Eating Ran
Room 301, was Serai's room. Facing east, it must be the best room in this apartnt, 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 sothing 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.
"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 apartnt 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 erged and looked at standing in front of Serai-san's room. Then, the figure hurriedly hide in the alley from which he had just co out.
"Huh!?"
(Could that be the stalker Serai-san was talking about!?)
"(Clatter) Sorry for the wait, master! Hm, is sothing wrong?"
"Huh? Ah, no, it's nothing"
As Serai-san noticed my troubled expression and asked , 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 imdiately 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 imdiately 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 ," hesitation arose, and I couldn't act imdiately.
That's right. If the opponent is also soone 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 , without the Mushiou suit, it would likely end up in a mutual defeat. Yeah, that person could defeat .
"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 ho."
"Oh, I see. Thank you for considering . 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 .
There were many things to consider, such as the suspicious person I saw and covering up the information about Serai-san coming to my ho. However, I couldn't concentrate while riding my motorcycle with Serai-san sitting behind .
I wanted ti to think carefully before returning ho, and there was another reason for stopping at the public bath.
At night, a man and a woman under the sa roof, take turns to bathe. It was thrilling when there was a chance of accidentally witnessing each other naked.
However, if such a situation were to occur to , I had no social skills to handle the awkwardness that would follow. That was the main reason for stopping at the public bath.
Well, my apartnt has a unit bath, where the toilet and bathroom are fused, so the bath is indeed small.
[Kapoon]
(When I get back ho, I should do this. I should do it like that.)
As I soaked in the bathtub, I desperately tried to think about how to protect my secret.
..
We arrived at my apartnt, which is my ho.
"This is master's house?"
When I inford Serai-san that this was my apartnt, she blinked in surprise. It seed like she was comparing it to her place and finding the exterior several levels below her expectations. However, nothing I could do about it now, as I had been living in this apartnt for several years and had no choice but to accept it.
"There's a ran shop on the street just before turning into this alley. How about having dinner there? I'll leave my bag in the room and join you."
"O-Okay"
Deciding on that rather forcefully, I took Serai-san's bag and headed to my room alone.
(Preparation start!)
Now, it's my turn to get ready in 40 seconds.
I quickly removed the external HDD that was filled with recorded ani from the TV, and to overco any difficulties, I unplugged the computer from its cords and relocated them to the dungeon entrance. After all, my computer's desktop is filled with shortcuts to eroge gas.
By doing this, the computer desk ended up suspiciously with only the monitor placed on it, but I could just say, "My computer is currently being repaired." I already moved all my otaku goods to the dungeon's entrance. I'm glad I moved them.
Thus, I disguised my room, which belonged to a hobbyless and plain guy, as my room. The problematic refrigerator was sealed with duct tape. I nad it the "Operation: The refrigerator downstairs is broken and doesn't work, so I'm taping it shut because the door keeps opening by itself'" strategy. This disguise is quite far-fetched.
But this was the limit for a disguise that I could do in a short amount of ti.
If I got any later, Serai-san might think, "Oh, master is desperately hiding erotic books and stuff for my sake."
"Please don't let Serai-san discover it"
I tapped the top of the refrigerator and hastily went to the ran shop.
..
And we arrived at our favorite ran chain shop.
Through the large window, I could see inside the restaurant, and Serai-san was sitting at a table, leaning forward and looking at the nu. Her ample bosom rested on the table, quite prominently, I must say.
"Sorry for the wait. Have you already placed your order?"
I entered the shop and sat across from Serai-san.
"Nah, I was waiting for you. Plus, I wanted to hear your recomndation."
"Recomndation, huh? My usual choices are garlic ran and garlic chives dumplings, sothing with stamina. How about a vegetable-rich tantann for a girl like you?"
"I see. So, what will you have today, master?"
"Hmm, let think. Since I assu you wouldn't want to be around soone who slls like garlic in the room, I'll go with miso ran 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 sa."
"Hmm In that case, it would be garlic ran, 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 .)
"All right, be prepared for the garlic scent."
"Yes!"
..
"Here you go. Garlic ran, garlic chives dumplings, and stir-fried garlic chives with the liver."
"Wow!"
Seiki-san's eyes widened as the garlic ran arrived.
Well, it's understandable. This garlic ran 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 ran broth and cooked to llow out the flavor. Otherwise, the garlic's components would be too strong and upset your stomach."
"What?! Is that so 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, seed 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 ran, 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 ran. Serai-san's eating style was quite wild today, perhaps influenced by my presence.
And the familiar staff mbers of this restaurant, who were used to seeing dine alone, observed us with an oddly mischievous smile as we, a cute girl and I enjoyed garlic ran together.
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