Chapter 103

Perro didn't even read this script.

"There's really not much to say, but Shirou's movements this month have been quite strange."

Texas largely agreed with Exusiai's words, but Croissant's words served as a reminder to Texas.

Shirou must be doing something outside, since he's been coming Shirou lately quite often. While dinner hasn't turned into a midnight snack, it's still making Texas suspicious.

After all, Shirou was almost always quite punctual.

However, it's also possible that Shirou wanted to slack off after working for several months straight. After all, she herself sometimes does the same thing. Besides, Shirou basically doesn't take any vacations. When they want to order fried food delivery, Shirou comes up with an even better recipe herself.

It made them even lazier; they didn't even want to order takeout anymore and just waited to be fed every day.

However, the possibility of this assumption is very low, at least Texas has not seen any negative emotions in this regard from Shirou.

"Yes, Shirou has been coming back before evening quite often lately."

In response to Texas's statement, Sora offered his own thoughts.

After all, she and Croissant do relatively few deliveries, so they always come back quite early.

In the past, I would chat with Shirou for a few minutes after returning, and help him tidy up or prepare ingredients, but now I basically can't see Shirou until after 4 o'clock.

"Tsk tsk tsk... This is a sign that someone is outside. Shirou really is something, with so many high-quality options here, he runs off to look for someone outside."

Croissant looked regretful as she listened to her teammates' comments.

Then Croissant received helpless looks from the three of them, and the scene immediately fell silent.

Shirou, who was busy in the kitchen, happened to hear this conversation since he no longer had water or a knife. He glanced at the Lactate Beast he was portioning and thought that Croissant might have been overeating and starting to have wild thoughts. He then moved about a third of the meat into the other four portions.

"Let's eliminate the Croissant option first."

Exusiai, on the other side of the living room, also ruthlessly refuted Croissant's statement.

The main thing is... it just doesn't seem quite right.

After all, apart from returning Shirou's life was pretty normal.

If they're truly in love, they can't possibly not contact each other at night, right?

Another feeling is that after acknowledging Croissant's words, I feel a sense of pride being hurt.

Therefore, she directly refuted the other party's statement!

"Um... why don't we ask him directly?"

Seeing his teammates discussing so intensely, Kong timidly raised his hand and asked.

The people involved are just separated by a wall; why are they discussing this kind of thing here?

"Of course, it's because it's fun."

Croissant shrugged and said.

"I just think it's unnecessary and won't have much of an impact. It's not a good thing to pry into other people's affairs just out of curiosity."

Although Texas started the conversation, she still knew how to be tactful.

Many things are best discussed privately; bringing them into the open can actually make everyone feel awkward.

"I agree with that, but if I really have to say, what courses did Shirou enroll in?"

Exusiai immediately agreed with Texas and shared her own guess.

After all, the timing matches up; the teacher goes out in the morning and comes back in the afternoon, and occasionally procrastinates and delays the end of get out of class.

Her teacher in Laterano would do that, but we don't know about Lungmen, but let's assume that's how it will be for now.

This makes a lot of things make sense.

After all, Shirou has been diligently absorbing knowledge over the past three months, from children's books to books related to Oripathy. The leap he made was like someone who had just learned how to make a cake wanting to make a soufflé.

But Shirou actually took it to heart, which impressed Exusiai greatly.

She admitted she couldn't do that; she'd rather use the Guardian Gun to fight giant infected creatures.

Of course, Exusiai was unaware that Shirou had found an outside tutor to teach him.

However, this doesn't prevent Exusiai from elevating Shirou's status within Penguin Logistics, since he's mastered an ever-growing array of desserts, except for Apple Pie.

"The possibility of it Exusiai is quite high."

Sora nodded in agreement with Exusiai's words.

"Agree."

Texas, on the other side, was quite relieved, as their teammate had finally spoken human language.

That's really quite rare.

I just hope the other one can be normal too.

"That makes sense, but it feels a bit boring."

Croissant was also persuaded. Life as a street vendor has been getting increasingly difficult lately, so she was indulging herself a little here to vent.

Anyway, Shirou didn't hear it, so it's safe.

"Not everything is based on the premise of being interesting."

Upon hearing Croissant's words, Sora made a sarcastic remark.

"Ahem, this is Penguin Logistics, where entertainment comes first, understand?"

Croissant pointed to the portrait of the Emperor hanging on the wall and said.

It just suddenly appeared here one day. It wasn't Shirou or anyone else who did it, so there's a high chance that the boss put it up himself.

It's also possible that it Isv, who might have hung it up while checking on the dormitory. That's very Isv.

For some reason, Shirou didn't care about it, and they had long been used to it.

After all, this image can be seen in many places under Penguin Logistics, it's just that I wasn't as calm as Shirou when I first encountered it.

