New chap! 

Things have been very hectic, I just keep unable to post new chap these days...

This semester and next semester quite important for my graduation. And I have been quite stressed out lately.. ( TT _ TT )

My friend(the co-host) is now have become an exchange student and fly off to somewhere right after get back from vacation...

So here is the chap, please enjoy (^_^)/

Warning, beginner level english!

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Chapter 38

My body feels heavy and my head is dizzy. As the sun hurts my eyes, I tried to move my body slowly. Then, the familiar scent tickle my nose. A nostalgic fragrance came out from a cup near where I’m laying down. It’s a bit cold, so I warm it up with fire magic.

I take a sip and the warm, sweet-bitter feeling walk through my throat. My tears fall down from the result I made.

I work hard…

I work really, really hard…

This is the fruit of my work. This bitter taste that I usually dislike. Mixed with single cup of milk and sugar, I drink it happily.

Right, it is coffee’s taste.

I’m not a fan of coffee. I’m more to tea faction actually. But this one is exception… This one is fruit of my hard labour.

Making a coffee from scratch is already tiring. Selecting the cherries, processing them, drying, milling, tasting and roasting… it take more than a week, especially without using any machine…

I thought one week would be enough, but after I asked Shena on how to processing the coffee, it actually takes more than a week… This is the fastest we could get. I got scold by Shena cause I promised the twin’s grandpa a week.

“Are you an idiot? You are an idiot aren’t you? Do you think coffee bean can process itself so you can just pick it up and drink it? Should I shove them up to your throat? We might be able to make the processing faster as a coffee luwak...”(Shena)

She was talking kindly, but somehow I felt cold to my spine and my butt… I could tell that she was serious.

In the end, Shena asked help from Syl to speed up the coffee processing. Her magic is so amazing to the point where she can cast it from far away place.

I tried to use my [Analyzing Eyes] on her once out of curiosity, she detect my magic and just smirk at me.

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MY EYES! AND MY HEAD!

It hurts not only my eyes, but also my head!

Her status window is full of question marks.

My [Analyzing Eyes] skill level up by 5 after that and I passed out.

When I met her once more, Syl whispered to me in playful tone.

“It is rude to peek at someone's profile, especially woman. Next time it wouldn’t end with just passing out~”(Syl)

I’M SORRY! I won’t do it again! I swear! After that, I would retain myself from taking a peek on someone’s status window unless I think it is necessary.

Syl is scary….

I took another sips to calm myself down from that dreadful memory….

Fuh...It’s good...

Coffee in this world are originally white. Even after roasted, the colour would turn into caramel brown. Although I was really tired from making the coffee into a powder, the after is really sucking my life dry. Right, I’m talking about you Mark!

Coffee pecan biscuits, Ice cappuccino, mocha mudslide milkshake, brazilian coffee biscuits, maccadamia coconuts sequares, cappuccino cheesecake, coffee biscuits, coffee and walnuts surprises, espresso cake, coffee sandwich cake, coffee zabayon, coffee charlotte, and lastly baked coffee apples are the recipes I can think off from the available ingredients. Mark keep bothering me, asking and not letting me have a single rest until he understand every single recipes completely.

When everything is ready to deliver, I passed out. Since I haven’t replenish my mana for days, it seems I got the penalty and out for several days once I sleep…

I’m tired physically and mentally...

I refill portion of my mana that I just use for heating the coffee and change my clothes before get out from my room and walk down to the diner.

Then, I assaulted by big meat buns.

“Ru-Crev! I’m very glad you’re awake!”(Kena)

“Omp-!”(Rune/Crev)

I-i can’t breath!

“K-kena! Stop! You’re killing him!”(Lila)

Lila is trying to separate me from Kena, but she tighten her grip more and crushing me.

Being embraced by boo-I mean girl is comforting, but getting crushed by is not comforting at all!

Since I just wake up, I have no power to resist and now I’m lack of oxygen. Not good, I’m about to pass out again...

“Crev! You’re awake!”(Mark)

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Suddenly, Mark pull me out from Kena.

“Try this one! I tried to make the gredra seed powder into popsicle just like beluberry! I mix it with milk, sugar and add some biscuits in it! The twins said It was good, but I wonder if you can add something else? I’m planning to sell it in Tiera!”(Mark)

But then, Kena pull me again toward her embrace.

