[Rein's POV: ]
"Urial! Pass that bowl!"
"Jeez. Don't shout. I can hear you just fine."
Now that the main tests were over, and tomorrow is a holiday, we were having a group dinner after a loooooooong time.
"So, as I was saying... I was NOT expecting them to throw that dangerous thing at us."
Some of them were talking about their experience in the practical tests that they gave, while others were happily enjoying another amazing meal darling made for us.
He was the best. This food wasn't as special as the things he made for his test presentation but these things were still amazing.
They were so amazing that everyone was eating many portions of it as if they had longed for his food for decades or something.
"Though cute looking, the (Northern Grizzlies) are pretty dangerous. Still though, killing them does not make any sense."
"Do you think they could be saved, Deleon."
Quin knew about these creatures since we had taught her about the most dangerous creatures of the wild and this one was one of them.
'Though, the fact that they gave babies of those creatures to the students and asked them to kill them was pretty surprising even to me.'
Yes the adult versions of these creatures were deadly and all, but was there any need to make the young students go through such an experience?
'They looked like harmless teddy bears when they were young, so more than half of the students were just going to forfeit when they were told to kill such innocent looking creatures.'
But those of us who have faced the adult versions of these creatures know very well just what kind of disasters they are.
"They are called Demonic beasts for a reason, Miss Quinn.
Violence is their natural disposition and even though they could be tamed and the right kind of raising could make them a little less aggressive, but... there is no way to change their natures artificially.
They naturally are dangerous and even though they are merely low grade creatures, when they go berserk, something that happens naturally even if they come across a small creature like a rabbit, they leave destruction in their wake."
Deleon was not only an expert on the slimes, he also had knowledge about the creatures of other kinds.
He was already highly knowledgeable about them so asking things like these to him was a better option when Eon or I were not available.
"They are rare creatures that are confined to secluded territories and their numbers have to be maintained regularly or else they might become a great threat to all the weaker lifeforms."
It was rare for Deleon to be around people since this guy was the worst kind of introvert... but he doesn't miss any chances to join our dinners or lunch for that matter.
'He loves the things that Eon makes, especially the spicy things. After Ezra, he is the one with the most spice tolerance among our friends.'
The two of them sometimes even fight to see who can eat spicier things... I remember once they got so serious they asked him to make the spiciest thing he possibly could.
'He warned them many times that they would not be able to handle it even with all their willpower. But since they were adamant, he made them one of the spiciest things he could... and, had it not been for the special sweets that he had prepared beforehand, the two of them would have been in hospital that day.'
Spice was one thing, but overdosing on spice was not a good thing. Both of them learned it that day.
"Ah... I thought they could be saved."
"...hun?"
"Wait, what?"
As his fiancee, I at least had enough control over him that I could stop these unnecessary parties for a few weeks during the curriculum.
'There will be a long break now so they aren't going to have any chance to enjoy this food anyway, but if I want, I can make it so that they never get this food even when we come back.'
It was not easy to forget this Amazing food anyway, and getting addicted to some of the things that resonate with individuals was a common thing.
'People have already been attached to a few items and what if they don't get them for a while even though I could enjoy it all whenever I want?'
They would obviously envy me, and then they would not underestimate me like they are doing right now.
My simple sentence just now made them realise this fact.
"Nah. you're too soft for something like that."
But then Tia laughed and shook her head as she continued with her three layered pie.
She knew I liked them so much that seeing them suffering without his food would make me feel guilty and I would cave quickly.
But she was underestimating me.
"Try me, dear. You'd be surprised to see my endurance level." I simply smiled at her and took a sip from the strange drink he had somehow made from who knows what.
It sure was delicious though.
"..."
Tia was silent once again. And the smile I had was not the one I have when I am bluffing or joking.
If they continue the way they act with me, they will have to face consequences.
So...
"Just act better around me and you will enjoy your favourite food until the day we graduate."
This was not aimed at our group sitting on this table but towards every single person present here.
It was also a reminder that they will not get to enjoy any of it after they graduate from the academy, so they better cherish the opportunities they are getting thanks to me allowing it to them and be grateful to me.
'I'd appreciate it if they pay for the food they eat, but most of the students here including the nobles and royals won't be able to afford the things that they eat with us.'
It's all priceless if I say so myself, so it is free and the costliest things in the world at the same time.
"Anyway... any plans for tomorrow?"
No one knew what was going to ask or what kind of test it would be anyway.
It is the last and the most mysterious test among all of them, so it's a little worrisome for some students, but still, it is not going to be that difficult if we know and understand the money.
"Hmm? Tomorrow."
And since tomorrow is a holiday anyway, instead of wasting time packing bags, it's much better to go around and have some fun on our second last day together.