Local Procurement
That day, intensive Flygear training was taking place on Lake Bolt. Those in both the knight and squire programs were participating in a serious match set up to resemble a real battle.
“All right, time for a break! You’ve got one hour! Now’s the time to refuel! Go get the lunches you’ve brought!” the instructor announced.
And thus, Inglis and the others ate their boxed lunches on the lakeshore. As Leone stared at her friends’ food, she was surprised. “Huh? Inglis, Rafinha, is that all you brought?”
Their lunches were a normal size, the amount of food most girls would eat. Naturally, Leone was suspicious.
They replied together, “Yeah, we don’t have money, so...”
They weren’t at the cafeteria today, so they couldn’t eat for free. They couldn’t buy much on their own.
Before long, Inglis and Rafinha had polished off their meals.
“Are you quite sure that will be enough?” Liselotte asked.
“Not at all. But it’s fine!” Inglis and Rafinha both said.
Leone and Liselotte tilted their heads in confusion.
“We’ll procure stuff locally, so don’t worry about us!” Inglis and Rafinha said together.
Afterward, the two of them went out over the lake in their Flygear, with Inglis in the pilot’s seat. “Rani! Go for it!”
“Okay! Here goes!” Rafinha drew her trusty bow and repeatedly shot thin arrows of light toward the surface of the lake. They fell like driving rain before disappearing below the water’s surface.
“There, there, there!”
Shadows floated up from the water and revealed themselves to be fish pierced by the arrows.
“All right! That’s a big catch!♪” Rafinha cheered.
“I’ll gather them. Take the stick!” Inglis leaped down and collected the fish while running across the surface of the water.
“Thanks, Chris. All right, let’s cook these up and eat them!”
“They’re fresh-caught, so they’re sure to be tasty.”
Inglis and Rafinha nodded to each other.
“Well, that’s...” Leone said, at a loss.
“I suppose we could call that local procurement,” Liselotte said.
Wide-eyed, the two of them stared at the hungry duo.
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