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It was fairly early in the day, even for Sojiro, as he poured the first cup - Ren and Futaba were watching eagerly.
Carefully, he poured the cup. Even if this worked, or didn’t, he refused to let a cup of coffee go to waste because he’d been careless.
He’d be taking the sample himself first, anyways. If this went badly, he wasn’t going to subject either one of them to one of his screw-ups.
Even if it had been Futaba’s idea in the first place.
“Well?” Futaba asked, as he raised the cup up. “You gonna do it?”
Sojiro sighed, and focused on his hands.
Slowly, they began to radiate light. It wasn’t noticeable, unless you were looking at it directly - but still, he’d decided to refrain from opening LeBlanc until after they’d done a few taste tests.
After he’d held it over the mug for more than a minute, he decided that was enough, and let the Bless power fade.
“Well, bottoms up!” Futaba said cheerfully. Sojiro smirked and took a careful sip.
For a few seconds, he carefully judged the flavors in his mouth, then sighed.
“No good?” Ren didn’t look surprised. Futaba looked rather put-upon, however.
“Nope. Well, it’s… about the same as usual.” Sojiro replied, shaking his head.
“Maybe you just need more practice! Or maybe next time you should use Bless on the beans instead of the drink…” Futaba fell silent, as she started thinking deeply.
“Maybe I do.” Sojiro sighed. “But no, it seems that I can’t bless coffee to make it taste better.”