Volume 5 Chapter 31: What Happened To You Guys?!

"Senior, are you going to return to the academy?" Keith asked Sakura. The latter shook her head,

"No, I still need to do some things."

"I see. Then I will see you later, Senior!" Keith waved as he headed back to the academy. So I was gone for a week. Even he was surprised by the time. He wasn't so focused on it because only food was on his mind.

While Keith returned home,

"So that was Keith Freed." A small smile formed on Sakura's face as she walked away.

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"I wonder how the others have been," Keith turned to Aria. He got a little worried since the two had been gone for so long. When he returned to the island,

Eh? Keith paused.

What is this ominous feeling? Keith was in front of the mansion. He felt a pressure coming from it like never before! Should I go in? Not entering was going through his mind!

Even Aria flinched! Yes, Aria, the apex monster, felt something was wrong!

Keith took a big sigh as he entered, "I'm home." There was only silence in the building.

"Where is everyone?" As Keith looked around,

"Keith."

"Jack, I'm-woah!" Keith was going to say hello. But he quickly took a step back. What he saw was Jack. The man looked dead. However, that was not what surprised him. Jack was crawling on the ground to get to him!

"What happened to you?!" Keith was shocked and confused! How could he look like this in a week?! And he wasn't alone,

"Keith, you're back." Carolyn and Sarah came out next! The two were the same as him!

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"What happened to all of you?!" His brain was malfunctioning.

"Need-" Jack's voice was faint like he was slowly dying.

"Need what?" What do you need?!

"Food." "Eh?"

"Oh, you're back." Keith looked up at Gabriel and Diana. The two looked so typical compared to everyone else. He looked at the two and then back to Jack and the rest.

"What's the matter with them?" That worry was out the window.

"I think they're going through the "No delicious food for a week," symptoms." Gabriel shook his head. He and Diana were the only ones who weren't like that.

"...I see," Keith shook his head. He was worried for nothing!

"Make us something." Carolyn and Jack crawled like zombies as they grabbed Keith's leg!

"Fine, fine." Keith shook his head, "I'll make something to fill your stomachs." And don't hold my leg like that. It's creepy!

He headed to the kitchen. As he walked, the rest followed afterward!

"What did you bring back with you today?"

"I got a lot of lamb." Keith summoned one of the sheep monsters onto the table.

"Yay! More meat!" Carolyn hugged Mir as she was excited about the new meat! There was a lot.

"Give me a second. I need to butcher it." Keith smiled as he took out his knives. Before he could do anything,

"You guys should step back." All of them stood way too close to him. There was going to be a lot of blood flying.

"But we wanna eat."

"I will call you guys later once I'm done butchering." Keith scratched his head. These guys' eyes are bloodshot. Are you guys planning to eat this raw? If he wasn't here, they might actually have done that!

"Come now, everyone." Diana was the leader as she quickly led everyone out of the kitchen. The group begrudgingly left. Keith sighed as he started to butcher the meat. When he did that,

Just don't mind them. While he cut, those eyes were glaring at the meat.

"Did you see the marbling?"

"Look at how much meat it has!"

"It's going to be so delicious!"

They murmured as they watched Keith work his magic. They were waiting outside the door, ready to pounce! After cutting the sheep monster, he scanned the types of cuts.

Braised lamb should be lovely. Keith cracked his knuckles as he took the shanks. He drizzled oil into the pan and started to cook them. Once they were browned, Keith added some potatoes and carrots to the pot.

"Muah. This is the best."

"The smell is so nice."

"I've been missing this!" Jack was about to cry.

While that cooked, Keith took out some cloud pig meat. And the rest tilted their heads at the sight of it.

"What kind of meat is that?"

"Something really delicious." Keith smiled evilly. He started to cook it on top of the stove. The rest were drawn to it, wanting to figure out what he meant. Once the meat was done grilling,

"You guys want a bite?" Keith gestured.

"Of course," There was no way they wouldn't want a bite! Not after having a week of nothing!

"Delicious meat!" "It has been so long!" But the moment everyone bit it, their eyes widened.

Carolyn gagged before she spat the thing into the garbage can. But then she glared at Keith,

"What's the big idea?!" Was this man trying to destroy their taste buds?

Keith laughed, "I was messing around."

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