"True." Cyrene thought it over carefully.
"If we never update the menu, the customers will get tired of the food soon enough."
"No need to worry about that," Aglaea said calmly.
"I anticipated it and hired two agricultural and forestry experts."
"Though one of them... took quite a bit of work to recruit, I managed it in the end."
"They should be at the farm right now."
"The farm?" Yan Huan looked surprised. "We grow all our own vegetables?"
"That's right." Aglaea nodded. "Strictly ensuring our food is healthy is one of our restaurant's rules."
"We grow it ourselves, cook it ourselves, and serve food we can stand behind..."
Aglaea led Yan Huan and the others to the farm.
Pumpkins, lettuce, cauliflower, peppers, peas, and other crops filled the fields.
Two familiar figures stood among them.
The shorter priestess with twin tails asked worriedly,
"Teacher Anaxa, can we really solve the lack of sunlight?"
The farm was surrounded by the branches and leaves of enormous trees. Sunlight couldn't reach it at all.
Everyone knew photosynthesis was essential to plants.
By all rights, plants shouldn't grow well in a place this dark.
"Call me Anaxagoras, Feng Jin." Anaxa stood beside a pumpkin, his expression serious.
"Even on a field trip, don't forget the rules of my classroom."
"Yes, Teacher Anaxa. Of course, Teacher Anaxa."
"..."
Cyrene looked at the two in the field and smiled.
"Why, it's Anaxa, one of the Seven Sages, and Miss Feng Jin, the head of Dim Light Courtyard!"
At that, Anaxa turned to look at Cyrene.
"First, call me Anaxagoras."
"Second, I have no interest in calling little animals over for a meal. My assistant will handle the chores."
Feng Jin politely explained to Cyrene,
"Don't let his cool response fool you. He was the most