GL (GalaxyLight): Hey! I'm back with another chapter. This took me a while to think, because starting the school became very complicated for making ideas, so I decided to show how they normally do in school. A daily life with Elsword and Elesis in Elder Junior High School. The new things will go to the next chapter.
Elsword's PoV
We started taking our class as usual. Writing stuff on the blackboard, reading the textbooks and answering some questions. It was pretty normal, for normal schools anyway. Because this is a battle school, we use weapons to fight and defend and show who's the strongest student in the academy school.
In PE, we all use our weapons and fight to check our statuses. I use a sword as well as my sister. Aisha uses a staff for magic attacks and Rena uses a bow for long-range attacks. Elesis got very good scores from her fighting tests as usual It obvious since she's trained more than I did. I got an average score, I wasn't really that good at tests. Aisha got good scores as well as Rena's. I still have trouble with magic and defense but I'll get the hang of it eventually.
At the cafeteria, I was about to collect lunch until Elesis came to me with a box covered with red fabric. "Don't worry, Elsword. I made lunch for you this morning before I woke you up." She smiled at me.
Because she made it for me, I couldn't say no or it'd be just a waste. "Thanks, sis." I replied to her.
I suddenly heard murmuring from other students like "He's so lucky." or something like that. I ignored it as I didn't care. I opened the box and saw very good-quality food in there; sausages, eggs, ham, raw spinach and even a small slice of cake which surprises me a bit. Elesis is a very good cook so she tends to make good stuff, especially for me. I took some bites of the food as my mouth felt like it was in paradise by the taste. "Ah... It's as good as always, sis." I complimented her.
"Really? I'm so happy!" She said cheerfully. "I'll make you this every day." It felt weird as I mysteriously saw flowers and bubbles behind her in the cheerful background. I swear she's like a princess, and I used the word 'princess' loosely.
She tends to walk with me almost everywhere except for the bathroom where she generally keeps guard for some reason. She even made scary looks at the girls for odd reasons too. I feel like she's being a little overprotective these days. But I digress, she is my sister.
Either way, things hasn't really changed much last year at school. The study hall was clean as always, the library had more books than usual but it's always like that in this school. The faculty office where the staffs use is normal. It was all the same, not surprising really.
"This brings back memories." My sister commented. "I rarely ever go to other rooms while I was focused on the main subjects when I was young."
"You must be grateful to be back here, huh?" I told her.
"I guess you could say that." She giggled.
We then headed to the Home Economy room where we start to take cooking class. Ironically, this is one of the subjects we're having.
"This brings back memories too." Elesis told me. She once told me she apparently took cooking class a lot of times. Was it because she wanted to cook good for me and my family? I don't really know.
"Did you cook a lot of stuff in this room?" I asked just to play it safe.
"Yup! Korean cuisine, European dishes, sweets..." She began listing onwards. "Although I sometimes use the room without permission. The regular cooking classes were just not enough."
Elesis's PoV
I was obsessed with cooking. I made many fancy dishes when I was younger. Why did I grew interest in this? Well... Our mother wasn't really good at cooking. She made multiple burns and smoke as she tries to cook. We had to use the fire extinguisher every time she fails. Mom apologized that she couldn't cook because she was talentless when it comes to kitchen related tools.
That's when I decided to give cooking a try. When I made my first dish which was beef stew, it was so delicious it felt like heaven, even my family loved it. Ever since then, I began to take a liking to cooking and I began making more spectacular food, my family were always happy when she cooked delicious meals. Elsword even asked for seconds and I happily agreed to make more for him.
I remember the time I used the Home EC room without asking as the Home EC club members spotted me preparing food again. I got scolded after that.
Elsword looked down at the bottom of the sinks. He then suddenly saw that one of them was a wreck. He saw cracks on the pipes and walls and there were multiple band-aids on them. "What's with this one? It's all broken..." Elsword said as he looked at it poorly.
"That was Lowe's spot." I answered him.
"It's like remains of a natural disaster..." Elsword said sarcastically in a low tone. Lowe is one of our neighbours who graduated Elder Junior High School. We often meet each other once or twice in one day but not really much because he doesn't come to Elder often. He tends to stay in Ruben to keep lookout for any suspicious people as an officer of the law.
Lowe is completely terrible at cooking. Every time he cooks, he ended up blowing up the whole kitchen somehow. I just don't get it. When I first saw it as he and I both took Home EC lessons as we were making baked potatoes, he surprised me when he blew something up in his table. The class had to bring a fire extinguisher every time that happened. With the result of his dishes, it was so ugly looking I didn't want to look at it anymore. He's like a God of Destruction.
After school, we decided to go shopping for groceries. "What do you want to eat tonight, Elsword?" I asked him with a smile.