"Don't blame everything on entertainment, come and help me serve the dishes."

Shirou poked his head out of the kitchen and stared at Croissant with an unfriendly look on his face.

"Okay, I'm coming!"

Seeing Shirou with his slicked-back hair and unfriendly expression, Croissant followed her heart and immediately stood up and rushed into the kitchen to help Shirou bring dinner to the table.

She's trying to help, she's definitely not afraid.

The other three divided the dinner dishes that the Croissant had brought over, since it was easy to tell which one belonged to which person.

Today seems a little different. It feels like only one serving has a lot more meat than usual, while the other four servings seem about the same.

"Shirou, why are there only two portions of the meat?"

Exusiai asked loudly to Shirou, who was still in the kitchen.

"That one is from Texas."

Shirou came out of the kitchen and hung his apron aside.

"Huh? What about mine?"

Croissant looked bewildered; she would die without meat.

"I just overheard someone talking badly about me while I was distributing the meat. What do you think?"

Shirou said with a smile.

"...sorry."

Looking at Shirou's expression, Croissant remembered what she had just said.

At this point, she should have immediately grabbed Shirou's leg and begged Shirou to let her go and let her eat more meat.

But... Shirou looks pretty fierce right now, even fiercer than Texas when she wasn't upset.

Texas can just give Pocky when she gets annoyed, but she doesn't know what to do with Shirou like this!

So she decided to listen to her heart and apologize to the other person directly!

"You're making me feel embarrassed; it feels a bit strange."

Croissant skipped a large part of the process and went straight to apologizing, leaving Shirou momentarily at a loss for words.

If you're afraid, then don't jump out!

So Shirou picked out some meat from his portion and gave it to Croissant. Although it was still less than before, he considered it punishment.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Shirou- sama. I am deeply grateful."

Seeing that there were a few more pieces of meat in the bowl in front of her, Croissant now truly felt that Shirou was a very nice person.

But you might forget about it later.

"Sigh... Croissant, you should really learn your lesson. Aren't you tired of doing this every time?"

Texas, who always Croissant Texas before Shirou arrived, sighed as she spoke.

The two most troublesome people became increasingly unrestrained under Shirou's care.

"She's never tired? She's always full of energy, I don't know where she gets it from. Could you please share some with me? The apples sold in Lungmen haven't been very good lately, and even the Apple Pie isn't tasty anymore."

Upon hearing Texas's words, Exusiai's face clearly showed her frustration.

The main source of her joy was that Apple Pie had been tasteless lately, and as Apple Pie connoisseur, she immediately realized it was the filling that was the problem.

She looked forward to freshly baked Apple Pie every day to soothe her tired heart after a long day at work.

Now look what happened, snap, it's all gone.

I had just paid off the money Etched Ammunition and was about to start a happy life when this mess happened.

Fortunately, she could still look forward to the breakfasts and dinners that Shirou made every day and the occasional sweet treats. Otherwise, she would definitely have tried to get an order from her boss or take a few days off to go back to Laterano for refuge.

"Sister Neng, you should have said so earlier if you were jealous of my youth and energy. I can understand."

Croissant might not dare to flirt with Shirou now, but flirting with Exusiai a piece of cake, isn't it?

Putting everything else aside, even if Exusiai really so angry that she chased after her with her Guardian Gun, she might not be able to break through her shield.

"Hmph, I was going to share some meat with you, but this is the attitude you get? Go eat grass!"

Exusiai's face instantly turned as red as her hair, and then she viciously snatched a piece of meat from the Croissant and put it into her own bowl.

Not only did she refuse to share with the other person, she also tried to steal their meat!

"Well..."

Texas sighed, lamenting the hardships of life.

Fortunately, Shirou is there to protect her, otherwise she feels that she would have taken up a sword and dealt with these two guys sooner or later.

Meanwhile, Shirou was eating his meal while watching the two arguing in front of him.

He's used to it. Maybe he'd be surprised if Texas or Kong joined the game.

As for now?

It's perfect to eat with rice.

"Shirou, I have too much meat here, could you help me eat some?"

Sora placed a few pieces of meat into Shirou's bowl. Her portion of meat was noticeably larger than usual, but she usually ate less, so it was fine for her to give Shirou a few pieces.

At worst, we can just get some vegetables from Shirou's side to balance things out.

Thanks.

Shirou was deeply moved when he saw Sora put the meat into his bowl.

It feels like the child I've been taking care of is gradually becoming sensible and starting to repay me.

In a few days I need to figure out a way to make more of the things I like to eat, including desserts and drinks.

If Exusiai could look towards the sky, Apple Pie might have been free long ago.

116 Will you dare to do it again next time?

After eating and drinking their fill, it was time for Penguin Logistics and the others to bond.