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After the cleaning work was finished, Lucian locked the shop door and hung up the closed sign.
Dextrous Bailey still had a faint smell of oil smoke lingering around her body, mixed with sweat, looking a bit tired. After greeting Lucian, she went back to the dorm to take a bath.
Hanakami, Tsukigami and Rice Shower played together, the two little ones pulling Rice Shower to stroll around the school festival together. Ines Fujin, in order not to cause trouble for Rice Shower, had no choice but to follow along as well.
Meisho Doto hugged the little Dango, saying she was going to the cat nest on campus to find friends for it.
Twin Turbo didn't get along very well with everyone in playing, so she went to the rehearsal venue to find Matikane Tannhauser and Nice Nature and the others.
The hustle and bustle dispersed, and behind Lucian only Seiun Sky and Silence Suzuka remained as two little tails.
Their first stop was not somewhere else, but after leaving the activity room, they turned right and walked to the end of the corridor.
"Is this the place where Suzuka and Trainer were sneaking around last night? It is indeed very secluded." Seiun Sky curiously poked her head in, grabbing Lucian's hand, "Hey, Trainer, take me in to look around too."
Seiun Sky didn't use much force, so Lucian pulled her back in one go and shook off her hand, "It's broad daylight, be careful. Also, if you want to go, go by yourself."
Facing Seiun Sky's provocation, Silence Suzuka couldn't pretend she heard nothing, "Lucian-kun, shall we go stroll somewhere else? For example, the infirmary.... or places like that."
The two's gazes met, and Lucian felt a faint burning smell in the air.
"You two, if you keep arguing, don't follow me anymore~ You two go play by yourselves." Lucian extracted himself and turned toward the stairs one step ahead.
Silence Suzuka and Seiun Sky glared at each other before following Lucian's steps.
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The air was filled with the sweet and greasy aroma of grilled octopus, apple candy, and chocolate bananas. As the three were strolling, a Grass Wonder suddenly walked toward them.
Sometimes it's just like this: the more you worry about something, the more it comes.
Lucian was still thinking of pretending not to see and then detouring away, but unexpectedly the sharp-eyed Grass Wonder had already opened her mouth to call out to them.
"Trainer Lucian, Suzuka, and Seiun." Grass Wonder greeted.
"Grass.... hello."
It wasn't that Lucian had prejudice against her, but he was very worried that Grass Wonder would notice something. Especially since Seiun Sky was also beside him today, not giving him any peace of mind at all.
However, Grass Wonder's arrival should be able to make Silence Suzuka and Seiun Sky quiet down for a while— just along this path, the two had been arguing the whole time, their mouths full of tiger-and-wolf words involving him as a good family man!
Things like Trainer is more durable with me....
Or things like... Trainer finally likes to do it in...
Unbearable to the ears! Simply unbearable to the ears!
"Grass." Silence Suzuka nodded in greeting to Grass Wonder.
"Grass, hello~" Seiun Sky also waved her hand warmly.
Grass Wonder walked over with light steps, her gaze lingering for a moment on the uniforms they hadn't changed out of yet, "Are you off work? I was just thinking of going to your shop to take a look."
"Closed down, closed down... alright, actually it's sold out, not continuing to sell. In the afternoon we plan to properly stroll around the school festival." Seiun Sky joked, "Rather, Grass, why are you alone?"
"Because I'm not very interested in the other activities." Grass Wonder answered, but her gaze involuntarily drifted toward Lucian.
Wasn't her implied meaning that she was interested in Lucian's desserts? Or not the desserts.
"Being alone is indeed a bit lonely....." Grass Wonder looked at a couple in the distance snuggling together sharing cotton candy, paused her voice, and continued: "Having a companion is still very nice, for example, a lover or something."
Lucian complained in his heart: "No one asked you so much, Grass."
"Eh? Lover?" Seiun Sky followed Grass Wonder's gaze and immediately smelled the scent of gossip.
As expected, Trainer didn't deceive me, spring has arrived, Grass is growing wildly!?
These racy words Seiun Sky could only hold back for now, not daring to say them in front of Grass Wonder. After all, in others' eyes she was still pure.
A small shock also flashed in Silence Suzuka's eyes; she didn't expect the usually quiet Grass Wonder to talk about this topic so directly..... the degree of surprise was comparable to when Special Week first asked her about love-related topics.
"Does Grass want to fall in love?" Silence Suzuka asked softly.
Grass Wonder stroked her own face, narrowed her eyes, and revealed her signature smile, "Maybe, does Suzuka think what I just said is right?"
"Right... I guess, when it comes to a lover, it can indeed provide enough companionship." Silence Suzuka couldn't deny it, after all, she was currently on a three-person date with her own lover..... and the concubine.
"What about Trainer Lucian? Do you think what I said is right?" Grass Wonder turned to Lucian again.
Today Lucian wasn't wearing sunglasses, and he also couldn't narrow his eyes like Grass Wonder to hide his emotions. Guilt made him subconsciously want to avoid that straightforward gaze, "Uh..... I think if Grass is lonely, why not join us together?"
"Join Trainer Lucian... Seiun, and Suzuka?" Grass Wonder repeated, with a bit of just-right hesitation in her words, "As long as it doesn't disturb you all."
"How could it? Don't you play very well with Suzuka, Spe-chan and them?" Lucian waved his hand, always feeling that what Grass Wonder said was a bit inexplicable.
Privately, she, Silence Suzuka, and Seiun Sky weren't rarely gathering together. Why today acting so politely as if they had only met a few times.
"Oh, right, and Spe-chan!" Grass Wonder seemed to suddenly remember something.
"Spe-chan went to rehearse the performance, let's go watch the show in the evening."
"Mm, I know."
"You know? Then why were you so surprised just now."
Grass Wonder nodded, "Yes, I just came back from the performance venue, and I even saw Spe-chan practicing backstage, very hardworking."
Lucian looked at Grass Wonder's calm face and felt even stranger. It seemed the other party and his conversation weren't on the same channel.
"Lucian-kun, it's almost noon, shall we first look for something delicious?" Silence Suzuka proposed.
Seiun Sky: "I feel there's nothing more delicious than what Trainer makes~ Why not go to Trainer's house to eat?"
"Can you let me rest properly for one day too?" Lucian smiled helplessly, "Let's just forage around here."
Grass Wonder interjected: "Trainer Lucian, I know a restaurant that's pretty good, opened by a chef from outside the school, shall I take you there?"
In the end, everyone adopted Grass Wonder's suggestion and walked into a pizza restaurant.
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