Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 256 Good Cop, Bad Cop

"What are we going to do for lunch, then?"

"Why have so many of the town's restaurants closed up?"

"Are they no longer open for business? It's all rather peculiar!"

The inn staff were taken aback to find them all still in town.

"Didn't you lot go out rowing together?"

"No."

"Well, that's a shame!"

The inn staff looked genuinely sorry. "Your school had organised the rowing activity to finish up at Lake Skyward, famous for its crabs. Many of the town's restaurant owners were called in to help cook there, but you missed out."

Half of the restaurant owners were busy preparing meals, while the rest didn't want to miss the crab feast and set off early in the morning.

That was why the town was now so quiet.

On hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded.

Silence grasped them.

Then, shock grabbed their hearts.

What? Today's rowing is meant to end with a crab feast at Lake Skyward!?

Good Lord, we've missed out, big time!

Why hadn't they mentioned this earlier?

up, "Why didn't you tell us yesterday? I would have definitely joined

near our town, and it's really renowned. Didn't you check

"No."

Even though we didn't prepare meals today, we've got plenty of instant

compare to a

They were speechless.

Words failed them.

a fruitless task, but now they were told there were

them out quick. I'm famished. Haven't eaten a thing since morning, and it's already

but cautioned, "Mind you, the instant noodles aren't complimentary." Silence hung in

covered by the school, hence there were no

crab feast at Lake Skyward that was open for everyone,

Lake Skyward, Violeta and her companions had already assembled at

custom dictated first-come, first-served, it was more of a motivational ploy for the

spread of fresh food awaited, buffet-style, offering everyone the freedom to savour as they

youngsters, a crab banquet was a rare

feast to their

acquire keepsakes carved from wood.

work into these souvenirs. Every crab had little differences between one another, but all looked like they could spring to life

a hearty affair, eclipsing lunch in both warmth and

back; transport was arranged, and they were all ferried back to the

that couldn't have

who had joined Violeta's group couldn't hide

the boating trip, they had expected little

they were headed for

and shared them, quickly catching the eye of

the inn, everyone else made do with instant noodles. They crumbled about the lack of exquisite crab soup and

their meal with a