Pens Down, Swords Up: Throw Your Studies to the Wind Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 3] by Mao Nishiura

Author:Mao Nishiura
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, magic, adventure, isekai, reincarnation, academy, fantasy world, magic academy, aristocrats, male protagonist, swords
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Intermission: Ice Cream

We all piled into the gaudy Reverence car once again and set off for our new destination. It took us about fifteen minutes to arrive at the dessert store Fey had suggested.

When she’d said this store’s main attraction was their ice cream, I’d begun to imagine the clichéd youthful scenes of my past life—a takeout kind of joint, with unbelievably long lines of high school girls chattering happily as they waited for gelato or crepes, and then standing around taking photos before they ate. But as it turned out, our destination today was just another of the city’s many high-class restaurants. There was a somewhat Arabian feel to the decor, and it had a quiet, refined atmosphere.

Not quite what I was hoping for, but there’s no point complaining now.

We were ushered inside with polite deference and shown to a private room. The menu was the frightening type—in that there were no prices written next to the dishes—so I went with the simplest, cheapest-sounding option, a regular old “Plain Ice Cream.”

“I’m surprised you even agreed to come, Allen,” Jewel said with a giggle. “I can’t picture you as the type to eat sweet things.”

“They actually call me Master Sweet Tooth back home, I’ll have you know.” Well, back home in my past life. And it was a self-bestowed title, but still.

Fey snorted. “You don’t need to push yourself. We all know you’ve got a simple palate—no one’s expecting you to make some refined or profound comment about the food, okay? Just relax and enjoy yourself,” she said, smiling at me sweetly.

“A country bumpkin doesn’t have to overextend themselves trying to sound like they know what they’re talking about at a fancy restaurant like this, yeah?” The undertone of her message was clear.

I won’t accept this. My palate was forged in the fires of Japan’s world-class dining scene! How dare you assume my tastes are unrefined?! Although, given my recent diet...

When I thought about it, breakfast was always Thora’s cooking, scarfed down on the daily without a crumb left behind. Lunch was ever the trusty field ration. And from the day I’d moved into the dorms, I’d visited the local noodle stand every night for dinner without fail. Actually, my diet has been awful recently... However, I still couldn’t agree with Fey’s comment on my palate. Just so we’re clear here, in my last life, I was on the product development team at a top-notch food and beverage company!

I’d only come along with these guys as a way of thanking Stella for her time and advice today. As such, no matter how average or uninspiring the food turned out to be, I’d been planning to keep my carefully cultivated critique to myself; I would just focus on sharing a pleasant time with my classmates. But now? Now I had no other choice.

“Excuse me, can I change my order? I’ll get the rollberry flavor instead, with the sauce on the side, please,” I said to the nearby waiter, who was dressed more like a first-class sommelier than a server in a dessert store.

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