Chapter 539 – Episode 58. Dinner and Rest.
After buying souvenirs, we had lunch this time. Although there were Mott Burger and Jetria in the amusement park, we could eat at a franchise burger restaurant at any time, so we had lunch at a restaurant in the amusement park.
“Hmm… ! As expected, it’s not as good as I remember~☆”
Perhaps because it was the amusement park’s own restaurant, it wasn’t that delicious. The students in the special class already came here in middle school and knew the taste, so they all ate it, saying it was a taste they remembered. Of course, not all tastes are as good as memories, but everyone said they didn’t taste good, probably because they burned a lot of calories while riding the roller coaster, but they ate it without leaving anything behind.
The girls from the special class, who had re-energized after lunch, dispersed to the amusement park again and started enjoying the rides, and I had to take turns riding the rides with the girls, as if it were some kind of rite of passage.
Fuji-Q Highland did not operate at night because most of the rides were outside. Since it ended right after 6pm, I continued to ride the roller coaster, moving from student to student without a break.
Since I couldn’t get any thrill from roller coasters, rather than just sitting on the roller coaster and wasting time meaninglessly, I practiced what I could do in these situations. I floated a rock smaller than a fingernail next to me to keep it stable even when the roller coaster was running. I trained so that I could keep floating next to it.
It was quite a difficult exercise, but trying to follow the roller coaster’s movement and keeping it at an exact distance from me at the same time took a lot of willpower. As we spent time like that, after experiencing the rides with all the students, and it was getting closer to the end time of Fuji-Q Highland, we decided to move to the dinner party.
When we came to the amusement park, there were two students missing, so the inside of the car was quite relaxed, but now it was a little tight. First, there were souvenirs that everyone had bought, and most of all, the ○Punch Man giant dolls that Lisa Minamoto had given me as a gift were taking up one space.
“Lisa-tan… It’s so narrow I feel like I can’t breathe!”
“… I’m sorry.”
Risa Minamoto blushed and apologized to Seizawa Shii’s joke. Now that everyone in his class knew what he liked, he felt quite embarrassed.
“Oh, there it is.”
I muttered when I saw a mountain cabin that seemed to be made of wood. For the dinner party, we decided to just grill meat together. If I go to a restaurant, as the daughter of a famous family, I won’t be able to eat much or talk much just to save face, so I decided to just reserve a barbecue at a place like a pension and grill a lot of meat, sausages, mushrooms, shrimp, etc.
Of course, since it was a barbecue party for the daughters of a famous family, all the beef was of the highest quality, the pork was of the highest quality, made by crossing Durocga Kumamoto black pork, and the shrimp were expensive, costing 5,000 yen per 100 grams. The price was too high for 10 people eating at once, but it was a lot of money. There was also Grandpa Danjo’s Beopka, so we purchased barbecue ingredients with a corporate credit card.
After preparing for a while, we sat around the huge grill table, placed our meat and other ingredients in front of us, and waited for them to cook. The delicious smell of meat and shrimp cooking over charcoal stimulated my nose.
In addition to salt and pepper, we also prepared other seasonings and herbs so that each person can sprinkle it according to their taste.
“Hmm~! “Maybe it’s because I don’t like lunch, but it’s definitely delicious!”
“Definitely, when I came to Fuji-Q Highland during the middle school field trip, the lunch wasn’t that great.”
“It’s a memory~!”
“It’s a memory!”
While everyone was reminiscing about their memories from middle school, Alrik, who had only memories of being sold to slave traders at that age, was eagerly grilling and eating meat.
“Ryuta, ah~ do it.”
Alrik put a piece of well-cooked meat to my mouth. I ate Alik’s grilled meat. Well, it’s well-cooked meat. The meat sprinkled with a few seasonings and herbs that Alic chose was quite delicious.
“Delicious… ?”
“Yes, it’s very delicious.”
Alrik looks proud at my words. Next, he peels the shrimp and puts it in my mouth. Since they say it’s delicious, I put mushrooms and sausages in my mouth next. After putting all kinds of grilled food into my mouth one by one, Alik nodded with a satisfied expression and began to focus on his meal.
“After Alik, it’s my turn.”
Yuka Otagi, who was sitting across from me, held out her meat, which was blue rare and dripping with blood. She is a vampire after all, so she seemed to like her meat cooked close to raw, with only the exterior slightly burned. I ate the meat offered by Yuka Otagi. Actually, I didn’t like blue rare, but the meat cooked by Yuka Otagi was delicious. He must have often eaten raw dishes like Tataki (たたき), so he seemed to know the appropriate sauces well. The combination of meat and sauce was very good.
“Oh, it’s delicious?”
“It’s Yuka’s special sauce! It goes well with blue-rare meat like this.”
As I ate the grilled Yuka Otagi, the students who were concentrating on their meal looked at me. After that, it felt like a cooking competition and everyone fed me meat, shrimp, mushrooms, etc. As if I were the judge. I was a little embarrassed because even Airen Shimokawabe and Jurie Kijimoto fed me meat.
