Chapter 154 – Day 4 of the 70-5 Festival.

“…Hamburger?”
“Huh. It’s delicious here.”

Widely!

Allen, who puts the mountain of hamburgers piled up on a tray on the table, immediately opens the hamburger wrapper and takes a big bite, hands Vivian a hamburger.

“Is it delicious? I’m not going to eat?”
“…You can’t understand what I’m talking about? I’m sure it satisfies me…”
“Eat first. If it doesn’t taste good after eating, then I go to the most expensive restaurant you mentioned.”
“Just make it tasteless.”

Vivian wildly snatches the hamburger from Allen’s hand.

“Note, the side menu you ordered is here, sir…”
“Are you out already? It’s fast.”

Thud!

When an academy student who appeared to be a clerk placed a mountain of side menus on the table where Allens were sitting, the people around them all exclaimed exclamation at the sound of a thump, and the Allens were watching.

“The drinks are unlimited, right?”
“Yes, of course! Call me anytime if you need anything!”
“All right.”

The academy student, who appears to be a clerk, goes back to her place, wiping the sweat from her forehead and smiling very refreshingly.

“What does Vivian like?”
“…Uh? Ah. I’m a nugget…”
“Oh, are you like me?”

When Allen smiles happily, he puts the hamburger down for a while and opens various sauces.

“Then what kind of sauce is good for dipping nuggets in? Honey mustard? Sweet Chili? Or not…”
“I have honey mustard… But Allen Mestia.”
“Uh, why?”
“Well… Can you eat this… Mountains of burgers and sides all by yourself?”
“You saw me at the restaurant once? What kind of snack is this?”
“Oh, I see. It’s a snack…”

Vivian, who opened the wrapper and cutely ate the hamburger with both hands, was surprised to see Allen eating a hamburger and side menu that size.

Of course, as Allen said, I saw several towers of plates that kept piling up in the student cafeteria, but I didn’t actually see them eating from the beginning, so I just thought so…

Seeing it in person like this, I was really speechless and had no choice but to look at it with surprised rabbit eyes.

“Eat a lot, Vivian.”
“Uh… I’ll eat a lot…”

Vivien eats hamburgers metallurgically while staring at Allen, who inhales hamburgers, nuggets, chicken tenders, cheese sticks, egg tarts, and apple pie.

‘…Are you human? Eating like that puts a burden on your stomach. Rather, eating like that every day and not gaining weight…’

“Here! Give me a Coke! Just put in five ice cubes!”
“Yes! Here it is!”

As if his throat was sore, Allen ordered the clerk in detail, and as soon as she arrived at the table, she heard a cool sound of ice colliding.

“If you need anything else, call me anytime!”

Allen catches the clerk trying to leave after leaving such a clichéd comment.

“Wait a minute. Vivian.”
“Uh? Why…?”
“If you like nuggets, would you like more? Maybe it’s because I ate them all, so there are only a few left.”
“Ah, no… I’ve had enough of this…”
“Okay? I said no nuggets… Then what would you like to drink? Carbonated? Ade? Smoothie? Or coffee?”
“Buy. I’ll make cider…”
“Then, it’s possible here with cold cider and ice with thin ice, right?”
“Of course! Please wait for a moment! Hey, go to the booth next door…!”

The clerk yells at his colleague in the store and orders them to go to the next booth and make thin ice.

“You don’t have to do that…”
“Originally, cider should be drunk with thin ice to reveal its true value.”
“…You really like to eat, don’t you?”
“Is there anyone who doesn’t like to eat? But you have already eaten and are eating another hamburger.”
“I’m hungry, so…! Pear, hungry!”

Before I knew it, several finely folded wrapping papers were wandering around Vivian’s table.

Then, when I pointed at the folded hamburger wrapper, Vivian exclaimed loudly, slightly embarrassed.

“Okay. Eat a lot. No matter what you eat at your age…”
“On the subject of the same grade… What kind of adult are you talking about…!”

Seeing Vivian’s unconventional, grumbling appearance, Allen laughs.

“Do not laugh…!”
“Should I ask for your permission to laugh? Are you just bursting out laughing?”
“Noisy…!”

Seeing Vivian, who usually has the coldness of a strong winter wind, getting flustered and angry, seems to have raised her liking considerably.

‘Because the facial expression changes from 85% of the favorability rate, has it risen to that level?’

“Stop talking and eat quickly…!”
“Okay. We should eat quickly and watch the festival.”

Looking at Vivian’s face, I thought that a hamburger bun would be delicious.

****

“That’s too bad…”

Away from Cordelia’s watch, the sunglasses woman sighed in regret as she left the academy and rode her wagon to the church.

“You’re out of luck. Meeting Cordelia Britia.”
“Ehh… I will… I’m really sorry. I found two prospective believers that I really liked.”
“Two people? Allen Mestia, wasn’t there one?”
“Because I saw her by chance when Eris left to check her time. She was a little kid who gave off a bit of a sullen air, but she looked at me strangely?”
“Shall we find out?”
“Yes. When I return to the church, I will draw a picture of you, so take a look. Strangely, it catches the eye more than Allen Mestia.”

