Recognized Hero

Chapter 16: The Troubles of Cooking

One week flew by. Genos taught Ena the sacred technique called cleaning. He did not miss out on any information. He taught everything he knew to the girl. When asked, he would say matter of factly, "Hmph. Cleaning Master Saitama's apartment should be my job. That child had made a mess but still dared to stay here. The first thought that came to mind was to capture and leave her ten cities away." He shook his robotic head and continued, "But Master wouldn't like such an idea. Therefore, I must impart all of my knowledge inside that empty brain of hers."

Nobody asked him, though. All of that was just thoughts inside his head. Genos held a toilet scrubber in one hand, and a detergent in the other. This was one of the most important parts of cleaning, absolute cleanliness. Not a single speck of dust shall be seen. It was his motto, and he was proud of it.

Genos flushed the toilet, placed both items on the ground, and picked up the shampoo bottle that fell. Almost comically, it slipped from his hand. Due to the tight space inside the bathroom, Genos didn't have enough room space to catch the bottle that fell. After failing to do so, he attempted to catch it with his foot, only to send it flying toward the toilet. With a resounding crash, the bottle shattered and fell into the toilet. "Well, at least the toilet's clean now," Genos said, trying to find the humor in the situation.

A few seconds later upon realizing his mistake, Genos immediately got rid of the evidence and flushed the toilet. His master surely wouldn't notice a shampoo bottle missing, right? He nervously chuckled, even though he had never seen his master angry. The spar they had before was more than enough to leave a huge impact on Genos.

Genos exited the bathroom, more than satisfied with his work. Immediately, he was greeted with a loud noise and the horrid scene in front of him. Ena, as his master says her name was, tried out cleaning. Even though Genos has diligently taught her everything he knew, she still couldn't handle such strenuous tasks.

With a sigh, Genos approached the little girl and patted her on the shoulders. "Ena, it seems that you are still not accustomed to cleaning. I shall teach you many techniques that could improve your efficiency and performance." He said with utmost seriousness and placed both hands on her tiny shoulders. 

"En." Ena merely nodded her head. She still wasn't accustomed to speaking.

'To think that people would do such a thing to a girl... Total isolation since birth, it's unimaginable how that would affect her.' He thought silently, now that he thought about it, that hidden 'House of Evolution' hasn't made any movements since that incident. 'Hm. I shall depart at a later date and investigate this matter.'

Genos stared down at Ena. "Perhaps I should teach you how to speak. It would be very troublesome for Master to have a conversation with you." He considered it. She was still very young, he could also teach her other basic knowledge. He left the child to her own for the time being. Genos would teach her later.

He removed the apron he wore and stepped out. "Be prepared, I will be back in a few hours at most." He informed the little girl with his usual serious expression.

...

"Sensei, do you still remember that day a few weeks ago?" Genos questioned. Three boxes stacked on top of each other rested on his hand. "What day?" Saitama questioned back confused at his self-proclaimed disciple's words.

"A few weeks ago, we have been tasked to defeat a monster that has been terrorizing citizens. We have been led into a dense forestation not that far away from our current location and searched for the monster yet we found nothing but a child. Now, said child is currently living under your—"

"I get it okay! Stop giving me this crap." Saitama said irritatedly, he was getting more and more annoyed at his disciple's weird habits. Genos apologize briefly before getting interrupted.