vol.20, First Cooking - Matthew Chapter
Knock knock.
The sound of a knock on the door.
Yagi Yukisai looked up lazily from the bed and asked who it was.
It's rest time, and of course he won't force himself to do something serious, in his room, just to take it easy.
The whole person was spread out on the bed, with a soft cushion behind him, and he was comfortably playing PSV.
I have just experienced the Chaldean explosion and the burning ruins of the winter wood, and the physical burden is fine, but the mental fatigue is urgent, and I urgently need to relax to alleviate it.
By the way, Chaldea has a recreation room, which is also equipped with game consoles - but it must be understood that Chaldea is a magic institution after all, and the demand for games is not high, and the main entertainment items in the recreation room are poker, chess, billiards, darts and a series of real entertainment, not electronic digital games.
What's more...... Chaldea didn't even think about buying any expensive models, and just took a bunch of second-hand items that he didn't know where to buy them.
No one plays anyway.
Yagi Yukisai pauses the game in his hand, but fortunately he is playing a game of war chess, as long as he doesn't act, the other party will never act, and after pausing the music, he can go to do something else.
Because BGM was quiet, the timid voice outside the door was very clear.
"It's me, Yagi-sen."
As mentioned earlier, in Chaldea, Matthew was the only one who would call him senior.
"Oh, Matthew, wait a minute."
He jumped out of bed, added two hidden spells to the collection under his bed, and then went to open the door.
At the door, Matthew was wearing his usual clothes, glasses, timid, and a little shy to stand, his hands clenched in front of him quite nervously.
"That...... Yes, something...... I want to ask Yagi-senpai to teach me. ”
Looking at the cute schoolgirl standing timidly in front of her and rubbing her hands, Yagi Yukisai's stupid side as a man is undoubtedly revealed.
"Okay, whatever it is, just say it."
He patted his chest and made the image of a reliable and good man.
Men are always like this, and when they are asked by beautiful women, they are easy to flutter. Yagi Yukisai is also a man with normal needs. Being asked by a cute girl.,It's normal to unconsciously show a proud look.。
Hearing his affirmative answer, Matthew breathed a small sigh of relief, looking like a squirrel. Her demeanor was similar to that of the well-behaved Fufu lying on her shoulder, like a small animal.
Although it was decided a long time ago, Yagi Yukisai confirmed it again: Matthew is cute!
"Actually...... Be...... Somewhat...... Unspeakable ...... Shy things ......"
"Oooh! When it comes to shy things, it's really ......"
"Please, please Yagi-senpai teach me how to cook!"
"—I knew it. According to the conclusion of the light novel, the more ambiguous the dialogue, the more serious it will be! ”
Yagi Yukisai's face suddenly showed a crying and laughing expression.
This abrupt topic made Matthew scratch his head and asked rhetorically, "Light novel? What is it? ”
She almost had a question mark on her head, and her cute expression made Yagi Yukisai smile bitterly and said, "It's Japanese...... It's a unique literary form. Anyway, it doesn't matter. ”
When Matthew said shyness, he actually meant that as a woman, he lost to Yukisai Yagi in terms of women's power. The food cooked by this person is especially delicious and gives a very ...... Warm taste.
Yes, warm taste.
At the previous banquet, Mathieu ate the food made by Yukisai Yagi, and there was always a ...... He recalled the temperature of his palm in the Chaldean fire.
At that time, Matthew was crushed by a heavy object, and the human body could not bear the weight of several tons of wreckage. The entire lower half of his body was crushed, and what awaited Matthew was the end of dying of excessive blood loss.
The massive blood loss from his body, coupled with his broken glasses, left Matthew cold and his vision blurred.
In the bone-chilling cold, the only thing that warmed Matthew was Fujimaru Ritsuka's hands.
The panicked lord showed an expression that was more sad than crying.
It was as if it was not herself who was crushed under the stone and was about to die, but herself.
The warmth that came from the palm of his hand at that time, Matthew will never forget.
It is also because of this that she wants to do her best to help her seniors.
After thinking about it for a while, it occurred to her that if she could learn the cooking techniques of Yukisai Yagi, which was full of warm flavors, wouldn't she be able to repay her predecessors?
Yagi Xuesai had no way of knowing what this meant, but seeing that her eyes were shining, it was difficult to refuse. He is easy-going, and if he can help others, he will do everything he can.
Thinking so, Yukisai Yagi took Mathew to the kitchen.
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It was four hours before Rika Fujimaru's door was knocked.
It was already dusk, and Rika Fujimaru was indulging in the PSP that Yagi Yukisai gave her, and the burnout card kept the games that Yagi Yukisai had previously existed in. Of course, boys, they're all swords-warlike combat games.
Rika Fujimaru is obsessed with a series of war games that put together myths and historical figures from all over the world, and now she is operating the country of Japan, trying to use Gen Yoshitsune and Taira Shomen to lead the team to attack the Arthurian forces in Europe.
Learning history and mythology through games is part of the study, right? It's not just about playing games! She comforts herself with this way of thinking, and spends her precious time off playing.
Until the moment the door is knocked.
"Senpai?"
Matthew's voice came in.
"Oh, Matthew, here it is."
She opened the door.
"What's wrong?"
"What are the seniors doing?"
“………… In the study of the history and mythology of various countries, learn about the role in the legends of other countries. ”
Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone was a little weak, but where could Matthew, who was not deeply involved in the world, hear it, and really thought she was working hard, so he said, "Then it's just right, I made a drink for my senior." ”
Matthew gently pushed the door open with his shoe and handed her the plate he was holding.
The black liquid is cloudy, and I can't tell what it feels like......
Fujimaru Rika looked at her puzzled, then at the cup, and then at her......
Matthew...... What is this? ”
"Well, I was taught by Yagi-senpai! It's coffee. It's just brewing, though. ”
"Ah...... Well...... Yes...... I, I'll take it. ”
Rika Fujimaru took the plate with a wry smile and glanced at Matthew's expression, which was full of happiness and fulfillment.
Anyway, just seeing this smile makes me feel healed. Fujimaru Rika swallowed her saliva and could only smile bitterly.
As a modern Japanese with common sense, she immediately saw that there was something wrong with this coffee......
The first is that it didn't rush away. There is also a part of the ground coffee floating in the foam on the surface of the cup. Then there is not enough temperature, there is no heat at all. Although there is iced coffee in the world, the temperature of this thing is definitely not ice......
Seeing Matthew working so hard, where is Rika Fujimaru embarrassed to say that she is not?
I don't know how Yagi Yukisai taught her before...... No, until then...... Sure enough, you should care about it first, what did Yagi Yukisai go through......
Matthew got his wish and left happily. Rika Fujimaru closed the door and sighed heavily.
"How is Matthew the same as Yagi-senpai...... There's no such thing as bringing coffee to someone on a big night! ”
However......
She swallowed the unpleasantly textured, strangely viscous feeling of brewing ground coffee with room temperature milk, and unexpectedly, felt warm.