After they finished cooking the listed dishes, Mharc and her team served them one by one in front of the four who would be their tasters. The dessert was brought out last, which was prepared by her male group member who was the top two in their class.
 
"There will be a second batch later. So we can know which set we will use for the competition," Mharc announced, to which the people who spoke nodded.
 
"Nice legs, so delicious! That body is nice, and that face is even nicer. There is no waste. Not a perfect one hundred but she's definitely fine!" Aki said that surprised her companions. But the man carrying the last dish was the most surprised one.  
 
"What does that mean, M?" Aki turned to the young man next to her.
 
"Huh?" M was confused. He was sure that the meaning of those words that Aki mentioned was rude but he couldn't imagine why the girl said that.
 
'Has this angel ever read those books? Tsk. Tsk. Maybe Mario has a few more books scattered here,' M accused his friend.
 
When he found out how Aki gathered information, he hid all the things that should not be seen or read by the innocent angel he sheltered. So he was sure that he nor his things were the source of those words Aki said just now.
 
"Hey! Dumbbell Angel, where did you pick that up, huh?" M asked jokingly after flicking the other person's forehead. Aki didn't move from that flick. For her, that only felt like an insect landing on her skin.
 
"I didn't pick it up! He said that," Aki replied innocently, pointing an index finger at the man in Mharc's group.
 
"Huh? I didn't say anything like that," the young man defended himself.
 
"You didn't say it out loud. But you thought about it," answered Aki.
 
M frowned at what the young woman said and there was a trace of shock on the face of the young man Aki pointed out. Meanwhile, their other companions were confused about what was happening.
 
"Don't be silly, Aki. Stop imagining things," M forced a laugh when he noticed the reaction of their companions. "Come with me," he added and pulled Aki up to their room. The other people in the hall just looked at them and continued tasting the food served.
 
"What did you say earlier, Aki?" M asked as soon as they entered the room.
 
"Nice legs, so delicious! That body is nice, and that face is even nicer. There is no waste. Not a perfect one hundred but she's definitely fine!" Aki repeated casually. 
 
"And who told you that?" the young man asked seriously.
 
"That guy from Mharc's class. He was thinking about that earlier while looking at me. What does that mean, M?"
 
"Can you read minds?"
 
"That's one of the characteristics of a Vandesh. But I wasn't able to know how to read a Mortal's mind. It was the first time I experienced that. What does that mean, anyway?" long explanation of the Archein.
 
"What's Vandesh?"
 
"Vandesh is what you call angels and demons."
 
M's chest suddenly heaved when Aki mentioned the words angels and demons. Suddenly, the image of Aki and her parents when he saw them for the first time registered in his mind. The nervousness he felt that day returned but he didn't show it to the person in front of him. That was not what he should be dealing with right now.
 
"Are you sure that's what was on his mind earlier?" M asked again, making sure about Aki's claim.
 
"Should I ask what that means if that's not what I heard? What does that even mean?" A slight annoyance registered when Aki repeated the question that M had been unwilling to answer.
 
"Just stay here," said M and immediately left the room.
 
Aki was surprised when the door opened again and spat out the young man who had just left. "Don't go out," he said and quickly closed the door again after getting out.
 
Even though she was curious, Aki just followed his friend's order and sat on the bed.
 
"Mharc, Aki's looking for you. She's in the bedroom," M said directly, which shocked Mharc and the rest of Cubic Meter.
 
Mharc was momentarily stunned by her brother's tone. It was really serious.
 
'What's the matter with him?' she can't help but think.
 
"Go," M said to his sister again when she did not immediately move her butt off.
 
M's aura was dark as hell as he continued to sit in the empty chair in front of the food served before the Cubic Meter. He immediately took a spoonful of every dish sitting on their center table and tasted them. He then looked at the only woman left in the living room.
 
"It's ok. It's actually good. You can make this set as your group's entry into the contest. Vangie, please tell Mharc to look for my ID card in my room. And can you please help them find it?" he quickly commented about the food and respectfully ordered Mharc's friend who was the top student in their class.
 
