Chapter 38 (1/2)

17, Long ti Steak (Part 2)

Riru, is currently extremely cheery

Why you ask? It’s obvious

Because Shuri came back

Riru won’t let hi like a jail anymore This time for sure, Riru will protect Shuri

And, Riru wants to end these night anymore

Two days after the incident

It’s decided that Riru and the mercenary corp are to live in the castle perus is placed as the Feudal Lord position but, in reality it’sthe soldiers, Ekress is in charge of internal affairs, and above that is where Ganglabe is sitting The people around hih

At any rate, the current situation where the perpetrator that started that incident, Gingus, becoe However, if you consider bloodline to be thethen the heir for the Feudal Lord, us, or Ekress

If Gann is recommended here then no probleards to the Feudal Lord’s bloodline however, a separate probleitimate child be recomlabe who had thought about how to deal with Gann

“No no, Gann-san can be said to be my assistant or even subordinate I mean I promised him to let him join into the cooks so I’ll be troubled if he is forcefully placed as Feudal Lord”

Because he said that, Gann became Shuri’s subordinate

For soe man called Adora also became his subordinate but, Riru wasn’t interested

No matter who becomes Shuri’s subordinate, there’ll be no proble

As long as Ha sed by my dark side

Because of so like that, Gann’s treatment ended

In the end we decided on Gingus That is because Ekress resigned It appears Ekress is already sick of pretending to be a man She said that from here on she wants to be able to work, and fall in love like a norirl

For so at Shuri but, Riru feels soloomy

Ganglabe also frowned

Like this, the proble behind a somewhat bad aftertaste

The aftertaste is that, the people who had worked in the castle originally and the people of Riru’s mercenary corp seem to have a subtle distance between each other It appears that they do not approve of us intruding fro the castle’s army

However, after having raged through the castle like that, there was no one opposing us publicly But Ganglabe is vigilant Because he doesn’t knohen this s ember will combust

Ath were the cooks The ones who originally worked in the castle

These people left the castle, when Shuri was appointed as the head chef, to boycot

Ganglabe was furious at this but, Shuri was relaxed

“Because it’s natural to be unsatisfied Rather, I’ Since if they did anything bad to the food then, they would end up beco obstacles to the job”

Shuri continues, even exerting himself to say as if he knew this would happen someday

Although Ganglabe was troubled, he er

And muttered

“He’s too kind, that guy… Normally that’s punishment worthy”

Even though this is where Shuri should be angry, since he’s dealing with this callabe merely did that as well

Honestly, Riru, and the others were also angry

Since Shuri is coping with this cal calm on the outside

Riru was thinking that Riru wanted to do so to those cooks who boycotted

As Riru was considering that, Riru punches at the wall inside one of the roo the room next door, and made a laboratory

Because we became stationed at the castle, there was no need to le last small scaled ood if Riru is able develop, and research various things at this location

As Riru was setting in thereceived instructions from Riru’s subordinate, Riru suddenly felt as if an electric current was running inside Riru’s body, rushi+ng the information about

Yes, it’s lunch

Hunger The desire for a meal

In order words, Ha

Riru cannot stay like this If Riru doesn’t hurry and rush over to Shuri

“I leave the rest to you”

“Ah!? Co?!”

“It’s obvious”

Riru places Riru’s hand on the door, turns around and the said

With a smile that even Riru would say is brilliant

“Ha”

And then, Riru ran

Riru has a grasp of the entire castle’s layout The nuth of the corridors, the feel of the doors, the height of the ceiling, everything

Using that information, Riru calculates the shortest distance to the kitchen, and ran singlemindedly

So around the corners of the corridors, so from the stairs…

Using all the strength Riru could , and continued to run It was then It was then, when Riru turned the corner, so parallel to Riru

“! So it’s you, Riru”

“…Ahrius!”

