Volume 12 Chapter 42:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 42: 

The pergola was filled with wine and some snacks for them to eat. Julius smiled, "How long has it been since we have been together like this?" 

“10ish years, I guess?” It had been quite some time since they had talked with one another. 

Finrandir, Othniel, Julius, William, and Edmund. By the stroke of luck, the five were in the same class. Each one had a different path compared to the others. But now all of them were together here again.

"I also saw Virel at the section as well. Should we also invite him over here or something?” There was another classmate they knew who was there. 

"You have to ask the kid about it later." Julius sipped his wine. That was the only way he was going to get on the island. 

“If that idiot was here, we would have S-class together.” Edmund laughed. All of them were in S-class. It was quite a weird sight. 

“Ahh, you guys were so young, but look at you guys now; you're so old.” Cadmus grinned as he stared at them. He was reminded of an old man staring at his children. 

“...” Do you have to call us old? Yes, they knew they were old. But could he really say that in front of all of them? You have Lionel, Camelia, and Cedric, who were older than them! 

“But to think I would see you all together like this. And so calm as well! Age does increase wisdom. You guys were so uppity of fighting one another.” Cadmus could only hold his head as he was reminded of that scene. 

“Indeed.” At their age, those guys would try to brawl one another, knowing that it would only cause more problems. They did not care about it at all! Aidiun and Sohma made a deep sigh. 

“Aidiun, you have quite the problem with them as well.”

“Shush.” Aidiun shook his head as he tried not to remember. 

“It’s nice to see us like this, right?” William muttered. Everyone was now calm and down to earth about everything. Othniel added, “But speaking of which, your son is quite amazing.” 

“Indeed!” Finrandir added to this as well. 

“Yes, I know.” The number of times he had heard this was too many to count. And it was not going to be stopping anytime soon. 

“So lucky you guys get to eat this food every day.”

“The way you said it…haven’t you eaten his food before?”

“These three are eating at his cart every day.” Cedric, Lindor, and Finrandir were customers for quite some time. 

"..."

“Wait, what?”

“Oh, he cooks at a cart he made.”

“Should I join in on this?”

“What is wrong with you all?” William shook his head. Cadmus groaned, “You lucky brats.”

“You’ll get your turn tomorrow, Headmaster. Until then, calm down.”

“Tch!” 

"Speaking about the kids, they're living quite large here." Othniel shook his head. The island they lived on was quite something. It was smaller than the other islands. However, the amenities were definitely ten times better! Finrandir nodded to this,

"Our children got the better end of the stick!" That was definitely the case. 

“And those fruits as well.”

“I know right. We missed out when we were kids.” Julius sighed. 

...

Keith woke up the next morning and started to make food for everyone. And it would be a simple meal of pancakes and other things. Cadmus then entered the kitchen, “Kid,"

"Grandpa Cadmus, I keep telling you you're not getting any freebies in the morning." 

“Shut it! I need to ask you something.”

“Hmm?”

“Make me a breakfast box?”

“Huh?!” 

“Shut up! Yukiko and Yueying probably didn’t have anything to eat, so…” The dragon didn't say anything as he looked away. That only caused Diana to grin, "Ohoho, to think you would act like this. So you do have a heart instead of a stomach in there." 

“Ah,” Keith grinned, “Fine, I will make it for the two.” He understood what this guy was like as he quickly made breakfast. And it was quite the sight to see them all eat like ravenous beasts. But it was not a surprise since they wanted to make this into a battle of tactics. 

“Father, are you guys going to stay here?” Keith turned to William and the rest.

“Mmhmm. We’ll be going out once the festival starts. So there’s no need to worry about us.”

“Understood.” Keith nodded as they headed out. But Herrick stated, “We’re going to beat you today! We’re going to earn as much as we can!” 

“Come at me! You’re going to lose either way.” Keith wasn’t going to back down. Keith headed over to his stall, where everyone was ready to go. And that was when a large group of people entered their section again. It was quite the fight again. However, they continued to target one store, which was the newly opened one.

“Huh? Fried onion rings? And vegetable fries?” They were confused at first but understood once they ate it.  It was quite the increase. But as they did so,