episode_0127

Time passes by so quickly.

In the academy, where the bright sunlight was shining, the sound of the bell ringing to end the day’s schedule was resonating throughout the place.

The time after school when everyone is filled with laughter.

As I walked out of the classroom holding hands with Iris and Ariel, I came face to face with Lily, who was waiting proudly in front of the door.

“Oh my… Hello, Lily.”

“Hello Lily.”

When Ariel and Iris greeted her, Lily smiled and welcomed them.

“Hello Iris. Ariel. And…Sarah.”

Lily looks at me with even more intense eyes today.

I walked up to her and linked arms with her.

Then Lily’s body flinched briefly.

For some reason, her breathing seemed a little rough. I didn’t really care and just smiled at her and said.

“Then shall we go?”

“Huh? Sarah? Where are you?”

Ariel, who had been looking puzzled by my actions, took a step closer to me and Lily and said.

But before I could answer, Lily came forward and spoke to Ariel.

“Sorry Ariel. I have an appointment with Sarah today.”

“Hey.. promise?”

“Yeah. I decided to go to Sarah’s room today.”

“What?!”

At Lily’s words, Ariel’s eyes began to shake violently.

As I looked at her with a puzzled expression, Ariel spoke with an urgent expression.

“Me..I want to go too!”

“No.”

But Lily’s answer when she returned was so resolute.

“You said so, Ariel. The promise we made just the two of us. It was right for the two of us to go together.”

“Ah….”

Ariel’s expression became dejected as she remembered what she had said last time.

Ariel hesitated for a while and then finally lowered her head.

I felt a little sorry for Ariel when I saw her like that.

‘….Are you sad that it’s just the two of us playing?”

Well, if my close friends had made plans without me, I think I would have been upset too.

But just as I was trying to comfort her.

“Then let’s go, Sera.”

“Huh?”

Lily took my hand and led me outside without even giving me a chance to say hello.

“Me too…Sarah’s room…”

Ariel’s voice, muttering to herself like that.

It gradually became fainter and fainter until eventually it could not be heard.

* * *

“…….”

Lily looked at me with a puzzled expression, holding a fist-sized chunk of meat in one hand.

“Why did you come to the materials store?”

As Lily said, this is a store that sells groceries.

I was holding hands with her as we went shopping for various ingredients.

Everyone to teach Lily how to cook.

“I’m going to cook.”

“Yo..cooking?”

I smiled as I put the pasta noodles in my hand into the basket. Lily was strangely shaken by my words, and she was muttering to herself with a blush on her face.

“Sarah’s cooking..”

After finishing the calculation like that.

On the way back to the dorm.

We walked through the academy, holding each other’s hands and walking in sync.

My dormitory arrived after a short walk.

As I opened the door and entered my room, there was Lily standing in front of the door, blankly staring at me.

“Come in, Lily.”

“…..Yeah.”

As I took her hand and pulled her towards the door, Lily entered the room, purely following my lead.

So I walked towards the refrigerator.

Lily, whose face was unusually red today, looked around my room, sat down on my bed, and started stroking the blanket.

“Here..today..the two of us..-”

She muttered something unintelligible again.

‘….Does it really hurt?’

It was a completely different atmosphere from her usual calm and proud appearance.

But the humming that came out of her mouth and the girlish smile that occasionally escaped her seemed to tell her that she was in a good mood.

Well…then. I guess it’s okay.

I said, sitting on the bed and looking at Lily who was smiling faintly.

“Lily, do you want to wash first?”

“What..what?!”

Lily, who heard my words, jumped up from the bed in surprise.

Her face was twisted with a look of confusion and a smile that seemed to be expecting something.

“Already? Now…you want me to wash up?”

“You might have to wash it.”

“….!!”

Lily flinched violently.

Soon she took a few deep breaths. With a look of fascination on her face, she slowly took off her uniform jacket and hung it on a hanger.

Then he came to me and spoke in a deep, seething voice.

“Sarah…let’s wash together.”

I was momentarily intimidated by the inexplicable pressure of her intense gaze at me.

“Huh..? What..is that so..?”

Well, it doesn’t matter.

Since it wasn’t that difficult, I accepted her offer without thinking much about it.

Then, for some reason, Lily took off my uniform top with a quizzical look on her face.

After that, he hugged me and started sniffing me while burying his face in my white shirt.

“Okay…I’ll forgive you now…”

Lily said something so incomprehensible.

After giving me a shallow kiss on the cheek, he grabbed my hand and dragged me towards the bathroom.

…huh?

“Lily?”

“Why?”

When I called her in a hoarse voice, Lily turned to me and answered.

“No, I wondered if it was really necessary to go to the bathroom.”