The woman in sunglasses was glad that she saw Mirai rather than the fact that she was caught and chased by Cordelia.

“Looks like you liked it.”

Eris said while looking at the smile of the woman in sunglasses sitting across from her.

“Of course. I am happy to have met prospective believers who have a stimulating color in a boring life. I think it might be a relationship, hehe.”

The woman in sunglasses lowered her head, took off her sunglasses that were slipping through her long silver hair, and then took the long black cloth that Eris handed her to her and covered her eyes.

“Thank you, Eris.”

The figure of a woman in her sunglasses, who hands her off her sunglasses to Eris and beautifully brushes her loose hair back, reminds me of a fair goddess holding a scale.

“Ah, Eris. This is us Let’s pretend it’s our secret. You can’t tell the teacher.”
“Yes. I will.”
“Whoops. Great. It feels like I’ve been on a short vacation.”

The woman in sunglasses covered her eyes with a black cloth, so she couldn’t see in front of her, but somehow the corners of her red lips were raised as she looked at the scenery beyond her window on her carriage.

****

People who just a little while ago were drunk and having fun at the festival.

Everyone was walking down the hallway in an orderly manner, exclaiming various exclamations of beauty, coolness, and fear as they watched the woman in red standing proudly on the hallway wall.

“A-Are you okay…?”
“It’s okay. Rather than that, you work hard alone.”
“Ah, yes… Uh, by the way, Ms. Cordelia is…?”
“There was still time until the play, so he was running around helping my classmates.”

With such a tiny Mirai standing next to Cordelia, it seemed even smaller.

“Mirai.”
“N-yeah…!?”
“Give me the flyer and go and rest.”
“Oh, no… I-I’ll do it until the end…!”

Cordelia was surprised when Cordelia held out her hand and asked for a leaflet containing the mummy.

Just a few days ago, she was a child with a weak heart, so she was an academy student who stayed in the dormitory for a while and refused to go to school.

Cordelia smiles as she expresses her intention that she will do her job to the end, with her now trembling voice, but with her strong voice.

“It’s great to see you doing your best in what you do.”
“Go, thank you…! Ah…!”

Mirai was taken aback by Cordelia’s praise and dropped her leaflet.

“I-I’ll pick it up right away…!”
“Oops. You should have been careful.”

When Mirai hurriedly tried to pick up her dropped flyers, Cordelia also began to collect them one by one, picking up scattered flyers Mirai had dropped.

Most of all, even the academy students walking down the hallway were surprised to see Cordelia picking up flyers with their mouths open in silence.

“I’m sorry…”
“It’s okay. There are times in life when people make mistakes.”

If the Cordelia they knew passing through the hallway, she would have said this.

At first, she clicked her tongue and said, ‘Isn’t that one holding it right?’ She says.

Anyone who has been through Cordelia’s lessons and her attitude will know.

She must have known very well that such words would never come out of the mouth of a red woman.

Even so, everyone is surprised by the answer that came out differently than expected and stops her steps.

“Hey. If you’re going to stand there blankly, would you pick up the dropped flyer?”
“Ah yes.”

When she asked an academy student, who was stunned by Cordelia’s appearance, to pick up her leaflet, she answered without hesitation, and the academy student picked up the leaflet that had fallen on the floor of her hallway.

Just like the academy students picking up flyers at Cordelia’s appearance, other academy students also bent down to pick up flyers.

“Thanks.”
“Oh, no.”

When she handed her dropped leaflet to Cordelia, she handed the leaflet to the words of thanks that could never come out of her mouth. The academy student blushed with embarrassment.

And the academy students who picked up the fallen flyers handed over the flyers that were piled up in Cordelia’s hands one by one, and when everyone looked blankly at the thank you to hear, it seemed to warm their hearts.

“Thank you everyone.”

It was just a short greeting, but all of them waved their hands and showed embarrassing smiles, saying no.

“Won’t everyone come to see the play in the auditorium if they have time? I enjoyed watching it.”
“Ah, then… Can I take one…?”
“Of course. Ruler.”

A leaflet that Cordelia handed over, not a test paper.

As for the academy student, Cordelia gave her the leaflet she handed over a while ago, so she felt recognized for something.

At the same time, a number of academy students line up with a throbbing heart, receiving the leaflet that Cordelia handed over again and rejoicing inwardly without revealing it.

‘It’s a desirable bitch, isn’t it Mirai?’

Le Canet, who has watched all of this from within Mirai, speaks to Mirai about her and curses at Cordelia, who hands her a flyer, saying that she is a bad person.

‘Ah, no… You helped me… Don’t say that, Le Canet…!’
‘Now, it’s a joke, a joke… Anyway, I don’t think it’s a calculated action. A bad person turns into a good person in an instant, and is everyone like that?’
‘Cha, you’re a good teacher…’

As Mirai and Le Canet chatted briefly, Mirai looked at Cordelia with her eyes of respect as she handed out all her flyers before she knew it.

“Wait, you’re amazing… I’ve already finished the flyers… Wow… If I were alone, I’d be sure by the end of the festival…”
“I was lucky. Mirai.”
“Yes…!”
“Since Mirai, who handed out flyers by herself, is admirable, the teacher will treat you to lunch.”
“Yes…?”