Vol 2 Chapter 7 (1/1)

There's only two meals a day for those that live on Amoaltz This is due to the fewer amount of hours in a day and the unique bio-rhyth on it The Academy is no exception A hearty ”brunch” is their first ht, with nuhout the day Due to the sudden population groithin the academy, a cafeteria was constructed to handle the food production necessary to feed the literal army To alleviate the stress on the kitchen, individuals can sign up for meals at their preferred time within the 3 available time slots -early, normal, late- and the kitchen staff will include their share during preparation Normally, the schedule is fixed perht is an exception ”What sry” ”You are an early eater eh? Poor guy Have so to trickbenches are packed, as well as the s session would usually fills it to around 3/4ths of the way But due to the option of the 4th slot tonight, the other serving periods were quieter than usual while the last slot requires additional chairs and tables placed outside the building to accommodate everyone koho ”hello everyone! I'ht The dishes tonight will come in courses, there will be a lot s will be sive us food already!” The crowd at the tables shouts, stomps and hahs with a deep, loud voice, the crowd i their commander Once the voices quiet down, the ive us any opinion that you have Thank you” As soon as he finished speaking, a line of cooks and helpers appear fro Each of thee, shallow, round wooden containers of some sort Each of these individuals walks to the front of a bench, takes the dish fro down and serves the food to them For the smaller table, the individual will move from one table to the next until all food is served Due to the smaller portions, the train of cooks and helpers never stops, slowing down only between sets The foods are served at the table in front of theain Most of the students of the Acadeer and are basically children, the ade had no issue with it To be accurate, they had to consciously hold their enthusiasm back in order not to scare the students when they orking together Meals were often served in 3-4 sets regardless of brunch and dinner, they consisted of an “opener”, usually a fruit or salad A light “soft and es, or broth An optional “heavy” course for richer food such as red etables, roasts, and so forth Finally, a “closer” which consists of aged cheese, wine, and other foods that aid in digestion [T/N: Wowee… get to learn about medieval meal times oO Potherbs were pretty much any plants that can be thrown into the pot, this includes things like wild flowers Potherbs are ether into one pot and boiled until they are soft and tender ポタージュ -Potage- can be anything froe, thick soup to full on stews Theserved, in order, are: Herbs and lettuce dosed with herb vinegar, honeyed dry fruits with trail e, zinnia flower chicken steild flower and root vegetable stew, steas, roasted rilled vegetable and h, nuts and grain casserole, ale with prepared bone chips and etables, ith a sliver of old Sardonian sheep cheese, apple soaked in diluted sine vinegar, and finally a se from tear-eyed elation to confused looks The students on the other hand are happily eating their food “What is this?” “I don’t know, but it’s pretty good” “If you don’t want it, I’ll take” “No way!” “Is this [Nae?” “dah?” “Stop crying you idiot!” “Bu--but I a a flowa ” “And I ate like a peasant since I joined you guys! Who cares! But what’s with this hardboiled egg” “Woah! Is this supposed to be so crunchy?” “And it’s so rich, it’s like I’uys… what are we supposed to do with the bones?” “I think we are supposed to just eat it…?” … Thethe table while the diners lazily shuffle out the front door Soh as the diners le file “So what’s the occasion Mak’ra?” Rick asks while drinking his second cup of tea “No occasion, this is from Bell-sensei’s lessons um… ‘market restock’?” “‘Market Research’” De’etables “Right, ‘Market Research’ Excuse me a moment” Mak’ra heads towards the kitchen for a fewtoward the front door as the line of diners dwindles De’muel excuses himself as well as he heads toward Mak’ra “What is this… ‘Market Research’, if you don’tat the sa his fingers and turns toward his commander, likely due to the same curiosity “It’s eh… umm…” “It’s a practical experiards to de her s youth “Pretty much to see ill likely sell” “Wait… they don’t have a contract with a oods to them?” “Nope, they are on their own~” The two caninoids show a shocked expression Before they can say anything, a fairy-like student immediately unfolds soives a bow before grabbing some plates from a nearby table and disappears back into the kitchen Mak’ra co hi it carefully on the table with a soft “ka” “Till-ne, I think we should bring sos, zinnia flower, earthnut and earthnut root along with the tea” The girl er Mak’ra “Out of the uhly And eh…” The bull-horned youth inspects the board quickly before resu “The zinnia chicken ell liked for its novelty and s’ The vinegars h at the , we said ould leave it to you two, so do what you think is best, okay~?” An odd, heartwarer siblings with a caring s the supposedly older one looking er than the rest “Take care~! Just send a ~” “Just reuys should be fine” “Bye Niichan!” “Re us some souvenirs!” “Trairmixx!” “No Daun, it wouldn’t be a souvenir if we can make it here” “Ohhhhh…” De’ed traveller” class, as well as several fox-eared soldiers, acting as escort and security, are gathered at the front of the Acade to leave “Bye everyone, ill be back in a ood okay? Listen to Dosnak and Isnic, otherwise no souvenirs for anyone” “De’o Sammy” kero kero The two carts advance steadily aith Sa cart with a custom-made rein 6 Gray Cadejos, with 3 on each side of the carts, mounted by fox-eared demihumans, escort them Dosnak, Isnic, Rick, Till, and the rest of the