Chapter 87 - Top Secret and Thousand Blade Festival [4] (2/2)

「Un. Allen looks very cool! This costume looks very good on you!」

「There is sort of a grace to it. The fresh blue is very attractive.」

They praised my cosplay.

「Ahaha, thank you.」

While having such a pleasant talk, it was three minutes before the opening by the time we realised it.

Portable stove.

A set of cooking utensils.

Ingredients, tableware, decorations, etc – all preparations were ready.

Everyone in the class quietly shut their eyes and simulated the production movement in their mind.

「Hey, I’m a little nervous…」

「This tension is not bad…」

「Ahaha, that’s right.」

The three of us are in charge of the waiting service, and our job is to remember all the items on the menu.

I had finished memorizing it perfectly last night, so now I just have to wait for the time to put it to use.

After that, it was thirty seconds before the opening. An in-house broadcast rang out.

「Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! This is Director Leia Lasnode. In a short span of two weeks, you’ve done well to prepare this far! Now, all that’s left is to show the results! Well then, I declare the opening of the Thousand Blade Festival!」

The moment Leia-sensei announced the beginning of the Thousand Blade Festival, a loud cheer was heard from outside the classroom.

(W-What…?)

When I looked out the window, there were a tremendous number of people rushing into the academy building of Thousand Blade Academy.

「What a crowd…」

「It’s one of the Five Academy, Thousand Blade Academy, after all…」

The waves of people reminded me of the『God Street』in Drestia, the merchant city.

While doing so,

「Excuse me. Are you already open?」

The first customers visited the Cosplay Cafe of Year 1 Class A.

Three women at the same time.

「Yes, of course. In this cafe, you can designate one of the cosplayers as your waiter. Who would you like?」

Tessa, who was in charge of the reception, with a natural customer service smile, said the lines confidently.

(…! Way to go, Tessa!)

From his bold bearing, I could surmise his『additional efforts』.

And then,

「Well then… We’d like to go with『Allen-kun』.」

The three female guests pointed to a picture of me at the reception desk.

I went to welcome the customers, with a natural customer service smile which doesn’t fall behind Tessa’s.

「Thank you very much for visiting our cafe. Here, please come this way.」

I escorted them to their seats and,

「Have the orders, been decided?」

In a slow tone so as not to hurry, I gently listened to their orders.

「Uh… Honey toast and cafe latte, please.」

「As for me… egg sandwich and coffee.」

「Um… I’m a little hungry right now, so I’d like to have an omelette and a latte.」.

「Yes, certainly.」

I quickly took note of the order, repeated it correctly, confirmed that there was no mistake, and passed the order.

After that, I carried the orders that the person in charge of cooking prepared. The first task was completed succesfully.

(Yoshi Yoshi! As perfectly as I imagined it!)

I think I can complete this job calmly, there was a time when I thought that way.

After that,

「Allen-kun, you’ve got another four-people nomination!」

「Yes, I understand…!」

「Ria-san, you’ve got a nomination from one person!」

「Yes, I understand!」

「Allen-kun, this time you’ve got five-people nomination!」

「Yes, please wait a moment…!」

「Rose-san, it’s a nomination from one person.」

「Umu, understood.」

「Allen-kun, next is seven-people nomination!」

「Y-Yes…!」

For some reason, there were unusually many more nominations for me.

They were all groups of female customers. After escorting them to their seats, for some reason, they started talking about various stories and I had a hard time taking orders.

(Maybe this is a result of the women’s network…)

One female customer called another female customer and so on, and our cosplay cafe appeared like a women’s specialty shop.

For about three hours, I had to deal with the female customers who walked in one after another. Then, it was finally time for a shift change.

We’re in charge of the morning session, and are completely free in the afternoon.

After changing into our uniforms in the changing rooms, the three of us decided to look around the activities of other classes.

The first place we’re visiting has already been decided.

Of course, it is the special haunted house by the president and senpais.

「N-Nee, Allen…? Are you sure you want to go?」

「I-If you want to turn back, now is the time.」

「A-Ahaha. I already told the president that I’m coming.」

Even as nice as she is, the president is actually the type to hold grudges.

If I stood her up, it’ll become troublesome later.

(And above all, I’m also looking forward to it.)

According to the president, it seems to be at the quality where more than ten people fainted last year.

I’m actually looking forward to seeing what kind of gimmick it is.

Then we pushed our way through the crowd and arrived at the classroom of Year 2 Class A.

And what we saw there was,

「This is, quite well done…」

It was a huge haunted house that spanned three classrooms from Class A to Class C.

It no longer looked like a『classroom』.

Eerie ivys was crawling around on the black painted exterior.

There were claw marks here and there.

Dark red color which looked similar to blood was smeared everywhere.

(It’s a nice atmosphere…)

This might actually turn out to be good.

And then,

「「……」」

Ria and Rose held each other’s hand with ghastly-pale faces.

We haven’t even entered yet…

They seem to have reached their limits due to this eerie exterior alone.

「Naa, you two… If you’re afraid, just say it–」

「「I’m not afraid!」」

The two said in unison stubbornly as ever.

Their legs were trembling, and it was clear that they were putting up a strong front.

「Okay okay…」

I already know that they both hate losing and are unreasonably stubborn.

I just gave up on the persuasion.

「Excuse me, we three would like to enter, please.」

「Yes, thank you. Take care of your steps and enter inside.」

I paid the entrance fee at the reception, took the frightened Ria and Rose and set foot into the prided haunted house of the president and senpais.

「This is the reception. The target, Allen Rodore, has entered. President, I leave the rest to you.」

「This is Sie. Roger. Fufufu, you’re finally here. I’m finally going to get my revenge for all the things in the past, Allen-kun!」