Chapter 58
Ending the chat with his precious student, Akanegakubo Momo, Mineo then brought the finished breakfast into the dining room!
He saw Alice sitting at the dining table, blowing bubbles out of sheer boredom.
Seeing Mineo arrive, Alice slightly pouted her lips in displeasure.
"Mineo-kun! Making a friend wait this long is very impolite! Especially a girl as beautiful as me—don't you feel the need to give a proper explanation? Were you chatting with another girl in the back kitchen?"
After Alice said those words, Erina's slightly wary gaze also instantly snapped toward Mineo.
Being stared at so intensely by Erina and Alice, Mineo suddenly felt as if a cold chill was washing over him.
"I was indeed chatting with a friend just now, so it delayed things a bit!"
"Making Erina and Alice wait so long is definitely my mistake! But can you two find it in your hearts not to take this small matter to heart and generously forgive this shop owner just this once? As compensation, I'll treat you both to ice cream later!"
"..."
"You two!!???"
That one sentence from Mineo made Alice explode with anger instantly!
Alice puffed out her small lips indignantly, giving Mineo a "very fierce" glare.
"Ah ah ah... Mineo-kun, you jerk!! You're just trying to make me mad!!!...."
"I am young and beautiful, how could you use a term like that to refer to me! You're the old person here—you're the most annoying old man in the world..."
Compared to the fuming Alice, Erina maintained her usual elegant and noble posture befitting a Great Lady.
However, Mineo felt that the shimmer in the young lady's eyes carried a faint, cold light.
The Great Lady sipped her milk "elegantly," then asked as if "by chance":
"To be able to chat with Mineo-kun for so long, they must be a very good friend of yours, right?"
"That friend... is it a boy or a girl? Mineo-kun, I'm just asking randomly. If it's uncomfortable to answer, it's fine!"
"What's uncomfortable about answering? The person I was chatting with was, of course... a girl!"
"And she is a very, very cute girl!"
Mineo looked at Erina with a smile, then continued:
"You two definitely won't be able to guess who I was talking to... And she's also a student at Totsuki Academy!"
Hearing Mineo's words, the eyes of both Alice and Erina instantly flashed with a hint of vigilance.
Alice was the first to press for answers:
"A girl at our school? Is it possible Mineo-kun knows someone else there?"
"What's going on? Hurry up and tell me who it is...."
"It's a secret!"
Mineo walked over to the seat opposite the two girls and began eating his own food directly.
While eating, Mineo said:
"I have a lot of friends! Even if you try to investigate, you won't be able to find them all!"
"Alice, don't ask too many questions either, just eat quickly! Do you hear that? Your stomach is growling. This food is going to get cold if you don't eat it right away!"
"It's your stomach that's growling! Mineo-kun, you idiot! You heartless man! You... you're really making me angry!"
Alice grit her teeth tightly.
"A little fairy's stomach would never growl!"
"Then do you still want to eat? If not, I'll help you finish your portion."
"I'm eating! Why wouldn't I!? I'll eat until you're poor, I'll eat until this shop of yours goes bankrupt! I'll make an immoral boss like you completely broke—only then can the grudge in my heart be settled!"
Staring at Mineo crossly, Alice picked up a piece of the sandwich and stuffed it into her mouth.
The cute way she chewed the food with such force made Mineo's scalp tingle for a moment.
Could it be that Alice is imagining the sandwich is me?
While eating angrily, Alice said to Erina:
"I can't believe a big jerk like Mineo-kun actually has a girl willing to talk to him!"
"Maybe only the two of us can tolerate his insensitive, dense personality!"
After Erina heard Alice's words, her heart didn't show any outward turmoil.
However, the way she looked at Mineo also held a subtle, inexplicable meaning.
Right at that moment, Erina's phone suddenly rang.
After answering and speaking a few words to the person on the other end, she hung up.
Erina stood up from her chair and said to Mineo:
"Mineo-kun, Alice and I probably have to head home now."
"There are some food tasting assignments I need to finish today... I also need to go home first to shower and change...."
"Getting ready to go back already?"
Mineo swallowed the sandwich in his mouth in one go, took a sip of milk, and then said with a smile:
"Since you have business, I won't hold you back!"
"Um, regarding the meal fee and the medical expenses from this morning... should I bring the receipt to Totsuki to claim a reimbursement...?"
Before Mineo could finish his sentence, he suddenly felt a sharp pain radiating from the top of his foot!
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