\nTeacher Neil said while shrugging his shoulders. Eh? A failure, he says⊠what was a failure?⊠Surely he didnât want to use the people of the slums for his experiments or something, right!? Would Teacher Neil do something inhumane such as experimenting on people!?
âThe residents of the slums wouldnât give up the offal because they could eat them now⊠haah. What a failure, reallyâŠâ
Teacher Neil dropped his shoulders in dejection⊠Oh, donât shock me like that, okay!While we were looking at Teacher Neil tiredly, Teacher Neil pulled himself together and lifted his face.
âWell, itâs too late to regret it now, though! Those people now have proper meals to eat, so I will deem it an acceptable result. Erm, can we start eating before it gets cold?â
Teacher Neil grinned and pointed at the food before him.
âY, yes. Letâs eat.ââOkay, I wonât hold back then⊠oh my? You guys donât seem to have cutlery. Did you forget?â\nTeacher Neil looked at the setting of the table. There would be normally knives and forks lined up, but there was not even a shadow after them.
âAh, no. This is our cutlery. Itâs called chopsticks and we will use it to eat instead.â
I picked up my chopsticks and moved it to show him.
âI thought it would be better for you to eat with what you are used to, so we prepared the usual cutlery for you.ââHeeh~ You are eating with just that? Thatâs interesting.â
Ugh, it will be difficult to eat if you stare at me so seriously.
âYumm! As expected, a meal with rice and miso soup is always goodââHaah⊠the miso soup is warming me upâŠâ\nByakko-sama and Suzaku-sama seemed to have started eating while I was hesitating and were gobbling up the food.
Teacher Neilâs gaze changed over to them and he observed their chopsticks moving.
âHmm⊠you can hold and divide, so it looks like a reasonable cutlery. Can I give it a try, too?ââEh, ah⊠sure.â
I was about to get up to get a spare pair of chopsticks, but Miria stopped me with a look and quickly went to get them instead.
âTeacher, this is how you hold them.â
Sei quickly took Teacherâs hand and showed him how to hold the chopsticks.
âAnd then you move it like thisâŠâ\nI went back to my room, praying for a peaceful and safe life.