“Hey! Don’t pull him roughly! Crev just wake up! He is still weak after all those hard work!”(Kena)

“Y-you both! Stop that! Crev looks as if he can collapse anytime!”(Lila)

Lila, pulling my hand like that just make me even dizzier...

“...You guys...please...let me eat something first…”(Rune/Crev)

At my weak complaint, Mark quickly prepare me a meal which I vigorously ate.

“Hurry up and taste it!”(Mark)

Be quiet Mark...I haven’t finished my meal! Do you know how hard it it is for me to eat while covering my face?!

After I finish the last spoonful from my plate, Mark popsicle almost all melt up. When I’m about to take the popsicle, it suddenly gone.

“Tasty!”

Followed by familiar voice I turn my head toward the exit door.

“Oi! You two, that is for Crev!”(Mark)

Mark’s angry voice is directed to the two girl who is running away.

“We will go back to the workshop!”(Perika)

“Please bring us lots, lots of lunch!”(Parika)

They both looked very lively and enthusiastic, probably because they can start on making weapon for the tournament.

We just give the twins’ grandfather the identity of Tiera’s head chef in exchange for letting the twins back to their house and using their old workshop.

As the part of dwarf noble, the twins’ grandfather give his grand daughters a complete set on everything they need as a blacksmith. He even build them a special workshop and that is the only place the twins able to work quietly without any external disturbance.

“He really like the foods didn’t he?”(Rune/Crev)

Can I call this mission a success? I still have regret though...

I really want to see that stern old man eating sweets things with happy face or maybe with frown between his eyebrows but still keep eating. Isn’t that kind of adorable?!

Sadly, I passed out. I remember Lila was smirking scarily right before they deliver the foods but now she seems the least interested? Why?

Since the twins bluntly told Tiera’s secret, it seems that their grandfather now create some kind of business contract with Shena, said Kena.

“Yeah, he really like it”(Mark)

Mark told me with usual expression.

“To the point where I got engaged to the family”(Mark)

“KOFF!”(Rune/Crev)

Choked by my own drink, I almost die.

“Now I have fianceès”(Mark)

He said casually.

..Eh?...fianceès? Not fianceè?

No way, right? I mean, the three of them often argues and fight with each other. Even if they get along, the would soon fight over the raw materials! Rather than that kind of relationship, they would fit more as siblings.

Faint heartedly, I asked Mark.

“F-fianceès...who?”(Rune/Crev)

“The twins”(Mark)

“...”(Rune/Crev)

While drinking my tea, I ran away from reality.

Ah, today is also another great weather, I wonder there will be a blizzard tomorrow?

“””...”””

After I took another sips, I flipped at Mark.

“How can you got engaged with both of them?!”(Rune/Crev)

Yeah, I just can’t keep calm myself down.

He got engaged with two women at once and a twins for God sake! definitely not because of he is getting a girl faster than me...definitely not.

Confused with my sudden outburst, Mark look at me with dots like eyes before he seems to realizing something.

“Don’t worry Crev, we already prepare a good plan so we won’t fight over ingredients in future”(Mark)

THAT ISN’T THE PROBLEM!

“In exchange for maintaining my cooking equipment, I will cook for them, do the washing and cleaning. Every materials will be divided into 3 of us, with 2:1:1 portions. Whenever we spotted a great materials, we will hold a debated on will we buy it or not. The result will not determined by vote but by the utility and purposed of the materials itself-”

“...Mark, you’re getting engaged, not making a business contract right?”(Rune/Crev)

“? We have the regulation and rule written in this magical contract”(Mark)

It’s hopeless… the three of them are hopeless…

“At first, the old man want you to engaged with one of the twins”(Mark)

*Crash*

This time, I accidently drop my cup

“Why?!”(Rune/Crev)

“Since he’s already involved with Ancagon, I would as well told him about how you teach me all the recipes and he quickly put forward the engagement talk between the four of us”(Mark)

“...Some sort of political marriage…”(Lila)

“W-we quickly shoot down the idea!”(Kena)

Having one of the twins as my wife and Mark as my brother-in-law...My peaceful life dream just crumbling in front of my eyes... Good job in declining the old man!

Just when I’m about pour another drink, Lila drop out the bomb.

