Chapter 369 : Having Lunch Together After A Long Time
After the morning classes were over, it was time for the lunch break.
I invited Yuuri and Lang, but Yuuri preferred to eat in the classroom while reading books, while Lang had to go home to help his mother with work and would come back later for the afternoon classes.
The only one who accepted my invitation was Pamella. She had been eating lunch with some female classmates these past few months while I was gone. Honestly, I’m glad that she made a lot of friends, but now that Nicola and I are here today, she chose to eat lunch with us.
We went to the church’s backyard, and then I made a table and chairs for us using earth magic. It’s been a long time since the last time the three of us ate lunch together like this.
「Umm, Mark-kun, Nicola-chan, would you like to try my omelet?」(Pamella)
Right after Nicola and I opened our lunch boxes, Pamella handed us a small lunch box about half the size of a normal one and opened the lid. There were rows of neatly rolled omelets inside.
「Oh? They look delicious. Did you make them?」(Mark)
「Un. I’ll be happy if you try them.」(Pamella)
「Of course, we’ll eat them! Right, Onii-chan~?」(Nicola)
『There’s no way I can turn down omelets made by a cute girl!』(Nicola)
『Yeah, me neither.』(Mark)
「We’ll have some. Thank you, Pamella.」(Mark)
Pamella replied to me with a shy-looking smile.
I remember Camilla-san told Pamella to tell her the result of something this morning. I didn’t know what result she was talking about, but I see now…
It seems that Pamella has been practicing cooking, and she made these rolled omelets for us. Camilla-san is waiting for Pamella to report to her whether we like them or not.
Pamella wasn’t that bad at cooking when I first met her, and I wasn’t lying when I said these omelets look delicious. Her cooking skills seem to have improved.
Nicola and I took a piece of the rolled omelets each using our forks and put them in our mouths.
「Mmmmm~!」(Nicola)
「Ohh~」(Mark)
The soft, fluffy layered egg dough slowly melted in my mouth. The taste was savory, but also sweet at the same time. The gentle sweetness I felt in my mouth was transferred into my brain, which was a bit tired from the morning lessons.
While I was enjoying the excellent taste of the omelet, I felt an anxious gaze from Pamella.
She was staring at me, waiting for my reaction.
「So… Do you… like it?」(Pamella)
She seemed to worry I didn’t like it, but there’s no way I would hate such a delicious omelet.
「I love it! It’s really delicious!」(Mark)
「Pamella-chan, it’s sooo good! It’s as delicious as my Papa’s omelet!」(Nicola)
「Re, really!? I’m so happy!」(Pamella)
「The first time we met, I remember you were learning to cook from your mom. You’ve improved so much.」(Mark)
「Un! I’ve been practicing a lot. I never stopped even while you were away.」(Pamella)
「And the result of your efforts is not disappointing at all. This rolled omelet tastes amazing.」(Mark)
「Thank you, Mark-kun!」(Pamella)
She looked worried a few seconds ago, but then her anxious expression turned into a big smile.
While enjoying Pamella’s omelet, we kept eating our lunch.
It only took us fifteen minutes to finish eating. Nicola was the first one to finish.
「Say, Pamella-chan, will you bring your cooking again next week?」(Nicola)
「Umm, Mark-kun, what do you think?」(Pamella)
「I’d like to try your other cooking as much as Nicola does.」(Mark)
「Alright. I will make something for you both next week.」(Pamella)
「Yaaay~」(Nicola)
「I’m looking forward to it.」(Mark)
We finished our lunch, but there was still plenty of time until the afternoon class started, so we decided to chill in the backyard for a bit longer.
「By the way, Mark-kun, I’ve heard about your vegetable field. You told Lang-kun that the thief was captured. Did you catch them?」(Pamella)
「Well, yeah. Two days ago, in the middle of the night.」(Mark)
「I see. That’s Mark-kun for you.」(Pamella)
「Oh, right. You know what? Since you mentioned her, I think I should introduce you to her.」(Mark)
「To her? Who?」(Pamella)
「The vegetable thief.」(Mark)
「Eh!?」(Pamella)
Pamella was surprised as expected when I said “vegetable thief” with a teasing tone.
She’s one of my closest friends, so I think she should know about Diadora’s existence. I’m sure she won’t tell anyone.
「You know the… thief…?」(Pamella)
「Things happened, and we ended up becoming friends. She’s not a bad person. ーNo, she’s not a person, to begin with. Anyway, let’s go see her, shall we?」(Mark)
「Wh, where to? Are we going to her home? We have to tell Lina-sensei if we want to leave the church.」(Pamella)
「Haha. No need to leave. Follow me.」(Mark)
「Hmm…?」(Pamella)
She tilted her head, looking confused, but I took her to a corner of the backyard by the herb garden.
Nicola followed us while giggling. She must be holding her laughter.
「Alright. I don’t think anyone will see us here.」(Mark)
「What are you going to do here?」(Pamella)
「You’ll see. 」(Mark)
『Nicola, tell me if there’s anyone walking this way.』(Mark)
『Okay~』(Nicola)
Lucky for us, most children were either playing in the front yard or eating lunch in the classroom. People rarely come to the backyard at this hour.
Still, I don’t want other people to know about Diadora, so I’m relying on Nicola’s ability to detect people’s presence just in case.
After confirming there was no one else around, I took out the wooden bracelet from my Item Box and put it on my wrist.
「Diadora, can you hear me? I want you to come here.」(Mark)
As soon as I spoke to the bracelet, it glowed, and then Diadora appeared in her spirit form. She was floating in the air slightly above us.
「Mark… What’s the matter…?」(Diadora)
「Eh…? Eeehh!?」(Pamella)
「Phu phu!」(Nicola)
Pamella was shocked when she saw Diadora appear out of nowhere while Nicola was giggling behind me, enjoying her reaction.
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