memories remain ── shokugeki no soma .ᐟ

➤ fourteen . . .

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"Y/n-chan!" Someone shouted from behind when you went out of your hotel room. You looked left and right, wondering where and who made that sound when you encountered Alice waving at you, Ryo was beside her, as always. You smiled brightly at them.

"Good morning, Alice-chan, Ryo-kun." You greeted, standing in front of your room to wait for them.

"Seems like today's challenge is harder, eh?" Alice started, walking backwards to face you and Ryo. You groaned, placing your hands into your pockets, slightly pissed at the dish you and the students were supposed to make.

"Harder for most. I don't want to make this dish. It sucks." Complains begun to leave your lips, lightly kicking the air in frustration. They could have made the main ingredient something like bread, but no. They wanted egg.

"Just make a cake. If they ask where the egg is, say It's in it." Ryo plainly said without hesitation. Alice stopped her walking and ended up laughing, you joining with.

"Are-e?" The dark haired boy looked confused, squinting his eyes while he tries to find a reason why both of you begun to laugh.

Alice begun to wheeze, laughing almost like a kettle on the stove. You begun to laugh harder because of her laugh. Course, you've had this situation for so much in your real life, but something in the situation makes it funnier.

"Wah Alice, I didn't know you can laugh like that."

Alice wiped the tears forming in the corner of her eyes from laughing to hard before she cleared her throat and started walking again.

"See, we don't talk about that." You rolled your eyes, listening to what Alice had to say more.

After a few minutes of walking and conversing with them, you three finally entered the Hall A. You looked around the room that seemed to even fit a small town in the coasts of Japan. Seeing that other students had fallen asleep on their station while the others were getting anxious made you laugh.

"That couldn't be me." You smiled, knowing that System was there to assist you through the task.

"Woah, the room is much more larger in person." You told yourself, amazed by how big the hall A is. You fixated your eyes on Alice for one last time, holding both of her hands while you smiled.

"Good luck then, Alice and Ryo." You told them as you waved a good bye, going to your own station to fix the things that you needed.

"System, what are we gonna make today?" You asked, walking towards your station calmly. The student were (still) surprised that you act like this task was a piece of cake.

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System:

The main ingredient is egg, so I guess the others would make a typical type of breakfast foods with a twist. I planned to make a french dish called quiche. Are you up for that?
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A box-like figure suddenly appeared in front of your eyes. The picture of the quiche was placed beside the ingredients that were written.

"Are you sure this is a breakfast type? Looks like a dessert or for brunch for me." You said.

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System:

It is indeed for breakfast. It's a traditional French tart that is perfect for breakfast with a warm cup of coffee as a pair. It's also quite famous overseas.
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"Okay.. If you say so." You replied. You then opened the boxes that were in your station and started placing the ingredients on the other side, while the materials used were perfectly arranged on the other side.

"Uh System, one more question." After a few seconds of waiting for system's reply, you didn't get any response.

"System..?" You called again.

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System:

Oh, I'm deeply sorry for making you wait. What is it that you want to ask?
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"H-huh..? Is it just me or.. System's voice sounds different than usual?" You told yourself. But you shrugged the thought, thinking if maybe their was dehydrated or something. Well, you don't know if that even drinks or what. If it's a real person or just a computer.

"Uh.. Nothing." You replied.

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System:

Oh and a reminder for you
Ms. Y/N,
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"Yes?" You answered, slightly confused at the suddenness change of act by system.

"Ms. Y/n..? System never calls me that before..." You were getting a little bit suspicious, but then again, this is a game. Maybe they updated the system?

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System:

According to the stats I've seen being uploading whenever you start a new chapter of your game, It has come to my attention that you have learned so much as we continue to play.

Perhaps you have been relying on System to much, hm? Let's apply what you've learned amidst playing this game and turn off the Kinoshita setting that you seem to have relied on.
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"W..what? System, April fools is during April, not this month." You joked nervously, waiting for a response from the System.

"System?" You called again but nothing happened. Is System even okay? Her voice seems sophisticated and somewhat low and hoarse.

"Stop playing games, System."

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