Chapter 51 Trouble with Dinner

"Hello, I am Lucy." Lucy has crimson pink eyes with a short black bob cut with combed bangs as she makes a formal bow.

" I am Elaine, how do you do?" Elaine has medium short brown hair and bottom hair strands curls upward with a green deadpan voice.

"I am Tracy, pleasure to meet you all."Tracy has long purple hair having her bangs covering half her left of her eye while right is exposed as gracefully greets.

"Welcome to our home, I am Tiffany." Tiffany has long blond hair while her bangs gelled sideways and curves with a warm smile.

They were all wearing classic western outfits which caused Leo to be drooling while making Esai, Isaac, and Abel blush. Somu was indifferent about this. Sarah noticed it was dinner time as she sent all of her servants away to cook dinner in the kitchen. Three of the servants bowed and dismissed themselves while one remained behind which was Lucy. Sarah sees her sign language from Lucy to come over to her. Walking toward her as they meet face to face as Lucy inconspicuously whispers "Your 'daughter' is here…"Sarah's face darkens with mention of her. Lucy excused herself from the room, Sarah brought Esai, Somu, Isaac, Abel, and Leo to the dinner room.

There was a nice long table that had floor pillows for the guests to sit down. This reminds him of some of his mother's culture, a Tatami room back in Japan where chairs are replaced by pillow cushions that can be formally sat upon or informally sitting while eating. Esai crossed legs seiza which is informal for he wanted to be comfortable when it comes to eating. Somu sat down seiza yoko suwari which is an informal way of sitting.Isaac and Abel did formal seiza while Leo constantly changed positions which he has no sitting preferences as lay down on the sideway. Sarah kneels down as she observes her guests.

The maid came in from the side doors as they are in a single file line while holding silver platters that had lids covering them. Leo always makes jokes even when he is hungry "Man I am so hungry I would chow down on the cow!" as Leo would expect an applause but instead everyone responded in silence "Tough crowd." Leo clicked his tongue in disappointment. As the maids placed the silver platters on the table right next to the guests as the maids removed the lids. Esai's eyes widen when he sees a traditional Ramen soup. Isaac and Abel got classic burgers and fries. Leo got chili bean soup and Somu got spicy curry dishes. Sarah also has traditional ramen soup as well.

Leo's mouth starts to water as he takes a spoon full of chili beans to his mouth and savours each bite.Esai could not help it. The smell of the ramen's aroma was pleasing as he instinctively grabbed his chopsticks to nab the noodles to his mouth. Esai hesitated and realized he forgot his manners while he placed the chopstick between his hands as claps to his prayer hands to shout out loud "Itadakimasu!" then grabs the noodles to sip it into his mouth.

Somu and Sarah stare curiously at Esai while Isaac and Abel do the same thing. Sarah asks Esai the significance of that word "Oh, it means 'Thank you for the meal' my mother had taught me to be grateful to whoever cooked the food." Esai explained that this intrigued as she copied what Esai had done.

"Itadakimasu." Sarah takes chopsticks and noodles to her mouth.

Somu was reminded about how her mother often told her to be grateful for food when she gets to say her grace for the meal. As she sees the image of her own mother behind Esai reflective of her personality, that bright light lives through Esai as he expresses his gratitude. Somu took a spoon full of the rice that was covered with red spicy curry that is red. The flavor kicks as it was a reminder how her life is in a constant state of disarray and misery as her checks felt the burning sensation to her mouth. Just seeing Esai again had somewhat appeased a hole in her heart as she lightly smiled as they began a conversion.

"You kids have an interesting taste in food, it had to come from Earth which I had never been there before." Sarah wanted to know more origins about the foods they are eating as Isaac explained the burger.

" This is a classic burger that originated between Divide States and Germany that is cooked from ground beef using toasted bread with toppings: lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise. It is a popular dish in the western." Isaac sounds like a trivial host.

"Isaac you and your trivias you word geek." Abel disses his brother while eating his burger.

"ABEL?!? WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!? I WAS GIVING AN INFORMATIVE INFO ABOUT THE BURGER YOU PUNK!" Isaac exaggerates, waving his fist at his little brother.

"Whoa getting dissed by your own brother ouch. Well these are the famous Texas chili beans that have sweet broth that contains: ground beef, corn, diced tomatoes, and of course pinto beans and black beans that make superior food compared to the burger." Leo throws shade at Isaac's and Abel's classic burger.

"WUT?!" Isaac and Abel turn at Leo with a look of challenge.

"How interesting and how about you, Esai your noodles are a surprisingly simple meal while I am trying this for the first time." Sarah is eager to hear from Esai.

"Ishydie, that is complex for simple ramen noodle soup. Near limitless options of flavors as well some variety of meat such as:pork, chicken, and beef. It would be an ideal meal that has all the nutrients you get throughout the day." Esai bashfully scratches the back of his spiky hair.

Somu just did not want to give a meaningless trivia about her curry; it was something that her mom would cook for her as it is her favorite dish. As she remained silent about it as was her choice to be out of the conversion for she was not in the mood to speak. The maids are seeming interested after all they had cooked it, something that is not what they normally make for Sarah. There was laughter as they conversed with one another like a family would do when coming home from school or work.Tracy made an input into the conversation with the group.