The girl immediately obeyed what M said. When only the men were left in the hall, Mario and Matthew knew what their friend wanted to happen. They have been friends for the longest time, they even have memorized each other's bowel movements.
 
"What's your name?" Mario began.
 
The younger boy seemed nervous and stammered, "Erwin."
 
"So, Erwin, it seems cool and windy outside. It's better to talk there, what do you think?" said Mario who was currently guiding Erwin out. His right arm was sitting on Erwin's shoulder and his left hand was resting in his jean's pocket.
 
Even though they didn't know the reason, they understood what M wanted. They always got each other's back in whatever situation one of them could be.
 
When they were far away from the house, M immediately punched Erwin. Even though the two friends expected that hot-headed M would do that, they were still surprised. They didn't know why his mood suddenly changed after his private talk with Aki.
 
"Do you know who you harassed, you idiot?!" M asked, annoyed after unleashing his second blow on the young man named Erwin.
 
"I didn't harass anyone," argued Erwin, which made M's blood boil even more so he punched him again.
 
"No one, huh?!"
 
When Mario and Matthew heard the word harassed, their blood immediately boiled as well for the man in front of them.
 
'Who among Aki and Mharc was harassed by this freak?!'
 
Even though they were annoyed, they had to stop M, or else he might even kill the young man. But after Matthew saw him secretly smile, he could hardly hold himself back.
 
"Who did this bastard harass, M?" the latter asked seriously.
 
"It's Aki."
 
"Are you sure I harassed her? I didn't harass anyone. You believed that girl eas—"
 
Mario's eyes darkened at Erwin's words but M preceded him to punch the young man.
 
"He wouldn't have told me that if it wasn't true! That angel is just a dumbbell, not a liar!"
 
They threw a couple of kicks and punches at Erwin. The young man's lips were chapped and the area around his eyes had now turned black. Erwin also has bruises on other parts of his body. He was lucky if he didn't have any broken bones.
 
"Remember this, kid. No one can lay a finger at my sister and friends!" M threatened before completely leaving the young man.
 
Before they beat him to death, they decided to leave Erwin who was now going home covered with wounds and bruises all over his body.
 
Walking back home, M handed something to Matthew. "Put it in your pocket," he said.
 
"Brother, we can't see it. It's your fault because you put it everywhere!" Mharc said the moment they stepped foot in front of their main door.
 
"What is it?" Mario pretended to ask.
 
"Brother's school ID."
 
"Here," Matthew took out an ID card from his pocket.
 
"Why do you have that?" Mharc asked, to which Matthew just shrugged. As a quiet person in front of others answered the young man.
 
"Where's Erwin?" Vangie asked about the only missing man.
 
"Maybe he has already gone home," Mario answered with a shrug.
 
Mario's eyes searched for Aki. 'Where's Aki?' But he couldn't bring himself to ask the question. Since realizing his feelings for the girl, he has been avoiding others to notice that his attention is always on Aki.
 
"Where's Aki?" M voiced the question in Mario's mind.
 
"She's still in your room. She doesn't want to go out. She said you forbid her?" Mharc narrated with a hint of questioning her brother.
 
M smiled involuntarily and went directly to his room where Aki is.
 
"You can now go out," he announced to the girl as he opened the bedroom door.
 
"You're taking so long! I'm getting impatient," the girl complained as she approached M. "Did you beat Erwin?"
 
M was surprised by Aki's question. 'How did she know?'
 
"I don't know what you're talking about," M said.
 
"Gosh! Don't try to deny it. I heard you." 
 
M looked at Aki in shock as they left the room. 
 
"It's only the second time I've heard something loud from a distance. It wasn't that loud and not that far away at first," explained the girl.
 
"You heard it, why are you still asking?"
 
"He wouldn't have told me that if it wasn't true! That angel is just a dumbbell, not a liar!" Aki imitated what M said to Erwin as she laughed softly.
 
"Tss. Stop that," M threatened but secretly smiled as they went down the stairs.
 
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Vandesh (n), powerful beings in space; creatures from Vandeshna; a Hariaq, a Mallachor, or an Archein.
 
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