(Heartfelt thanks to '0164a', 'Yunqi Qinggu', and 'Future Domain' for their tips!)
"..."
The group stood at the entrance of the restaurant, staring fixedly toward the cashier in silence.
"It looks so delicious..." Astrea, the only one still oblivious to the situation, stared excitedly toward the source of the fragrant smell and kept tugging on Wu Yan's clothes.
"R! Let's hurry over there!"
"..." Wu Yan rubbed his brow, feeling both amused and helpless.
The restaurant charged money?
Wasn't that only natural?
Even the meals provided to students in the dormitory cafeteria cost money. It was just that the food there was counted as meal expenses and included in the tuition, so students did not need to pay cash when dining there.
And since even his tuition had been paid in gold coins, how could Wu Yan possibly have cash?
Rather, he did have a little Japanese yen because he had lived in Tengu City in the Date A Live world, Itogami City in the Strike the Blood world, and Fuyuki City in the Magical Girl Illya world.
But this was Liverpool, Britain's academic city, known as Automaton City! In other words, the banknotes used here were pounds sterling...
"Hey, Natsuki..." Still rubbing his brow, Wu Yan looked sheepishly at Natsuki.
"You're one of Itogami City's foremost Assault Mage Officers, the Witch of the Void whom demons feared. You must have worked in plenty of places before, right? Such as Britain...?"
"Are you an idiot?..." Natsuki replied expressionlessly.
"The day I officially became an Assault Mage Officer was also the day I became the warden of the Prison Barrier. The one active as an Assault Mage Officer is my double. Do you think I could so easily leave Itogami Island and travel somewhere as far away as Britain?"
Hearing that,