Chapter 32
I stared at Sasakura-san, who was in her combat posture and was gathering magical power.
Well.
This is the second time I have seen this scene, but it is still gloomy.
“Shinjou-kun?! What are you doing!”
“Oh, sorry. They can’t see us from the other side so you don’t have to be careful.”
Oops, I was called out for being out of focus and not doing any battle preparation.
I forgot to explain that this apartment, which was protected by the barriers, was invisible to all the strange things outside.
With a bitter smile, I apologized and explained that there was no problem.
However, for some reason, Sasakura-san did not release her combat posture.
“But it… isn’t it looking over here?”
A strange variant stopped moving and looked at us.
The variant had a body of about a 2 meters round purple flesh, with five arms that looked like that of a large person. Three arms were on the ground supporting the body while the other two was constantly moving its fingers around as if it’s controlling a string puppet.
There were three eye-like red spheres on its front, and those three eyes are certainly facing towards us.
However, when I sharpened my focus and watched it closely… I didn’t feel any particular gaze from the variant.
Well, of course, even if the barrier was in transparent mode, it’s not possible to see inside here from that side, so it’s only natural.
However, Sasakura-san seemed to feel that it was clearly looking…
“It’s more like it’s looking at Sasakura-san… Ah, I think it’s reacting to gathered magical power.”
Maybe it didn’t see it with its eyes, but it sensed the magical power.
It’s hard to distinguish on the other variants, but I didn’t notice any reaction from them, so this variant might have an outstanding perception.
The barrier should have blocked that, but I guess it might have little leaked out a little because Sasakura-san’s magical power was so huge.
“So slowly–“
“Oh, sorry.”
“–Suppress your magical power…like that”
I though she hadn’t deduced the situation yet, so I told Sasakura-san why she was being looked at and asked her to slowly suppress her magical powers, but before I said everything, she quickly dispersed her magical powers.
At that moment, some black lines appeared on the body of the variant, and it opened the body, revealing countless tusks and forming several rock spears around it.
It’s hard to understand because the sound from outside was cut off, but the atmosphere suggests that it was screaming.
Clearly, it was in a combat position.
“Ah, uh… I… uh, Shinjou-kun?”
“Well, this is how the apartment is. Unlike the League headquarters, there is usually a variant outside the window. It was originally my plan to use this one. “
“Well, that is”
Sasakura-san was dumbfounded when she realized that her careless behavior had caused the variant to react.
For the time being, I reassured her and told her that I was planning to use this other world apartment from the start.
Sasakura-san’s eyes widened at my words that I said calmly just like usual.
“So, why don’t we have breakfast here later?”
“But we must do something about that!”
“Oh, it’s okay, it’s okay. It’s safe, you know… see.”
Then I took her hand and walked quickly to get out of the other world, but I stopped and pointed to the window in response to Sasakura-san who was making a panicked voice.
There was the sight of the rock spears hitting again and again on the transparent barrier without any sound or fluctuation.
It’s not so soft that it can be broken by such an attack.
“There’s no problem because If you leave it alone, it’ll get tired of it. “
“O-oh… I wanted you to tell me all that first…”
“Sorry, I forgot.”
After laughing while making a thumbs up, I dropped my shoulders tiredly and muttered my apology.
Thinking about it, it’s impossible to show Sasakura-san around without ensuring safety.
It was so obvious that I forgot.
Then, after I apologized and we left the other world, Sasakura-san sighed and declared while pointing at me.
“Let me make breakfast as a punishment!”
“Punishment?”
What’s this, I’m so happy.
Sasakura-san’s homemade food, I want to see her make it and taste it.
So, I tried to go to the kitchen together with Sasakura-san to admire her cooking appearance, but unfortunately, I was told not to do so, so I waited quietly in the living room.
No, but it was Sasakura-san’s homemade cooking.
It may be easy to say because it’s breakfast, but I don’t mind how much effort she puts on her dishes.
What’s important is to be able to have Sasakura-san’s homemade cooking.
Sasakura’s homemade cooking, which will be the first breakfast we eat together, is a mouth-watering phrase.
By the way, for dinner yesterday, I took out what I had prepared from the infinite warehouse and ate it.
At that time, I was praised for being a good cook with shining eyes, but I was sure that was flattery.
It was just vegetables that had been seasoned and stir-fried.
Still, her interest in cooking seemed to be quite deep, so I can expect a lot for breakfast today.
That’s right, so I’m sure it’s just my imagination that there was a burnt smell coming from the kitchen.
I’m sure…
Then 10 minutes later.
After finishing cooking, Sasakura-san came to the living room with a plate in both hands.
“… here you go”
“… I’ll ask just in case, is this supposed to be a punishment for me?”
“…I made it very seriously.”
I asked her something rude when she muttered with a tearful face.
On the other hand, Sasakura-san looked away with a cold sweat and told me that it was not on purpose.
Yeah, well. She had a plate with the same meal in front of her. I shouldn’t have asked.
