CH 48

**hiya-atsu will be explained in the story so I didn't translate it. 

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I have Hurst-san's plate on my right and Rayleigh-kun's share on the other hand when I returned to my room. It seems like they both waited for me on the table that is in the room. 

It's a four-person table so there's no problem at all if the three of us sit there.

"Wow! It smells so good!"

" Yeah. It seems to be a baked batter with eggs and this sweet aroma"

As soon as I returned to the room, Hurst-san and Ryleigh-kun both stood up from their seats as they started sniffing the sweet-smelling snack that I have and like always Hurst-san's observation is extremely accurate. 

And then I handed their shares as both of them went towards me and since I'm finally empty-handed, I returned once again to the kitchen and grabbed my share and went back to the room, heading to the table where the two of them are waiting.

Now then, it's my long-awaited snack time!

"I'm sorry for making you wait. Let's all eat together."

"Yes. Today as well this looks delicious"

"Un! Hey Shina-san, what do you call this dish?"

Hurst-san who is sitting in front of me with his sparkling eyes and Ryleigh-kun sitting beside me as he stares at me with his eyes filled with anticipation. Looking at the both of them like this, I couldn't help but grin as I looked over the soft, fluffy pancake.

"Today I made a dish called 'pancake' " 

"Pankeyki?"

"Yes. This time I added some apples and just like what Hurst-san said. The batter is made of, eggs, flour, and milk. It's freshly cooked so it is still fluffy"

"flu-ffy " 

(Eunie: he actually said 'fu-wa.fuwa')

I couldn't help but let out a laugh as, Hurst-san with his usual poker face mutter the word, 'fluffy'

"And then the white thing on top is made out of milk. It's 'ice cream', a type of frozen sweets"

"Frozen sweets? ... ...then does it mean its cold? Is it alright to put something cold and hot together?"

Seeing a freshly cooked fluffy pancake topped with a milk gelato that is now melting on top of the pancake, Ryleigh-kun couldn't be helped but worriedly ask and despite his worries, with great confidence, I nodded my head.

"You see, in cooking both the appearance and smell are essential right? But the same can also be said for the temperature."

"The temperature as well?"

"Correct. And since there are differences when it comes to the temperature but when you combine and eat them together, you can taste a different kind of deliciousness... ...but well you'll have to experience it firsthand."

"In short, it is alright to eat both this pancake and ice cream together" Ryleigh-kun said and while he seems to be lost in deep thought, Hurst-san immediately held his knife and fork and sliced a piece of pancake. 

"It really is fluffy but there's still that firmness and yet the knife was easily able to pass through. Is...this apple part caramelized?"

(Eunie here: pardon the disturbance. Here's my first ever love letter to novel.plante, read.lightnovel and etc. they might delete this but oh well. I present you guys my middle finger~)

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" Yup! I'm sure we're invincible. "

After saying that, both Hurst-san and Ryhleigh-kun's eyes seem to soften as they happily look at me. 

And then Hurst-san took his next bite of the pancake with milk gelato and this time, he closed his eyes to properly feel the taste of the food――

" … … So this is what Shina-sama is talking about. The fun in enjoying the difference between the temperature. "

Hurst-san muttered as if he is deeply impressed with it.

"Since the hotness and the coldness of each dish are combined there's some sort of reaction, therefore, you can enjoy a different feeling when the two clashes and I can feel it inside my mouth with the melting ice cream on top of the hot pancake. For me to be able to feel this deeply just because of the two different temperatures... ..."

"Un. Now I really get the thing about the temperature as an important medium in the deliciousness of the food" Ryleigh-kun said as he looks at me with twinkling eyes. Seeing him like that I couldn't help but grin and said, "This is―― hiya atsu" (Eunie: it means hiya=chilled/ cold + atsu=hot. read only here at eunietl .weebly) 

" "hi-yatsu" ", The two of them echoed, as if the thing that I just talked about is some sort of top secret. (Eunie: they pronounced it wrong and is a deliberate thing done)