Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Rein's POV: ]

"Mmmmmm~! You have magic in your hand Lucifer." Carla exclaimed with a delighted expression while taking another bite from the finely cooked meatballs dipped in the bright red sauce that was prepared in a traditional way.

"Nooo~. His cooking is sorcery itself! How can someone make something so delicious~!" Titania exclaimed while eating her own share of spaghetti… oh, by the way, she was in her realized form, so she was as tall as most of us, and, she looked a lot more like Carla now that she was in that form.

'A cute little fairy when in her true form and when transformed, she becomes a pretty lady with an attractive body, long red hair, the usual clothes she wears most of the time, and her fairy wings vanished. She looks gorgeous~ in this form~!!!'

Hehe, I couldn't help but keep glancing at her adorable look when she ate those long noodles and licked the sauce stuck on her face with her cute pink tongue.

She's nothing like she usually is in this form.

Instead of being the rowdy, authoritative, fit-throwing little fairy, she becomes an elegant, sexy lady with a voluptuous allure to her appearance.

'This one's a special form she only shows to us, and this was the third time she was doing it as well so not looking at her was even more difficult for me.'

Haaaa…

"Wow, oh lord oh lord! How can there be such flavors present in something that is not made out of meat?! How amazing~!"

Then there's Eula, my dear vice-captain and the crazy religious girl who considered me a secret agent of her goddess while trying to hide that fact.

She's a unique one in our group actually since she does not eat meat. 

'She as well as Chry's house captain are 'vegetarians' who only eat plant-based products and avoid meat of any kind.'

They are one strange kind actually. There aren't that many vegetarians in this school so, they are some of the small population who follow this unique tradition.

'Well, Eugene, I understand has an innate skill restriction so he cannot eat meat even if he wants to, but this dear Eula of mine, she follows this tradition due to the doctrine of her goddess.'

She is the most religious one among us, perhaps the most dedicated one to her religion and her goddess in this entire school.

She's a unique one, and, since this unique one of mine could not eat meat, just like every other time, Eon made a different vegetarian version of the same dish for her that she could eat without worrying about anything.

And, she was swimming in the pool of joy that she felt after tasting this amazing blast of flavors, these species and the thickness of the sauce, the length, and wetness of these noodles… she was enjoying this whole thing, of course, with a few of her own usual dishes she has every time she eats with us, but she was happy, and so were everyone else present in here.

"Hahaha, we could have turned this place into a unique food place if we could, but I know even if we have the recipes of the same thing, only Lucifer could make them this delicious.

This is unbelievably delicious. Just bravo~. Woo-hooooooo~!"

Med had a delighted expression right now… my little girl looked cute~ lol.

'It's fascinating every time I see her like this, and then remember how she is during the work time. It's like looking at two completely different people.'

We were currently in the middle part of the island, in her newly bought shop, a two-story old-looking building that used to be a clothing shop until this morning.

However, she bought it at a higher price than the owner could have ever got for this shop and, since they hadn't done any business for the past few years anyway, the owner happily smelled the shop with the hope of starting a new business in his hometown with his family.

'So, now this place belongs to the three of us equally and, though the fact that we would be collaborating was already decided, we still did not know what we would be selling in this place just yet.'

As she said with that funny tone, Eon was the only one that could make these things taste the way they do and he would be in the school most of the time, or with me doing the important things so, we couldn't run the shop ourselves.

We have a location, and a good foundation, however, the ultimate goal of any business still remains the profit from whatever we are selling. And, this cute-looking girl has high expectations for our collaboration so, she is expecting the profits to be especially amazing.

'She's ready to invest all she has in this business however, what this business will actually be, was yet to be officially confirmed.'

"Can I have more?"

"Of course Lizzy. Pass me your place."

We were on the second floor of this shop, sitting on the large dining table, eating together like one big family. I love this, damn!

"Me too~. Gimme more as well baby~!"

