Author: SS Samurai	Original Source: Syosetu
Translator: rm31439	English Source: Re:Library

“For now, all the club members who advanced to the prefectural tournament in the individual fights have finished their first fight.”

It was the five members of the team participating in the team fight plus three other club members who’d made it this far. And each of them had won their first fight. It confirmed, once again, just how strong our school’s judo club was.

“It’s time for lunch!”
“”””Whoo~~~!””””

All of them seemed incredibly hyped up. Seeing them so excited for our cooking made me happy.

“We’ll show you what’s in there, then!”

I opened the food box I had brought with me. Mika and Rir also opened the boxes they had brought.

“””Whoa~~…!”””

Everyone’s eyes were shining at the dishes laid out in front of them. Rir’s box contained all manners of fried food, from shrimp over fish and squid up to mini croquettes. Mine consisted of simmered dishes like seasoned eggs, and lotus and konjac roots. Mika and Sakura had prepared refreshing vegetable-based dishes like potato salad, asparagus wrapped in bacon, and small sandwiches. And finally, each of us also brought karaage and rolled eggs.

What about the cost, you ask? For some reason, Kanata had brought out a ton of money, telling us “I figured something like this might happen, so I set aside several thousand yen for you to use as you like”. My heart almost jumped out of my throat when he just plopped it on the table.

I honestly didn’t like relying on my younger brother that much, but he kept telling us not to worry about it, so that was what we ultimately did. From what he said, he made this much money in no time at all.

I can no longer tell in what kind of dimension I’m living.
All the people around me, including Shuu, were straight up monsters. At this point, Kanata had probably earned hundreds of millions of Yen.

“Hang on, everyone, calm down. Let’s first show our gratitude to the four people who first came here to cheer and now even prepared lunch for us.”
“”””Thank you very much!!””

As one would expect of a sports club, their coordination and volume when giving thanks was on a different level. They also bowed their heads deeply.

“…Alright, let’s eat!”

There was a bang as Gorilla Sensei put his hands together. Everyone else followed suit.

“”””Thank you for the food!””””

After these words, the contest for the side dishes began. Well, we brought enough so we wouldn’t run out that easily. Everyone freely picked their karaage and other dishes and put them onto paper plates.

Someone was the first to try a bite.

“…Mh!?”
“Oy, what’s wrong?”
“…Try the karaage.”
“Huh, sure… mh!?”

They all fell still after nibbling on their first bite. They seemed lost for words.
Didn’t it taste good?

“I-Is something wrong?”
“Does it taste bad?”
“N-No… on the contrary…” Hoshino muttered as he trembled. “This is better than my mom’s cooking… even as someone who usually doesn’t eat out, I can tell that this is something you’d get in a three-star restaurant.”
“Exactly, that’s how it feels. This doesn’t taste like boxed lunch you’d just get everywhere. It’s closer to food from a restaurant with a month-long waiting list costing you several tens of thousands of Yen…!”
“Thish ish the firsht time I’m eating food thish delishioush… wow~.”

It made me recall when my parents tried my cooking for the first time. They reacted in a similar manner.

“At any rate, it’s great that you like it.”
“Yum! This is crazy yummy!”
“No need to eat this greedily, we got lots more.”
“If we don’t eat it, it’ll get away!”

It was always a joy to have someone call your cooking delicious and then eat it, no matter where, when, or with whom it happened.

As everyone was devouring the lunch we made, Mika gently tapped me on my shoulder.

“What’s wrong?”
“Your karaage is really good Ayumu.”
“Thanks for saying that.”
“But mine isn’t any worse. Say ‘ah’.”
“Ah.”

Yep, very good.

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“Hah… hah… ah~…!”

We finished lunch and several more matches were fought, which brought us to what happened right now…

“One full point.”

“He did it!”

Shuu had won the finals.

Unsurprisingly, the final opponent was formidable enough to prevent an instant defeat, but it still ended in a decisive victory with Shuu never having anything resembling a close call.

Of the eight club members who’d participated, five made it to the provincial tournament. Obviously, those were the members of the group participating in the team competition.

“Shuu…! Shuu!”
“Hey, Ayumu. Is it just me, or does Rir look like she’s in heat?”
“I thought the same.”

When Shuu won, her heart seemed to be racing wildly, and her eyes looked fiery. She seemed so moved, her eyes were getting moist. She was exuding so much sexual energy, others might assault her if they saw her in that state. That was the reason Mika had been watching over her for some time.

“In any case, you ended up winning as predicted, Shuu.”
“I guess another celebration is in order.”
“S-Same here! I’ll prepare something nice again for you, Shuu!”
“Sure thing.”

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