Termini |
"Well then, buon appetito♪" |
Monte Carlo |
"Bon appétit~☆" |
And then - We baked more pizzas than we could eat on the stove, and began to slice them into moderate portions for consumption. |
Zouérat |
"Huff huff, hawt... but delishius♪" |
Monte Carlo |
"Nom nom. I'm more lenient in my personal evaluation when I make them myself, and they still taste good even if they look half-assed." |
Zouérat |
"I don't think it's half-assed, Monte Carlo, you're very good at everything. It's full of seafood and looks delicious...♪" |
Monte Carlo |
"Zouéy's consciously healthy as ever... I've never seen a pizza that green before." |
Zouérat |
"I feel disgusted when it comes to eating greasy food." |
Napoli |
"......? ......?" |
Napoli stared with her eyes wide open looking at the pile of pizzas. She's salivating, likely because she's hungry-- |
Napoli |
"This, this is...? Is this pizza?" |
Napoli |
"Is-Is this edible, this? It's so beautiful, so colourful, so round, it's so beautiful sì! It's a work of art sì!" |
Salem |
"Of course, you can eat them♪" |
Salem |
"You must try my pizza, Napoli. It's made mainly from toad meat and other seasonal ingredients like slugs and naked mole rats--" |
Monte Carlo |
"Don't look directly at Salley's cooking, Napo! You'll lose your mind!" |
Zouérat |
"However it tastes strangely good, Salem's cooking that is." |
Salem |
"I'm flattered♪" |
Termini |
"Hmhmm, seems like Napolitan has never eaten pizza before, so you should try the standard one first." |
Zouérat |
"Napolitan? It's quite unusual for Professor Termini to give someone a nickname like that...?" |
Termini |
"Less of a nickname, more of a pun. I don't think you'd get it even if I explained it to you, so let's concentrate on helping ourselves on food for now." |
Termini |
"Yes, Napolitan, ahm~...♪" |
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Napoli |
"Ah, aaaaaah~?" |
Napoli carefully nibbled a bite of the pizza that Termini made with her experienced hands. Just one bite, and her face turned into complete astonishment. |
Napoli |
"Ah, ahmgh." |
"How do you like it? I hope it suits your palate♪" |
Napoli |
"Waah, waaaah, ah, ahm, waaaaah--" |
Napoli collapsed into tears as she shoved pizza into her tiny mouth. She carefully munched on it, stretched out the cheese, and gulped it down. |
Napoli |
"What is this, what is this, what is this?" |
Napoli |
"Oh, delicious, too delicious. So hot, so sweet, so spicy, so salty - tongue's melting, sì. Throat feels so good, stomach is so warm♪" |
Napoli |
"Napoli, has never eaten anything like this before! It's totally different, it's totally different from anything that's ever eaten! What is this, is this really food sì...!?" |
Napoli |
"So weird! Does this mean it's tasty? So weird, it's so weird!" |
Napoli |
"But, so happy... so happy, sì...♪ So happy to still be alive!" |
Crying and caring of nothing else, Napoli continued to devour her pizza. Termini watched her like a mother loving her child. |
Termini |
"Good, I see you like it." |
Termini |
"'That girl' disagreed with me on many things - but she really likes the pizzas I make, just like you. Even if we had a row, we could make up over a slice of pizza." |
Termini |
"Every time I did that, she would get frustrated and rant, saying she didn't want to feel like she was being forcefed. She was childish and cute in that way." |
Monte Carlo |
"Who are you talking about? Is 'That girl'...?" |
Termini |
"Once upon a time, I had an apprentice." |
Termini |
"That was however centuries ago... I am, as you know, the Great Immortal Sage, who, every time my body dies, can still reborn and live forever." |
Termini |
"I used to gather and raise children with a talent for magic, to find myself a candidate for such a reincarnation." |
Zouérat |
"Is that, let's see, like how we are now...?" |
Termini |
"The Termini's Classroom nowadays is just a hobby of mine, like a way to pass the time. It has a fundamentally different purpose from that of back then." |
Termini |
"Back then, partly because there was no countermeasures against the Phantom Mist, I was more serious and earnestly looking for a reincarnation - my successor, the 'Next Termini'." |
Termini |
"I had to teach any of my potential 'Next Terminis' very strictly. I was young, too, I guess...? I didn't have a lot of time." |
Zouérat |
"Huh? I though you as our current teacher is strict enough." |
Salem |
"Yes. I always fear for my life in your classes." |
Termini |
"Hmhmm. I truly mean they were much, much stricter than they are now. I said to them that I'll guide them, develop them, but how I acted was essentially abusing them." |
Termini |
"It was only after I had made so many mistakes, that I realised how stupid I was." |
Napoli |
"........." |
Termini |
"I've started to think it was wasteful and pitiful to spend my time now on raising my next reincarnation - So I've stopped raising such successors a few centuries ago." |
Termini |
"Among the candidates for my successor, the 'Next Termini', was a girl of outstanding talent." |
Termini |
"She was as, or even more talented than the original Termini, who had reached the depths of the alchemical goal of eternal life." |
Termini |
"She controlled and manipulated everything at will with her immense magical power and senses - The greatest magician I have ever known." |
Termini |
"However, because she was able to do everything with just her talent, she's intolerant of even minuscule setbacks - That's why she gave up at even the slightest moments--" |
Termini |
"She put all the blame on me and cursed me - 'It's your fault, teacher. It's your fault, Professor Termini'." |
Termini |
"After she said that, she got fed up with everything and ran away." |
Termini |
"She maybe had a weak heart. No, maybe it was my fault, I misjudged the strength of her mental fortitude." |
Termini |
"I didn't understand her at all, that she was just another sensitive young girl, it was my fault." |
Termini |
"People have always said this - 'Teachers don't understand people's hearts'. Maybe it's a side effect of living too long, I've become too disconnected from people." |
Termini |
"But you know what? I still have no regrets. I don't think my life was a mistake, that I sought and obtained eternal life in order to know everything." |
Termini |
"I don't care if no one understands me." |
Napoli |
"........." |
Termini |
"......I'm getting way off topic." |
Termini |
"Hey, Napolitan. You are just like the disciple in my memory who denied me and ran away." |
Napoli |
"Eh, uh, Napolitan?" |
Termini |
"Yes. I have just analysed your body, and I am sure of it." |
Termini |
"Likely, you are the distant descendant of that child. The one I loved more than anyone else and yet the one who hated me more than anyone else." |