The menu was toast, bacon, and eggs.
The toast was dark brown… no, it’s not dark brown. It’s partly black.
The bacon was relatively clean, but it’s quite burnt in the back.
As for the eggs…
“Scramble?”
“Fried Eggs”
“Aren’t they? That’s right.”
The eggs were fried without the egg yolk on top.
Well, this was just normal, no matter what it looks like.
I liked soft-boiled food, but I also liked well-roasted food, so there’s no problem.
The seasoning was simple salt and pepper.
“Let’s dig in.”1
“… let’s dig in.”
I enjoyed looking at the food for a while, so it’s time to eat the meal.
When I declared that I’m going to eat, a slightly depressed voice followed.
…I’ll give you rainbow grapes later.
Well, first of all, toast… Umm, it’s hard. And bitter.
But since we have margarine and jam, I was able to eat it.
Then I took a piece of bacon and bit it.
…I thought it was bacon, but it seemed to be a new kind of snack.
With its crisp texture, indescribable bitterness spread in my mouth.
I ate the toast and bacon first, and at the end I decided to have a fried egg.
The reason I left it for the last time was because it looked relatively decent.
“Hmm…!”
So, when I had a bite of the fried egg, a sharp, intense stimulus pierced my tongue.
… it’s spicy!
Pepper! It’s so spicy!
And when I ate another part.
“Hmm!”
This time it was extremely salty.
It was salty enough that I could barely eat it.
The parts were either salty or spicy that it was painful to eat.
Anyway, maybe because I was concentrating on eating quickly, Sasakura-san and I were silent the whole time while eating breakfast.
I occasionally looked at her face, and every time she ate, she frowned.
Then I continued eating silently, and when we finally got everything into our stomachs, Sasakura-san and I had lost some of our facial expressions and the light was disappearing from our eyes.
I didn’t think I can enjoy this feeling all day, so after drinking water and taking a rest, I took out the rainbow grapes from the infinite warehouse.
At that moment, Sasakura-san’s eyes lit up.
“That! …um, I’d be happy if I can get some… haha…”
“Of course, have as much as you like.”
While saying that, I took it in my mouth and felt the energy that was lost returning to me through its extreme sweetness.
Sasakura-san immediately took it in her mouth, and her expression changed to a blissful expression.
We ate the rainbow grapes until we were satisfied, then we put our hands together and said our thanks for the meal.
“For the time being, I’ll be the one cooking.”
“……Please”
Thus, a role in our future life was decided.
T/N:
1 – “Itadakimasu”
Chapter 32
I stared at Sasakura-san, who was in her combat posture and was gathering magical power.
Well.
This is the second time I have seen this scene, but it is still gloomy.
“Shinjou-kun?! What are you doing!”
“Oh, sorry. They can’t see us from the other side so you don’t have to be careful.”
Oops, I was called out for being out of focus and not doing any battle preparation.
I forgot to explain that this apartment, which was protected by the barriers, was invisible to all the strange things outside.
With a bitter smile, I apologized and explained that there was no problem.
However, for some reason, Sasakura-san did not release her combat posture.
“But it… isn’t it looking over here?”
A strange variant stopped moving and looked at us.
The variant had a body of about a 2 meters round purple flesh, with five arms that looked like that of a large person. Three arms were on the ground supporting the body while the other two was constantly moving its fingers around as if it’s controlling a string puppet.
There were three eye-like red spheres on its front, and those three eyes are certainly facing towards us.
However, when I sharpened my focus and watched it closely… I didn’t feel any particular gaze from the variant.
Well, of course, even if the barrier was in transparent mode, it’s not possible to see inside here from that side, so it’s only natural.
However, Sasakura-san seemed to feel that it was clearly looking…
“It’s more like it’s looking at Sasakura-san… Ah, I think it’s reacting to gathered magical power.”
Maybe it didn’t see it with its eyes, but it sensed the magical power.
It’s hard to distinguish on the other variants, but I didn’t notice any reaction from them, so this variant might have an outstanding perception.
The barrier should have blocked that, but I guess it might have little leaked out a little because Sasakura-san’s magical power was so huge.
“So slowly–“
“Oh, sorry.”
“–Suppress your magical power…like that”
I though she hadn’t deduced the situation yet, so I told Sasakura-san why she was being looked at and asked her to slowly suppress her magical powers, but before I said everything, she quickly dispersed her magical powers.
At that moment, some black lines appeared on the body of the variant, and it opened the body, revealing countless tusks and forming several rock spears around it.
It’s hard to understand because the sound from outside was cut off, but the atmosphere suggests that it was screaming.
Clearly, it was in a combat position.
“Ah, uh… I… uh, Shinjou-kun?”
“Well, this is how the apartment is. Unlike the League headquarters, there is usually a variant outside the window. It was originally my plan to use this one. “
“Well, that is”
Sasakura-san was dumbfounded when she realized that her careless behavior had caused the variant to react.
For the time being, I reassured her and told her that I was planning to use this other world apartment from the start.
