YLTESCIA: A Reincarnator's Tale in the Lands of Merusia

Chapter 46: Tagging Along

It was a beautiful morning. When Grey awoke, the gentle light from the morning sun greeted him along with the chirping of the birds and the sweet flowery scent from the garden just outside the window.

Even when Grey had experienced the bed's softness a few times already, he cannot get over its comfort. It was as if he was resting in the clouds every time he sprawled on top of it.

Knock Knock Knock

Just as Grey was enjoying the bed's gentle embrace, a knocking echoed throughout his room, loud and clear. The sudden knock was able to fully wake up Grey who still wanted to sleep again.

"Grey, are you awake?" ［Yuna］

"Yeah, I just woke up. Why?" ［Grey］

"Mister Rhodes wanted to ask if we could cook with him today. He was thinking of exchanging notes while cooking for breakfast." ［Yuna］

A troubled expression loomed over Grey's face as Yuna relayed Rhodes' words to him. He could clearly feel Rhodes' passion for cooking when the latter didn't mind being taught by someone younger than him.

As Grey and Yuna promised the day before, the two cooked a variety of dishes to reward Eliza's hard work. Because of that, they ended up serving a good amount of dishes, most of which were unknown to the world.

The novelty of the dishes Rhodes had experienced for the first made him excited and his blood as a cook was lit ablaze. He wanted to learn how to cook those dishes not only because Eliza liked it, but because he wanted to sate his curiosity.

While Grey did not want to leave the bed nor cook so early, Yuna waking him up made him motivated to start the day. After he prepared himself for the day, Grey then headed to the kitchen, along with Yuna, and helped the other chefs out.

During breakfast, Eliza and Yuna were the first ones to comment on how the food tasted with blooming smiles on their faces. Even though Yuna also cooked some of the dishes, she still acted a little surprised on how good they tasted.

The adventurer's guild then became the next stop for the day, that was because Eliza asked Grey and Yuna to do another subjugation quest. She was getting more and more enthusiastic about training when she saw how much progress she made the other day.

When the small group of three arrived at the guild, they then headed immediately towards the quest boards where they unexpectedly met two figures who were familiar to Grey and Yuna.

"Oh, Grey, Yuna. Yo!" ［Kris］

"Good morning, Yuna, Grey." ［Aria］

"Good morning." ［Grey］

"Un." ［Yuna］

The identities of the two figures were the Kris and Aria couple. They quickly exchanged greetings as soon as they noticed Grey and Yuna approaching.

Eliza, who was unfamiliar with the two, meekly hid behind Yuna's back like a shy little kid. She didn't utter a word and only looked at the couple with curious eyes, wondering what their relationship with Grey and Yuna was.

"Are you two picking a quest too?" ［Grey］

"Yeah, we're still free until the Labyrinth's opening, after all. So... Is that kid the one you're guarding?" ［Kris］

Kris asked nonchalantly as he looked at Eliza who was taking a peek at them. As soon as Eliza met Kris' eyes, she didn't try to hide more, but rather, she just stared back curiously.

"Yeah. This is Eliza. The town lord's daughter." ［Grey］

"I-I'm Eliza von Landevar. It's a pleasure to meet you!" ［Eliza］