Chapter 86 - Top Secret and Thousand Blade Festival [3] (2/2)

First of all, we started with the cosplay costumes.

A female student, who does cosplay as a hobby, brought in a catalogue. And all the other female students gathered around her merrily.

「Nee Nee! I think this would suit Ria-san very well!」

「B-But… Doesn’t the skirt seems a little too short?」

「It’s okay, it’s okay! No problem if you wear spats inside!」

「I-I don’t want to be seen in spats either!」

Talks which shouldn’t be heard by men had developed around Ria. On the other hand,

「What do you think, Rose-san? Do you have any costumes you would like to wear?」

「Fumu… I’m kinda interested in this.」

「T-This?! R-Rose-san is surprisingly daring.」

「Is that right? I think it’s quite normal though.」

Rose chose her favorite costume in a matter-of-fact manner.

(Is it really alright, Rose?)

I was a little worried about what kind of costume she chose because I know of her revealing casual clothes.

While the girls were excitedly deciding on the cosplay costumes, the boys were mass-producing origami rings single-mindedly for the purpose of decoration.

At first, the boys were like,『I’m looking forward to seeing their cosplays!』, and so on, but soon…

Cut it with scissors, roll up the origami, and paste it.

Cut it with scissors, roll up the origami, and paste it.

Cut it with scissors, roll up the origami, and paste it.

Their mouths stopped talking as they repeated the same work single-mindedly. The same movement was repeated silently like machines for three whole hours.

And then,

「Nee Nee, Allen-kun! Can you come over here?」

I was called by a voice from the group of excited girls.

「Err… What’s going on?」

When I reluctantly got up and headed over there,

「Nn- What would Allen-kun like to wear?」

「Oh, I have to wear it, too?」

「Of course! Allen-kun must wear a cool costume and bring in female customers!」

Saying that, they suggested a variety of costumes in high spirits.

(…To be honest, I don’t have interest in this.)

But, since the girls are going out of their way to pick a costume…

I don’t want to discourage them.

After the cosplay costume was decided, we moved on to the menu decision.

A cafe, of course, requires drinks and simple snacks.

「First of all, coffee, latte, cafe au lait, cappuccino, and… I also want macchiato!」

「Oi Oi, don’t forget the soft drinks.」

「Ah, that’s right! So what about the snacks?」

「Toast, meat spa, omelette, and hashed beef rice. At minimum those.」

「I like it! Then, dessert will be pancakes and coffee jelly, and such!」

「Oh, I like the sound of that!」

When the boys and girls were happily exchanging their opinions,

「W-What?! I dare you to say it again!」

「As I said… 『That menu』is impossible for a cafe!」

Tessa and the girls began arguing for some reason.

(What the hell happened?)

I strained my ears, trying to hear the conversation.

「White rice, hijiki, dried sardines, vegetables and pickled daikon radish! A café needs to cook such dietary dishes of the Iron Cutting Style, right!?」

「Such dishes are not necessary! This is a Cosplay Cafe!」

「Kuh… you blockhead! Naa, Oi, Allen! What do you think?!」

Tessa suddenly turned the story towards me.

「N-No… I think Tessa is in the wrong this time.」

Dietary dishes in a Cosplay Cafe… I have to say it’s a mismatch.

When I said that,

「Nu, Gugugu… If Allen says so, then it can’t be helped.」

Tessa reluctantly withdrew his claim, gritting his teeth.

When the costume and the menu was decided, we started to practice cooking the dishes on the menu.

「Kuh… setting the omelette’s appearance is very difficult.」

「Gah! Why won’t the eggs roll up beautifully?! There is something wrong with this frying pan!」

「A-Ahaha… I don’t usually cook, so this is a little embarrassing.」

The girls were attempting『half-boiled fluffy eggs』, led by Rose, to make omelettes, but…

Unfortunately, it didn’t go very well.

It seems that the girls in our class are a little weak at cooking.

They probably spent almost all their time on swordsmanship since they were kids.

It’s no wonder.

(If that’s the case, I should help out too.)

I gave them a little advice on making omelette.

「Actually, there is a secret technique to roll the egg beautifully. After you first put the eggs in, you scramble them firmly on the frying pan. And then you can easily peel off the eggs from the frying pan.」

And then,

「This is…! W-Wow, Allen! I didn’t think you were proficient in cooking too!」

「Oh! It is so easy now! As expected of Allen-kun!」

「Wow, it’s true! Thank you, Allen-kun! But it’s amazing that you even know how to cook.」

The girls, who succeeded in “half-boiled fluffy egg” one after another, turned their envious eyes towards me.

「Ahaha, I used to cook a long time ago.」

Life in Goza village is completely like self-help.

Harvesting vegetables, caring for livestock, and cooking rice. All these basic things must be done by yourself.

That’s why I was a little better at cooking than most people.

Then, the two weeks of flurry and fun passed quickly. Today, it was finally the day of the Thousand Blade Festival.