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Within her mories, Harumi recalled the first ti she ate Omurice here.
"Mom… I don't know what to order…" she sighed.
"Oh dear… Well, what do you want to eat?" asked Clentine.
"I want… rice…" she said.
"Rice? Hmm… you like eggs, right?" asked Clentine.
"I do! I do!" said Harumi.
"Very well, Omurice is the best option, I am sure you'll like it." said Clentine.
"Omu… rice?" wondered the little Harumi.
After a few minutes, the food arrived.
Harumi was served a strange al she had never seen before, while her mother had asked for grilled Wagyu Beef and a small bowl of white and puffy rice.
"T-This is egg? It looks not like egg…" said Harumi.
"That's an olet, my lady. It is the yolk and the egg white beaten together until they combine into a beautiful yellow color… It tastes just like egg, but more uniform." Said Gustavo.
"Oohh…" Harumi said, using her little spoon, she pierced the olet, as a fountain of egg ca out, alongside the fried rice.
"T-The fried rice is inside?!" she asked. Wondering where it was, she thought they were going to bring it to her later… but no, it was inside!
Her little crimson-red eyes sparkled with surprise.
"Indeed, try it out, dear." Said Clentine, while eating a slice of the beef, it was juicy and filled with flavor.
Harumi swallowed saliva as she timidly took a spoon with rice and egg.
The flavors lded together wonderfully inside of her mouth, she ate the first spoon and continued eating and eating without stopping nor saying a word…
Gustavo, Dan, and Clentine looked at the adorable girl eating happily as they smiled.
"Sho tasty!" she said happily, surprising Frank.
"S-Sho?" asked Frank.
"Uwah! N-Nothing…" said Harumi while blushing a bit.
Frank smiled gently as he tried out the al himself. The tonkatsu was pork cutlet finely chopped in a generous portion and then covered in panko and deep fried, it was a crunchy and delicious piece of pork at covered in egg, the combination was wonderful, even more with the rice.
Although it was rather dry, when he combined it all together, the egg yolk gave it enough moist. There was also so gently amounts of spices mixed in, and it wasn't just white rice… there was also sea salt lted over the tonkatsu.
"Oh, this is so good… Gustavo's cooking is amazing!" said Frank, he continued to devour the entire thing as he and Harumi complinted the food in between bites, the food was so good they barely spoke that much, the enjoynt of so good food often left people speechless.
That's because they simply were too busy enjoying the food to talk!
"Silent guests an that they're enjoying the food."
Was one of the things that Gustavo was once taught when he was taking cooking classes while he was still young.
Gustavo smiled as he saw the two enjoy his cooking. Since he arrived in Japan that he had always wanted to open a restaurant and do his passion, cooking and brewing coffee… despite being such a strong Vampire, this life… for an eternity, was fine to him.
He smiled gently as he sat down.
A voice whispered to his mind.
"You've grown into a boring old man, Gustavo." It said.
"It is this boring life that brings the most happiness…" he responded.
"How dull… immortality, strength, wealth, you have it all yet… this is what you comfort yourself in? instead of seeking more power? or to discover the truth about everything?" it asked.
"I do not care about any of such things. Deep down, I am still the sa person that my family knew… I am a human, even as I am now… and as a human, this is… what I wanted. Clentine-sama allowed to open this place, and she even sold the area very cheap…" he said.
"Sigh…"
The entity that whispered to him was obviously the being that he had been harboring since he was a child… a mysterious being that had given him great power and seed to have said to have a "purpose" but never showing what that purpose truly was.
As of now, since it was called in the battle between Gustavo and Orb, it had woken up, and had showed a very sassy personality, with a seriously annoying superiority complex.
However, Gustavo was an unwavering old man, he was always calm even when annoyed, every ti the entity told him how dull and boring his life was, he would respond with the honesty of his heart, and always ended up shutting down the entity…
"I suppose it was fun to watch you cook." Said the entity.
"Oh? Feeling so interest?" asked Gustavo.
"I would had eventually grown interest, you don't do anything else than that, old man." Said the entity.
"If you call old man, what should I even call you?" laughed Gustavo.
"Hmph." Sighed the entity. It was obviously way older than Gustavo to be calling him an "old man".
Harumi and Frank finished their al happily, as they drank the last drop of coffee.
"Phew, that was so good… I love Omurice." Said Harumi.
"You really do… Yeah, this was super good, let's co together again." Said Frank.
"Sure! You can bring the rest of your family as well." Said Harumi.
"Oh! Good idea. I want to show my boy in here." Said Frank.
"Hehe, I am sure he'll make mories that will stay on his heart forever." Said Harumi.
The two paid for the food and quickly decided to continue their date, now with their bellies filled.
"Have a good date you two!" said Dan while waving his hand.
"You don't have to scream at them!" said Gustavo.
"Aw, co on grandpa. Let have so liberties." Said Dan.
The door suddenly opened as new custors ca in, a whole family.
"Now get to work!" said Gustavo.
"A-Alright! (Sigh, this old man really works to death…) Ah! Welco!" said Dan.
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