The Eminence in the Shadow 147 Not Enough Calories At All

All these hobo-like gents would line up in the in the courtyard and await their share . On the menu today, we have hard bread and soup . .

As I took my meal, I noticed the surrounding gazes locking on to me . .

They're thinking they'll pick it off of me, the b.u.mbling newcomer . .

They think they're not making it obvious, but it's really obvious . .

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I mean, I have a good meal waiting for me courtesy of Mr . Zack, so I could just make like a mob and get it taken from me, but I'm just a little curious about this too . .

Welp, whatever happens . .

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I make a show of hiding my food by cradling it and quickly make my way away from the crowd . .

Basically, I'm saying they can take it, but I'll put up a fight . .

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I managed to cross the courtyard without incident and made it to the spot of hallway Mr . Zack reserved for me . .

"Alright, here goes nothing…".

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I started with the soup . .

It was garnished with vegetable sc.r.a.ps and just a few beans . Tasted… slightly salty . .

Like, it was bad, but I could eat it . .

The bread was also bad, kind of bitter too . The bigger pieces were sort of better . .

Tolerable if you dipped it in the soup first . .

In summary: Edible, but just bad . .

The meal was utterly lacking in protein . The only source of protein would be these tiny beans . .

And not enough calories at all . A paltry 500 Cals at most . .

I couldn't imagine this'd be enough to cover a day's worth of energy . .

No wonder they're all skin and bones… I can understand the desire to steal . .

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"Ho, newcomer . ".

Two men approached as I was eating . .
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They were both thin and ragged, but their eyes still had a glint to them . .

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"Do us a solid will ya?".

"W-what do you want?".

I made like a small, scared animal trying to defend itself . .

"Nothing much, just hand over the food . ".

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"Eh, um, but this is the only meal we get today…".

"Shaddap and hand it over!".

So the threats began . .

"Hand over the food, and you don't get hurt . Try anything and you're still in for pain after we take your food . Get my logic? Now let's just make it easy for all of us . ".

"N-no, I…".

"Tsk… f.u.c.ken r.e.t.a.r.d . ".

One of them grabbed my collar and shoved me against the wall . .

"He'll get it after a punch or three . " He said and raised his fist . .

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"You will stop . " Interrupted the voice of a girl . .

"f.u.c.k off, bitc—!?".

"Wait, that's…".

Standing there in the hallway, was a beautiful girl . She had on prisoner garb like the rest of us, and had pink blond hair . She kind of resembled someone . .

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"Let him go, now . ".

The two men relented to pink blondie staring them down . .

"Tsk, we're done here…".

"Uh, yeah…".

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My collar was released and the men scurried away . .

"T-thanks so much . You are…".

"It's all right now . " The pink blond beauty smiled rea.s.suringly . .

This camp had few female prisoners . Most of them were women prepared for the Doem Camp, but I had a feeling this girl here wasn't one of those . .

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"Food is quite scarce for everyone . You'd best eat your fill quickly . ".

"Th-, yes…".

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"You may speak to me if anything—".

"Lady Clara, this boy was seen speaking to a man of the Doem Camp . ".

A tough looking dude came up from behind pink blondie . He looked like he didn't like me . .

"Was he… but he surely didn't know . ".

"Be that as it may, we must tread with caution… . ".

"… Of course . ".

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"Um, I, uh, Zack just told me about a bunch of stuff and, so…".

"That is fine . Um… this isn't exactly the kindest place to be, so stay safe . ".

The girl, along with the tough dude, then left . As he pa.s.sed me, the guy gave me another glare . .

I made a show of being scared out of my wits and stayed like that until they were gone . .

Then I muttered, "… Major player, right there . ".

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Mr . Zack should be able to tell me who that is while I eat . .

Her name was Clara huh, she really did remind me of… right, her . .

She looked a lot like Miss Rose . Maybe she's related to Oriana royalty?.

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