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Chapter 114: And Then, Returning to Their Daily Life

Chapter 114: And Then, Returning to Their Daily Life

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"Haah..."

"Ren-chan, are you really alright?~"

"Ah, yes! I'm just a little bit tired."

I couldn't stop myself from sighing as I walked back from the guild to the mansion I was staying at. Almost immediately, Chris-san, who was holding onto my hand, noticed me sighing and asked about my well-being out of concern.

To be honest, I am physically fine but...

"Ren, do you want me to carry you?"

"No! I'm fine! Please don't do that kind of thing in the middle of a city...."

I knew Sig-san was offering that out of kindness but still!

I might be small but I'm already an adult! Please spare me from being offered to be carried when I said I'm tired!

And please don't look so disappointed when I refused....

"Ren-kun, would you like to have lunch?"

"That's right... Since we're already outside, why don't we have something to eat first before we go back?"

Right. It seemed a lot of time had passed because of how intense the subject of the examinations were but actually, the exams were all already finished in the morning. As expected from the royal capital, there were a lot of restaurants and the food stalls were overflowing too. I had stayed here for several days but I still hadn't gotten to explore all the places yet.

The capital was too big to begin with and even within the capital itself, each area had their own local specialties. I wanted to eat all kinds of food while I was here so we had mostly been eating out for the past several days. It felt like the only meal we ate at Fer-san's mansion was breakfast.

"What kind of food would you like?~ Today is pretty hot so do you want something refreshing? Or something hot or spicy to sweat it out while you eat?~"

"Right... We've eaten a lot of refreshing food lately so maybe something spicy?"

Chris-san smiled and said there was a restaurant he wanted to recommend to us. He guided us to that restaurant with a smile and I was served a plate of pasta with plenty of green sauce. At first I thought it was some kind of vegetable based sauce? But it turned out, they made it using vegetables that resembled green chili. Just looking at this dish made my eyes water and I even started coughing fit when the scent hit me.

"Ren-chan, you said you wanted something spicy, right? It's delicious, you know?~ Come now, open wide~"

Chris-san rolled the paste with his fork and offered it to me.

Chris-san was eating the pasta so happily, it looked like it was really good when he ate it so when he offered it to me, I had no choice but to take up on his offer. Chris-san looked completely fine when he ate so I thought this green paste might be easier to stomach than I had originally thought.

"Yes. Thank you for the food.... UGH! COUGH! UGH! W-WATER!"

I opened my mouth, prepared my resolve to eat this spicy food but the moment the pasta entered my mouth, I lost all of the sensation in my tongue. Even though I only chewed it a few times, my mouth was immediately assaulted by a stinging sensation and I began coughing violently.

What is this?! Is this even something a human could actually eat?!

"Ren! This drink is better than water. Come, drink it up, drink it up. Chris, you should've asked them to give Ren something a bit more tame."