Satou's bento was very rich, and everyone ate very contentedly.
Even Yusa Emi ate with relish; it was much tastier than discounted bento from the Convenience Store or bread.
This made her suddenly realize that the Demon King actually had quite a few good qualities.
Recalling her embarrassing performance at the parents' sports day earlier, her face couldn't help but blush.
Soon, in the afternoon, Tor-daren finally returned.
"Mmm mmm mmm, Satou, I'm sorry, I went to steal the Elf Holy Spring and forgot the time."
Tor-daren rushed over, sweating profusely, and said apologetically.
"It's okay, Tor-daren," Kanna said.
"The sports day isn't over yet, is it? I want to win the parent group championship with Satou!" Tor-daren remembered something, rolled up her sleeves, and said excitedly.
"The parent sports day is already over," Yusa Emi interjected coldly from the side.
"Huh? Are you that Saint who comes to freeload on meals every night? What are you doing here? Freeloading?" Tor-daren saw Yusa Emi and immediately said with a wary expression.
Hearing the words "freeload on meals every day," a vein on Yusa Emi's forehead twitched slightly.
"Tor-daren, she came to take your place," Kanna explained from the side.
"What? You want to replace… my position by Satou's side?" Tor-daren's expression darkened, showing signs of going berserk.
Feeling the terrifying aura from the other party, Yusa Emi's heart immediately tensed, and she prepared to counterattack.
"Tor-daren, you misunderstood." Satou was a little speechless and quickly said.
After Satou's explanation, Tor-daren finally understood and said smugly, "So you're just a temporary mistress. I understand."
"Mistress?" Black lines immediately appeared on Yusa Emi's forehead.
Satou also felt speechless. Had Tor-daren even learned the word "mistress"? What was this dragon watching on TV every day?
However, when Tor-daren learned that the parent sports day was over, she became angry again, "You little mistress! You stole my chance to be tied up with Satou and do two-person exercises! How shameless!"
Satou was speechless again. Did Tor-daren have some misunderstanding about the parent sports day?
"Do you think I wanted to?" Yusa Emi also roared irritably. For her, those were hellish experiences!
"Huh? Who are you? Are you also Kanna's parent?"
The female teacher nearby, seeing that something was a little off, walked over and asked.
"Of course!"
Tohru hugged Satou's arm, pointed at Yusa Emi, and shouted, "This one is the mistress!"
"What? Mistress?"
"No way?"
Parents nearby looked over in surprise.
Even the teachers looked at Satou with strange expressions.
Satou's forehead immediately filled with black lines.
"You're the mistress! No, I wasn't planning to interfere with your lives, that's not right either."
Yusa Emi felt like crying at this moment, unsure how to explain.
Amidst their bickering, the elementary school sports festival concluded.
"Come, all parents and children, let's take a group photo."
A teacher approached with a camera, smiling.
Tohru happily hugged Satou's arm, pressing close to him, Kanna stood in front of them, holding their hands, while Yusa Emi stood reluctantly to the side, taking this family photo.
"Then I'll be going first."
Yusa Emi said to Satou.
"Mm."
Satou nodded, then remembered something and said, "Keep this as a memento."
Then he handed her a medal.
These were the medals from the parents' sports festival; there were two in total.
Satou felt that since she participated in the parents' sports festival with him, she should have this one.
As for his own, Tohru was happily holding it in her mouth at the moment.
Yusa Emi hesitated for a moment, then took it, and said faintly, "Thank you."
Looking at Satou's retreating figure, her feelings suddenly became complicated.
After interacting with him today, she felt that perhaps he wasn't such a bad person after all.
The next few days passed peacefully. Tadokoro Megumi would spend a few hours every day, pushing a ramen stall with Nagi-no-ki Touko, selling ramen on various streets…
Although it was hard work, Tadokoro Megumi felt that her gains were also very significant. Her ramen skills were improving daily, and the ramen she made was welcomed by many customers.
This made her even more grateful to Satou.
During these days, something else happened: Kobayashi Rindo finally returned.
As an expert in rare ingredients, Kobayashi Rindo often used her Elite Ten authority to fly all over the world, searching for rare ingredients. It was said that she even discovered many new species this way, earning her the reputation of an explorer.
She had even hosted a welcoming banquet, inviting Satou and the Polar Star Dormitory members to attend, along with all the Elite Ten.
Satou also saw Eizan Etsuya, who hadn't appeared in a long time, and Saito Soumei, whom he had never met, at the banquet.
However, what left Satou speechless was that Kobayashi Rindo also gave everyone gifts: rare ingredients brought from abroad.
When they first heard there were rare ingredients to be given, Erina Nakiri and the others were quite interested, but they didn't expect that the rare ingredients Kobayashi Rindo gave out were dried salamanders, which immediately scared many of the girls quite a bit.
Satou still remembered Akikubo Momo being scared to tears by Kobayashi Rindo back then. Yes, she was genuinely scared to tears.
Even Erina Nakiri's complexion wasn't very good.
However, Yukihira Soma and Eishi Tsukasa were very interested and even tasted a bite themselves, making them the odd ones out among everyone.
A few days later, the Autumn Election finally officially began.
As Satou expected, the preliminary theme was curry.
Tadokoro Megumi and Yukihira Soma successfully passed the preliminaries.
Although the performances of the others were decent, it was rare that they couldn't advance to the top eight.
"By the way, Erina, are you going to the Polar Star Dormitory's celebration tonight?"
Satou asked.
"A celebration? Is it to celebrate the end of the Autumn Election preliminaries?"
Erina Nakiri asked.
"Yes, there will probably be poker then. Isn't that a part you really enjoy?"
Satou asked.
Erina Nakiri's face immediately flushed, and she couldn't help but recall the scene during the training camp where she was repeatedly humiliated by everyone.
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