After getting on the bus, Kagura, feeling very much, even nine-tenths, out of sorts, opened her Umastagram to see what had happened.
She naturally went straight to Machikane Tadahashi's post from earlier. She hadn't updated any videos today, so she could only guess one reason for the sudden increase in Fans: Machikane Tadahashi had driven traffic to her this morning.
[I was curious when I saw Teacher Kagura's videos before, Teacher's hands are so small, they look like a child's, I didn't expect her to really be a child! Both of them are so cute!]
[Double fandom ecstasy!]
[Teacher Kagura is so young, and her cooking skills are already so good? Everyone, I want to do something greedy!]
[You upstairs! You disgraceful fellow!]
[Thank you for the meal! Utmost bliss!]
...As soon as she clicked into the comment section, Kagura saw a large array of colorful and varied comments, mixed with a few chinese comments. She also saw Machikane Tadahashi replying to some comments she could understand, but some of the crazy, overly abstract comments were probably incomprehensible to Machikane Tadahashi even with translation software.
'Ah, it's the taste of home!'
After scrolling past the seemingly normal top-liked comments, the moment she saw the outrageous and abstract comments in the comment section, Kagura suddenly felt as if she had returned to another world.
[Hehe... Teacher Kagura and little sister Machikane Tadahashi... small, soft, fragrant...]
[Don't bring me to the barbershop!]
[Oh no, I gained two masters in one day, what do I do if my neck isn't enough!]
[I really want little sister Machikane Tadahashi to step on me a few times with her bare feet, full of disdain, then I'll rush into Teacher Kagura's arms for comfort, then be pushed away with a look of disdain, and then stepped on a few times ah ah ah ah ah!!]
[Little sister Machikane Tadahashi and Teacher Kagura are both illegal!! Everyone upstairs, arrest them all and give them a pound of peanuts each!!]
—Uh, you modern people... uh... I mean, people from your place... play so excitingly?
Halfway through browsing the pile of chinese comments below, Eclipse was almost unable to hold back. The sentence on the screen was probably something she had held back for a long time. Although surprised that Eclipse could understand chinese, Kagura felt that the most urgent task was definitely not surprise, but rather to quickly clear up her misunderstanding of chinese netizens.
'Please don't misunderstand our people, I beg you, please don't confuse these Hammurabis with modern people!!'
Kagura, with a head full of black lines, quickly spoke to distance herself. Although she had long guessed she would see outrageous comments, she still underestimated the feeling of being targeted. After all, viewing from the comment section is completely different from being the object of the craziness. Halfway through, even with over a decade of internet experience, she was almost unable to hold back.
[You have a private message!]
Kagura, who felt like she couldn't take it anymore, was about to exit the comment section of this post when she suddenly saw a private message notification pop up on her Umastagram.
Out of curiosity, Kagura still clicked on the private message menu, wanting to see who exactly was looking to chat with her.
It was a Japanese user with the ID "My Recommended Horse Girl." Kagura had just seen her in the highly-rated comments section; she was the netizen who posted, "Thanks for the meal! Pure bliss!"
"[Teacher Kagura!! I've been following you for so long!! I want to ask where Teacher Kagura's shop is? The things you make look so delicious, I want to visit!]
"[Thank you for your support~ However, I don't own a shop. My videos are recorded during my daily work.]"
"[Eh! Is Teacher Kagura's daily work making chinese food? Where can I find the shop where you work?]
"[My work isn't in a shop. I work in school logistics support, so, I'm sorry, I can't give you a store address.]"
"[Eh... that's too bad...]"
Although she could sense the fan's disappointment, Kagura indeed didn't plan to reveal where she worked yet. Machikane Tadahashi also said she would keep it a secret. Perhaps some Tracen students familiar with the Tracen kitchen might recognize her location from some details in the video, but that would definitely be a minority. If someone truly managed to find her at Tracen, she wouldn't mind treating that person to some handmade desserts.
After replying to a few comments in her video's comment section that seriously asked for technical details, and confirming that no one else had sent her private messages, Kagura finally closed Umastagram and let out a long sigh of relief.
The sudden increase in her Fans was indeed something that made her happy. She hadn't expected to be so lucky, to coincidentally run into the popular blogger Machikane Tadahashi while out looking at a Racecourse, and for her to happen to be a fan and want to take a photo with her.
She felt she should find time to create something big for her Fans. She had always had an obsession, a dish that was extremely difficult to make. Even in her previous life, she had only succeeded once. That dish was called buddha jumps over the wall. When Kagura went out to find ingredients before, she had thought about preparing for this dish, but after searching around, Kagura hadn't found the most important ingredients for this dish, especially the wine. This kind of wine had to be a specialty from China. She currently had no way to obtain it. Not to mention whether it could be bought in Japan, as a minor here, she couldn't buy alcohol.
"—I always feel like you want to make that dish. Is it really that delicious?"
Feeling that Kagura was thinking about making that dish again, Eclipse, who had sensed Kagura having the same thought several times, couldn't help but feel a bit curious.
"'Of course! I guarantee it's a taste that Miss Eclipse will never forget once she tries it! This is the ultimate delicacy that even gods are said to climb over walls to eat!'"
"—That amazing... That's great, I envy your hometown for having so much delicious food. I'm almost embarrassed to introduce the cuisine from my hometown."
"'Different regional cultures are normal, you know~ Miss Eclipse can also come and try it with me next time I eat.'"
Although Eclipse hadn't said which country she was from yet, Kagura could probably guess her origin. Only afternoon tea desserts were worth introducing, and there aren't many places in the world where afternoon tea culture is prevalent. Places where other delicacies can't be presented besides afternoon tea are even fewer.
Compared to the culinary desert on Eclipse's side, putting everything else aside, just speaking of chinese cuisine, Kagura could proudly say that she could make three different meals a day for a year without repetition, which would definitely satisfy Eclipse's taste and preferences.
"—Okay, then I'll try it with you next time! Just don't trick me with some dark cuisine!"
"'Don't worry~ If Miss Eclipse is going to taste it, I'd have to eat it first, right? I wouldn't do anything to myself.'"
Chatting idly like this, Kagura unconsciously returned to Tracen Station.
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