students continue waving until the group disappears into the et theirtheir class and work “Rick-ni, I’ll be busy for a little while, but I will still log in once a day~ Leave , okay~?” “Geez, Bell’s stuck ork again and we still have no idea when Kun’s going to get back Guess I’ll have to hold the fort until then” “Don’t worry Rick-ni, I will only take a few days~” “Got it, kiddo” The two go their separate way after the short talk, with Rick going off to start one of his lessons while Till goes to log out in her roo off the bed and give myself a stretch I ell before sunrise to see Makki and De’ht cycle can be a hassle at tiht, but that’s to be expected since she said there’s going to be soet to ht on the lowest setting Getting a few er arht, I was here yesterday Now to build up my vocabulary I put aside the opened book on the desk as I sit down, es The coets a tap before colish via audio co Various tabbed icons appear on the search engine, I randoin my study Words with pictures are lined up on the lish] “pronoun and verb pair He is She is They are We are Negative fore Yellow Green Blue Indigo Purple” … “Fruit Apple Banana Currant Date Elderberries Fig…” … “Metal Aluminum Bismuth Brass Bronze Cadmium Cobalt Copper Gold Iron Lead Lithium Nickel Platinum Silver Steel Tin” … pipi pipi The alar at the same time I pause my study and turn the alarms off Mmmnnnnn I stand up fro to the kitchen Filling a pot ater, I set it to boil I peer into the refrigerator before grabbing a pack of shi+rataki, soetables, and a pre-prepped slice of fish set in a cera the instructions on the container, I fill the ceramic container with the fish, with a centi water, and turn on the heat I then open the pack of noodles and put into the boiling water fuuu I sigh as I think of the cheese froht of the market research and the food Kun-ni made, I can only curse silently at my own body The body that is unable to handle the so called excitable food Shaking hts, I start a e [T/N: shi+rataki is noodles ue The more well known form of food from this plant would be konnyaku and fruit jelly with a cube of nata de coco in the center] biiiiiiiiii The unique sound of the ceramic container’s “completion” snaps me back to reality I quickly turn off the heat for the pot and the container before draining them with a colander I put the drained, bland food onto a shallow plate and place a serving of preserved vegetable on it before starting hly and quickly to get it over with Making quick work of the clean up, I resulish just the other day, I hope to finish learning by the day after I still don’t understand why people felt the need to have es, it seems so inefficient and stupid I vent ain I still need to learn market theories, merchant laws and a bunch of other stuff I better hurry if I am to fulfill my promise anytime soon shu zudon shu zudon shu zudon A youth is throwing balls of ice at a large target 15nearby had stopped their shooting a while back and watched with interest, their tails waving all the while It would be nothing special if the youth is ht on, but the balls of ice rarely travel in a straight line There are balls that that travel in a curved path There are balls that look to be thrown to the side or above the target that will cut sharply before striking the target, the strangest ones seems to break in the opposite direction of the ball’s lateral direction The distance is insignificant to the bow and arrow, but the a displayed ?” “No clue, but how do the ice blocks ic?” “No… I don’t sense any spells at all” Rick winds up again, except this tiht The ball of ice cli its peak of 3 et In a s the pitch’san overhand pitch with a sharper shu than the one before zudon zudon The pitches hit the target a split second apart, with the first pitch hitting the top of the target while the second ones hit below it around knee height fuuuuuuuuu The youth breathes out a long breath before wiping the sweat fro caninoids start clapping after the end of the display “Eh…? Ehhhhhhh……?” The blonde youth turns red unexpectedly and starts scratching the back of his head with a “what the hell is going on” expression One of the older caninoid archers approaches him from another lane, “Headmaster Rick” The youth looks ill at ease as everyone seeed archer He squawks out an odd “Yes?” before coughing and correcting hinified “Yes?” “What was it that you were doing? It looked like you were battling… yet… not” “Ah… It’s a sport in my country It’s um…” Rick crosses his arm and scrunches his eyebrows as he tries to explain it The impromptu audience waits patiently for his response “Ah! It’s a mock battle between a thrower and a defender” “A thrower?” “Tsk! It’s like, okay, you are the archer, you are trying to kill soet The defender is soet and trys to block your shot Now, replace bow and arroith balls or stones and sling Although the sling version hasn’t been played in years” “Oh! I see, so Headmaster Rick is a warrior even at home?” “Eh? What? No, no, it’s a sport! It’s played for entertainladiator?” “Wow, no wonder he’s a Headive [Cerebus] trouble” “ You guys didn’t hear a word I said… Did you…?” fuuu Rick sighs and sluossipy crowd The older gentle expression Rick goes on a quick tour of the Acade is in order Aside fro some students to help with the [Namakemono Chicken] and the expansion of the new coops, there was nothing else that was pressing Happy that everything is in order, he heads to his assigned roo out Rick gets up from the bed in his 3rd story studio apartment and jumps in space a few times to loosen up He quickly uses the washrooes into a set of shi+rt and shorts He pours a glass of water frorabs his keys and exits his apart down the exposed hallway and takes in the late ht stretches at the botto his daily routine froo