I run to stop them due to personal feelings and a slight sense of unease.

As I approached the epicenter of the explosion, I started to feel a strange feeling, a sense of deja vu.

The street is familiar.

The epicenter of the explosion is…

The gun shop where I left my Evolys.

Regardless of the Gourmet Research Society, the Sukeban were occupying the gun shop as a group.

They’re probably thinking of robbing the gun shop to replenish their equipment and make a fortune… They chose the wrong store.

Behind the slightly rising irritation, I take out Daedalus and approach the gun shop.

After about tens of minutes, I tied up the Sukeban in the corner of the street and wait for Valkyrie.

Fortunately, the owner of the gun shop was safe, and the front of the gun shop was blown away, but other than that, there was no particular abnormality,

so he said that he would prioritize my Evolys coloring for the reason of suppressing the Sukeban, and went inside the gun shop with the front blown away.

“It’s Valkyrie! Everyone put your hands up…huh?”

“You’re finally here, Valkyrie… You’re late…”

I hand over the suppressed Sukeban to Valkyrie, who arrived late.

I was held for a while for identity verification, but I was released without any special problems with the gun shop owner, who came out quickly, and the CCTV footage.

I was told that I could be summoned to Valkyrie later for witness summoning, so I gave them my smartphone number and Momotalk.

After that, while waiting for the Evolys that was being colored… I heard another explosion from afar… It’s the direction where the yakiniku restaurant I just ate at is located.

It seems that today will be a very long day… What’s with my weekend… Give it back…