Chapter 145 – Rike’s Wonder

When the older sister said she wanted to repay her brother by making an advance on her pocket money, she was overjoyed.

She overreacted and said that she would provide generous support without the need to pay in advance, and Chloe received the amount with her hands shaking.

She said she didn’t need this much because it was too much money, but she didn’t get her money back.

When her older sister told her to keep it and use it where needed, Chloe twitched her lips and nodded.

Now that the subject has just begun, Chloe wanted help from Eclair in terms of experience and knowledge as well.

“Sister. What kind of food do you like…?”

Her question was a bit personal, but her sister didn’t mind and gave her answer by touching her sharp jawline.

“Basically, there’s nothing to cover when it comes to food. If left alone, I’d be worried that there would be times when I’d buy cheap food from the street or a tavern, or eat dried fruit or beef jerky… But if I had to mention it, I’d say I like meat.”

“I see··!”

The older sister had the attitude as if she had heard it from someone rather than her older brother, but Chloe was busy organizing her thoughts in her head.

‘Meat··! Would steak be better?’

Considering her older brother’s muscles and image, she definitely had nothing but meat.

“Roman doesn’t care about bread or dessert, so feel free.”

“Yeah…! I’ll think about it!”

As she held her sister’s hand and expressed her gratitude, the older sister said that she was insensitive, but she looked as pleased as she could see.

It was a chain reaction of positivity between her sisters that she herself was also happy to see her.

‘Still, let’s leave out the dessert cafe.’

No matter how much she says that her older brother doesn’t choose food, she has no intention of going to the store she prefers.

She said that the atmosphere of the shops she often goes to with her friends can be a burden to men, and depending on the person, it is difficult to call it a meal…

Still, she said that Seria was her adventurer, including her sister and her party members.

She greeted her time with her friends with the idea that she would ask for a spot at the academy.

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The fork fell from Seria’s hand and landed on her plate, cutting off the flow of her words that Chloe had drawn out.

Ting-!

“Man··?”

“Yes?”

“Calling our Chloe a man… Not until dirt gets in my, my eyes!!”

Seeing Seria’s violent reaction, Chloe blushed and waved her hands.

The fact that the eyes of the few guests were focused on Chloe made it even more embarrassing.

“Oh, don’t get me wrong! That’s why I’m not that way at all…! And it’s rude to him too!”

Rike lifted the bread from her plate and pushed it into her Seria’s mouth to keep her quiet and voice her opinion.

“Huhhhhh! Eup! Uh-eup-!”

“Perfume is a matter of taste, and depending on the job, there are jobs that are reluctant to use it, so it might be a little like that.”

“Is that so?”

“I think Chloe knows better about knights than I do. For example, ‘adventurers’ often deal with monsters with sensitive senses of smell, so they tend to pay attention to getting rid of odors… Wizards and alchemists know the freshness of ingredients and the smell of reagents. I heard that some people don’t wear perfume to tell them apart.”

Chloe nodded her head in agreement with Rike’s words, which strangely put an accent on the word adventurer.

“As expected, I think I did a good job asking… I didn’t think of it that way.”

Seria, who had chewed all the bread that Rike had stuffed into her and quenched her thirst with a drink, joined the conversation.

“Fuha! If it’s not like that… How about alcohol? My sister said it’s okay, so I usually buy liquor or wine when I give presents to fellow adventurers or acquaintances. The box is fancy and the bottle is pretty, too, for the price. “

Seria’s personal opinion was a bit unique, but alcohol definitely seemed like a good choice.

“It was a good reference…!”

Seeing Chloe smiling brightly, Seria raised her gaze to her ceiling and pressed her eyes with her small hands.

“A man who received Chloe’s gift… Received the grace of a goddess…!”

“Seria. Would you like something more? I’ll pay for today’s table.”

“… Mont Blanc! Puffs! En butter!”

Rike blocked Seria’s act of having a seizure again, and the meeting ended peacefully, and the three returned to the academy.

ㅡ

‘···I didn’t get a shop recommendation. I should ask at lunch.’

