“It might be troublesome…”
“I don’t mind. If they’re Fei’s friends.”
“Really!? Thanks, blonde lady!”
Unexpectedly, Sister Maria accepted. Fei glanced at her with a hint of admiration.
“Then, I’ll sit… next to Fei.”
Arthur smoothly took the empty seat next to Fei, with Bowlan sitting on her other side.
“I’ll have the Neapolitan.”
“I’ll go with the shrimp pilaf.”
They ordered seamlessly and sat as if it was no big deal.
“What about you, lady?”
“She’s a sister from the orphanage where Fei lives. Nice to meet you.”
“Oh, I’m Bowlan! Nice to meet you!”
“I’m Arthur.”
“Please take care of Fei, Bowlan and Arthur.”
“Leave it to us!”
“Of course… you don’t even need to ask.”
Bowlan and Arthur proudly assured they’d take care of Fei. Fei didn’t think he was causing any trouble, though.
As Bowlan chatted with Maria,
“Here’s your shrimp pilaf!”
“Oh, looks like Fei’s order is here.”
“Seems like it.”
Fei’s order, who had been silent all this time, arrived first.
“Did you also get the shrimp pilaf, Fei?”
“Yeah.”
“I did too. Looks like we have similar tastes.”
“Just a coincidence.”
With a sour face, Fei kept his arms crossed, not eating despite her food being served. Arthur looked at him curiously.
“Fei, aren’t you going to eat?”
“…”
“Fei’s probably waiting for us.”
“Right, Fei is kind.”
“…I knew that.”
Arthur pretended she knew it all along, competing with Maria and Yururu.
Yururu, Maria, Arthur, and Bowlan were all exceptionally beautiful. In fact, there were five beauties if you counted everyone. This made some people around them feel jealous. Among them, one person radiated particular hostility.
“Damn, watching Arthur led me to see this disgusting scene!!”
It was Sargento, Arthur’s overworked watcher.
“What’s with that guy! I never liked him from the start, but now I hate him even more!!”
Sargento had a mission: to monitor the Holy Knight Arthur. Using this as an excuse, he was sitting with a stranger at the same table. he disguised with different clothes and hairstyle, blending in as an ordinary person.
No one would suspect he was a third-rank Holy Knight.
“Hey, that shrimp pilaf looks good! Give me a bite!”
“No.”
“You’re so stingy. You’re surprisingly petty.”
“…Fine, here.”
Fei reluctantly offered his plate to Bowlan, who eagerly ate a big shrimp.
“Wow, it’s delicious! I’ll give you some of mine later.”
“No need.”
“Fei, don’t be so cold to your friends.”
“I’m fine!”
“Fei is always like this. But I like it.”
(I’m the only one who truly understands Fei’s good points… probably.)
Arthur prided herself on understanding Fei, oblivious to the fact that everyone else did too.
“Fei, how’s the scarf I made you the other day?”
“It’s okay.”
“Fei, that’s not the right way to respond.”
“Oh, I’m fine.”
“Fei is always like this.”
Once again, Arthur pretended to know everything about Fei.
(I understand Fei.)
Arthur, the self-proclaimed know-it-all beauty.
Even though he was surrounded by beautiful women, Fei acted as if it was no big deal. Sargento, on the other hand, was envious to the point of frustration.
“Damn it!! Repent your life!! I’m so jealous… Isn’t that Maria? And Yururu, Arthur, and Bowlan, they’re all cute! Why is he so aloof?!”
“Um, Fei, would you like to try my spaghetti? Ah, let me feed you.”
The other customers found the scene unpleasant. Yururu blushingly tried to feed Fei spaghetti, prompting a chorus of disapproval from everyone around.
“Tch.”
“What? You’re going to do it? “
“What? He’s scary, so I won’t.”
“He looks like he’d hit back if you punched him.”
“He’s that guy who runs around doing handstands, right?”
“He’d definitely hit back a hundred times harder.”
Of course, Fei didn’t eat from anyone feeding him. But how much of a dream it was for the girls, he had no idea. The people around found it increasingly annoying.
“He’s acting cool.”
“Does he think that’s impressive?”
“Even with girls around? Men-only gatherings are more relaxed anyway.”
Male customers looked at Fei with bloodshot eyes, resenting him as they saw the beautiful women around him.
“…Fei.”
Seeing Yururu trying to feed Fei made Maria a little sad. She felt she wasn’t good enough for him.
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But at that moment, a spark ignited within her. Maria’s other personality, Lilia, awakened.
“—”
A red hairpin fell onto her lap. She replaced it with a blue flower hairpin. Then, she twirled her spaghetti around a fork.
No one noticed Maria and Lilia’s personality switch, but Fei sensed a slight change in her demeanor.
“Fei, say ‘ah’? This spaghetti is really good.”
“No… more importantly, you, no, never mind.”
Then, Yururu also brought her fork to Fei’s mouth.
“Fei, please, just one bite…”
“I don’t want it.”
(Cool guys don’t accept being fed.)
Fei rejected the “ah” from two beautiful women. This seemed natural to him, but it enraged the people around him. Lilia and Yururu just wanted a little romantic moment, but it only fueled the surrounding jealousy.
But the object of their envy remained cold.
(This situation… being fed by two women… of course, I won’t go along with it. But if I did, I only have one mouth. Yet, they both offer spaghetti. If Yururu is doing this, it means…)
(Spaghetti from both sides into one mouth. It could be a hint that something is coming that I can’t handle alone.)
(I’m the cool protagonist. Overhelping isn’t right. But considering the recent fake and blunder incidents, occasional moderate cooperation might be fine… if I were to team up, who would it be?)
As he pondered, Arthur brought over a spoonful of shrimp pilaf.
“Fei, have some of my shrimp pilaf…”
“Least needed. I also have shrimp pilaf.”
(Rejecting Arthur’s shrimp pilaf is basic.)
“I’ll give you some of mine. I’ll put it on your plate!”
(Bowlan is… fine.)
Bowlan quickly put some of her spaghetti on Fei’s plate. In the end, Fei didn’t take any spaghetti or shrimp pilaf from anyone but Bowlan.
Of course, Fei paid for everyone’s meal, further angering the surrounding people.
(Fei, I feel like I’m being escorted. I’m so happy!)
(Fei, I still like you! …Thank you, Fei.)
(Fei is always a gentleman… I knew that.)
(Eating with him means free food… that’s awesome!)
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Well, the afternoon was noisy, but… I have to train with my sword. And if this was a hint, do I need to find a partner?
I started swinging my sword at the three trees for some light exercise after the meal, ahead of Teacher Yururu. Someone approached.
“Fei… you’re practicing your sword again.”
“…True?”
“I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“It’s about the sister. I heard you protected her.”
“That’s all?”
“For me, it’s important.”
“I see. It wasn’t a big deal for me.”
“Even so… I should thank you. If something happened to the sister, the orphanage would’ve been finished.”
“Did you come here just to say that?”
“Yes, I came just for that.”
“Got it.”
Though he never usually spoke to me, True showing up now… Could he be my partner? True…
I briefly considered Bowlan, Arthur, Teacher Yururu, and even Maria as potential partners… but True could be the one.
After all, he got better after my hit to his solar plexus. Respecting me and becoming my partner was a possibility.
—I propose the True-as-my-partner theory.
Friendship, effort, and victory are the basics, right?
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