Training

The next day was a day off too.

Maison Monbel was closed, while One Bowl and the noodle shop were being run by their respective managers.

Elysia said she was going to catch up on her paperwork, while Marie gave me an oddly determined look, as if she intended to leave me alone, and told me to really rest today.

Uncle Bernard also brought me some warm tea after breakfast and told me to rest well.

Regardless, I went down to the kitchen.

It was only natural.

There are times when people need to rest, and times when people who shouldn't be resting need to rest.

I was the latter.

Or, to be more precise, I was the kind of person who could rest, but whose senses grew uneasy when I rested completely.

There was no one in the kitchen...