Chapter 24
three days after that.
Thursday 4:30pm.
All lectures are over.
Today is the day of the second club, a regular meeting for food tours.
Aisha blinked at me and left first.
It must mean that you don’t want to be seen leaving the classroom together.
As she said, let’s leave after about 5 minutes.
If someone you don’t know sees you, they’ll think you’re in a secret relationship.
I slowly packed my bag and chatted with Noctar.
“Are you taking good care of your body, Theo? Even if you don’t train, are you taking your elixir? It is most effective to take it about an hour before bedtime.”
“Oh, I eat it every day before going to bed. But it didn’t work at all, and it didn’t taste good. When will it be effective?”
“Hmm, Theo, you will be able to see the effect within a month. It is a fact that the ancestors who first went to the side of the god of war have proven themselves.”
“······i get it. Don’t let it eat you.”
“Yeah, stay strong. I’ll go first. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
After saying those words, Noctar and his orc comrades left the classroom.
Now when I was about to go out,
“···Hey you.”
At first, Phil spoke to me.
“What’s going on?”
“…why don’t you come to the training ground fortress?”
And Phil coughed in shame.
······eww.
I remember last week when I said to Philip, ‘Get over it yourself’ and ‘Don’t put the word despair in your mouth’.
At that time, it was right before I fell, so I spit it out as much as I could.
In terms of talking to me again, I must have accepted it well.
So, let’s not say that I’m not in good shape.
“I’m currently doing club activities.”
“…are you? What club are you in?”
As if in surprise, Phil opened his eyes wide.
“Touring restaurants. I have a regular meeting, so I’ll just leave.”
With those words, I left the classroom.
By the way,
“··········!”
Aisha, who had been sticking her eyes out from afar, can be seen hastily looked away.
approach her and say
“What are you doing?”
“Hey, he just didn’t come, so I was wondering what’s going on.”
“really?”
“Oh, of course! By the way, what are you talking about for so long?! After all, I am the next president! I’m going to be late again… Fortunately, I’m sorry that I made the reservation a little late!”
Aisha stutters unusually.
I’d like to give you something to be upset about, but then you’ll get pissed off.
I said as I walked along with Aisha.
“There was a good reason. By the way, I have a question.”
“What?”
“Why do you go on a food tour on Thursday? Isn’t it better to do it on Friday?”
Of course, the club members are all underage, so they won’t drink or drink, but why is it that company dinners are usually held on Fridays?
Wouldn’t it be better to eat something delicious on Friday to end the week?
Aisha said with a serious expression on her face.
“It’s definitely not Friday. Fridays are crowded everywhere. What’s the purpose of a foodie club? To enjoy good food in a great restaurant. I don’t like eating in a noisy environment.”
“······· Is it?”
Aisha is a character who eats a high-quality bento for lunch and solves dinner at a restaurant.
You might see it as a gourmet, but unlike Amy, she’s not a true gourmet.
Amy enjoys delicious food itself, but Aisha is more inclined to eat to fill her self-esteem.
But it’s kind of weird.
She runs into her, who hates noisy places, every day in the student cafeteria.
Well, Aisha must have changed too.
As Andrew did.
I nodded in agreement, but Aisha looked at me softly.
“By the way, what kind of conversation did you have with Phil?”
“I asked why you didn’t come to the training ground.”
“…Okay. Anyway, let’s go quickly. Don’t miss the carriage.”
“i get it.”
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A restaurant to explore today with Aisha.
We arrived at the new restaurant behind the Faculty of Magic.
A total of 7 people, including me and Aisha, attended.
It is a small group consisting of 2 2nd graders and 5 1st graders.
However, there is a familiar face.
“Welcome, Aisha, Theo.”
It was Andrew.
“I see you often these days, Andrew. Were you also a member of a restaurant tour club?”
“Of course, isn’t the joy of eating the joy of life?”
Andrew leaned back in his chair and shivered.
Of course, I agree with him.
Love that everyone else did was a luxury for me.
Before I took possession of Theo’s body, my pleasure in life was to play ‘Kyrenzena Chronicles’ and eat delicious food.
Because there were only two.
That’s why I’m honestly excited right now.
After I fell into this world, I was too tight to survive day by day, so I never had to eat at a high-end restaurant like this.
“That’s right. Delicious food is an inseparable part of life.”
Aisha said with a smile.
