Me and Sasha returned to the stall just as the sky turned deep orange.
The moment we stepped past the banner, silence fell.
Everyone stared at us.
No one smiled.
Julie, arms crossed, flour on her cheek.
Seraphina, tapping her foot with dramatic flair.
Lucielle, holding a ledger, expression unreadable.
Eren looked exhausted. Noora just shook her head.
Even Masha gave me a deadpan glare while holding Yumi's hand.
Yeah.
They were ready to kill us.
"Okay, okay," I said, raising my hands in surrender. "That glare could cook a steak. Fair. I dumped everything on you."
Masha stepped forward calmly. "While you were enjoying your romantic detour, we had a record-breaking day. Seven hundred gold coins in one day."
"Seven hundred?" I blinked. "I guess... that's nice."
Julie threw her rag at me. "Nice?! Nobody in the history of this Academy has ever earned that much from a food stall! Not even the royal chefs! Why are you like this? Why are you so damn greedy?!"