Sasakura-san’s eyes widened at my words that I said calmly just like usual.
“So, why don’t we have breakfast here later?”
“But we must do something about that!”
“Oh, it’s okay, it’s okay. It’s safe, you know… see.”
Then I took her hand and walked quickly to get out of the other world, but I stopped and pointed to the window in response to Sasakura-san who was making a panicked voice.
There was the sight of the rock spears hitting again and again on the transparent barrier without any sound or fluctuation.
It’s not so soft that it can be broken by such an attack.
“There’s no problem because If you leave it alone, it’ll get tired of it. “
“O-oh… I wanted you to tell me all that first…”
“Sorry, I forgot.”
After laughing while making a thumbs up, I dropped my shoulders tiredly and muttered my apology.
Thinking about it, it’s impossible to show Sasakura-san around without ensuring safety.
It was so obvious that I forgot.
Then, after I apologized and we left the other world, Sasakura-san sighed and declared while pointing at me.
“Let me make breakfast as a punishment!”
“Punishment?”
What’s this, I’m so happy.
Sasakura-san’s homemade food, I want to see her make it and taste it.
So, I tried to go to the kitchen together with Sasakura-san to admire her cooking appearance, but unfortunately, I was told not to do so, so I waited quietly in the living room.
No, but it was Sasakura-san’s homemade cooking.
It may be easy to say because it’s breakfast, but I don’t mind how much effort she puts on her dishes.
What’s important is to be able to have Sasakura-san’s homemade cooking.
Sasakura’s homemade cooking, which will be the first breakfast we eat together, is a mouth-watering phrase.
By the way, for dinner yesterday, I took out what I had prepared from the infinite warehouse and ate it.
At that time, I was praised for being a good cook with shining eyes, but I was sure that was flattery.
It was just vegetables that had been seasoned and stir-fried.
Still, her interest in cooking seemed to be quite deep, so I can expect a lot for breakfast today.
That’s right, so I’m sure it’s just my imagination that there was a burnt smell coming from the kitchen.
I’m sure…
Then 10 minutes later.
After finishing cooking, Sasakura-san came to the living room with a plate in both hands.
“… here you go”
“… I’ll ask just in case, is this supposed to be a punishment for me?”
“…I made it very seriously.”
I asked her something rude when she muttered with a tearful face.
On the other hand, Sasakura-san looked away with a cold sweat and told me that it was not on purpose.
Yeah, well. She had a plate with the same meal in front of her. I shouldn’t have asked.
The menu was toast, bacon, and eggs.
The toast was dark brown… no, it’s not dark brown. It’s partly black.
The bacon was relatively clean, but it’s quite burnt in the back.
As for the eggs…
“Scramble?”
“Fried Eggs”
“Aren’t they? That’s right.”
The eggs were fried without the egg yolk on top.
Well, this was just normal, no matter what it looks like.
I liked soft-boiled food, but I also liked well-roasted food, so there’s no problem.
The seasoning was simple salt and pepper.
“Let’s dig in.”1
“… let’s dig in.”
I enjoyed looking at the food for a while, so it’s time to eat the meal.
When I declared that I’m going to eat, a slightly depressed voice followed.
…I’ll give you rainbow grapes later.
Well, first of all, toast… Umm, it’s hard. And bitter.
But since we have margarine and jam, I was able to eat it.
Then I took a piece of bacon and bit it.
…I thought it was bacon, but it seemed to be a new kind of snack.
With its crisp texture, indescribable bitterness spread in my mouth.
I ate the toast and bacon first, and at the end I decided to have a fried egg.
The reason I left it for the last time was because it looked relatively decent.
“Hmm…!”
So, when I had a bite of the fried egg, a sharp, intense stimulus pierced my tongue.
… it’s spicy!
Pepper! It’s so spicy!
And when I ate another part.
“Hmm!”
This time it was extremely salty.
It was salty enough that I could barely eat it.
The parts were either salty or spicy that it was painful to eat.
Anyway, maybe because I was concentrating on eating quickly, Sasakura-san and I were silent the whole time while eating breakfast.
I occasionally looked at her face, and every time she ate, she frowned.
Then I continued eating silently, and when we finally got everything into our stomachs, Sasakura-san and I had lost some of our facial expressions and the light was disappearing from our eyes.
I didn’t think I can enjoy this feeling all day, so after drinking water and taking a rest, I took out the rainbow grapes from the infinite warehouse.
At that moment, Sasakura-san’s eyes lit up.
“That! …um, I’d be happy if I can get some… haha…”
“Of course, have as much as you like.”
While saying that, I took it in my mouth and felt the energy that was lost returning to me through its extreme sweetness.
Sasakura-san immediately took it in her mouth, and her expression changed to a blissful expression.
We ate the rainbow grapes until we were satisfied, then we put our hands together and said our thanks for the meal.
“For the time being, I’ll be the one cooking.”
“……Please”
Thus, a role in our future life was decided.
T/N:
1 – “Itadakimasu”
