Volume 12 Chapter 39:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 39: 

While F-class continued to sell anything possible to the customers, Keith continued to look around. Good so far. Troubleshooting and directing customers to perfect places. As he continued to glance around, 

"Big Brother!" Two angelic-like voices called out as his legs were latched at! Keith didn't need eyes behind the back of his head to know who they were. He grinned as he patted their heads, "Aww, you guys finally came!" 

"Mmhmm!" Leon and Laura nodded as they snuggled into him. As he hugged them tightly, he soon saw his family with Carolyn and Krystal's family.

"Father, Mother, you've arrived."

"Mmhmm, Keith." Sophia smiled.

"We could have come sooner. But someone would have complained if we did." William didn't need to glance at the culprit as everyone knew who he was talking about. But that alone was enough to cause the king to scoff, “There is no way you’re eating more food! I’ve already had too many problems in my life.” He was not going to add another to it as well!  

“...” William and Edmund could only shake their heads. Edmund was especially so since he was caught in the crossfire! He was supposed to come sooner, but Julius caught him. 

"Same with me." Lionel glared at one Cedric. This was the same situation that happened to him. 

“But there’s so many people here.” Lionel noticed the amount of traction F-class had. Many people were walking around and buying things. 

Keith grinned, “Grandpa, I take it that you guys got your food as well?” In their hands were an assortment of different types of skewers.

“What do you expect when you make something so delicious?!” Carolyn chuckled. But that only caused Keith to laugh, “We of F-class aim to please. And aren’t you guys worried about losing to us?”

"Hmpf! That's why we need to come here! We're here to check out the competition!" Krystal nodded to Carolyn's words. Know thy enemy! What better way to do so than to go in there and try it out. 

“...Keep telling yourselves this.” Keith shook his head. Cedric then muttered, “But Keith, shouldn’t you be on deck for cooking?” That was the odd situation. Keith wasn’t the one cooking, and this guy was known for his cooking.

"Hmm? Why should I be cooking? Let the class have their fun. And I have to do some management.” While Keith had said that, 

“General! Situation report! We're running out of earth chicken!”

“Huh? We’re almost out?” 

“Yes, we didn’t account for so many people.” The earth chicken and rush bulls were quite the hot commodity. 

"I see. Then take the reserves we've prepared for tomorrow. Have a few of our men go out later to hunt some monsters. I’ll request the guards to make some exceptions to hold it longer.” They had gotten supplies for the whole seven days. 

"Understood, General! The students nodded as they quickly dashed over to the stalls to tell them. 

“General?” 

“Yep, I’m their general.” Keith grinned as he continued to work, “This is war.”

“Do you really want to beat us this badly?!” Carolyn and Krystal blinked as they stared. This is a festival! 

“Yep! Gonna beat your class who kicked me out.” A lighthearted chuckle came out of his mouth as he said this. 

“...” Krystal and Carolyn’s eyes twitched as they watched the man work. Julius shrugged, “Well, it’s not my problem! I want to earn some tickets!” That was something he really wanted to do right now! 

"Yeah! I want a teddy bear; those things look plush." The teddy bear had caught the princess's attention.

“Have fun, everyone.” Keith waved his hand as he did other work. But this was not the end of the number of people the child would meet today.

"Keith!" The man turned around to see it was Alfia and Faelyn. The two were not alone, as Licht and two other people were beside them. 

“Greetings.” Keith did a light bow. There was no need for him to wonder who these people were. 

“...Greetings to you Bo-Child.”

“Hmm?” There was something else he was going to say. Lindor and Licht could only shake their heads when they saw that. But the elf king continued like nothing was wrong, “My name is Finrandir, and I’m Alfia’s father. Thank you for taking care of my child for so long.”

"And my name is Lindor. Likewise, thank you for taking care of my daughter." 

"It's my pleasure. Alfia and Faelyn are great friends to have." 

“...Keith.” Alfia’s cheeks turned red when she heard that. Faelyn looked away but her ears were flushed. Finrandir chuckled, “As a father, I’m glad to hear this. But it seemed that my children had caused some problems for you.” This was not about her daughter but another one of his children. Iston. Iston had tried to attack him. Of course, he would have heard something about this.

“I would like to apologize for it.”

“No, there’s no need for you to apologize. It was nothing more than a squabble.” Keith smiled. 

"..." Finrandir grinned when he heard that. 

“Keith!” As the two talked, someone else he knew came over. Herrick and his family had come over. 

“Herrick…did you stuff yourself full?!” That sauce on his face alone was enough.

“Haha, child, you could tell.” The person who spoke was none other than the tall lion beside him. 

“My name is Othniel, and I’m the father of this little brat here.” Othniel grinned. 

“Greetings,” Keith bowed lightly, but Othniel shook his head, “There’s no need for you to do that, child. You have helped my child out so much.” He rubbed Keith's head. 

“This child’s only thought was to fight and fight, but after meeting you, he is now studying at home. You wouldn’t believe he would be like this.” Even he was surprised by his son’s change. But that was something he wanted. 

“Father.” Herrick frowned when he heard that. But that was all stopped when Othniel spotted Finrandir. An evil grin soon formed, “Well, if it isn’t you.”

“And you as well.” Finrandir’s eyes narrowed. Both kings stared at one another, clearly battling with their eyes. Herrick and Alfia blinked as he stared at them. 

“...I take it that you two know each other.”