Chapter 42

42 . Mother and fathers feelings

We all gather in the kitchen while dinners being made .

Im sorry for asking you to help me . You must be tired from the exam but the store was very busy today so I didnt have time to prepare dinner .

My mothers preparing mushroom gratin while speaking .

Dont worry about it . Your food is always a feast .

Cookings fun

Mishas washing a large quantity of mushrooms and then Sasha is cutting them into bite-sized chunks .

Alright . Ive washed all the vegetables . Do you want me to start on the potatoes?

I put the potatoes that my dad had washed in a bowl and carried them over .

Because its curry just peel them and cut them into bite-sized chunks .

Theres quite a few . Should I help you? Ah, theres only one knife though . . Misa says .

Oops, is that so? Theres one in the workshop though . I made it for a customer but he never came for it .

Its okay . Can you lend me your kitchen knife?

Ray stops my father and borrows his kitchen knife before grabbing the bowl of potatoes and throwing them into the air .

Fuu . . !

Rays hand glittered and the skins from the large amount of the potatoes instantly peeled off before the peeled potatoes fell back down into the cooking pot while the skins landed back in the bowl .

Fumu . Not bad Ray . Shall the next bout be with the carrots?

I point to the bowl I was carrying which was full of carrots .

How about we see who can peel more carrots?

Fine .

Misa who was listening in smiled wryly .

Theres still only one knife .

This is enough .

I picked up a peeler .

I think you might regret it .

Shall we start?

Mine and Rays glances connected and sparks scattered .

With a signal, I scattered the carrots in the air .

. Here!

Naive

The knife and peeler flash and in the next instant all the peeled carrots fall onto nearby plates .

Misa . The count .

Errm lets see . Arnos-sama has . ten . Ray-san has10 . Its a draw .

Ray flashes his refreshing smile and holds his plate full of carrots out to Misa .

Look closely .

Misa stares at the carrots .

. . Ooh!

She raises her voice and touches the carrots which promptly fall apart .

At first glance, the carrots just looked peeled but they were also chopped into bite-sized pieces . All ten of them .

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