“….what?”

“There’s a sink here.”

When I pointed to the sink in the kitchen, Lily blinked and stared blankly at me for a while.

“……”

“Lily?”

For a long time like that.

An inexplicable silence fell between us.

Finally, after a long time, Lily spoke first in a calm voice.

“…..You really mean wash your hands?”

“Huh..? Really..?”

That’s obvious.

You have to wash your hands before cooking.

“……”

“Huh….Huh?”

What…what is it?

I just felt the life in Lily’s eyes…

I guess…it’s because of my mood?

.

.

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“….Why did I do this.”

Lily stirring noodles with chopsticks in front of boiling water.

For some reason, she grumbled to herself with her eyes looking dead.

I gave her a small smile.

“I have to cook!”

“That’s why I cook..”

She grumbles again and swings her chopsticks around.

….not so good.

Lily had no desire to cook at the moment.

I understood.

During that time, Sister Dania would have cooked delicious food for Lily every day. There would have been no reason for Lily to cook.

But that wasn’t the case.

As long as Lily likes Robin, cooking is a necessary step.

For her love, I absolutely had to teach her how to cook.

First of all, we need to strengthen Lily’s will.

I glanced at Lily and spoke cautiously.

“If Lily was good at cooking, she would be really cute…”

“…!!”

Lily looks very shaken by my words.

Okay, it’s working.

If I just persuaded him a little more, I thought he would come over easily.

“Wouldn’t someone Lily likes also want to eat Lily’s cooking..?”

Lily hesitated for a moment at my words.

He looked at me with his lively eyes that had returned slightly and said:

“My… cooking..?”

“Yeah, a girl who’s good at cooking is attractive.. so I’m sure she’d like Lily, right?”

After that, Lily looked at me for a long time, then turned back to the kitchen with a determined look in her eyes.

“…Then tell me, Sera.”

I smiled faintly at Lily’s cute words.

The power of love seemed truly amazing.

I can’t believe you can convince someone like this.

…It’s a little uncomfortable that the opponent is Robin.

‘No, Hera. I promised to cheer you on.’

I shook my head a few times to shake off the thoughts, then walked over to Lily and spoke to her.

“Okay. I’ll boil the noodles, so can you make the sauce for me?”

A dish I decided to teach Lily.

Well…you could probably tell just by looking at the ingredients. It was some kind of pasta.

This dish is easy to make if you have the ingredients, and it’s delicious and has a sophisticated look.

The name. Aglio Olio Pasta.

It was one of the dishes I ate the most while living alone.

I don’t know if there is such a food in this world, so I don’t know the exact name. But I think it will be popular because it has a taste that everyone’s taste will have.

I helped Lily by slowly introducing the ingredients and sauces to put on the pan one by one.

So I made the basic oil sauce and used the heat magic to heat the pan.

“Now, put the boiled noodles on top and mix well.”

“Yeah.”

Lily’s expression became much brighter than before, perhaps because she felt enjoyment when she actually did it.

It seemed incredibly tense a moment ago… I guess it was just my imagination.

While Lily was busy mixing the noodles, I placed the meat I had bought on the cutting board and took out my knife.

“Sarah, I’ll do the cutting.”

Lily came up to me and snatched my knife away from me, saying, “You must not like the sight of me wielding a knife.”

“Yeah. But… are you good at cutting?”

At my words, Lily looked at me with a triumphant expression.

“Sarah. I am the Grand Master.”

….I feel uneasy.

Still, I think it would be better to leave it to them for now.

Lily, who had been saying that it wasn’t that big of a deal, smiled slightly and put strength into the knife as she cut into the meat.

but.

– rustle

“Huh..?

A voice of confusion came out of Lily’s mouth.

Looking towards Lily’s hand, I saw a cutting board and a stone stand that had been cut at the same time as the meat.

‘….I thought it would be like this.’

When Lily looked at me with a look of confusion, I let out a short sigh and approached her.

“Lily..You have to hold the knife differently when you cook.”

I stood close behind her, resting my chin on her shoulder. I took both of her hands in my hands and helped Lily hold the knife correctly.

‘Lily.. your hair smells nice..’

Her silver hair swayed in front of my nose, giving off a faint fragrance.

I left Lily’s scent behind and whispered softly into her ear.

“Instead of just using force, do you want to try using the feeling of swinging a sword like this?”

When I made a gesture by moving her hand, the meat was cut incredibly smoothly, unlike before.

“Want to give it a try?”

“…..”

“…Lily?”

I looked at Lily as if something was strange.

Lily’s ears were the same color as the bright red peppers underneath.

Lily continues to act strangely today.

…Where does it really hurt?