Vol 5 Chapter 8 (1/2)

The Final Question

Question: Please write down the chear, and please write down a siar—tuna salad

shi+mada Minami’s Answer:

“CH3COOH”

Yoshi+ Akira’s comment:

That’s right HCOOH (methanoic acid), CH3COOH (ethanoic acid) and C2H5COOH (propanoic acid) all have a certain formula You can memorize more chemical forly instead ofthem all one by one

Yoshi+ Akihisa’s answer:

“I rear ar, you can use lemon juice to replace it, which can also create the sour flavor of the sauce; but I feel that this question doesn’t seem to have any relations to chemistry!”

Yoshi+ Akira’s answer:

“You don’t have to suspect anything Just answer”

Himeji Mizuki’s answer:

How to make tuna salad

“Tuna salad is 1 Sour, 2 Salty, 3 Has a unique flavor I feel that it’s alright if the 3 conditions can bethe sauce So the ches about sourness) + NaCl (Salt that brings saltiness) + HCN (Hydrogen Cyanide that brings about a sweet and sour smell)

Yoshi+ Akira’s answer:

With the ingredients youof the dish, HCl (Hydrochloric acid) and NaCN (Sodiu other than that I’m scared the moment I think of how one small dish of tuna salad can kill 50 mature boys

“Really, Aki-kun…no, should I be calling you Alexander the Great?”

We had a huge arguot home, I had to endure my embarrassment and report the exam results today to nee-san After nee-san heard that, she could only shake her head reluctantly

“Uu…bu, but, I feel that I should be able to do well! I It’s because I didn’t write my name that I’ll still be deemed to have no points…”

Having said such big words yesterday, I ended up like this today, and I really feel e words like yesterday now and could only lower my neck and kneel in front of nee-san

“We’re talking about how you ht? If Alexander the Great made the saiven if you explain it to the invigilator?”

“Uu…”

I couldn’t argue back as nee-san viciously pointed that out

That’s right A real test doesn’t allow for any excuses Fumitzuki Gakuen’s vision is to nurture students ill be able to adapt to society, and no excuse will be accepted if they can’t go all out in a foret any benefit even when she fell sick and had to leave halfway

“Uuu…I really worked hard…”

“No e the outcoht?”

“Sorry…”

“You don’t have to apologize to nee-san Nee-san never had any expectations for Aki-kun”

“Uuu…”

“Oh well, I knew that no one was expecting anything from me, and nobody prepared dinner for me on the day before the exam…”

“But I can considering adding so how you worked hard”

“Eh? Re, really?”

“But if your hard work doesn’t translate to results, it’ll be a waste no matter what I say Hard work is a mean to achieve a result No et the outco, it’s pointless even if you’re proud of the process”

Nee-san said such words that were hard to understand again Basically, it’s a good thing that I’e mistake if I have the idea that ‘I worked hard, so it doesn’t ht?”

“If I really have to say it, it’s because you didn’t study hard normally that you ended up like this, Aki-kun Nee-san wants you to work every day and not start cra at the last minute before the exams…”

Nee-san’s ain

Ugh…as coing causes me even more trouble

“Aki-kun, are you listening to me? Really, child, you’re always—”

—BIBEEP

At thisnee-san’s words that she wasn’t able to complete

“Ohso much Time to eat dinner then”

I, I’m saved…in that case, I can finally be saved from hell…

“Aki-kun, you still have tests tomorrow, so I’ll continue the rest tomorrow”

Eh? You want to continue tomorrow?

“I’ll prepare so simple to eat then…”

“No need Let’s eat outside It’s pretty late noay”

I’ry, but nee-san, who likes hoo out and eat So it’s because…she will be troubled if I prepare dinner and got bad grades, right?

“Aki-kun, we’re going on”

Nee-san took her bag with her purse inside and turned to walk out of the living room

“Okay, then I’ll…”

I turned over and walked to the kitchen Don’t be surprised here I’ht that we’re going out to eat, but there’s so I have to settle before that

“If we’re not cooking, I’ll freeze the ht just now”

I reredients that are about to expire at hoht if I put that ht about this as I stepped into the kitchen, and then noticed so else

“That’s weird Why is the cooker hood open…? Did I forget to close it?”

I turned off the cooker hood that was still running, and ht, and before that, I went to stay overnight at Kirishi+ma-san’s house Was it already turned on before that?

“Probably not No matter what, I would have noticed if the cooker hood’s turned on for 3 days straight…”

At this ht about recently started to surge in e about that?

I tilted e, and took out the piece of meat I intend to put inside the freezer

—At this e discrepancies came about

It was a pile of question marks that came from a lot of doubts

Why? Why did nee-san buy so h she didn’t know Yuuji and the rest would be co?

Why? Why was it that nee-san never had the intention of eating japanese cuisine despite co while?

Why? Why would that naggy nee-san of mine not allow me to cook dinner yesterday?

The radually formed a fact that was clearly shown in front of me

—There was a plate of burnt paella in the fridge

“A, ahaha…what the heck, so that’s hoas…”

All my doubts were answered

Why did nee-san buy so redients?

—She deliberately bought a lot because she was scared that she cooked it wrongly

Why paella, and not japanese cuisine?

—Because nee-san remembered that paella’s my favorite dish

Why did she buy ingredients I wasn’t familiar with?

—Didn’t nee-san say it before? She prepared the ‘ingredient list’ That must be because…she learnt how to really cook paella overseas

Why didn’t she allow me to cook yesterday no matter what?

—Isn’t it obvious? Because nee-san…intended to cook what I liked to eat for my sake!

“Couldn’t she have just said so directly…”

Really, why is it that this nee-san of mine would be so strict to everyone, whether it’s to other people or herself Saying that she didn’t have any expectations of ht fordistance travelling, yet she still wanted to cook a dish she wasn’t even good with for her brother’s sake Maybe it’s because it wasn’t delicious that nee-san wanted to hide it and not let me know

Maybe nee-san already thought of cooking dinner herself on Monday, but I unexpectedly brought so ht It’s because of that that she looked somewhat unhappy then

“I see So that’s why nee-san said that no matter how hard I work, it’s pointless if I don’t show the results…those were the same words she wanted to say to herself too”

It’s because she’s not good at it that she worked harder to overcoh her actions

“This is bad…I actually said such horrible words to nee-san…”

The s are The reason why nee-san wore an apron and even started the need couple game out of a sudden is…

No matter whether it’s to others or herself, nee-san’s always a strict person

That dish may be a failure, but I’m already happy to see the effort and dedication nee-san put in I’m really touched

“Aki-kun, what are you wasting ti!”

Nee-san, aiting at the door, called me from the corridor

“Sorry! I’ll be there now!”

I put theroom to stuff my wallet into my pocket, and walked out of the house

I didn’t see nee-san around, probably because she heard my reply and left

I didn’t want to keep her waiting, so I chose not to take the lift, but leap down the stairs two steps at a time