Chapter 150: The Eve of the Storm...! (7)

Chapter 150: The Eve of the Storm...! (7)

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"Where is this...?"

The place Astina had brought Rudy to was her room.

"Didn't you say we were going for a meal?"

"Yes, we came to eat."

Astina had two concerns while making plans for a meal with Rudy.

The first was what to do with Luna and Rie.

She didn't want to bring them along like last time.

Weren't Luna and Rie the ones who were always with him when she wasn't around?

Astina had a desire to have Rudy all to herself.

That's why she thought of having the meal not in a public restaurant, but in the privacy of her room, where Luna and Rie would never suspect.

Who would think to have a meal in a dorm room on one's birthday?

Astina decided on the location and began preparations.

The rooms for seniors in the dormitory were quite spacious.

Large enough to accommodate a big dining table.

Astina asked people to bring a dining table into her room.

Her second concern was about the food.

She could have prepared a regular meal, but she didn't want to.

She wanted to prepare something memorable and special.

The problem was that it wasn't easy to prepare something special with food.

If she made something unique, it might not suit Rudy's taste.

But if she prepared just delicious food, it wouldn't fit the criterion of 'special'.

After much thought, Astina came to a conclusion.

Why not prepare the food she saw in Rudy's dream?

Astina had entered Rudy's dream and visited a wedding hall.

There was a buffet at the wedding venue, with dozens of dishes.

After finishing a conversation with an elder, Astina had asked if it wouldn't be a problem to eat a little bit of the food.

Astina didn't taste all the dishes but sampled a few.

She tried to recreate those dishes from her memory, both in taste and appearance.

It wasn't easy.

She didn't know the ingredients used and couldn't be sure if the flavors were accurate.

Then she remembered the restaurant in front of the academy that Robert frequented.

It was a restaurant that served bean paste stew.

A dish that Rudy was unusually obsessed with, a dish Astina had never seen in her life.

She speculated that it might be related to the food from Rudy's world.

So Astina sought advice from the grandmother who was the owner of that restaurant.

"Alright, I'll prepare a few dishes for you. Oh, and tell that Robert fellow to pay his tab. That jerk owes me a lot of money."

Thanks to the elderly lady's generous help, Astina's plan proceeded smoothly.

She couldn't fill the table solely with dishes from Rudy's world, so she combined a few delicious regular dishes, dishes she researched from Rudy's world, and dishes prepared by the elderly lady, resulting in a rich and varied menu.

"Take a seat."

Astina reached out her hand to Rudy and spoke.

"I've prepared some food. I'm not sure if it'll suit your taste."Ne/w novel chapters are published on no/vel(/bin(.)co/m

"It doesn't matter. I'm not picky."

Even though he said that, his face didn't seem too hopeful.

"Come in."

As Astina spoke, the door to the dormitory opened, and the food was brought in from outside.

"?"

Upon seeing the dishes, Rudy widened his eyes in disbelief.

He couldn't trust his eyes.

Not just his eyes.

The familiar aroma wasn't something he expected in a place like this.

"I tried to prepare dishes you might like. That one is 'Jeyuk Bokkeum', a stir-fried pork dish, and there's 'Japchae', a dish you seemed to like at the buffet, and over there, 'Dwaeji Galbi', that's pork ribs"

Astina listed the names of dishes she had heard from Rudy or remembered from the grandmother.

"How did you?"

Rudy stared at Astina, utterly surprised.

"Didn't I tell you not to bring the others?"

Astina smiled.

The others wouldn't understand these strange dishes, not knowing Rudy's background.

This was a special event only Astina could prepare, and it gave her a reason to be alone with him.

"Now, let's eat."

Rudy looked at Astina with touched eyes.

In truth, Rudy had done a lot of research trying to recreate these dishes.

However, finding similar ingredients was a challenge, and there wasn't much information available.

Even if he knew how these dishes should taste, he was unfamiliar with this world's ingredients.

She cursed Professor Robert internally.

Though the curse would turn into overwhelming gratitude the next day.

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Raei Translations

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Whew!

Rudy let out a satisfied chuckle, patting his belly.

It had been a long time since he had eaten so happily and felt so good.

That was delicious. Thank you so much."

"It's your birthday, so I had to do something special."

Astina said with a smile.

If you ever want to eat this again, just let me know. I know all the recipes, so I can ask the family chef to make it anytime.

The family chef?

Who else, besides someone from our family, could prepare such dishes? The chef is usually at the academy, so just tell me whenever you want to eat."

Astina!

Astina had thought long and hard about how to win over Rudy.

Usually, they said the best way to woo a man was through looks.

However, that was for ordinary men.

Rudy Astria was different.

If he had been an ordinary guy, he would have surely been smitten with Luna or Rie, given they were some of the most beautiful girls in the academy.

So, what should she do?

Astina decided to captivate Rudy's palate.

Win over his taste buds then win over his heart.

That was Astina's plan.

Astina, with her smile, opened her mouth to speak.

More importantly, tell me about the Saint and the future.

Oh.

Astina had come to the academy early not just for Rudy's birthday, but also to discuss the future.

About Saint Haruna and the events to come.

Astina only had a rough idea of these things, so the doubts in her mind hadn't disappeared completely.

Understood.

Rudy nodded, his expression turning slightly serious.

So, Astina, you've discovered that the Saint has some relationship with dimensions, right?

Yes?

The reason I came here is because of the former Saint, Beatrice.

Beatrice?

Upon hearing about the former Saint, Astina tilted her head in confusion.

Do you know when former Saint Beatrice died?

...Wasn't it around the time the current Saint took her position?

Yes, it was about a year before I came."

About a year before Rudy entered the academy.

Saint Beatrice had died under mysterious circumstances, and Haruna, who had been designated as her successor, took her place.

Despite the Saint's death, the church didn't do anything big.

They merely held a funeral and did not investigate the mysterious death.

People were suspicious and protested, but the church remained silent.

Eventually, as time passed, the incident was forgotten.

That incident wasnt buried by the church.

What?

Former Saint Beatrice personally buried it.

Why would she do that?

Did you hear that the Saint has lost her vision?

You told me about it.

Yes, she lost her sight as the price for summoning my future self across dimensions.

Oh So, by summoning you here...? But the timing doesn't add up?

A year before I took over this body...

Rudy let out an awkward laugh.

Actually, around that time... That's when I started to learn about this world."

What?

The timing was impeccable.

The moment Rudy, in his original world, encountered this world through a game, and the date of Beatrice's death.

The price for summoning me across dimensions. The price for letting my other-dimensional self know about this world. For that, the former Saint paid with her life.

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