小嫂子的味道

With the help of the medical staff at the academy and their advanced healing potions and medicines, I fully recovered in a span of two days. All my wounds had healed, the bones which had fractured were now as good as before, and the skinned flesh had also grown back.

It was a breathtaking experience. I mean, it would\'ve taken me months to recover from a condition like this in my former world. Here, however, with the help of magic and potions, it was easy. Though it doesn\'t change the fact that it cost me quite a bit.

Yeah, obviously, I had to pay for it. After paying for everything, including the money it took me to travel and stay in the Gannett town, I was left with 230,000 C in my account; needless to say, most of it went for medication needs.

But it wasn\'t much of a problem since I was now good to go in such a short period of time. Value for money I\'d say.

And as for where I was right now, well…

"How much will this be?"

"2,500."

"I\'ll pay with the card," I tapped my transaction card on the machine and the said amount got taken away from my account and the numbers on the back changed.

"Thank you," the girl in front of me greeted me as she passed me the tray that was loaded with multiple dishes. Sandwiches, stew, bread with stuffed filling, chicken wings, and coffee—espresso, they had that one here.

I held the tray with both my hands and walked to a seat in the corner of the building. I was in the cafe right now. During all the time I spent traveling and the days I was in my room, getting healed, I ate what was a bad excuse for food.

According to Anya, it was good for me as it helps the body to recover but…food is food. I can\'t compromise on that. That\'s why today—the day got completely healed and I got permission to leave the room. The first place I came to was the cafeteria.

The classes started at 10 and it was 9:30 in the morning now; I had plenty of time to satisfy my stomach. Hence I was here, ordering a tray full of food for breakfast.

I got to my seat, put the tray on the table, slid one out of three chairs back, and sat. I occasionally received a glance or two from the other students since the food I ate was really too much to be taken as breakfast.

I mean, yeah I had five cheese and vegetable sandwiches, a bowl of stew, a load of stuffed bread to eat with it, and twelve pieces of chicken wings along with a large espresso. Not to mention my cheesecake that was being made right now.

I sat on the chair comfortably and began eating my meal, ignoring the other students; eventually, their attention wavered from me and they minded their own business.

As for the taste, well, the academy was one of the few places where you could get high-quality food. No, calling it high quality won\'t be right, it was more like special quality. For example, getting an espresso outside the academy was really rare.

Getting them in restaurants was near impossible; you could find a coffee shop that serves one if you try really hard but the prices will be way too high for a normal person to afford.

Here in the academy, all the items provided to the students were kept at a fair price simply because using them was a privilege the students of Zaforths academy get—it was a way to show off and motivate more people to join the academy—and the other reason was that the students had already paid a fair amount in the admission and tuition fee.

I was lucky in that aspect too. Thanks to the princess, Anya had to pay neither of them and I got in only by giving the admission fee—this was a rather surprising fact I discovered when I went to take my transaction card in the office building.

I didn\'t know Rishia did something like this without telling me and honestly, I was grateful. No matter how you look at it I can\'t afford to pay millions of C every six months as tuition.

I had to save up for the calamity too because the value of money will skyrocket rapidly due to the destruction of infrastructure, banks, and all the physical money stored in them.

I can only guess since the background situation wasn\'t addressed much in the novel but it\'s likely that all the nobles below the middle-higher class or those who don\'t have savings will fall into poverty.

\'Now that I think about it, I should also think of a way to make money before the calamity arrives since I don\'t think the amount we have—mine and my parent\'s bank accounts combined—will be enough to last us forever.\'

I made a mental note as I wiped the remaining stew with the bread and gulped it down with a sip of coffee. With this, I was done and had to wait for my cheesecake to arrive.

[You are surely a fast eater.] a voice echoed in my head; it was Req communicating with me via the soul thing she\'d told me.

\'What will you expect, I haven\'t eaten properly for a week.\'

[Yeah, Yeah. I believe you.]

\'That aside. How can you still communicate with me?\'

[Heeeehhhhh? Didn\'t I tell you already, since we are one now either of us could reach out to the other through the connection we have between our souls?]

\'I wasn\'t referring to that. I mean, I don\'t have the sword with me right now—it\'s lying in the room. Does this thing still work?\'

[Sigh. If you\'re deliberately doing this then please stop, I don\'t like to say the same thing over and over again. I told you that our souls are now one, didn\'t I? Do you know what a soul is? The base and core of every living being, and now the three of us—Requiem, you, and I—share the same core—soul. It doesn\'t matter how far we are, we can communicate since we are bound together at the very base of life.]

This was some news to me. There is definitely more to the Requiem sword than I think and what was in the novel. Its abilities can be put to various uses. This telepathic connection, for example, could work as a spy device.  I should take my time and research a bit on it later.

\'I see. That clears it.\'

[Don\'t make me say it again, it\'s frustrating.]

I ignored her blabbering and focused on the cheesecake that had just been delivered in front of me. I had already paid for it so without wasting any time I helped myself and munched on the dessert.