Sigh.
The entire cafeteria was crowded, as students rushed to fill their plates.
I had been lucky to arrive earlier.
The seating arrangent was simple, with long tables spread out throughout the dining hall.
Taking my plate, I made my way towards the end of the hall.
As the students were still trying to get their plates, the table was empty.
I took a seat at the right corner, adjacent to the wall, leaving a chair empty on my right. I liked sitting in quiet places, not attaching myself to the walls.
The students would mostly occupy the other tables, and as this one was at the end, few would co here.
Looking at my plate, I couldn’t help but marvel at the skills of the academy’s chefs.
The al was simple but elegant. Though the instructor had said it would be sothing special, I didn’t find it to be of the luxurious type.
I might have been biased in my opinion, but the food looked like an everyday thing.
The at was grilled thoroughly and arranged in pieces. Looking at the size of the at, I could tell it was so sort of monster at.
Not that the academy would provide anything ordinary.
Then there were so vegetables as a side dish, accompanied by so creamy desserts.
I had never been a picky eater.
As I took the first bite, I sensed people approaching .
"You never have the habit of waiting for soone, do you?"
Alia sat across from , in her own refined way. She had beco quite casual with over the days.
Giving her a short glance, I continued to eat, only for John to sit beside .
"Don’t ignore ."
Alia’s voice reached my ears, though I decided to ignore her for the ti being. Honestly, I wasn’t being disrespectful. My hunger was real!
"Did you pass?"
But on second thought, I decided to give the girl at least so face value.
After all, she had so real value for .
At my question, Alia’s face turned a little darker.
Hm?
"You might have been so big shot in the test, but that doesn’t an others are shit!"
Huh?
What was this crude language?
Did all the main characters have so secret fetish for such rough things? I had observed the sa behaviour in Vienna too.
Even John was surprised by her words.
"Cough... Let’s finish the food before it gets cold."
Seemingly realizing her mistake, Alia kept her head down for the ti being.
"Can we join you?"
I had to raise my head from the plate before once more, as Diana had approached us.
Looking at her, I could see that she wasn’t alone.
Alicia, Kevin, and... Noah were behind her. Though none of them seed pleased with Diana’s decision to dine with .
I an, Kevin and Alicia certainly didn’t have positive expressions. As for Noah, he had his regular smile plastered over his face.
Not finding any reason to be dramatic, I just nodded my head.
Seeing my confirmation, Diana moved closer to and sat just beside on my right.
I was now sandwiched between John and Diana, while the other three sat beside Alia on the opposite side.
An awkward silence ensued.
I didn’t try to correct it, as I was more focused on the al before .
"You really are sothing else. Scoring all the points by yourself. I am starting to feel that we were pretty useless at the practical."
Diana spoke in a low voice, closer to a whisper.
Haa...
Though I found the current developnt of events favourable for my goals, I didn’t like these kinds of situations.
Sitting and eating with the main characters of the ga, so of them being my biological siblings.
For the entirety of the ti, I had never even acknowledged the presence of Alicia and Kevin, let alone spoken to them.
After all, they had no real value in my eyes.
But—
She had!
"The monsters were weak."
I kept my answer short.
Though I had no desire to go through an interview, I had to at least give Diana so reply. There was no point in being extrely distant with her.
Still, that didn’t an I had to act all buddy-buddy with the Veltran princess.
"Is that so?"
Diana kept looking at for a few seconds before shifting her focus to the food before her.
As she was sitting close to , I could sll her perfu.
She seed to have washed her hair, as the fragrance of her shampoo filled my senses.
There was a long silence before—
"Are you evolving soon?"
Noah asked , his eyes never leaving my face.
Though his question felt like a natural thing to ask, I could sense the underlying jealousy in it.
"There’s still ti for that."
I didn’t even look into his eyes while replying.
But Noah, as always, had his bright persona on full display.
"You are strong, man! Maybe I could get a tip or two... Hahaha."
Weird.
That was the only thought in my mind.
If he wanted to act, couldn’t he make himself sound more believable?
Even John, with his little brain, could see the sarcasm in Noah’s tone.
Alia had been surprisingly quiet the entire ti.
Was she shy?
I didn’t react to Noah’s provocation, but I could feel the slight gaze that Diana had fixed on him.
But the protagonist, being oblivious to his own remarks, munched down the at, drinking so juice along with it.
Huh?
How could soone have juice with at?
These commoners...
Though I wasn’t looking at him, I could picturize his actions using my mana sense. And that was what made it possible for to notice the subtle glances from Kevin and Alicia.
The Frost siblings found themselves left out of the conversation.
Even Diana didn’t try to and anything between us.
I an, how could she, when even the two of us had barely talked since the test?
Following Noah’s weird remarks, along with so of John’s antics, the dinner concluded in silence.
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