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The last day of the school festival.
The foot traffic was much less than the previous two days, so there was no need to trouble Daiwa Scarlet, Vodka, and King Halo.
Although they only worked for one afternoon, Lucian still paid them their wages.
Lucian planned not to continue making desserts in the afternoon; once the morning's batch sold out, that would be it. On one hand, he was afraid of waste, and on the other, he wanted to give everyone more time to stroll around the school festival.
"Onii-sama, the customer at table six wants a glass of ice water." Rice Shower stood on tiptoe and carefully placed a glass filled with ice cubes onto the tray.
After a while, she brought out from the kitchen a soufflé decorated with fresh strawberries, its soft body still quivering, "Onii-sama, the customer at table four wants another serving of dessert."
"Onii-sama... the customer at table seven said that the desserts Onii-sama made are too delicious and wants another serving."
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Today, Rice Shower was especially enthusiastic, like a tireless little bee, shuttling between the tables and the kitchen. "Onii-sama" fluttered about, like gently rising willow catkins, brushing past Lucian's heart.
And into this sweet "Onii-sama" symphony, another sweet harmony was cleverly woven in.
"Onii-chan~~"
"Onii-chan, there are no more customers, Flower-Flower and I are coming in to rest a bit~"
Ines Hanakami and Ines Tsukigami also came today, and unlike yesterday when they played wildly, they actively stood at the door helping Lucian greet customers.
"Alright, you two have worked hard too. Later I'll also pay you two wages." Lucian rubbed the heads of the two little ones.
"Yay, Flower-Flower can also earn money~" Ines Hanakami excitedly stood on tiptoe, facing the direction of Ines Fujin, and made a "yeah" gesture with her small hands.
"Moon-Moon can too~"
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Seeing this scene, Rice Shower slightly puffed up one cheek, "Onii-sama.... smiling so happily."
Lucian didn't notice this subtle emotional change. He smiled at the horse girls and then turned to continue being busy.
At this time, Ines Hanakami and Ines Tsukigami happened to come over to Rice Shower's side.
"Rice Shower Onee-san, you've worked hard~" Ines Hanakami handed Rice Shower a piece of candy. Onee-san told her to be polite outside.
"Thank you~" Rice Shower was stunned for a moment, then took the candy. Even though she was jealous, of course Rice Shower wouldn't be hostile to the two little sisters, "You've worked hard too, you're great."
Ines Hanakami grabbed the edge of the table with both hands, her legs in little leather shoes dangling in mid-air, happily kicking as if keeping a beat, "Rice Shower Onee-san is the same as us, she actually also calls him 'Onii', other Onee-sans basically all call him 'Trainer'."
"That's not right, it's not like that." Rice Shower seriously shook her head, as if correcting an important principle, "It should be that you are the same as me, all calling Trainer 'Onii'."
"What's the difference?" Ines Hanakami asked in confusion.
"The difference is..." Rice Shower's tone carried a little bit of pride and persistence, "It was rice who first called Trainer 'Onii-sama', and only then the little sisters."
"Oh~ so that's how it is~" Ines Hanakami suddenly understood, "We call him 'Onii-chan' desu. Since it's like this, then Rice Shower is also Flower-Flower and Moon-Moon's Onee-san~"
"Onee-san~"
"Onee-san~ Onee-san~"
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Rice Shower bashfully pursed her little mouth.
Alright, then I'll reluctantly allow the two cute little sisters to call "Onii-sama" as "Onii-chan".
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As the last plate of dessert had its final corner scooped away satisfactorily by a customer with a spoon, the morning's business also formally came to an end.
Lucian clapped his hands, the crisp applause attracting the attention of all the horse girls, "Alright, everyone, you've worked hard! Let's thank the customers and close up shop!"
The horse girls responded one after another and began to tidy up the tables, chairs, and utensils in an orderly manner.
And Lucian, like a patriarch distributing New Year's money, handed the envelopes sealing the fruits of these two and a half days of hard work to the horse girls.
"Gong xi fa cai, gong xi fa cai ah."
When the envelope was given to Silence Suzuka, she said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Why is Lucian-kun still giving it to me? Mine is Lucian-kun's, isn't it."
"One thing is one thing. Although Suzuka's is mine, mine is still mine."
Seiun Sky also laughed softly: "This money is enough to buy Trainer how many times?"
"Buy your head, you don't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth."
Seiun Sky always healed her scars..... oh, couldn't heal her scars, and also couldn't forget the pain. Because every time she dared to talk back like this, Lucian dared to push back in an even more direct way.
Rice Shower and Meisho Doto had experience, so they didn't refuse and directly accepted it, because in the end Lucian would find ways to force them to accept.
And the inexperienced Twin Turbo also directly accepted it, "Yay!! I can use this money to buy a new pair of shoes! Turbo's strength will go up another level!"
Lucian: "Then what about buying two pairs of shoes?"
"Then it'll go up two levels!"
"What about three pairs?"
"Then of course three levels!" Twin Turbo stood with her hands on her hips, with a self-satisfied expression looking down on the world, "Four pairs is four levels, five pairs is five levels..." She had even learned to answer preemptively.
That full-of-confidence appearance made the surrounding horse girls unable to hold back their laughter. They knew Lucian was teasing Twin Turbo again.
"Turbo, I suddenly have a question I want to ask you." Lucian said again.
"Feel free to ask, Trainer, Turbo can answer anything!" Twin Turbo patted her small chest, full of confidence.
"If the success rate of a surgery is 10%, then if this surgery is performed ten times, what is the success rate?"
"100%!" Twin Turbo answered without thinking.
"Very good, excellent!" Lucian gave a thumbs up, then immediately threw out the second question, "Then I'll ask you another question. One person needs 300 days to build a house, so how many days do 300 people need to build a house?"
"1 day!"
"Then what about 3000 people?"
"A little over two hours!"
"What about 30000 people?"
"A few minutes! Anyway, very fast!" Twin Turbo's answers became faster and faster each time, more and more decisive, she was already completely immersed in her own art.
"Great, full of spirit!"
Receiving Lucian's praise, Twin Turbo became even more spirited, "Does Trainer have any more questions? Ask whatever you want!"
"None, you can already graduate from apprenticeship." Lucian added in his heart: "Graduate from Matikane Tannhauser's apprenticeship."
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