Chapter 25: (RBT) Chapter 25: Endure!
"...." While handling the ingredients, Manfred also pondered his own fate.
Ever since Warfarin's last visit, where she happened to catch Lucifer training him and Ascalon, she had decided to take up residence here... and the amount of food he was responsible for increased by one person.
Why… why did this have to happen to me? No matter how much Malfred thought about it, he couldn't figure it out… He didn't come here to get a license to be a chef or a nanny.
But this period could not be said to have been a complete waste of time. His cooking proficiency had increased, and although there was no clear qualitative change, Malfred could feel that his own strength was steadily growing. The Manfred of today felt he could easily defeat his past self… however, compared to Ascalon, there was still a considerable gap.
Malfred glanced at Ascalon, who was meditating with her eyes closed in the main hall. However, Ascalon, who should have been in his blind spot, opened her eyes with awareness and looked directly at him, causing Manfred to quickly look away.
"Senior Sister is… truly full of talent."
During their time training together, Malfred knew well that compared to himself, Ascalon was the true genius. Moreover… this talented genius also possessed an effort that was second to none, which was even more suffocating for others. But he did not feel jealous or hateful towards her like in a xianxia novel; there was only admiration. Furthermore, the gap between himself and Ascalon was so vast, yet their teacher, Lucifer, still treated them with equality… How could he, Malfred, possibly let down such great expectations? With this thought, the Malfred who was cooking became even more diligent.
'…What's wrong with this guy all of a sudden?'
Compared to Malfred, who often overthought things by himself, the straightforward Ascalon found it rather hard to keep up, just as she sometimes couldn't follow Lucifer's train of thought. Men… are so hard to understand.
Ascalon stopped peeking at her junior brother and looked in another direction, only to see Warfarin pestering Lucifer, begging for a bottle of blood wine to satisfy her craving.
'...' This woman is another one… just keeps pestering Teacher.
Or maybe… this is the real reason this woman is staying here temporarily? To get close to her Teacher? Warfarin… you are such a despicable woman!
No matter how she looked at it, Ascalon disliked the annoying Blood Demon who loved to cling to her teacher. It made her feel an indescribable lack of security. However, she was even more worried that if she were to get into a serious conflict with Warfarin, it would displease Lucifer. At her wit's end, she could only silently endure Warfarin's actions.
'I must get stronger quickly… if so, I can make Teacher mine.'
Ascalon continued to ponder… as long as she became stronger than Warfarin in the future, making Teacher Lucifer see her in a better light, then she could kick this annoying scum Blood Demon out and have Lucifer all to herself. And until then… Ascalon! You must endure!!
Endure for three years… or longer? I don't know… In any case, life must go on, day by day.
Fortunately, Warfarin wasn't going to live at Lucifer's house forever. The brief periods when she was away were some of the few times Ascalon felt at ease and content… getting to spar with her teacher, tasting her junior brother's cooking, and sometimes absorbing some culture and art… What a happy life this is.
"…Senior Sister? Are you really reading? That book is upside down."
"…I don't like reading this stuff." Ascalon, who naturally wanted to be an athlete, was of course not interested in the knowledge in these textbooks. But since Malfred was reading all the time, she didn't have the heart to isolate herself, and she also didn't want to make Teacher Lucifer lose face. Just imagine, if after graduating, she was found to be completely illiterate, how much face would her teacher lose? Can't be helped… she could only cram knowledge into her brain like crazy.
"What is this… Aegir…?" Cradling a book titled National Geographic, the forced Ascalon tried to piece together something of interest from within.
The bookworm prodigy next to her, Malfred, looked up when he heard. "Aegir? I remember that seems to be a nation even grander than Iberia…"
In the recorded history of the various nations on this land, the Aegir were perhaps the most mysterious faction. It was only heard that it was located deep under the sea. Iberia had only received some resources from the Aegir and had entered its golden age. The rest was just scattered rumors, their authenticity impossible to verify. There were even many stories about the Aegir that others had fabricated from rumors, which contained a lot of misleading information.
Ascalon blinked, then continued to read the records about the Aegir.
"It is said that the Aegir people have almost no particularly distinct racial features, but they all have a head of silver hair and a pair of red eyes…" Ascalon, who was murmuring to herself, suddenly stopped, then looked over at Lucifer, who was cleaning his nails nearby.
Sensing Ascalon's scrutinizing gaze upon him, Lucifer turned to look.
"Is something wrong?"
"I just feel that Teacher… looks a lot like an Aegir?" Ascalon tilted her head, a feeling of critique in her voice. She knew well that Lucifer was a pure-blood Sarkaz Blood Demon, but looking at the description of the Aegir people, anyone would feel it was quite a coincidence… Besides, the Blood Demon Overlord and Warfarin also seemed to have no distinct racial features, and also had white hair and red eyes… Are all Blood Demons like this?
"I look like an Aegir?" The curious Lucifer walked over, leaned behind Ascalon, and murmured the contents of the book. He didn't understand the Aegir either. Or rather, up until now, he had never once left Kazdel, so he didn't really understand any country in particular. But if what was written in this book wasn't some wild history… then are all Aegir just anime characters?
"What's the big deal… it's just white hair and red eyes, isn't it?"
Perhaps it was like Lucifer and the Blood Demon Overlord, who fit the description of the "Aegir" very well. But Lucifer felt he needed to come out and correct the stereotype for the Blood Demon race… not all Blood Demons had the white hair and red eyes that were especially popular with readers. There were also some Blood Demons with black hair.
Seeing Lucifer acting as if he were being looked down upon and trembling, Malfred couldn't help but speak up to defend Ascalon.
"Teacher… I don't think Senior Sister meant to tease you."
"I know… she's not in her rebellious phase yet." After speaking, Lucifer patted Ascalon's head and went back to cleaning his nails… however, while cleaning his nails for the second time, another thought came to his mind.
"…Senior Sister?" Malfred came back to his senses, only to see that Ascalon's breathing had become erratic. Hearing Malfred's call, Ascalon, who seemed to be deep in thought, took a deep breath, calming her slightly excited emotions.
"Be quiet for a bit, Malfred… don't interrupt my concentration."
"...."
Wait a minute… Sis, have you gone crazy too?
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