“Why did An and Melt react that way…? We should have high favorability.”
“They wouldn’t let us do them if we didn’t. This is a game world, so I guess it could be bugged.”
A few hours passed, and Shian and Egos looked back on what happened earlier that day, confused about why Melt and An rejected them.
They were close enough to be intimate, so they were confused about why the girls were clearly repulsed.
They showed them Yuugo’s disgraceful behavior, or rather, how nasty he was, so they should have plenty of reason to get away from that scum, but… Strangely enough, they stuck with him.
Since this was a game, they wondered if Zenon’s actions created abnormalities. They were not fully satisfied with this explanation, but settled with it, and after checking the time, realized it was dinner time.
“It’s already dinner time. Let’s go to the dining hall.”
“Good. I’m getting hungry. Let’s go now.”
“Haha! You look pale. Are you getting sick? Watch out, catching a cold in a videogame world is no joke.”
“You look pretty bad yourself. How about you look at yourself in a mirror instead of talking about me?”
Both seemed unwell since the day before, but suddenly pointed it out to each other casually.
They thought to themselves that they did feel somewhat languid, but reached the conclusion that it was because the late night fun with their heroines left them sleep deprived, and did not think about it much deeper than that.
They headed to the dining hall, where Hao stood by the entrance and called out to them.
“Shian, Egos, good job! We have seats waiting for you, so come in!”
“Y-yes, thanks.”
“No no! This much is only natural! Ah, and we are planning to take food to Yuugo since he is confined! We took into consideration that you wouldn’t want to see his face!”
“How thoughtful! Thanks!”
Shian was a little taken aback by Hao, who was all smiles and seemed to be trying to butter them up.
Egos was not too concerned, and simply followed Hao to their seats and sat down with Shian.
Then girls of the cooking club poured them a drink with smiles on their faces, and spoke as if humoring them.
“Here you go! If you need more, feel free to say so!”
“You were wonderful earlier today when you cornered Yuugo! I swooned!”
“Hahaha, it wasn’t a big deal. I just did what I had to.”
(I see. We raised our favorability with the cooking club because we made sure that scum got what was coming to him.)
Shian was thrown off by how Hao and the others were treating them even better than before, but assumed it was a result of their favorability being raised by the events of that day, and shrugged off his doubts.
Like Egos, who was feeling elated, he felt satisfied and gulped down the drink being served by the girls, and Hao called out to the innkeeper.
“Innkeeper! Bring them two plates of vegetable soup! Full ones! A lot please!”
“Yes yes, leave it to me!”
Serel responded to Hao, and filled two plates with vegetable soup. The two boys were thinking they might as well have their fill of steak or something like that, but since they were hungry, they happily attacked the soup.
“It’s tasty! It’s really good!”
“The vegetables are nice, but these mushrooms are great! I’ve never tasted something like this…!!”
“Oh my~! I’m glad you like it~! There’s more, so eat as much as you want!”
Shian and Egos were encouraged by the happy sounding Serel, and kept having the soup.
Hao and the others returned to their seats, and as Shian and Egos heard them enjoy their meals, they also enjoyed theirs, but…
“U-uh…? H-hn…?”
Suddenly, their vision was distorted.
At the same time, Shian felt drowsy, and fought to keep his eyes open as he looked around.
The lively dining hall was now dead silent.
Hao, Precia, even Egos who was next to him… When Shian realized everyone had their eyes closed and was asleep, it was too late.
“Fufufufufu…! Wasn’t the soup tasty? It’s natural for this to happen the first time you taste its secret ingredient, the mushrooms…!”
“U-uah…?”
Shian gulped as he saw Serel’s suspicious smile, but his eyes felt too heavy to be kept open.
Frustration boiled inside him as he realized they fell into a trap, but the drowsiness beat him as he fell on the table and lost consciousness.
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