It has been a few days since Yuna and I started becoming instructors at the Royal Academy, and today, it's finally the end of the school week. It was veneris, or in Earth's language, friday.

「Alright. That will be all for today, if you don't have any questions, then you are all dismissed.」Grey

「Yay! It's finally the weekends!」

「I could finally rest!」

「Bye, sensei!」

Like all high school students would be, my students were elated when I dismissed them. It was finally the weekends, meaning they could heal up all the fatigue they acquired from my spartan training regime.

Although I know it's not good to eavesdrop, I also heard some of them saying they want to have fun at the carnival. They were saying it's to reward themselves for surviving such a harsh school week.

「Grey, are you also going to the carnival with Yuna?」Julius

「We already went there last solis, so probably not.」Grey

「Normies. Going on to dates during solis.」Julius

「Speak for yourself, haven't been going to the carnival since marti?」Grey

Julius tried to think up something to retort against what I said, but he wasn't able to. Amelia on the other hand was extremely embarrassed after hearing my words.

「Tsk. You win this time.」Julius

Julius clicked his tongue as he admitted defeat, though I don't remember us having a competition in the first place.

「Well then, we'll be going now. See you next time.」Julius

「See you at lunae, Grey-kun.」Amelia

「Yeah.」Grey

With the two of them restraining themselves from holding each other's hands, Amelia and Julius excited the room and headed to the carnival.

As for me, I was tidying up the room and making sure it was like how it was when I came in the morning. And after confirming that it was, I locked the room and stored the key to my 『Storage』.

I should probably get Yuna now. Well, I don't really need to hurry since Elise and Elaine are accompanying her, but still, I want to see her as soon as possible.

This feeling of wanting to see her probably sprouted from the fact that I haven't spent as much time with her as usual. I wonder what this feeling is called...

While thinking of such nonsense, I headed to Yuna's homeroom and like I expected, she was chatting merrily with Elise and Elaine while waiting for me to get her.

And because of her ability, she already knew I was approaching, so when I entered the room, she was already eyeing the entrance and greeted me with a wave of her hand and a smile as soon as she saw me.

「Are you three ready to go home yet?」Grey

Ever since we started without a job at the academy, every time dismissal arrives, the four of us always go home together. Although I don't really hate it, I still miss the times when it was just the two of us.

It is also worth noting that every time we go home, we always catch the attention of the crowd, but by now, not only us but the crowd also got used to it already. Although I still get a lot of hurtful stares from men.

「Un.」Yuna

「Yeah.」Elise

「Yes.」Elaine

With everything settled, the four of us headed back home as per usual, but when we were halfway through the way...

「Onee-sama～!!」???

... a familiar voice suddenly called out to Elise. It came from the carriage just a few meters behind us, and the owner of the voice was none other than Liz.

「Liz!」Elise

Liz suddenly opened the carriage's door and quickly ran towards Elise to give her a tight embrace.

「Onee-sama, I missed you. Ah! And Elaine-oneesama, Yuna-oneesama, and Grey-oniisama too. I also missed all of you.」Eliza

「Yeah, we missed you too.」Grey

「You've become taller, Lis-chan.」Elaine

「How have you been, Liz-chan?」Yuna

One by one, all of us gave our greetings to Liz. I patted her head, Yuna and Elaine gave her a hug, and...

「Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!」Eliza

... Elise pinched her cheeks tightly. It took some time before Elise let go of Liz's cheeks. As for Liz's cheek, they were really red.

「W... Why...?」Eliza

「That's punishment for calling me flat.」Elise

Ah... So it was about that...

Liz, if you want to blame someone for your suffering, you can blame it on Yuna. She was the one who told Elise about that odd topic.

While the scene was happening, Elaine wasn't able to understand what happened so Yuna briefly explained it to her. When she was finished explaining, for some reason, the two of them looked at a certain area of Elise's body.

「I think I can understand where Liz-chan is coming from...」Elaine

「Un. Me too...」Yuna

Yuna and Elaine mumbled in low voices, all while still staring at that certain part of Elise's body. It was a problem they couldn't relate to.

「It's good to see you so energetic. So, how have you been, Elise?」Fritz

「Otou-sama!」Elise

Following Liz, Fritz also came down off the carriage to greet his daughter, and when Elise saw him, like Liz, she also gave him a tight embrace.