"Wait, there are limitless options that can be made with such a simple ramen noodle soup?" Tracy asks Esai which causes him to be more bashful than he intended.

"Yeah... it can be simplest if you heat up the pot when boiling the noodle after taking it out. That can add powder flavor to it as well as mix vegetables into it."Esai replied awkwardly when replying to her.

"So the chili beans soup can be a casual meal when not cooking anything too complex." Tracy asks Leo with interest in the chili bean soup.

"You betcha miss, it can make for good chip dipping as long as you don't get it too wet." Leo is careful of not eyeing her chest because he would most likely get smacked for it.

Elaine stood her place while enjoying the clamorous voices interacting with Sarah as there was for she never seen her laughing this much in a long time.Lucy does not know it when describing the feeling that these boys bring was refreshing as she eases up her shoulder that she can be informal for once as joins in conversion by walking to Isaac and Abel.

"So these burgers must be juicy from the look of it while giving a nice presentation without taking itself too seriously." Lucy saw that the boys finished the burgers.

"Glad you agree, Miss Lucy, which is why I enjoy eating so much."Isaac smiles at Lucy.

"Uh, Isaac I think she is poking fun at you."Abel held back his laughter.

It was a pleasant atmosphere as everyone was enjoying themselves until a certain young adult woman came from the corner of the sliding door which made the dining room feel gloomy. The maids who had conversations with Esai and his friends were pale as sheets as they quickly excused themselves from the room.

Leo complained "Wait where are you pretty maids are going!?" while Leo laments about the maids leaving.

The young adult woman was brunette with long hair while having bangs covering her forehead, fair skin, icy blue eyes, athletic body, wore a blue t-shirt with a gray jacket hoodie, and jean pants. It was jarring that the maids had to leave when she came even though Sarah was exuberant and had now deadpan expression. While Sarah stiffly introduced who a young adult woman icy eyes stared intently at Esai the hold time "This is my...daughter Rinora…" it was like someone pulling a gun at her face.

Rinora sat next to her mother Sarah while not losing her eye contact with Esai while not knowing why he warrant to get that kind attention from her. As this started getting uncomfortable with the silences and good mood had vanished which something that Leo does not like as tries to light up the mood by introducing himself with a joke "My name is Leo Esaki and Bazu, Bazu, bling you are flashy." Rinora coldly stared at Leo which shut him down indicating she was not amused as there was a plate for her with plain salad while she took a fork to stab the spinach vigorously still continuing staring at Esai.

No one dared to introduce themselves to Rinora even saying anything will offend her. Resuming that once pleasant conversation is now difficult because of Rinora's presence is literally killing the mood.There was an awkward exchange of dialogue between Isaac and Leo that they had to whisper.

"Isaac, when can we leave because she scares me…"Abel clings on brother's arm.

"To be honest I don't know it would be rude just to leave without proper permission from the host…"Isaac deep down knows they should leave but afraid of the ramifications if they did leave.

Esai did not finish his meal because it was getting cold as the constant reminder that Rinora is just staring him down. As Esai will not take this from her as he is going to enjoy his time despite it being the most awkward and uncomfortable situation he has been in his life. Somu signaling to Esai not do anything stupid because Rinora is like a ticking time bomb that can off with disasterious results. This was tiring as Esai does like being stared down by someone who completely grouch with everyone as he simply ignores Rinora when he starts sipping on the ramen's broth.

At that moment, Esai's ramen bowl split in half that spilled everywhere. Sound plastered bowl clinks while his shirt and pants wet in the process which recoils Esai to the floor because it was sudden. Isaac, Abel, and Leo are cowering in fear while Somu also drops to the floor petrified. Esai has his elbows on the floor while he is sitting up, recognizing the overwhelming aura of malicious intent. Rinora wanted to kill him as Esai sensed jealousy and hatred from her heart. This made his body tremble while sweating from his brow as he was anticipating seeing her venomous eyes focused as she was about to make her move.

Esai was about to roll out of harm's way however, Sarah intervened in front of Rinora by shouting command "Enough Rinora!" She stood still as she seemingly calmed down as her malicious intent was kept questionably at bay. Esai can still see her feelings have not changed at all and still resides with a look of disdain as she stormed out of the dining room.

"Forgive my daughter, she doesn't take well with strangers…"Sarah apologetic replied as she pulled Esai up from the floor.

Leo and Abel are shaken from that while Somu and Isaac still tremble "How did she split the bowl like that?" Esai breathing heavily from what Rinora had done.

Sarah avoided the subject "Sorry that she broke your bowl. It won't happen again. You must be all tired from the flight. I will show you to your rooms." Sarah led them out.

The table was a mess from the spilt ramen soup's liquid while fragmented pieces of the bowl were scattered to the floor. This was a place for people who could have civil conversion about their lives until Rinora showed up for whatever reason had ruined that as it remained empty without delightsome light that lacked in the dreary room.