Mother Gothel male reader x Various TWST
To those who seek. To those who stay. They are the ones to set the stage.
Sol Edelweiss is the housewarden of Alaturne, a dorm based on the independence of the lonesome witch. There upon the tower, behind th...
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If Sol had to guess what he would be spending his time doing, watching some first years pruning chestnuts would not be at the top of the list. Frankly, he could've been doing literally anything right now. Even listening to Rook's wild serenades would be better. Instead, he sat, listening to Ace and Grim argue about the best way to peel a chestnut. Even though magic was the clear answer, Ace still did a commendable effort, using his dexterity to his advantage.
Nevertheless the fact was that this menial work was way below him, something that would just be assigned to doe-eyed freshmen.
Despite his surprise fondness for a certain prefect, there is no way that he is sticking his neck out for some random first years. If they want to dig their own grave then so be it. It's no skin off his back.
Nothing to worry about.
Not like he could do anything.
"Is everything okay Sol?" Yuu asked from beside him, halting the chestnut pruning.
"Of course, why wouldn't I be?" Sol shrugged it off, never taking his eyes off the chestnuts. Despite his late arrival. His pile clearly triumphed over the first year's cumulative piles, having used magic to triple his output.
"I get the feeling like that's cheating somehow." Grim groaned, practically dwarfed by all the chestnuts.
"Hey, anything that makes this go faster. I've got no complaints." Ace said.
"Keep it up! All the pain will just make it taste all the sweeter!" Trey cheered them on, seeing how the first years were slowing down their speed, despite not offering his help in any way to alleviate any chestnut related trauma.
"Just need to add some butter and sugar to the chestnut paste," Pausing for some dramatic effect, "then obviously a splash of oyster sauce, my secret ingredient!" Trey declared, pulling out a bottle of said oyster sauce.
Now, Sol has never claimed to be as knowledgeable about baking as Trey is, very little can, to what Heartslabyul will do when Trey graduates is concerning. However, Sol does actually know quite a bit about Trey. Essentially, he is just a weird person in a trench coat, disguised as a normal acting citizen of society.
Despite Trey's absurd statement, the ever-so clueless first years remain exactly that, clueless first years. Sol raised an incredulous eyebrow at their gullibility. They absolutely won't last in NRC. Though Kalim's still around and kicking so who is to say.
"Oyster sauce?!"
"Yep. The umami of the oysters gives the cream a deep savoury flavour. I use this one here: Walrus-brand young oyster sauce. All the best bakers use it in their tarts." Trey said with the confidence of a car salesperson.
Matching his tune, " Even the kids in my hometown know to use it, it's practically ingredient gold to them. If you're in Heartslabyul, you better learn quickly, can't make a tart without it." Sol said, without budging his tone.
"Isn't it super salty." Deuce muttered in disbelief.
"Some folks put chocolate into curry, don't they? Maybe it's the same idea." Ace justified.
Despite Sol seeing where Ace could've been going with that line of thought, does not make it correct. He absolutely hit all the wrong marks to get up at that conclusion.
Both Sol and Trey burst out into giggles which then evolved into all out blatantly laughing at them.
"I'm going to get smile lines from this. Do we really need to spell out everything for you? Obviously, people don't use it!" Sol managed to sputter it out whilst covering his laughter. "Lesson one from your upper classmen, don't listen to everything people say."
"Haah that was a good laugh, anyways-" Trey began to get back into business. "Next up, I'll just put in the cream- Oh!" He froze.
"Something up?" Ace queried, looking over Trey's shoulder.
"You guys gathered so many that we overdid it with chestnut paste. We don't have enough cream to mix it in." Trey explained, not realising this fact earlier when he asked them to collect the baskets of chestnuts.
"So unless you guys want a mouthful of only chestnuts with a pastry, your next mission is to get some more cream" Sol clarified for the first years.
"Then I'll go buy some. Do they sell it anywhere?" Deuce volunteered
"The school store will probably have some, they pretty much sell everything under the sun anyways. I'll go with you." Sol proposed, knowing how stocked their school store was even considering the amount of 'sales' they always had.
"No! I couldn't bother you, Housewarden Edelweiss! I can just go alone-"
"Rejected," Sol interjected, " Knowing how you guys work, you'll probably get lost and break another chandelier and frankly I don't really want another person here with a collar around their neck."
"Well... if you volunteered Sol, then can you get me a few other things? Just some milk, eggs, muffins, fruit cans..." Trey droned on, scribbling an entire week's worth of groceries on a ridiculously comedic, long piece of paper.
"You're just making me do your goon work, aren't you?" "Absolutely. Hey, you volunteered to do Heartslabyul's shopping. I can't carry all that stuff by myself." Trey smirked, clearly knowing what he was doing.
"You better transfer me the money for all of this."
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Word count:883
very very late but I thought you guys deserved an update, even if it is very late. I've been reading your comments and it was what pushed me to not drop this story entirely. Sol is a character very dear to my heart so im happy so many people enjoy him.
