Chapter 45

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Amethyst and Crystal said they’d be living next door and asked us to take care of them before they left.

……I would’ve been really grateful if six people hadn’t just eaten here.

Going from making three or six servings to making six—and sometimes more than ten—was exhausting and involved a lot of work.

It was an eye-opening experience that made me understand why food served to large groups was often so-so. Cooking in bulk was harder and trickier than I’d expected.

I’d thought about calling Ribel over to lend a hand since we were short on help, but… she hadn’t been in touch much lately, either. I wondered if something had happened, but then I questioned whether we were close enough for me to pry, so I let it go.

Ribel was a business prodigy at a major corporation. If anything had happened to her, it would surely have become a major issue that caused a stir throughout society.

She was an A-rank hero, too.

"I’m sure it’s nothing."

Still, it felt a little lonely without the girl who was always calling me ‘sis.’ When I was with Dojin, she’d only been a nuisance, but now that she was gone, I felt her absence...