Why Is the Prettiest Girl in School Trying to Talk to a Loner Like Me during Lunch Break?

Chapter 121 – Secret Ingredient (Not Hidden)

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“I’n hooome~”

Slam

“Welcun baack~”

“……”

(My sister… What the hell kind of sloppy outfit is that while eating ice cream? I mean, can you even call that ‘clothes’? Even for loungewear, it’s basically just underwear with a hoodie thrown on top.)

“Geez, I’m amazed at my sister’s sloppiness…”

“What’s with you right after getting home… Onii-chan, you okay? Reading too many light novels?”

“Just amazed at my sister’s sloppy response. So quit talking about your Onii-chan like he’s brain-damaged, alright? And light novels have nothing to do with it!”

“Hmm… Whatever, I can respond however I want. Besides, your responses are sloppy too, Onii-chan~”

“I was—that’s it! I was matching you.”

“Matching me… But you spoke first, Onii-chan~”

“Anyway, you haven’t eaten yet, right? I’ll make something now.”

“Wow~ Always running away when things go bad…”

“Hm, you say something? By the way, I’m thinking dinner will be ‘bell peppers stuffed with bell peppers’—”

“Nnnnh!? N-no, I didn’t say anything…? Oh! By the way, I really loooove the Onii-chan who doesn’t put bell peppers in dinner♪”

“I see, I see… Then I’ll make your favorite ankake fried rice.”

“Yay, loooove you, Onii-chan♪ Wait, hold on… Weren’t you bad with bell peppers too, Onii-chan?”

“Listen. An ‘Onii-chan’ is someone who endures anything for his ‘sister’…”

“You’re enduring the wrong things~…”

“Oh, sister. By the way, I never said my own dinner would also be ‘bell peppers stuffed with bell peppers,’ did I?”

“This Onii-chan is the worst! You’re not planning to ‘endure’ anything at all!?”

(Well, guess I should start cooking…)

[Loner’s Easy Cooking♪]

“Alright, today we’ll be making ankake fried rice that’s easy to make at home.”

“Yes, Onii-chan-sensei♪”

“Here are the ingredients!”

• Rice (as much as you want)

• Fried rice seasoning (appropriate amount)

• Chinese rice bowl sauce mix (as much as you want)

• Love (overflowing)

• Other stuff (whatever)

“Onii-chan-sensei… This is really vague.”

“Food just needs to be edible.”

“Mom would be furious if she heard that…”

“But Dad would be fine with it.”

“Mom would definitely be furious…”

“Now then, let’s start cooking!”

“Roger~♪”

“First!”

“Yes!”

“We make fried rice with those ingredients!”

GYAU! GYAU! GYUIIIIN!

“Here we go, fried rice done!”

“You skipped so much!?”

“Then we pour the Chinese rice bowl topping and ankake sauce we made at the same time over the fried rice!”

DOOON!

“That’s rougher than I thought!?”

“There we go, [Loner-Style Whatever Ankake Fried Rice Bowl] complete!”

“So it becomes a rice bowl in the end… And that ingredient list was pointless.”

“Tch tch, sister. So naive… Actually, this [ankake fried rice bowl] has a certain ‘secret ingredient’!”

“Wh-what!? So that ingredient list was to subtly show the secret ingredient! As expected of Onii-chan-sensei!”

“Right? Now, try a bite and see if you can guess the secret ingredient!”

“Itadakimaaasu~♪” Munch!

(Mmm! Th-this is—

Yeah, it’s normally delicious… Not amazing enough to make my clothes explode off, but perfectly edible… It’s what Mom always tells Onii-chan: ‘It’s good, but that’s all.’ But well—I do like this fried rice Onii-chan makes~~ Part of it’s because Onii-chan used to make fried rice for me a lot when I was little, but the main reason is—)

“So, sister! Did you figure out the secret ingredient?”

“Yes, Onii-chan-sensei… I noticed. In that ingredient list, there was something totally out of place with tons of red flags, something you didn’t even touch during cooking…”

(Geez, Onii-chan! Writing ‘Love (overflowing)’ in the ingredients! Calling that a secret ingredient is ridiculous! But well… I don’t exactly feel bad about it? Well, this is because I’m his ‘sister’! Since I’m his sister, I have no choice but to eat Onii-chan’s lovingly handmade cooking! It’s not like Onii-chan’s ‘secret ingredient’ makes me happy or anything~♪)

“Oh, you did notice…”

“W-well… I am Onii-chan’s ‘sister’ after all~”

“Yes, the secret ingredient used in this dish is—exactly!

‘Chinese rice bowl sauce mix’!”

“It’s totally not hidden!?”

[Translation Notes]