There was Riru’s rival Yes, a fellow co for lunch is here

Ahrius was running parallel to Riru, right next to Riru Or rather itoff the ground and sliding

She is probably using herunnecessary and is concentrating on speed, seeing her accurately manipulate that technique at a speed that would just barely avoid causing an accident, it means Ahrius has definitely also prepared and has been training for this moment

The truth of that which looks useless, is that it is a ic which had been calculated to it’s limits

Splendid…!

“Hu It see for this moment”

“…What could you mean”

“It’s useless to hide it You installed flight and weight-lessening rah it’s a physique like yours, you’re able to bring out such speeds… That’s not all there is to it though, I’m sure”

As expected of a strong foe (comrade) She understands

Yes, even though Riru’s coat looks like this, there are rams installed inside it On the sleeves there are physical strength up and a protective barrier On the torso there is a protective barrier against all kinds of attacks, stabs, slashes, explosions, blunt attacks On the back are weight-lessening, sensing barrier and protective barrier On the heht of, Riru has hypothesized and created it

Shoes, pants as well as clothes are all applied with the sa about all around the world, only Riru has installed so many

And, a device that Ahrius had not seen through That is the raved on Riru’s body

That is gravity control Made by focusing on the concept called gravity that Riru had heard froraved on Riru’s right ars Riru touched with Riru’s right hand

It can hten the objects Riru has touched and lift theravity

Riru calls this, Magic Engineered Circuit Tattoo 《Magi Ladder Chart》 But since Riru doesn’t knoould happen should it fail, Riru has no plans of doing it to anybody else

In any case, using all of this, that is how Riru will be heading to the kitchen

“However, I won’t lose either”

Grinning, Ahrius laughed

“Even though s 《Skater Fly》 can be used by anyone, it’s so which accounts for both safety and speed

Making the forces of gravity I heard frohtly off the ground, you use it to advance in the direction you desire with only ht up by the grounds unevenness

If you practise with it, you could probably even fire h speed ic department wouldn’t be just a dream either

Right now, I’h”

This person is seriously a waste of talent, is what Riru understood

By the time we had turned that last corner, Riru and her was equal

Contrasting with Riru continuously interacting with the ground using both feet to release speed, Ahrius is travelling, using her ic power to maintain a constant speed

Even if Riru overtakes her, Ahrius’s speed doesn’t forgive that, and having said that, even if Ahrius tries to push her way past, Riru would use the ground to catch up It’s just as what Shuri said, a gaokko)

A shon that cannot be lost, is being held right here

“”There it is!””

At long last, the door to the kitchen could be seen So close, in the span of three seconds, ould reach touch down

These three seconds are the moments of truth for this shon Riru spurts forth, and Ahrius too raises her speed

At that ti unpardonable

“So then Sensei, ill you befor today’s lunch?”

What will you make?

So basically, that means lunch hasn’t been decided yet?

That’s i Does thatother than Ha?

There is absolutely no way Riru can let that slide As expected, it was correct for Riru to come

“Ha you”

“If it’s lunch then it’s Boiled Tofu”

We entered at the saoal, the kitchen

Tsk, with this Riru has no advantage over her Ahrius also seeether

But no worries Shuri is a person who understands if you talk to him Riru’ll let him understand if Riru talks to him with a smile

“I can still make it… He should understand if I talk to hiht…”

da the same!

But, still It’ll still work out, somehow

Without a further ado, Riru approaches Shuri with a smile to talk to him, a step at a time

That was the sa

Now that it’s coness and lack of ulterior motives in our smiles

Despite that, Shuri is backing away a little Why?

That kind of Shuri was pushed forth by his subordinates behind him, thrusted out in front of us

They understand That’s right, there’s no need to back away, there’s nothing to be feared

That’s why this is such a smile with no ill will at all A cheerful smile

Even so, because Shuri is still trying to run ae grabbed his shoulders and stopped him

Noe can talk

“Co”

“It’s Boiled Tofu right”

……

What is this To think Ahrius was thinking the sarab his shoulder to show her friendliness As expected of Riru’s rival, she doesn’t slip up

But as expected, a confrontation of opinions can’t be avoided, huh

Riru looks at Ahrius and, Ahrius too, once again was looking at Riru

Riru understands That the real battle starts from here on

From here on, it’s a battle of words

“Riru Shuri is cooking for the first time in a while as well Wouldn’t it be better to start fro senses?”

