Chapter 388: Jashin-chan Forced to Return to the Human World!
It turned out Jashin-chan encountered debt collectors at the "Charm Arena" and was chased for several streets. With no other options, she had Yurine summon her back to the human world.
"..." Ryohei held his phone, suppressing the urge to complain, and said: "Alright, I understand... so she can't come back for now, right?"
"Mn, that's right."
Yurine's voice carried a trace of unconcealable amusement. She paused and said: "She asked me to tell you that you can stay in the house freely. If you need anything, you can contact Miss Nora; she will explain things."
"Mn, why didn't she tell me herself?"
"Probably because she has no face? Ahaha—"
"Yurine, you talk too much!"
(ﾒ ﾟ皿ﾟ)ﾒ
Jashin-chan's embarrassed and angry voice came from the phone. Ryohei could perfectly imagine her current expression.
"Is this how you treat your savior?"
"Ah! Pain pain pain—! Sumimasen!"
Jashin-chan's scream suddenly came from the phone, followed by profuse apologies. She seemed to have been sanctioned...
The corners of Ryohei's mouth lifted uncontrollably.
What a heartwarming call!
"..."
"By the way... it's so noisy over there; are you outside?"
Having sanctioned Jashin-chan with one hand, Yurine released her pinched red cheek and asked curiously.
She had heard from Jashin-chan that Ryohei and the others didn't go out today and were browsing beauty pageant short videos at home.
But the background noise over there didn't sound like they were at home...
"Mn, we're outside buying groceries. Found some very interesting ingredients; planning to have hot pot tonight."
Ryohei answered cheerfully.
"Eh~."
Yurine dragged out the tone, her voice revealing a hint of envy: "I want to eat too; haven't eaten Ryohei-kun's cooking for a long time~."
"When you come to the Demon World in a couple of days, I'll cook for you."
"Can't make it this week."
Yurine said regretfully: "A relative in Kagoshima is getting married; I have to attend the wedding over the weekend."
"Is that so... Kagoshima seems quite far?"
"Mn, it takes an hour and a half by plane... We have to leave a day early."
"Then next week."
Ryohei said with a smile.
He planned to stay in the Demon World until the "Beauty Pageant" ended.
"Okay."
"..."
After the call ended, Ryohei took Lucoa and Pekola to continue purchasing ingredients, inevitably talking about Jashin-chan's "glorious deeds."
To this, Lucoa just covered her mouth and chuckled: "Very much her style."
Pekola offered no comment.
...
The group finished purchasing and met up with Miss Nora outside the market.
When they returned to the luxury villa, it was already past four, approaching five.
"..." Ryohei went to the kitchen, took out the various vegetables and mushrooms just bought from his storage space, and asked Lucoa to take out the Crustacean-Scaled Bird and place it on the counter.
"Mr. Ryohei, is there anything I can help with?"
Seeing Ryohei tie on his apron, the all-purpose maid Nora stepped forward and asked proactively.
"Then help wash these vegetables and mushrooms, and cut them into bite-sized pieces."
Ryohei didn't stand on ceremony and directed naturally.
"Certainly."
Miss Nora responded, picked up the vegetables and mushrooms, and went to the sink.
Ryohei looked down at the Crustacean-Scaled Bird struggling on the counter—
The conventional method for slaughtering poultry was to slit the throat and drain the blood, but this thing had no visible neck.
He pondered for two seconds and opened the system panel—
[Unlimited Entry System]
[Host]: Ryohei
[Ability Entries]: [Glowing Cuisine (Gold)], [Luck (Blue, Inactive)], [Storage Space (Blue)], [Power of One Dragon (Blue)]...
[Item Entries]: [Excellent Quality Hammer (Green)]...
"..."
During these days in the Demon World, he hadn't missed signing in; the "Excellent Quality Hammer" was obtained last week.
Ryohei extracted the hammer, raised it, and brought it down cleanly, knocking the Crustacean-Scaled Bird unconscious.
He quickly cut into the Crustacean-Scaled Bird's head with a carving knife, destroying its brain.
Then he flipped it over, cut open the belly with one stroke, and removed the internal organs.
Then skinned it and divided it according to different parts.
Finally, washed with clean water.
"So skilled!"
Seeing Ryohei complete the slaughtering and dividing work smoothly and coherently in one go, Miss Nora, seeing him cook for the first time, couldn't help praising him secretly.
Use the Crustacean-Scaled Bird's head, bones, and claws to make the soup base; auxiliary ingredients include scallion sections, ginger slices, red dates, goji berries... The wing membrane meat and other meat parts, as well as the internal organs, simply blanch them...
Ryohei planned in his mind and took action again.
...
The kitchen was filled with aroma. Unknowingly, more than half an hour passed.
Ryohei poured the prepared soup base into the hot pot utensil, asking Nora to keep the rest warm on the stove.
"Alright, put in whatever you want to eat."
He turned back, greeted Lucoa and Pekola, picked up his chopsticks, and put ingredients into the boiling soup.
Lucoa and Pekola gave an "Mn" and followed cheerfully.
They filled the pot to the brim before putting down their chopsticks.
"Truly can't judge ingredients by their appearance... looks so ugly, but the soup base boiled out is so extraordinary," Pekola looked at the boiling hot pot in front of her and said abruptly.
"Indeed."
Lucoa lifted her chin, took a deep breath, and an expression of drooling uncontrollably appeared on her face:
(´﹃｀)
"The fresh aroma from deep-sea fish interwoven with the mellow aroma of poultry, infused with the sweet fragrance of red dates... the overall aroma is rich and profound, with rich layers..."
"Makes one can't help but look forward to it!"
Click—!
"Sending a photo to Jashin-chan." Ryohei took out his phone, took a photo of the hot pot and the table full of ingredients, and sent it out casually.
"Oh ho—! Ryohei-kun is really mean!" Lucoa teased with a smile.
"Not at all."
The corners of Ryohei's lips curled up as he put down his phone.
Buzz buzz—!
After about ten seconds, the phone vibrated. He looked at the screen—
Thought it was Jashin-chan, but upon looking, it was actually Yurine, sending a resentful emoji.
"Uh..."
Looks like the scummy snake used the photo to make her crave...
(￣ ￣|| )
Ryohei was speechless for a moment; this was purely collateral damage. He picked up his phone and edited a message—
[Ryohei]: "Have you eaten?"
Yurine quickly replied with a photo of an omurice with a few bites taken.
Nothing more to say, Ryohei promised to make her a big meal next week...
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