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Published at 12th of April 2024 05:56:55 AM


Chapter 50

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Chapter 50:

Eating Ramen

Room 301, was Serai's room. Facing east, it must be the best room in this apartment, where the morning sun shines brightly.

"I'll get ready quickly, so wait outside!"

Saying that Serai-san hurriedly entered the room. I wanted to say something like, "Get ready in 40 seconds!" to her retreating figure, but I refrained from doing so. After all, it was such a famous line, and I feared it would create an awkward atmosphere if Serai-san knew about it.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

"Hmm"

Taking my gaze away from the room's closed door, I looked at the surrounding scenery.

Her room is on the third floor, the view was quite nice. Yeah, it's a nice place to live. Female college students these days are amazing. Serai-san is probably busy opening drawers and packing her belongings in the room. I couldn't help but feel a little excited thinking about what kind of panties Serai-san chose for the overnight stay.

However, such enjoyable and exciting fantasies were suddenly interrupted. I caught sight of a suspicious figure in the corner of my vision. The narrow alley in front of the apartment didn't have a distinction between the sidewalk and the road. From the T-shaped intersection to the left, a figure that appeared to be a man suddenly emerged and looked at me standing in front of Serai-san's room. Then, the figure hurriedly hide in the alley from which he had just come out.

"Huh!?"

(Could that be the stalker Serai-san was talking about!?)

"(Clatter) Sorry for the wait, master! Hm, is something wrong?"

"Huh? Ah, no, it's nothing"

As Serai-san noticed my troubled expression and asked me, the presence of the possible stalker targeting Serai-san disappeared from my perceptible range.

(Damn it. Maybe it was a failure.)

I hesitated. I hesitated to use the power I had gained in the dungeon on the ground. I could have jumped down from the third floor and immediately chased after the prowler.

I hesitated. Using the power I gained in the dungeon on the surface. With my current abilities, I could have jumped from the third floor and immediately pursued the suspicious person.

But due to my usual efforts to avoid using the power gained in the dungeon outside of it and the anxiety of "what if the opponent is also an ability user like me," hesitation arose, and I couldn't act immediately.

That's right. If the opponent is also someone who gained power and skills in the dungeon, it would be too dangerous to rush in defenselessly. If the opponent were to resist with the power I gained in desperation, I would have no choice but to go all out. And if by any chance, the opponent was also a user of [Acid] like me, without the Mushiou suit, it would likely end up in a mutual defeat. Yeah, that person could defeat me.

"Well then, shall we go? Master's house."

"Yeah, sure"

I put the large Boston bag on Serai-san's back and slowly started the bike with mixed feelings.

..

"Alright, we've arrived."

"This is your master's house? But isn't this a public bath?"

"Yeah, it's a public bath. My bathroom is small, so let's take a bath here before going home."

"Oh, I see. Thank you for considering me. I appreciate it."

On the way back, instead of going straight to my place, we stopped at a public bath. That's because being hugged from behind by Serai-san had an incredible effect, and it was distracting me.

I entered the shop and sat across from Serai-san.

"Nah, I was waiting for you. Plus, I wanted to hear your recommendation."

"Recommendation, huh? My usual choices are garlic ramen and garlic chives dumplings, something with stamina. How about a vegetable-rich tantanmen for a girl like you?"

"I see. So, what will you have today, master?"

"Hmm, let me think. Since I assume you wouldn't want to be around someone who smells like garlic in the room, I'll go with miso ramen and a Chinese-style rice bowl."

"It's fine. You don't have to worry about that. I'm also curious about what you usually eat, master, so I'll order the same."

"Hmm In that case, it would be garlic ramen, garlic chives dumplings, and stir-fried garlic chives with liver. Is that okay?"

"That's fine. Let's both embrace the garlic aroma."

(Guhh! If I didn't know Serai-san's personality. I'd probably fall for it. But she won't fool me.)

"All right, be prepared for the garlic scent."

"Yes!"

..

"Here you go. Garlic ramen, garlic chives dumplings, and stir-fried garlic chives with the liver."

"Wow!"

Seiki-san's eyes widened as the garlic ramen arrived.

Well, it's understandable. This garlic ramen is topped with a mound of grated garlic in the center, about the size of one garlic bulb.

"It's amazing"

"Yeah. The grated garlic is soaked in the ramen broth and cooked to mellow out the flavor. Otherwise, the garlic's components would be too strong and upset your stomach."

"What?! Is that some dangerous food?"

"Well, this amount of garlic can be dangerous for beginners. Serai-san, it's better to leave only the amount you think you can handle and transfer the rest to my bowl."

"Okay, I'll do that"

Even Serai-san, as composed as she is, seemed taken aback by the amount of garlic, carefully moving the garlic using her chopsticks.

"SlurpSlurpSlurp! (Munch) SlurpSlurpSlurp!!"

"SlurpSlurp! (Munch) SlurpSlurpSlurp!!"

And so Serai-san and I enjoyed our garlic ramen, sweating on our foreheads.

Occasionally, we would take a break and eat dumplings or stir-fried garlic chives with liver, then return to the garlic ramen. Serai-san's eating style was quite wild today, perhaps influenced by my presence.

And the familiar staff members of this restaurant, who were used to seeing me dine alone, observed us with an oddly mischievous smile as we, a cute girl and I enjoyed garlic ramen together.




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