“Then, I think it would be better to introduce yourself before you sit down, Theo. Everyone~ I’m a new member, Theo. Everyone knows it well, right?”
Like the calm atmosphere of a restaurant, club members nod their heads slightly.
But a question runs through my mind.
“…before that, Andrew. When did you start your club activities?”
Aisha, who has three clubs, is unusual, and most of them only have one or two.
Of course, it is rare that the two overlap.
And Andrew never joined a club in this work.
No matter how much the story has changed, it is strange.
Aisha answered instead.
“Andrew, Theo, just like you, joined this week. The same goes for the tactical strategy club.”
At the tactical strategy club meeting, Andrew didn’t even say he was a newcomer.
Since he actively participated in the discussion, I thought he was an existing member of course.
suddenly felt sad
How did you say hello to children who are 10 years younger than me?
“Andrew, why didn’t you introduce yourself during the tactical strategy club?”
“Theo, I did it before you came. You were late this time as well as last time.”
Andrew answered indifferently.
It’s true, but I don’t like being greeted with my greetings while sitting as if I’m an existing member.
Andrew the wizard is hard to kill me.
It doesn’t matter if you hate it or not.
I exclaimed right away.
“Let’s introduce ourselves, Andrew. I don’t know your hobbies or why you joined this club. I don’t know anything.”
“no.”
Andrew bluntly refused.
I turned my head to look at Aisha.
“Is this right, Aisha?”
“Uh, uh, uh….”
Aisha, who heard my growling, was stunned and said.
“Andrew… how about introducing yourself with Theo? Neither Theo nor I know the details of why Andrew joined this club.”
“············”.
Andrew shut his mouth.
Aisha continued.
“I wonder what kind of person Andrew is. When we got together last Friday, I didn’t hear very well.”
Saying that, Aisha smiled.
Andrew reluctantly got up and introduced himself.
“…Yes. My name is Andrew Jackson. My hobby is research on magic and tactical strategy, and the reason I joined this club—”
After Andrew’s self-introduction was over, I smiled sincerely.
‘It’s crazy, baby. You have to write your heart beautifully.’
After that, after my self-introduction.
We finished our meal in a friendly atmosphere.
Since it was a course meal, it took a long time to eat.
It’s already evening when I go out.
I said goodbye to the club members and came to the circular carriage stop.
“Whew—.”
Still, it was nice to have a satisfying meal after a while.
The dark sky looks beautiful.
While I was immersed in such feelings, Aisha said to me.
“Tomorrow is the long-awaited~ Doo-doo-doo-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-fishing club! You are a direct descendant, so of course you know? Most of the warriors who left their mark on history enjoyed fishing.
“i get it.”
“… Again, again. He seems like a really blunt uncle. Where do you get better if you say something nice? Anyway, when you come tomorrow, bring extra clothes. You might throw away your clothes.”
“Yeah, I see.”
“······That’s Okay.”
After breaking up with Aisha like that, I got on the shuttle to the dormitory.
‘Fishing.’
I hate fishing.
because of my uncle
After losing my parents in an accident, I went back and forth between relatives’ houses.
Among them, he lived the longest in his uncle’s house.
My uncle was a fan of fishing.
Beyond the hobby level, he was a so-called ‘fisherman’.
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Uncle is the unpleasant smell of seawater.
My uncle always had a musty smell that didn’t go away even after washing.
He said he caught black sea bream, and I don’t have any good memories other than when he sashimied it.
[I’m not fishing for fish, I’m fishing for life.]
My uncle, who lived with these words in his mouth, went to the sea every weekend.
[Well, that sounds like a lie? Really. If you’ve been fishing for a long time, you can read the mind of a fish. ]
I couldn’t read my aunt’s rotting heart.
Since I mainly fished in the sea, transportation costs, bait prices, boat rental fees, etc.
It was a lot of pressure on his uncle, who had a poor income, but he could not stop fishing.
─No, why is a man who can’t even make money so crazy about fishing? Then go out and make some money!
—This is all~ Social life, this girl. Where do you point a whale whale at your husband?!
-Uh-huh, I really can’t live, I can’t live… I met a husband like this because I had committed some crime in my previous life….
So, as soon as I turned 20, I left the house.
Because I had nowhere to put my heart.
Even after a long time has passed, the quarrel between the uncle and the aunt is still vivid.
“Whoa.”
A weary sigh filled the empty circle wagon.