It was an understandable reaction since they only see each other a few times every year, but still, aren't they embarrassed? They were still in public, after all.

Well, I guess embarrassment is nothing when it is up against longing for a loved one.

Elise's embrace to her father lasted for about half a minute, and when she finally let go, she wiped off the tears that formed in the corner of her eyes.

「Looks like my daughter and niece were in your care again. Grey, Yuna.」Fritz

「It was just a coincidence.」Yuna

「We just happened to have a job at the academy.」Grey

「A job at the academy, huh... I would love to hear more about that, but first, why don't we get inside the carriage first?」Fritz

Following Fritz's invitation, all of us boarded the carriage they were riding. And as one would expect from a noble's carriage, it was pretty spacious. Although there were six of us inside, we weren't cramped at all.

There, we told Fritz about how we became instructors at the Royal Academy. But of course, we skipped the part where we were officially identified as S-rankers. It would be troublesome if they knew.

「So it was Commander Vanessa's scheme... So Gustav's story was true. She really is a troublemaker.」Fritz

「Well, we aren't regretting our choices. Teaching in the academy is fun in its own way.」Grey

「We were also able to make friends our age. It was a wonderful experience for the both of uー」Yuna

「Yuna-chan...」Elise

「We love you, Yuna-chan!」Elaine

Elise and Elaine were so moved by Yuna's words, that before she could even finish her words, Elise and Elaine already embraced her tightly.

「Does that mean Yuna-oneesama doesn't consider me a friend?」Eliza

But while they were having a fun time hugging Yuna, someone was pouting over something and that someone was Liz. She seemed to have misunderstood Yuna's words.

「Ah! Of course, Liz-chan is also a precious friend, but you're also like a little sister to us. Right, Grey?」Yuna

「Yeah. You're our sweet little sister.」Grey

I said whilst patting Liz's head gently. It was the same way I pat Yuna's head. And after hearing our words, Liz's mood improved greatly and a smile bloomed on her face.

「Hehe... Then that means I have three older siblings now...」Eliza

「Three? Liz-chan, how about me?!」Elaine

「Ah, I mean four! I have four older siblings!」Eliza

「That's alright Liz-chan, you're not obligated to say that to comfort me. I'm always forgotten anyways...」Elaine

「No, no, no! I really mean it! I also love Elaine-oneesama!」Eliza

While Elaine and Liz's drama continued, the carriage continued traveling towards the Landevar mansion, and after a few more minutes, we finally arrived there.

As soon as the carriage halted in front of the mansion, like before, Liz quickly opened the doors and dashed out towards the mansion. She was obviously excited to see her mother again.

As for Elaine who was crestfallen just a few minutes ago, she was back to herself and was chatting happily with the girls. Me and Fritz were also having our own chat.

「「Welcome back, Fritz-sama.」」

The moment the guards noticed Fritz, they immediately bowed their heads to greet him, and since the guards were already acquainted with us, they just let us pass through without inspections. Not to mention that we were together with the lord at that moment,

Liz who went ahead of us was nowhere to be seen, she was searching the whole mansion for her mother. As for the rest of us, we headed to the parlor and continued our talk there.

A few moments later, Eleanora-san and Liz arrived at the parlor and joined us with our talk. But before anything else, Eleanora gave Fritz a hug as tight as she could.

「Do you want to eat dinner first? Or perhaps do you want to rest? How about a bath?」Eleanora

「Eleanora, we're fine. We'll just have those later.」Fritz

「Are you sure? You're not forcing yourself, are you?」Eleanora

「Yeah, I'm fine. I really aー」Fritz

「Ahem! Okaa-sama, Otou-sama, I just want to remind you that we have guests over. Please save the intimate acts for later.」Elise

After Elise released a very straightforward statement, the married couple suddenly froze and an awkward atmosphere loomed over the room. They were reminded that they weren't alone.

「Ah, o-of course.」Fritz

They quickly changed characters and acted as if we didn't see what happened and seated themselves with us.

We talked, we laughed, and we listened. We wasted about half an hour like that. And when evening arrived, Liz asked me and Yuna to once again cook dinner for her, like how we usually did back at Moterno.