“Wolf-kin is well known for having one partner for lives, so the oldman can’t force you to an engagement once he know you are engaged”(Lila)

…What?

“Hey, hey, how can you didn’t told me that you are engaged? Is she pretty?”(Mark)

Engaged, to whom?!

“Crev’s fianceè is really pretty! With long black hair, small red lips and petite body...Really, really pretty!”(Kena)

Black hair... Could it be, she is talking about Kiel? Why is Kena puffing her chest with that smug face? She isn’t your fianceè you know?

“Hoo~ she sounds like a nice catch”(Mark)

Kiel isn’t my fianceè! She’s just kidding about that proposal thing! She is now in love with Arke!

“W-wait! That’s not-”(Rune/Crev)

Just when I’m about to correct the misunderstanding, Kena cut in and adding more to make it worse.

“They sleep together, eat together, study together, they practically always together!”(Kena)

“He~~”(Mark)

Stop that Kena! The misunderstanding, stop making it worse! Why are you looking at me with that ‘I did great’, face?!

Mark too! Stop looking at me with that smirk up your face!

“I heard that they kissed passionately in front of Allan...”(Lila)

Not you too Lila?!

“Yeah, yeah! So passionate, to the point that their lips bleeding!”(Kena)

“N-no! T-t-tha-”(Rune/Crev)

Back then, Kiel was just making an evig contract with me!

“Apparently Crev was four and his fianceè is ten years old back then”(Lila)

“Hooo~~~”(Mark)

Stop! Stop this! Why you all shaming me?!!

“I-i-i...N-no! T-that not it!”(Rune/Crev)

Mark is now looking at me with full smirk!

“Preying an older woman...Crev, you are pervert little boy aren’t you~?”(Mark)

NUOOOO!

At this point, my whole body is red as boiled crab. Hole, please somebody, find me a hole and bury me!!!

Lila, Kena and Mark, they are gang up on me! The three of them staring at me as if I’m some sort of perverted boy! It would be a lie if I didn’t overjoy when Kiel kiss me, but she was ten! I have no such interest toward children! True she is beautiful, but it isn’t like that! Stealing ten years old first kiss is guilty enough for me! NO! Stop looking at me!

“Don’t look at me like that! It isn’t like that at all!”(Rune/Crev)

As if they didn’t believe me, the other three keep maintaining a big smile on their face. Unable to endure the harassment, I try to voice an excuse.

“I-i have something to do in my room!”(Rune/Crev)

I ran back to my room and then let out voiceless scream against my Kiel doll.

I have prediction that they will keep teasing me about this!

As if the shaming incident isn’t bad enough, I got call from Shena through Xarka crystal that night.

“Rune, did you know that the main characters are in the dwarf kingdom?”(Shena)

...I forgot telling Shena about it...P-pretend that I didn’t know!

“I-is that so? Wh-who is it? I have to be careful then!”(Rune/Crev)

“...It seems, the heroine was spotted taking a passionate rendezvous with a masked wolf-kin in Tiera, I wonder who is it?”(Shena)

Shena’s voice sounds gentle, but there is an ominous pressure in it..

“Rune, my fellowmen, I use to cut their little miss pinky if they were lying”(Shena)

“I’M SORRY! THAT WAS ME!”(Rune/Crev)

Somehow I unconsciously doing dogeza in front of small Xarxa crystal...

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Rune is running away with face colored in red, and seems to be almost crying out of embarrassment, leaving the trio at the diner...

“...Crev is so cute…”(Lila)

“He is honest by nature, he even embarrassed over kiss on the cheek or so I heard from the twins. It’s quite a surprise to know he already kissed...”(Mark)

“Nah, I heard the kiss actually just an accident or something. The fianceè was the one who kissed him, Crev didn’t prepared at all”(Kena)

“But looking at him flustering…just cute”(Lila)

“Yeah, you just want to tease him!”(Kena)

“looking at how lively he is, really bring relives to my worries”(Lila)

“Sleeping like a dead person, it wouldn’t hurt if we tease him a little”(Kena)

“It feels good once in awhile!”(Mark)

Little did They know, the topic fianceè will bring more misunderstanding in the future...

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Next chap...should I make Kiel's POV...or Julia's maid? 

Thanks for reading (^_^)/