With thoughts that come to my mind now.

After Chloe finished one of her Knight Faculty’s theoretical classes, she spent her free time wandering around her academy looking for traces of Roman.

She headed for a promising place, but it was not her older brother who greeted her, but a chubby white cat.

Meow-

“Oh, how are you?”

A cat who embarrassed herself by crying at an absurd timing while talking to her brother.

Chloe stretches herself out in front of her, petting her charming cat and looking around her, but all her benches are empty.

My older brother, who was at the academy even on days when there were no classes, was nowhere to be found today.

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Smart-

Entering a restaurant with a private room for special guests, Rike knocked on her door and opened it slightly to see her familiar face.

“How you doing?”

“Hmm. I heard about it from Chloe, but she looks healthy.”

When Eclair, who is busy with work, has time to spare, the occasional meeting with Rike is during lunchtime at the academy.

It’s not completely overlapping, but eclair is also lunchtime, so it’s the only time I have time, so we exchange letters and set a date to meet.

It was a meeting that somehow started with Roman’s words that he wanted his lovers to get along well with each other.

Now that I’ve done it several times, I don’t have any objection to the seat, and I’m enjoying it in its own way.

It was also a place for Eclair to hear small news about Roman, whom he doesn’t see every day.

“What about Chloe?”

“I’ll be having lunch with Seria.”

“Lady Electra and Chloe seem to get along particularly well.”

Éclair smiled slightly, as if the image of the two opposites playing together was satisfying just by imagining it.

“It’s rare to find a relationship where tastes and tendencies mix so well. If you watch from the sidelines, there’s no such thing as a match made in nature.”

Following Rike’s words, as Eclair praised Seria’s unique affinity and personality, food began to come in with a knock in her private room.

After the plates were all set, Eclair, who was holding a spoon and was about to pour soup, shyly brought up the story that had to come out in the grass.

“How is Roman?”

“Brother~ Should I call it a chain… Anyway, whenever I have time, I keep training in the yard.”

Eclair’s shy eyes at the word training showed a cautious light.

“Chain… I remember seeing him handle it for a while. It wouldn’t take ordinary effort to maintain that kind of force and proficiency… There will be bone-breaking efforts from where we can’t see.”

Éclair is based on seeing Roman in Limno against Cutler Dewar, but Rike was just fine.

“Isn’t that kind of brother cool?”

“…”

Rike smiled as he looked at Eclair, who was blushing without being able to affirm it.

“You’re really like a little girl, so you’re cute.”

“Rike. I don’t carelessly say things like that to older people…”

After finishing the meal with small chats, the two had a tea time with black tea, a taste that overlaps with each other.

Jjoreuk-

Taking her milk separately and putting it in tea, Rike stirred the tea with a teaspoon and brought up her story.

“As you know, Chloe seems to be trying quite hard to repay her brother for her lately.”

“Hm. But I think it’s something we should do. Even if Roman is okay, it’s not the right thing to do and stay still after receiving a valuable item, and Chloe’s personality isn’t that shameless.”

“Are you okay?”

Eclair, who felt a sense of deja vu from Rike’s question and her smile, asked back.

“···What?”

“I’m talking about whether it’s okay to have oppa and Chloe together.”

At Rique’s words, Éclair raised her eyebrows and asked what she was saying.

“Of course, Chloe has a tendency to avoid men, but Roman follows her well enough to call her brother… If Chloe makes a mistake, I think Roman will laugh it off.”

“Huh~”

“It’s only a matter of time for me to sit down with you… But it’s impossible to predict what kind of mischief Roman will do. If Chloe is watching, I don’t even know how to treat Roman…”

Rike pouted her lips to see if this was the case.

“My sister says she’s been through it herself. I’m asking the other side.”

“It’s always the case, but how do you use that speech… Ah?”

Eclair’s eyes widened as he looked back on his experience at Rike’s words and understood what she meant.

The girl in front of her is talking about how her emotions changed while she and Roman went to Limno alone.

“Isn’t that possible for Chloe? If that happens? I’m simply asking her sister’s opinion.”

“…”