Food saved the world.
"Student?" Issou asked Charles to sit down.
Hearing him say this,
He asked,
"Are you a teacher at Empire State University?"
After all, there was only one school nearby.
Charles said, "No, it's not that.
My student's name is Jean Grey. "
Hearing Charles's words, Issou's hand, which was pouring tea for him, almost trembled.
Student's name is Jean Grey?
So he's a teacher at Academy X?
Issou blinked. "So you're Jean's teacher?"
"To be precise, I'm a teacher and principal." Charles's gentle blue eyes looked at Issou with a smile.
"My name is Charles Xavier."
"Wow, principal?"
Issou glanced at the young Charles.
He didn't have time to react.
He heard his name.
Issou: "…!!?"
Wait!
What did you say your name was!?
Although Issou himself had broken the Dimension Wall,
He knew very well that the world he was in now was different from the world she used to be in. But even so,
Every time she suddenly encountered a plot character,
She still felt a little dizzy.
She glanced at Charles.
From his thick hair to his healthy legs,
The black-haired girl was a little conflicted. Wasn't Professor X bald and in a wheelchair?
Charles, of course, had no way of knowing what Issou was thinking when he didn't use his superpowers.
Seeing her like this, he only thought that she was surprised that he was the principal.
After all, compared to Charles Xavier, outsiders were more familiar with Professor X, weren't they?
Charles looked at Issou and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Don't I look like one? "
In order to confirm whether Issou was a mutant, Charles deliberately looked for her. However, his plan at that time was not to contact her directly.
He just didn't expect her to almost fall.
Charles, who had been paying attention to Issou, naturally couldn't be indifferent.
That was why there was that brief contact.
This time, Charles also approached Issou with a purpose.
But he didn't want to, nor did he intend to, lie to her.
Of course.
Not lying didn't mean being completely honest.
Charles, who was thinking about this, didn't know that when he took the initiative to say his name, he had fallen off the horse.
"No." Issou came back to his senses and shook his head. "It's just that you look too young."
However, even though he was young, Charles's elegant and refined temperament was very convincing. People were only surprised that he was already the head of a school, but they wouldn't doubt the authenticity of his words.
"Hiahia, I'll take that as a compliment." Although Charles was already a teacher, his smile was still a little cute and lively. He smiled and said, "You know, in order to maintain my image in front of the students, I have to wonder if there is a generation gap between me and my peers after a long time."
Here, he put his hands on the table and looked up slightly at Issou like a well-behaved child. He said, "Emmm, there shouldn't be a generation gap between us, right? Issou. "
The Professor X in front of her was a far cry from the Professor X in Issou's imagination. At least, she never thought that the Professor X in the manga/anime, who always faced the world with a soft heart no matter how many hardships he went through, would be so young and childish.
If Issou didn't know in advance, she probably wouldn't have associated him with the mutant leader. After all, Charles looked too harmless.
His red lips and white teeth exuded a scholarly aura, making him look harmless. Especially his pair of blue, almost transparent eyes, coupled with the slightly drooping corners of his eyes, made him look like he was constantly using Puppy.
His gaze was so sincere and kind that it made people worry that they would hurt him.
Such a person, with his not so broad shoulders, was able to hold up the sky for so many mutants.
It was unbelievable just thinking about it.
"Hmm." Issou blinked and pretended to be serious. "I admit that you are indeed very young, but three years is a generation gap, I think between us …"
The black-haired girl pretended to count with her fingers. "There are at least two generation gaps, right?"
When he heard Issou's words, Charles's eyes widened slightly, as if he couldn't believe that she would say such "hurtful" words. He said, "Issou, I thought you would be friendlier to me."
The black-haired girl looked at the "hurt" Charles and couldn't help but smile. "Please believe me, I also want to be friendlier to you, but you have to know that if I'm friendlier to you, then I'll be too unfriendly to myself."
Charles looked like he was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and Issou was only twenty-one years old. Logically speaking, no matter how good-looking he was, there was no way she would allow herself to be a few years older for no reason.
Hearing this, Charles immediately reacted. He smiled and gave Issou an apologetic look, then said, "Well, I almost forgot that the person standing in front of me is a young and beautiful lady."
To be honest, this Professor X was much better at sweet-talking than she was.
When Issou heard this, his lips curled up. He handed a menu to Charles and said, "As compensation, there will be a young and beautiful lady to serve you."
Charles smiled and said, "It's my pleasure."
#
In the kitchen, Issou scooped up a black fish from the water and began to butcher it. Clarice, who was standing by the window, was a little confused when she saw how her delicate little boss butchered the fish so cleanly.
But soon, Clarice was attracted by Issou's exquisite knife skills. With a flash of the knife, the originally intact black fish was sliced into pieces in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the fish bones that were cleanly sliced by Issou's knife, Clarice felt that even if she ate slowly, she wouldn't be able to finish it so cleanly.
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard a sizzling sound, and a fragrant smell of fried food suddenly assailed her nose. She couldn't help but swallow silently.
Before applying for the job, Clarice only wanted to earn enough money to cover her living expenses for a period of time at "My Chinese Restaurant" before her identity as a mutated human was exposed. She wanted to continue living as a vagrant so that she wouldn't be so poor.
But now, she changed her mind — —
It would be best if Issou never found out about her identity as a mutated human and let her be a waitress at "My Chinese Restaurant" for the rest of her life.
It didn't matter if she didn't get a raise, as long as her meals were covered.
Issou didn't know what Clarice was thinking. When she saw that the water was boiling, she blanched the fish slices one by one. Because the fish slices were fragile, she didn't move much.
After the fish fillets were cooked, they were poured into a pot with soaked soybean sprouts. Then, minced garlic and Sichuan pepper were sprinkled on top of the fish fillets. Finally, hot oil and fried dried chili were poured over the fish fillets. Then, the dish was ready to be served.
When Charles looked at the Spicy Boiled Fish that was served on the table, the steaming steam with a spicy aroma hit his face. However, the bright red chili made him flinch a little.
Charles said, "I think this boiled fish is a bit like the poisoned apple in the queen's hand."
It was delicious and tempting, but poisonous.
Hearing this, Issou looked at Charles with a smile, "So, are you Snow White?"
Charles: "…"
Seeing that Charles couldn't help but twitch his mouth, Issou's smile deepened. She reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Trust me, you'll enjoy it very much."
Hearing this, Charles remembered that he was the one who volunteered to be recommended by Izu, so he didn't want to run away. He picked up his chopsticks and took a bite. After putting it into his mouth, the stars in his blue eyes suddenly lit up.
The fish slices that just entered his mouth were firm and smooth, as if they would melt in his mouth without chewing. The soybean sprouts were crispy and delicious. When he chewed together with the fish slices, Charles felt that other than the freshness in his mouth, there was also a refreshing texture.
Originally, Charles had asked Clarice to prepare a glass of ice water for him. However, he didn't realize that this glass of ice water was useless. When he ate the boiled fish, his mouth was spicy, but it wasn't dry. After the spiciness, there was a slight numbness, but it wasn't bitter.
The two flavors of freshness and numbness perfectly intertwined in the mouth. Although it was numbing, it was also very spicy.
Just like Charles now, even if he gasped softly due to the spiciness, he couldn't bear to put down the chopsticks in his hand. The spiciness entered his chest through swallowing, opening up his stomach and stimulating his appetite.
Now, Charles finally understood why Issou recommended the boiled fish to him after asking if anything had happened recently that made him unhappy. After eating it, the depression, powerlessness, and unhappiness that he had accumulated from his meeting with Eric and their unhappy parting were all shattered at this moment.
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