It was convenient to put delicious grilled meat in my mouth, but it was a bit burdensome. Still, I couldn’t just take what someone gave me and not eat what someone else gave me, so I just accepted the grilled food that everyone gave me. I didn’t say it out loud, but the dish with grilled mushrooms and meat made by Airen Shimokawabe, who had to cook a lot as a home teacher, was the most delicious. As the rest of the ingredients were expensive, they all tasted beyond a certain level, so you didn’t have to lose your appetite because the food wasn’t that good.
After everyone commented that it was delicious, I got up when the amount of meat I had prepared was reduced.
“Ah, Ryu Tachi, you’re a glutton. Have you already eaten everything?”
Seizawa Shii saw me stand up and asked with a puzzled expression. Of course, I didn’t eat it all.
“No, but since I am a Korean teacher, I would like to take this opportunity to cook you some Korean food.”
“To… Ryutachi, you always order something. “Can you cook?”
Seizawa Shii looks at me with a surprised expression. I was curious what kind of person I was in Seizawa Shii’s head her, but I also cook and eat sometimes. The dish I’m going to cook this time isn’t that difficult…
“I can’t do anything complicated, but when I eat meat in Korea, I usually eat cold noodles or stew, but today I’m going to try cold noodles.”
Since I ate a lot of top quality wagyu with a lot of fat, I thought I would make some cold noodles to refresh my greasy stomach. Since the actual broth is a ready-made product and the noodles are a product that only needs to be boiled, it was as difficult as ramen rather than cooking, but everyone looked at me with sparkling eyes as if they were excited when I told them that I would cook it.
It’s hard to expect too much… I told the students to wait while eating meat and then boiled water. While the water was boiling, we divided the cold noodle broth into each bowl and boiled the noodles. Wash the freshly cooked noodles in cold water, transfer them to individual bowls, and place a boiled egg on top. It would be nice to top it with thinly sliced boiled pork, but since there is a lot of meat on the grill, you will be satisfied with just this amount.
“Ruler. “Try it and add vinegar or mustard to suit your taste.”
“This time, we will evaluate Ryutachi’s cooking!”
In fact, I never said I would evaluate the girls’ grilled food, but Seiza and Shii ate cold noodles with an expression that said they would repay their debt. Although there was Morioka cold noodles made by Koreans living in Japan, it was different from Korean cold noodles because it had a slightly greasy taste. There is also cold ramen like Hiyashi Chuka (冷やし中華), but it will be different because it is different from Korean cold noodles. The students’ eyes widened at the unexpectedly refreshing taste.
“My mouth feels refreshed!”
“If you do this, you can eat more meat. “Ryu Tachi, are you trying to turn us into pigs?”
The cold noodles were well received. Of course, after eating meat, it’s cold noodles. Except for cold noodles, all post-meat meals such as soybean paste stew, kimchi stew, and ramen were very difficult.
I ate the meat with my cold noodles, looking satisfied at the students who were eating well.
After eating cold noodles, everyone patted their stomachs happily. When our meal was over, the lodge owner brought out soft ice cream for dessert and we ate it. We talked over dessert, and many topics came up, and soon the story about the school trip came up.
“This school trip will be the last.”
“We will be on a graduation trip, not a school trip.”
“Where should we go this time?”
“I went to Europe during my freshman year, so this time I’ll probably go to Asia or America.”
Perhaps because St. Francis Girls’ Academy is a wealthy school, they go on field trips twice a year, once a semester and once a year, and the second semester field trip is in mid-November. For third-graders, this school trip was their last school trip, that is, their graduation trip.
According to what the students said, the PMC certification exam I’m currently studying for is also in mid-November, so I checked and luckily, the graduation trip happened on the Monday after the weekend after the PMC certification exam ended. I’m glad our schedules don’t overlap.
“Ryuutachi! Do you know where your graduation trip is going?”
“Well…”
Actually, I knew there were several candidates. School trip agendas were usually decided at parent meetings rather than at schools. They said the final decision would be made after a meeting to discuss things like, “I want my child to go here because he hasn’t been there before,” Or “It’s not safe here, so let’s go somewhere else.” It seemed like the travel destination would probably be decided around next week.
After talking about the school trip for a while and then talking about something else, it was already time for the dinner party to end. We paid extra money under a contract that the hut would do dishes and clean up after us, so we didn’t have to do anything else.
“Ryuta, I had fun today.”
In fact, this amusement park + company dinner was decided based on Alic saying he wanted to go to an amusement park, so only Alic had to be satisfied.
“Let’s come again next time.”
“Huh… !”
I stroked Alrik’s head and got into the driver’s seat. Now it was time to return to Miyashi.
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Saionji Diana plain clothes!
I think the Saionji Diana model has the best fashion sense haha. Even if you don’t add any clothes-related tags, she will pick it out for you haha
Otagi Yuka Amusement Park costume.
It’s a simple fashion of jeans and a white t-shirt rider jacket haha