And having tasted how the dishes we cooked tasted, Elise and Elaine's eyes lit up with anticipation. It was as if we were automatic food dispensers in their eyes.

Their orders were pizza, curry, tonkatsu, fried pork with ginger, and hamburg steak, with pudding for dessert. They were the only food which Liz knows the name of.

But what's bothering me was that they asked for pizza. Pizza isn't something to eat for dinner, and on top of it, it's considered junk food back on Earth.

Agh... I should probably cook something healthy and delicious next time. I feel like I'm becoming a bad influence on everyone's diet.

For some reason, when Yuna and I headed to the kitchen to cook, everyone followed us, and when we asked why they were following us, they said they wanted to see us cook.

Well, now that everyone's here, I should probably ask them that. It would be a problem if I cook something they're not comfortable with.

「Everyone, what kind of meat do you want me to use?」Grey

「Meat?」Eliza

「Couldn't you just use what you usually use?」Elise

what we usually use, huh... The thing is, we use different types of meat every time we cook so there's no such thing as a meat we usually use.

Ahh... I should probably rephrase the question...

In consideration of everyone, I opened up my 『Storage』and retrieved different kinds of meat and placed them on top of the kitchen table.

「Which meat do you want me to use?」Grey

When I asked that question, everyone then eyed the kinds of meat in front of them. They were looking at it with eyes full of curiosity.

「Um, Grey-kun, just a question. Is this meat bulldeer?」Eleanora

Eleanora-san asked whilst pointing to meat located third from the right. It was a reddish-brown meat that contained little to no fat.

「It is. And this one is adarna, cervidian fowl, striped bison, aronel, snapping lobster, jet hawk, rock falcon, dire wolf, and grey-horned boar.」Grey

Starting from the left, I named all the meat on the table and since I was so focused by it, I didn't notice everyone's reactions, and just continued with naming the meats on the table.

The moment I finished naming all the meat, it was the time where I noticed everyone's shocked faces with their mouths wide open in agape. They were all frozen.

Well everyone except Yuna and Liz. Yuna already knows what types of meat I have in store. As for Liz, she has know idea which kinds of meat are rare and which aren't. She saw all meat as the same.

Ah... I did it again...

I promised myself to not use any kind of high-class ingredient when cooking for others, but since they were nobles, I got carried away and broke my promise. I forgot that even nobles have a hard time getting those ingredients.

「I knew it. You brought out ridiculously expensive and rare ingredients again. I should have known it since the beginning.」Fritz

「Umm... Grey-kun, don't you have more normal ingredients like maybe beef, pork, mutton, or chicken?」Eleanora

「I... don't.」Grey

When they heard my response, I could practically see everyone's heads aching even more. They just couldn't comprehend why I have so many high-class ingredients yet no common ones.

Since Yuna and I had always been eating meat from the beasts and animals we hunted, we didn't really see the need to buy some from the market. We just used whatever we have as a substitute for the dishes we cook.

「Ugh... I feel like my head's going to hurt more if I continue to ask further questions. Just use whatever meat you feel like using. They're all delicious anyways.」Fritz

「But Grey-kun, Yuna-chan, are you really sure you want to use these kinds of meat for our dinner. They're not something you can acquire easily, you know.」Eleanora

「Don't bother asking them that, Eleanora. They'll just respond with "It's fine, we hunted them by ourselves anyways" or something.」Fritz

「Oh...」Eleanora

I was about to respond to Eleanora-san's when Fritz went ahead of me and answered it himself. His answer was spot on, and on top of that, he sounded like he already gave up on us when he said it.

Well, we can't really argue with him since it was true. After all, Yuna and I are considered odd even in the adventurer's guild.

We should really restrain ourselves in front of others...

After that Fritz allowed us to use any kind of meat we wanted, Yuna and I proceeded to cook dinner. And needless to say, when dinner arrived we had a hearty meal with everyone.

Everyone's expressions were so elated that it was as if the scene in the kitchen never happened to begin with.

It seems like no matter which world you are, good food can always make one forget of their problems. Though was what happened even a problem to begin with?

Well whatever, all's well that ends well, I guess...

CHAPTER 67 END