"Why didn't you wake me up last night?" Umi asked interfering.
"I've tried many times" Nate protested softly to her.
"So?" Umi slowly turned to stare at me suspiciously.
Nate nodded, wanting her to believe him.
"You haven't done anything strange to me, have you?"
"Of c..ourse"
She looked at Nate as she furrowed her brow, even more suspicious than before.
"Ahem, do you think I'm that unreliable? Seeing you look at me like that makes me very sad," Nate said sadly.
"I was just-" Umi quickly protested.
"I'm leaving" but Nate quickly cut off her conversation and quickly got out of the house after grabbing his backpack and putting on his favorite pair of sneakers.
clack!
"Phew" I'll talk to her when I go back later. Nate stretched lightly as he walked to the park near his house.
***
After a while Nate arrived at the park. while putting the backpack into the locker I saw a familiar face packing up my things and preparing to leave.
"Hello"
"Hi"
That woman turned and answered me kindly.
She is a senior I know who graduated 2 years ago. Her name is Sakura. She has shoulder-length, flowing black hair. beautiful pink eyes She is another beautiful woman I have gotten to know.
"Senior, is the semester just about to end?"
"That's right. You must be close to closing too."
"Honestly, I just finished my final exams not too long ago."
"So, what are your plans to continue your studies?"
"I think after the semester break I'll try submitting an application to The Hexagon."
"You should probably pass the entrance exam and don't worry, hehe."
"Thank you, Senpai."
"If you have anything, you can come and consult with me. See you~"
"See you later."
After their separation, Nate went about his normal workout routine.
One lap of the running track in the park There is a distance of 4 kilometers. After running at a pace of about 3 or something like that for a little over half an hour without using any mana to enhance his physical condition.
Nate's condition right now It's not different from what you think. Nate lay on his back, breathing heavily.
Huff! Huff!
"Damn, I'm so tired" I muttered in my mind, then checked the time again.
[ 6.55 a.m. ]
It's time to go home. I'm hungry.
***
Clack!
When Nate opened the door and entered the house, he saw no one. After checking to see if his sister was awake, he found that Iris was still asleep. Nate then headed to the shower and washed his hair. It wasn't long before Nate rushed into the empty kitchen.
After opening the refrigerator to check the amount of ingredients, whether they are enough to make breakfast or not. I found that there was hardly anything left in the refrigerator.
-Bacon, eggs, garlic, green onions, minced pork, carrots, cooked rice left over from yesterday...
"I guess I'll have to go out and buy some more."
Although there is a product delivery service, but in the past I used to go shopping with my family so often that I have gotten used to it.
"Um, what should I do?"
"Fried rice with bacon and eggs. Sounds like a good menu."
After making his decision, Nate carefully took out all the remaining ingredients and got them ready.
What's before and after?
I slowly set the pan on low heat, added the bacon pieces, and stirred until the oil started to come out. Continue to fry until the bacon turns brown and crispy.
Tsss! Tsss!
Then scoop out and set aside.
Pour off the bacon grease. Leave a little bit left in the pan. Add more butter. Finely chop the garlic. Then add and stir fry until golden and fragrant. Followed by adding the eggs and rice and stir to combine with the garlic. Season with soy sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper. Mix until the flavor spreads throughout.
tak! tak!
hm~ hmm~ hm~
I hummed a soft tune while cooking in a good mood.
Turn off the heat, add sliced spring onions and mix well again. Spoon fried rice into two bowls. Topped with crispy bacon
'completed'
After I put the bowls on the table, I slowly walked over to wake up my sister.
"Hey Iris, wake up quickly. I already cooked food for you."
"Hm, wait a minute, I'll sleep a little longer. put it on the table and I'll go eat it."
"Okay, that's all right."
Nate went back to eating alone, feeling a little lonely.
Then he left a note saying that he would go out to buy something and that he would be back at noon.
Nate prepares to go out again. After I checked that I hadn't forgotten anything, I locked the house before leaving.
***
[ 8.45 a.m. ]
At the department store in the middle of the city where Nate lives.
Nate was now wearing a white t-shirt underneath and covering it up with a black long-sleeved shirt. and wore dark blue jeans white sneakers Carrying the same black matching backpack that Nate uses when exercising at the park.
As I pushed the cart thinking about what to buy
-Bacon and eggs are gone. I'll have to buy more.
- Pork, beef, potatoes, carrots, onions..
Having said that, after I searched for interesting menu information, I found only a few differences between Japanese curry and stew. Only the stew has a tomato base with a few European seasonings.
These are two interesting menus. If I could just make one pot and eat it all day. Because my mother wasn't home, I had to find something to eat and watch over my little sister.
When thinking about cooking, Umi is a very good cook. But why didn't I invite her to go shopping with me? I completely forgot because I came out in such a hurry.
Beep! Beep!
The total price is 120 U. Having said that, I bought it for a bit of fun. So I bought a lot more than I should have but the overall price of the food was a little more expensive.
As I was carrying all the things I bought and was about to walk out of the department store.
At that moment my instincts screamed that something was about to happen.
"Huh?" I quickly observed my surroundings.
A fuel transport vehicle broke down after crashing into the side of a shopping mall. There were a lot of people next to the mall not too far away.
BOOM!!
There was a loud explosion. along with a large fireball rising into the sky
"Damn, happy holiday," Nate muttered.
"Hey you..you over there, it's you. I'd like to leave something with you."
After leaving the purchase with the cashier who was panicking. I immediately ran to the scene of the accident.
Fuuu!
With the flames rising high, the temperature around the scene was extremely high.
cough! cough!
'What should I do in this situation? If father were in this situation, what would he do?'
'First evacuate the injured.'
"Hey, don't just stand there in shock. Hurry!" I blurted out.
"What are you doing?"
"Move over and don't forget to call the fire department."
"I understand." The stranger nodded dazedly.
I hurriedly used mana to strengthen myself before running closer. Drag the people who were unconscious from the explosion back one by one as far as me could.
Fuuu!
It wasn't long before the people recovered from their panic when they saw that a strange man had started to help people out of the flames.
Even though they couldn't stand the burning flames, But gradually they rushed to help people with similar methods that I did. Some ordinary people hurried to help transport the injured further away from the scene of the accident.
Some good citizens rushed to find a nearby fire extinguisher to help. Some people who could use magic began to cast water element magic.
But because the size of the flames was so large, it was almost impossible to alleviate the situation. When the water met the burning oil, there was even more chaos.
summ! few! few!
Scream! KYAAA!
"He didn't survive."
"Help the next person, don't just panic."
cough! cough!
As I dived back into the fire again
I hurriedly cast a mid-level earth elemental spell to a place without people in hopes of extinguishing the fire due to the lack of oxygen, because this kind of fire that was difficult to extinguish normally required chemical foam to extinguish it. Don't let it spread bigger. After the efforts of the surrounding people, the situation began to improve somewhat.
Time slowly passes The mana in my body was almost depleted until the fire started to slightly scald my skin.
"Ouch, this sucks" I complained.
After inhaling quite a lot of smoke, if it were a normal person, his lungs would have burned long ago.
I was able to withstand it by using mana to strengthen my entire body, but now I had to apply it to some parts unevenly.
"what the heck" After practicing quite hard, I realized that I wasn't good enough.
WEE! WOO! WEE! WOO!
It seems like I'm out of mission.
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