"Phuuuuuuu! That sounded so wrong!" Quin spits the water in her mouth right after I say that. And, no I didn't say it in any weird tone, or else Med would have spitted her food as well or perhaps might have choked herself.

"You are thinking some real weird stuff nowadays Quin. What's up? Have you found your first crush or something~?"

Teasing Med was fun and all but teasing Quin was a special experience altogether.

She is very transparent most of the time so, even when someone is teasing her, seeing through her is a piece of cake for even someone as dense as Luna.

'Oh, right. Luna isn't here yet. What kind of errand is she on for her to be so late.'

She said she would be here in half an hour but it's been an hour already and there's no sign of that girl.

'Eon even said he knows where she is and confirmed that she is doing something important right now so we started without her, but, I still don't like this. 

Everyone should have been here… except this guy.

"Can I have some water?"

"You can make your own with magic Captain Alpha. Why are you here again by the way?"

"To eat some free food? Am I bothering you, Miss Uriel? I would go away if that is the case."

"Ah no. It would be a different matter if you weren't eating but now that you have already made yourself a guest, please feel free to have as much as you want.

And if you have anything else you want to eat, please tell him about it as well. He might just have it prepared and ready already."

"Ah, no no. Just this much is more than enough, Lady Uriel. I'm grateful you allowed me to be a part of this special gathering and eat this precious food. I'm forever grateful-"

"Dude… just drop the formality act. Do you see anyone here using honorifics? 

All of us here are friends and this is a private space for us. We are close enough to just play and have fun with each other after a long day like this and, we, at least I don't want to be burdened by this formal tone of yours.

We all know you want to get close to us and become friends. We know. So, just ask for it instead of doing these roundabout things and playing the classic mind game of 'coincidences'.

I have seen enough of that shit in my life and, I don't expect the same from a fellow classmate of mine.

Just… relax dude.

Make an effort to get close to us openly. 

You were a student like us before you were a house captain, remember that.

The conflict between all of us is inevitable but, we all want this conflict to be a healthy one where competition exists solely on its own. Independent from all the animosity shit.

Come on. Try a little. Join our group lunches sometimes. Tell us about yourself.

Let go of whatever burden you have from your special past and just be in the moment. Have fun, and be yourself."

This wasn't the first time he was joining us uninvited. 

Not that we didn't like him being around but, it's always awkward. And, he himself is the reason things get awkward every time, hump!

'He could just come and ask if he could join us normally. We would accept anyone who wants to join our group lunches anyway. This special dinner night was no different.

Is there any need to play around and 'coincidentally' find us eating here? I don't think so since we know how he follows and tracks our movements covertly.'

He's certainly good at it. Almost as good as those fictional characters who have mastered the art of becoming one with their surroundings.

He could fool most that were present on this island however, Eon and I were specially trained by Grandpa Zhen in stealth and assassination techniques. 

There's no way anyone below the ranks of a true origin master could fool us when it came to simple presence detection.

'Eon even has his Solnova Scan spell so, practically nothing is invisible to his eyes.'

I don't want to tell him his attempt to follow us as a detective had all been for naught so, let's end things there and let him eat the good meal.

"Okay, everyone. Any idea what we should sell in this place-"

"Princess Luna is here. I will go get her."

Med was just about to start the main topic we needed to discuss over this dinner but, just then, Eon said Luna had finally arrived and, left his seat to go down and fetch her.

"Finally… where was that girl anyway?"

"No idea. I think Lucifer knew though. She had talked with him before we left the garden in the evening."

"Yeah, I know that. But, what was this urgent errand of hers? I'm all curious now… could it be a man? Her secret lover or something?"

-Shiiiing! Shinnng-shiiiing!

"Ahem. Apologies for my tardiness."

Captain Alpha dropped his fork right when I said that… hehe.

Heheheh.

'Hehehehehe.'

"Hehehe. Captain Alpha. It's alright. Here."

I handed him a new fork and, since the seat beside him was empty anyway, I told him a little something to my darling through our personal link…