"Of course, you can." Emiya didn't refuse Takashi Natsume's request, but readily agreed. "After all, that was our promise."
Even so, the polite Takashi Natsume said thank you.
Then, the two walked to a deserted corner. Emiya activated his superpower, sent Takashi Natsume and his cat-like companion, Teacher Nyanko, back, and then returned to the venue.
He walked around a few of the venues and quickly found Haruhi Suzumiya.
"Don't you have to go to school today?" Emiya walked over and asked.
Haruhi Suzumiya said with an air of indifference, "Just
skip it."
Yuki Nagato, who was next to her, was expressionless, and no one knew what she was thinking. On the other hand, Mikuru Asahina said timidly, "Skipping class isn't good, is it, Club Leader?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Haruhi Suzumiya waved her hand and said, "With our academic performance, we won't fall behind even if we skip a few classes. Don't worry."
Emiya thought about it and realized she was right.
Although Haruhi Suzumiya was a bit willful, she was
excellent in both academics and sports.
Yuki Nagato was an alien, and her knowledge surpassed that of Earth's Ph.D. supervisors.
And Mikuru Asahina was a person from the future, so high school knowledge was a piece of cake for her.
The knowledge taught in high school classes really wasn't much for the three of them.
"Well, whatever makes you happy."
Emiya saw Takashi Natsume go back to school, and he originally thought Haruhi Suzumiya would think the same, so he came over to ask. It seemed he had thought wrong.
Haruhi Suzumiya didn't care about being late or skipping class at all.
It wasn't surprising for the self-centered Haruhi to have such an idea.
Emiya didn't bother to say anything more. After parting
with Haruhi Suzumiya and her group, he returned to Loki's side.
Loki was originally planning to go to Venue A to find Megumi Tadokoro. Now, seeing Emiya return, she clicked her tongue in displeasure. Emiya pretended not to hear and asked, "Loki, have you seen Hestia and Hephaestus?"
Emiya hadn't seen the two goddesses when he was looking for Haruhi Suzumiya.
Loki asked, "Why are you looking for them?"
Emiya said, "Nothing, I just didn't see them just now, so I
asked."
Loki told Emiya that the two goddesses had left the venue after breakfast and were probably wandering around somewhere else. If Emiya needed them, she could call them back at any time.
"No need." Emiya shook his head. He really didn't have anything urgent to discuss and had just asked casually.
Afterward, the person and the god continued to wander around the venue, occasionally tasting delicious breakfast dishes.
As time passed, more and more students completed the challenge of preparing 200 servings, successfully passing this difficult hurdle.
The few people Emiya was concerned about, except for Soma Yukihira, had all passed successfully.
As for Erina Nakiri, she had already surpassed 200 servings, even breaking through 300, and was now pushing toward the 400-serving mark.
When Emiya and Loki returned to Venue A, they happened to see Soma Yukihira working hard with eight pans.
So Emiya and Loki walked over, each took a serving of breakfast, and made a small contribution to Soma Yukihira's passing grade.
After a few bites, Loki nodded in slight satisfaction. "Not bad. It's not as good as Little Megumi's, but I'm really looking forward to the food his father makes."
"Joichiro Saiba?" Emiya, of course, knew why Loki was looking forward to the food made by the person nicknamed the 'Shura'.
Because in the past, when Joichiro Saiba was still named Gin Saiba, he was very aggressive, and so was his cooking, which had an overwhelming sense of impact.
Later, due to various reasons, Gin Saiba lost his way.
While traveling the world, he met Soma Yukihira's mother, the woman "worth all of his cooking."
Gin Saiba changed his surname to Yukihira, opened a small restaurant called "Restaurant Yukihira," and started cooking again.
At this point, his cooking skills had improved to a new level, even being able to make a high-ranking monk return to secular life.
In particular, his dishes were imbued with an indescribable gentleness, completely different from the aggressive flavors of the past, and could blend all the cuisines of the world into one.
That was why Loki wanted to taste this chef's cooking, as the intentions contained within it were even stronger than Megumi Tadokoro's.
This could be seen from Erina Nakiri's case.
As a child, Erina Nakiri was tortured by her 'demon father,' leaving a huge psychological scar.
Later, Senzaemon Nakiri invited Joichiro Saiba back to make a meal for Erina. After eating Joichiro Saiba's food, Erina gradually came out of her shadow and has never forgotten it, even treating the only photo she has with Joichiro Saiba as a treasure.
From this, one could see how terrifying Joichiro Saiba's
cooking was.
Loki's anticipation had a good reason.
"Do you want me to invite this 'Shura' back?" Emiya asked. If he used the Nakiri family's influence, he could indeed bring Joichiro Saiba back from abroad.
Loki thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Forget it. If I bring him back using such semi-coercive means, I won't get the kind of food I want."
Emiya thought so too. Putting himself in Joichiro's shoes, if he were called back from abroad to cook for a stranger, even knowing the person's high status, he would still feel annoyed.
In that case, the resulting dish might not be cooked with
a whole heart.
Intentions were such a mysterious thing.
Tick-tock!
Shortly after, the two hours finally passed. With the sound of "Time's up, that's it" spreading throughout the venue, the fourth day of the Totsuki Culinary Academy's training camp, the morning's new dish assessment, finally ended.
Erina Nakiri came to Emiya's side almost as soon as the assessment was over.
"Emiya-sama, Loki-sama, my grandfather has been waiting in the room for a long time."
Emiya said "Oh" in surprise and asked, "When did Senzaemon Nakiri arrive?"
Erina Nakiri replied, "He arrived yesterday and has been
in his room, preparing to welcome the two of you."
"Are the things I asked for ready?"
"Yes." Erina Nakiri nodded.
Emiya turned to look at Loki and asked, "So, should we go over, or should we have him come here?"
"What are you talking about? We should show respect to an elder. We'll go over," Loki said.
Emiya rolled his eyes. No matter how old Senzaemon Nakiri was, was he older than you?
Didn't you know how old you were yourself?
Of course, Emiya would never dare to say these words out loud.
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