"...Anything is fine!" He answered.
I wasn't very happy with that answer. "Choosing from 'anything' would be kind of hard... I mean not to boast or anything but I can cook almost anything so..."
"S-Sorry, sis. It's just that everything you make is so delicious, so you can't really blame me." I almost blushed when he said that. "How about beef stew then?"
"You mean the plain old dish I first made?"
"It's not that old, and besides it's the best to have when feeling a bit down at something so it'd be great to have some of those."
"Okay then, beef stew it is." I smiled. 'Cooking skills, don't fail me now.' Ironically beef stew began to be one of my favourite dishes to cook. Elsword was pumped to have that for dinner so he ran to the town as I followed.
We went to the meat store where we met Lenphad, the owner of the store. "Hey, you two!" He greeted us loudly. "Here for some meat?"
"Yep!" I answered. "100g beef is what we're after."
"Coming right up!" He went into his shop and then came back with a humungous beef almost the size of a treasure box. "Here ya go! Thanks for waiting!" He laughed. "Come back again!" I carried the beef because I didn't want Elsword to carry heavy stuff. We then headed for the vegetable shop.
At the vegetable shop, we met the owner who was Luichel. "Oh! Elsword! Elesis! Fancy meeting you here." Luichel is not only a teacher but also the owner of this shop as well.
"Good afternoon, Luichel." We both greeted.
"Good afternoon to you too." She smiled. "So what can I do for you?"
"Well, we need carrots, celery, cabbage and potato." I told her.
"I'll be right back." She then came back with the vegetables we need. "See you tomorrow at class!" She waved goodbye as Elsword carried the bags of vegetables.
Before leaving Elder, we made a stop for the sweet shop where we meet Echo, the owner of this shop. "Hey, Echo! I see you're still licking that lollipop." Elsword commented.
"It is my favourite sweet, you know." Echo puffed her cheeks. Me and Elsword both laughed as we got what we came for and left.
Elsword's PoV
We headed back to Ruben to our home. Elesis started making dinner while I decided to read a book while I wait. Minutes later, dinner was ready as we sat at the opposite side. I looked at my beef stew and it looked marvellous, the yellow texture, the boil beef and the raw spinach. It was the perfect stew. As I was just about to grab my spoon, Elesis stared at me like daggers as she was waiting for me to eat my dinner which made me sweatdrop.
I took a sip of my stew and that's when I felt something crazy in my mouth. "MAN! THAT'S GOOD!" I shouted without thinking.
Elesis squealed. "I'm so glad you like it." She made a big smile.
'Geez, she looks very happy.' I thought to myself. "Maybe changing the subject would change her expression.' I began to think about what to say as we were eating. "Hey, sis. During your 3 years, what did you do for work?" I asked her.
"Work? Well, I did work part time clothing retail before..." She answered.
"I see..."
"By the way, I've also worked in; a café bar, cake shop, weapon armoury, blacksmith, handicrafts shop, accessory shop, nightguard, martial artist, sword fighter, supermarket, restaurant... but only in the kitchen, drug tester, shopkeeper, magazine model, side job at home making artificial flowers, cookie saleswoman, department store janitor, in general goods store, martial arts assistant teacher, karaoke bar, instructor, nurse, painter, music store and..." The jobs kept filling up as my mind went crazier as more piled up. "But right now I'm just a junior high school student, just like you. And I think that's about it." She smiled again as she finished her words.
'What's with this girl?!' I thought to myself. It's like she can do almost anything, seriously.
After dinner, we did our homework together which we finished quite fast. Then again, my sister learned this stuff before. After we finished homework, it was time for bed.
"How about we just call it a night for now?" I yawned.
"Okay then. I'll go out and get the stuff we need tomorrow..." My sister yawned as well.
Both of us brushed our teeth and went to our beds. As I was sleeping something warm behind me woke me up. I turned around and was shocked to see Elesis sleeping behind me. 'Again!?' I thought as I groaned.
I was about to wake her up until she moaned and whimpered. "'Sniff'... Elsword... Please don't leave me..." I heard her say. That made me feel guilty about moving her. I began hesitating now. For some reason, part of me wants her to stay here. But why? Do I have something that I wanna tell her or feel about her?
Her hands were touching my back as I blushed. They felt very warm and soft. It made me wanna get her out of bed even less.
I then remember how she was lonely at times and seeing her makes me feel very sad. She's my sister and she wants to be with someone. Regretting my choices, I decided to let her sleep with me. "Fine." is what I answered after losing consciousness.
GL: And that ends the day, pretty plain and simple. The new things will go in the next day, it's gotta be good when you see them. Trust me, it's necessary to see it. Raven and Eve will come soon enough, it'll only take some time, just a bit.