“Ahrius It’s because it’s been a while, that Shuri should start with a dish he knoell That’s why Riru is here”

Yes, Shuri’s best dish is Ha At any rate, because Riru will take the naet him up to speed

Compared with that, Boiled Tofu?Hmph, that’s just boiled kelp and tofu The one that is more complex to cook

“Riru, no matter what dish comes to me, they’ll all be delicious and I’ll eat it If I had to, had to, haaaad to say then, I had thought that if he made Boiled Tofu here, I would be happy No, I won’t ask if it’s impossible, naturally However,anxiously for Boiled Tofu Ah, if it’s so different then, that can’t be helped in that case However, you know? It’s been a while so don’t you think you want to eat it? No no, if it’s not possible then don’t force yourself though…”

W-what, such conversational art Although she’s Riru’s enemy, Riru can’t help but praise her…!

This confutation, nonchalant, yet has all the main points squeezed in

Ku, at this rate Riru will end up losing…if there isn’t soe the flow of the battle

“Please wait Since I’ve understood what you want to eat”

Somehow, Shuri has decided just now There’s no doubt it’s Ha

Ha, the floith me huh Ahrius, this is it Like this, Riru’s victory has been decided

For some reason Shuri looks exhausted but, there’s no doubt it’s because he had chosen Haht

“Then I’ll go get the beef”

“No, it’s tofu”

Wha…t?

Ahrius looks over here and, Ahrius also has a confused look on her face This means that Ahrius too believed that victory was hers

Ahrius had thought that it would be Boiled Tofu

“Let’s use tofu”

And then, the death sentence

What? Tofu? Not cow but bean?

Impossible, there’s no way…!

Before Riru had noticed, Riru pours all of Riru’s overflowing anger and fruitless pathos into Riru’s fist, and punched the kitchen table

Due to the ability of physical strengthening, Riru can even destroy a kitchen table But, Riru wasn’t happy

“That joke isn’t very funny”

Not funny, yes, it’s a boring joke

Nolike “It was actually Hah, definitely not laugh along with that There’s no way

“Just that, it won’t be Boiled Tofu”

Next to Riru, a whiz sound resounded

Looking over, Ahrius had split a pot right in half with her ic

Wow, she looks like she could kill so out uncontrollably

“Shuri I wonder iftofu, it’s not Boiled Tofu… Could it be that, that was an excuse, I wonder… Could you say it one more time?”

That’s true Thinking about it over, thator Boiled Tofu

Like ould allow for, such tyranny Co all the way here, there is no e can let it slide if our grand ambitions are not fulfilled

“Come now Shuri, take the beef into your hands You should be able to do this if tofu is a joke”

“If it’s tofu then, take the pot and hot water into your hands”

Smile, if Riru says it with a smile Shuri should be able to understand

I wonder why, even though Riru should be trying her best to s out

“It’s a Haood for your stomach as well as your skin”

“Co you need help with?”

“Riru will too We’re together for the first time in a while”

Ahaha, as Riru being so savage like that?

Being able to eat a new Ha dish, as expected of Shuri

I see, just Ha while so, we should celebrate it extravagantly with a new Ha dish

In that case, Riru has to help out as well

Ahrius is also s?

Even though fighting and savagery and such are unneeded for the world

Even though the world is, indeed, the world is beautiful, and also cruel, and extreht

Riru doesn’t really knohat Riru is talking about

“No, since the training for the newbies will also take so ha-”

Before Riru and Ahrius finished listening to those words, we had already rushed out

Wholeheartedly, as refreshi+ng as youths running down a grassy field

Passing the kitchen table, exiting the kitchen, just one straight line

Forth to the dining hall

The goal being, the seat closest to the serving table!

Sitting there , Riru seehtenment

The closest seat is always, waiting

Riru and Ahrius, reach the dining hall from the kitchen quicker by one or two steps and, surround the seat closest to the serving table