(Rem x Reader) Re:Reader - Starting YOUR New Life in Another World

Chapter 32: Pictures Came With Touch

A/N: Here's the next batch of chapters. I hope you all enjoy. A big thanks to ShuTDown, Tobychevy, and Hasseo8 for finding my typos I missed in the last chapter. This chapter is more or less based off of the Mayo Scramble short story that takes place right after the end of arc 2 in the web novel. Remonwater originally TL'd the story, and if you haven't read it, I highly recommend reading it.

With the quartet now in the middle of the kitchen, Subaru walked to the first of the two tables that made up most of the cooking and prep space and visually inspected the ingredients Rem had selected and placed out.

With a hand on his chin, Subaru carefully looked over every item with Rem right behind him, ready to receive any criticism. YN could tell right away Subaru was simply only putting on airs to look informed on the subject of mayo-making.

Deciding to get the ball rolling, YN walked to the opposite table, and plopped his phone down on the counter top, and proceeded to navigate to the lesson in the education app that held the footnote on the mayonnaise recipe.

Also deciding that nothing could be had from Subaru's silent inspection of the ingredients, and also knowing full well didn't have a clue as to what he was looking for, Ram accompanied YN to the other table as well and raised an eyebrow in curiosity to the device he has placed on the table.

Ram watched YN's finger dance across it's illuminated surface of glass, it's colors being manipulated with each touch. Doing her best to keep her curiosity incognito, Ram stepped closer behind YN, trying to get a better view of the strange metia he possessed.

With Subaru and Rem now getting into a discussion over the difference between "dragon eggs" and "fowl eggs," Ram involved herself in a conversation with YN in order to keep from being part of it.

Ram: Is that the metia Ram has heard about? The one similar to Barasu's?

Looking up from trying to locate the recipe, YN turned his head around to see the oddly curious Ram to his flank, peering down on his phone.

YN: Oh, my cell phone? Yeah, Rem's probably told you about it, hasn't she? It's the same kind of thing as Subaru's, but mine is a lot nicer.

With Ram only responding with a simple head tilt, YN fumbled to come up with a better explanation before one came to him.

YN: Uhhh, well... Think about it this way. Subaru's is like a dainty little cargo carriage a ground dragon might pull, where mine is a nice furnished coach wagon.

Un-tilting her head and conveying she understood more or less, Ram posed her question.

Ram: But what does YN intend to use this... 'Sell-fone' for?

Feeling like he could rightfully put himself on airs at this very moment, YN let a puff of pride into his words as he proclaimed his device's abilities.

YN: Just as Subaru's can, these little things not only serve as a way to instantly communicate, capture moments in time for record, and play entire musical ensembles on command, mine specifically holds a wealth of knowledge that I'm sure rivals even the largest libraries.

In response to YN's boastful statement, Ram continued to stare at the little device before then staring at YN, conveying a message of "you didn't answer my question" to him.

Scratching his head and backpedaling slightly on his words, YN responded with more humility.

YN: I'm really just using it to pull up a recipe for mayonnaise.

Sighing at YN for obviously over exaggerating his metia, Ram put a hand on her hip, ready to criticize him before having her attention taken away by a snippet in Rem and Subaru's ongoing conversation.